How to Make Money Online

If you’re broke, unemployed, underemployed or just want so some more cash, you’ve probably wondered how to make money online. It seems like every other I internet ad these days promises the secret of how to bring in the bucks: make money online taking surveys or make money online from home or make money for free! I have spent the last few years making (some) money online as a teacher, consultant and writer and would like to offer my take on how you can put the internet to work for you. Take my take for what it’s worth!

Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff
Your credit cards are overdue. Your spouse’s salary is coming up a little short. You need some extra cash. So what do you do? Most people I know who have looked into “online money making” have done so in moments of these sorts of financial crises with this mindset: “I just need MONEY!!” They go to the quickest, seemingly most simple thing: sites that in fact say “Make Money Online!”. If I were to advise a friend how she can actually make some money online, I would advise against these “home survey” taking sites and their off-shoots (answer trivia for money, go to free web product ads for money, etc. ) for a variety of reasons.

First, these types of sites just fundamentally don’t make sense. I’ve never signed up to take surveys or do online data entry, so I can’t speak for all the companies out there offering this type of work; I’m sure some of them are quite legit and nice. However, I can say, as could anyone who has managed any kind of money from a business to a personal budget, that it’s really bizarre that any company would offer a person $75 to take one survey. Why would they do that? In fact, it’s not just bizarre, it’s somewhat INSANE. It reeks to me of get rich quick scheme. If something seems too good to be true, it usually is.

The Internet does provide legit ways for making money.

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