The biggest and relatively surprising source of income is affiliate commissions from e-toro , I have maintained for a long while that etoro is one of the best platforms to learn about FOREX trading and seems like some of my readers are finally listening. Total of 262$ were made from etoro affiliate commissions which is pretty nice since I didn't do anything to promote them. Adsense earnings has also has reached the payment limit and this time it took less time to reach the payment threshold. I suppose I just have to keep building more niche sites. If you are interested in making money by building niche websites the keyword academy has one of the best training courses I ever tried and the best thing is you can try it out with full access for 1$ , So that's another 106$ for no work at all. Click bank commissions were down to 78$ but that is ok , so all in all in the last three weeks I earned around 436$ for doing absolutely nothing. I hope this post inspires you to start making money online because it truly is a great way to earn some passive income. I did make 6$ from sponsored tweets but I didn't add it here since I had to do some work for that .

Automatically follow users based on Keyword

Finding targeted followers makes it easy to interact with them and it makes it easier for them to connect with you as well. The best way to find targeted followers is to search for them using key words and Twit Sniper does it for you. You have some control over the auto follow process as well , you can specify the interval between requests , how much back in time you want to search the Twitter time line etc. This time based sniping method is very important so you want get your account banned by sending too many requests at once.You can target multiple key words at once as well so you don't have to run the process for every key word your want to target.You can add a simple keyword or you can add an advanced keyword witch has a lot more settings you can tweak to find tune your Twitter followers.

Advanced Keyword Adding ( new with Twit Sniper )

Advanced Keyword Adding in Twit Sniper

It is said that a picture is worth thousand words so I think you can understand it better by looking at the picture. Click on it to view it in full size. As you can see there are lots of ways to find tune the exact Twitter phrase you are looking for. You can check for multiple keywords in one tweet , you can search for hash tags , you can limit it be checking specific user names , you can even check for tweets before a certain date etc. All this features makes it very easier to fine tune your automated process of getting Twitter followers. From my experience getting Twitter followers is relatively easy , the tough part is getting them to stay , so if you are fine tuning your Twitter campaign make sure you have some relevant content in your Twitter feed to keep them interested.

Hosted on there own servers ( new with Twit Sniper )

This was supposed to make it more secure but this was a reason why many users kept away from Twitter Snipe as well. That problem is solved now by them providing secure servers to host your account. You just need to create an account and you are ready to go.

Support for Multiple Accounts

You can as add many Twitter accounts as you want , this is a good way to build your niche Twitter accounts without spending too much time on them. If you manage to tap into the right niche these Twitter accounts with relatively small number of followers can be very profitable.

Schedule Tweets ( new with Twit Sniper )

Scheduled Tweets in Twit Sniper

This is a great feature of Twit Sniper and now you can schedule multiple tweets for multiple accounts. This is a great way to test out different message formats , different reactions according to the time zone settings or if you just want to post some message with different formats regularly so it will be visible in the Twitter search. As most good things be careful about using this , if you use this to spam twitter time line with same freaking message multiple times you are more likely to get banned , use this wisely and sensibly and you have a more than average chance of making profits.

Mass Direct Message ( new with Twit Sniper )

This is like having your very own e-mail list with the difference being you have to make your message 140 characters or less. You can even specify how many followers you need to send this message. Just type your message and press the "Perform Mass Direct Message" button. As with scheduled tweets this is a powerful feature that you should use with care. Remember "With Great Power comes Great Responsibility" .

Help and video Tutorials with access to Forums

Last time I checked there were no help or video tutorials. Most things are pretty much self explanatory and you have small question marks everywhere describing what it does. So I doubt anyone will have trouble getting this to work. There is a forum where you can request new features and report bugs. I reported a possible enhancement for scheduled tweets and it was there next day , now that's the kind of service I'm looking for. The developers of Twitter Snipe is known for there quality products like floating sign up form for Wordpress etc so I'm pretty sure the product quality will keep increasing.

Bonuses

These days hardly any product comes out without bonuses and Twit Sniper is no exception. There are five listed down in the bonuses section but "Eye catching avatars" doesn't seem to work for me.

• Twitter traffic exposed
• Twitter Banking report
• Twitter back grounds ( I found this very good addition )
• Eye catching Avatars
• Twitter viral script

These are some nice bonuses to find and attract more followers. Use the viral twitter and give out something nice for tweeting. You will be amazed at how many tweets and followers you can get through this method.

