Jan 23 2009
Ten Ways to Make Money on the Internet
Everyone looking for ways to supplement their income, or unemployment check. People are so desperate to make extra money, they’re falling prey to work-at-home schemes like never before. Can you earn money by working at home? Yes. I’ve been doing it for over twenty years. It’s rough on the freelance market, but if you work at it, and give it some time (because success doesn’t come overnight, even on the Internet), you’ll be able to supplement your income quite nicely.
Here’s a few freelance leads to get you started:
- Mechanical Turk. A division of Amazon .com, Mechanical Turk is an online marketplace with thousands of micro jobs. These are tasks that businesses and developers need done, but don’t want to add an employee to the payroll to do them.
- WordPress Jobs. A little-known list of jobs for bloggers and programmers. If you are a whiz at blogging or PHP, check it out.
- Pro Blogger. This an excellent listing of blogging and copywriting jobs. It’s updated daily and all jobs are the real deal.
- Blogger Jobs. Another great site with up-to-date, paying jobs.
- Green Options Media. An environmental blog with a huge following. They are looking for eco-savy bloggers.
- Environmental Graffiti. Another environmental blog looking for qualified contributers.
- Elance.com. This site lists thousands of freelance jobs. It works like Ebay. Users bid on posted jobs. Requires free registration.
- Guru. This site is similar to Elance. It also boasts thousands of freelance jobs. Free registration required.
- RFD America. An online magazine for the rural community. This site features paying resources for freelance country writers.
- And last, but certainly not least Get paid to BLOG at Today.com Pays $1.00 per post plus .0075 per impression.
Be cautious out there. Never pay exorbitant fees to search for freelance work. While sites like Guru and Elance do have a premium service, both offer a free service. You don’t have to pay to play. However, to bid on high-skilled jobs, you do need to be a premium member.
And stick with it. When I first started, I make .36 the first month. Now, I pull in around $500.00. It takes time, but if you’re laid-off or otherwise out of work, you’ve got more time than money. Make good use of it.
You may want to edit the last point. They don’t pay $1 for new blogs any more (till 30 posts are reviewed).