Sunday, September 11, 2011

Free Internet Business Opportunities

For all the different ways to make money out there, there are a few free internet business opportunities. But, beware, because even though they are free, there are still bad businesses out there who will con you from your hard earned money.

The first one is called Helium.com, and they are truly a free business opportunity. You write articles on anything that you would like, virtually, and they will pay you a small revenue on those articles, every time someone from a different IP address clicks on it. Their motto is “Write. Get Published. Get Paid.” It used to be part of a revenue share, but today there are contests, and upfront writing jobs that will pay you instantly for your work. There is also a fabulous writing community that is very helpful for the emerging talent.

Another free internet business opportunity is called adsense. Adsense is virtually commercials for your blog or website. Companies pay for different types of adds on TV, right? Well, they will pay kind of the same when you put adds on your site. The best, most popular add sense out there is Google’s Adsense, that you can find at https://www.google.com/adsense/. You can customize what types of adds to put on your site, change to different methods, and allows you to share your website on Google.

On the same vein of advertising, there is a huge calling for online survey takers. Everywhere you turn, the companies are putting out surveys to people to find out what the general population want in a company, in order to better serve the consumer. So, they will offer incentives, sometimes even cash incentives, to find out what their consumers want. http://www.surveyclub.com/ is one of several thousand online survey sites, who will pay for your opinion. They offer you a start up bonus of $5, and then pay you in cash to complete surveys. There are other several links on this one website.

Finally, there are multiple freelancing sites out there, from www.freelancer.com to http://www.odesk.com/. But, you do not need to be a writer in order to contribute on these two websites. On Odesk.com, you can contribute to Web Development, Software Development, and help with networking and information systems. There are also opportunities for business services, design multimedia, administrative support, and sales and marketing. Gone are the days when you need to commute to an office, and have a 9-5 job, with a half hour lunch. If you have a telephone, access to a fax machine, and a computer, you can do the same job as an administrative assistant from home. You could be in public relations, develop business plans and marketing strategy.

So, whatever you decide to do, make sure that you enjoy doing it, because you will be your only ally. There will be nobody to boss you around, but there will be no one to build you up either. The internet is a vast place, and you can be sure that there are even more free internet business opportunities.

Best Internet Business Opportunities

There are so many different internet business opportunities, but how do you know which one is the best? Do you go with the flashiest website, or the most visited link? Do you go with the tried and true, or the cutting edge? Whatever your product, whatever you wish to sell, here are a few options that stand apart from the rest as being the best internet business opportunities.

The first one is from ScamXposer.com, and he recommends Governmentcontractfunding.com. You do not need to have any type of experience, but this site does require you to invest some money, in order to make money. However, the reason why it is the highest is because it has the highest yield per capita for any job… you make more money than any other job. It boasts an impressive 12.05% to 21.07% interest annually on your small contribution, starting at $10,000. For the usual Joe, who is just trying to earn money online, this one is really hard because of the steep $10,000 start up. But, imagine how much money you could make on that $10,000. The minimum is an additional $1,205 return on your investment, which sounds really nice, considering all you did was give them money.

The second one is Internet Income University, which involves a little bit of work on your end, but minimal costly startup fee’s. What you do have to do, however, is pay for your domain name, which to date is around $10 for the year. Then, you sign up via their website at http://go.internetincomeuniversity.com/partners/zgap-bbb.php. They will give you the resources needed for you to make your own website, and will give you step by step instruction on how to utilize the affiliate marketing business model. The only issue with this is that you will need to have a product to plug on your website, and will need to set it up yourself. However, you will be making money from day one, collecting on the revenue from the links on your page.

Finally, the last best internet business opportunity is http://www.homejobstop.com/. This isn’t a build a website, or a investing a lot of money website. It is simply a legitimate place to look for legitimate work from home jobs online. There is a lot of footwork involved in trying to find a job these days, and most of the time, the person struggles through the annoyance of trying to find a job, and those that are legitimate do not want to hire you, but those that aren’t, do. This is a really friendly place to put your resume in, and look for good legitimate work from home jobs.

There are so many other different opportunities out there for the right candidate. Just be patient, and trust your gut instinct. Chances are you will not become a millionaire overnight, nor will you get a six figure income working just 20 hours a week, but there is money to be had, and that money can, and will, make all the difference.

