Saturday, June 24, 2006

Earning Money Doing Online Surveys: Tips, Advice And A Realistic Overview

By David A Webb

The purpose of this article is to address what I consider to be one of the best way for students (or anybody else for that matter) to earn money online; namely getting paid to do online surveys.

Market research is big business and companies pay out millions each year to find out what consumers think.

There are literally hundreds of good, and not so good survey companies, offering a range of incentives to get hold of your opinions. What follows, therefore, is advice based on my own experience as to the best way to go about earning additional income in this way.

As a student, I spent well over 3 years earning money by filling out online surveys and questionnaires.

It's arguably not the most exciting way to spend your spare time, but if you get organised it can turn out to be the most valuable.

We are not talking thousands of dollars a month here, but you can earn enough to make a real difference.

Top Tips

Get yourself a new e-mail account to use exclusively for your survey work.

I call it survey work because you should treat this as a proper part time job.

You know your schedule better than anybody else, including the times when you could be doing something more productive! Set aside a regular amount of time each day or week and stick to it as best you can.

If you are a student, do not do survey work when you should be doing college work. This is particularly tempting when the money starts coming in, but don't lose track of the bigger picture. Your education takes priority; your survey work should simply viewed as a way of earning a bit of extra cash in your spare time.

When you register with a survey company Complete your registration details as fully as possible. Each time you register with a survey/market research/consumer opinion company you will be asked to provide information regarding your hobbies, interests, lifestyle, family etc.

This information is needed so that a relevant match can be made between you and the subject area of the survey.

With this in mind, the more background information you provide, the more likely it is that you will offered paid survey opportunities.

Complete your registration details honestly. Surveys are much quicker to complete when you actually know something about the subject matter.

To guarantee regular survey work Register with at least 5 survey companies.

It's easy to lose track of which companies you have joined, how many surveys you have completed and how much you have earned, so keep a written or electronic record (preferably both) of the company name, website address, your username and password.

About once a month quickly check each company, making a note of how many surveys you were offered and more importantly what you received in return.

You'll soon get a feel for the company or companies you like the best and conversely, whether you should consider dropping or replacing others.

Incentives vary, so make sure that some of the companies you register with pay cold hard cash for your time.

For more tips and advice visit http://www.all-about-forensic-psychology.com/student-income-opportunity.html

Having worked as a lecturer in psychology in the UK, I recently moved to sunny Spain with my family, where I now work as a distance learning tutor and research dissertation supervisor.

Since 2000, I've been involved in collaborative research with teams of forensic scientists in the UK, US and Canada.

To find out more about the fascinating world of forensic psychology Visit my website http://www.all-about-forensic-psychology.com/

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Friday, June 23, 2006

Tips for Avoiding Online Scams

By Gerry Lewis

If you want to make money on the internet you are not alone. There are thousands of people each year that are successful at pulling in a full-time salary by simply using the internet. But before you get started you must also realize that there are people who run online scams as a way to make money. These people should be avoided at all costs. Online scams are very popular today because of the number of people that want to use the internet to make money. Follow the tips below in order to avoid online scams, and get on the right path to making money online.

1. Online scams often times seem too good to be true. If you come across an opportunity that is claiming to make you thousands of dollars by the end of the week you should be very cautious.

Remember, anything that seems too good to be true probably is. If you come across an opportunity like this make sure that you
thoroughly investigate it before you waste a lot of time and money getting started.

2. Online scams will almost always ask for money up front. These scams make money by taking cash off of unsuspecting people before they even get started with the business venture. This is done because the opportunity that they are offering is no good, and they know that nobody would pay for it after receiving further details. But by charging a lot of money up front they can get paid, and then send out the money making system that has no chance of working. Before you send out any money up front, you will want to make sure that you are 100% positive that the system that you are going to be getting works. This can be done by asking for references, or trying to find people that have used the system in the past. By doing this you will be able to avoid online scams every single time.

3. Online scams often times switch the name of their product
frequently so that people do not catch onto them. This can be easily picked up on by researching the opportunity before you get started.
Simply take a look at the system that they are going to sell you, and then do some research on it. Go online and see if you can find out if they were selling the same system under a different name. Also, ask around to find out if anybody has ever used a similar system. If a company had changed the name of their product they are most likely trying to avoid the reputation of running online scams. Online scams are popular on the internet today. By following the tips above you will be able to stay safe, and find a legitimate money making opportunity.

About the Author

The author has made a study of what works, and what doesn't in
online business. Don't even think about joining an online
"money-making" program before you've read this. Visit
http://www.ScamWatchGlobal.com

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Thursday, June 22, 2006

7 Simple Steps To Uncovering Great Niche Market Web Site Ideas...

By Brian Terry

Discover how easy it can be to come up with potentially profitable web site ideas by following these simple 7 steps.

1. What are your personal passions?

All niche marketing experts agree that when you're working on creating your first niche product it's important to "tap into" any passions you might already have.

Imagine how much easier it's going to be when you're working on something you have a real "passion" for!

Here's a great place you can start start to get things moving...

Spend 5 minutes "brainstorming" all that interest you, go ahead and just write down anything that comes to mind.

If you can't think of anything right now then I've got the perfect solution for you. Recently I created an amazing web site that actually generates niche website ideas at the "touch" of a button.

You can access this great web site idea generator right here for free:
http://www.TheresAnIdea.com/new/web-site-marketing-idea.html

2. Who else shares your passion?

It's all very well having an interest or a passion, but what if there are few others who love what you love? What you need to look for is a large group of people (or a niche market) online who share your same passion.

This is easy to do, just go to Google.com type in the subject of your
passion then add the word "forums" to the end, then press the
"Google Search" button.

So for example if you have a passion for Fly Fishing just do a search in Google for "Fly Fishing Forums".

In less than a second you'll see at a glance how many forums
there are about your chosen subject. Go ahead and check a few of them out so see how active they are.

It's these forums where you'll find all the people who will ultimately become your customers or visitors to your niche market website idea.

If there are none or very few of these forums, just go back to step 1. and brainstorm some more. On the other hand if there are plenty of these online forums around move onto step 3.

3. Show me the money!

Once you've found a market of people who share your interest there are a few more things you need to know before taking another step...

a) Do they have a credit card?
b) Are they used to making online purchases.

The reason why you need to ask this is because not everyone has a credit card and is prepared to use it online.

So how do you find out if your niche market has what it takes to buy whatever you plan on selling?

Simply go back to the original search you did on Google. This time look at the advertisements on the right hand side of the page. If you can see plenty of advertisement that's great! it means that other people are paying money to advertise to your niche market (or the people who share your passion).

If there are few advertisements on your Google search results page, just go back to step 1 and start over.

4. Give 'em what they want!

Here's where the fun begins...

You've found your niche market, you know they have money to spend, now you need to find out what they want.

What you must do now is get into the "meat" of the matter and find out from the horses mouth exactly what people need, create a product to fill that need, then sell it to them.

How do you do this?

Step 1: Set up what's called an "Ask Campaign" website.

Step 2: Advertise your "Ask Campaign" website in Google to target your niche market.

5. Words are the true currency

It's time to get back to "brainstorming" again as this time we need to know what the people in your niche market are searching for, more specifically what words and phrases they're using.

There's a great free tool I recommend called "Good Keywords" which you can get here: http://www.goodkeywords.com.

This is the "brilliant" tool that's going to get you ever more "closer" to discovering your next great niche market web site idea. It's through this essential tool that you'll discover how many people are searching for things within your niche market.

What you need to do next is collect the top 10 keywords and phrases people are using within your niche market. Once armed with this list it's time to get your Ask Campaign set up and in place.

6. Ask it!

Everything you need to know about setting up an Ask Campaign can be found here: http://www.askdatabase.com

Once you've got your Ask Campaign website set up it's time to get it in front of as many people in your niche market as possible. What you're going to do is get them to ask you a question. The questions they ask you will reveal the problems they are facing. Once you know what problems they face you're in a great position to deliver the solution.

Here's my own Ask Campaign web site... go ahead an ask me a question :-)
http://www.theresanidea.com/AskBrian.php

7. Google it!

Build it and they will come... only when you have your Google Ads in place!

To open up your Google AdWords account just go here:
https://adwords.google.com/select/

What you're going to do now is write small ads that drive people to your "Ask Campaign" website where you just ask them to ask you a question, for example... "As someone interested in "X" what is the biggest problem you're facing right now?"

So there you have it... the "7 Simple Steps To Uncovering A Great Niche Market Web Site Idea".

Recently one of my subscribers asked me "If there was one single skill to master that makes the biggest difference as an online niche marketer, what would it be?"... I simply said, learn as much as you can about how to Advertise in Google.

To help you on your way, here's a great no cost Google Adwords course:
http://www.theresanidea.com/adwords.html

Brian Terry is the creator of the world's first online niche market website idea generator. You can generate well over 4,708 niche web site ideas
at the touch of a button by visiting There's An Idea!:
http://www.TheresAnIdea.com/new/web-site-idea.html

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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

The Simplest Way to Make Money Online

By Cliff Posey

The term affiliate marketing is used to describe an advertising agreement between a website owner and a merchant. An affiliate marketing program is one of the most profitable forms of online advertising. Affiliate marketing is also an excellent Internet home business opportunity for anyone who is interested in having a work at home business.

How Affiliate Marketing Programs Work Affiliate marketing programs make the best Internet home business opportunity because there is very little work involved. To participate in affiliate marketing, all you have to do is promote a merchant’s product by linking to the merchant’s website. The merchant then pays you a commission for every sale that the link generates.

Why Affiliate Marketing?If you have researched your own work at home business, you know that the average Internet home business opportunity requires some type of investment, such as the purchasing of stock, costly sign-up fees, etc. With affiliate marketing, there is no investment other than your website and promotional budget.

Affiliate marketing programs are a win-win situation for merchants and anyone who owns a work at home business. Affiliate marketing offers merchants an affordable way of advertising, while providing an Internet home business opportunity for someone else.

Affiliate Marketing- Getting StartedGetting started in affiliate marketing is easy. Again, unlike most Internet home business opportunities, affiliate marketing requires no initial investment. There is also no previous sales experience required.

Most affiliate marketing programs provide all of the marketing materials you will ever need, including graphics and links. You also don’t have to worry about many of the other things that come with an online retail business, such as inventory, order processing, and shipping.

Affiliate marketing programs are available for almost every product imaginable. All you need to do is find a merchant and a product that is relevant to your website or work at home business. There are literally thousands of products and services to choose from.

Affiliate marketing is one of the most simple and profitable Internet home business opportunities on the web. If you are interested in owning a work at home business, make sure you take time to research affiliate marketing programs. There is a great deal of money that can be made and there is very little effort involved

About the author: Cliff Posey, owner of CRP Marketing, owns and operates http://webbusinesstoolsonline.com. Cliff Posey has also operated several other successful web businesses including Love Song Cards and Radio Career Consultants. The content in this article was developed from his experience in these businesses and his continual research into further business improvements.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

How Do You Make Money Online?

By Darrell Knox

If you learn how other people make money online, I mean really study how it’s done and ask a lot of questions, there is no reason in the world you cannot make money on the internet as well.

How do people make money with websites? There are literally tens of thousands of things people make money on from the net. From hard goods of all kinds (anything that can be shipped, including cars and boats!) to information and memberships.

People make money selling insurance, car parts, reports on every imaginable topic people want to know more about, selling affiliate products, and even fundraising for charity!

That’s right! People make money helping their favorite charities raise money. By creating an in-demand product for a charity to sell to their members, and letting them keep at least 50%, you can make money as a professional fundraiser.

I know someone who makes money selling a dog biscuit and dog food cookbook! That’s right, a cookbook for dog lovers to make treats for their pets. I told you! Anything goes on the net as long as there are buyers looking for what you sell.

It’s truly mind boggling how some people make money online. You just have to be creative and understand how the net works and how people shop online. You have to know how to get into the search engines so people can find you.

And most of all you need a couple good ideas, or find other people with great ideas and sell THEIR stuff for commission! There is no excuse for failure – the world of internet marketing is your oyster!

There are tons of resource sites that can help you understand every single minute detail of making money online from setting up a website to choosing a hosting service to taking credit cards and filling orders. There’s nothing else like it in the world.

I have a site that helps people find ways to make money online. I make money with information products, and help others learn how to make money online doing the same thing.

Some people make money on Ebay auctioning things people are searching for right now all over the world. Still other people sell their time as Virtual Assistants helping busy executives and other business owners complete mundane but important tasks the business owner has no time to do.

With some referrals, over time you can be busier than you ever imagined with clients beating down your door because they heard you do great work at reasonable rates. All this without ever meeting ANY of your clients face-to-face. Working online makes working for people in other countries a snap, as long as you speak the language, it’s no different than if the person you sell to or work with lives right down the street.

Bottom line: You CAN make money online if you are the type of person who is a self-starter and motivated to work toward your goals even when the going gets tough.

