How to make money online in Ghana

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Posted by Oshen Abua on May 24, 2009 at 23:35:12:

The thing most internet savvy Ghanaians would love to know is how they can make online, from the internet. The www and literacy about it is spreading in West Africa, Ghana inclusive. People are beginning to see the internet as a newer means of leisure but as knowledge has continued to grow across Africa about how to use this medium to make money online, Ghana is not excluded.
There are many ways to make money online in Ghana but you would need a solid presence on the web to do this.

- One sure certain way is by blogging.
Blogging and then adding adverts like Google adsense can help you start up a good online business that will be profitable but it takes time depending on how hungry the blogger is to blog. Blogging is something that has taken deep root in developed countries like the US, UK and China with reknown bloggers said to be making more than $10,000 monthly from third party adverts.
Blogging involves writing about topics everyday and the more stories you have to tell, the more space you have to advertise and hence the more money you can make.
- Ghanaians can also catch in on the profits to be made online by investing in a corporate website to help advertise your business. If you already have a business, a website can help advertise your goods or line of work thereby bringing you more orders or customers. Your website may not necessary be too attractive or allow for e-commerce but it can be a brochure type website that will display your goods and services 24-7 to people in Ghana. All you may need to do later would be to drive traffic to your site by appending your web address to your receipts or mini publications or notices in your office. Ghanians would find it easy to relate or reconnect back to you without having to be physically present at your office.
- Web hosting: There is increasing demand for web hosting companies in Ghana who can provide 24 hours reliable and affordable web hosting by the growing African web community. It would be good to have a website that will offer these services and provide a means of recieving payments like Liberty reserve or Graphcard if the client is located outside Ghana.
- Writing articles - Even if you don't have a website, you can write articles about highly researched topics on requested topics and sell them to blogs, some of who normally pay for them. You can also join search for article writing jobs on Guru.com or other sites. There you can be requested to big for articles and make a presentation in Word format and if you win the bid, you could be asked to write articles with like 1000 words. They pay per word.

There are many other ways to make money online in Ghana like building directories, tourist information sites or educational stuff where you can also get online advertisers like Google, Pepperjam or Adbrite to help pay for adverts. You will need to map out a plan that works for you

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Posted by Felucci on May 26, 2009 at 02:18:27:
In Reply to: How to make money online in Ghana posted by Oshen Abua on May 24, 2009 at 23:35:12:

How do i get to create a blog?

Posted by Gwen Idisa on May 26, 2009 at 02:19:39:
In Reply to: How to make money online in Ghana posted by Oshen Abua on May 24, 2009 at 23:35:12:

I would like to know how to begin offering web hosting services

Posted by Oshen Abua on May 28, 2009 at 09:21:06:
In Reply to: How to make money online in Ghana posted by Oshen Abua on May 24, 2009 at 23:35:12:

You don't need to create your own blog. You can get a domain name registered first and then sign up with a blogging platform like blogger.com or wordpress. It will publish automatically to your site when you post. You will also need to get a web host.

@Gwen Idisa
You can begin offering web hosting if you know how to set up a hosting server at home or you can equally become a reseller for popular web hosts like netfirms, bluehosts or Yahoo.

Posted by Uche on June 08, 2009 at 08:57:19:
In Reply to: How to make money online in Ghana posted by Oshen Abua on May 24, 2009 at 23:35:12:

It is not easy to run a blog in Ghana and be successful like other bloggers in developed countries unless maybe your target audience is beyond Ghana. There are not many web visitors that will be coming to your site from Ghana since the accessibility and literacy about the internet is relatively low. The main issue will then be in blogging about issues or topics that will be of interest to visitors from developed countries. How does one get the topic then and the knowledge to write about things that are not within one's particular environment. Bloggin about global celebrities like Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie would earn some income but this would not be a familiar topic for a Ghanaian to blog about. Google adsense is a nice way to make money online but there are other factors to consider such as geographical location.

Posted by Oshen Abua on June 13, 2009 at 03:28:33:
In Reply to: How to make money online in Ghana posted by Oshen Abua on May 24, 2009 at 23:35:12:

That brings to mind the fact that you still need to do a lot of research about Ghana. The more you know about what thrills Ghanaians, what they are searching for on the internet, the better for you. You don't have to blog about foreign issues to make money online in Ghana. The more you know about Ghana and its people, the more money you stand to make from web visitors. Even if the internet literacy is relatively low, you can still make more people to visit your website if they find your blog worth coming to. You may also focus on tourists and what they are searching on the web about Ghana like hotels, eateries, the exchange rate and all, that would also be a god niche. One tool I would recommend to you in finding trends for searches is Google trends