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Wouldn’t it be great to have an online side hustle that you could do in your free time from the comfort of your own home? Even if it only made enough to cover a daily latte to start, wouldn’t that latte taste great? If it grew to be a full-time job, like it is for me, that would be even better, wouldn’t it?
On this website we go through the steps and give tips on how to create an online side hustle. It’s not a “get rich quick.” Some people who do this make a lot of money, but most make at least a little every day. It’s not usually “quick” either unless you’re lucky. It generally takes time and effort to build traffic to your website. If you’re willing to be patient and put in the work, it’s worth it. I love the feeling of waking up in the morning to see how much I made while I slept.
Read through the following ten articles to learn how to get started. Later you can explore our other articles for more tips and tricks.
#1 – How to select a website topic
What should you look for in a website topic? How can you get ideas for topics? What sorts of topics might you want to avoid? What kind of topics make for a profitable website?
#2 – How to buy a domain name
What is a domain name? How can I get ideas for available domain names? What domain extension should I use?
#3 – How to get web hosting
What is web hosting? How do I point my new domain name to my website files on my hosting provider?
#4 – How to install WordPress
What is WordPress? How do you install WordPress? What are themes and plugins?
#5 – How to use WordPress
How do you login to WordPress? How do you customize the appearance of your website? How do you create pages and blog posts in WordPress?
#6 – How to pick topics for articles
Learn about free tools that you can use to get topic and subtopic ideas for your articles.
#7 – Page SEO
What is SEO, and why is it important? How can I optimize my webpage so that search engines can find it?
#8 – How to add images to your pages
Learn how to add images to your pages and how they can help your site. Find out where to find images, and how you can create infographics.
#9 – How to get more traffic to your site
Discover how to get more traffic to your site, and learn about ineffective methods you should stay away from.
#10 – How to monetize your site
Learn how to monetize your site. Get ideas for multiple ways to generate revenue and what the legal requirements are.
Tips & Tricks
How to add an additional site to HostGator
Learn how to add an additional site to HostGator. What should you consider before adding a second site? What are the steps to add the site?
All about links
Learn all about links: how to create them, attributes to add functionality, different kinds of links and their effect on SEO.
HTML Basics
Learn HTML basics: the basic code structure of a page, HTML formatting tags, hyperlinks, images, lists and tables