Create a Twit Sniper Account

As you can see this is a great service to build a targeted Twitter following and there are lots of features there that will help you make money with Twitter. Other than some layout issues I really couldn't find anything wrong with it and the functions works as expected. So go create a Twit Sniper account now.

P.S - If you have any doubts or questions about the service feel free to ask them in the comments section , I will answer them to the best of my ability.

As soon as I write a review of a Twitter software to get more followers one of the first questions I get is why you need to increase your followers automatically. Isn't Twitter about interacting with your followers , how you can interact with thousands of followers etc. The simple truth is you cant interact with them all but still you can provide useful content to your followers. For example in my personal Twitter account I provide very useful information related to blogging and thing related to make money from blogging. Build a huge following and win there trust and you will see those occasional affiliate tweets working wonders.

For those who are lazy to click a link and read my review I have listed down some of the key features available in Twit Sniper , if you want more detailed information about the points listed below you can check out the Twitter Snipe Review.

• Automatically follow targeted users
• Mass unfollow users who are not following you back
• Support for Multiple accounts
• Hosted service , so you don't have to worry about Hosting ( Twit Sniper )
• Multiple keyword targeting ( Most services allow one at a time )
• Time based Sniping ( reckless unfollowing can get you banned )
• Live feed of the actions performed
• How to guides and videos

Used properly Twitter is without doubt one of the most powerful marketing tools out there. The tools described above can easily help you grow to thousands of followers so consider it as an investment.

Problems faced when Making Money Online in Sri Lanka

Lack of Internet audience in Sri Lanka is one of the biggest problems you face when it come to making money online in Sri Lanka. Even from that small audience very few use the Internet to buy products or services. Most just use it to watch porn , download movies songs etc. So if you are trying to sell some service online to Sri lankan audience you will have some problems.

Another problem is services like PayPal are send only in Sri Lanka. That means you can send money but you can't receive money. This is a problem faced by most of my friends who are doing free lance work. There is a work around for this but you are limited to a transaction amount of 500$ per month. read more in How to receive money from Paypal in Sri Lanka .

How to start making money online in Sri Lanka

Joining paid to read e-mail or paid to click sites is not recommended because you only make pennies that way. During the last three years I have tried those and I haven't earned much from them. So you don't need to make the same mistake. Getting paid to do surveys is a legitimate business but most of the surveys are targeted at US , Canada and UK citizens. So as a Sri Lankan chances of you getting profitable surveys are very less , below are few ways I use to make money online.

• Blogging - This is one of the first method I used to make money online and one of the methods I still use. I earn a decent income from this blog and as the time goes it is bound to go up as well. You can check out my blog post about combining SEO and affiliate marketing to make money to get an idea of how much I earn from this blog. It is also a good post to check out various ways you can make money from your blog.You can start a blog for free using Blogger or Wordpress. Since you are trying to make money I recommend blogger because they allow you to add Adsense ads.
• Affiliate marketing - In very simple terms affiliate marketing is selling other peoples products and making a commission from them. Once you join a some service as an affiliate you are given a unique web link and once someone buys something going via your link you get paid a commission. Clickbank is a good place to look for products to promote.
• Forex Trading - This is one of the easiest ways to make money online and also one of the easiest ways to loose money online as well. This requires lot of training and you need to learn a lot. But if you master the art of Forex trading then you have a very good chance of making a good income online. I'm personally using e-toro as my Forex broker so I can recommend it without a problem. Check out my post about starting Forex trading in Sri Lanka.
• Doing free lance work - I have few friends at office who makes a decent income doing free lance work , the thing about free lance work is you have to build a reputation to make a decent living. As most things it is bit hard to build a reputation at first but if you persist with it it is a good way to make money online. I'm talking to few of my friends these days so I can write a detailed post about it so make sure to check back often. Also if you are a free lancer feel free to share your thoughts about it in the comment section

Good places to read about making money online

Below are few good blogs where you can read about making money online. If you are new to blogging then there is a lot to learn and these blogs provide some excellent tips on how to make money online.

