Companies by the hundreds are closing down. These aren’t just mom and pop businesses. Big guns like GM declared bankruptcy. The government refused bailout for AIG and declined help to Ford. Now we have the Madoff scandal. Each time a gargantuan falls, it takes several thousand employees with it. Who knows, the very next company to crash and burn might be yours. Are you ready to face that possibility?
If you’re web savvy or at least have a fascination for the digital superhighway, the threat of layoffs shouldn’t scare you. There are more than a hundred ways to make a living off the web and live the lifestyle you enjoy now. Simply cash in on your passions or skills and monetize them online. Consider the following avenues:
- Market eBooks on DigitalPoint. At least ten friends of mine make close to $200 daily selling ten page ebooks on forums.digitalpoint.com. Simply think of a special skill that you think others may value and put it into words. These books don’t need special formatting. Use Adobe Acrobat o PDF Factory to convert the maual into PDF. Zip it up and advertise it on the forum. Before you know it, you’ll have inquiries and people will be sending you cash. You can charge anywhere from $5 to $97 for your information. It won’t cost you a cent to maintain operations since shipping is not required. What information sells? SEO and SEM are top sellers. If you know blackhat, that can make you wealthy as well. The most popular ebooks on that site, nonetheless pertain to making money online. So, teach people to make money, and you make money!
- Run an AntiScam Blog. One of the more searched words on the web right now is “scam.” The reason is simple. People turn to the web for advice prior to purchasing a new fangled product. Say Mr. Crawford wants to buy this new hair regrowth serum called HairBack. It costs $99, which is a lot. To avoid buyer’s remorse, he fires up his netbook an keys in “Hairback Scam” . Presto, zero results. He buys the product.The story would be different if Google spat out ten websites calling it a scam. Thats where you come in. If you like debunking crap products, simply create a blog that shoots down worthless products. Dissect the failures of the product, making sure to liberally sprinkle the site with the word “scam”. You’ll end up ranking very highly in the search engines for product reviews with the word scam attached. People visit your site, see your article and they make you money because your blog is populated with ads and affiliate links (you have them, don’t you?) It’s almost like money on automatic pilot. One of the sites I direct, shamelessreviews.com, draws in ahuge amount of traffic from people using ’scam’ in the search box. It often converts when the visitor clicks on affiliate links offering alternatives to the scam product debunked on site.
- Offer Services at Elance.com Freelancers unite! Elance allows budding entrepreneurs and even the unemployed to offer their services at no cost. At this site, employers and employees are matched, with employers posting their requirements, and you bidding for a part time contract. Contracts involve everything from translating documents, copy editing, to SEO work like managing PPC campaigns. Since you’re not chained to one employer, you can draw multiple streams of revenue by working on numerous projects at your leisure. Your bedroom becomes HQ and office. You don’t commute nor do you face the taxman. Your income is directly proportional to the amount of work accepted. It’s truly a dream job for many.
Take a step back and take inventory of your skills and passions. What do you like doing? What do you know better than the average joe. Once you discover this, promote it. It doesn’t take fancy web skill to announce your talents to the world.
Are you ready to be your own boss?
