February 16, 2008
Can you really make money while you sleep? The simple answer is "yes." From owning your own website to using auto-responders and joining affiliate programs, making money while you sleep is possible. Read this helpful article to find out how.
I used to see ads that were titled “Make Money While You Sleep.” To be honest, at first I thought most of these ads were bogus or down right scams, and I suggest you read the article Work from Home Business Opportunity Scams for help identifying potential scams.
However, after time, I have realized something extremely important. You can make money while you sleep. The idea is rather simple. Here's how...
If you are selling something or promoting a work at home business opportunity, it is a good idea to be selling your product, service, or opportunity on the web. Your site can be accessed in the middle of the day or late at night (while you sleep). My last webpage statistics for HomeBizMadeSimple.com showed me the following during hours I was sleeping...
Number of Pages Accessed Per
Hour
11:00 p.m. EST: 80
12:00 a.m. EST: 100
1:00 a.m. EST: 97
2:00 a.m. EST: 30
3:00 a.m. EST: 22
4:00 a.m. EST: 11
5:00 a.m. EST: 26
6:00 a.m. EST: 43
Most businesses today do not keep a physical store open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. If I did not have a webpage, you can clearly see how many customers or potential clients I could have missed. In fact, I receive almost 30% of my own affiliate signups and purchases during the hours I am either asleep or away from my home office. In a world of opportunity, more and more people are accessing the web to do business as well as take advantage of opportunities such as work at home business opportunities.
If you do not own a website and don’t know where to begin I suggest you view my list of Top Domain Name Registration and Website Hosting Sites. For tips on how to design your own website I suggest you read the article “Designing a Search Engine Friendly Website.”
Using Auto-responders are a great way to keep track of who wants what information. These great web tools work hard for you 24 hours 7 days a week and need very little TLC. You can use Auto-responders for your rate cards to offer information on a particular product or service you sell. When you're ready you can check your e-mail and read the letter from the person who asked for the information. You can then follow-up with your potential customer. You can even use auto-responders to automatically send your customer or new affiliate a welcome or thank you email.
Your web site provider most likely will offer auto-responders as part of their service.
Message boards are always open. When you visit them you'll find people desperate for certain information. Using your marketing intuition, you are going to visit boards in your area of expertise. Once you have posted your helpful response include your signature file. Who knows how many more people, besides the original poster, will read your helpful answers.
There are thousands of affiliate programs on the internet; the challenge is finding the right one. Also, you have to be careful of internet scams. I highly suggest you read the article “Work from Home Business Opportunity Scams” to help you identify potential scams.
With affiliate based programs you can have everything on your website from your own car dealership to your own flower shop. Your site can easily become an affiliate program junkyard with all the different options out there if you aren't careful.
To help you figure out what some of the best affiliate programs out there are, check out http://www.homebizmadesimple.com. This site only has real, legit work at home business opportunities and resources.
Making money while you sleep is possible. I hope this article helped you find out how.