10 Realistic Ways To Make Quick Money Online

Recently someone gave me feedback about one of the ads on my blog. The feedback was very pertinent, saying that the ad looked “scammish” and gave a bad impression of my blog. The ad was about some easy way to make online $2000-$3000 a week.

Unfortunately we all know that there is no magic bullet to make this kind of money. However, I believe that there are a lot of real opportunities online to make a few bucks here and there. Again no shortcuts to becoming a millionaire, but realistic ways to make a bit of cash quickly.
So here are 10 ideas that you can use to get some pocket money easily.
Amazon Mechanical Turk
Amazon’s version of a “marketplace for work.” Find tasks such as testing sites, writing articles, taking surveys, complete them and earn money.
Conduit
Conduit allows you to create custom toolbars. Every time someone downloads your toolbar, you get paid. Get people to download the toolbar and you’ll receive a few dollars each time.
eBay
Rummage through you’re stuff, find anything of value that you don’t need sell it on eBay, Amazon or Craigslist. If you’re interested in going further than that start selling your family and friend’s items for a commission.
Paid Articles
Content sites are always looking to pay for quality content. Check out eHow, BrightHub, Constant-Content and cash in on you’re expertise.
Experts Exchange
Are you a techie? If you are, join Experts Exchange and answer people’s questions on hardware, software, programming and more, to receive rewards.
Microworkers
Make “micromoney” doing “microjobs” on Microworkers. Make money by completing tiny tasks online for people such as signing up for sites, Digging articles or linking to sites.
Student Of Fortune
Student of Fortune is an online tutoring and homework help platform. Students who need help post questions with cash rewards and depending on how well you answer it, you receive the cash.  The top tutor has earned over $127,000!
99 Designs
If you’ve alway been good at Photoshop, 99Designs is the perfect place to cash in on your skills. Enter logo, tshirt, icon, website, print design contests.
Fiverr
Fiverr is a marketplace for $5 odd jobs. People offer jobs such as installing WordPress plugins, computer programming, translations, designing business cards and much more.
ChaCha
This search engine is powered by real people. Each time you respond to someone’s search you will be paid a small amount.
If you have any other ideas or suggestions please let us know below.

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Making Money Online Without Money

Starting Out Making Money Online

So you want to make money online because you have heard many people's rags to riches stories? Then you go out and get that product and two weeks later you just give up because it doesn't produce the income that you were told. This is a story which has been told over and over again. Heck maybe you have had this happened to you. The thing about it is that the product didn't let you down, but rather you have let yourself down.
If someone came to me six years ago and said that they could show me how to make money online without spending any money out of pocket then my response would have been "C'mon you are full of b.s.!" But the times have changed and the internet has rapidly advanced every year that it is true that you can make money online without spending any money. Now I know that you are thinking how is that possible? There are so many free systems out there that all you have to invest is literally your time and then once you start to see the profits you gradually scale up the systems that are working for you and exploit them to turn them into a thriving and successful business. You must take action though and I want to give you some ideas as to what you could possibly do to start that free money income model in as little as 24 hours flat if you set your mind to it!

Simple Steps To Super Affiliate Status

The first idea that I would like to share with you is becoming an affiliate promoter. Yes there are many people advertising different products and you see all sorts of systems being advertised about affiliate marketing. It is actually a shame though because this truly is one of the easiest ways to get your income stream going.
I have chosen this as my overall favorite course of action because there are many companies out there that you can literally choose from that will allow you to promote their products so that you don't have to have any kind of physical products on hand. You will be able to set up a free website, a free autoresponder, and even be able to do the majority of the graphics editing that you have seen done on editing software such as photoshop.
Please don't get me wrong, this is not some overnight internet rich sensation like many others claim to be. You will not go to bed one night and then wake up the next morning an internet millionaire. You will need to do at least an hour a day on the various promotional tactics that will be explained below. If you can not foresee yourself doing just one hour a day then please stop reading and go on to another hub.
With that being said, let's get going on to the simple tactics to use in full details.

