Online Methods Of Income

Discussion in 'General Business' started by banks1, Jul 20, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi all,

    I know this is not a family forum, but here is my situation...Recently got in a car accident, insurance did not cover it, lost about $15,000 there (Insurance price goes up for 3 years because I am a "high risk" driver, totals out to about $15,000). Got the van repaired for $4000, then a few months later tried to sell it, and found out it did not meet the safety requirements, so I sold it for 6000$, when it was really worth about 16000$. A total of $25,000 lost. I am only 17, and its not so much the fact that I am irresponsible, more the fact that it was a big accident. Now, to the point. I do realize making money online is not easy, and I am willing to work for it. I have done Adsense before (last year), and made about 80$ in 2 months...Kind of quit on that. I currently am drop shipping items on Ebay, and also working as a sales representative for a clothing company in China. I am looking for any other online methods of income, that are do-able by someone at my age...If anybody has suggestions, please feel free to tell me. Also, if you have nothing useful to say, please keep it to yourself.

    Regards
    Ben :)
     
    banks1, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  2. Nonny

    Nonny Notable Member

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    For the online stuff, you might want to check out Bum Marketing (http://www.bummarketingmethod.com/), which teaches you how to make money without having to invest any cash. It may take you more than 2 months before you start seeing a real profit though, so you need to have to be willing to stick with it to start earning. Honestly, the easiest way to make money fast is to get a regular job. The pay may not be great, but you are at least guaranteed to get money for every hour you work. Making money online can require a lot of work before you see a profit. (I'm middle aged, so I have to say stuff like this)
     
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  3. banks1

    banks1 Peon

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    Nonny, I would get a regular job, although, here is my situation. I live in Canada, and I am moving to California in one month. Once I move there, I will not be able to work for at LEAST 3 years, if not up to 6 years, because I will not be legally entitled to work. Although, thanks for the suggestion.
     
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    well,there is a lot of things to do online,you can:
    - sell domains
    - sell sites
    - write articles
    - make paid posts in forums
    - work with affiliate marketing
    - forex
    - resell stuff
    - sell private label ebooks/content

    and so much more,there is a lot of work to do, you just have to fin out what is better to you ;)
     
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    Unless you are a very good programmer, know alot about servers, traffic, etc - it will be hard to see any real money right away. First thing you should do is start researching, reading and asking lots of questions.
     
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  6. crichton1234Fsj

    crichton1234Fsj Peon

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    Tell You wat
    blogging is the web way to earn money
    i cant find anything else worthy to say

    maybe u can start a online business
    it depends on ur resources
     
    crichton1234Fsj, Jul 20, 2008 IP
  7. TMG Enterprises

    TMG Enterprises Well-Known Member

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    First, are you positive that you will be ineligible to get a job once you've moved to California? Surely there is a way to qualify as there are many people (in my area, at least) who come to work here just for the summer and return to their home countries each winter.

    As to earning money with online methods, there are many ways to do so as you are already discovering. My recommendation is to start with one or two that seem appealing to you, work on them until there is a profit and then add another method until you have several income streams.

    If you were making $40 per month in Adsense, you were doing better than a good many people just starting out with Adsense. Restart whatever it was that was making this for you and either expand it or duplicate it. Eventually those small amounts can add up to a very good income if you don't give up.
     
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    Proximity Banned

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    Find something that your good at and you can use it as a service to earn money
     
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    A very quick cash that you can make is by flipping a domain. But you need some initial investment such as buying domain, hiring people for doing "backlink building" and writing unique articles.

    Another way of making money is by selling private ads. Develop a site/blog, then gain some consistent traffic. If you want fast traffic, try to buy some traffic from PPC site consistently for 1 month. Then rent some space in your website/blog to people.

    Good luck!
     
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  10. Nonny

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    That does make things trickier. Have you looked into getting a work visa? Honestly, I don't know the system works, but I do know recent immigrants who definitely have jobs.
     
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    making money online just doesnt happen overnight. If you start now, chances are there you might be successful next year or so. Do what you like online like blogging, selling, affiliates and so much there! It is unfortunate that things happened to you that way! Good luck!
     
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    Maybe you should try adsense again. Giving up after 2 months is probably why you haven't seen much money from it. It takes a lot more time than that.
     
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    Do blogging in what-ever you like.

    Then be patient when you add adsense and so on.
     
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    Blogging and article writing really worked for me. I was very dumb in this but my brother helped me on how to do it. Not making so much money on it but at least it adds up to miy income.
     
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    I'm not sure about the citizenship requirements, but check out Associated Content and PayPerPost if you're into writing and/or blogging.
     
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    I would suggest you to trade forex to earn more $$ online
     
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    Do services and get huge sum of money or make a site and work on it so it start earning on its own.
     
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    make a free phpbb forum, and invigorate it with some good ideas to make money ...building and maintaining a forum takes a while but when it starts rolling its a chain reaction, so u need to team up with people of same thinking and targets ..... PM if u r interested !
     
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    i have only started in internet marketing and am making no money at the moment, but i make money from the internet from sports trading on www.betfair.com and have been doing this for 3 years, but you have to know alot about sports, it works quite well for me
     
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