So you want to make money online?

Introduction
So you want to make money online? Join the club of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions world-wide seeking this holy grail of 'easy-online-profits'.

Well, prepare to be disappointed by the news, your new blog will make zero income, no one will comment, advertisers will shun you due to lack of traffic etc.

Your Dream of Online Profits
Your dream of easy money will be shattered rather quickly unless you start with a plan. If you just start peppering your blog with ads, your readers will depart as they will see your true intent in blogging is merely 'for $$ bucks $$'.

What Not To Do
Rule # 1 is to be a real person, not a spammer, hacker or slimey marketer. You will find no long term benefit to being any of those types of people. Your online reputation is extremely critical to any long term success. The people who use poor judgement just get banned, ridiculed and quickly forgotten online.

Your Topic
What can you write about that interests a large group of people? Begin writing several posts related to your chosen topic of interest, and visit popular blogs in your specific market space to see what the trends, opinions and comments are. Contribute your own comments and be seen as someone who cares about the topic not just looking for people to prey on for money.

Building Out Your Online Reputation
Once you have a few posts under your belt, set up a Twitter account and include the link(s) to your blog post(s) in your tweets. Follow the market leaders in your niche and ReTweet their tweets. Visit their blogs, leave relevent and helpful comments there daily. Begin a conversation with them.

Do the same on Facebook. Set up an account and begin posting links to your blog as Wall Post's. Visit all of the relevant sites that are part of your interests in blogging subject matter.

Never copy anything from another website's post unless the website owner gives you written permission! Feel free to paste the links from your favorite websites into your 'blogroll'. Let the website owners know you are doing this. Eventually they will appreciate the traffic you are sending their way and maybe you can get their email address. Send them an email and tell them something about yourself and your goals.

Eventually all this goodwill will pay off. Start adding AdSense ads to your blog after you have a few weeks of posts on your blog.

Some blogs I can recommend for online marketing advice are:

John Chow
www.johnchow.com

Jeremey Shoemaker AKA Shoemoney
www.shoemoney.com

Jonathan Volk
www.jonathanvolk.com

Chris Brogan
www.chrisbrogan.com

Zac Johnson AKA MoneyReign
www.zacjohnson.com

Darren Rowse - AKA ProBlogger


Jim Kukral - Small business Consultant and Author


These folks have made serious incomes online and know what they are talking about.

I have met each one in person and can vouch for their marketing, blogging and advertising expertise over the two and one-half years I have been trying to make a living online.

If I had followed my own advice above when I started I would have saved myself thousands of dollars and a ton of grief. There is just no get rich quick scheme out there. Follow solid marketing principles, be honest with your customers and online friends.

This long-term approach will yield eventual profits and perhaps 'guru' status if that is your ultimate goal.

For now, check back tomorrow for my next post. And hey thanks for reading my blog!

Leave me a comment if you have time, I will respond.

Respectfully,

Nicholas Chase

Massive List Of eLearning Links Here

Hello Loyal Reader!

Below is an eLearning Links list recently collated by a friend on LinkedIn.

eLearning websites

These websites have thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.

http://Academicearth.org
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/av/index.htm
http://worldlibrary.net/Collections.htm
http://worldlibrary.net/
http://freevideolectures.com/computerscience.html
http://freevideolectures.com/
http://videolectures.net/
http://lecturefox.com
http://scholarspot.com/
http://www.varsitynotes.com/
http://www.learnerstv.com/
http://OCW.ND.edu
http://OCW.Tufts.edu
http://iTunes.Stanford.edu
http://iTunes.Berkeley.edu
http://WebCast.Berkeley.edu
http://www.lynda.com/
http://oedb.org/library/features/236-open-courseware-collections
http://www.careervoyages.gov/education-videos.cfm
http://www.sba.gov/tools/audiovideo/deliveringsuccess/index.html
http://www.sba.gov/training/index.html
http://www.sba.gov/tools/audiovideo/Podcasts/index.html
http://www.openculture.com/2007/07/freeonlinecourses.html
http://www.videomd.com/featured_videos.aspx
http://www.freesciencelectures.com/
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
http://education.usgs.gov/common/video_animation.htm
http://www.nachi.org/advancedcourses.htm
http://education-portal.com/video_library/index.html
http://www.serve.org/nche/ibt/aw_video.php
http://www.practisinc.com/interactive/patient-education-videos.php
http://www.teachers.tv/
http://www.ovguide.com/education.html
http://www.ocwconsortium.org/use/use-dynamic.html
http://www.oercommons.org/
http://www.schoox.com/
http://selfmadescholar.com/b/self-education-resource-list/
http://www.missiontolearn.com/2009/12/learn-foreign-language-online/
http://www.rfid4u.com/services/freeelearning.asp
http://www.4shared.com/dir/25834616/400fbf67/sharing.html