Passion For Niche Subjects

This is a biggie folks. When you are just starting out with affiliate promotions, you must find something that not only just interests you but rather something that you have a strong passion for. Whether that is dog training, losing weight, internet marketing, etc. If you have that strong passion in your subject then it will be easier for you to meet the learning curve and it won't feel like a job but rather something that you will be excited about. But how do you know if your passions are relevant to what others would like to know more about?
The internet is an ever flowing ocean of information, and it is your responsibility as an affiliate marketer to become an authority figure in your topic. So for your first affiliate promotions take the time to answer the following questions honestly to yourself.
1. What do I excel at?
2. What can I teach/do for others?
3. Is there a group that I can find online that feel like me?
4. What are my goals with this?
5. What skills do I possess?
6. What skills would I like to possess?
After you have answered those questions, it is time to find out if you can make money from those answers. Just a reminder though, the object is not to make instant sales but rather make relationships with those who need your help. The money will come and that will be the bonus.
So where do you go to find your relative niche? Below is a list of resources that you may not have been aware of but they provide you with a plethora of researching knowledge.
1. Dummies.com: You may have seen this company with how-to books on virtually every subject matter which you can think of. Well use their research to your advantage. Browse their new releases and check and see if your category is listed within them. You see they have already done the market research and spent a high volume in production of their books so they know that there is a need for that subject matter, otherwise they wouldn't have produced the book for it.
2. Yahoo! Answers: This site can be one of your greatest resources. Think about it, it is a community full of users who go on there to find answers to their problems. So just do a search for a topic that you are thinking about doing and see what problems arise. This site not only will display the results but they also give you the date and best answers as well. So if it is relevant within the past year and you see a lot of comments/answers interactions then you know that there is a need for this and you could do pretty good.
3. magazines.com: This is kind of like dummies.com only with magazines. Same principles apply here. Once you are on the site, check out the "All Categories" listings and find the 4 - 5 stars magazines. Those are the more popular ones and you can even filter your search results by the number of stars received and or the price per issue. This gives you the idea of what users are actually paying for these types of subscriptions.
One last piece of advice here, don't spend too much time overthinking the niche that you are looking for. 30 minutes max is long enough to decide whether or not you should get involved with that niche before moving on to the next steps in the affiliate marketing process.

High Quality Product Selection

This step is going to take a little bit of time on your part and should actually be just one hour in your process. Assuming that you have selected the niche subject that you want to target, it is time to go out and find a high quality and relevant product. My personal favorite choice of products are digital products. I recommend that you look for the same because digital products don't have to have any kind of shipping costs, physical storage space, etc.
A digital product is considered to be things such as e-books, audio recordings, and videos. At this point you are going to want to find about 3 - 5 high quality and semi-popular products to sell. To find these products there are three places that I would say to join absolutely free of charge.
The first is Clickbank. They have just revamped the entire site objectives. But it is still considered the grand-daddy of all digital resource centers. In fact their business model has been "copied" by many and still they are around there. Just go to clickbank.com and sign up and then head on over to the marketplace button where you can find and filter your product selections.
The second is JVZoo. JVZoo is relatively new when compared to Clickbank but if you are thinking about the internet marketing niche, then this is your best option for all things internet marketing. Now remember that the IM niche is considered to be heavily populated but you have to break it down to things like blogging, traffic generation, SEO, Social Networking, Wordpress Security, etc. It is a very broad niche topic with a lot of users looking to get into it. If you do it correctly you can reap some amazing rewards from it.
The third affiliate promotion center you should consider is the Amazon stores. Amazon allows you to become an affiliate for promoting their stuff. The thing with Amazon is that they do such a phenomenal job on their marketing that one product you sell, could lead you into affiliate commissions from others that you had no idea about. You see with Amazon, they always show recommended purchases by others who purchased the item that you may be promoting. If that customer purchases the recommended product (which Amazon suggests) you get the commission. Can you see where that will lead you?
Now those are just some resources (probably the best for what you are looking to get started with) you should sign up with, however when picking your product just remember to check it out completely.
What you should be looking for are "page leaks" on the sales copy. A "page leak" is where the sales copy directs the potential customer to a different link to the website owners address hence taking away your cookie in your affiliate link and then putting it into the website owners pockets. So that takes money away from you. Just be very picky about what you are going to promote. Remember that you are also building up your authority status in that niche so you do not want to ruin your reputation right out of the gate.