The Story on How to Continue Working After you Can’t Work Anymore

True story? You judge for yourself.

Every evening, my grandfather would come home from work, feet hurting after a long day of selling vacuum cleaners from door to door. Then, it was microwaves. Before he retired for good, he sold book clubs to housewives. My grandfather was a natural salesman, and when he was forced to retire because of his bad knees, he asked me if there was any other avenue that he could take to selling various objects, doodads, and paraphernalia to general America from the comfort of his own house. The internet was just starting, but even then, there were sites set up for selling. eBay was, as it is now, the biggest. I then showed him a smaller, up and coming website called www.craigslist.com. I also showed him how to work from home online, and all the job possibilities that awaited him.

Yet, being a natural salesman, and years upon years of experience helped him to establish a very lucrative business online. He sold all sorts of things, starting with books on a small site called amazon.com. From there, when eBay opened its doors to the possibilities of electronics, he sold toasters on eBay. At the end of his days, he decided that it was time to pen his memoirs, and paid someone to convert the word files to a new format, called PDF. He never became popular. He never made thousands of dollars, but his new business online made him happy. It gave him a reason to get up every morning, and over his cup of tea, see what was selling that day.

He tried his hand at stocks and bonds, but the liquid market online seemed too young, unexplored, and dangerous. He only ever wanted to invest in something that he could believe in. He also asked for help trying to set up a Mr. Fixit website, but my limited knowledge on the subject caused that project to fall by the wayside. Still, he pressed on into newer and bigger things, such as blogger and the brand new Friendster networking site to sell even more things globally, without having to pay a fee. When he died,  he left behind a great legacy of selling things online. Hundreds of thousands of emails came into his one little inbox of people saying that they would miss him, and miss his way of selling. All of this came about because my grandfather worked from home online.

How to Create for Yourself a Meager Income Online

When internet first rolled out on the scene, people began thinking about ways in which to make it more profitable for the common man. Shortly there after, people began to work from home online. A few tried and true methods that people began with were selling items on various websites, stocks, and blogging.

There are several sites out there that you can sell not only your things, but buying and reselling other’s things. Ebay.com is the biggest, most popular site for selling things, with craigslist.com trying to catch up. Want to get rid of that old ironing board, but not sure where to put it? Want to sell all of your family’s old memorabilia? Trying to get rid of that old storage while making the ever popular dollar on the side? Ebay is the worlds biggest garage sale site, and even then, there are methods to making money from it. What about the starving artist who try and try to make a name for themselves? http://www.etsy.com/ has you covered for all crafts, hand made everything from jewelry to woodworking. This site is primarily for crafters, and their projects. For the artists out there, http://www.deviantart.com/ gives art a home on the net, with paintings, photography, creative writers, and other modalities for artistic expression, joining is always free, and you will find a wonderful community of artists.

If you aren’t artistically inclined, and would like to find another way to work from home online, try your hand at online stocks and trading. Money and statistics have always been above my level of expertise, but the websites out there, like www.etrade.com, and www.tdameritrade.com, make it easier for the everyday Joe to learn, and actually make it fun to persue that methodology for making money.

Finally, something that is near and dear to my heart, you can make money blogging. A couple of sites that I frequent are http://www.helium.com/ and http://www.orble.com/. Both are very well rounded, and you have the option of writing on whatever you would like to write on. They aren’t as well known as http://www.blogger.com/, if you care to try your hand at writing, and/or editing other’s works, head over to helium, that give you case each time somebody reads your blog.

Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability, and you will not be disappointed in the results be it working from home online, or going to the local coffee shop and typing away at the words.

How to Make Money Writing Online

Weather you want to work out of your home, or you want to earn a little extra income on the side, making money online is a convenient way to score the extra cash that you may need. There are several ways to make money online, but three some what unique ways to do so is through becoming a virtual assistant, and using your twitter account to make money.

Do you find yourself wanting to stretch your administrative skills at home, but don’t know how to do it? Besides running a family, there are plenty of places out there, but a couple of great places to start are at ODesk.com and Elance.com. You can also look for virtual assistant jobs on indeed.com. Virtual assistant’s carry on the same responsibilities as regular administrative assistants, or secretary’s, only they can do it from the comfort of their own home, making phone calls on their cell phones or even set up a separate land line to set up appointments, without the hassle of having a micro-manager “guiding” you every step of the way.