Youtube Channels:

http://www.youtube.com/user/activevision
http://www.youtube.com/user/AMDUnprocessed
http://www.youtube.com/user/Avayainteractive
http://www.youtube.com/user/carnegiemellonu
http://www.youtube.com/user/ccie12933
http://www.youtube.com/user/channelintel
http://www.youtube.com/user/CiscoLive2009
http://www.youtube.com/user/CiscoSmallBusiness
http://www.youtube.com/user/ciscozine
http://www.youtube.com/user/citrisuc
http://www.youtube.com/user/computerworld
http://www.youtube.com/user/CSCOPR
http://www.youtube.com/user/EyeOnTechnology
http://www.youtube.com/user/ITWorldVideos
http://www.youtube.com/user/lockergnome
http://www.youtube.com/user/macworld
http://www.youtube.com/user/MIT
http://www.youtube.com/user/NYTechSummit
http://www.youtube.com/user/ResearchChannel
http://www.youtube.com/user/sansinstitute
http://www.youtube.com/user/sunmicrosystemsgmbh
http://www.youtube.com/user/SunMicrosystemsInc
http://www.youtube.com/user/TechTargetTV
http://www.youtube.com/user/TigerDirectBlog
http://www.youtube.com/user/VidPR
http://www.youtube.com/user/wired
http://www.youtube.com/user/Harvard
http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity
http://www.youtube.com/user/uctelevision
http://www.youtube.com/user/ncstate
http://www.youtube.com/user/carnegiemellonu
http://www.youtube.com/user/georgiatech
http://www.youtube.com/user/UniversityofMinn
http://www.youtube.com/user/pennstate
http://www.youtube.com/user/wesleyan

Enjoy these links!

Respectfully,

Nicholas Chase

Affiliate Summit West 2010 - Are you going?

Affiliate Summit West 2010 will be the premiere conference and networking opportunity for online marketers to start off the New Year with a real heavy 'positive body-blow' to the US economy.


Shawn Collins and Missy Ward always deliver an outstanding conference, with enough depth and breadth for the new marketers and the seasoned professionals. In addition there is an opportunity to support a charity while at the event, and help a cause dear to the hearts of many in attendance

Go here now and join Affiliate Summit: http://www.affiliatesummit.com/

Get networking and join the Affiliate Summit Social Networking Group as well.

There is an outstanding mentoring program for first-time attendees. This will help you to maximize your experience by guiding you to the people and companies you need to meet. The people you meet will be the ones who can offer experience, advice and assistance in launching a successful online marketing business.

I attended my first Affiliate Summit conference in January of 2009 and it was a remarkable experience for me. Three days of intimate sessions with plenty of time for questions and answers after the formal discussions concluded on each of the panels. The opportunity to network in the hallways was key to helping me to clarify where I should focus my PPC / CPA or CPM campaigns for maximum ROI.

Imagine hanging out with some of the nicest, most influential and helpful Affiliate Marketers and the great companies they are working with to learn how to make a serious amount of money on the Web.

People like Jim Kukral, Missy Ward, Shoemoney, John Chow, Jonathan Volk, Zac Johnson, Chris Brogan, Darren Rowse, and so many more. We all have to start somewhere, but the opportunities to network one-on-one with these thought-leaders is too good to pass up.

At Affiliate Summit 2009, I had a chance to spend some time with the vendors who provide the creative linkage to the service providers or manufacturer's of the products Affiliates advertise.

