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How To Make Money Online

Being a creator or influencer doesn't crack the top five.

By Jason MortonPublished 3 months ago • 4 min read
How To Make Money Online
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So, how do you make money online? It's safe to say that making it here isn't happening. This platform's great and serves a purpose, but the algorithm isn't designed for you to make money. That's the attraction for some, and company people know that.

So, if you follow the trends, people read less and less. There are a million-plus writers out there, working their fingers to the bone, trying to get blood from a stone. The truth is, most writers, if they're true to themselves, aren't going to make a living writing. How do you do it? Make money online, that is?

How to Make Money Online

There are tons of ways to make money online. The trick is finding the best one that fits with your interests, skills, abilities, and needs. One of the top five ways of making money online is being a creator of a product.

Digital Products

If you want to make money online, digital products are still rated as one of the best ways to do so. Why is that?

Once you figure out the important parts, as in:

  • Something in demand

  • Something people want

  • Something you can make that matches that

It's time to get to work. But why digital products? It's simple. You create them once, and sell them over and over again. They're done in a digital format, so they can be downloaded by customers and bought repeatedly. Ultimately, if you have an attractive digital product, something that is in demand or will help people solve a problem, your business is on autopilot.

There are too many tools online to help people get into the digital product business; far too many to list. With all the tools and platforms, if you have something people want, the digital world is there to help you put it together and drive repeat sales across them. And this is a wide range of possibilities, from Ebooks to different template ideas, from Amazon to Etsy.

However, people are looking for specific things, targeted information, that they can learn and use to get results in a short time. What you want with digital products is to get people from point A to point B with your digital products, and do it in as little time as possible. IF your product can do that, then people are more likely to jump on it.

Instead of how to write your first novel, try writing a 60 Day Guide to Finally Completing Your Novel and Selling It. Or, you could try how to build your fan following online in 30 days. People are looking for very specific success stories with digital products. That is the answer to the question: WHY SHOULD I BUY THIS?

What Types of Digital Products Make Money Online

What types of content or digital products sell best online? Here are some answers.

  1. Online courses and Educational Content

It's reported that online courses remain the most profitable of the digital products. This is especially true of those that teach skills or help people find out how to make money online. If you have a niche skill, consider doing a step-by-step tutorial. Niche skill tutorials and anything that includes a professional certificate are high-income earners because of their value.

  1. Guides/Ebooks

Booklets, guides, and Ebooks are easy to create and distribute. They cater to personal development, business, and creative niches. Since you're using digital information that you're presenting, your investment is your time, so they also have a high profit margin.

Imagine this: what if it were still the era of landline phones? Now, imagine I could put together a two-page booklet that could help you keep tabs on what your kids are talking about on the phone. Or, that spouse who's been coming home without a good explanation for where they've been.

It wouldn't be too hard to do, but at the same time, naaaahhhhhhh... That's kind of shady. But it would be a niche skill that I could put on paper, and you could learn how to tap your own home phones and keep tabs on the kids, the husband, or the wife, and it would be easy to do, and you could be up and running in three days or less.

That would fill the immediate need; it would be apparent to anyone interested in such a thing how easily they could do it, it doesn't take a lot of brains or ability (yes, it's that easy), and it's peace of mind you could buy for less than 200.00 dollars.

How to Make Money Online is to find yourself a need you can fill, information that people want, and then put it into a digital format that is attractive and sellable to the online communities. Once it's out there, it's out there forever and can continue to make money as long as people are looking for it.

Then, once that's done, it's time to sip some coffee and consider your next idea. Because that's how people in the digital world are growing their wealth. It's through multiple streams.

Until Next Time!

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Jason Morton

From fiction to reality there’s tons to share about this crazy life. From being a single father, an officer, and having had many insane adventures while I learned about the world, my imagination runs wild with ideas.

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