Here’s a quick reality check. If you want to make money online, the best way to start is by NOT starting a “make money online” blog!

A lot of people make the big mistake of starting a blog about “making money online” thinking that in the process they will make some easy money. 

If I start a “make money online” blog, then I can easily make money from the blog! I just need to insert affiliate links everywhere, insert AdSense ads everywhere, sell text links, sell banners, write paid reviews, and all that good stuff I can do with it… right?

Wrong! First of all, yes it is possible to make some money from a MMO blog, but the reality is, there’s just so many out there that readers don’t have time to keep up with new ones. Also, here’s something you need to know when starting a blog about MMO (which I read somewhere but don’t remember where):

Over 75% Of All Your Readers Will Be Bloggers That Have Their Own Blog!

That’s 3 out of 4 people. What this means is that it will be harder for you to get clicks to your AdSense ads or your affiliate text links! Just think about it. When you visit a MMO blog that has AdSense ads, do you actually “fall” for them and click on the ads? I didn’t think so. You know about these things, and therefore, you try to stay away from them because you know exactly what they are for. But now let’s say you have a blog about “cooking” and is monetized by AdSense alone. You can plug in all the AdSense ads you want everywhere, and guess what? You will have a better chance of getting clicks to those ads than with a blog about MMO!

This “making money online” niche is too saturated, and the big boys are having all the fun. But if you still want to start one (or already have a blog about MMO), you will need to do some 500% more work than the big boys. Below are 3 tips and guidelines that will help you get to the top.

Make Sure Your Blog Doesn’t Suck

This is the most important thing when it comes to starting a new blog, whatever niche it might be in. But because you want to start a new MMO blog, you will need to make sure your blog is unique and doesn’t suck. Readers don’t like blogs that suck, you know.

Recommended Reading:
Your Blog Sucks and I Got 20 Reasons To Back It Up

Want To Be a Popular Blogger RIGHT NOW?

If you want to take a short cut, I just want to let you know that it’s possible. It’s not recommended for new blogs because you will need to build up some credentials and trust first. But as soon as you have your momentum started and have at least 50 RSS/Email subscribers, you can do this simple trick to get instant popularity.

Recommended Reading: 
Warning: This Simple Trick Can Make You A Famous Blogger In No Time

Get Instant Traffic

Traffic is key. If you don’t want to take the shortcut as I talked about above, try applying some (or all) of these ways to explode your traffic. They all work and will bring in traffic instantly.

Recommended Reading:
30 Tips For Exploding Your Site Traffic

There’s a lot of bloggers and other people out there that claim that they make money online. Yes, most of the times this is true, but there are who just say things like this to scam people. But the topic of what I’m going to talk about is not about who really makes money and who doesn’t. What this is about, though, is why people fail to make money online because of 3 simple reasons.

Reason #1 - People Do Not Take Action

Let me ask you a question. Why do you come to this blog? It’s because you like the content, right? And because of the content (the pillar content in particular), you plan to apply them right? So when I wrote 30 tip on how to explode your traffic, did you even take the time to apply the ones you have never done before? Or did you just pass up the opportunity to explode your traffic? If this is you, then you know exactly what I mean by not taking action. There are a lot of people out there that want to make money online, read all they can about the topic, and even pay hundreds of dollars to get all the resources and information they need to get started. But what happens? They never apply the information they learned; and if they did, they give it up after a few days knowing that it would take a lot of work to do. Let’s take a look at reality people. Even the top online money-makers out there had to put a lot of work to get themselves in the position they are in now. You can’t succeed without taking action.

Reason #2 - People Don’t Treat Their Online Business As a Real Business

Blogs are a good example. Most people don’t treat their blogs as a business. What do I mean by this? Well, imagine you own a book store in your neighborhood. What will you need to run the business? To name a few, you will need some capital (money), a place to run the book store, a business license, lots of books, shelves for the books, cash registers, and all the other good stuff needed to run a book store. As you can see, it would be impossible to run a successful book store without these things. So how is this related to blogging? Well, to start a (successful and long term) blog, you will need a domain name, web hosting, a brand, a decent looking blog design, some plugins to help run the blog, etc. Again, this all takes a lot of work and money.  

But let’s take things a bit further, so let’s go back to the book store. Say your store has become successful in just a matter of weeks. More people know about it through word-of-mouth and your sales just keep increasing. You then have two things you can do: keep the store the way it is, or upgrade (bigger space, more books and shelves, etc.). Most people would upgrade, right? It’s the same thing with your own website or blog. If you have gained some success and money through it, why not upgrade? Why not purchase a few plugins like OIOpublisher, for example, to help you with ad management? Or if you feel it’s time to upgrade your site’s design, why not spend a few dollars to get a premium theme? My point is, you need to treat your online business as if it’s a real business in the real world. Don’t be cheap. There are some who say that you don’t need to spend money to make money. This is true, but if you plan to succeed and make MORE money, you need to start scaling up.

Reason #3 - People Don’t Learn From Their Mistakes

I’m sure you’ve tried to do something and failed. Then this question comes up:

What Did I Do Wrong?

