earn online easy money: 2008

Monday, June 23, 2008

10 New Ways to Make Money Online

1. Offer your professional expertise in an online marketplace.These days, you can do more than just sell your old books via Amazon and your old Coach handbags via eBay—now you can sell your professional capabilities in a marketplace. No longer are you limited to looking for a permanent or contract job on Web 1.0 style job sites like Monster or CareerBuilder. The new breed of freelancing and project-oriented sites let companies needing help describe their projects. Then freelancers and small businesses offer bids or ideas or proposals from which those buyers can choose.

Elance covers everything from programming and writing to consulting and design, while RentACoder focuses on software, natch. If you’re a graphic designer, check out options like Design Outpost or LogoWorks–you don’t have to find the customers, they’ll come to you. Wannabe industry analysts might sign up for TechDirt’s Insight Community, a marketplace for ideas about technology marketing.

2. Sell photos on stock photography sites. If people regularly oooo and aaaaah over your Flickr pics, maybe you’re destined for photographic greatness or maybe just for a few extra dollars. It’s easier than ever to get your photos out in front of the public, which of course means a tremendous amount of competition, but also means it might be an convenient way for you to build up a secondary income stream. Where can you upload and market your photos? Try Fotolia, Dreamstime, Shutterstock, and Big Stock Photo.

3. Blog for pay. Despite the explosion of blogs, it’s hard to find good writers who can turn around a solidly-written post on an interesting topic quickly. GigaOM is always looking for bloggers with great content ideas and solid writing skills. How do you get noticed? Comment and link to blogging network sites. Write blog posts that are polished and not overly personal (although showing some personality is a plus).

4. Or start your own blog network. If you like the business side of things–selling advertising, hiring and managing employees, attracting investors–and have the stomach to go up against the likes of Weblogs, Inc., GigaOmniMedia, b5media, maybe you should make an entire business out of blogs. Don’t make the mistake of thinking you’ll get a lot of time to write yourself though.

5. Provide service and support for open source software. Just because the software is free doesn’t mean you can’t make money on it–just ask Red Hat, a well-known distributor of Linux that sports a market cap of more than four billion dollars. As a solo web worker, you might not want to jump in and compete with big companies offering Linux support, but how about offering support for web content management systems like WordPress or Drupal? After getting comfortable with your own installation, you can pretty easily jump into helping other people set them up and configure them.

6. Online life coaching. Who has time to go meet a personal coach at an office? And don’t the new generation of web workers need to be met by their coaches in the same way that they work: via email, IM, and VoIP? You could, of course, go through some life coaching certification program, but on the web, reputation is more important than credentials. I bet Tony Robbins isn’t certified as a life coach–and no one can argue with his success. For an example of someone building up their profile and business online as a coach, check out Pamela Slim of Ganas Consulting and the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog.

7. Virtually assist other web workers. Freelancers and small businesses desperately need help running their businesses, but they’re not about to hire a secretary to come sit in the family room and answer phone calls. As a virtual assistant, you might do anything from making travel reservations to handling expense reimbursements to paying bills to arranging for a dog sitter. And you do it all from your own home office, interacting with your clients online and by phone. You can make $20 and up an hour doing this sort of work, depending on your expertise.

8. Build services atop Amazon Web Services. Elastic computing on AWS is so cool… and so incredibly primitive right now. Did you know that you can’t even count on your virtual hard drive on EC2 to store your data permanently? That’s why people are making money right now by offering services on top of AWS. Make it easier for people to use Amazon’s scalability web infrastructure like Enomaly has with elasticlive, a scalable web hosting platform built on AWS.

9. Write reviews for pay or perks. If you blog for any length of time on a particular topic–parenting, mobile phones, or PCs, for example–you will likely be approached to do book or product reviews. You can get free stuff this way, but are you selling your soul? Is there any such thing as a free laptop? These are decisions you’ll have to make for yourself, because no one agrees upon what ethical rules apply to bloggers. Even less do people agree on services like PayPerPost that pay you to write reviews on your blog. Check out disclosure rules closely and see whether such a gig would meet your own personal standards or not.

