Oh the dollar signs that flash in front of your eyes when you hear “make money online.” If it were only that easy.
This post has nothing to do with “get rich quick” schemes, but has everything to do with familiarizing you with all of the opportunities out there you might not know exist.
The basic three we are most familiar with are: selling products online, selling your skills online and sales blogs (or variations of this) where no product passes through your hands.
As this post grows, it will be very long and you will see many, many links to great sites to get familiarized with…so keep checking back! When we were starting out, we sure wish there was a site with all of these in one place…enjoy and have fun…
SELLING PRODUCTS ONLINE
Though there are other selling sites, the main ones we are referring to are Ebay and Amazon. Perhaps, like we do, you like to browse thrift stores for books, movies, antiques, designer clothing at a deep discount. When you find that “gem” you purchase it and list it on one of these sites. It does take time to learn to do it well, but there are plenty of resources out there to teach you the basics and you can start generating income rather quickly, if you know what items truly sell.
A bigger example of this would be someone who knows cars. Sites like Ebay Motors have tons of vehicle auctions – if you get one at a bargain, you can clean it up and sell it at a nice profit (this also holds true for rvs and other motorized items). The bottom line is you need to invest little and make a profit.
If you know all about rare books, antiques, vehicles, etc. you are miles ahead of the game and will do well with a little training on how to sell on these platforms mentioned above.
SELLING YOUR SKILLS ONLINE
Are you an excellent photographer? Do you make crafts or are you artistic? Are you good with computers or are you great with grammar and editing? There are so many opportunities/sites these days to sell your skills in the online world. Just keep in mind, though completely possible, getting the training on how to get your items noticed will take time.
You will need to research how to pick the right keywords and learn basic SEO (search engine optimization) tricks. It is the least fun part of the learning curve, but if you want to be found in the big online world, you will need to put aside time to train on how the internet works these days…and how buyers can find you
(hint: they won’t if you turn up on page 20 of a Google search). Many of these sites have forums that are there to guide you along the way.
BLOGGING – SALES BLOGS AND SIMILAR SITES
When we first started rving two years ago, we started a fun blog to keep our family posted on our daily lives. It was only late in 2010 when we discovered you can also have blogs geared to selling. Often referred to as affiliate marketing, the concept is you advertise company’s products on your blog, and if the customer buys a product you listed by clicking through to their site, you get a commission from that sale. It takes a long time to learn, but is a lot of fun.
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