I'm thinking about starting my own ent. website and I'm curious as to how do the sites make money?

Monetizing a website is a difficult task. Getting the word out is the key and that can be very difficult in today's economy. What I would specifically recommend is that you write a few articles that coincide with the focus of your website, then place them on article hosting sites. This will help you gain a following. Do this regularly and it will help. Also, social site advertising will help you, especially if you have a video with audio that will attract viewers to your site. Have you considered SMS messaging, texts in other words? Properly done this is very effective as most texts get opened, not like email spam where most people won't even bother to read the subject line. I have been building websites for my own business use since 1997. Today I have two sites online and another that I'm building, and I don't do Google or email marketing anymore, I write short stories, articles and I text. Like a good short story?

Before you decide the kind of niche you are in, you must first understand how to make money online in general. You could learn from youtube videos, however, some of them may be a little old and outdated. So I would recommend going to a site that teaches internet marketing and how to run a business online. www.boedickermarketing is free to join and offers great tips on how to get started and how to make money online. They also have a FREE 5 day marketing course that explains how to build a website.

please you must have a good quality website that's have good web design please mention what kind of website you have if you have entertainment website update latest news and get more affliate links and other adds do your websites thats make more money to you please contact for affliaters and links

u have $ to get it started? maybe it might make more sense to become a mini venture capitalist -- starting out as an accounts receivable financier; I can guide you on any of this.