How to Monetize Free Software

Become a computer programmer is a project cultivated by many who are to start on this blog. After the study and have understood the preferred programming language to go to the first phase of the development of software. This is followed by the phase of the gain and many are asking: “And now … how do I monetize my job?”, As we shall see there are no tricks, there are ways to go that I will briefly point out.
My work is based on the development of management software for companies, from the warehouse to the invoices, and more, but I think the same reasoning applies to any other program. First, you need to make the premises: at the time of writing we are in the midst of crisis is the darkest in recent years and the conclusions will arrive, perhaps in a short time will no longer be valid (hopefully for good), at the time in the World only a few people know the computer, the operating system and especially the utility software, today most people buy a machine just to be on Facebook (and thank goodness, so we are more and more).
There are two ways to monetize a software: sell it or give it away. To be sold software must be useful, easy to use and have a decent price for what you must do, in a word “professional.” Needless to create a program for the images and groped to sell, today there are dozens of excellent programs that do the same thing and unless you are directed to professional designs, then you must resort to monetize their work giving it, as we will see later . The price of the software is not important, should be neither too high nor too low, in a couple of months you can grasp the potential it has, but remember not to svenderlo ever, maybe distribute it for free, so those who do not want to spend will bring out either 10 or 100.
For more downloads and uses of the software, however, must resort to monetization of the program through free distribution. I do not speak of course of major projects, yet simple software that can raise awareness of the developer and his way to making the users. Monetization should be done with the advertising, so in an indirect manner, tease you about a simple and small and then direct it towards something more professional. It works and you will also praise you with the many paid software you can not have, in fact all the compliments received to distribute free software that for me are worth zero.
I hope you have some good tips, but remember that to work in this field so fascinating takes a lot of professionalism, poor and useless projects fail in sale in the free distribution.