10. Become a virtual gold farmer. A half million Chinese now earn income by acquiring and selling World of Warcraft gold to gamers in other countries. If you’re not a young person living in China, this probably isn’t a viable option for you. But what’s intriguing about it is the opportunity to make real money working in a virtual economy. People are making real-world money in Second Life too.

February 22nd, 2007 (1:40pm) Anne Zelenka

Earn Online Easy Money

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Top Ways To Make Money Online Now

under Featured, Other Make Money Online Tips

By Carl on May 5, 2008

After taking my Speech Power class, I dashed to my desktop and read my emails. Suddenly, an email subscriber caught me online and instant messaged me on gTalk. He needed help he said, we conversed for bout 10 minutes.

I won’t paste his exact words here but he surely needs to make a quick buck right away. The guy has no experience online whatsoever, just a stinky ol’ job with a minimum salary.

Although I don’t really promote the “Make money now” model because internet marketing should be treated as a business and most of these techniques require a whole lotta work - there are just times where we need to start making money now.

So for bout an hour, I hunted for ways to make money online now, researched them thoroughly and collected useful links to support it.

Without further ado, here they are:

Data entry

Have an I.Q. of 60 and above? (Who doesn’t?!) Data entry is simply transcribing a different form of data into another form. For example, scanned pages of a book and handwritten letters into a Microsoft Word format.

In advanced jobs, it can be the transcribing of a different program. Be careful though, with just one mistake even a single space can cause a whole lotta errors in the program. So if you want to take the job, you have to be a patient typist and as accurate as an eagle.

Paid to click

I bet even a caveman can do this. You view a website for a certain amount of time and after that time expires, you are credited for bout $0.01-0.05 which is actually peanuts. But hey, do it for around an hour a day and you’ll get a bunch of peanuts!

And did I tell you that some paid to click sites offer second tier commissions? If you refer a friend you will be given a certain amount depending on their activity. Imagine referring 10 friends, 100 or even 1000?! That would give you a truck load of peanuts!

There are literally thousands of get paid to click sites, but the best probably is Bux.to. They’ve paid a whole lotta members ranging from two figures to even five figures! (Check their forum for success stories)

Graphic design

Do you know how to pull in heavy graphics out of thin air? Or do you have a clean and simple minimalist mind that a few are looking for?

If you eat and breathe design, why not get hired for an hour or two and do designs for people. There are loads of webmasters looking for graphic designers who pay bout $50-$100 for just a simple logo.

Most graphic designers use Adobe Photoshop - that is very costly, get Gimp. It’s free.

Coding

On the other hand, if you’re not a right brain kind of guy. Try coding.

You convert image designs of a website into a real live website. If you get the hang of it, you can make a high quality coded webpage for bout 30 minutes only. If you don’t know how to code HTML/CSS, go to HTMLdog to learn it step by step.

For a more sophisticated job. PHP, Perl, Cgi and many other programming jobs are also available on the said forums.

Writing

Probably one of the easiest way to make money online now - writing.

The biggest online company Google, what are they doing? Directing people to content right? And one kind of content aside from videos and images are written articles.

Internet marketers need content to feed Google and their visitors. Some people are just not into writing - well most webmasters are not into it really (I’m glad I am not one of them) so what they do is hire writers for $3-$5 for every 300 word article.

Don’t know the topic they are requesting? No problem! Use our friendly household tool - Google.

Buy and sell

On the early days of my online venture, I used to buy private label products (Articles, ebooks, etc.) at a very low price say $5 per package and repackage them for every specific niche. Then create a name for it, new graphics and it’s out on the market.

You can also buy and sell websites. Buy a cheap one, develop it a lil’ bit and then sell it on the same day.

Paid surveys

Tons of people are saying that it’s a big scam because it’s uber easy and has a big payout - but hey, they’ve been around for a very looong time. Why? Some do really pay.

So, are you up for sharing your personal information OR maybe sharing your fictional information? ;-)

If you want to fill out surveys, I recommend signing up for Survey Savvy or Cash Crate as they have maintained a good reputation overtime - and they have an easy smooth interface, beat that?

