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I was often asked by people how to make money if they don’t have a website or blog?

Well, my answer is always… Yes! you can. And I’m going to show you how in this article. The method I’m going to share with you (as you’ve probably noticed) is using Blogger blog (which is free) and eBay RSS feed.

Although in the long run you will want to have your own website or blog but for many beginners, the method I’m going to share with you is equally effective in earning some bucks from the Net.

Let’s get started…. and here are the steps:

1. Find a topic or niche you’re interested in. If you already have a topic in mind, great! If not, read this article: “How To Do Market Research Online“.

2. Go to blogger.com and create your Blogger blog

3. Go to eBay Partner Network (EPN) and join as eBay’s affiliate

4. Login to your EPN and create a campaign (Campaigns > Create Campaign)

5. Copy the campaign ID

6. Now, go to ebay.com to create your RSS feed

7. Click on the “Advanced Search” and enter the search criteria for your RSS feed (eg. acid reflux)

8. Under the Affiliate Tracking Information section, select eBay Partner Network, enter your Campaign ID, and click Search.

9. Scroll to the bottom of the search results page displayed and click on the orange RSS logo.

10. Select and copy the URL of the XML page from your browser.

11. Now, go to rssfeedconverter.com to convert your RSS feed into Java Script (paste the URL and click Generate Script).

12. Copy and paste the Java Script generated onto a text file.

13. Write a 300 – 500 words article related to your topic and post it to your new blog.

14. Before you publish your article, switch your Blogger editor to HTML by clicking on “Edit Html” tab

15. Scroll down to the end of your article and paste the Java Script after your article.

Below is an example of one of my Blogger blogs after following the above steps.

“iPod touch Listings”

When your visitors click on the listing and purchase, eBay will pay you the commissions.

Next question is….

How to get traffic to your blog?

Well, there are many ways to get traffic to your blog but in this article I will share with you one effective and FREE way of generating traffic to your blog. That’s Article Marketing – writing and submitting articles related to your subject (in this case iPod touch) to article directories.

As mentioned, this is a free method but you need to spend time writing the articles. I normally write 300 – 400 words articles related to my niche topic and submit to the following 5 article directories. No need to buy any submitter software and submit to hundreds of directories because most of them are useless and won’t give you any traffic. The following 5 are enough and they are the best.

• EzineArticles
• ArticlesBase
• GoArticles
• ArticleDashBoard
• IdeasMarketers

P.S. As I mentioned at the beginning, you may want to own your own website or blog in the long run because owning and hosting your own site on a reliable server will give you more flexibility and professionalism. Blogger blogs are free and hosted by Google. However, they are perfect for the newbies to learn how to make some real money online.

If you’re interested to learn how to build a blog that you can call your own, how to get traffic and how to transform it into a money-making machine, check out this guide: “Bloggers Paycheck“. You can read my review of this product at “Bloggers Paycheck Review“