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If you were to count the ways to make money online, you’d be at a loss. I don’t think 4 limbs would suffice. Lame jokes aside, there are, seriously, countless ways to make a living – even a fortune – on the Internet. The rules and principles that govern money-making in the real world apply just as much online as they do offline.

Some money making tactics take money to make money. Of course, the trick is to make an extra dollar or more for every dollar you invest into any money-making activity. And you’d want to squeeze out as much profits as you can out of that dollar you’re going to invest. This is just business common sense.

However this assumes that you need to begin with money if you hope to make any money. But there are several free ways to make money online as well. In this article we shall go through the top 3 ways to make money online.

1. Trading Your Time and Your Skills For Money As A Freelancer.

Perhaps the easiest, fastest and most straightforward way to begin making money online is to offer your services to other webmasters, online business owners and internet marketers. If you have a particularly strong skill set – such as writing, designing webpages, copywriting, producing videos, editing audios, creating graphics, etc. – then you can find people who will be more than happy to pay for your services.

You can go to the freelancing networks that would charge you to bid on projects (such as Guru, eLance or ScriptLance) but you can save your money. You’ll probably be better off going to specific webmaster forums and advertising your services in your signature file. To get started you could even offer to do your maiden projects dirt cheap or for free just to get a couple of references.

One important tip to take note of if you choose to take this path is that when you are starting out on your virgin projects, even if you get very little (or no) money (at all), make sure you get the testimonials of your clients. Store your clients’ rave reviews so that this can serve as your portfolio of customer satisfaction and would give social proof that your work is of a high standard of quality.

2. Endorsing Other People’s Products For A Commission As An Affiliate.

There are dozens of affiliate networks you can sign up with to become an affiliate for potentially thousands upon thousands of products sold online, it’s almost as if the internet is conspiring to make you rich.

Clickbank is a popular choice and probably one of the easiest to sign up with. Your earnings are paid out by cheque twice a month, provided you have fulfilled some criteria (no worries, you don’t have to jump through hoops of fire to get your first payday). PayDotCom is ideal if you prefer to be paid via PayPal instead of waiting for the bank to clear your commission cheques (it could take weeks especially if you live outside America). Both Clickbank and PayDotCom also offer affiliates the opportunity to earn some passive income from the monthly recurring billing products they list in their marketplaces.

If you’re looking to broaden your product line beyond merely selling information products, Commission Junction is the No. 1 network to be signed up with. Not only can you sign up with programs that pay you for referring sales, you can make some quick bucks out of the numerous CPA (Cost Per Action) programs available. CPA means you don’t need to make people buy products for you to get paid. All you need to do is to persuade people to sign up for some free offers, subscribe to a newsletter or download a software for free, in order for you to earn a commission.

There are 2 sub-paths you can take within the affiliate marketing path – the Anonymous route, and what I call the “Oprah Winfrey” route.

For the Anonymous option, you can employ any number of tactics to promote your affiliated products – pay per clicks, article marketing, search engine optimization, email marketing, etc. This route may be able to allow you to make money faster if you do the tactics right but may not last in the long term unless you consistently maintain your marketing momentum. Taking this option allows you to explore as many niche markets as you want.

The “Oprah Winfrey” option involves building an authoritative reputation amongst your target market, branding yourself and building trust with your potential customers. This obviously takes time to build but pays off handsomely in the long run. Taking this option might prove difficult for you if you wish to explore different niches as generally affiliates who market with authority usually focus on products that serve only 1 target market.

3. Create Your Own Product and Sell a Billion Copies.

The third way to make money online is to create your own masterpiece and sell it to the world. Most people would say that it is the hardest amongst the 3 ways but I beg to differ. I made my first dollar online (US$17.00 to be exact, back in those days when US$1.00 equalled $1.70 in Singaporean dollars and Paypal was not that popular amongst internet marketers) selling my own information product.

Where there is a demand, there is money to be made. P T Barnum reportedly said there’s a customer born every minute, but how do you know what these customers want to buy? The secret to untold wealth and riches selling your own products online (even offline) is to know exactly what your potential customers are going through in terms of pain, frustration, problems, challenges, etc.

What is the one thing that is hindering them from achieving their goals? What is the stumbling block that they are encountering? How can you simplify their lives?

Before you go on to create products that would solve these people’s problems and sell a million copies, you must be able to answer the above questions and more. In brief, creating great products simply means being able to solve people’s problems quickly and easily.

Of course, there are many types of products you can sell online, just as there are many solutions to any one problem. But let me simplify it for you further and categorise the kinds of products you can create into 2 -

1. Teaching people how to fish
2. Giving them the fish

Most information products would fall into the 1st category. Information products can be of many kinds as well – ebooks, audios, videos, tutorials, even live seminars and workshops. Depending upon the amount and value of content you put into these information products, you can charge anywhere from dirt cheap to exorbitant prices for your information products.

Software, tools, systems and services fall into the 2nd category. Here, you go beyond teaching people how to do whatever it is that they want to learn to accomplish, and actually go do it for them. In this category, you can charge either a recurring monthly fee or a handsome one-time amount for the tool or service you’re offering that is going to solve their problems for them.

Now that you have been exposed to the top main 3 ways to make money online, there is actually one more important lesson that you have to take away from reading this – there is actually one thing in common amongst the 3 ways to make money online which, if you don’t fully understand and apply it, you won’t make that much money on the internet.

What is it?