• Make Money Online for beginners - A blog about how to make money using Adsense , provides tips about search engine optimization , how to maximize your Adsense earnings , great services to get traffic and back links etc
• Make Money Online - Keyword Academy has lot of posts about different money making experiment so you can get an idea or two reading this blog. Be sure to check out the archives for more great posts.
• Online Money Making Ideas - This blog is by a Sri Lankan and you can learn about forex trading , PPC and lots of other ways to make money online , definitely a great read.

Subscribe to there RSS feed to get notified about there future posts and check out the archives to read some great posts.

Conclusion

Its not easy to make money online but once you get the hang of things it becomes much easier. It is very possible to make money online in Sri Lanka but it requires some hard work and persistent. If you have any problems about making money online in Sri Lanka don't hesitate to contact me , I'll try to help you as much as I can , Good luck making money online

Next I'm gonna share with you a interesting video I found in Bad Blogger , It's an conversation between Anthony Robins , Frank Kern and John Reese and these guys are few of the top internet marketers around. It is mostly about why you need to change your mindset to make money online. It also explains why most successful marketers are broke before that and why average people fail to make money online. It also gave me an idea why I am a bit lazy to get the thing done to make money online. It's because online money is just another side income for me ,I don't really need it , I have a very well paid job by Sri Lankan standards so I really don't need the money. Now all I have to do is change my mindset , if that is possible , seriously speaking its a great video to watch so go watch it.

Next is a tons of free videos by Stompernet. Stompernet is one of the best internet marketing training around and it 199$ per month. I know that is out of reach of many of my readers especially Sri Lankan ones. But there are many free videos available for you to download and watch in the main site. And best of all you don't need to give your e-mail address or anything to do this , so visit Stompernet and start downloading those free videos.

I hope you will find these information useful , feel free to leave a comment if you have any problems or doubts.

Joining and getting approved

Joining the service is pretty easy and it want take you much time and they have put in place a phone verification system to keep away the spammers. Your first leads are screened by the service to find out the quality of your leads and if they are qualified then your account status will be mark as approved. This screening process ensures quality leads for merchants so if you are a merchant which caters to payday loads , auto insurance etc then this is a great company to get involved with.

Promotional tool for affiliates

There are lots of banners available for your promotional needs and you can use them as Java script , HTML and many other forms. Banners are neatly organized according to categories and if you want to check out the offers by website they are provided as well. Under every website you have your affiliate link , the amount you will get paid per lead and a set of keywords which you can target for maximum benefit. I was checking for a payday affiliate program and there were few offers that I could check out. Every affiliate will get your very own representative and they give out handsome prizes for best paying affiliates as well. And like most affiliate networks they also have a forum for affiliates where you can discuss your strategies .

If you are looking to promote offers related to insurance and payday loans then t3leads is a great place to search for offers. They also have an affiliate program where you will earn 5% of affiliate you referred which is a nice additional bonus. Joining the service is free and if you have a blog or website related to any of the products they are offering you should definitely give them a try. So take action now and join t3leads

My Twitter Sniper review post makes me around 100$-200$ a month. Last month it has fetched me 125.10$. Currently I rank no 1 for the search term Twitter Snipe review in Google. Some of my other posts about Twitter like how to grow your Twitter followers automatically and Twitter software to get more followers also rank well in search engines so I'm getting some decent relevant traffic to my affiliate link. Unfortunately Twitter Snipe has sold out and they are going to release a new product that is pretty similar to Humming Bird. The great thing is I don't have to change my affiliate link and they are going to introduce an up sell which is going to make me even more commissions . They are going to release a demo for affiliates so be on the lookout for a brand new Twit Sniper review ( yep they have shortened the name )  => 125$

The next Twitter product I promote is the Humming Bird and at the moment there is a sweet deal for you as well. Humming Bird is also releasing a new version , this ain't targeted Twitter follower thing but a full blown Twitter affiliate marketing system. You get keyword targeting , Geo targeting , multiple account management and the lot. The original Humming Bird software sold at 197$ , but because of the new release they are selling it for 97$ and whats more you get the full access to the new release as well. This is a great opportunity to try out the best Twitter Marketing software out there for half of the prize , so if you are interested about making money with Twitter go get it. I'm writing a full review of the new Humming Bird release so be on the look out for a new post about Humming Bird. I make 40$ - 80$ promoting this and I don't even rank in search engines for this term   => 40$-80$

