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13)
Paid surveys
aren’t so bad, over a cup of coffee, during the evenings
after work, whilst the kids watch their television
shows, you switch into your email inbox and complete the
surveys that are sent to you over the weeks upon joining
some decent paid survey directories. There are a few
decent free websites such as ciao.co.uk mainly for
british residents, but joining some good directories can
pay off. They’re really dull sometimes and piss easy,
but hey, whose to say no to a few extra bucks! Pocket
money…
14)
Mystery shopping
is still quite unfamiliar to many people. If you’re
downright bored and just want to get out, try it. There
are so many companies, that I could probably build up a
mystery shopping directory (now wouldn’t that be
something!) combined with some useful tips and
resources, I could probably charge $10 or something and
make a couple of hundreds or more. Honestly, sometimes
worth a try. These companies will pay you to try their
products, services, eat at their restaurants, drive
cars, take a holiday, provided you feed them with honest
feedback. Check out some directories
here.
15)
With more
entrepreneurs on the rise, the need for
virtual assistants (VA’s) are becoming
increasingly demanding. Doing work like administration,
invoicing, some innovative and maybe technical work are
expected, all of which can be done from the comfort of
your own home. If you have a PC, which I assume you do,
considering you’re reading this, and can access ivaa.org
then you’re good to go.
16)
Paid to surf the web!
No kidding, if you haven’t heard already, you get paid
for having selected websites load up on your screen
whilst browsing the internet. No rocket science. Before
it used to be really boring since you didn’t usually get
to choose which websites you want to visit. Nowadays,
it’s just browsing the internet as normal and the
viewbar would display relevant sites by detecting what
you are searching for. Almost like pop ups, but less
frustrating. Lately, many advertisers, online retailers,
search companies and sponsors are pouring large sums of
their advertising budget into this system of targeted
traffic, and I guess their doing it for a reason! Hey,
at least a dollar a day, keeps those bills away! Well,
not quite, but this viewbar thingey doesn’t ruin your
browsing experience and you get paid for just doing
whatever it is you do online…way to go. Try
AglocoGroup it’s becoming hugely popular and is
set to increase payouts with their growing network. You
can also boost your earnings by referring others to the
program and it’s got high conversion ratios.
17)
Inspired by
the best,
eBay is the world’s most successful online
auction website and probably will be for a long time
coming. Their exposure has exploded in almost every
country with internet access. I mean, how often do you
come across someone whose never heard of eBay? That’s
right! However, eBay is supposed to be the common
marketplace for a good bargain…or is it? Depends on what
you sell really. Competitive items with many sellers and
many listings can drag down the typical price but if you
can source some niche items, which are the key when it
comes to building a profitable eBay business then you’re
going to take a deep dive into the world of eBay
profits. I read about a guy who began selling some
special types of rocks from near his back yard and a few
other uninhabited places. He never thought it’d turn him
into an online eBay mogul. He practically owned that
little segment of a market that turned out to exist on
eBay, and some people were bidding with ludicrous
amounts. This little man turned into a full fledged
business wagon. Remember, the key is to find something
unique!
18)
Go video
bonanza on
Youtube. Will you believe it, there are millions
upon millions of website driving the popularity of
youtube over the roof. I mean literally stormed into the
hall of the great web’s space of superstardom. Even
rubbish, stupid and boring videos get so many views,
it’s just unbelievable. When you ignite that spark in
your brain, you’d realise the marketing potential that
very social networking, video site has. If you have a
company website or have just created a product to sell
online, produce a cheap and cheerful, yet perhaps
slightly cultivating video about your product or niche
and try to convince the viewers to visit your website.
It’s interesting how a decent video will pull in so many
viewers and virally market itself, thus flowing traffic
onto your very own website, provided you leave your
website URL. Your video should entice the viewers to
care to log in to see your website, and it’s a highly
targeted strategy of building unique website visitors.
If you’re too lazy to search a good website like
netwebvideo.com and do it yourself, just get a
programmer or specialist from elance to do it for you,
under your instructions, for competitively low prices!
