| So, you want to learn how to make money as a | | | | you'll get paid only when customers made purchases. |
| student? Well, you are not necessarily need to work | | | | However, for AdSense publisher, you make money |
| part time outside the college. There are lots of | | | | when your visitors click on your ads link. No purchase |
| opportunities that you can find online to make extra | | | | needed. There are lots of companies provide such |
| income right from our computer. Being a full time online | | | | programs these days and the famous one is known |
| entrepreneur, I can tell that there are tonnes of | | | | as Google AdSense. This program is from Big G itself, |
| opportunities that you can make online. Below, I listed | | | | with lots of advertisers and ads matching to your |
| some of legitimate opportunities online: | | | | website content. Of course, you cannot click on your |
| Becoming a freelancer. For a student, I think it would | | | | own ads, or ask someone to click it, including your |
| be best if you start as a freelancer. You don't need to | | | | visitors. You need to put your ads in such position that |
| learn extra marketing skills or selling something. All you | | | | your visitors would click it on his own. The payment for |
| need is to implement whatever skills that you learned | | | | each clicks is not as much as from every affiliate |
| at college online. There are lots of websites where | | | | sales you made. Again, one way to make lots of |
| you can post your services for free and get paid. | | | | money from Google AdSense is by using article |
| Here's a step-by-step system on how to do it. | | | | websites, like Hubpages. You can easily get visitors |
| | | | and clicks by posting articles to Hubpages. However, |
| 1. Find out what your specialty is. Usually, people are | | | | your AdSense revenue will be shared with Hubpages |
| looking for English writing skills, translation, web and | | | | itself. |
| graphic design, Adobe photoshop. | | | | Personally, making money from Google AdSense is |
| 2. Post your services to websites like Craiglist, Elance, | | | | not my favorite. For one thing, is that the revenue is |
| or forum like Digitalpoint. For start, don't charge your | | | | not as much as affiliate marketing above. Plus, getting |
| customers too high. If not, people might don't hire you | | | | traffic to an AdSense website is no different than |
| and find someone else. | | | | getting traffic to an affiliate website. You work hard to |
| 3. Browse also websites related to freelance services | | | | get every single traffic, so why do you want to get |
| to find if anyone interested in hiring you. My | | | | paid a few cents for one click? Isn't it worth the effort |
| suggestions are Guru, Elance, Rent-A-Corder. Search | | | | if you get paid up to $20 for every sale? |
| at Google for keyword "freelance services", "freelance | | | | Selling at eBay. If you have something that is no longer |
| job online", freelance programmers". | | | | needed, why not sell at eBay? For example like your |
| 4. Usually people want to see example of your work | | | | old printer, digital camera, cell phones, laptops. Such |
| as well. Therefore, I recommend that you provide the | | | | items are hot selling at eBay marketplace. The key to |
| sample once you get a client. | | | | success at eBay is to build credibility. The more people |
| 5. Provide a payment processor. Usually, people would | | | | trust you, the more customers you'll get. However, |
| pay using PayPal. You need a debit card and create a | | | | unlike affiliate programs above, you need to provide |
| free PayPal account. | | | | your own hard good products and payment processor. |
| Becoming an affiliate marketer. Affiliate marketing, in | | | | Some advices and suggestion |
| my opinion is still the best way to start an online | | | | I have been online for so long that I can tell what really |
| business. I am an affiliate myself and I don't think I | | | | works and what isn't. Let me make your path clear by |
| would switch to other business model. The job of an | | | | giving you advice from experienced: |
| affiliate is to sell other people's products. Think about it | | | | |
| as an agent for certain companies. No need to create | | | | 1. Be careful of make money scams. From my |
| product on your own. Lots of affiliate programs are | | | | experience, other than money making models above |
| free to join. These are the benefits: | | | | and selling your own products, lots of money making |
| - You can test one market, understand your online | | | | models are scams. This includes data entry jobs, get |
| potential customers carefully by selling other's products | | | | paid to click, get paid to read emails, autosurf, paid |
| first. | | | | surveys. |
| - You can implement and getting used to common | | | | 2. Be careful of traffic scams. This is another popular |
