Tip 1:
Remember this and your well on your way, sitting on your but hoping money will come rolling in is not the think cap you need. You must treat this like a business. So create a business plan, what you plan to achieve with the new website/blog etc and write it all down. Do some research in to the keywords you want to use not generic ones as they are too popular try and target not so common keywords. Back building and linking how your going to achieve this and the programs as said in other pages dont pick any make sure the ones you join cover what you want to do in your business plan.

Tip 2:
Look to create your own network. Think about it, if you have 10 sites all ABC linking to each other if a customer doesnt spend on one site their is a chance they could spend on the other 9 you have linked to. So in reality the customer will be staying on your sites in your network and you will not loose them to another site. So as Tip 1 treat it like a business and work hard building sites. simple the more sites you have = the more chances of making more money and repeat income.

Tip 3:
Never give up, so you never got your sale in the first month well check your analytical reports (use google for this) and see what pages on your site where more popular the ones which didnt generate interest change them. So the key thing here is LOOK and what your customers are wanting from your site and then provide it!! If you do this your conversions will get very nice indeed.

Tip 4:
Spend a couple of hours every day link trading. Try to grow the links on your portal sites & SE sites. Its not important that the sites have huge traffic, but try to make sure you are exchanging hard links with sites that have some traffic. Attempt to grow your existing sites by at least 2-3 link trades per week.

Tip 5:
Name your images well, add alt text and all the other stuff so that google images and other image browsing SE's pick up on them. Its not the best traffic but its traffic. Think about it what looks better to a search engine 1.jpg or sexybabe.jpg. Simple tip but very effective. Alt tag all your graphics on your site and put keywords but do not over do it. you want to aim for about 3-9% saturation on keyword analytics this is good for search engines.

By following these tips and the rest of the site you can start to earn very good money and if you treat it like a business putting in a few hours daily getting into a routine. design then SEO etc you will in time get yourself to the levels below. The chart below is not fake. Wouldnt you like to be in this list??