It’s very true that making passive income online is something that many people are talking about these days. Why not? If you are able to succeed in this online game then you’ll have the freedom that you want and live on your own schedule. The fact of the matter though is that the recent hype online about how everyone can make an income is just not true. There are now so many people being fed lost dreams or hopes and not being able to achieve them. In this post I want to speak a little bit of what you can expect and how much you can expect to earn over the internet.

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat. Making a residual income online is not an easy thing. If it was then every single person would be doing it. It is like any other trade or profession. You need training, skills, hard word, and dedication to succeed. The part that is true is that if you do work hard, don’t give up, and do start to make online income then you won’t have to go to an office everyday and be told what to do by a boss.

So how long does it take? No it’s not within a week or even a month. A good estimate for starting to make some real money online is anywhere between 18 to 36 months. That is about a couple of years on average before you’re able to make an average salary from your online business opportunities. Of course there will be some people who make barely anything after that much time and others who will make much more but I’m talking averages here.

So for the point of this article let’s say it takes you about 2 years to start making an average of 2-3 thousand dollars per month of residual online income. That’s not bad considering many professions take a lot longer to get to that point. The main thing to remember is you need time, patience, and effort and there are no magic formulas for getting rich quick on the Internet. If you are a lazy person and think that the internet is where you’ll make you’re cash then please give up now and save time, money, and frustration.

I will tell you this from experience. If you want to make passive online income, especially if that income is residual then you are going to need to learn all about SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Why do I say this to you? Because in order to make income online you need many targeted visitors coming to your website and checking out what it is that you have to offer. Whether you are making your online passive income through advertising, selling products or services, or doing affiliate marketing if you have no traffic coming to your website then how do you expect to be making money from your websites?

Of course there are other ways to drive traffic to your website then just ranking high in search engines like Google or Yahoo. You can also pay for your ads to appear in search engine listings and you will get web traffic this way but you will need to pay for and monitor these ads at all times for them to be effective and make you income. Remember the focus of this website is to teach you methods and give you passive income ideas that you can implement. The meaning of passive is making income on autopilot once your business, website, or investment is set up.

So the reason you need to learn SEO is because once you master the basics of SEO you will have wiped out a lot of the competition in your niche. Many people out there don’t have a clue how to rank well on search engines. Once you have done that and you are ranking well you will get targeted web traffic for a long time to come.

At that point if you have your website set up properly and you have chosen an effective business model, you are almost guaranteed that you will start see a steady flow of extra income online that is residual and comes to you month after month on autopilot. Of course there is more to this game then just that and we will get into all of it at this website but for now start learning as much as possible about SEO and how to get some good rankings in Google and Yahoo.

When you go after making an online passive income there is no doubt that you are going to start hearing the term contextual advertising a lot. If you already understand the meaning bear with me here as I explain it to some of you who are not yet familiar with this convenient and easy to implement residual income model of making money online.

Contextual advertising is advertising that is generated on a website based on the content of that website. For example if you go to a website about residual income like this one then the advertisements that are displayed will be related to making passive income. Are you with me yet? Don’t worry I’ll keep this going.

So there are companies that specialize or offer contextual advertising programs like Adsense by Google, APT from Yahoo , and Kontera just to name a few. I use and am familiar with Google Adsense but have not tried Yahoo APT or Kontera yet. I can say from experience that once you understand how to research keywords, build quality websites based on those keywords, and then drive targeted web traffic to your site you will be ready to start using contextual advertising and will be in a good position to make solid residual income online.

Remember once again as I always preach that for most people it is not easy to make online passive income but once you learn about some of the above steps of building solid websites that inform people and receive decent amounts of traffic you will be in a good position to try out this residual income model on the internet and see if it works for you.