| marketing practices before start selling your own | | | | scam. Some companies might claim they would send |
| product soon. | | | | thousands of traffic to your website for a price. Too |
| - No need to handle payment processors, create your | | | | bad, the traffic is untargeted - either from non-buyer |
| own affiliate programs and create convincing a sales | | | | people or robots. |
| copy. | | | | 3. Be careful of product scam. Like the old saying : "If |
| - In most cases, all affiliate programs are free to join. | | | | one thing sounds too good to be true, it usually is". |
| - Once you understand the methods, you have the | | | | There are lots of eBook products claim that their |
| ability to sell products to anyone on the web. However, | | | | system guarantee to make you rich, easy money, |
| for student who looks for extra income, selling as an | | | | make money on auto-pilot, but finally all you get is just |
| affiliate might not suitable for you. Although it seems | | | | some basic information with crappy software. I have |
| simple, but actually there are lots of things to learn | | | | bought such products times before and I don't want |
| before you start making steady income online. In the | | | | you to follow my mistakes. |
| mean time, you need to concentrate on your studies | | | | 4. Don't start by promoting make money online |
| as well. Which is why, if you have certain skills, I | | | | products. This one is a killer. Make money online niche, |
| strongly recommend that you start with freelancer | | | | could be profitable, but also competitive. Plus, the |
| above. Otherwise, you have no choice but to jump into | | | | demand is not as high as any other niches. You could |
| affiliate marketing. There are thousands of affiliate | | | | be taking long to start making money by promoting |
| programs all over the internet. These are the common | | | | such products, compared to others. |
| ones. Enter the network's name in Google for more | | | | 5. Don't fall into MLM and pyramid schemes. There are |
| information: | | | | lots of online and offline MLM companies these days. |
| - Commission Junction. Want to sell a digital camera, | | | | While some of them are legit, to be frank with you, it is |
| printer, video camera? Register as a Commission | | | | not easy to get a downline. This is my experience as |
| Junction affiliate and you'll be able to sell thousands of | | | | a former MLMer. If you still want to try MLM, you need |
| products from giants like Dell, Yahoo, eBay and Sony. | | | | to consider a few things. First, the product price. If it is |
| - Amazon Associates. This is another popular network | | | | too high, over $100, forget it. Second, the product |
| for marketers. Amazon marketplace not only consist | | | | demand. Make sure the company that you joined sell |
| of books, but also electronic, gifts, jewelry and hard | | | | high demand products which people would buy at least |
| goods. There are lots of tools that you can use, like | | | | once per month. If something that is in low demand, it |
| Amazon Astore, and widgets. | | | | would be hard to market the products. Third, try offline |
| - Clickbank. By becoming a Clickbank affiliate, you are | | | | MLM only, from reputable companies. It's not easy to |
| allowed to sell thousands of eBooks and digital | | | | find online MLM that really pays. |
| products worldwide. What makes Clickbank so special | | | | 6. Stick to just one model until you already see good |
| is that commissions are paid up to 75% to affiliates. | | | | result. Make money online, just like everything else, |
| That's right. If you do it correctly, you could be richer | | | | requires learning and effort. If you keep switching from |
| than the product owner himself. Plus, information | | | | one model to another, in the end, you'll get nothing. Just |
| products like eBook is a great market on the internet, | | | | stick to one model, if it didn't work, learn what's your |
| since people browse the web to look for information. | | | | mistakes and improve. No one would ever get good |
| - Paydotcom. Same concept as Clickbank, however, | | | | result in the first attempt. |
| payments are paid via Paypal account. No need to | | | | 7. Study comes first and make money second. While |
| wait months for cash. One way to market products | | | | making money online could be profitable, that doesn't |
| as an affiliate is by using article marketing. Write a | | | | mean you need to ignore your study at all. Plan your |
| product review, or tips and then post to article | | | | time wisely between your classes and online business. |
| websites like EzineArticles or eHow. | | | | In my opinion, it would be best if you spend at most 2 |
| Becoming AdSense publisher. For affiliate marketing, | | | | hours per day for making money online. |