Make $5,000 a Month With Micro Niche Sites

$5,000 a month. Sounds too good to be true right? Recently I have discovered the amazing benefits of starting up a micro niche site. One of the most amazing things about these websites are that they are very easy to create, rank and maintain. As long as you find a good keyword and make an effective website, then you can make some serious money online as a teen or college student with this method. Lets get started!

Keyword Research
This is probably the most important step in the process. You are going to want to find a keyword that has at least 1,000 exact monthly searches and has low-competition. Use the Google Keyword Tool to research some ideas. Here is an example of something you'll be looking for, which has 1,300 average monthly searches and low-competition.

Domain Name
When picking out your domain name you're going to want to include your keyword in your domain. It does not have to be an "exact match domain" as EMD's have lost some credibility over the past few Google updates, but you still should have it in there somewhere. Purchase your URL and hosting (I prefer GoDaddy for this) and register your site on Wordpress. For the above example I would make my URL www.easylaptoprepairservice.com or something along those lines.

Content
Write 5 well-written articles on your keyword, full of rich content. Over time you will look better in the eyes of Google if you continue to add articles and make it an established website. Your long-tail keywords will also rank and you will receive additional traffic for this. For this step its important that you either A.) Pick a keyword that you are knowledgeable on so you can craft good articles, or B.) Outsource your articles to another party. You can pay others to write effective articles for you for a pretty cheap price. Article writing jobs are everywhere, just do a simple Google search and read some reviews to find a quality writer.

On Page/Off-Page SEO
For on-page SEO make sure you include your keyword in your titles as well as numerous times in the body of your articles. Download various Wordpress plug-ins like The All in One SEO Plug-in and XML Sitemap and also submit your website/sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools. After you do your on-page SEO get to work on off-page SEO and get some do-follow backlinks. A great method for this is commenting on relevant blogs, submitting your website to directories and guest posting on other websites. It does not take a lot of work to rank your micro niche site as long as you picked a low-competition keyword. Once your website is ranked on the first page of Google then you can just sit back and watch money pour into your accounts.


Monetize Your Micro Niche Website
For this step there are numerous ways you can begin to collect money from your website. The most popular way is definitely Adsense, but you can also you the Amazon Affiliate Program or Clickbank if your keyword is product based. I've read a story before on someone who created a micro-niche website on adjustable-dumbbells. He was able to take home $3,000 a month in Amazon affiliate sales and eventually sold the website on Flippa for $30,000. Not too shabby! Now, imagine having 15 micro niche sites that you have set-up. Thats some serious cash!

Conclusion
If you take the above steps and scale it up then it is definitely possible to make upwards of $5,000 a month with micro niche sites. If you want to take a look at an example of a micro niche site, take a look at Polyamide Fabric. This site alone brings me on average $10/day, but I also have several more that I am working on, so I hope to make a lot more with this method. I grew up in a household full of sewers so I actually know quite a bit about different fabrics so this website was pretty easy to make. All in all, micro niche websites are a great way for teens to make money online and are very easy to create. Please share your questions or stories you have with me in the comment section below and good luck!

10 Ways to Save Money as a College Student

As a college student myself, I know how difficult it can be to make it through the year with little to no money in your bank account. My freshman year I don’t think that there was a time when I had more than $50 in my account for the entire year. Regardless of what my situation was, it’s a common trend that all college students will experience at one time or another: not having enough money. Here are 10 money saving tips for college students as well as teenagers to make your funds stretch further than you ever thought they could:

1.)  Rent or Buy Used Textbooks

I still do not understand why some people purchase new textbooks every semester. My first semester of college I bought all new textbooks and spent $580. Ever since then I have been renting and buying used and have not spent over $150 a semester. Ebay, Chegg and Amazon are great for saving your money.

2.)  Drink Water

Don’t waste your money on juices and energy drinks. Water is free and a whole lot healthier than those sugar infested beverages.

3.)  Use Campus Transportation

I cannot tell you how many times I have gotten parking tickets on campus because I was too lazy to walk or take the bus to class.

4.)  Don’t Buy Your Music

Free services like Soundcloud, Spotify and Pandora are available so why would you waste $1.29 for a single song with ITunes?

