If you thought that only geeky people with amazing computer skills can make money online, then you are wrong. There are thousands of people right now making money today and every day by working online. Some people use their online “job” as a way to earn a little extra income, while for others it’s their only job. Sitting at home at the computer, earning money whenever you want is a pretty good life!

You too can start making money today and you don’t need computer skills. If you can turn on your computer, go online, and at least “hunt and peck,” then you can start making money. The first step for most people is to create their own blog. This is free and easy, and you can do it in just a few minutes.

What you write on your blog is not as important as making it interesting enough for people to read it. Remember that your only goal is to drive traffic to your site. One way to figure out what to write about is to spend a few hours surfing the Internet. See which blogs are the most popular, which ones generate huge amounts of traffic, and which ones generate sales.

There are certain topics that will always make money: how to lose weight, how to make more money, how to find the man or woman of your dreams, and focusing on those areas is always a guaranteed win. If you have something in particular that you can write about that solves someone’s problem, then you’re on your way to earning a good income.

The fastest way to make money from your blog today is through affiliate advertising or Clickbank advertising. Both of these products allow you to use your blog as an engine to drive traffic to a third party, who will in turn pay you a nice commission on every sale you make. Some adware, like Google, will also pay you just for clicks. So whether or not your prospect actually makes a purchase, you’ll still make at least a little bit of money.

The key to all of this is to set up your online presence, be it a website or a blog, and start driving traffic to it. Once you’ve done that, it won’t be long before the profits start rolling in. If you think of your website or blog as a traditional store on a very slow street, think of ways you can start to get people to walk down your street, again and again. You’ll need those people to tell their friends, and then you’ll start seeing huge traffic. The internet really is a numbers game and the more people who come into your “store” the more profit you make. Setting up your blog is just the first part; the rest depends on your marketing efforts.