19)
Domain names,
selling domain names is a clever little game, if you
have a good mind and the time to sit there thinking of
domain names that will pull in a little extra cash to
resell do it, or if you can start to find places that
sell them and find the bargens then resell them.
20)
Sell advertising space.
Yes, getting sponsers on a website that recieves a lot
of traffic, depsite the possibility of even low quality
traffic, will make your website a potential advertiser’s
goldmine. Advertisers and sponsers want exposue big time
and will do anything to get some attention through your
website. Generally, the more traffic you have coming
into your website, the bigger the monthly price tag you
can charge. We’re talking full time income’s worth, just
from this strategy. The secret here is to master the art
of SEO, thus learning how to go from a new website to
one with hunreds to thousands of dailiy visitors. Why
not just start a blog or a website about the thing you
know about or like the most. Think of your favourite
thing, provided it’s not too competitive (i.e: debt
consolidation, domains, ipods) and start working on it
for a few months. Unique content as you know will turn
it into a link magnet and market itself to a pool of
content hungary readers online. More visitors appreciate
the value of your website or blog. Check out
TextLinkAds.
21)
Exploit the
misspellings market that till today continues to operate
well at a functional, steady rate. Search engines like
Google will usually notify and suggest the right
spelling for mistakenly typed keywords and search terms,
despite that there are so many people that have a habit
of typing misspelled terms, that you only need a small
handful to profit from. What you do is, instead of
search marketing for a competitive keyword(s), you focus
your SEO efforts on commonly misspelled keywords. People
trying to get elsewhere will end up landing on your
wonderful site instead. Monetize the traffic from those
keywords to sell stuff from your website. Ching Ching!
22)
Adwords
from big search engines can drive profits through a
system of affiliate marketing. Though it is primarily a
proportion of search engine marketing, i.e: PPC
advertising, it is a gem in it’s own right. This little
opportunity has made many success stories and even then,
still under-utilised. It’s simply a Google Cash
technique, hotly debated in some forums, of bidding for
cheap keywords relative to the products/services that
you are promoting as an affiliate for other companies.
You find and buy dirt cheap keywords, heavy flow of
traffic follows, you generate sales or leads then your
commissions are sent to you. The ideal cycle works well
when your PPC expenses fall below your commission
revenue. Deduct the expenses and hopefully calculate a
profit. Repeat the same procedure with every niche or
unexploited, under-utilised, improperly promoted brands
and products that you can possibly find on affiliate
networks. It’s not surprising to hear a single PPC
campaign turning in profits of $200 - $400 a month for a
measly 20 mins job. Multiply this by 10…now we’re
talking! Bear in mind, you will have to spare a few
minutes each day to check up on your add performance and
improve successful campaigns to boost your earnings.
Among the top three PPC providers: Google Adwords, Yahoo
Search Marketing and Microsoft Ad Centre. As for
keywords, use a simple free tool such as Overture
Keyword Tool or for more advanced features Wordtracker.
23)
But if you honestly do like writing,
there is another way to utilise your hobby. Start a
blog, a good one. If it’s something different to
other bloggers that publish boring posts on what they
eat and did at grandma’s house, then you should be able
to attract an audience. Your blog need not be something
very specific, it can be very general, such as about
your life experiences and even like a news feed on
current world events, but your very own customized
version, where your thoughts and opinions are voiced.
You can spark debates and discussions and actually have
a good time. Search trends show a massive demand for
social networking sites. Your blog can be one
of them. So, a month or two later when you’ve got into
the habit of posting your own content, you work on
bringing visitors by pinging your blog posts and
advertising them on free social networking and
bookmarking sites, such as
Digg and
del.icio.us. More and more people will visit to see
what you’re writing about and if you’re interesting
enough, they’ll come back. The more recognised you
become, the better you will do at search engines where
you will receive free traffic without you even knowing.
Then, monetize the traffic to cash in…
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