I urge you to make it to Las Vegas, for Affiliate Summit West 2010, at the RIO Hotel on January 17~19, 2010 for the experience of a lifetime.

I will be there to interview you about your experiences during and after Affiliate Summit 2010. The companies you contacted and Affiliates who took the time to reach out and say hi to you.

Following on after the conference I want to hear of what networking methods you continue to apply in your online marketing efforts and how you are doing.

Respectfully,

Nicholas Chase

Video Production for the Affiliate Marketer and Blogger

Hello Affiliate Marketers and video afficianados.

I have been doing some commercial productions for Microsoft, Snickers and Coors Light.

I have also been trying to obtain a press pass to Affiliate Summit West 2010 in Las Vegas Nevada. This is the premiere conference for Affiliate Marketers and companies they work with on online advertising campaigns.

Shawn Collins and Missy Ward always put on a tremendous show, and you have the opportunity to donate to a worthy cause while attending.

I plan to interview new marketers and seasoned professional Affiliate marketers including Shoemoney, John Chow, Jonathan Volk, Zac Johnson and GeekMommy.

The Affiliate Summit takes place January 17~19, 2010 at the RIO Hotel in Las Vegas. Go to www.affiliatesummit.com and register now!

Previous to this I was the principal videographer for BlogWorld Expo 2008 in Las Vegas.

Investigating how to connect with Affiliate Marketers and Bloggers needing video production in the SF Bay area of California. I can shoot using my Sony HDR-FX1 camera and edit in 1080i 60P high-definition video, and then encode to web-sized videos, DVD's etc for maximum clarity for your web page.

I am currently also using a standard definition digital camera, the Canon XL-1S which has a very fine lens and produces crisp video at a lower bit-rate than the big Sony camera.

If you are a blogger thinking of getting some video onto your website, please consider contacting me here in the comments.

As my profile denotes, I have participated in the production and post-production phases of several thousand, movies, tv shows, commercial and music videos as well as live concerts in my extensive Hollywood career.

Let's discuss the best way to showcase your product, service or cause on the web.

Respectfully,

Nicholas Chase - Producer / Director
Nicholas Chase Digital Video Productions

We'll Be Right Back (after this short break...)

Hi there loyal readers of this blog. I took a few months off to pursue Affiliate Marketing, Digital Video Production and other gainful employment.

My digital video production company has achieved some success. I followed Michael Jordan, Jerry Rice, Charles Barkley and Ray Romano around 18-holes of golf at the American Celebrity Classic golf tournament in July, at Lake Tahoe, CA.

Now Microsoft has me shooting some promotional videos. Also attending a UFL football game inside the HD video production truck next weekend.

I guess I need to re-purpose the direction of this blog so that it reflects more video and less marketing focus.

I'll try to post some video here shortly.

Still in touch with John Chow, Jonathan Volk, Shoemoney, Zac Johnson and other successfull Affiliate Marketers out there.

Guy Kawasaki's New Book - 'Reality Check'

Hello Readers,

I just purchased Guy Kawasaki's latest book, Reality Check.

Guy has one of the best techniques for writing books about business! He not only makes them readable, he makes reading them fun and informative at the same time. This is something many business book authors fail to accomplish. Many authors are writing to an audience of other authors, and miss the point of the effort.

Unless your audience is made up exclusively of authors, you had better find another calling, because your book will not be read by anyone. Guy captures and narrates succinctly the start-up issues facing new companies. He provides a clear road-map to writing the 'business-plan', obtaining angel or venture capital financing, and most importantly exposes the things that will prevent you from succeeding at any of the above tasks.

He uses real-life examples of business foolishness, that really drives home his points completely. His writing style is brief, focused, and lively. Humor is a major component part of the book, and the 'dual-introductions' are hilarious, one 'final one' from "the fake Steve Jobs".

I met Guy Kawasaki at BlogWorld Expo 2008, after his lunchtime keynote with Steve Rubel. I mentioned that I had a copy of his earlier work, "The Macintosh Way". He paused and said, "oh, that's going back a few years!". Guy was so kind to hang out and answer questions after the keynote. He is accessible and puts his audience at ease. His knowledge of Silicon Valley is key to the depth and expanse of the information found in 'Reality Check'.

