Here is list of free sites for blogging

http://www.blogger.com

http://wordpress.com

http://www.livejournal.com

http://www.blog.com

http://www.xanga.com/

http://www.vox.com/

http://www.weebly.com/

http://www.blogsome.com

Of course there are other free sites for blogging. But the above sites are most used free blogging sites on internet.

(1) Make Money Online With Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is one of the most used ways to make money online by internet marketers. In affiliate marketing you(affiliate) need to promote products and services created by other people and when someone purchase a product by your recommendation you get a fixed commission.

Types of affiliate marketing – Pay Per Click(PPC), Pay Per Sale, Cost Per Acquisition(CPA)

You can promote other people’s products through your blog or website by having a banner or text-links linked to merchant’s website. Writing product reviews is also a very popular method to promote affiliate products.

There are several affiliate networks where you can find a suitable affiliate product to promote.

List of top affiliate networks

• Commission Junction
• ClickBank
• LinkShare
• ShareASale
• PayDotCom
• Affiliate Window
• Clickbooth
• AzoogleAds

One can also join an affiliate program offered by an individual merchant or publisher like Amazon and Ebay.

(2) Make Money Online by Serving Pay Per Click(PPC) ads

If you have a website or blog then you can earn money by showing PPC ads on your website or blog. Income through this method depends on the traffic levels of the website. The main benefit of PPC ads is you get paid for clicks, and an affiliate doesn’t need to have a sale to be able to get paid.

Popular PPC networks

• Google adsense
• Bidvertiser
• Yahoo! Publisher Network
• Adbrite
• Chitika
• ValueClickMedia

(3) Make Money Online Selling Ebooks

It is perhaps one of the oldest money making strategies to make money online, write an ebook on a topic, and create a small website around the same topic to sell your ebook. All the internet marketing gurus and super affiliates are using this method to make big fortune on internet.

If you don’t want to write an ebook, you can hire a content writer or you can purchase a quality PLR(Private Label Rights) ebook and sell it with your name.

(4) Make Money Online Writing Sponsored Reviews

Under this method you get paid to write about a specific product or website. A blogger or website owner who is willing to write sponsored reviews can make decent money online using this method.

List of sponsored reviews and paid blogging sites

• ReviewMe
• PayPerPost
• SponsoredReviews
• Blogsvertise
• Smorty
• LoudLaunch
• BloggerWave

(5) Make Money Online by Working as a FreeLance

There are various sites on internet where one can get freelance jobs. Here you have to bid on the tasks you want to do and if you win, you have to complete the task and if you do it successfully you get paid the bidding amount.

List of websites to get freelance jobs

• Elance
• GetAFreelancer
• Guru
• Odesk
• Scriptlance

(6) Make Money Online Doing Paid Surveys

Making money doing paid surveys is a good option for those who are not technical and don’t want do things like website design, writing content and SEO. Everybody can make money on internet with paid surveys.

Top paid surveys sites

• SurveyScout
• GlobalTestMarket
• SurveySavvy
• SurveySpot
• SurveyHead
• CashCrate
• Npdor
• Acop

(7) Make Money Online Selling Stock Photos

If photography is your passion or hobby then you can turn your passion into profits by becoming a stock photographer. Stock photos are pictures that you allow a company to use and you get paid a commission on each download of your photo.

List of stock photo companies

• iStockPhoto
• BigStockPhoto
• Dreamstime
• ShutterStock
• EveryStockPhoto

These are some tested and proven ways to make money online and a lot of people are already making money using these methods. Some of them require you to have a website or blog while others don’t need it.

But if you want to make a consistent and ever increasing money online I would suggest you to have a self hosted website on your own domain name. And today, it is damn easy creating a money making website and for this to happen you don’t even need to know “H” of HTML.

You need to have a google account to create a free blogger blog. If you already have a gmail.com account then sign in with your gmail account otherwise click on “create a blog” button and create a google account.

In the next step fill up a display name, blogger will display this name in your profile on all your blogs. Click on the continue button.

Now fill up the ‘Blog Title’ and ‘Blog URL’ for your blog. Blog title is the topic of your blog and can be like ‘Weight Loss Guide’ or ‘Internet Marketing Blog’ or about anything you want to create a blog. Blogger blog will show the title in the web browser’s title bar as well as in the main heading.

