We use several different types of income streams, let me break them down to you and explain how each of them works. Affiliate - This is basically getting a person to sign up for another web site. Once they do, you then receive compensation for it. These can be either free sites to sign up for or sites that require you to pay to signup. Remember you do not always need to go for a big sale, a lot of commissions from free sites add up quickly. There are lots of Affiliate companies out there, it is easy to google for one and just sign up to be a publisher. If you are looking to promote products to sell I recommend ClickBank, they are the largest seller of online products.
PPC - Stands for Pay Per Click. Basically every time a user visits your web site and clicks on a advertisement link you make money from it. It is usually a couple cents per click which add up quickly if you have a large user base. The most popular is Google’s Adsense program, but they are very picky on the type of traffic you send. Another popular PPC is BidVertiser. Coreg - Coreg or Co-Registration, is becoming more popular. This is when you have a user sign up for your web site, but during the signup process you also give them a check box option to sign up for another web site as well. If the user agrees and checks the box you will receive compensation for it. We use a combination of all of the above income streams. Depending on the type of site you want to run it is always good to have a general idea of how you are going to make money from it. I always try to figure out how I can make the most money without inconveniencing the user. Otherwise the user will feel bombarded with ads or too many Coreg offers, which can likely result in the user being put off of your site and not visiting it again.
There are a couple of different ways to get traffic to your web site, we will explain the more popular types of traffic . Organic and SEO - Organic traffic is when somebody comes to your site directly from a search result without you having to pay for it. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and is often used with organic traffic. SEO helps get your web site ranked higher in search results leading more people to your web site. Paid Search Results - You will notice when you search on google the top couple web sites are always sponsored. This is from people paying to have their web sites listed at the top to drive more traffic to their web site. They have to pay every time somebody clicks on the link, their goal is to make more money then it costs for each click they have to pay out giving them a profit. You will often here the technical term CPC associated with this type of traffic which stands for Cost Per Click.
Referrals - Many web sites set up Referral programs to bring in new traffic to their web site. In most cases Referral programs offer a percentage of a sale or fixed rate per new person they have sign up. You will often see the technical Terms CPA or CPS associated with this type of traffic, it stands for Cost Per Action or Cost Per Sale. E-mail - E-mail can be a powerful tool in bringing members back to your web site and give them other valuable information. A lot of web sites have a monthly newsletter where they can keep their users informed of what is going on with their web site as well as promote other services and other web sites they might be interested in.
