How do you do it right? The same way like in the old economy: Earn more than you spend, and you are bound to make a profit.

So, how do I go about making money on the Internet?

As you know, large corporations utilize advertising agencies to plan their advertising campaigns and place their ads in magazines, newspapers, and on TV.

A few years ago some advertising agencies began to plan advertising campaigns on the Internet aswell. Soon industry standards for ad sizes were established. The most common size for advertising space is 468 pixels wide by 60 pixels high, also known as a "banner."

Now national corporations use respectable Internet advertising agencies like Casale Media or Interclick to place millions of banners on websites all over the World Wide Web.

Any webmaster, including you, can contact these advertising agencies and become part of their affiliate network. Before approving your application, they will check the suitability of your website. Usually sites with adult content will not be accepted - unless you specifically apply at an adult affiliate network. Once your site has been approved, the advertising agency will automatically supply you with a steady stream of banner ads. Basically, you - or your website - will be your own media outlet, just like a newspaper or a TV station. The more readers, viewers, or visitors you have, the more money you will earn with the paid advertisements on your website.

There are several payment plans, depending on the advertising campaign of each company. Some companies will pay money, simply to have their banner displayed on your site and seen by 1000 people, regardless of whether someone clicks on the banner or not. This type of advertising is called CPM (cost per 1000).

Others will pay you anywhere from 5 to 10 cents for every person that clicks on their banner on your site. This type of advertising is called CPC (cost per click).

Other campaigns will not pay just for displaying a banner, and not even for a click, but only if someone actually buys something, or orders a free product sample. This type of advertising is called CPA (cost per action).

While CPM advertising agencies prefer to deal with large established websites only, CPA agencies welcome smaller sites and start-ups aswell.


What else do I need to do after I put some advertising on my website?

Nothing. Once you place advertising on your website, the advertising agencies will automatically track how much you earn, and once a month they will send you a check. So, all you have to do is concentrate on your website and do what you have always done.


How much money can I expect to make realisticly?

It all depends on the amount of visitors your site gets. The more people visit your site, the more people will see the banners on your site and click on them. If your site gets less than 30 or 40 visitors per day, you won't make much money. Maybe 20 Dollars per month or so. If you get between 200 and 400 visitors per day, you could make about $100 per month... or more, if you choose the banner ads wisely.

Here's an example: If your homepage is about hotrods or NASCAR racing, your visitors are obviously interested in cars, otherwise they wouldn't be visiting your website. So a banner from a car radio manufacturer will raise more interest and make more money, than the banner of a flower store. Most advertising agencies represent advertisers in many different categories. To earn the highest revenue, try to pick banners that most closely resemble the content of your website.


What's the limit?

The sky's the limit. If you have a very popular site with thousands of daily visitors, you can earn thousands of dollars per month.

There are many privately owned websites that earn tens of thousands of dollars per month and they have practically no expenses. At the same time large corporate websites go out of business, because although they earn a lot of money from advertising or sales on their website, they spend even more on salaries, office space, and promotion, so they end up making a loss.

As long as you always make sure you earn more than you spend, you WILL make a profit on the Internet, and you don't have to have a giant advertising budget or a staff. Many websites are private one-man operations, and they earn more money than most regular office jobs.


I have a website, but it doesn't get many visitors. Can I still make money on the Internet?

Yes. Even small websites can apply for a free affiliate account with a CPA advertising agency like Loud Cash. You may not make a fortune, but you will make a little bit of money. And there are ways to make money even without placing ads on your website. You can open an affiliate account with an advertising agency, so that you have access to their banners, and then buy banner space on other websites. As long as you spend less on the banner space than you will earn with the banners you promote, you will make a profit.


How do I know I can trust these advertising agencies?

Good question. Since the Internet is still a relatively new medium, there are still a lot of legal gray areas, and sometimes a dishonest advertising agency might try to trick its affiliate webmasters by falsely lowering their earnings reports or by simply not paying them anything at all.

There really is no way to know in advance whether the agency you're dealing with is honest, or not. All you can do is ask around on webmaster forums or read tips and tricks pages like the one you're looking at right now, and try to find out what other people think about certain advertising agencies. If an agency is dishonest, other webmasters will have already run into problems with them, and they will be more than happy to warn you to stay away from a particular advertising agency or affiliate program.

The following is a list of advertising agencies and affiliate programs that we recommend. They all have been around for a long time, and the webmasters who deal with them have no complaints: