I have a love/hate relationship with eHow. I love the concept, I love checking my stats and views every day, but it hurts to make myself write new articles. Once I get going, it's not that big of a deal, but it's like sitting down for a root canal to start.
I got a great encouragement over the weekend when I realized that I am now over eHow's minimum $10 threshold, so I should be receiving my first check from them next month. It's a very strange emotion, because, after all, it's only ten bucks. But the flip side is that it's my first semi-passive income check....Now, I get regular checks from doing surveys, but I look at that money as working by the hour. I complete a survey, I get paid once. (If you would like to see the surveys companies that pay pretty dang well, check out my previous post.)
The eHow check represents the beginning of the dream we are all chasing...online income that is passive or semi-passive. It has the potential to pay out again and again.
What an amazing concept.
So, back to the grind. I am rejuvenated at the possibilities.
Andy
The First Payout from eHow
Using internet marketing techniques on offline businesses...
As an internet marketer, I know just how lucrative it is to make money marketing online businesses. However I have to let you on a secret I just stumbled upon. I have just found out that instead of concentrating only on online businesses, it is just as easy to earn easy cash using internet marketing techniques on offline businesses!
The main reason for this is because to offline businesses, internet marketing proves to be something new. They are not aware of this market and avenue of free marketing, which brings increased sales and profit for them.
We as internet marketers have nothing to lose as all we have to do is to teach all of them the tricks of internet marketing. Basically, offline businesses at present carry out similar marketing and advertising tactics like using coupons for promoting their businesses and perhaps getting listed in the yellow pages.
They save while we earn
However what they do not know is that they can save money through internet marketing (while we make money!). Instead of spending money printing coupons, we can teach them how to use online coupon companies for free. And instead of getting listed in the yellow pages, we just have to show them the global audience the business gets by listing their business in online yellow pages and directory sites.
We can also carry out workshops to teach them all there is to internet marketing and earn some money by charging for attending the workshop. We can also offer to start blogs for them, and manage them by adding fresh content on a regular basis, and by perhaps starting an e-newsletter for interested people to sign up for.
So you can see that by offering our internet marketing skills to offline businesses, not only do these businesses flourish, we can also earn a sizeable amount through their internet marketing.
There are more tips and techniques to learn by implementing internet marketing techniques in offline businesses. This is why I highly recommend you download this free report called Easy Offline Cash. It discusses everything about using internet marketing techniques in offline business. If you care at all about making more money with what you always to, you will at least download and read the report, it's free!
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One of the reasons I want to have independent income
This is way off topic, but I just had to let you all in on the pride of Illinois. This is one of the reasons I strive for forms of independent income. So that I can make a living from anywhere on the planet. Because if this guy opens his mouth one more time, I am outta here.
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Here's a great explanation of selling covered call options. Sounds really scary, but it's not. This is something I have been interested in for a long time. The concept of "recycling" your passive income into other passive income streams is truly an exciting concept. Read this post and let me know what you think about this strategy.
Selling for others on eBay
Sorry for the long time between postings, it seems the holidays got the best of me this year! I hope everyone had a nice holiday season. I have kept after my online income streams, concentrating on writing for eHow, completing some surveys, and something new that I stumbled on....
After a conversation with a friend of mine who works at a trucking company, we agreed that I would market some of the things which he finds from broken pallets and items left behind on trucks. Apparently, after the carrier insurance is settled, the trucking company was throwing the items in the dumpster. When he asked if he could take them home, he was told to get the stuff out quickly because it was crowding the loading docks.
We were discussing my efforts to make a second income online when I suggested that I market his collection online. This solved a problem for him, because he could get the stuff out of his garage and get a much better price than he could locally, even after my percentage share.
I sold some things on eBay and even found some places online to sell directly to used equipment suppliers for some of the more industrial stuff. This turned into a nice arrangement for both of us. It gave my online efforts a nice year end boost as I was able to clear $312.50 for my efforts. This has been by far my most profitable venture online.
I would encourage you all to look around for opportunities like this because it really is a win-win deal for everyone involved. People that you and I both know who have little knowledge of the internet just can't grasp the massive market that can be reached. They are grateful to pay a part of the sale proceeds to you because, if you didn't sell it online for them, it will probably end up on next summer's garage sale 50 cent table.
This isn't passive income. It takes some research to find what things are worth and what sites will give you the most for your items. Bit I have to say it can be well worth your time. I estimate I made about $60 per hour doing this in December.
Let me know of any experiences you have had doing this.....
Passive Income- Writing for Ehow
There is online income, then there is online passive income. I like the idea of doing work once, then getting paid for it over and over. Last month I read about writing articles for eHow can be a source for passive income.
Today I completed two different surveys, which will pay me a combined $5.25. It took me about 30 minutes for the two. If I had taken the same amount of time and wrote an article for eHow, I could be making passive income from the article for as long as it can generate page views.
I am not a writer by any means, but I have written a total of 3 articles so far. The income comes when people read your article, then click on Adsense ads on the article page. This is hard work for me, but I am getting to enjoy it. I am an architectural restoration carpenter by trade, so I am going to be working on some articles in the home maintenance and repair genre. I also like to cook, so I will go there also.
There is an excellent ebook "How to earn Passive Income at eHow.com Residual Income for Web Content Writers" written by Writergig who is currently making over $1500.00 per month with her eHow articles! I bought this because it was recommended by a blogger I respect and it didn't dissapoint. It's $25.00, but I figure the tips and pointers in there will pay back that investment in no time. Maria really delivers a lot of information in short, quick read reference book.
Check out eHow.com and see if you get excited about the possibilities like I did. Click here to view more details
