Saturday, November 6, 2010

Six Ways to Make Fast Money Online

Tens of thousands of people are legitimately making fast money online today, more than ever before. Some entrepreneurial spirits have even been able to quit their regular jobs and work entirely from their computer keyboards.

It can take some time, sometimes several years, to become proficient at making enough money online to live off of. However, if you're simply looking for a little extra cash, you may be able to make fast money online too. In fact, you might discover, as many of these entrepreneurs have, that you have a knack for it.

Here are six popular ideas to help you get started:

1) Sell e-books. E-books are the rage these days. E-books are essentially the long versions of e-articles. They may range from a few pages to a dozen or more. Most are generally between three and ten pages.

An e-book is used as a Web marketing tool, although they are sometimes available for download and used as printed promotions. A business purchases the rights to use an e-book, which includes the right to make changes, edits and additions. Buyers usually tailor e-books to reflect their businesses.

If you have a knack for writing, you can probably write one yourself. It's something like writing a report, just like the ones you probably wrote in college. Choose a general topic, and then provide helpful information on that topic. You can re-sell the same e-book again and again if you like.

2) Sell an affiliate product on ClickBank. Affiliate marketing online is big business. Affiliate marketing refers to promoting someone else's product and taking a cut of the profits. It's like selling something on commission.

You need not have your own website to do this. You simply visit ClickBank and choose from its list of registered products. It's advisable to choose a product that you really believe in or know a little bit about. This will make it much easier to convince people to buy it.

Once you've chosen a product, you register with the site. Next, you create your own page/website through ClickBank. You can fill the page with any kind of content you want. Naturally, you'll want to create text that is persuasive and will make people want to buy the product. Every time they do, you get a cut.

3) Tweet your way to profits. Making fast money on Twitter is a relatively new concept, but one that is gaining in popularity. Making money through Twitter is similar in principle to ClickBank affiliate marketing. You need to find a product seller that participates in the Twitter marketing program. Visit this seller's website, click on the Twitter marketing link and register.

The seller typically checks out your Twitter page to make sure it's a good investment. The more followers that you have, the more likely you will be to attract a good product seller. Once the deal is in place, you market to your followers and take a cut of the selling price.

4) Create a website. There are literally dozens of ways you can make fast money online with your own website. You can affiliate market a product, sign up to run ads with a company like Google, or create a membership-based forum.

Don't worry if you aren't versed in HTML and CSS. You'll find dozens of website builders on the Internet. They cost little to host (many under ten dollars per month). Since they are templates, they can be put together and uploaded to the Web in a matter of hours.

5) Become a freelancer. Do you have a skill or talent that you can market and do from home? Writing, photography, graphic or Web design, art, research, grant research and proposal development are just a few of these things. No matter what your forte, there's a Web forum you can join and advertise your services. Some even allow you to bid on posted jobs.

6) Become a web host reseller. You don't need your own server to do this. You simply purchase server space from someone who does. You can then retail your cost and sell to others. No one even has to know that you don't actually own the server your selling space for.

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