5.)  Ditch The Cable

I had no idea how expensive cable was until I got it for myself. For the cheapest plan on Comcast, it cost me $40 a month, $40 that I really didn’t have to spend. You can watch TV online and play DVDs through your laptop for free.

6.)  Pay Bills Before They Are Due

There are too many times where I simply forgot to pay my rent and was forced to pay a late fee for my stupidity. Just plan to pay your rent and bills at least a week early, every month.

7.)  Skip The Alcohol

Alcohol is expensive, plain and simple. Especially when you’ve had a few drinks and are at a bar with a few friends, you’ll probably end up finding yourself buying drinks for them out of the niceness (drunkenness) of your heart. The solution? Go to the bar without your credit card or just have a couple drinks and vouch not to spend anything else. Or, just don’t drink!

8.)  Avoid Take-Out

Getting take-out is expensive and you will most likely spend at least $10 each and every time. Why not go to the campus cafeteria? Or go shopping and buy your food in bulk so you can save money?

9.)  Skip Expensive Spring Break Trips

So many of my friends have always gone on extravagant spring break trips. While I’m sure they are a ton of fun, they cost a lot of money and you end up forgetting more than you remember.

10.) Avoid Spending Money On the Weekends

This may be the best step you can take to save yourself a lot of money. Whenever I find myself with an overdrawn bank account, it’s usually on a Sunday or Monday after the weekend. Almost all of my purchases are made on the weekends on food, movie tickets, etc. Rather than partaking in costly endeavors you could read a book, play a sport or go for a walk (all free alternatives).

There you have it. Here are some great ways to safe money as a college student that teenagers can use as well. Have any other effective methods to save money? Comment them below and lets have a discussion. Thanks for reading!

Money Management For Teens To Become a Millionaire

As a teenager or young adult it is very tempting to spend your money on new gadgets as soon as you get your hands on some cash. While this can be exciting, how often have you bought something, like a new video game, and then regretted spending your money on that item. While saving your money may not be as exciting as its alternative, it is important to do. Saving and managing your money will create a financial cushion for yourself, when you begin to have more responsibilities, like paying bills as you get older and enter the “real world.” I hope that by reading this post you will increase your financial awareness and learn the importance and benefits of money management as a teenager. 

How to Begin to Save Money

When you begin to save your money you may not know how much to save each month or how to go about beginning the process. Here are a few tips that you can use to get you started.

Set Goals- Say you get a weekly allowance of $20 from your parents, which adds up to about $80 a month. Set a goal for yourself to save $30 of that $80 which will add up to $360 a year.

Talk With Your Parents: I know that when I was younger my parents were excited when I told them that I wanted to begin saving the money that I got for birthdays, holidays and odd jobs around the house. They set up a system where they would “match” every dollar I saved, as long as I didn’t take that money out of my account for personal use. Maybe you can bring this idea up to your parents and see what they think about it.

Have a Plan­-Saving before you spend may be the most important step to this process. As you get older many adults save a certain percentage of their income for retirement funds and other things. You too could save a percentage of money that you get each month and then spend the rest of your income on whatever you choose.

What to do With Your Saved Money

Once you have begun to save your money you will now need to find a place to keep your saved money. The first step that you should take is to open up a bank account for yourself. Opening a bank account serves many benefits, including: safety, easy access and more ways to save. You are protected from robbery that may occur if your cash is stored in your favorite hiding spot, the opportunity to access your account via debit cards/checks/online, and finally an opportunity to earn interest on your account. So what is a savings account and how do I go about getting one?

Saving Accounts

When you’re younger chances are that you most likely have zero expenses. Your parents probably pay for your essential goods like food, clothes and housing. This can make it seem like there is no reason to save your money and you will probably want to spend it as soon as you get it. However, once you get to college you will learn the importance of saving your money when you will have to pay for rent, schooling, food, bills, clothes and all other non-essential items. This adds up quickly and having a good savings account can help you decrease the inevitable college debt that you will most likely incur.