Build Your Relationships With A List

On the contrary of what you may have already have heard, email marketing is not dead. It has just become more mobile and you really are going to need to build an email list of subscribers. This can be a pricey venue but it can be done absolutely free of charge. Check out ListWire.com. It is completely free of charge and according to their video on their main website you will never be charged to build a list. Check out them with others and you will understand what I mean by being pricey.
Your autoresponder will be your most covenant tool as an affiliate marketer. There are some super affiliates out there who are making on average about $2.00 - $6.00 per subscriber per month. If you have a list of about 10K with that kind of conversions, you can see the potential in monthly profits.
Understand that you need to give yourself some time to make a name for yourself and those figures that I just mentioned were not overnight income, they have put in the blood, sweat and tears to build to that and maintain their authority in their respective niches. That is what you must do. Above all else Take Action!

Free Website Creation And Domination

So far we have done a lot of steps in getting ready to launch our first affiliate promotion. From niche selection all the way to setting up a free autoresponder. Now it is time to get our website created in order to direct traffic to the offer that you have selected.
There are three things which you will need to have in order to get under way. First one being a graphics imaging editing software program, a webpage editor and of course a place to publish your finished page.
Because you will be mainly having just a couple of pages that you will be directing traffic to (your landing page about the affiliate product/service, and the optional squeeze page) you could possibly just set up a free website. This will suite your starting out needs. Just do a google search for "free website creator and hosting". Then just do some research as to what will suite your needs.
Next comes your editing graphic images. Reality is that Photoshop is the king in this area. Unfortunately Adobe charges something like $800 for it and from my understanding after CS6 there will be no future software developed, rather it will be in a subscription service called Adobe Creative Cloud and will charge a monthly fee of $49/month just to use photoshop. If you don't have that kind of money then there are a couple of free alternatives.
GimpShop and/or Gimp is the most popular (in my mind) alternative to photoshop. It is an open source graphics software that is completely free of charge. It behaves in many was as photoshop and can read .psd images with the add-on that they have for it. The only thing about gimp that I really don't like is that they have not enabled you to edit the text on a .psd image. At least that I have been able to find out.
If you do not like the Gimp alternative, then again just do a Google Search for "free alternatives to Photoshop" and then sift through the results. You should be looking for something that has .psd edit-ability. The industry standard for most images right now is in .psd format.
Finally you are going to need to get your hands on a web page publishing software. Again Adobe has something called Dreamweaver which is extremely powerful (and pricey) software that you can get or you can get a free alternative. There are only two that I am familiar with that I have actually used and they are Kompozer and Microsoft Web Expressions 4. I prefer Web Expressions because it acts a lot like DreamWeaver. You just need to decide what you are going to be doing and decide for yourself.
Now once you have those three things as a part of your affiliate toolbox, all you need to do is design your pages (or outsource) them and publish them to your new website. I recommend that you have a different website address for each affiliate promotion that you do and then link them all to a main website. You want all of your promotions that you do to be able to stand on their own this way if one is not generating the traffic that you expected the other ones can pick up the slack.

