You can make money online in Kenya by building simple content rich websites called Virtual real estate. This is a term coined by John Reese out of thin air and is now a buzz word used everywhere on the internet with somewhat subtle variations such as Google adsense sites, content sites etc.
The concept is to build content rich sites and monetize them with Google adsense. You see, Google adsense is a contextual ad network that pays you a percentage of advertiser revenue once an advert displayed on your website get clicked by one of your website visitors.The Google system matches the ads to your website content so that the ads displayed are relevant to your website content.
You can view typical Google adsense blocks at my other money-making blog. The actual size, color of text and border color may however vary from what you see depending on your specifications for each adsense block.
What’s more, you can use three adsense blocks on the same post or page. For example, as you can see, I have included one block near the top, another above (as an example of an adsense ads) and one at the end of this post.
To be successful and to really make money online with this model, you have to master two important skills:
a) Basic web design
b) Search Engine Optimization
Of course, you can outsource the bit about web design, but I do not see the reason why you shouldn’t learn it yourself. That not only keeps your costs down by avoiding unnecessary outsourcing but also sets a strong foundation for your success online.
So, take the time to learn basic website design. Just do it. You will thank me later. After all, this is about making money online (on the internet, made of websites), right?
You can easily find tutorials online by searching for “HTML tutorials” “create a website” or “build a website”. There is no scarcity of information online on the subject and you don’t have to pay a dime to learn basic website design. That’s how I learned web design and you can too.
The reason why I believe that this is one of the best ways to make money online for beginnersis that it does not require any hard selling on your part since you rely on SEO to drive traffic to your content rich website with Google adsense ads already in place. And once they click the link to resources and solutions they already need and are looking for? You get paid.
Does it get any better?
Even much better, the income is totally passive because once you build the website and optimize them for the search engines, you can then move on to the next one and still keep earning money for the work you did an year, two years five years etc ago.
Some sites can make you a monthly income of $200+ with zero efforts on your part. What if you had 50 such websites? 100? Can you see the potential?
For you to get some insights here are some examples of websites using the VRE model:
You might not see much income for the first 3-6 months. You might expect about $10 a month in 6 months time per website.
However, after an year or so, some of these websites may earn you $100 or even $200+ per month. Not really bad for one time, set-and-forget work. At the same time some websites may still range at about $50, but it is all about numbers and statistics and 99% of the times, you are going to succeed if you don’t quit.
Advantages of VRE model of making money online:
1. No hard selling involved. You make money online without the need for any hard selling on your part
2. You are 99% of the times going to succeed if you don’t quit
3. It’s a A nice way to start earning while you learn the basics of the internet and online marketing.
4. You build a passive income; you build simple websites, forget about them and continue earning money from them for years and years to come.
Disadvantage of VRE model of making money online:
1. You’ll need about 3-6 months before you can see much income. It’s just the sad fact of search engine traffic in that although it is free, it takes time to build but once you build it, it continues to come months after months.
That’s all there is to VRE model of making money online. So, get out to exploring its potential to work for you.
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Regards,
Kevin
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May 27th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Thanks for sharing this with us. Please also write about search engine optimization as this will help us greatly.
Joyce
August 5th, 2010 at 11:00 am
I will as well share tips on search engine optimization a while later. So check it out.
Regards
Kevin