December 26th, 2011 | 
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Can you really make millions of dollars on the internet? Certainly Jeff Paul and Ryan Orrell want you to think so. Of course, in order to find out how, you have to purchase their book for $69.99. But is there really a way to make money off the internet? That much money?
The answer is yes and no.
You can make a living off the internet, even a million bucks if you work hard and long enough at it. But it won’t happen overnight, and if you haven’t been in the business since 1998, you’re already at a big disadvantage. The most lucrative ways to monetize the internet these days are:
1. Get a website. This is sorta like your home base on the internet. Filling up your homepage with keywords-words that people commonly type into search engines when looking for something that has to do with your website-will help you get to the top of search engine results. This is what’s known as SEO-Search Engine Optimization.
2. Get a blog. Blogging is basically blabbing on the internet. People stumble across your blog, find that they share the same sentiments you do, and come back again and again. That’s if your writing is compelling and interesting-chances are if you blog about the moldy mystery meat in your refrigerator, not many people will be interested. The next step to success is finding a way to work links to your website into your blog without being kicked off of free blog sites like blogger and WordPress.
3. Get a social media presence. Social media is the thing that has helped spark the Arab Spring halfway around the world-and here in the U.S. it’s how everyone is trying to make a buck these days. You can’t just show up on Facebook and say, “Check out my great new product!” though-people tend to get kicked off quickly for stuff like that. You’ve gotta be more subtle, instead disseminating information for free about your subject, becoming known as an expert-say, in Civil War ammunition types-and then indirectly sending people to your website, where you conveniently sell all kinds of antique Civil War ammunition.
4. Get a YouTube account. There is no site that even comes close to brand-name recognition when it comes to videos. Everyone knows YouTube. And the phrase “gone viral” was invented to explain what happens when someone watches a great video, sends it to 12 of their friends, who then send it to 12 of their friends, and so on. That’s how Lady Gaga has videos with like 300 million views-she probably hasn’t spent a penny on promoting videos since 2003. Here again, though, you want to avoid out-and-out promotion of your brand or product. The model for Web 2.0 is “Give away information for free, offer consumers the chance to purchase something from you.”
That’s it. Follow these steps, add in a little bit of affiliate marketing with stuff like Google AdSense, and you should have checks rolling in anytime. But just a hint – Don’t give up your day job till you’ve got a regular stream of income.