Making Money on the Internet while You Sleep

Wouldn’t you like to be making money on the Internet while you sleep? Everyone does and if done correctly, you can too.

I have been making money on the Internet for a few years. It’s a very cool lifestyle that I’ve come to respect and enjoy. I feel truly blessed that I was introduced to Internet marketing a few years ago.

When you make money online from home, there is a true sense of freedom. My time is my own. I can travel whenever I want to, spend more time with my family, and do the things that are important to me.

At the same time, I get to help others learn how to create a similar lifestyle. What could be better?

Making money on the Internet is not magic nor is it a fast way to make money. What I mean is that if you get started with Internet marketing today, you won’t be earning that nice income tomorrow or next week.

It takes time, patience and hard work to learn the necessary skills and implement on a consistent basis.

When I first got started, I made a big fat zero for the first 3 months of hard work. But I didn’t give up because I knew that discipline and consistency would pay off. And they did!

Blueprint for Making Money on the Internet

Anyone can make money online from home. But most people are not willing to do what it takes to make it happen. I have three important tips here that are not technical in nature. You can get the technical stuff anywhere. It’s these things that are the great divide over whether you will or will not make money on the Internet.

Expectations. The majority of people has a misconception that making money on the Internet is easy and like magic. That is simply not true. I’ve worked with many people who started out enthusiastic chasing the “make money while you sleep” dream only to quit in due time. If you are willing to make a commitment and work hard, you can set yourself up for earning a nice chunk of change from home. When you see ads claiming that you can make easy money on the Internet, run the other way. It is only with hard work that you can get to the point where you truly do make money while you sleep.
Real world marketing matters. Whatever you decide to sell on the Internet, you must set yourself apart from others. Why should someone buy from you and not someone else? Marketing in the real-world is about the value that you can provide to others to help solve a problem. It is not about throwing a blog post together and hoping that someone sees it and clicks a link. This all means that you need to carefully think through a strategy to get your message out to the marketplace.
Investment. Yes, it does cost money. Look at your startup and monthly cost as an investment that you can recoup. Making money on the Internet requires an investment in time for certain. You can expect other monetary costs like: start up and business fees for network marketing, website domain registration, website hosting, training, and lots more. If you were starting a McDonalds franchise it would cost you upward of $2M so the startup costs for any Internet based business are small in comparison and can be large in return.

The Internet is an incredible landscape for making real money. But it’s not magic. Like I mentioned, it takes hard work and commitment but the rewards can be incredible, as I am experiencing in my life right now.

I have a few resources that I use to enhance my skills for making money on the Internet and highly recommend these to you.

Posting on Purpose for Profit – learn to write content that converts visitors to customers.
Blogging ebook (written by me) – learn the key points about being a successful, income producing blogger.