Free Traffic Generation Tips For Affiliate Promotions

Seeing how you have your site ready, your autoresponder in the ready mode, and high expectations for phenomenal commissions on your high quality affiliate product promotion, it is now time to start generating some traffic to your site. Before I explain the methodology behind the two tid bits of information, I want to share with you that when I am saying site, I am actually meaning your squeeze/landing page and also your affiliate sales page for the product that you are promoting.
The two types of traffic generation tactics I am going to discuss in this capsule are going to be one Free method and one paid method. Both are excellent sources the thing about it is that with the free method it will take some time to build up the organic traffic where as the paid tactic will give you instant visitors. These are visitors that are targeted as well so it will look good in your serps.
Free Method: Blogging
This method is one of the more popular forms of traffic generation on the internet as of this writing. You see by getting your free wordpress (this is a blogging platform I recommend and will be using as the example) blog, it gives you the ability to create and speak your creative mind on whatever you would like to as long as you are not being malicious in any way. So what you could do is after you get your blog address (yourkeywordphrase.wordpress.com) you can begin publishing your high quality content instantly. There is an upgrade version which will give you more flexibility and control over your site but for the most part if all you are doing is talking about your product and posting related material on your blog then the free version will work just fine. Again because this is free, you will need to invest your time in to it until you can scale it up. Also you may want to check in to getting Google AdSense account in order to monetize a little bit on your blog.
The other form of traffic generation that you most certainly can do (if your marketing budget allows for it) is get into FaceBook Advertisements. Now there are many individuals who will tell you that you are going to blow a lot of money on FaceBook adverts while there are some people who will swear up and down by it. The factor is that you need to figure out if it will work for you. If you do it correctly and know who your target audience actually is within your niche, then you can pretty much pinpoint what adverts will be going to who. There are a wide range of options that you can put in Facebook on your ads as well. It is well worth taking the time to check it out if you are able to do that.
There are many other different forms of Traffic Generation and you may already know some of them or most of them. The thing here is that you should focus on mastering up to 3 - 4 different traffic generation tactics and implement them in your daily routine for at least 30 mins to an hour per day to keep your site relevant and fresh.

All The Best To You

There was a lot of information covered and hopefully you have been able to take something useful away from this hub. The whole thing is that if you do not retain any of the information that I have shared with you in here, whatever you do ALWAYS remember this quote to help keep you motivated.
"Success is your right, Failure is your CHOICE!" In a nutshell this sums it all up. In order for you to succeed in your life, business, etc. you must take action and if you do not take action then your failures are yours alone to blame. So go on today and begin your newly formed affiliate marketing ideas and all the best to you. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

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Make money working from home

If you are housebound, retired or just like the idea of setting your own agenda and working from home, there are loads of ways of bringing in some extra cash.

 

Woman with laptop

Step one - Become a man (or woman) of mystery. If you love shopping and like the thrill of being undercover, becoming a mystery shopper might be the part-time job you've been waiting for.

Agencies such as tnsglobal.com, retaileyes.co.uk or grassrootsmysteryshopping.com can pay around £30 a day. However, some do pay in vouchers or in goods rather than in cash.

Step two - It pays to talk. OK, we all hate being phoned up on spec by market researchers, but there are ways to reap cash for your opinions.

Online surveys are generally quick and easy to fill in and can pay up to £4 for a few minutes of your time. See pureprofile.com, valuedopinions.com or pineconeresearch.co.uk for details.

Alternatively, market research groups are prepared to pay up to £50 to people who are willing to spend a couple of hours at a focus group session.

Check your local listings for an agency near you, or try sarosresearch.com.

As a note of caution, do not pay middlemen ‘membership fees’ for access to market research firms that conduct paid surveys. You can find those yourself by surfing the web for free.

Step three - Cash for answers. If you are good at web-based research and have a feel for general knowledge, check out issuebits.com and texperts.com.

These internet businesses make their cash out of customers texting them with random questions. Before you can sign up as a researcher to answer these questions you will have to take a test. Vacancies are not always available, so it is wise to keep an eye on the sites.

You will earn roughly 30p per question, but experienced researchers say many queries can be answered in a few minutes and it is possible to earn good money while only working the hours you chose.

Step four - Become a home-working tycoon. For the really big cash, why not put your previous corporate experience to good use and try solving problems for big businesses?

On offer are literally hundreds of thousands of pounds for aspiring tycoons or boffins who can solve problems from extracting silver from ore in an Argentinian mine or finding a viable site for a new hotel. See innocentive.com for more details.

