Make Money Online
Making money online used to pretty much require you to have your own Web site, products to sell and some marketing savvy. But a new generation of dot-coms have arisen that will pay you for what you know and who you know without you having to be a web designer or a marketing genius.
But
it's hard to tell hype from the real deal. I did a search on "make
money online" and "making money online", and much of the information
out there is just promoting various infoproducts, mostly about Internet
marketing. I see why people sometimes ask, "Is anyone making money
online besides Internet marketing experts?"
So I put together a list of business opportunities with legitimate companies that:
- Pay cash, not just points towards rewards or a chance to win money
- Don't require you to have your own Web domain or your own products
- Don't involve any hard-selling
- Aren't just promoting more Internet marketing
- Give a good return on your time investment
In
the interest of objectivity, none of the links below are affiliate
links, and none of them have paid or provided any other consideration
for their presence here. These are legitimate companies with business
models that allow you to get paid for a wide range of activities.
Help friends find better jobs.
Sites like ReferEarns, Zyoin, Who Do You Know For Dough?, and WiseStepp
connect employers with prospective employees, many of whom are already
employed and not actively job-hunting, via networking - the people who
know these qualified candidates. Rewards for referring a candidate who
gets hired range from $50 on up to several thousand dollars - not
chump change. If you know a lot of job-seekers (and who doesn't these
days?), this is a great way to break into the recruiting business with
no overhead.
Connect suppliers with buyers.
Referral
fees are a common practice in business, but they haven't been used
much in online networking sites because there was no way to track them.
Sites like Salesconx, InnerSell and uRefer
now provide that. Vendors set the referral fees they're willing to pay
(and for what), and when the transaction happens, you get paid. uRefer
also allows merchants to set up referral programs for introductions
and meetings, as well as transactions.
