Did you ever get yourself into burnout territory? OK, these things happened to me, some years ago. I had this dead-end job which I really hated. And then I got fired from that job. The reason was I was burned out and my boss no longer liked me. It was actually a blessing in disguise. That awful job was making me ill anyway – good to get out of it.
Now the question was what I was supposed to do for a living. After all those years of “education”, I had no intention to get more of that. Plus I had to make some cash immediately.
OK, I had a computer and an Internet connection. Plus I had some idea of how to make web pages. As I browsed the Web, I understood there were many business opportunities online which showed some profit potential. Although I had none of my own stuff to sell, I could still get going.
In the beginning I plastered AdSense ads on a few sites, to make a couple of dollars. Soon, however, I realized I could make better money as affiliate. What this means is that you recieve commissions for promoting other people’s stuff.
One great example is Clickbank. You see, Clickbank is the major payment processor used by those who sell some virtual product, like an ebook, online. It is very easy to become an affiliate for any of those products. Then you collect good commission money when people buy stuff using your affiliate links.
Usually you get at least 50% of the product selling price for your marketing effort. Imagine for example an ebook, on the subject of making money online. It might be offered at, say, $47. In this example, you would recieve $25 or more per referred sale. I have heard that many affiliates make boatloads of cash promoting Clickbank products.
Personally, my greatest cash cow has been web hosting plans. It was easy to put up a little web site with my own web hosting reviews, and collect commissions as people signed up for web hosting using my links. It’s great – except for all those competitors. A number of people try to promote web hosting companies they actually know nothing about. This makes would-be customers suspicious. As for myself, I do my research and only promote hosting providers I know have a good reputation.