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10 ways to make money from your desk

Is money too tight to mention? Jasmine Birtles suggests some ways to earn extra readies in your lunchtime 

1. Get paid to surf the net

You surf the net all the time so why not make money every time you click on "search"? Yahoo powers searches which pay a small amount every time you run one – it is willing to do so because it wants to break down Google's domination. There is a search at Moneymagpiesearch.com. If you recommend your friends you will also make commission on their searches. The payments are small but we know people who have made around £30 in two months by searching regularly. You can choose whether you receive your money through PayPal or by bank transfer.

2. Take part in online surveys

Again, this is pocket money while you're on the internet, but it can be fun too. It is simply a case of answering questions about a particular product or company, or about your shopping habits. Be careful which surveys you use – some are fraudulent. Among the best of the genuine ones is panelbase.net, which will pay between 50p and £3 a survey, Valued Opinions, which pays between £1 and £5 a survey, and Ciao-surveys.co.uk, which pays up to £5.

3. Get paid for social networking

You can make money by keeping in touch with friends, and making more friends, on social networking site Yuwie. Set up a profile, write a blog, upload photos and videos and do what you usually do with any networking site. The difference with Yuwie is that it pays you to do all these things using advertising revenue. The amount you get paid depends on the number of times you and your friends view your pages. If you have lots of friends the views mount up and you can make some worthwhile cash.

4. Recycle your mobile

Have you got a useless old mobile in your desk drawer? Most of us have at least one hanging around the office or house, so make money from yours. Send it to Mopay and make between £2.50 and £200 depending on its make and condition. Even rubbishy old battered models can be worth a few quid if they can be sold on for spare parts.

5. Sell adverts on your blog

If you are a regular blogger and have built up a bit of a following, you could make money selling advertising around your posts. You can make cash quickly by putting Google Adsense on it. If you get enough traffic you make money every time people click on the ads. Blogs are also great for selling any products you have, promoting your services (it could be anything from sales training to web development or maternity care) and selling eBooks you have created yourself.

6. Sell your photos

If you have a nice collection of digital photos you could sell them over and over again through online agencies. Send them in to one or more agencies and any they like they will upload to the site. When people buy them you get a commission; you could end up getting paid for years to come. Picturenation say many of their photographers make hundreds of pounds a month, and some are simply good amateurs. Also try Fotolia and iStockphoto.

7. Rent out your stuff

Everyone knows about selling stuff on eBay, but how about renting it and making money over and over again? Sites like RentNotBuy.co.uk and RentRino will let you advertise anything from a baby bath to a ball gown. It is a new phenomenon, so it could be a while before anyone rents your power tools or your DVD player, but if you have a spare minute upload your details and later on you could make some regular cash.

8. Complain to gain

We don't complain enough in this country, which is one of the reasons why service can be so bad. However, those who complain constructively have worked out they can even make money through it. A well-crafted, reasonable letter including a request for financial compensation can make you money. Write to a company's CEO explaining the problem and set out the amount you feel you should receive in compensation. If it is refused write again, and even write a third time if necessary. Usually by the second or third letter they cave in and give you about half of what you were asking for.

9. Answer text questions

If you're a bit of a trivia king or queen you could make money by answering people's text questions. It is flexible work and you just have to be a bit knowledgeable and quick at searching the net (make extra by following point 1 above). On average, question answerers make about £10 an hour. The questions vary enormously: you could get anything from "Where's the nearest pizza place?" to "Who won the 1962 world cup?" and "Will I ever find love?". Visit ansanow or Textperts to see if you are quick enough to be part of their teams of knowledge hunters.

10. Get cashback

If you use your lunch hour to buy essentials, make sure you get paid to do it. Shop around first to find the best deals, then look on cashback sites to see if you could get money back by buying through them. Start with sites that give you instant cash just by signing up, such as Rpoints, which gives you £5, Cashback Shopper, which gives you £5, and ecashback, which gives you £2.50 immediately.

