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Making money on the Internet is not a difficult task. Many people find online marketing through different programs, most a derivative of Multi Level Marketing combined with a membersite. There are a few people who make a lot of money by owning membersites. Currently I am in the process of creating a membersite as well with an affiliate program.

This is a huge undertaking and will require many hours of hard work and promotion. It will be geared to teaching people how to use blogs to monetize their time online or get the word out about a specific topic, without all of the slam bam hard marketing you see in the typical membersite format.

I am personally torn in this decision to create a membersite, as I generally don’t like the business model of membersites. I am not talking about the model from the site owners perspective, but the model for the end user. Most membersites are geared towards building a list for the site owner on the backs of the members and utilizing that list for their marketing agenda.

As an online affiliate I earn well over $5000 per month with blogging platforms and have seen word of mouth spread the news very virally. The new membersite will be geared to helping people create blogs that they own and monetize and reap all of the rewards and not share their work or readership with me unless they choose to through the affiliate program. One of the biggest downfalls of membersites I have seen is that people buy in to a program that encourages them to recruit others and build the list of the program owner without receiving real personal benefit unless they recruit others like a mad man.

My goal with the new site will be to teach others how to create their own blogs to utilize for niche affiliate marketing or spreading the word about a passionate subject for the user. If they choose to bring others into the training that is their choice and they will be compensated for their efforts, but the emphasis will be on educating the user and teaching them to think outside of the box and do their own thing versus following the heard into the latest greatest pre-launch product.

Consistent work on personal online properties is the true key to success to making money online. If you own it then nobody can take it away from you. Making money online without owning a website is akin to walking across the desert without shoes. It can be done but it is difficult and painful and when it is all said and done you wonder why you even tried. There is nothing wrong with promoting other peoples products but your first goal should be in promoting yourself, your website and your list. Once that becomes your first goal the money you can earn becomes unlimited and you can truly call yourself a successful online marketer.

Paul Rushing