Darrell Knox is a writer and entrepreneur with 15 years of home business and marketing experience. Website: http://cgi.tripod.com/lazaraus26/cgi-bin/index.pl

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Monday, June 19, 2006

7 Powerful Ways To Make Money From Adsense Using Only Free Tools

By Christopher Kyalo

There is really no doubting that there are amazing incomes currently being made on Google Adsense and the really interesting thing is that even relatively small sites and blogs are finding new ways to make money from their Adsense sites every day.

Actually there are a lot of increasingly creative ways to make money and maximize on Adsense earnings that are being discovered and also being put to use every day. And what’s even more fascinating is the fact that most of these tools being used don’t cost anything. They are actually free. Here are 7 of the most effective currently being used.

a) Ways to make money from Adsense by Distributing articles through ezine and article announcement lists

Some of the most effective methods ways to make money from Adsense clicks involve the simple step of just increasing the volume of targeted traffic to a site. One of the ways of doing this is by distributing interesting content to ezine lists and article announcement lists. It is not too difficult to quickly build a list that reaches a million or so email boxes and can thus give a lot of visibility and drive tons of highly targetd traffic to your Adsense site or sites. Probably the most popular place for doing this is at Yahoo groups, but there are a few others that you can find easily by using your favorite search engine.

Success here depends on three main factors. Firstly you should be careful to join article announcement lists and ezine lists that are as relevant as possible to your subject matter and offering. Secondly your headline has to be a killer headline that will grab readers by the scruffs of their necks and force them to open your email message amongst the dozens or even hundreds of others they receive daily. It goes without saying that the content must meet the promise of your sensational headline. Anything less will cause annoyance and leave all those potential visitors to your Adsense site feeling cheated. And believe me, you don’t want to cause this sort of reaction because it is definitely not one of the ways o make money from Adsense or any other program for that matter. Thirdly, you will need the sort of resource box in all your articles that will leave most of your readers with no option but to visit your Adsense site.

Within a very short of consistently applying this technique, my daily Adsense earnings increased seven-fold.

b) Ways to make money from Adsense by Distributing free articles to high traffic article sites
Some people find the recent trends that have seen an increase in article sites surprising. I don’t. The net is primarily an information-seeking tool. Anything that will help improve the search and quality of information will greatly benefit the people making that effort.

Some of the older article directories receive very high traffic, mainly from web masters and site owners seeking quality free content for their sites. So apart from the immediate exposure these sites also guarantee plenty of future targeted traffic to your site, when folks find your articles useful enough to re-post at their sites.

The more new articles you release to these sites every week, the more targeted traffic your Adsense sites will receive. This is in fact one of the most effective ways of making money consistently from Adsense clicks. One of the reasons for this is that targeted traffic will tend to spend more time at your site or sites, and the more time they spend, the higher the chances that they will click one one of the Adsense ads posted there.

c) Ways to make money from Adsense by Using Articles And A Viral Marketing Website

Any online marketing technique that involves the use of referral marketing or viral marketing automatically has a huge chance of being a success. The net is ideal for viral marketing and in fact gives any viral marketer huge leverage. Viral marketing or referral marketing is one of the most effective ways to make money online. Just ask Bill Gates.

When Gates was trying to play catch up on the Internet after an earlier mistake of underestimating the future importance of the net, he launched his Hotmail free email service when rivals like Yahoo already had millions of users. He decided to use a simple referral marketing technique. Every Hotmail message that went out had a brief signature at the end requesting the recipient to sign up for their free Hotmail account. Within a few short months, Hotmail had millions of users. And there are many other amazing stories which viral marketing boasts of on the net.

There is one of the very simple ways to make money from Adsense by going viral. Sign up at a leading viral marketing site. You will automatically get your own viral site. You can then use some of your articles to point people to your viral site. The way these sites work is that anybody who signs up at your site will have to visit your Adsense site if you register it at the site. So within a very short time you will be driving thousands of visitors to your Adsense site.

Find more details on this at my blog whose address you'll find in the resource box below.

Admittedly this traffic is less targeted. Still the huge potential and possible numbers you are able to receive using this free tool more than makes up for this.

d) Ways to make money from Adsense With Your Email signature

People greatly underestimate the power and potential effectiveness of a simple email signature as one of the ways to make money online. Actually this is a viral marketing method because emails get forwarded all the time and are even copied to several other people sometimes.

