Well it looks like I've got another video for you and this time I wanna talk to you
about the process of making money online because this can be confusing and so many people want
to make money in this industry but they're not quit sure how exactly it's being done.
And I totally totally understand how frustrating it can be to make any money if you're not
going through the right process. This is actually something that I struggled with big time in
the beginning, because it wasn't like there's entire sites out there dedicated to teaching
this stuff so sometimes takes awhile to kinda figure everything out. So I'll try not to
make things too boring during this video but I do wanna cover 4 elements that will teach
you the process of how money is made on the internet. Granted I'm not promising you that
you'll make money for doing just these 4 steps, big suprise here you have to actually put
in work to become successful...who knew. So again all this is going to depend on how much
work you put into it. I know trust me I know working sucks, it be great to sit around all
day and fish and hanging out with your buddies and get paid for it but an internet business
doesn't work that way. And it's no different than any other business, you know you have
actually show up and put work into it to make it successful. So the first step is to come
up with an idea. Really it's best to create a business around something that you're already
knowledgeable in or at least have a huge interest in. And the reason why you wanna do this is
because it will keep you going throughout your business and keep you from burning out
or quitting. And personally I believe that you really need to have a lot of passion for
what you do so it becomes fun instead of feeling like something that you HAVE to do. You have
to go to work. But the easiest way that I've found to come up with ideas is to do lots
of research. Now mainly you need to do research to make sure that your business is something
that's in demand to begin with. Because obviously if there's no demand for what you do then
it will be really hard to make any money. But you also need to do your research to find
out what people want, and a good way is to start by Googling different topics and see
what the demand is like. So you can check out forums or blogs or even Facebook but what
you wanna do is look around for things that interest you and also have a high demand within
the industry. So generally things that a lot of people are talking about. The next element
that you have to have is a store front, this is important, and what I mean by this is that
you need to set up a website or a blog. And I have voiced my opinion several times on
how I feel blogs dominate websites because there is much more interaction and it breeds
a more personal connection between everybody, but thats my opinion. So it's gonna be your
choice for which one you wanna go with. So you have to have a fully functional site set
up so you can operate your business, and if your don't know how to set this up don't worry
it's actually very simple, and I actually show how to do all this stuff in my 6 part
video guide called Beginners Blueprint. Like how I kinda slipped that in there? I know
it kind of sounds like i'm doing a sales pitch here but I'm honestly not I'm not trying to
make this sound like a sales pitch or anything crazy like that, this really is 100% free
and you can learn everything you need to know step by step with screen capture videos. So
if you do need help setting up a fully functional site then you can get access to these videos
through my site at CharlesRivera.com, or if you already know how to do all this stuff
then great you're already a few steps ahead. But that's going to be a huge element to making
money online is making sure that you have a complete website. Or a complete blog whichever.
Ok so the 3rd element to making money online will be getting people to come to your site.
You have to have people to keep your business going there's no way around that. And if you've
found a way please let me know. And this is probably the most difficult part for any internet
marketer because when you think about how big the Internet is and all the millions of
people that use it everyday, and how you have this one tiny little website that people haven't
even heard of yet. So it's kinda like that old analogy of a small fish in a big pond,
or in this case it's more a small fish in the entire ocean. But that's ok that just
means that you can't settle for being average, you have to actually push your way to the
top by gaining popularity. So one of the easiest ways to bring in a lot of traffic right now
is through social media, Facebook and Youtube in particular. Twitter may help a little but
Facebook and Youtube are a much better place to focus your efforts. And without going real
indepth on all the details for gaining traffic to your site, cause there's a lot of them,
I'll just quickly talk about these two media outlets for right now. Alright Facebook, as
you know, is a social giant and if you're not using Facebook then you're really missing
out on tons of traffic. So you're gonna need to set up whats called a Fan Page and also
check into creating a group or actively participating in targeted groups. Because the key to generating
quality traffic is gonna really rely on focusing on your targeted audience. So along those
same lines involves being active throughout Facebook with lots of comments, lots of useful
comments mind you, and of course interactions. Because that's what SOCIAL networkings all
about? Being social. The other area to focus on is Youtube and we all know how much of
a video monster Youtube is so yes this means you gotta break out of your little shell and
shoot some videos, probably of yourself. I know, It's a little scary, but actually the
more you shoot the videos the quicker you get over that fear and Youtube in itself can
drive tons of traffic to your site. Because you know, what better place to build that
person to person connection, kind of, than with video where they can somewhat kinda meet
you up close and get a good feel for what kind of person you are and what kinda stuff
you can do for them. It's amazing tool. And then the 4th Element to the process of making
money online is building a connection and maintaining that connection with your customers
or friends as I like to call them. Because that's essentially what we're doing here is
building friendships and trust to fuel our business. And this is actually done in a few
different ways, like personally answering their emails which I'm really big on I enjoy
answering everybody's emails, getting involved in comments on your blog, sending emails through
your autoresponder, interacting through your social media pages like we just talked about
Facebook and stuff, and of course the biggest one biggest one of all providing lots of value.
Giving them lots of quality information that benefits them. So I know that's kind of a
very brief overview of the process to making money online but it's important that you follow
this process and be consistent with your business, that could actually be another element to
this whole process, staying constant with your business no matter what the results just
keep going. So again just to quickly recap, the process to making money online is an idea
your niche, creating a website or a blog, generating traffic to your site, and then
relationship building. So apply these 4 elements to your business and consistently keep working
at it and you WILL see results. Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed this video and
if you have any ideas that I didn't cover, which you probably do, please leave your comments
below and let us all know we'd love to hear it. I'll see you later, take care.