Legitimate Online Businesses Run on Free Software

Buying a laptop recently – I got the hard sell on the software upgraded – the salesman knew I ran a business and assuming that I would be spending money on the latest and greatest CRM and office productivity software. He was sadly disappointed. I rarely spend money on software – and only then when I have a) no other choice or b) the free options aren’t working as well as the paid. Here is my current list of free software which I use to run my online business: Web Browser Sure the default which comes with Windows – Internet Explorer is free too but I use Firefox...

Hosting and Domain Names – Make the Right Choices

If you decide that you do want to move beyond ways to make residual income without a website and want to setup your own website – you need two very important things: you need to register a domain name and you need to get some hosting for your websites. If you read nothing else of this post nad remember less – remember this: DO NOT EVER HOST YOUR WEBSITE WITH THE SAME COMPANY WHO SOLD YOU THE DOMAIN NAME Sorry for shouting but it really is that important – why – because quite simple if something goes wrong with your hosting arrangement they can hold your domain to...

Adsense and Legitimate Online Businesses

Adsense is one of the most popular ways that webmastes turn their websites become residual income builders. Its often seen as the beginners way to make money online – but it has its pitfalls. This is my take on earning income from Adsense Pros to Residual Income with Adsense its much easier to get someone to click an ad rather than actually buy or sign up for something from your site. The standard rates for clicks versus visitors for Adsense is usually quoted at around 5% -for affiliate sales it can be 1% or significantly less. because you are being paid per a click rather than per a...

Residual Income Blogs: Ten Must-Have Plugins

Wordpress’s strength is that there are so many plugins available. Plugins are pieces of code which extend the functionality of WordPress. Sometimes plugins are overtaken – I used to use an automatic WordPress updated – but this functionality is now build it with the standard WordPress. If you are new to installing plugins  you may read that you need to download the plugin, unzip it  and use a ftp program to upload to your website and then activate it. This information is out of date with current WordPress all you need to do is go to the “Add New” tab under...

Residual Income Websites Need Keywords

There are three key elements to building a successful residual income producing website: finding a profitable niche building a website and driving traffic to your website Most beginners focus heavily on the second step – building the website – but that really its the least important part of the process. The most important part is finding a profitable niche and finding the right keywords that your potential customers and visitors are using to search for. In general its not so much a keyword you are looking for – its more a key phrase – the longer the keyword phrase...

Residual Income Websites Need Traffic

So how do you make residual income from websites? In essence you need to have visitors on your website – and not just any visitor – you need to have visitors who are motivated to buy what you are selling? I’m Selling Something? Well you better be if you are planning on making money online!  Don’t laugh, or feel stupid – it was a point that missed me as well at the start of my online career. You will often see the mantra – follow your passion and the money will come. Well maybe, in my experience my passions don’t make me money, yours may, but even if...

Are You Already Building an Online Business?

Many business owners want to know how to create an online business without realising that they are already moving in that direction. You may not realise it but many small business owners are already using the Internet for their own marketing purposes. Even unintentionally you may already be starting the process of driving traffic to your website. This post  will examine some quiet ways  that small business owners may already be developing an online business to complement their real world business, without even realising it. Does your business already have a website? Owners who can answer...