What Is The Best Way To Make Money Online In 2017?

“What is the best way to make money online?” It’s a question I get a lot. What’s the answer? It depends on you.

You see, there’s a lot of great ways to make money online and the best way to do it will really depend on your own interests, strengths and skills.

I’ve asked successful online business owners how they would answer this question, and their responses are below. My advice is, choose a strategy that makes sense to you and that you feel could make work.

Here’s the list of best ways to make money online in 2017…

* Creating Content *

“Hi John,

“There are three main ways that work really well to make money online today:

“Writing books, making videos on YouTube or online courses, and freelancing.

“Out of all those, probably the most exciting is making video based premium online courses on sites like Udemy.com and Skillshare.com.

“But the best thing is to do all 3 of these as I do. I’ve been able to earn almost $200k from my books, video courses and freelancing largely because one part of that business gives a boost to another part of that business.”

Alex Genadinik, Problemio.com

* Blogging is the best way to make money online *

“Blogging is hands down my top recommended best way to make money online. Whether you’re freelancing and blogging for someone else, or starting and monetizing your own blog, the freedom associated with blogging is unmatched.

“How can you get started? If you plan on freelancing, start by putting up your own site about yourself. If you plan on monetizing your own blog, pick a niche you know. Use your knowledge and experience to your advantage.”

Eric Brantner, Founder of Scribblrs.com

* Content + Email List + Digital Product *

“I think the tried and true method of (1) writing good content, (2) creating an email list, then (3) selling a digital product to that email list still works. The challenge in those steps is really in step (1) and step (2) – writing content that creates great traffic from the right audience and getting that audience to signup for your email list is not easy.

“Outside of the above, I can’t really think of any shortcuts. You’ll see many touting shortcuts that worked for them, but usually while the squeakiest wheel gets the most attention, the quiet ones are the ones actually making any money, while the louder ones want to give the perception that they’re making money.

“What’s required is patience and hard work. No shortcuts.”

Pete Abilla, Founder of FindTutorsNearMe.com

* Affiliate Sales *

“I earn all my living online. I run NerdPlaythings.com.

“What’s cool about my website is that I take on no inventory and almost entirely sell other people’s products. So it is, if a person wants to get involved with earning money online, of all the ways (And I have tried 15-20) I recommend affiliate sales the most.

“There are tens of thousands of affiliate companies to join, where you can make money selling their stuff. I recommend to either simply join Amazon’s or an auto affiliate company where they take a small cut and automatically enroll you in thousands of affiliates. Viglink and Skimlinks are two I know of, I use viglink.”

Brad Hines, NerdPlaythings.com

* Selling T-shirts online with Shopify *

“Hi John,

“I have used a few different avenues, but the one I think is the easiest and best way to make money online in my opinion was selling T shirts online with Shopify.

“To summarize it all, you find an interest that people like or have a passion for. Dogs can be an example. Then you make a shirt design of that passion (Dog) and use Targeted Facebook ads to drive traffic to your store and convert people to buy.

“This is done without owning a single piece of inventory. You don’t even get to physically touch or ship the shirt. The fulfillment partner you use in conjunction with Shopify handles the printing and shipping. You just add their cost to ship and print into your shirt price.

“Not very difficult if you find the right Niche. I have other ways to make money online like affiliate SEO and Client SEO, which I am concentrating the most on now, and actually built an agency around that.

“SEO now takes more time and money than it used to. It is a great source to make money online, but their is a bigger leaning curve than the method I explained above.”

Nuno Saucedo, Semtech Media

My Advice – What is the best way to make money online in 2017?

My recommendation would be to start an Amazon FBA business. This is where you can sell your own physical products on Amazon’s website.

If you don’t have a physical product to sell, you can source thousands from wholesaler websites like Alibaba.com, and private label them as your own.

Some of the reasons that make this one of the best ways to make money online are:

You get to sell on Amazon.com and leverage their massive market reach and their reputation
Amazon does all the hard work for you, i.e. payment processing, delivery of goods, and refunds
You can automate and outsource most of the work
Work from anywhere in the world
Sell as many different products as you like
Profit margins on physical products can be as high as 25% or more, if you source it right

The potential for growth, long-term success, and opportunities right now in Amazon FBA are mind boggling.