7/23/08

Hate commuting? Suit and tie (or paper hat) starting to itch? Tired of your petty dictator of a boss?

It’s a brave new world out there full of risks and opportunities! With little or no upfront investment, people from all over are learning how to serve their fellow human via the internet!

I personally make a decent portion of my living exchanging my services online. The other part of my living comes from being a professional guitarist and vocalist (hey, I can’t be a total hermit. It’s just not healthy!). Thus I can personally testify that it is actually viable for nearly anyone to make money online and here are just a few ideas below:

1. FREELANCE - Believe it or not, there’s no end to the things people will pay another human being to do and they don’t all involve shaved rodents. Simple things from proofreading to writing content to help fill up online forums on various subjects, researching online, etc. And if you actually have a skill even better! Then it opens up to consulting, web design, singing on people’s demos (I just have people email me their tracks, I record my voice and email it back!), voice over work and the list just extends as far as people’s needs and imaginations can take them!

2. SELL INFORMATION - Have you ever made money doing something so ridiculously easy that you couldn’t believe you actually got paid to do it? Write it out and offer it for sale online - “How I made a thousand dollars in a day the easy way and how you can do it too!” (This is just an example of a book title and not an actual book.)

3. SECONDLIFE - SecondLife is an online game (and I use the term loosely) where people from around the world build their own communities, houses, businesses and interact in a marketplace using a currency called Linden Dollars which can be converted into REAL DOLLARS at online exchanges. You can build businesses, houses, etc. for others in this virtual world and actually get paid to do it!

4. BE AN ONLINE ASSISTANT - Many people need help running their businesses but can’t exactly go out and hire a secretary. As an online assistant, you can do jobs for many different people from the comfort of your own home such as making travel arrangements, paying bills, hiring a dog-walker, you name it! Depending upon your skill set, you could make around $20 an hour or so in this manner.

5. SELL STUFF ON EBAY - Sell your unwanted items or work the auctions to buy items at far less than their value and then turn around and re-sell them at a proper price, but you really have to know what you’re doing if you’re going to be a trader, so do a lot of research before wading into these waters.

6. CREATE A WEBSITE - and put ads on it! If you love what you are doing and keep it up, eventually you are likely to attract enough visitors to make some money with advertisements such as Google AdSense, Kontera ContentLink, Bidvertiser, etc.

7. CONNECT BUYERS AND SELLERS - and make a referral fee! There’s a website called InnerSell where vendors set the price they are willing to pay for someone to find them buyers for whatever they are selling and if you can provide a buyer, you make about 70% of the referral. I don’t know much about this website, but it’s definitely worth checking out!

8. HELP PEOPLE FIND JOBS - Many companies and individuals offer headhunter bounties for people who can find the appropriate candidate for the position they need filled and vice-versa. These bounties can range from as little as $50 to a few thousand dollars!

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