By ‘online’ content I am referring to items such as webpages. Good, solid copy that is useful both to visitor and also as search engine fodder. Of course you can never have enough of this, as it boosts both rankings in search engines and word of mouth about your website (ie. Hyperlinks). But ‘offline’ content which can’t be viewed over Internet can also make a huge impact on your online presence. In this, I refer mainly to any freely downloadable software you may have on your site.

I am what I would term a beginner programmer. I enjoy programming, seeing it more as a hobby than anything else. Sure, it would be great to go into as a full time job, but at moment I’m just not that good. I’ve done several projects that have caught my interest, and released vast majority as freeware. When I thought about making a site I considered putting them online to see if anyone was interested. So that’s what I did, and forgot about them for a few months. Then I found out about RoboSoft.

"EARN MONEY FAST OPPORTUNITIES"

In my first year online, I tried all kinds of "earn-money-fast opportunities" --- everything from MLM to turnkey websites. I hate to admit this, but if I didn't make any money first couple of months after I had signed up for one of these programs, I just gave up and moved on to next opportunity.

Then I would begin whole process all over again. I found a new site that promised to all who joined, that they would earn a lot of money fast, and they would earn their money without hard work.

I know truth now, it was just another line of bulls**t!!!!

Twelve months later, all I had to show for my first year online, was many wasted hours and lots of wasted money.

THE MAKING OF A WEBSITE

As I began my second year, I realized that I had to make my own website. I didn't know anything about HTML. And, I knew nothing about where to find a hosting company, or even why I needed one. So first six months of that second year, I was learning basics of how to become a webmaster. I read through all forums about web-mastering and SEO that I could find on Internet, and tried to build a website that finally could make me some money.

I finally got my website up and running.

For first 8 months that I had my website, I did not earn any real money for all of my hard work. The worst thing that could happen to a person began to happen to me... I began to lose hope. I began to believe that making money from Internet was just a far-fetched dream that I could never attain on my own.

I was not alone. Hundreds of thousands of people have met or will meet this same crossroad in their Internet careers. Some will take easy road and walk away from their dreams. Others will push on, not willing to let their dreams die.

I decided to push on.

I added new pages of content to my website every week. I exchanged links with other websites as often I could. Slowly and steadily, visitors were starting to come to my little corner of internet to browse and buy.

In early stages, I had 30-50 visitors each day. Then, I began to see 100-150 a day. And soon, first small amount of money was earned through my website.