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Making money online- Expert work in France

I thought it might be useful to explain how expats in France make ends meet. Just possibly this will give you an idea of how you could earn money as an expat and enable you to make the big leap yourself.
I am not concerned here with expats who work in France as an employee of an international company and just happen to be based in France for a couple of years, but with those of us who have to scrape together our own income just using our wits. I have also ignored criminal activities although I believe they can be quite lucrative.
I will also ignore retired folk who receive a pension and people who have sold businesses elsewhere, and can afford to sit around in the sunshine sipping wine for the rest of their natural lives. Finally I have ignored those who have no plan, and choose to slide gently into poverty until they are forced to return to where they came from.
The following are all jobs and businesses run by people we know working in rural France:

• Running gites and bed and breakfast - yes, this can still work well if you do a good job, and have the initial funds to set-up an attractive environment
• European Sales representative for a pharmaceutical comapny
• Website Designer and website publishing, or professional blogging
• Audio-editing
• Tree-felling and ground clearance
• Builders, plumbers etc
• International DJ
• Freelance graphics designer
• Swimming pool maintenance or general gardening - typically for other retired expats
• Maintaining second homes for foreign owners - keeping an eye on properties for absentee owners
• Estate agency (usually involves teaming up with a French estate agent, since it is difficult for an expat to obtain the correct licence)
• English shops / importers - bringing in the staples of a foreign diet - baked beans, marmite, Indian spices etc, and reselling them to the expat community

You can see that expat work in France falls into two broad types - earning money by working in the local economy (eg gardening, gites), and earning from jobs that could be based anywhere (eg internet based and freelance jobs).
Of course, some of these earn more money than others, but all can generate a sufficient income for expats putting in the time and effort to do a good job. Word gets around pretty fast if you are reliable, honest and good-value. I am not aware of any expats also paying a French mortgage from their income. This would make the challenges significantly greater.
Note that there are official registration requirements for most businesses, that your local Chamber of Commerce will be able to help you with. Remember, it can be expensive to start a business in France! I am NOT recommending you work illegally.
I'm sure that across France there are expats doing hundreds of other jobs, but hopefully this gives you some ideas. The paradox is that many of the jobs involve making money from other expats, and it is difficult to see the options available until you live here yourself

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How can you make money thanks to your language skills?

I speak a few languages, among them English, French and Spanish to a level of fluency that allows me to make money with it. This website is one fine example of how I make money because I speak English. I will go into more details below, it is sufficient to say that over the years, being trilingual has made me a lot of money being monolingual wouldn’t have. How can you make money thanks to your language skills?

 Ask for more money at your day job

I was hired at my last job because I spoke three languages well, and another two they could use too. They didn’t care about my Master in Business or my previous work experience, or that I didn’t know much about computer languages and it was a job that required coding skills. They said learning HTML is like learning another language so you can do it. It was true, computer languages are simpler than learning the pluperfect.
Once I was trained, I could support foreign customers, and my colleagues could not, so I was more valuable than they were. I got a big raise. If your language skills are going to be needed at work, you can ask for more money than a person who just speaks English. You open your company to new markets, can reach new customers, can translate their website, and so on.
Learning languages is not that expensive, you can borrow books at the library or learn online, and you can also finance a language course with companies like Credit Noble. Just figure out the return on investment to see if it is worth it. For me, it was a 30% raise over the course of a year, so the answer is a big yes.

Make money teaching languages

Another way I made quite a bit of money with my language skills was teaching French and Spanish to English speakers. I worked for myself and gave private lessons at night and on weekends on top of my day job. I also worked on behalf of a few language companies for their corporate clients about to be relocated by their firm to France or Switzerland, and I gave them crash courses before they moved.
My usual rate was $50 per hour, although I got up to $90 per hour. With transportation, it took about an hour and a half of my time to give a one hour lesson, but the money was much better than baby-sitting or tutoring kids for homework.
A friend of mine is teaching languages via Skype, with much lower rates, but in the comfort of his own home, and this is a location independent job, so he can be on the beach in Honolulu and still make money.

Make an app or a language program

This one requires that you have computer skills on top of your language skills, although you can hire out most of the tech process. Many people are looking to improve their language skills, and if you know how to position your product properly, you may be able to sell it to them.
It can be a language app like duolingo,  a small conversation book for your smartphone, or those funny programs that will listen to you talk and then talk back, saying what you just said in another language.
More and more people are traveling internationally each year. The world is getting smaller, and the need to communicate bigger. I can’t help you with the details of how to start making such apps, but I am confident that with proper marketing, there is money to be made.

