Some one recently asked me this question. I thought long and hard then I wrote an answer. I realized that the question is not just a simple one. What began as simple answer to a message became too long... and frankly quite interesting read in it self. So I am posting here.......... Guys add your thoughts to it. Kindly keep fluff out. The Question: ------------- Hey man, Im a newbie myself in the region of trying make money online. My question to you being is , have you really found something worthwhile spending your time and learning and acknowledging or it all a waste of money for something which has a low success rate? Thanks hope to hear from you soon. The Answer: ------------ Well Mate, You have asked a very intelligent question. But the answer is not very simple. There are many aspects to it. Let see one by one. 1. There is Fluff. People write fantastic marketing pages to sell it, deceiving people of their hard earned money. You will see here some of the offers that ppl sell, have beautifully written marketing pages, but in essence it is hollow with nothing in it. There fore, we have senior members checking it out, and writing reviews. Now, these Sr. Members who write reviews just read the ebook, and apply their knowlwdge gained from past experience, and then give verdict. 6 out of 10 times, such OP is caught. But as you see sometimes they go scott free, swinlling ppl. So in such situations, you just have to wait n see. Then take ur decision. 2. There are method that work. But OP has used Blackhat / Greyhat stuff. These are short term methods, used to swindle other ppl out of their money. Usually they are CPA companies. Dude, you got no assurance, whether the OP himself will not swindle you ? if the method is making him money why is he selling it then ? Again wait for reviews to come in, understand what the OP is trying to do ? if he is Genuine then Ask yourself, is this BH/GH method ok with you ? Will you like to do it. Then learn it first, learn all the other secret of keeping under radar, then do it. Remember you cannot always make money by it. Use it for short duration then go offline / do some thing else. You cannot make a living out of it. As this is not stable source of income. Its like a Heist, where you are breaking law or TOS of some company. They are bound to audit sometime or the other ... and fix loop holes. In process if you get caught .... baby you get punished. 3. Then there are Methods that are basic / solid earners. Meaning these methods are tried and tested, in IM world. Such methods will not make you rich in one day. Neither you will work for 10 mins a day and earn 100$ per day !! They are slow earners but when effectively used you start to make money. Nuff to start surviving on IM. Such methods are not for lazy kind of Blokes. 4. Lastly There are some creative methods, such methods are uncommon, but high yield as lesser competition is there. Also, here you got to work full time to make money. Now, in what ever method you choose, you should be ready to work. There is no substitute of work or the time spend. More creative you are more you earn. But first, learn the trick of trade so that you stand on two feet. Then part with your hard cash to buy a method or if you are creative type, then develop a method on your own, and earn from it. It is all up to you, what you want to do. Just use common sense and then jump into it. Regards, Pk.