OIO publisher is another money maker for this blog and to learn about all the features of OIO publisher you can check out my OIO publisher review. Its a complete ad management software for blogs and you can see it in action in the side bar of this blog. If you are ever consider doing private ad sales then this is one of the best Wordpress plug in's out there to do that. I made some sales in the initial promotion period but now it around 1-2 sales per month which is 17-34 $. This is not bad since I don't rank that well for the related terms.  => 17$-34$

I know this is post is getting a bit long but please bear with me for a bit longer

Although I make money from this blog this is not the only source of my online income. Forex trading is one of the easiest way to make money but if you don't know what you are doing then you can loose big as well. Most people are scared of Forex trading because of the complex numbers and graphs. That is where a broker like e-toro comes in handy. I personally use e-toro to do my Forex trading and I promote it heavily as well.You can check out my e-toro review to get the full details. The affiliate payout ranges from 100$-200$. So even if you make one sale per month you are doing good.  => 100$-200$

Finally I promote Kim Roach's Instant Payday Formula. This is without doubt one of the best products that teaches you how to make money online and I have no problem recommending it to any one. You will learn all the basic stuff you need to know to start making money online and for a bit advanced users there are lots of other stuff too. This is a gold mine of information and it is arranged in a neat easy to learn order. If you want to learn how to make money online but afraid of buying a crappy product out there I highly recommend you buy this one. Check out my full Instant PayDay Formula review to learn more about what you are getting for 97$.  => 50$-150$

As you can see there are lots of ways I make money from this blog. Combined affiliate sales plus the Adsense earnings make me around 300-500$ from this blog alone , and it continues to grow. If I get product reviews then it goes even higher. You might be thinking I'm getting bucket loads of traffic to make this much from the blog.My average visitors are less than 300 per day, but most of them are highly targeted search engine traffic.

There is no big secret to making money from blogging , its about promoting affiliate products and getting relevant traffic to those posts about affiliate products. The biggest mistake most blogger make is writing about some product and forgetting about it. Find some products related to your blog that are of high quality. I'm personally using or have used all the products I'm recommending so I have no doubt about there quality. Then write a detailed post about those products. Build some back links to that post and rank in search engines. Money will come , no doubt about it.

I rank well for search terms related to make money blogging and there's a steady increase on questions about how to make money online from blogging. I hope this post answers the question how to make money from your blog. There are lots of ways to make money from your blog and unless you test them out in your blog you will never know what will work for you. Remember that the most important thing you need to make money online is TAKING ACTION .

One thing about content thieves is they are generally lazy people , otherwise they would be writing blog posts instead of copying them. What most of them do is feed your RSS feed to some software which automatically does the posting for them. They hardly check or modify the content and you can use that laziness to your advantage. Whenever you write a new post always try to link to your previous posts within the post. That way you will be automatically building back links with your choice of anchor text. In a while you will realize what kind of content gets copied the most. For me its mostly when I write about Adsense. So now when I write blog posts about Adsense I make sure to link to at least two of my previous posts about Adsense.

Another great way to build up your back links and improve your readership is guest blogging and the above mentioned LinkedIn group has a sub group for guest bloggers. Its pretty similar to bloggerLinkUp which I blogged a while back. You can ask for guest post or offer guest posts. If you are looking to build back links then this is a good place to start looking. I hope you join the group and help fight plagiarism

The first post looks at blogs from a reader point of view. If you want to know what readers find irritating about blogs this is a very good read. Applying some of the techniques given here is sure to make your readers happy.

The next post is from Daily Blog Tips and it shows you four steps to increase your traffic. It has a very nice break down of things you need to do to increase your traffic and if you are relatively new to blogging and looking to increase traffic this is a very good read.

Next one is a post from Friday Traffic report and its about a one hour link building workout. If you are trying this for the first time it will take you more than one hour. At Least it took me more than one hour , but its a very good way to approach link building. More links you build the better it is for your blog.

Next is a post from TypePad and its about ten secrets to writing better blog posts. There is no secret method revealed here but it shows some simple things we tend to forget or neglect that can make our posts much better.

I hope you will enjoy these posts as much as I did and if you have a great post to share be sure to mention it in the comment section

If you feel like engaging more then there is the blog engage forum , as with the site there are not many users there yet but because of the small size this could be a good opportunity to build some relationships. Building relationships play a big role when your trying to build a business online and the forum provided you with a good opportunity to do that. I think this is a good opportunity to get some quality back links and build relationships so you definitely should try it out.