Freelance translation gigs

Another way I made money with my language skills was translating documents and websites for people. Most of my jobs I got from word of mouth. It is a tough world online to get translation jobs, as many people highly bilingual from lower cost of living countries will be at 10% of what you bid for.
But if you know people who may be expanding internationally or looking for a translation of their manual, work documents, etc. it is a great way to make extra money.
I mostly translated websites, sometimes within the software, sometimes they would send me a Word document with the content of the website and I would translate in Word. I also translated my own writing when I wrote for travel websites and they launched the same site in a new country I spoke the language of. It took way less time as I knew what I had written before in another language.
Usual rates are around $0.10 per word, then you can ask extra if the text is technical, if you have to upload it online or perform another complicated action.
Companies such as 1st Transnational marketing translations can hire you as well, rates are generally lower but they will do all the work of finding clients, following up etc. which means your hourly rate will only be spent translating, not doing back office work.

Enjoy new niches

This is where this website pops up again. If I had started my personal finance website in France, I would have had a readership limited to residents of the Hexagon. Actually, there are a couple of websites who tried to take over the PF niche, one is a Ramit Sethi copycat, and the worst is he admits it, the other one tried to tackle the coupon/frugal niche and is pretty painful to read as well.
France is a nation of thrifty people. Our grandparents lived through the war, our parents grew up with rationed food still, they mend and make do, they are not in debt except for a mortgage that will be long paid by the time they retire, they have a cushy pension courtesy of the French government. There may be things to talk about, but people who would listen are far and few. So thanks to my English skills, I was able to start two blogs which generate a nice little side income, and to showcase my reading to any English speaker in the world. RFI has readers on the five continents, it would be a miracle if the same had happened with my French blog.

One step further, I was once hired as a business developer for a company. Their point was “you have lived and traveled all over the world, you may know business concepts that are not being developed here but could be successful, give us ideas and we will fund the projects”. Thanks to a multilingual background, I was able to get several jobs that were otherwise out of reach, but people were ready to gamble on me because I spoke several languages.

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Can You Make Money With a Work at Home Call Center Job?

If
you've put any effort at all into making money from home, you've
undoubtedly heard about work at home call center jobs. It can be tough
to tell whether or not these opportunities are scams, though, as many
require some sort of an investment to get started with them.

The
good news is that there really are plenty of legitimate opportunities.
They do require a significant amount of time, though, and don't make the
best jobs for stay at home moms. If you can't give your full attention
to the call you're handling you're likely to end up with unsatisfactory
ratings, which will result in termination.

If,
however, you have plenty of time to sit and chat on the phone, then
these positions might make perfect sense for you. Let's dive into what
it takes to find them and how you can figure out whether or not they'll
be profitable.

Finding Opportunities 
You can find these jobs in a number of locations, including:

1. Craigslist.org
2. Elance.com
3. Freelancer.com
4. oDesk.com

You
want to look through the customer service or sales and support sections
of each of these sites. They may not be listed as "call center" jobs,
though, so you'll have to keep your eyes open. They can also be referred
to as customer service or customer support positions.

Those
with certain skills or certifications may find additional positions
available. It isn't uncommon for silicon valley startups and other
technically oriented companies to outsource their call center jobs in
this manner.

Figuring Out Your Expenses

Most of these jobs require the following equipment and resources:

1. A dedicated landline
2. A telephone that works with a headset
3. A battery backup power source, in case your power goes out while in the middle of a call
4. A computer
5. An active internet connection

It's
likely that you already have a computer and internet connection. If you
don't have the other equipment, though, the costs can add up to about
$150, plus around $29 a month for your dedicated landline. Installation
of the landline can cost as much as $75. This brings your total startup
cost to around $250.

It's
also important to note that you'll usually be working as an independent
contractor, meaning you have to pay all of your own taxes. You're also
responsible for your health insurance if you need it.