SEO services

One major aspect of SEO or search engine optimization is off page optimization. This can be achieved by buidling quality backlinks to a site.

Link building is not that hard when you have the formula but it does require tons of human power. One of the ways to build backlinks is by social bookmarking a site to Digg, Reddit, etc. Another is by submitting it to web directories, leaving blog comments and many other.

This is a big hit right now as loads of webmasters are looking for this service.

Video marketing

This way is out of the blue - offer video marketing services.

If you hang out on Youtube (Who doesnt?!) or other video sites, you may have watched of the phenomenal Will it blend series or maybe Kobe’s fake jump - what do they have in common? They both advertised a product!

Well you don’t have to have a blender to get millions of views, just by rapping, crying or even laughing you can too ;-)

On a serious note, power point slides and video tutorials work well too. Here’s a great example.

Transcribing

Most internet marketers sell variations of their product like say video presentation, audio presentation and text presentation to add more value and most importantly to raise the price.

However, doing so takes a whole lotta time. Imagine transcribing a one hour audio interview into a text presentation.

That’s where you come in. You can offer transcribing services on webmaster forums and charge a per minute rate. All it takes is a good ear and quick hands.

Forum posting

One of the hardest part of running a forum is at the start - your forum is dead quiet. No one is talking and no one want to start talking.

Webmasters’ solution to that is paid forum posting. This will be easy for teens especially if the forums’ topic are games, life and sports. It will be like chatting to your buddy - and being paid! What’s better than that?

Sell pictures

Got a digital camera sitting at home? If you have the artists perspective then why not try selling pictures for stock photos.

Snap pictures of your dog, room or whatever you have in your house then sell them on stock photography sites like iStockPhoto and StockExpert. Just don’t forgot to keep your privacy ;-)

Sell emails

It has been said tons of times and proved by loads of marketers - the money is in the list, and it’s good that even startup companies are paying people to visit their website via AdWords just to capture leads.

Try to do a quick search for “Web Design Las Vegas” in Google (This might not work on some countries because ads are geographically targeted, so I would suggest using a US based proxy). Did you know that the top 1-3 ads under the “Sponsored Links” are paying around $6 per click?!

So what if you make it easier for them? You capture the leads then sell it to them at a much affordable price?

Get an autoresponder, buy a private label product then give it away to related forums as an incentive to sign up to your list.

Do remember though that in your email capture form, tell them that by joining in your list, they will also be subscribed to other newsletters related to the product they are interested in.

Sell stuff!

Get up and check out your garage. If you see something worth looking at for a minute or two (Probably your dad’s old shoes, jacket or an old photo album) find a unique side that will set as a hook (Let’s say vintage shoes from the 60’s) then sell them on eBay, post an ad on Craigslist and Caching!

Brokerage

Have the guts to do some salestalk to unknown prospects? If you do, then offer brokering services. Broker domain names, websites and even partnership deals. It’s up to you on how you ask for payment - percentage or flat rate.

Best of all, no professional diplomas required, just a reputable grammar, a convincing salestalk and you’re good to go!

Resources

General freelance job boards

elance.com
getafreelancer.com
forums.digitalpoint.com
allfreelance.com
authenticjobs.com
jobs.freelanceswitch.com

Niche specific

rentacoder.com
associatedcontent.com
jobs.problogger.net
jobs.copyblogger.com
copywritersboard.com
99designs.com

Friday, June 13, 2008

How Do You Make Money Online?

The internet offers countless opportunities to make money online even for the beginner. However, if you are serious about making money online you may be overwhelmed by how much information is available and unable to tell the good opportunities from the bad.

There is a great deal to learn about earning an online income and it is important to take the time to research the opportunities available before incorporating them into your business plan.

Essentially, there are two main ways to make money online. You can either sell services or products which can be your own or someone else’s. If you can offer services on line you can use a website or a blog as a platform for marketing them as well as bidding on projects on auction sites such as Elance.

There are a number of these auction sites to choose from some of which offer free memberships while others cost membership fees. These sites offer an excellent initial platform to sell services such as writing, programming or website design.

