How to earn money online
February 22, 2007
How do Filipinos make money online? Let us count the ways.
- 1. Google Adsense, etc.
The most basic way to make money online is to create a site or blog and monetize it by having advertising networks serve ads to the site. Learn how to start a blog here then pepper it with content. The more content, the better, but optimize your site as well to attract more visitors who use search engines. Once you have a decent number of posts, join any of the popular advertising networks Google Adsense, Bidvertiser, and AdBrite. They will give you snippets of codes that you have to add to your sites in order to show ads. When visitors click on the ads, you get paid. Know the basics of Google Adsense here or share how much you are earning from it by posting in the Google Adsense Earnings Survey thread.
- 2. Selling Ad Space
Some Filipino website owners offer customized packages and lease advertising space directly to advertisers. You need to have valuable and frequently updated content, however, and consistent traffic in order to attract advertisers.
Most of the time, Pinoy publishers merely join ad networks wherein they sell their ad space. Upon signing up, these networks provide links that will be posted in the blog or site. A few examples of these networks include Blog to Profit, Money4Blogs, Chitika, Crisp Ads, grokAds, Tagword, and Text Link Ads.
- 3. Paid Blogging
Rather than writing mushy, self-centric, or showbiz-crazed stuff, several Pinoy writer-bloggers use their creative juices to publish short reviews of a product, website, or service. Of course, they get paid in the process. Two of the popular sites where you can become a paid blogger are ReviewMe and PayPerPost.
- 4. Paid Outsourced Service (Content writing, programming, web design, SEO services)
Several Filipinos hang out in sites like Rent-a-Coder, Scriptlance, Getafreelancer, and eLance to offer programming, content writing, web design, or search engine optimization (SEO) services for a fee. Competition among fellow for-hires, though, is tough but once a good reputation is built, clients will ultimately follow. Learn how some PMT members are successfully earning as home-based freelancers in the Work at Home and Online Jobs board in the forum.
- 5. Affiliate Marketing
Sell someone else’s products and earn commissions for every lead or sale. A few have found luck earning regular income as affiliates of Commission Junction, LinkShare, ShareaSale, and previously Clickbank. Discuss strategies with other Pinoy affiliate marketers in the Internet and Affiliate Marketing board.
- 6. Online Selling
The bustling activity in eBay.ph, Auction.ph and Bidshot.com is a testament to the growing number of Filipino sellers. Sell your stuff by posting in eBay, transforming a Multiply account into an online shop, or setting up a full-fledged e-commerce site. Drop by the Online Auctions, Selling, eBay and Multiply Stores board for more stories of Pinoys in the online selling arena.
- 7. HYIP and Autosurf Investing
If you are the gambler type, “investing” in autosurf or high yield investment programs (HYIP) might be for you. For a short period of time, you can earn double, triple, or even 10,000 times your principal without doing anything or, at the most, “autosurfing” other people’s websites. Beware, though, because 99% of these online “investment” programs are scams.
- 8. Get-paid-to (GPT) Programs
Not a lot of income can be expected here, but absolutely no cash outlay is needed either. Earn a few cents just by clicking ad links or reading advertisement emails. To meet fellow GPTers, go to the Free-to-Join Get-Paid-To Programs discussion board and access a list of programs that are currently paying.
For more ways how Pinoys earn money online, drop by the Make Money Online discussion board in the PMT Forum.
May 29th, 2009 at %I:%M %p
True, there are lots of scam sites out there. I tried pay-to-click or PTC sites because of a friend, who lucky for me, taught me the sites to avoid and sites worth visiting. For PTC dummies, I suggest checking the pay-to-click dictionary at http://therescashonline.blogspot.com. Very useful.
If you want to earn dollars online, you got to have a lot of time and patience to surf sites. But it pays after a month or so, really.
June 21st, 2009 at %I:%M %p
I also tried paid to click and there are lot’s of scam, i spend time then i don’t get paid! OMG! I got tired of clicking and surfing. http://cheotforonlinegames.blogspot.com
June 21st, 2009 at %I:%M %p
Hi James,
Thanks for this post though I guess there are even more ways available now to make money online than the time you wrote this. Will link back to this article on my site.
June 21st, 2009 at %I:%M %p
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June 26th, 2009 at %I:%M %p
Just want to share this site I found recently. It’s http://www.mmo.ph. It’ll take you through the process of making money online.
June 28th, 2009 at %I:%M %p
Many many years back, I was browsing the net and saw an ad about clicking links and getting paid. I was of course enticed and joined. And yeah, it was a hoax.
Crap I was gullible enough to believe hehe..
and then those obtrusive popping ads coming from different “companies” keep showing still and believe it or not, I at times still tried it out with the belief that it’s real. My view point was that, it won’t take too much of my time anyway. I was online most of the time during my school days and so why not give it a shot. Imagine, being paid to do minimal things, how cool can that be. It was unfortunate however that I often register but to no avail.
My view on getting paid online wasn’t so positive then, not until I came across amazon affiliate program. I thought that hey, it’s amazon so it must be a real deal.
Yes, it was. I made an Amazon astore and advertised it to my relatives and friends. Ate, being so supportive as she is, often buy from my astore so I get a percentage from every item she buys online. Yehey, at long last, something real!
And then another success story. Kuya’s fond of Foreign Exchange Trading and made a blog on that, he joined Google Adsense and after a few months, he’s getting checks from Google already. It’s real, it’s really real!
So yesterday, while updating my facebook, I saw an ad about answering surveys and earning points and I got interested . It’s cool coz the user interface and scheme is not so complicated. If I register, I will be a small spider and will grow bigger everytime I earn points. Hehe..sounds fun. I started with just 10 points (sign-up bonus) and after a day, I got 26 points already :) I looked at the Claim Matrix and saw that I’m qualified already to avail $2 of gift check to be donated to World Vision. If I want to get cash redemption though, I still need a minimum of 300 points to get $50.
I searched online and read forums to check the genuineness of the site and great to know that it is. Some people got their checks already :)
If you guys are often online and have lots of time to spare, you might wanna check out this site :)
http://www.spidermetrix.com/sm120.php?refspider=pattymc
June 28th, 2009 at %I:%M %p
BY the way, please put pattymc for the referral box at spider metrix. thanks! :)