| Saturday April 4th saw the 2009 staging of The | | | | deals to big race meetings. If any of the traffic you |
| Grand National. It's one of the biggest, oldest and most | | | | send makes a purchase, then you get paid a |
| popular horse races in the world, and undoubtedly | | | | commission, all tracked by the site's software. |
| offers potential to make online profits, and here's how... | | | | There are lots of stories from the 2009 race - maybe |
| The way I personally use is to write about the event. | | | | you could write about the winning trainer Venetia |
| Simply type 'Grand National' into Google and see how | | | | Williams. She is only the 2nd woman trainer to have |
| many articles you get to see. The sports pages are | | | | won the race, and her own riding career was ended |
| full of the stories leading up to the day, and certainly full | | | | when she broke her neck in the National at the |
| of stories after the race. | | | | notorious Becher's Brook fence. |
| If you write about it yourself, you can then send traffic | | | | You could write about the winning jockey who won at |
| that reads your articles to sites which monetise. For | | | | his first attempt, or another jockey Tony McCoy who |
| example you may have set up your own site, selling | | | | is acclaimed as the finest of his generation, but has not |
| memorabilia. Although this type of site may give you | | | | won in 14 attempts. |
| more profit per sale, it involves more risk and work, so | | | | You could write about the sheer stamina-sapping |
| I prefer to use the affiliate model. | | | | length of the race, 4 and a half miles over giant |
| This works by you sending traffic to sites that sell the | | | | fences, which is why it's so popular around the world. |
| related products. It may be a site selling horse pictures, | | | | So you can see that the Grand National of 2009 |
| which is big business, or maybe selling corporate event | | | | certainly offers potential to make online profits. |