Blog URL is the address of your blog. You can put your name here or you can write something related to your blog. Your blog URL should be like EasyWeightLossGuide.blogspot.com or yourname.blogspot .com. But here you will have to check the availability of your blog URL.

Choose a template for your blog. You can see preview of these templates by clicking on the ‘preview’.

You are done; your free blogger blog has been created. Click the on start blogging button.

Now create your first blog post. Here you will see several options. We will take all those one by one.

Write a title for your first blog post. The post title should give a brief idea about the content of the blog post.

Write the full content of your first blog post. In the content you can also insert images, videos and HTML code.

Now click on the ‘Publish’ button.

Your first post is online now and you can see it by clicking on the ‘View’ button.

Congratulations! You have created your first blog. Start telling your friends and family that you are online now.

• How to set up a domain name on your hosting account?
• How to design a website?
• How to upload website content on your hosting account using FTP?
• How to change nameservers? (In case hosting and domain companies are different.)

With a free blog site you don’t have to deal with these issues.

I think if you are a newbie in internet marketing then it is better to start with a free blog rather than purchasing a domain name and web hosting to create a self hosted blog. Once you acquire some experience in online marketing then you can start with your own domain name and web hosting.

Two major free blogging platforms are Blogger and Wordpress.

Pros and cons of free blog and self hosted blog.

Free Blog

Pros

• Don’t need to spend a single buck to create a blog
• Don’t need to have technical knowledge to set up a blog
• Creating a free blog is fast and easy

Cons

• You have a blog name like YourBlogName.FreeBlogSiteName.com
• Limited functionality and access
• You are dependent on the free blog site service. It’s a risky situation.

Self Hosted Blog

Pros

• Having a blog like yourblogname.com increases your reputation as a blogger.
• You have full control over your blog.
• You are the owner of your blog so you can do whatever you want.

Cons

• You will have to spend a few bucks to create a self hosted blog(for domain name and hosting)
• Must have technical knowledge to design a blog
• Need to know technical details on how to set up a domain name with web hosting

Designing a blog is not a big issue even if you are not a technical person. You can use wordpress to create your self hosted blog. It is very simple to install wordpress on your domain name.

There are generally two types of blogs:

Personal Blogs

Some people use a blog just to keep in touch with family and friends.

Business blogs

Business blogs are created by those people who want to promote their products and services on the internet.

Today many companies and individuals are using blogs to create awareness about their businesses and services. Creating and managing a blog is
fairly easy and it doesn’t cost much as well.

If you are an expert on any subject  then create a business blog, post useful information, recommend other people’s product to the visitors of your
blog and earn commission on the products you sale through your blog.

Some characteristics of a blog:

• Blog content is updated regularly
• Contents are generally arranged in chronological order
• Blog visitors can post their opinions in the form of comments
• Blogs are generally written on a particular topic
• Contents are generally written by a single person.

There are various websites where you can start a free blog.

Wordpress and Blogger are one of the most used free blogging platforms.

There are also paid blogging services like Typepad.

One can also create a self hosted blog using wordpress.

Here are some tips on how to find a profitable niche:

• Niche having problems and pain.
• Possibility of selling multiple products to the same customers.
• The people are willing to spend big bucks to solve their problems.

There are so many niches out there satisfying above conditions and finding a profitable niche is not at all a difficult task.

“Where can I find a profitable niche?”

Yahoo! Answers is a great place to find a profitable niche. One can also do research at forums, blogs and discussion boards.

Should you choose something that you like or are passionate about?

If you are passionate about a subject or you are an expert at anything and if there are people out there in that niche who can spend money to get a solution then it is worth choosing a niche of your liking.

Some other tools that could help you finding a profitable niche are:

Google’s Keyword external tool. Its completely free. And it is a very powerful tool to search useful keywords and a keyword’s monthly search volume.