The amazing thing with savings accounts is that you can see your money significantly grow even with a small account. You will earn interest payments on your account on a regular basis and these payments will allow your account to grow without you touching it. For example, say you initially deposit $50 into an account and $50 every month for 5 years. The $3000 that you deposited (5 years*12 months/year*$50), with a 6.5% interest rate compounded annually, will turn into $3,585.31, a gain of $585! Now imagine that you continue to deposit $50 every month for another 5 years. The $6000 that you have put into the account has now turned into $8,428.98, a gain of almost $2500 that you would not have had had you not put it into a savings account. Scale up that $50 monthly deposit into your account and you will see yourself with incredible gains of tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A great list of the best savings accounts of 2014 has been put together over at The Simple Dollar.With parental supervision, you should start researching some accounts and possibly open one up for yourself.

Investing

While investing your money may be a little bit risky, it is an awesome way to increase your financial awareness and possibly set yourself up for stability down the road. Investments do however pose more risk than savings accounts, as there is a possibility that you can lose your money. The three most common types of investments include stocks, bonds and mutual funds.

Stocks- Stocks are when your have partial ownership in a publicly traded company. If the company is doing well, you will have an opportunity to sell your “shares” of stock for more than you paid for them. However, if a company performs poorly you will lose money as you may end up selling your shares for less than what you paid for them. Investing in stocks is fun to do as you can see your investments increase when companies come out with new products or ideas.

Bonds- Bonds represent a promise from a company or organization for a payment of a specific interest rate for the money you leave with them for a specified period of time. Bonds are much more safe than stocks, but you will not have the opportunity to make as much money.

Mutual Funds-Mutual funds are professionally managed collections of money from different investors. Each mutual fund invests a variety of ways including in stocks or bonds. So you are essentially giving your money to these money managers who run these funds in the hopes that they will increase your capital for you.

Penny stocks also offer a way to make yourself a lot of money, however proceed with caution and only use funds that you can afford to lose. Check out my post Turn $500 into $5000 with penny stocks to learn more on the topic.

For more detailed information on the potential risks and returns on investing I suggest you check out a “ Beginners Guide to Investing” at the SEC: www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/begininvest.htm

Be Smart

All in all it is important to be smart when you are saving your money or investing it. Money management as a teen or college student is a great skill to have and if you can start saving at a young age you will be miles ahead of someone who begins saving at a older age. If you successfully save and invest your money chances are that you will become a millionaire at some point! Thanks for reading and I hope you have a great day!

10 Quick Ways to Make Some Extra Cash

Are you in need of some extra cash right now? Don't worry, here are some ways for you to make some extra cash today:

1.) Sell Bodily Fluids
You can sell your plasma, breast milk and other fluids for about $35 a session. Do a simple google search for clinics in your area and you can make some extra cash today.

2.) Babysitting
As most of you are teenagers, you may not be quite old enough to babysit. However, if you have a young neighbor or young brother or sister you can probably make about $15 an hour to watch them for short periods of time.

3.) Look Around for Change
Chances are if you look around hard enough in places like your couch cushions, car or under your bed you can find some extra money that should amount to a solid about of cash for you.

4.) Return Past Purchases 
Recently bought a a video game or movie and still have the receipt? Theres a good chance that you can take the product back to the store you purchased it at and get that money back for yourself. A very easy way to get some extra cash for yourself.

5.) Recycle Scrap Metal
Have a car? You can go around your town during trash day and take scrap metal from people's trash, like copper piping, and sell the metals to scrap metal yards. A very easy way to make some cash today.

6.) Make Things to Sell
Chances are as a teen you probably have some extra time on your hands. If you are crafty you can make your own business and sell things such as t-shirts, soaps or perfumes. You can sell your product on Etsy and make a lot of money for yourself.

7.) Take Paid Online Surveys
Paid online surveys are a very easy way for teens to make money online. Websites like CashCrate, Treasure Trooper, and Squishy Cash allow you to make a lot of money from the comfort of your home. Check out my CashCrate proof of payment if you haven't already.

8.) Hold a Yard Sale
As a teen you probably have some old toys and gadgets lying around the house. With your parents permission, you can hold a garage sale to get rid of some old things and make yourself a lot of extra cash.