The thing you need to know is, it’s not about what that you did wrong. It’s about learning and applying the things you need to do so that you won’t fail again.

Have you ever tried flipping domains? What about flipping websites? Or affiliate marketing? Let me tell you that these three ways of making money online are not impossible, and you can even make a living from doing them (yes, it’s realistically possible and people do make a living doing these). The thing is, most people have tried them, failed a few times, then gave up. WHY?!?! If you know there is a lot of money to be made, why would you give up?

Instead of giving up, the best thing to do is learn from your mistakes. If you tried flipping celebrity-related domains, why not try flipping movie-related domains? If you tried promoting affiliate products through websites and blog posts, why not try using PPC marketing? What I’m trying to point out is simple. If you know something works, keep trying. Find a way to fix your mistake and never ever give up. Ever.

Do You Have A Success Story?

If you are someone who is now successful at doing what you do online, please tell us your success story. How did your failures motivate it? What steps did you take to get back on track? We’d love to read about your success story, so go ahead and post it below!

Remember my post where I tell you, my readers, to stop lurking and start commenting? Well, here’s a follow-up to it, but for the bloggers out there. I know that many of you are bloggers with your own blog, and I also know for a fact that there are times when you are just lurking around the web and not doing anything. Let me tell you something… you need to get to work! Time is money (seriously) and with 10, 30, or 60 minutes of time that you waste, you could have done a lot of stuff!

So let’s say you spend 3-4 hours a day on the computer, doing whatever it is that you do everyday. And let’s say that you have spent 1 hour of that just lurking around instead of doing some work. Here’s what you could have done:

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I’ve been wondering about this for a very long time now. With all the make-money-online blogs out there, do they all really make money online? And do they actually make money online like they claim? Or is the blog just a scam? If you have a blog (any type of blog, not just MMO), tell me… you started the blog because you wanted to share your tips and journey to making money online right? And not because you wanted to make money FROM the blog, correct?

Well, here’s a poll for you guys and gals that make money online with a blog (if you even make money online). Do you have other sources of income online? Or is this blog your source of hope? So let’s say you have a blog right now that makes at least, say, $20/month. If that blog had been taken away from you, would you have other ways to make you some money? Let us know by taking this poll below and make sure to also leave some comments.

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The webmasters from AffiliateTips.com contacted me to see if I can review their affiliate directory website. When I looked at the site, there was no way I was going to turn down writing this review for my readers. If you’d like to get started with affiliate marketing or would just simply like to learn what the top affiliate programs are on the web and what they offer, read on to see what AffiliateTips is all about.

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Just a quick post to let you guys and gals know that I have extended the deadline for the SlyVisions slogan-submission contest. It originally ended at 11:59 PM EST yesterday, Saturday. The new deadline is now on 11:59 PM EST on Monday, September 1, 2008.

I looked at the current submissions and they are all great. But that’s exactly the reason why I am extending the deadline. I know that there are some other great minds out there that can create nice and catchy slogans. If you are one of those people and are reading this post and have not submitted anything, what are you doing?! Click here and submit your slogan! If you put your mind to work, you have a great chance to win the prize!

Oh, and by the way. The prize is no longer $7. I have upped it to $10. Yeah, yeah, I know that it’s only $3 more, but how can you turn down easy money like this? $10 just for submitting a phrase? Can’t get any easier than that. So get going and submit your slogans. Those who have already submitted one, I want to let you know that you can submit unlimited amounts of time. If you have something great in mind, post it! If you haven’t submitted anything… well, get going! 

This is it guys and gals. Remember the video I sent out in my newsletter that showed you how to make $100 a day? Well, I am now going to start paying people to “go green” under me. And to be exact, I’m paying $15 just for you to do ONE trial offer!

First of all, if you don’t know what it means to go green or if you’re interested in making an easy $15, let me know in the comments below or drop me an email so I can send you the video. If you think you know how the whole thing works already, then read on.

So want to get started? Here’s what you’ll need to do.

1. Email GetPaidBySly@gmail.com with the subject “I want money!”.
2. You will get an instant reply with further instructions regarding the site you will need to sign up for.
3. After going green, email me from the Contact page of this site so I can confirm that you have gone green.
4. When I see that you’ve gone green, I will send you your $15 through PayPal.
5. That’s it. It’s as easy as that.

Keep in mind. You have to be a citizen of the United States or Canada to do this. If you’re from somewhere else, I’m sorry but this method of making money is not for you. Other than that, go ahead and get started!

A few hours ago, I have just sent the email regarding the video download on how to make $100 today (or everyday). I know that I said I was going to send the email 2-4 days from my last post, but the number of people signing up for the newsletter just kept rising. I had to wait until the numbers slowed down before I can send out the newsletter just to make it fair for everyone. So if you have downloaded and watched the video already, feel free to leave some comments below and let us know what you think or if you have questions. Just make sure not to give anything away!

For those of you reading this and missed the newsletter, I’m afraid that I cannot send out anymore free copies. If you think that you would really want to check out the video, I am offering the video for only $2. Email me from the contact page if you would like a copy.