Virtual Realty, Publishing Online
Submitted by christodd on Tue, 10/12/2004 - 12:20.
Business
Publish more, and you have more addresses where you can advertise.
In the new economy, information is power. He who accumulates, stores, and distributes information best, wins. The Internet has become so integrated into our economy simply because it lowers the cost of distributing information, our number one commodity. The power, the opportunity, in the new economy, is that individuals become equal with corporate media in distribution potential. Unlike classical publishing, internet publishing is not a periodical, instead you can build virtual realty with your publication. Publish more, and you have more addresses where you can advertise. Your efforts continue to yeild profit long after the hard work is finished, they key to passive income and early retirement. Often people ask what type of information is valuable. Amazingly, for all of the content online, much of human knowledge is missing from the internet. Sadly, many people contribute their knowledge online for free, at WikiPedia for example, without realizing how valuable it actually is. Others, realizing the potential, will cash in on their hard work, creating copies of the free information and sell advertising on those pages. People generally, through their interests and explorations, become psuedo experts on a variety of topics. They learn and discover information that most do not. That information is valuable, the topics and thoughts that interest you, can earn income for you and your family, for generations to come. Next time somebody asks you a question, write down the answer and publish it online. Other people will want to know, and you can make money doing it.
Next time somebody asks you a question, write down the answer and publish it online.
When a page is created online, it is given an address. That address, just like a postal address, represents realty. As everybody knows, realty is an investment that generally appriciates. The most important factor in virtual realty is traffic, how many visitors visit that address. With time, informative pages gain traffic, and therefore value. One can cash in on the value of the pages through advertising, the key to the heart of the consumer. While visitors view your information, the also see your sponsors messages, and your sponsors pay you, generally based on the popularity of your page. A well written page, with good content, can make thousands of dollars over time; a popular online book could earn thousands of dollars a day.
While traditional publishing has changed dramatically this last decade, even publishing online has changed in the last few years. It is now easier and simpler than ever to find a place to publish your thoughts. Only in the last few months has it been possible for a person to sign up for a free domain and earn money through advertising, an evolution called "Blogging for Dollars". These type of sites will provide you with an internet address, a tool to publish without any technical knowledge, and a place to put your advertisers code. This means that you can publish online for profit, with no expenses : bandwidth, servers, domains, etc. It has never, in anybody's life, been so easy to cash in on your valuable information. A short list of some these virtual communities, with more emerging every day :
It is now easier and simpler than ever to find a place to publish your thoughts... you can publish online for profit, with no expenses.
- Maniacly Challenged Bipolar, Origami, Computers
- Blog SenseAutos, Marine, Health
- KrazowGames, Rockhunting, Computer Security
- Kim's Backyard Gardening, Health, Fiction
- Bite Size, Inc Computers, News, Information
- Fund Finder Financing, Mortgage, Investing
- The Blurb Family :
A publishing community will provide a place to insert advertising code, that is displayed with your content. Generally, you must find an advertiser to provide that code, preferably one that will pay. Some advertisers pay per impression (PPI), where you earn a fraction of a cent each time a person reads your page. Others prefer pay per click (PPC), where you are paid from pennies to dollars each time a user clicks on an advertisement. Still others will pay per action (PPA), which is each time a user clicks on the ad and completes a process. In the arena of PPA, is affiliate marketing, where you choose a product to advertise, and the advertiser pays you a percentage of sales that originate from your page. Each of these can be lucrative, some fit better with certain types of content.
The latest advertising revolution is PPC clearing houses. These are companies that consolidate advertisers, and auction of the realty. This switches the market to the publishers favor, and can lead to PPC rates that are higher than other companies PPA rates. The clearing house does all the work involved in finding, tracking, and billing the advertisers. Combine this with the free publishing community, and you have a completely profitable business model for your freelance writing career.