Google trends

Google insights for search

And at last here are some tested and proven profitable markets where other people are making money:

auto loan
business loan
beauty products
business finance
business opportunity
car insurance
cell phone
computer hardware
credit card
dating
debt consolidation
debt management
domain Registration
fitness
forex
golf
health
home security
home improvement
insurance
make money on internet
mortgage
motorcycle
muscle building
music
online games
pay per click
pet care
real estate
relaxation
ringtones
sex related products
skincare
software
travel
web design
web hosting
wedding
weight loss
work from home
yoga

In this internet business model, you make money by promoting other people’s products.

What do you need to make money on internet with online affiliate marketing?

1. Find a profitable niche or topic of your liking.
2. Find a good affiliate program and register with that program for free.
3. Get your affiliate link for tracking sales.
4. Promote your affiliate link using a website or a free blog.
5. You get paid a fixed commission whenever someone buys through your affiliate link

To start online affiliate marketing business:

You don’t need to own a product.
Don’t need employees.
No customer support

All you need to do is driving quality targeted traffic to the web pages containing your affiliate links. You may use Article Marketing, Email Marketing, Forum Marketing, Blog Marketing and several other SEO techniques to drive quality traffic.

It is really easy to start an online affiliate marketing business and you don’t need to spend a single penny for it. All you need is a computer with internet connection.

Pros:

• Pricing of PLR articles are much cheaper than ghostwritten articles.
• You may edit the PLR articles and put your name to it.

Cons:

• The PLR articles you buy is not unique. You share PLR articles with members or with the people who purchased the same PLR content.
• Getting quality PLR articles is quite a tough task.
• You have to find a PLR service who can provide you content in your niche.

GhostWritten Articles

Pros:

• The articles are unique and you don’t have to share them with others.
• The articles are exclusively written for you so you get articles in the niche of your liking.
• You can use articles anywhere with your name as the author.

Cons:

• The articles are expensive and may cost anywhere from $3 to $12 per article.
• You have to find a good content writer for yourself.
• You have to check the quality of articles and uniqueness as well.

Free Reprint Articles

Pros:

• You don’t need to spend a single penny for articles.
• There are hundreds of article sites from where you can pick quality free reprint articles.

Cons:

• Free reprint articles are not unique and you might find the same article on several other websites or blogs.
• You have to give credit to the original author by giving a link back to the author’s site from your webpage.

PLR articles are articles that you can purchase from a PLR service and use them as you want. You can edit PLR articles, you can use them as it is and you can put your name before them.

What can you do with PLR articles?

PLR articles can be very useful if you know how to use them.

(1)   You can add PLR articles to your blog or website.

(2)    If your website has a newsletter then you can use PLR articles in your newsletter.

(3)   With PLR articles you can start a free e-course to woo your visitors. Start a 5 day or 7 day course, add PLR articles to your autoresponder and grow your list.

(4)   Create a small report with PLR articles and give it to your website visitors for free. This way you can grow your email subscriber list.

(5)   Create a report using PLR articles, convert it to PDF and sell it for a profit.

PLR articles are way cheaper than the articles written by content writers. But at the same time it will be better if you edit PLR articles before using it. Because PLR articles are sold to many buyers and if you are in a PLR membership then all the members get same set of articles.

So PLR articles can be very profitable if you use them wisely.

Here are some tips on how to find best affiliate marketing programs that make you more money online.

1. Are there enough hungry buyers for the affiliate products you are going to promote? I mean there must be some people out there who are interested in your affiliate products you are promoting.

2. A newbie should not choose affiliate marketing programs in high competition niches. For example it will be difficult for a newbie to sell weight loss affiliate products because of the fierce competition in this market. There are millions of affiliates and big companies promoting and selling weight loss products.

3. Always take a look at the sales page for the affiliate marketing program you want to promote. Does it interest you? Does it look professional? You should ask these questions to yourself. A good sales page should have detailed information about the affiliate product, should have testimonials of the people who have already purchased it and using the product.

4. If an affiliate marketing program is giving 100% money back guarantee on affiliate products then it is certainly going to increase your conversion rate and thereby making you more affiliate commission.

5. Affiliate Resources- If an advertiser provides you things like articles, graphics, free reports, and other information that will help you in marketing their product then it will be a lot easier for you to start.

6. If the affiliate products are associated with a well known company then it will definitely increase your conversion rate.

I hope these tips will help you choosing a right affiliate marketing program.