You have to understand that business is about making money – yes – but beyond that it is about exchanging value. Ideally, for every $1 a person gives you, you give him $1 worth of value in return (be it via information, a service or a tool). But this is not a zero sum game because the value you create and exchange for money is something intangible and cannot really be absolutely quantified in dollars.

Ironically, it is when you give just a little more than what you are paid for, that is when you start to make even more money than if you were to just trade a dollar for a dollar’s worth of value.

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Cash Jobs in Online Freelance Writing

The economy just isn’t too good right now and many of you are looking for ways to make some side cash to make your monthly bills. One of the best ways to do that is to earn money freelance writing, editing or designing. The problem is that most of you think you should get free access to freelance jobs, and that is just not the case. Follow along…

As someone who makes nearly $1,200 per month writing freelance articles, I can tell you that there is no “free” place to find cash jobs in freelance. I don’t care what people tell you, there is no free ride when it comes to getting freelance writing and editing jobs.

The reason for this is simple: The business that wants your freelance help is willing to pay a service to list their available job. In turn, the service charges you, the freelancer, a fee to get a look at, and apply for these jobs. The fact that both you and the employer are paying to use the service, helps to increase the level of quality on both sides.

If the business pays to list their freelance cash job, you must pay to get access to it. This ensures quality and seriousness all the way around. Remember, anything that is free is taken for granted or taken advantage of.

In addition, if I really wanted to get freelance work done that I didn’t so much care about quality, I’d just hire someone in India or China to produce work writing in “Engrish.” But when I want quality, I go American and I pay for it.

Bottom line with freelance online writing jobs for Americans: If you want to be a quality freelancer and get paid for it, you will have to pay a small membership fee in order to have access to the jobs. Think of it like buying a newspaper and finding the job listings in it. You had to pay for the paper, and the employers had to pay for the listing. Same thing.

With that in mind, there is really only one place that I recommend my readers go to for freelance writing opportunities and that is Go Freelance. They have the best listings available and the sign up to get access is less than $10.

If you are serious about earning cash on the side doing freelance work, Sign Up For Go Freelance Here.

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2008 has been a bittersweet year for Jennifer Hudson.But of course, we all know that already. When Hudson released Spotlight (her first album) to high praise, not to mention her Oscar win, really shows us that she is on a great roll.Then, her mother, brother and nephew were killed by her in-law in a murderous rampage, and everything suddenly looked bleak for the performer.We haven’t seen much of her since, choosing to grieve and recover from the murders privately.

But there’s always the comeback, in the tradition of many who went through American Idol 8.In the history of American Idol a TON of past contestants have faded into near obscurity only to have a major comeback into the spotlight again.One of those great stories of success in Jennifer Hudson, and I have faith she’ll replicate that same success this year?

At a point we thought that there was no way for it to come earlier.On New Year’s Eve, the New York Post reported that Hudson, who has not performed since the murders, is in talks to sing the Star-Spangled Banner during the inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama, on January 20 in Washington, D.C.The bit, which was since picked up by many other media outlets, pointed out the possibility: Hudson, who sang the national anthem at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August, hails from Chicago, the same city where Obama began his political career.Adding to that is the fact that she is a HUGE Obamamaniack the newspaper source told them.

Quickly, however, a representative for the Idol winner denied that Hudson will perform at the inauguration.”It’s simply false” a rep of Hudson told the Starr, adding that Hudson will perform her return in LA at Neil Diamond’s tribute in February.

Even still, we can deduce that Jennifer will hopefully have a comeback this year after coming out of American Idol strong.Setting aside any debate on whether the media should have been more sensitive to making this announcement in light of the murders, or whether Hudson is ready to come back, a comeback seems inevitable.Here’s to resiliency, then. This season of the show starts on January 13th and features the addition of a new judge Kara DioGuardi.

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So how can you access the top paid survey sites and avoid the scam surveys? This question is asked so much on the internet, but most people give up before they even find the answer. If you are just starting out with the internet and want a home based business that does not take technical skills and months to learn or earn an income with then survey sites are a great place to start provided you pick the right ones. Finding the top paid survey sites is a lot simpler than you might believe and here is what you need to know.

Greenfield is one of, if not the most well known legit paid survey sites on the internet. Greenfield is well established and a large percentage of smaller survey sites actually use their surveys to give to their members. The quality of the surveys is high and they are willing to pay their members well for completing a paid survey, making them top of the list.

You will never be left stuck without a survey to do as Greenfield make them available in two ways. Their top paid survey will be available for you to complete on their website. Also, check your email, because they will also send new ones to your inbox.

I should also mention Global Test Market which is another top paid survey site. They have been a constant in the paid survey community over an extended length of time. Their design is clean and user friendly, making it easy for everybody to find their way around and it is always fun to complete one of their paid surveys. Absolutely free to join, Global will never charge you to become a member. It is not possible to discuss all the top paid survey sites online as I could go on and on. Here is what you do to find out where the top paid survey sites are.

You may find peoples thoughts on certain paid survey sites by finding posts on internet forums. If a specific top survey site is getting praise from the majority of people it is worth checking out. You are usually going to get truthful opinions regarding other people’s experiences by visiting a forum that has vigorous discussion. You can also start a new topic asking questions about a paid survey site and see what other people say. Experiences of cash gathering are willingly shared by happy survey members. Join as many top paid survey sites as you can instead of just one or two and you will profit more. Scams can be avoided by only using reputable and recognized top paid survey sites. When you find a good one you will be well on your way to a residual income opportunity that is lucrative.

Find out how to get free traffic to your affiliate sites that are promoting these survey or other programs.

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