When I recently started following Guy's exploit's on www.Twitter.com and at www.alltop.com, I realized how multi-faceted he truly has become. He has a loyal following of former Apple Computer fans, who are now iPhone and Macbook users. Guy has stayed very current with Web 2.0 issues, and still pokes fun at the establishment, exhibiting an altruistic, helpful approach.

A recent photograph of Guy and Sir Richard Branson had Richard polishing Guy's shoes with his coat-jacket! Now that is truly customer service, and explains Richard Bransons considerable success with the Virgin Brand.

Please do go and find this book, buy it, read it and implement the steps Guy has defined. One day American business can return to the ethics, prosperity, and accomplishments that made it great.

I'm going to go and finish reading this book, and will post Part Two of my mini-review, in a few days. I purchased the book at a local Borders in California, and with my Borders discount the book was $25.00 + tax.

I would have been willing to pay twice that amount for the book, and plan on picking up a few more copies to send to ahem, companies that still don't 'get it'.

Please leave me a comment below, let's start a conversation and over on Twitter.com/nachase

Do You Ever Feel Like Quitting?

Hello Readers,

It has been a while since I last posted. Locked in a research phase to determine the direction of my on-line businesses in 2009.

The on-line business world is challenging, competitive, confusing, ever-changing and frustrating. On-line companies are experiencing this phenomenon today.

News of lay-offs, credit markets tightening, government at a loss to cure the short-term effects of this waterfall downward. In a recent post I asked the question, "How will you innovate?"

So how do you react to this negative information? Is everyone losing their job around you? Are you depressed, angry, confused, bitter, feeling alone and not sure how to proceed? Join the club! Many on-line marketers have enough experience to see these changes as an opportunity, not as a liability.

Practicing the 'long view', will help them survive a brief change in their on-line income and prepare for the certain 'economic turn-around' when it arrives. Housing prices are down for one good reason, the 'American Dream' caused many first time homeowners to get in over their heads. Being unsophisticated in financial matters, they trusted their 'professional' mortgage lenders to handle the why and hows.

"Just get me in that house" was all they could say. Now that the adjustable interest rates built into their loans increased, in many cases their monthly payments have 'doubled' without a supporting income to match the new payments.

USA's foreclosures are at a record high level. The resulting 'bad loans' have caused AIG Insurance and Lehman Brothers Stock Brokerages to fail, as they cannot borrow cash to run their companies day-to-day expenses. Further abuses have been reported as lavish business trips to exotic locales has undermined the company's reputations. Huge cash bonuses paid to departing executives, while the rank and file worker is 'left holding the bag' are inexcusable.

The recent arrivals of Automobile executives by private corporate jets to the automakers bailout hearings in Washington, DC demonstrate a poor choice on their part to the consumer.

So, what do you do? You get busy! You read every blog post that has anything to do with on-line marketing, selecting those experts who have a trusted history of profitability and many comments on their blogs. Some recommended authors are below.

I have met all listed below in person, except Seth Godin, but he is always traveling and speaking at Google and other companies, advising them on various marketing issues they are experiencing. I hope to cross paths with Seth one day, 'he gets it'.

Read the blogs, both current and past by thought-leaders like: John Chow, Shoemoney, Chris Brogan, Seth Godin, Zac Johnson, Jonathan Volk, and other thought-leaders in their class. Comment on their blogs each time they post a new blog. Subscribe to their RSS feed to get updates when a new post has been created. Google their names to see all of the trade shows and seminars they attend. Go there and meet them, and ask them for help.

Join Twitter.com, not just a 'texting service' for adults, but a solid way to connect with people like Sir Richard Branson and Shaquille O'Neal. In this way, by conversations with the experts, and reading their post's, you will gain nuggets of information that will help you craft your on-line focus.

Feedback from those that have 'been there, done that' will also save you valuable time and money. So get out there and read and comment. Put a link to your blog in your comments. These blogs are read by thousands of people, and may just increase visitors to your blog.

If you liked this post, please leave me a comment below.

Respectfully, Nicholas