Sure Shot Ways of Earning Money Online Starting Today

If you are anything like me, you like to sit at home and work independently far away from the burn-out pressures of a 9-5 office job. Firstly, because not many jobs are 9 to 5! If they were, I might still consider joining an organization. But in most companies, you start at 9 but never know when you would end the day. In addition, there is a sense of constant urgency and activity as if there is a crisis which never seems to get over. As soon as one ends, there is another one waiting for you. And finally, there is the ‘persona’ you have to maintain that goes along with your designation or your company. If you don’t, people think you are odd.

Now I am not disheartened. The situation is never as serious as it is made out to be. And if you really love what you are doing in your 9 – 9 jobs, then it is perfectly alright. But that kind of a lifestyle is not for me. So I decided to move on from my corporate job and started thinking of what to do from home. As I kept browsing the internet to spend my time, I started finding out the various money making opportunities that are sprouting all over the internet. Now, I have used the internet for over 5 years but mostly for using email, browsing sites or downloading stuff. But only now I saw it as a great platform to build my home business.

I am sure if you are reading this page, you want to know how to earn money online. So I will help you because I don’t want you to waste your time in searching for the best opportunities. I do not claim to know all the possibilities but I will tell you what I do.

Dead-ends

Initially, I was over-excited and simply fell for all the sites that promised instant money - sites that paid to read ads, to open emails and to surf other sites. I enthusiastically clicked on links and saw my account balance grow. But when I reached the payment threshold, I was not paid anything. You will see numerous such sites that offer $1.00 to read an email and 50 cents to click an ad. This site cashmails.biz offers $100 per email and $50 per click. Most of these sites do not pay. They have a membership option. But I don’t know if members are paid. They are simply a means of increasing the traffic to the sites they advertise.

Another means that is highly talked about is paid surveys. You need to register on survey sites and give your opinion on various market research studies conducted by companies. One of the sites that got me excited in my early days was AWSurveys.com and earnparttimejobs.com but later on I realized they were scams. Some people claim to have received money from them, but I cannot guarantee.

I did find some sites that were genuine such as valuedopinions, corpscan, but they do not have a lot of survey inventory. They send you surveys probably once a month and many times, you do not qualify for them. Sites like PermissionResearch and OpinionSquare are also genuine but they do not cater to the Indian audience.

A trickle

If you are from India, YouMint.com and RupeeMail.com are sites that pay you for reading emails. YouMint pays 20 paise per email and RupeeMail pays 25 paise. You need to click an awful number of ads to make any money. However, if you can refer your friends, then you can earn a share of their earnings. But even after that, it is all small change.

Another interesting site is PickJack.com. You are required to answer questions and for every 10 correct answers you get to post a question. Depending on how many people answer your question correctly and how they rate your question, you get paid. Again the amount is small. In fact, one of my first earnings was from this site, a measly $0.1 (Rs.5 or less) but I was happy that something is working.

On MyLot.com, you can contribute opinions and ask questions, start a thread on any topic and get paid for it.

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Something to talk about

Finally, I discovered a way to earn by offering services. Now, there are several websites which bring together people who want to get projects done and freelancers who offer their services in return for payment. There are all sorts of projects including simple writing, data entry, graphic designing and even software programming.

As a service provider, you need to bid on projects which you think you can complete on time with high quality. I started making my first serious bucks on GetAFreelancer.com. This site has good number of projects. However, if you are a beginner then you might have to wait for sometime till you get your first project. The thing is that there is a lot of competition and buyers are very selective about who they select.

But the good news is that there is a great demand for quality. If you can differentiate yourself with your work, then you will get more projects. Other websites which offer similar freelance work are EUFreelance.com, elance.com and many others. Payment is done through the internal system and the site charges you a certain commission – about $5 per project.

If you want to be on your own, then freelance work is a good place to begin. It will sustain you and even generate a full time income.

Find more freelance jobs on GetAFreelancer

Blogs

One of my friends told me that blogging is a great way of earning money using Google’s Adsense program. Basically, Google puts its context specific ads on your blog, which you can create within 5 minutes on blogger.com. Whenever someone clicks on the advertisement, you get paid. However, before you get too excited, note that Google has strict policies on content. They want you to have good content on the blog which must be active for at least 6 months before you apply. Even then it is not easy because you will need to generate traffic to your blog before you can earn any amount for the clicks.

Affiliate programs

For two months, I tried hard but did not understand how to earn money on the net. And I used to be depressed by seeing so many people claiming to have earned millions sitting at home. Anyway, I registered for a course which taught me ‘affiliate marketing’.

This is an interesting concept and I was pretty excited. As an individual you can join as an affiliate of another company which wants to sell products. When you promote those products through your site or blog and if someone buys the product using your link, then you get paid a commission.

So where do you find such companies? Register on commissionjunction.com and clickbank.com. Then select the companies you want to work with and start promoting their products. Now there is much more to it than I have described. But it is possible to earn money through these programs on complete autopilot. I will explain more about this in another blog post. You will need to understand how Google Adwords program can allow you to create and publish pay per click ads for your affiliate products.

NPN Global

This is another opportunity I have registered for recently and I am very impressed with it. I believe this something that you can consider as a long term money making program. It is not easy to start because there are many things to set up but if you are serious about online marketing, I would recommend this program highly. It costs you $10.75 per month and for every member you refer to the program, you get back $5 and also get a perpetual commission. You can make upto $50000 in a year if you sponsor 1 person per month for 12 months. Now that's substantial!

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