It can be a challenge to generate enough income to keep an internet business going, especially when you are just starting out.  Still, there are some ways to monetize your content that might help keep things going.

There are companies out there that will pay you some steady money for advertising for them.  You get a paywall plugin and install it on your business site.  When visitors clicking on the link and meet certain requirements, you receive some payment as sort of a referral fee or finder's fee.  There are some drawbacks to this approach – for example, these companies may not fit in with your business and you do not have much personal control over whether it works or not.  For these reasons, I much prefer the idea of a paywall plugin that places a convenient subscribe button on your business site.

If you are not sure how you can create digital content for people to subscribe to with this paywall plugin, here are a few ideas:

A subscription club of some sort:  a pattern of the month club for craft sites maybe or a free game download club for video game sellers.

A weekly or monthly newsletter:  Any sort of business can create a regular newsletter that relates to what their businesses do.  You can include special announcements for your customers, information on sales and events related to your business and any number of other things to make it interesting for subscribers.

A blog:  write a blog that shares interesting information about your craft or business or service.  You can include interesting facts, bits of history, or funny things you've come across in the course of business.  If you do not feel like you can write something yourself, there are freelance writers all over the place that you can hire to do it for you.

With tools like the paywall plugin, there are all sorts of resources to use to monetize your content.  Just install the paywall plugin and apply a smidge of creative juice and you have got yourself a nice steady income stream to help your business along and keep you inspired to keep at it.