9.) Sign up for Medical Tests
There are usually medical tests going on at your local hospital that you can sign up for. Google medical test volunteers and you can sign up for tests in your area today. You usually have to pass some sort of physical in order to take part in these tests, but as long as your a healthy individual you should be fine.

10.) Sell Roadside Items
You can buy a $5 30 pack of water and sell the bottles for a dollar a piece on hot days. It is a quick and easy way to make an extra buck for those desperate times.

There you have it, here are 10 quick ways to make some extra money as a teen today. If combined you can make yourself a pretty penny and it won't take much effort on your end.

Check out some of my older posts if you are new here:
Make $100 a Day
CashCrate Proof of Payment
Turn $500 into $5000

Write a Guest Post at Teens With Money!

I have recently realized that a lot of my readers have great ideas and I currently do not have any guest posting system. Starting November 2014 I will now begin reviewing and accepting well-written guest posts about money making methods, marketing ideas, ways for teens or college students to make money and others ideas. You can link back to your blog in the article, a great way to attain a do-follow backlink and therefore increase your page rank for your keywords.

If you wish to submit a guest post for consideration, then send it to teensandmoney@yahoo.com. The article should be original and not published anywhere else on the internet. I’m looking for unique ideas, not an article that you simply stole and spun from another website. I will not accept every post that I get, however if it is unique and about an interesting topic there is a great chance that it will get accepted. Please, do not be spammy or promote any affiliate links as there is ZERO chance that I will publish it to this website.

Doing a guest post on a blog is one of the best free ways to give your blog some exposure. You’ll be able to reach a very large readership and if they like what you have to say, chances are good they’ll check out your blog and maybe subscribe to it. You can also include an authors bio paragraph where you link back to your website or Twitter/Facebook. So best of luck and send me what you have to say!

How Teens Can Make Money Online: Is Treasure Trooper a Scam?

For those of you that don't know, Treasure Trooper is another online survey money maker. I joined the website about 6 months ago and have made myself $872.42 in that time. I complete surveys, fill out offers and refer other members. But is it a scam or not? Lets find out!

How to Sign Up
When you get to the Treasure Trooper homepage you will be asked to fill out some personal information pertaining to where your check will be sent to. Don't worry they do not ask for any credit card information and there is even a Paypal option for payments.

After you sign up your account will be credited with a $1 sign-up bonus. Not too shabby!

Next Steps

After you sign-up you will be at your homepage where you will have an option to make money via a variety of ways. You can click on cash surveys, cash tasks, cash search, cash videos, or trading court where you will have the ability to trade gems and coins you collect for cash and gift card prizes. Examples of prizes include an Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Ipod Nano, $50 Visa Gift Card or a $50 Amazon Gift Card. All very appealing options for a teen or college student who loves playing the newest video games.

Does Treasure Trooper Cost Money?
Absolutely not! Yes you can use your credit card to fill out offers for larger sums of money, but that is not needed at all. There are thousands of dollars worth of free offers that you can complete without the use of a credit card. Treasure Trooper has paid out nearly 7 MILLION dollars to its users since they began operation and there is no reason that you can't collect a couple hundred dollars or more from them each month.

$300 Bonus
One of my favorite thinks about Treasure Trooper is that you receive a $300 bonus once you achieve 300 referrals. It is quite easy to get that many referrals and if you have an effective blog, then you can get that bonus in a months time. Along with all of the money you will make off your referrals ($1 per active referral you get and 20% of their earnings) you will also get the bonus which is something that other survey sites don't offer. Check out my post, Blogging is The Key to Getting Referrals!

Cashing Out
When it comes to cashing out all you need to do is head over to the "redeem" area. The minimum cashout is $20 which is pretty standard, but not only can you get your money via check or paypal, but also other crazy options that Treasure Trooper offers like gems or raffle tickets you can use to win larger prizes.

Overall
Treasure Trooper is a great way for teens to make money online and not a scam. It is by no means a get rich scheme but if you have a positive work ethic and utilize my referral method then you can easily find yourself making over minimum wage with little work. Overall, I would give it a 8.5/10 and definitely think you should check it out now!