Twitter is almost like any other social networking site, only you have 140 characters to get your point across. But, you can do a lot with 140 characters, such as sell something to someone, or suggest that they go out and buy this product. The prerequisites for this job are rather extraordinary, but at the same time, for some people, doable. You need to have a lot of followers, and by a lot I mean thousands of followers. But, you are in luck, as many others are in the same predicament as you are. After you have thousands of followers, then you may become an affiliate of twitter. An affiliate is one who passes on a message, from one person to thousands. Then, you sign up to RevTwt, the company that deals with twitters revenue, and watch the money come in.

There are so many other ways to make money online. One site, www.101waystomakemoney.com  will show you a slew of ideas that give you the access to make money online. Good legitimist ideas on how to make money online, be it arts and crafts to Twitter to creating websites. They also take you step by step on how to accomplish it. There’s also the entire internet just waiting to help you take that next step forward, just in case you want it.

The Secret Way to Make Money Online

There are several ways to make money online. There’s an entire website devoted to that very subject at http://www.101waystomakemoney.com/. There are the usual, writing blogs, up to the moment stock trader, creating your own website in order to promote whatever you are doing. But, some less known ways to make money online are flipping an already existing website and with affiliate marketing.

Flipping houses became popular when the housing market was in its heyday a few years ago. You take an existing house, gut the entire thing out, and using the bare bones of the house to make a better home, then turn around and sell it to someone who wants a ready to move in, nice house and make a profit. The same it becoming more and more prevalent on the web. Old websites, using Flash from five years ago, can be turned into walking goldmines, if people want to look at the website. Before you know it, people will go from your site, to another site, and to another site, in order to find everything they need, at the simple click of the mouse.

Affiliate marketing, simply put, is directing the consumer from one website to another by posting adds, reviews of products, and reward programs. The affiliate, or the publisher of the marketing scheme, will take an add or an announcement for a product and put it on their website. Depending on how many hits the parent company gets from the posting or advertisement from the other website. A great example of affiliate marketing are the Open Directory Project, and Yahoo! Directory. So, how do you make money doing this? The company will pay you a commission. But, how do you know that you are getting the right audience? They will come to you. Say, for instance, you have a blog about costuming, and a company that sells color contacts for costumes want you to post an add or a review for their product. For everyone who goes from your site to theirs, and purchases color contacts, you will get a commission for putting that on your blog.

There are many other ways to make money online, and probably easier ways to see how others make that extra cash. This is the 21st century, and time to utilize what they have already given us. As many different websites are out there, there are that many ways to make money online.

Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Are you annoyed at the current job market? I know that I was, with a newborn and a husband who was trying to work two part time jobs, which make the hours vary from week to week. So, my first option making money from home, took my search to grand writing. Grant writing, as hard as it is to start, was certainly fun to do, and required a few day classes at my local college.

The first thing you need in order to accomplish this feat is the desire to help out mainly nonprofit companies. Nonprofit companies have to file the paperwork with the secretary of state through the IRS. Then, after you get nonprofit status, you have to look for the grants. The Secretary of State has a listing of all nonprofit companies in the state. If you want to look on the federal level, I’m afraid that there isn’t anything that you can do about that. I started working for what was at the time Tehachapi Community Orchestra. There was also the YMCA and Salvation Army. Another nonprofit organization that many people do not think about are hospitals and private schools.

After I got hired on at Tehachapi, I began researching grants. The biggest, longest, and most frustrating grant out there are government grants. However hard government grants are to get, they are well worth their weight when the paycheck comes in. Most people bypass government grants because of their complexity. But, if you have the want and the know how, then it should not be any problem. All you need to do is stick with it. Other places to find grants are from the Foundation Center, and Philanthropy News Digest. It took a while, and every attention to detail that I could afford to pay attention to I did, and before long, they had four grants that made it possible for them to keep going with the season, even in the hard economic times California has been struggling under.

I love the fact that I can make money from home, and be around my daughter as she grows up into a young lady. The work is hard and strenuous, you are put up against extremely tight deadlines, and there might be months when you go in between pay checks, but the reward of knowing that you did it all for a good cause was well worth the work.