Like what all the experts are saying.. "Don't put your eggs in one basket" I'm curious how many source of income have those successful users here have online? Kindly post it what source of income it is, doesn't necessarily be specific you can put it in general like ppc, freelancing, affiliate marketing and etc. As for me I only have two.. I'm into freelancing(SEO) and I'm also have two website which is earning decently thru PPC.
you only need one. however, your online idea needs to be well thought out and functional....meaning that you actually need a service that will directly benefit those people you are targeting.
I have a e-bay & taobao account, SEO is advisable as well, it is a good idear to learn how to be a SOHO
Online earning is just my extra income, most of my income from adsense, followed by link trading and translation service
Well MY Main Acome for the past 6 years is Freelancing (a SEO freelancer) I am trying to earn thrue Affiliates + Adsense But i am a terible designer A much more terible COntent creatore And i don't quite have time to work on my sites as i have clients that pay me good ... So my earning is Freelancing bring in around 2-3k/month ...
I am somewhat of a scavenger ever since a few large mistakes that locked me out of large projects. I currently run from _ diff. places. -Adsense, Kontra, and Amazon are my PPC's which make me the most -I sell links on a few of my higher PR sites independently -I freelance as adsense optimizer consultant for people -I resell paid Video's for extra -And have sold many online business plans I've tried a bunch of diff. freelance services such as creating graphics, content writing, directory submitting, etc but it was too much effort for the revenue I got. Currently I'm in the market to get into something more solid and something I can really be a part of online. Its been a 2yr search and after being part of many large projects that end up going south from partners I just don't know what to do with my life.
I know what mean "Don't put your eggs in one basket" but after all you have to be focus in one thing than once it is run and profit you can go to another. By the way here is my list Affilliate is my favorite, second is adsense, and various income such TLA, REVIEWME, etc
I am not quite sure ALL the experts say that... I am by no means an expert but we found that as soon as we stopped following that line we started doing better. We found that FOCUS on one or few things is better than diversification, but then again that's just us and our own industry.
I'm having a hosting company running, which is now paying off and hopefully will be very successful in the long-term, we will see what the future brings though. Away from that I offer SEO & translation services on a few forums and I also own a few blogs which I get some money from (Adsense etc). So I have a few things I can depend on
I own a gaming website, which makes pennies for me as a technical back up while i do freelance writing to actually make money, and then i dabble in fun side projects like youtube So technically, 2.5.
My sources of earning includes, Web designing, development, writing, SEO and adsense. Affiliate Marketing is definitely a good source if you have a good grip over it.