Sometime we are not sure of want to do when stuffing the internet, the worst is that we exhust our data doing unnecessary chating and wasting precious time we could have used to make some dols, we are even afraid to doing all this stuff because of unproductive nature present and the scammers but here are 20 ways by which you can make money online whichout afraid of scammers and 100% sure of making your cash. The lists includes;
1. Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.
Mechanical
Turk is a great way to make some extra cash. You probably won’t make much more
than a few dollars an hour, but it’s also dead simple to complete many of the
tasks. Most tasks take less than a minute to complete and pay a few pennies. If
you do a lot of MTurk, it could add up to at least some fun spending money.
Sign up for free, then complete qualifications to earn access to higher-paying
tasks.
2. Sell stock photos.
iStockPhoto
is just one site that allows you to sell stock photos; there are others. Before
you decide to go crazy and upload your whole album, take note of what’s selling
well and try your hand at doing something similar. iStockPhoto also works for
those who know how to render images; some of their most popular images were
created on a computer! Have three killer stock photos ready for iStockPhoto’s
inspection; they will want them when you sign up.
3. Sell stuff on eBay.
Start
by selling your own extra stuff. Then, once you get a feel for selling your
extra stuff, go door-to-door in nicer neighborhoods in your town. Develop an
eye for what will sell and what won’t (old laptops, for instance, could be a
gold mine–if you know how to format them to get rid of the previous owner’s
personal data.) Sign a contract where you take 25-30% (or more) of the gross
sale. Your customers will be happy to get cash for their old junk, and you’ll
make some good money selling other people’s stuff. eBay
4. Become a freelance article
writer.
It
may not pay well, but there is a growing demand for this. Write 200-300 word
articles and submit them to article directories. Potential clients include
bloggers, marketers, and small businesses. You can write articles in a niche in
batches and sell them as a package to one or more clients, or you can offer
your services for hire per word or article and let your client give you
direction. A foundation of keyword research is important to succeed at this job
(unless you’re just taking direction from a client), but keyword research is
learnable.
5. Write articles for magazines or
other publications.
If
you have a background in journalism, or just a passion for it, you can try your
hand at submitting articles to publications. Don’t just randomly fire off
articles, however; have a plan and, preferably, a contact at the publication
you wish to submit to. The good news is that there are publications in pretty
much any niche you can think of. To see some publications that are hiring,
visit Online Writing Jobs, PoeWar Freelance Jobs, and Writing.com.
6. Transcribe audio files.
An
easy job; doesn’t pay well, but also a quick way to make some money. Sign up on
eLance or oDesk to start, and/or advertise your services in entrepreneur forums.
Requires good hearing and a good command of the English language. You may also
want to invest in a foot pedal if you plan to transcribe often. Make sure you
know how to transcribe interviews before you start your first job.
7. Become a virtual assistant (VA).
There
are entire books written on how to become a virtual assistant, so this job is
definitely worthy of more research. My advice: Focus on one niche (I just hired
Lisa Morosky of VA for Bloggers, for instance.) Also, reach out to potential
customers directly and let them know what you can do for them instead of
hitting up freelance web sites. Finally, you may want to consider resources
such as AssistU, which provides training for up-and-coming virtual assistants.
8. Write articles on eHow.com.
If
you understand the basics of keyword research, you can make a good monthly
income from eHow. eHow pays you a percentage of the ad revenue they make from
each “How to” article you create. You can crank out a few articles a day with
relative ease. Try this for a month; assuming your article titles match up with
what people are searching for in Google, you can make a significant income. The
great news is that you write your articles once and get paid month after month.
I’ve seen figures of $100-$150/month for 30 articles. Make money writing for
eHow.com.
9. Do some videos to promote
affiliate products.
Enjoy
making silly videos? Even short, silly videos can sell products online. Find an
product worth promoting that has an affiliate program, then target your video
toward potential customers of that product. In your video summary on YouTube,
place your affiliate link for the product, and after the video, do a 30-second
still frame showing a short URL where people can buy the product. If your video
is funny, informative, or useful, you may sell some products. Big tip: Try to
promote a product that makes you a fair amount of money for each sale, but
doesn’t cost a whole lot for the potential customer. You can find products on
Commission Junction, for one.
10. Write an ebook targeted to
people who need help.
Alexis
Dawes created a product called “Desperate Buyers Only”. I interview her for an
upcoming case study on Inspiring Innovators, where she mentions that she is
able to make up to $97 from ebooks as small as 12 pages. The key? Finding
people who are incredibly desperate for the information you provide and then
doing good research to find a real solution to their problems. The result?
Happy customers whose problem is solved, and money for you — a win-win
situation! Caveat: It may be tough to find a real desperate buyer niche (Alexis
reveals some in her case study). Here are some hints: When were you last in a
situation where information would have either saved you a lot of money or a lot
of pain? Has someone else close to you been in a situation where they could
have used information to avert pain? Think legal, medical, and financial
niches.
