There are thousands of articles out there about
making money online, but only very few that actually list practical and genuine
ways of making money. Too many of them are just sales pitches to convince you to
sign up for some seminar, or one of training section that would ultimately enlarge
their wallets.
They have painted dark, online money making. Making
people sceptical and terrified of trying anything online. But the good news is
that there are hundreds of practical ways of making money online. The only
problem is that they aren’t the “get rich in two months,” kind.
Most of them require a lot of work and sometimes a
lot of passion and dedication before seeing a return on your time. But if you
want to make money online, work from home or turn an idea into a business, you
can do it. You can even earn money with apps if you don’t want to venture into
computer.
I’m going to be telling you some real and legitimate
ways of making money online. Since we’re talking about legitimate jobs, you’ve got to be... well legitimate. Many of these
ways I’ll be listing are real jobs that require you to put in hours if you want
to get paid. They also require hard work
and time. Here are some tips that would help you get the job done:
·
Take
It Seriously. Yes you’re applying for an online job
and you can do it from you rest room, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take
it seriously. You must treat is as such or they aren’t going to treat you as a
serious candidate.
·
Be
Professional.
·
Double
Check Yourself. Make sure everything you send to a
company, whether a resume, an email or a portfolio, is as professional as it
can be.
1.
Freelance Writing
Freelance writing is one of the most popular and
productive ways to earn money online. Many successful freelancers can earn up
to an average of 50 cents to a dollar per word. Some are earning twice that!
It doesn’t matter how smart you are. As long as you
know how to punctuate, you’re good to go. You’ve got build your portfolio and
you resume. If you’re not interested in writing, I wouldn’t recommend going
down this road.
It takes passion and dedication coupled with
patience and time, although it can be highly profitable if its what you love.
2.
Sell Your Stuff
Ever since the idea of online auctions came into
existence, the online selling market has been on the rise. Many are usually
interested, but only few know how to get started. There are still all kinds of
ways to make money by selling online, whether you’re selling what you already
have or buying and selling like a store. Before we get started here are a few
tips when selling anything online:
·
Get a PayPal account.
·
Take good pictures.
·
Do good business.
·
Be honest.
Follow those guidelines and you’ll do well in online
sales. If you’re ready to start selling, here’s where to go:
1.
Amazon- Have you heard of FBA? It stands for “Fulfilled by
Amazon” and it’s getting really popular. Basically you buy products (in bulk is
best) ship them to Amazon for them to store. When your products sell, Amazon
packs them up, ships them out and sends you the money (after taking their cut).
There are people making a full-time living from FBA.
2.CraigList- Some things don’t ship very well. Other things may
make you feel uncomfortable to sell to someone across the country. Anytime you’re
selling a large item or something you just don’t want to ship, CraigList is a
great place to go. It’s simple to list you item (again, take good pictures!).
3.eBay-
Of course you can’t read an article about making money online that doesn’t
mention eBay. You can start an eBay store and get serious about it or you can just
sell some stuff to declutter you home.
4.
Blogging
This is definitely the most straight forward way of
making money online. It’s very doable and its also quite possibly the most
productive in this list. I love blogging and I know bloggers who feel the same.
Blogging is something that requires a lot of
patience and hard work. It may mean having to write every day for a year before
you really start to earn any money from it. Of course there are exceptions to
the rule. Many argue that you can actually earn a lot of money without really
building your blog for that long, but from my personal dealings, and the
experience of other bloggers I’d say it takes at least a year.
You’ll generally need a lot of traffic website
traffic before you start earning from your blog and that takes a while. Once
you’ve reached that point, here are the primary ways to monetize your blog and
start earning:
1.
Advertising- This is definitely the most old-
school way of earning money with a blog. Its also starting to become the least
common way. You can sell advertising spots directly on your site or you can sign
up with a company like Google Adsense or Media.net. Either way you won’t be
earning a whole lot of money until your views are well into the thousands each
day.
2.
Affiliates- There are many affiliates networks, such as
FlexOffers and Cj Affiliate that allow you to promote other people’s products
and services. You simply put a link or a banner on your page and them you get a
percentage if someone clicks through and buys the product/ service.
If you’re truly interested in becoming a blogger,
start by looking through the archives of Problogger, Copyblogger and Boost BlogTraffic. Then go read through all the free guides over at Quick Sprout. It may
take you a year to complete those tasks alone, but it will be worth it. You’ll
practically have a MBA in blogging.
5
Work-at-Home Companies
Finally, there are some companies that will hire you
to work from the comfort of your own home. If you’re interested in working for
someone else, while still making your own schedule and deciding where to work
from, here are a few companies that will let you do just that:
1.CrowdSource- CrowdSource offers many types of jobs
from “microtask” jobs to larger writing and editing jobs. You decide how much
you work and you can do most of it right at your computer.
2.
Leap Force- Leap Force is one way that Google rates websites
for search engine ranking. If you’re hired, you make decent money (usually over
$11/hour), you set your own schedule and it can be pretty fun to view and rank
websites.
3.
Liveops- Liveops is a call center that allows you to work
from home. Once you set up to take the calls, you can begin making a weekly
schedule and working from home. The pay is generally close to $10/hour, but you
can earn more with commissions.
4.
SpeakWrite- SpeakWrite will pay you up to $15/hour to
transcribe information. You set your own schedules and time.
Now that you’ve got many different options to start
earning money online, if you saw something you liked try it out and learn more
about it. If you really want to make a full-time income online, you need to be
dedicated to learning how to do what you want to do. Remember it takes time and
persistence.
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