Success story - How to make $400 without spending a dime

Those who have been reading articles on my digitalhat blog will be happy to know that after almost a year of starting project $0 down i am able to hit the $400 per month earning goal.I know that $400 per month is not a huge amount but atleast i am able to get to use some of the earned money to launch serveral other projects to make more make money online.

Earlier this year i started this project on how to earn money online with project $0 down.I didn't want to spend a dime from my pocket on experimenting some thing which i wouldn't sure if is is going to work or not . There are tons of e-books available online on How to make money online , i purchased some ebooks on How to earn money online using wordpress,blogs,CJ etc .etc last year but they failed to work for me. After losing some money from my pocket i decided if some how i can experiment and earn some money that would be a nice start.

Here is how i was able to reach my $400 earning goal using project $0 down :

1.Start your own blog

Last Christmas holiday i started working on 2 blogs - digitalhat and second blog on technology related articles which i am not going to disclose becuase my technology blog is competting with several other comepitiors with daily average of 1500 -2000 visitors.

I used blogger because i have used blogger blog earlier and i know you can get your new blog indexed in google within 48 hours. You can also use free wordpress blog, both blogs are pretty good.Next make it a habit to blog at least twice a week.Remember more frequently you blog ,you will get spidered by google more quicker.

2. Sign up for PPC Programs - Project $0 down

Once you got your blog going signup for some PPC programs . I was banned by google earlier so i picked YPN and Widgetbucks.

using YPN and widgetbucks on my blog i was able to earn $50 in my first month with daily earning from YPN only reaching upto max $5/day sometimes .My First 10 day earning from YPN was too low ($5.68) - don't foget this is for a beginner stepped into online PPC earning market.By end of month my daily traffic reached to 100 to 200 users per day just by plain Google Organic referrals.I wasn't satisfied with my earning from YPN so i applied to widgetbucks which gave me $25 signup bonus money.Slowly i realized my earning increased from Widgetbucks becuase i noticed one day that widgetbucks runs hybrid ads using tribalfusion and doubleclicks - i was earning $2 to $3 from widgetbucks.

3.WordPress bluehost webhosting with phpBay

At the end of 90 days i was making $100 per month using YPN and Widgetbucks, there was some drop in earning from YPN. I made my next move with $200 in my pocket which i earned from my 2 blogs, I find out that there was easy way to earn good money using eBay Affiliate program with WordPress. Here i spend some time in doing research on 2 programs BANS and phpBay pro that works with phpBay pro. Let me explain to these 2 programs provide WordPress plugins that you can run on WordPress site to display eBay listing ., when uses comes to your site you will get % of sale amount - works pretty good. I decided to go with phpBay Pro , you can read my article on why you should use phpBay pro with WordPress.

I spend significant amount of time on finding best webhosting company that can work with EPN and phpBay Pro ,you can read my article - why bluehost is best webhosting for WordPress,EPN and phpbay Pro. If you are beginner and don't know much about wordpress setup and installation then you should read why bluehost is best for WordPress begineers, bluehost offers one click wordPress install.

Finally by end of september month i Signed up for bluehost web hosting and purchased phpBay pro to launch my first hosted site, that paid off just in 30 days , i made $75 from phpBay just in 30 days from hosted wordpress site.

How to do one-click automated WordPress install in Bluehost

If you are using Bluehost web hosting installing WordPress is 2 minutes (2 -click install )process.

Here is How you can do auotmated WordPress install using Bluehost :

1.For Installing WordPress click on "Fantastico De Luxe" in Bluehost control panel.


2.Click on WordPress new Installation in Bluehost WordPress installation options.



define WordPress installation location.Select domain name you want to use Fill out installation directory,admin email address,site name and description and click on install

3.you will be displayed with MySQL admin user name , save this information and click on finish WordPress installation.

You wouldn't find 2 click WordPress installation with anyother web hosting.Bluehost is the best for WordPress beginners.

If you are a WordPress beginner and want to install your first WordPress site in 2 minutes , Click on the Image below to Signup for best WordPress Web hosting :

Best Webhosting for WordPress sites

If you are planning to run your blog or run a site on WordPress then i recommend using bluehost as web hosting service , which is one of the best web hosting service provider for WordPress site.

Why Blue host is best web hosting for WordPress sites:

• Bluehost web hosting offers - one click wordpress install, if you are using Bluehost then there is no experience required for installing WordPress sites.If you are installing Wordpress manually then you are required to learn some Linux skills For installing Wordpress you would need to configure MySQL database. There are some command you need to run in MySQL for running WordPress.However when you use Bluehost you are not required to run linux and MySQL command , you don't have to run MySQL command for installing WordPress.

• WordPress runs MySQL in the backend to save your text and data information.If you are using Bluehost then you don't need to run a single command for installing WordPress, Bluehost does that for you automatically.

• Bluehost offers GUI based administration tool called "phpMyadmin" to backup and restore your WordPress database.There is no MySQL skillset needed for backing up or restoring WordPress

• No Wonder why Bluehost is best suited for WordPress users and one of the best for WordPress beginners

Download bsuite WordPress plugin

Installing and downloading bsuite wordpress plugins is very easy.

I am using wordpress 2.6.2 and here is how you can download.

1.Login to your site using ssh

2. Get to your plugins directory and run wget command to download the WordPress bsuite plugins:

$ wget http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bsuite.4.0.1.zip

you are done with download.

This works on Linux hosted server like bluehost. using bluehost webhosting for WordPress is smart choice.

How to activate popShop plugins in WordPress 2.6

Here is How you can activate WordPress plugins for popshop in WordPress 2.6.2.

1.Extract the popshop plugins zip file on your pc, once done connect to you site using FTP.

2.upload the full popshop folder on your web hosting server, i use Bluehost on your wp-content/plugins directory

3.Login as administrator to your WordPress web site and go to plugins tab on right top corner, you will see popShop under inactive plugins , select popShop and activate the plugins.

4.Next select "settings" , one you are in settings tab you will see popShop listed there

5.Login to your popShop account from WordPress window itself and Remeber to clear the browser cache to make it work :-)

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