11. Build a small niche website.
Yes,
you can make money online.I run a few small niche websites. For instance, How
to Convert PDF is a tiny site that has free videos on how to convert other
types of documents into PDF format. It sells a piece of software called PDF
Creator, and I make a few dollars every time someone buys from that site. I
promoted the site using pay-per-click ads and it was profitable. Don’t copy me
directly, but do find the intersection of people needing help and a tool,
ebook, or software program that will help them fix their problem. Then, create
a website designed to get them to buy it!
12. Help local businesses develop
an online presence.
Local
businesses are struggling. Many have websites, but aren’t getting any results
from them. Others don’t have websites at all. You can help by learning search
engine optimization, how to set up an email list, and more, and then
implementing these for local businesses. If you typically hang around geeks,
web marketers, or the Web 2.0 crowd, you may be surprised how many business
owners are 10 years (or more) behind you! If you can deliver results, business
owners will happily pay. Find customers by going door-to-door.
13. Learn WordPress, then offer to
install plugins and upgrade it.
When
you hired someone to upgrade my blogs and install new WordPress plugins. He
charges $5 to upgrade a plugin…great for him, since most plugins only take a
few minutes to upgrade, and great for me, since if anything breaks, the person gets
to clean up the mess! You can make this a full time position; there is a ton of
demand for these services. Find customers by contacting bloggers directly. Get
references from bloggers who understand the value of outsourcing these tasks.
14. Become the go-to person for
installations of a particular piece of software.
Anything
from Amember to Quickbooks is fair game here. In the hosting industry,
iDevAffiliate and Plesk Billing were the pieces of software we would have paid
a lot of money to have someone else deal with. The more niche and more
complex/annoying/frustrating the software, the better! Even if the software
company offers free installation, you can make hundreds or thousands of dollars
training business owners or their employees on its usage. Focus on one piece of
software and become the trusted expert. Create videos and tutorials using
screencast software like Camtasia to increase your profitability; this may also
lead into a niche product that you can sell. (Amember offers “free
installation”, but it took my boyfriend and I over 10 hours to configure it
properly. That’s definitely something I would outsource next time!)
15. Interview other people and sell
the interviews.
I
experimented with this in 2008 and made over $800 from one interview. The key
here is to understand a pain point that people are experiencing, interview an
expert, and ask the expert the questions that the people experiencing the
problem are having. Then create a small website and sell the interview. There’s
more to this, including having good copywriting skills so your website sells
the interview well, and knowing where to advertise, so don’t expect to
immediately pull in hundreds of dollars. That said, it’s a neat way to quickly
create a product. Get the interviews transcribed, then string a few interviews
in the same industry together as a membership site or bundle that you can sell
for more money.
16. Become a freelance “web geek.”
From
configuring a shopping cart to installing and tweaking blog themes, there are
virtually unlimited projects out there for geeks who enjoy working with small
business owners to get them up and running online. Find people looking for web
geeks on the Warrior Forum or other places where entrepreneurs gather.
17. Enter logo and design contests.
Fancy
yourself a good designer? Try your hand at creating a logo or other design that
a company loves! 99 Designs is the most popular marketplace. Beware, however;
you won’t get paid unless your logo wins against many others, which makes many
designers unhappy. In my opinion, this is a great way for a budding designer to
build a portfolio and learn quickly what clients love.
18. Create Twitter backgrounds and
e-covers.
Competition
is stiff, but if you are a savvy designer, this is a good way to pick up extra
dollars. Even better, if you are an artist, this is a good way to make your art
skills pay off. Consider that every design will need to have a reason why the
customer should buy the book or follow that person on Twitter to have a real
impact. Twitter backgrounds, in particular, are in hot demand right now. For
measurements and caveats of Twitter backgrounds, read “How to create your own
Twitter background.”
19. Submit websites or blog posts
to social media websites.
Not
very exciting work, but in high demand from bloggers and small businesses. This
involves setting up accounts on all of the social bookmarking services and then
bookmarking your clients’ websites or latest blog posts to help them get more
traffic. You may be competing against software that does this, but in many
folks’ opinions, it’s better to have a real person do it. Even better is if you
can goose your accounts with plenty of friends and become a star on a few of
the services; then every site you bookmark has higher credibility and you can
charge more. To get an idea of the social media sites you will need to sign up
for, start at socialmarker.com.
20. Edit audio for others.
This
is something that is fairly easy to learn and also in high demand. On Windows,
one good program to edit audio is Sony Sound Forge. I use Sound Forge Audio
Studio, but if you are doing this professionally, you might consider the
upgrade to Sound Forge 9. Get the hang of editing out “um”s and “ah”s from
audio. Even better is understanding the “flow” of an interview conversation and
editing out portions that don’t make sense. Finally, learning to find and add
intro music really gives podcasts that professional touch. Advertise your
services on oDesk or eLance. I pay people to do this for the podcasts I am
setting up on Inspiring Innovators, and it’s a job that can definitely be done
from your house.
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