So you've got your website up and running and you're checking it on a regular basis. The next step is to get it in front of as many interested eyeballs as possible.

One great way to do this is to submit it to as many of the social bookmarking sites as possible. You can also join social networking sites and build a profile which contains a link to your web page. Other no cost ways to generate traffic include writing free articles for article directories with a link to your site at the end, and creating signatures at the end of any posts you make to internet forums, and also in all the emails you send out. When you really start thinking about it, you don't actually need to spend anything to generate plenty of traffic.

All we need to do now is monetize the website itself. You'll want to generate some money from all the visitors you'll start getting, and there are plenty of ways to do this easily.

Google adsense is probably the most well known method - you can join the program for free and display ads that your visitors will be interested that relate to the topic of your webpage.

There are also a handful of websites which give you the opportunity to get paid for each website post you make on a specific subject.  Review Me is one such example, and they will pay you a certain amount of money to review a product or website for the owner. In a similar vein you can also review and recommend other people's products through affiliate links inserted into your website, and earn money on commissions earned through any purchases people click thru and make.

And once you're more established you can offer ad space on your website too, and charge a fee for both classified and display ads once your really get the ball rolling.

But there is one final step you can take with your website if you enjoy a change of scene every now and again. You can sell your website and or domain name! Once it is established and has plenty of revenue and traffic, you can usually sell it for several times its monthly revenue.

And then, you can start all over again with a whole new website, with the money making ideas already in place from your last profitable adventure.

No doubt, the hardest part is creating that first website. There are zillions of free resources on the internet that can give you some ideas. After you have made your first money making website I guarantee everywhere you go you will see new ideas to make money on the next website!