Earning Online

Motherhood is a challenging phase in the life of a woman. If she is working then either during her pregnancy period of after the birth of a child she has to take a break from work to care for her baby. At this stage although no mother willingly wants to return to work leaving behind her tiny baby, she has to do so with a heavy heart because taking care of a baby means added monetary obligations which can only be fulfilled if she returns to work. For some mothers the situation may be entirely different wherein her husband is the breadwinner and she need not work but then also she craves to do something from the safe cocoon of her home to be able to support her husband monetarily while also maintaining her own monetary independence.

This is where every mother is on the lookout for either part-time jobs, home based business or in today’s blooming worldwide web scenario; a chance to Earn Money Online.

I myself felt this need after I took a sabbatical from work during the birth of my baby and raising her thereafter. I have tried and researched a lot of resources which I have compiled below for your benefit. Please check them out and also give me your feedback on whether you found it beneficial.

Thanks !!

I. CREATING YOUR OWN WEBSITE OR BLOG

This is the most interesting way of earning online today. Everybody is on the net, talking, chatting or blogging. So why not utilize this opportunity of access to the vast web and find a place for yourself that can earn you some moolah.

TOPIC : You don’t necessarily have to find a niche topic for your Blog or Website. You can always create a list of topics you are interested in whether they are popular or not doesn’t matter, the only thing that matter is how much high quality content you shall be able to compile for your site or blog. Focus on updating contents regularly and if you are blogging then daily posts will make a lot of difference to increasing viewership of your blog.

HOSTING : Here comes the second step, after you have decided on the topic you need to find out the domain of your choice and availability of the same. Based on the availability of your domain you can register the domain and then move forward to hosting it. Hosting is a tricky thing because here you need to understand what kind of hosting you want, where is the server located, what shall be the uptime for the site and yes what help shall you readily avail during technical snags. Research well on that because once the site is hosted it is difficult to change the host without disturbing your traffic flow to the site or blog.

Check out some cheap domain and hosting services of India:

www.123domainregistry.com

www.net4domains.com

International cheap hosts advisable are:

www.anhosting.com

www.godaddy.com

While buying hosting packages check if they are giving you database like MySQL as part of the package or you need to buy it separately. The database is needed for interactive features on your website or blog like taking feedback, adding comments etc.

CREATION OF SITE OR BLOG: If you plan to put up a website and are not techinally sound on doing that then seek professional help of a web devloper who can help you design your website according to your taste and also help uploading it .

Alternatively you can also utilize a Microsoft Office Interactive Tool called Microsoft Publisher. Try the recent version of 2006 although the 2003 version is also good enough for basic website development.

If you are planning to blog then insist on using WORDPRESS2.2 version for starting your blog. Else if you are looking at a free blog option then you can create your blog on various sites like

www.wordpress.com

www.rediff.com

www.yahoo.com

www.ibibo.com (Indian site)

www.blogspot.com (This is a part of Google Inc. and allows you to place Adsense ads on this blog for earning money for yourself)

MAKE MONEY ADVERTISING: This is the hottest topic of the season. If you have a website or Blog then you are probably stupid enough to not generate some money through it by way of advertisement. All you need to do is tie up with some advertisers and affiliate network, then add some ads on your space which when clicked generates earning for you.

Joining Advertising Programs as Publisher - This is the first step towards making your web site or blog a money earning source. Below are some major advertising programs that allow you to register as Publishers on their site and in turn place advertisements on your site/blog. Note here that there are some strict guidelines to be followed for being a part of such network and you get paid only when a genuine user clicks the ads.

GOOGLE ADSENSE—The most famous and prominent program for getting advertisement on your site. If you have not heard about it then no fuss, access it from here and register. This site pays you only when your account reaches around $100 for the month else balance is carried forward. Also signup for Google Search and Google Referrals as an additional source of income for you.

BIDADVERTISER— This is a good program for small sites and personal blogs. They place Text link ads on your space and are willing to pay you as less as $10 for a month. This is good for small sites because you may not expect tremendous viewers in the primary stage itself.

ADBRITE—This is another very prominent program that allows you to put up banner ads, text link ads and contextual ads.