Do not waste another minute. Go to all your email accounts right now and create a signature that points to your Adsense site or sites.

Writing effective email signatures is a skill that you will have to develop, but I have found that using famous quotes is more effective than a straight advertising message. Always remember that people hate to be advertised to online.

e) Ways to make money from Adsense By Asking Questions At Discussion groups

I recently had an interesting conversation with a young Internet and computer techie. He asked me whether there were quick ways to make money online by answering technical questions and helping people to solve their computer and web-related problems. My answer was that there were many discussion groups where participants would get these answers for free. I advised him that he had a better chance of making money by making use of this free advice available online rather than by trying to sell his own advice.

There are tons of online discussion groups where leading world experts will answer your questions and give you valuable insight for free. It is amazing why most people do not think of using these online forums to learn as much as they can about the most effective ways of making money from Adsense.

These forums can easily be found through you favorite search engine.

f) Ways to make money from Adsense By Bartering your online skills for valuable Adsense keywords

In the old days, before the invention of money, if somebody needed something, the first question they asked themselves was; “What is it that I already have that I can exchange for what I need? Barter trade seems to have been forgotten but it is a very powerful method of trading. More so online where people have plenty of skills but are slow to trust others enough to send them money for an item they need.

You can barter whatever it is you have, your skills, products or services, and exchange them for genuine valuable Adsense keywords. Valuable Adsense keywords are the most effective way for a small site with low traffic to earn big cash from Adsense. And you can do this barter trade on an ongoing basis so that you always have a constant supply of valuable Adsense keywords which you can use at your site or blog as one of the ways to make more money from Adsense.

g) Ways to make money from Adsense By Sending Teaser Emails

To Everybody In Your Inbox And Also To Your Opt-in Email List
Most of us receive tons of email in our inbox every day. You’ll be surprised at the huge number of people you know by simply going through your email inbox. No matter how good your spam filters are, you are also bound to be receiving more than your fare share of SPAM or unsolicited email. All this is “gold” lying in your email inbox and there are ways to make money using these emails. All you need to do to process the emails into pure gold is to send out “teaser emails about the most interesting aspects of content at your site. The whole objective of teaser emails is to get people to visit your site. For instance if I were to send out teaser email on this content here is how I would construct it;

Subject: Free Tools Currently Being Used To Increase Adsense Earnings

Hello,

Just thought you might be interested in this subject, since so many folks online use Adsense these days. If not please accept my sincere apologies. Details are at my site.

www. your site's address .com

Regards,
Chris.

I am sure you can write an even more effective teaser email. It would be a better idea to have a different message for your close friends, a different one for your business contacts and yet another one for those nasty guys SPAMMING you.

These are just some of the many creative ways to make money from Adsense.


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Sunday, June 18, 2006

Start Working at Home with Your Own Online Business

By Chelsea Aubin

Working online at home is the latest business craze. Even if you have already pinpointed what avenue of online business you want to pursue there are still many obstacles to get around before you can actually get off the ground. The following are some basic questions that can help you get your home online business up and running:

1. Do I need to be educated to run an online business? Often people are intimidated because of the internet, and feel that they need to be computer experts to run an online business. The fact is very little if any programming or computer knowledge is truly needed. If you can visit a website you can own a website. If however, you desire to learn more about computers and the internet to run your business there are various classes and training materials available both on and offline.

2. What are the legal requirements to run an online business? You want to keep your business legitimate. Without the trust of your customers it is impossible to succeed in the business world. Avoid any shady situations. Find out if your state or providence requires a license or permit to establish an online business.

3. How much money will I need to start an online business? By now this question has ran through your mind when thinking of starting an online business. Stay positive and consider your resources. There are many different routes you can take. Your local bank should be able to explain to you the many different financing options available depending on your financial situation. Consider credit or check and cash, but be sure to estimate the interest you will incur. Remember, if you already have a job can always use your free time to get started part-time until you get the ball rolling.

4. Speaking of free time, once you have your mind made up to start an online business it is a good time to take an inventory of how you can budget your time. The great part about online businesses is you set your own schedule. Many parents get into the online business craze to spend more time with their family. Be realistic. To maintain a successful online business you must be able to devote a good portion of your day to your business. If your children are in school you should have more time available during those hours. Make sure you use the time you have wisely and productively. If your children do not attend school you will have substantially less time. Keep in mind, to maintain successful online business flexibility is key.

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