Websites: Creating Money Making Ideas

I have my Bachelor's Degree in Media Arts. I am really good at all things in that field which includes designing and coding websites. That is a very strong skill especially in the Information Age. I have considered starting a web page to make money before now. I use to own the site joshdurant.com to get a professional job to make money, but that failed to help me in obtaining employment and really wasn't the kind of "making money" I was referring too. I'm more interested in receiving residual income from my websites by staying on top of them with maintenance and such.  

In all honesty, my blogs are a way of making money through ads. Just to get a taste of how to make money using ads. So far though, I have made nothing. I really was not expecting to have a million subscribers overnight. These blogs are really a way of getting out my thoughts out of my head and in black-and-white because others could possible see them. Plus, ideas in your head sometimes seem clearer than they really are. This has really helped me better define my ideas. I am starting to see clearly where my thinking is faulty and where my action is not effective.

So, I am going to start a website. I am going to design it as a business as Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad books, suggests you build any venture. It would take too long to describe exactly how to set that up here (and of course I am green at it), but I will be taking it step-by-step. Through each step of the method, I will be going through as I'm doing it as a way to look back at the process retrospectively and give others perspective on maybe a similar website and/or business they may be developing.

Here's a related Kiyosaki tidbit. When Robert Kiyosaki was fresh out of the military, he was broke and was trying to take the advice of his Rich Dad by starting a business to be rich. He was unemployed with no income. He asked his Rich Dad what he should do in order to start a business with no money. His Rich Dad said that he needed to get a job. Kiyosaki was pretty shocked considering how much his Rich Dad always talked about starting businesses was the way to become wealthy. His Rich Dad said that investments were not a good idea if you could not keep a roof over your head, and food in your mouth.

Down the road, Kiyosaki was employed and was able to sustain himself. He was going to get a second job in order to build up income for his investments. On quizzing his Rich Dad about the topic, his Rich Dad said that what he should do is not start a part-time job but start a part-time business. Kiyosaki took his advice and started a velcro wallet business that made him a millionaire. Kiyosaki did not know how to run his business past a certain size and eventually went under. However, the moral of the story is not to have a part-time job to build investments but to have a part-time business. The second moral, though, would have to be the need to be vigilant once the business is up and running. 

The next post will be about how different types of websites make money. Make sure to check that out.

Til Tommorow,

Josh

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