Article marketing is also an excellent way to drive website traffic to your website or blog so that you can market your services to them. Your website or blog can contain a portfolio of your work as evidence of the quality of your work.

Create your own products

If you don’t have services you can sell online, you can create your own products or sell someone else’s online. Digital products such as ebooks are easy to create and once you have them you make a hundred percent profit every time someone downloads one. The decision to develop a product begins with an assessment of market demand.

Make sure that your product fits the theme of your online business or blog and meets specific needs of your target audience. If you choose to write an informative ebook, for example, make sure that it answers questions your visitors are likely to have and informs them of things they need to know even if they are not yet aware of them.

If you want to create a physical product but you don’t know how to go about it, visit cafepress.com. Cafépress offers a way to create your own unique products by customizing theirs. Alternatively, you can create products the old fashioned way and sell them online. Just make sure you comply with any legal requirements.

However, the quickest and easiest way to make money online selling products is to join an affiliate program. Therefore, this newsletter will spend more time on making money online through affiliate programs.

Join an affiliate program

You can become an affiliate and earn commission from every product sale referred from your website or blog. A good affiliate program will allow you to link from your website to a well written sales page. It will also provide sales tools, a good commission plan, long term tracking so you still get commission if visitors you refer purchase at a later date.

If a visitor who clicks on an affiliate link on your site purchases the affiliate product, you will make a commission on the sale. The key to making money selling affiliate products is to offer a variety of different affiliate products that fit in with your site’s theme and to optimize your website to increase website traffic through search engine results pages. You can also effectively attract visitors using article marketing.

Affiliate programs are not the only way you can make money online selling other people’s products. You can also sell other people’s products as a simple or master reseller. For example, when you purchase the full resale rights (master rights) of a digital product, you get to keep one hundred percent of the profits without taking the time to create your own product as well as the right to sell simple resell rights to others.

However unlike most affiliate programs, when you purchase resell rights you will not any support to help you sell the products. Therefore, if you choose to purchase resell rights in order to make money selling other people’s products, you will need to design a sales page and a marketing strategy in order to turn a profit.

As an affiliate you become a partner with another business. You are referring business to another website and you earn commission on every sale made. There are a lot of free online affiliate programs available and this very choice can make it difficult to decide on the best programs to be involved with. The aim is to choose a program that will give you the most benefits. Here are some steps you can follow to help you choose the best affiliate programs for you:

Research your options

With so many affiliate programs to choose from you need do solid research not only into the choices available but into the companies, products and programs themselves. There are good, bad and downright ugly (fraudulent, unethical) affiliate programs. Do not pay to join affiliate programs unless you are absolutely sure that they offer exceptional benefits.

Go for the benefits

As an affiliate you are effectively acting as a marketer or referrer of business. Different affiliate programs will have different commission structures. You need to evaluate commission payment levels compared to the amount of personal effort required to attract visitors and encourage sales.

Choose the right products

Firstly, make sure that the products you are marketing fit the theme of your website and are likely to interest your target audience. Secondly, look for unique products rather than something that every Tom, Dick and Harry sells. Thirdly, make sure that there is a genuine need and demand for a product before committing to it.

You have the ability to become successful as an internet entrepreneur whether you choose to sell your own products or services or to earn money helping to sell other people’s. The key to success is to do your due diligence as you would for any off line business. If you do this you can more than make money online, you can make a lot of money online.

A wonderful resource if you want to succeed online is ForexEnterprise.com where you can find creative and workable solutions to your financial problems.

You'll discover multiple strategies for making money online including: How to create your own products, as well as making money with affiliate programs. As you know, these are the very best ways to make money online. So if you haven't already done so, go check out: ForexEnterprise.com

Here's To Your Massive Success,

Nick Marks

The internet offers countless prospect to make money online even for the beginner. However, if you are serious about making money online you may be overwhelmed by how much information is available and unable to tell the good opportunities from the bad.

There is a great deal to learn about earning an online income and it is important to take the time to examine the opportunities available before incorporating them into your business plan.