10 Proven Ways to Make Money as an Internet Marketer

1. Affiliate Marketer - promoting banners, links, emails.

WordPress Blogging - Niche themes are great for quick site launches, management, and quick web publishing. Tip: publish from your phone. “Your phone is a cash register”
WP Site Plugins - Functions, widgets, and other nifty tools that add functionality to your site. Great for really leveraging your site to the fullest.
Top Affiliate Networks - Brands make money, ask for higher payouts.
Review Sites - Product reviews, merchant reviews, promotions/discounts.
Email List Building - List of tools; very important to generating revenue.
Social Networking Mastery - become a prolific social networker. Social Karma.
Sweepstakes - Goes Viral like nothing else, get bigger over time, use tools like Raffelcopter, Woobox.

2. Business Referrer - be a conduit for business referrals.

Build Your Linkedin Network - work it. i.e. post updates, share valuable content, invite contacts, join groups and get active.
Find Partner/Referral Programs - then you can make posts, send emails, share socially.
Make Content Posts - website, blog, Linkedin - create content about the company’s news, features, benefits. Then share the posts all around. Share more than once.
Send Intro Emails - Connect People - great way to build referrals without appearing to do so.
Track Everything - online tracking where possible, track in a spreadsheet, check in to see the results.
Be that person people look to for ideas - when people trust your content, they will be more likely to put credence in your suggestions.
Be Prolific - do it daily, weekly, monthly. Stay on it. You have to put forth a lot of effort to see a good result.

3. Online Merchant - sell online and build your customer list.

Shopify - Cloud-based Storefront - we are in the midst of a revolution in e-commerce
Email List Building - Pop-ups, Marketing Automation
Find Vendors - Drop shipping, additional products, apps (clothing)
Website Apps! - Huge and getting bigger, see: Shopify app directory.
Mobile Website - Google Likes It, needs to be usable and convert traffic into actions.
Mobile Apps - Where YOU Need to Be Focusing.
Find Affiliates and Referral Partners - they are everywhere, use tools, reach out.

4. Lead Generation - a HUGE opportunity to make big money.

Lead Gen Platform - great for processing leads and selling leads. Booberdoo, Leadspedia, CAKE.
Find Lead/Call Buyers - by industry, good fee per lead. Once you have them in an area you're good. Then drive the traffic and make the spread.
Lead Generation Pages/Sites - net, mobile lead pages.
Retarget - all the non-converting traffic.
Thank You Page - Ad placements for others. Get reciprocal placements (they're gold).
Monetize - Your List, database, custom audiences, traffic.
Sell Your Leads - as Shared or Exclusive

5. Affiliate Manager - massively needed by Ecommerce companies.

6. Social Media Manager - fastest growing position in digital marketing.

Learn Social Network Management - how to manage company pages, interact, keep the conversation going.
Learn How to Advertise on Social Networks - FB, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn
Learn How to Run Social Sweepstakes - sweepstakes are the life blood of an effective social media strategy.
Learn How to Measure Social ROI Metrics - advertise for fans, then run Boosted Posts with an exclusive coupon code to measure social ROI.
Be Awesome and Proactive - boring social media managers are the worst!
Run Communities and Groups - Facebook groups and LinkedIn groups are great ways to increase interaction, engagement, and sharing.
Learn Monetization Strategies - monetize all of your audiences. Convert Facebook fans into email subscribers and vise versa.

7. Media Buyer - the mover and shaker.

Buying Search Traffic on a CPA/CLA Basis - arbitraging paid traffic and making the spread on the CPA payout.
Buying Facebook and Twitter ads - great for targeting the right demographics and interests.
Buying Display ads - Programmatic, lookalike, custom audiences
Cultivating Affiliate Relationships - working with affiliates that buy media on behalf of a company.
Buy Email List Traffic - B to C, B to B - the right lists and produce great results.

8. Search Engine Expert - still desperately needed by companies of all sizes.

Work as an “SEO” - re-optimizing pages, publishing new pages/posts.
Write Articles and Content - companies need content always, forever.
Managing Paid Search Campaigns - Google Adwords, BingAds
Generating Traffic via Content - articles, online press releases, guest blog posts
Produce “Inbound” Marketing - whitepapers, ebooks, webinars
Managing Shopping Engines (CSEs) - Google shopping, Amazon product ads, Bing Shopping.

9. Digital Agency - providing ad platform management and online strategies.

Provide an Array of Services - search, social, affiliate, website, conversions.
Focus on 1 Service - and do it well
Find Clients that Needs Services - advertise, referrals, prospect
Build Your Personal Brand - sell you and your story, case studies, testimonials, About Us.
Use Marketing Automation - Drip email campaigns to leads and prospects.
Showcase Your Work - on site, LinkedIn, Slideshare. Share it socially.
Local vs. National - targeting, advertising strategically in locations. Facebook bery effective for local awareness.
Consultant - providing digital/social strategies, telling staff what to do, collaborating with in house staff.

10. Courses/E-learning - a proven online money maker.

Online Courses are Extremely Popular - any subject, skill, area of interest.
Create Your Course - screen capture with narration.
Create Courses for Experts You Know - partner on course creation.
Use Course Platforms - plug it right into WP
Build Up Monthly Subscribers - residual revenue, build loyalty and retention.
Create Your Community of Learners - support through email, Facebook group, phone.
Monetize Your Audience - send them affiliate offers! :) upsell "coaching" program.