A lot of people exclude the fact that you can actually make a living online by publishing your own guides. Here's a good money making method for all of you newbies out there First question that you've go to ask yourself is, what is my niche? I believe that everyone knows something about a certain niche and that everyone has different talents. Sort out your niches, for example Let's say I know some stuff about weight loss. Here's how you can make money with your knowledge: Write down a simple e-book about your niche, in this case weight loss. It doesn't have to be long, just make sure that the information you put in it is valid and good! You can always read other e-books to get some ideas Create a good landing page to sell your e-book on it. You can simply hire people from forums such as this and WF to create killer landing page. Make sure that you also create an e-cover and testimonials to make the page look more professional! Now all you have to do is go to clickbank and start selling your e-book there! If your e-book is good, affiliates will pick it up and start to promote it! AND in the meantime you can work on getting traffic to your landing page to increase your sales. That's it! Now this method is not that simple... it all comes down to the quality of the e-book and the conversion rates. However, with the right research and studies you could easily set this up. The best thing about this method is... you don't have to worry about shaving and stuff like that because the earnings go straight in your pocket!! Hope this helps! Thanks!