No Clue What to Do or How to Begin Making Money

[Putnik]

Okay. Guys. Seriously.

I want to make money online, naturally, but I have absolutely zero clue where to even begin. I had a look at survey sites, but they're not even worth it. Overall, I'm just lost. I don't have any friends who're 'into' this, either, and I can't ask family for suggestions because they think everything online related to money is a scam.

I don't consider myself to be "skilled" in anything, particularly, but I can use a computer and write, as you can see.

What can I do to begin making money online? I don't have any money to my name at the moment.

Suggestions, links, tutorials, things I need and so on appreciated.

[Zeitgeist]

Hey Putnik, I dont really believe in all this "get rich fast" crap. There will always be teks that can help you to make a fair amount of money on the short term, but that´s usually not enough and after a while, you go back to square one. Online marketing has changed a lot in the past years and I personally think that the biggest chance in the current situation lies is providing quality content and charging for that. No one wants to pay a lot of money for mediocre spun content and more and more people use Adblockers. And because of that, the ads revenue for websites is lower than it used to be. Personally, I think it´s gotten to the point where I´d rather spend my time with doing Courses, Membership sites and Email marketing instead of creating websites and filling them with ads. Pick a field that you like and are naturally good in and start creating content. Always with a great newsletter plugin and make sure to offer your subscribers something great. You can offer giveaways for subscribers and if you mix that with social media, you´ll get a large subscriber list in a reasonable amount of time. So if I were you, I´d start a quality website, offer reasonably prized ebooks and take a couple years to build your brand. Offer a lot of good content to your Email list and they´ll love you. I am sure there are many methods that can make you a fair amount of money. PPA or PPD are good examples. But you know, life is short and if you spend one or two years of your time for something, make it permanent and nothing that leaves you without anything. This forum is a GREAT source of information and I am sure you can find so many content about potential niches to work in that you´ll definitely find something worthwile. Be original and do your own thing and people will like you on the long term. Good Luck! :)

[Putnik]

Hi Zeitgeist,

Thank you so much for the response. You're right that more and more people are using Adblockers. Even my parents use them.

I spend a lot of my time learning things, but due to a few financial issues I'd like to make some money at a steady and regular flow; I'm not expecting a 'get rich quick' thing as like you I believe that they are almost always scams, but I would definitely like something that actually pays out properly. I've still not even taken out my first transaction from online surveys!

I have seen some of the suggestions offered by them that they would ask people to pay for, and they're usually something extremely simplistic which I don't think would work or even be fair.

I do consider myself to be someone who likes to be out of the limelight though, which I think has made some problems in making me a 'Content Creator'. I'd even hate to do product reviews for that reason. I'd prefer to do something... quiet, I guess?

I'll definitely keep checking stuff out on here, though. PPA is definitely of interest to me, but I don't think I know much about PPD. I'll have to check that out. :)