How to Make Real Money Online

Making real money online is possible but it will take more than a dream and some wishful thinking.

Anyone that has spent more than 15 minutes online has heard about all the potential money that can be made on the internet. I’m sure you have seen the websites and all the pictures of the exotic cars, diamond watches and glamorous women that come along with the internet millionaire lifestyle. They all make it sound so easy. Join today and get rich overnight. Is it possible to make real money online? Yes, of course it is. What isn’t possible is to get rich overnight. The internet isn’t some magical land where you plant a seed at night and have a money tree in the morning. Just like the real world, the seed will need some time to grow and must be cared for along the way. Only then can you harvest the fruit so to speak. Just because the internet isn’t a fantasy land, doesn’t mean you can’t make real money online. When I say "real money", I mean over $100,000 a year in income and there are plenty of people that make more than this. You just have to know how.

The facts are very clear. Making real money online must be treated as a business. You get out of it what you put into it. You can have the best product or service in the world, but if nobody knows about it you will never make real money online or otherwise. It is foolish to think that without spending any time or money that someone would be able to make millions or even thousands of dollars doing anything. Nothing in life is free. In business and life the keys to success are hard work and consistency and knowledge. That being said, the easiest and most cost effective way to make real money in my opinion is online. Once you have learned to skills needed to be successful online, you can really write your own ticket as to how much money you want to make. Let’s look at the main reason why this is true.

Any successful business must have advertising. Everyday I see ads for Coke. They are on TV, in the newspaper, at the grocery store, everywhere! Everybody knows Coke. They spend millions on advertising and we could never hope to compete with them. One of the great things about the internet is that anyone can advertise there. There are thousands of sites where you can advertise for free. This is the great equalizer. Maybe you don’t have the money to place a banner ad on Google’s home page, but you can still reach thousands at little or no cost. Your message will point people to your website. When a person visits your site its called traffic. You need continuous traffic to your website or nobody will know what you offer.

Another great thing about the internet is that there are many tools that make it easier for you to advertise. Many ad campaigns can be automated and you can always pay for ads that can reach millions of people and these can be a lot more cost effective that print or television ads. If you know how and where to place your ads to get the most traffic you will always be able to make real money on the internet. So here we have our answer on how to make real money online: it’s as simple as knowing how to get traffic to your website. I can promise you this…nobody has made any real money without generating tons of traffic to a website or websites. Of course you have to have a good website and a good product, but even if you don’t you can still make money with enough traffic. It doesn’t work the other way around…ever. So here is my advice to you, learn how to get traffic. The information is freely available. Search Google, search Yahoo and read everything you can. Beg or plead to get the knowledge if you have to. Once you have it you have unlocked the secret to making real money online. If you don’t want to spend months or even years trying to figure out the secrets of getting tons of traffic to your website on your own, you do have another option. Get training. You can learn the hottest internet tricks on getting traffic from millionaires that are making thousands of dollars every day on the internet.

Sure, in every business there are secrets and the internet is no different. The faster you can learn the secrets, the faster you can make real money online. Even with the secrets it will take hard work, consistency and knowledge to get ahead. Of course the big difference between the internet and other opportunities is that even an average person can make over $100,000 in 2008 on the internet starting today. Please visit The New Cash Cow for more information on how you can get the internet training you need to make real money online in 2008.



Author of this article is John Stevenson