WHAT IS PASSIVE INCOME?
Some things in life come with a price and we must be ready to pay it if we want something more than just the bare minimum. We all know how the internet has brought us instant access to information of all sorts, but there is one thing that has made our lives better and easier over time. This is simple – the internet provides us with an unlimited supply of “free” services.
This simple service is
called advertising and you do not even need to pay anything extra because most
companies already offer it to their users for free. Companies like Google,
Google Adwords, Facebook, YouTube, Netflix, Yahoo AdSense, Bing Ads, Amazon
Advertising (Amazon Ads) etc. provide this service freely and without any
charge or limit for business usage.
The good thing about
this online business model is that many businesses can take advantage of
adverts without having to spend hundreds of dollars on marketing and selling
ads. The reason for such success is simple – advertising gives them no profit
at all because of its lack of cost. Instead they can only sell products based
on data and analytics for high sales and profit margins. However, there is also
another side to the coin where the cost of creating content and making video
clips falls into your lap.
In short, the main
point to make here is that we can get paid for doing nothing. If we become a
creator, and create quality videos and post them on social media channels, then
we can actually get paid with affiliate commission from the advertisers as
well. So that adds up and makes the task a lot easier. You can find examples of
these websites that are monetized online. When you scroll down, you will see
that almost every website generates thousands of visitors a week through
affiliate links. It does not matter what niche you choose because if someone
else comes across your profile, he/she knows that you are a blogger and will be
willing to use his link to buy something. That will help him/her generate lots
of leads for himself or herself or perhaps others. These lead generators can
bring in huge amounts of cash for you in case you start generating lots of
traffic to your site and you end up getting paid for whatever you are able to
generate for them directly.
If you follow the
advice outlined above, not only would you be putting the work in and generating
lots of revenue, you would also be saving thousands of bucks which you could
save by buying stuff such as cars, homes, travel planning packages or vacation
rentals for example. All this savings would flow directly to you because you do
not have to worry about renting, finding a house or traveling to visit family
back home or friends and relatives abroad or anywhere in between.
There are so many
different ways that people have been earning passive income, but which works
best for you? And the answer is that you can achieve all these goals using 3
types of sources:
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Programs
Paid Guest Posts
Patreon Affiliate
Program
Affiliate Marketing
If your company is
interested in growing and marketing itself online, then consider starting an
affiliate program. In this way you can increase your reach and visibility to
customers and generate more revenue for yourself. For example, when I started
blogging years ago I was thinking of entering the world of affiliate marketing.
After a while I realized that nobody actually likes to click on advertisements
or buy stuff online, because once such action turns out to be harmful for us.
People just hate being sold and they will never purchase a product or service
after reading, seeing and hearing about it through others. Therefore, I decided
to focus my efforts on promoting other people’s products instead of myself. The
result? Very quickly I became successful even though I did not promote myself
first.
Affiliate programs can
also include web hosting, domain names, and software development services as
well. As long as your blog or website offers value to readers and can give them
benefits, affiliates will be eager to make your website more visible and
available to everyone, because they know how much it gets.
Affiliate Marketing also includes recommending other people’s products on your own as well because it is pretty straightforward and the results can be amazing! To put it simply, affiliate marketers earn commissions on each sale made by their followers. They are usually rewarded by receiving bonus units of products directly from various seller and manufacturer websites. Most of these websites will have additional features that they offer to reward their affiliates with for helping them with affiliate marketing. A few websites require buyers to enter personal information such as age and interests to join, as well as require proof of previous purchases which can make things tricky. But the bottom line is that you can easily avoid paying for anything if you promote other people’s items and products.
Paid Guest posts
If you really love writing and know everything about content creation then why not try publishing guest posts on popular sites, especially those related to yours. With several bloggers taking thousands of dollars per month posting their articles online for others’ audiences, you may think that it might be tough to earn a living posting for other peoples’ audience. Well, the truth is quite contrary. Although writing online requires tons of effort and expertise and publishing in the traditional sense takes years of dedication, it is totally possible to make a fortune doing it. As far as guest posts goes, there is no secret formula because every article is unique and deserves to receive the attention of whoever reads it. If only one person decides to check it out, it will surely go viral. You can start by targeting specific categories of relevant keywords in terms of topic, location, age and interests for which you are offering your insight. Many bloggers started as freelance writers but have now turned it into their full-time career and are earning thousands per article. Just remember to target the right keyword when building your strategy and don’t forget to optimize your post once published.
Patreon Affiliate Program
If you can, try to
build up relationships with publishers because many of them have influencers
and brands who are willing to agree to sign up for a limited period of time in
exchange for sponsored links. Of course, keep in mind that it is very difficult
to become famous unless you have a large number of loyal supporters. Once
again, it all depends on you.
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