Earning online a myth ?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by jgriff225, Jan 15, 2008.

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    Like most people i could really use some extra cash. I have tried many fake programs with no success and am sick and tired of being ripped off.

    Is earning online a myth or has anyone actually found something that works.

    I am willing to do anything just need little advice on proven Honest ways of making a little extra money online thanks.
     
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  2. articledirectory

    articledirectory Peon

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    A website + Trafic + Adsense = $$

    You could start a hosting site, cheap to set up and easy to make a profic if you can market it.

    What have you tried so far? what do you refer to as "fake programs" ??
     
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  3. Repentless

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    #3
    Never buy the "I make $6,000 a day and you can to!" ebooks. They make their money by selling those, not with some secret trick.

    The best thing you can do is create a unique website that people would want to visit over and over, promote it, and reap the adsense benefits.

    Alternatively, you could offer services such as web design or PHP scripting for cash.
     
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  4. exstatic

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    Yep, I make money online.. primarily on facebook these days, but I also do some web consulting and design.

    What is it you like doing? Usually if you do what you enjoy.. you can easily make good money from it.
     
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  5. jgriff225

    jgriff225 Well-Known Member

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    I do run a site but found it usually takes along time and a lot of work before you start seeing any money.

    fake programs - offers like I MADE $2000 in 10 days.

    I am just looking for a honest way to make a little extra cash to keep me ticking over.
     
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  6. mwzd

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    Probably the best way to make money online is to offer web services like domains, hosting, design, domains... yeah I know I said domains twice...

    I've never heard of anyone making a substantial income from ebook schemes

    good luck
     
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  7. jgriff225

    jgriff225 Well-Known Member

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    #7

    I would be interested to know how you make money on facebook if you would be willing to share?

    What is it you like doing - football, snooker and shares my common interests not easy to implement them online and make money.
     
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    #8
    So, you are not looking to play the waiting game. You are looking for a lot of money in a a matter of days.

    I'll tell you this, even though you should know at this age. If life was as simple as that than everyone in the world would be doing it.
    The truth is if you want to make money online you have to spend time to learn how and gain profit. It takes time.
    You could have a site with adsense or go local garage sale buying stuff to sell it on ebay. Regardless of what you do, it takes effort. Life isn't as easy as just getting $2000 in a couple of days without a single idea.
    Yes, their is the rare person who does this, but it is never stable.
     
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  9. jgriff225

    jgriff225 Well-Known Member

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    I agree with you i have tried a few silly programs more out of boredom than anything else. I currently have a website thats doing ok and have no doubt that in a couple of years i will see the benifits of my hard work.

    The problem is i would like to earn some money online and get paid TODAY to help me with the wait and finance of my big projects. It does have to be alot even £20 - £30 a week would be a real help.
     
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  10. sbksunil

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    Don't be discouraged,I also started like you even You can see my earlier threads,I was unable to make even 1$,then slowly I started to earn.
     
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    Not it is not a myth but as with everything in life it needs hard work, patience, and dedication. Don't by programs but search for information. You will find websites offering free information. Spend time studying and you should slowly get a hang of it. Took me 5 years just to research. So don't give up.
     
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  12. Barefootsies

    Barefootsies Well-Known Member

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    I work in online full time (4 year). I started back in 97 after college doing as a hobby, and making extra coin. I do it in different venues from mainstream, celeb, anime, and adult.

    However, I have also made money in adsense, and games, or other things I did through adwords. I dumped those because they do not make me as much as other venues for the time commitment.

    First and foremost you need a nice 'home base' website. Whatever the niche. One site that has decent traffic, members, activity whatever. You can launch all your spin offs from there. Making it easier to get into search engines, or get new opportunities.

    Get rich quick schemes are just that.... schemes.

    If you want to make money online, you treat it like any other business.
     
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    #13
    Generally you create an application which has a revenue stream such as advertising or linking into affiliate scheme or your own ecommerce store etc.

    As to the OP question, earning money online is not a myth.... the myth is that it is easy to do.

    The only difference between a physical business and an online one is that often online will require less start up capital. Other than that they are identical, you need to have a business plan, have to deal with "customer service" issues, marketing, keeping your shop front clean/ inviting/ optimised for RoI etc etc

    Due to the lower start up costs more people will "give it a punt" and go off more half cocked than if it was a physical business and they were having to invest 100x the amount and be tied into expensive 12 month contracts etc which means the failure rate is even higher than physical companies
     
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  14. Barefootsies

    Barefootsies Well-Known Member

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    Right.

    When you have the bar so low any beer money baron can get into this without any knowledge, and think it's like a lotto scratch off.

    You are going to have failure.
     
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    another thing you will see .. when you put some question how to make 10$ a day or $500 month.. many post will come and people will advice many things.. and many people will also not say anything and try to turn your question away and go into other things.. many will say how hard it is and many will say how easy it is but wont share..

    What ever.. the end is the topic starter will get more frustrated seeing no one is sharing anything that will make him any money..

    example the ebook seller is selling make money ebooks so that he can earn money from noobs
    example domain and hosting sellers selling services cheap to make money
    example marketing and advertising companies selling traffic hits links etc to make money
    every body around you will see is making money silently.. not even giving a hint how they doing it easily or effectively.. leaving 100 000 more ppl behind

    so after waisting 1 year online

    he she will understand 2 things

    1.if you dont have product service or skills u dont make money that easy online or offline
    2.if you dont know how to bring lots of targated traffic without spending much dollars you cant make money with affiliate programs

    after realizing this..

    the person will have some options

    1. give out online business.. its not for him.. but the world is waiting for him.. may be he will be the next big celeb or a soccer player..

    2. he will be more focused to a niche website.. and how to bring lot of traffic to that niche without spending much dollars... and build some 1-2 sites in that niche.. and try to moneytized it to highest level he can..

    3. he will become a blackhat person or search engine spammer and kill search engine with his nasty auto blogs and keyword spam and redirect the traffic for the good using doorw**s/clo**ed pages

    4. he will become the next internet millionare easily by coming up with next google payload or assasin site by completely outsourcing it

    5. he will keep playing xbox360 or wii or ps3 and thanking God alimighty that he left online biz as it never have any regular income and very risky way to make a living. he will accept his fate and drive a taxi or bus n sing ooo laaaa laaa song
     
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    I am earning $$$... from regular blogging+ domain selling.......so far so good :)
     
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    Pick up PHP and design skills such as CSS, HTML, Javascript. Lots of folks are looking for some quick programming work and customizations for things like Joomla layouts. You can also go to sites like theadminzone and you will find webmasters looking for paid moderator positions for their forums. You should easily be able to pull in 30-40 a week.
     
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  18. Barefootsies

    Barefootsies Well-Known Member

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    No one's going to give you the keys to the T-bird.

    You will get some tips, advice, pointers, and the rest is up to you.
     
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  19. Game Producer

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    Yes, it's a myth. No need to get more people here :rolleyes:

    Eh... just kidding. There's certainly money to be made in the net, although for most people it's probably easier to get an offline job. Those 1 out of 100 who have the patience, skills, persistence (and little bit of luck) will make it big time.
     
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    Persistence is definitely the key, i have been working 12 hoirs a days 7 days a week for the past 6 month just to get a regular income of $15 a day, hardly worth it so far but i can see scope for getting more.

    A piece of advise i would give is to diversify as much as possible, create income streams from various sources, for example if you spent 2 years building sites that get the revenue from adsense and you get you account banned for what ever reason where would you be then?

    If you have multiple income streams you will have a steader income and growth pattern.
     
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