Determining Your Potential Earnings

While
the pay varies from one company to the next, you can expect to earn
around twenty five cents for each minute you're actually on the phone.
Time that is spent sitting and waiting for a call is usually not
compensated. This means a portion of your working hours may actually be
uncompensated.

Since
it's impossible to say how busy the call center you work for will
actually be it's impossible to predict an hourly wage. With some of
these companies you're also responsible to log the details of your
conversation, which can take from three to five minutes for each call.

Under
the best circumstances you'll spend about 45 minutes of each hour on
the phone, yielding a net hourly earnings of $11.25. Assuming your taxes
are approximately 25% of your earnings, your net take home pay will be
$8.44 per hour.

If
you were to work a full 40 hours each week of your first month, you
could assume a total take home pay of $1,350.40. After accounting for
your startup expenses, it leaves you with a net profit of around $1,100.

It's a Good Part Time Job 
It's
possible to make ends meet with a job like this, but it will definitely
require a lot of time. It makes a much better option for someone who
isn't physically able to leave the house and go to work, or for someone
looking to make a little extra income on the side. It may also work well
for someone who is supported by a partner and sharing the financial
burden of running a household.

It
is also important to note that there are some call center jobs that pay
significantly more. If you're providing technical support you can
expect to earn nearly twice as much as those working for a general call
center. You may also find opportunities where you're compensated on an
hourly basis regardless of the number of hours you actually log on the
phone.

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Micro Job websites list

Micro Job websites list

There is a long list of Micro Job websites but I am giving details of only genuine and paying sites .

                                       



There
are a number of great websites dedicated to bringing employers and
workers together for thousands of small jobs.The types of jobs that
typically classify as 'small' or 'micro' jobs are things like posting
comments on Blogs or You Tube videos, following you on Twitter, Digging
your site or Liking your Face book site.......



1-Microworkers

Microworkers
is an innovative, International online platform that connects
Employers and Workers from around the world. Our unique approach
guarantee Employers that a task paid is a task successfully done, while
at the same time guaranteeing Workers that a job completed is a job
paid.

Just
as its name suggest, the tasks assigned to Workers and paid for by
Employers are simple and quick, mostly completed in a few minutes, thus,
are called “micro jobs”. These tasks include simple sign-ups, social
book marking tasks, forum participation, website visits, rating videos
or articles, voting up contest entries, adding comments, suggesting
leads, creating back links, writing reviews or articles, downloading
applications and so much more.

Joining Micro workers is free, and as an International site, anyone from any country can be a member

click here to join  Microworkers

  

2-MinuteWorkers

  

MinuteWorkers is giving a unique opportunity to users by allowing them to generate real money and even sustain a continuous income.

To
earn money you have to complete simple jobs online which are created by
employers, they are short jobs which take minutes. These tasks will
pay a minimum of $0.10 per task and the maximum payment is unlimited.
You pick which jobs you want to complete, we have 100's to choose from
every week which are updated every 4 hours.

Once
you have earned a minimum of $2.00 from completing tasks you have the
ability to withdraw your money through Pay pal and Alert pay. This low
payout means everyone can get money fast.

click here to join  Minutesworkers

3-Microfbworkers



Microfbworkers  is a new website related to Micro Job projects , it is the site where only Facebook related jobs are available.
to earn money you have to complete simple Facebook activity which are
created by employers, they are short micro jobs which take minutes. Per
task you will be paid minimum of $0.10 to

unlimited just to like a fanpage. You pick which jobs

you want to like, and  jobs are updated continuously

click here to join  Microfbworkers

4-Jobboy

Jobboy :As a Worker you can complete jobs and submit your proofs of job done, and make money!You can withdraw your money when you reach $10 in your account. Bonus money not included.

Do easy jobs

Get $1.00 Sign Up bonus

Withdraw when you reach $10.00

click here to join  Jobboy

 

5-Myeasytask

Myeasytask  : Browse micro jobs, Select jobs you like, Finish tasks & submit proof by working on individual tasks. You get paid once the Employer approves your work. Complete as many tasks as you like, under your time, and at your convenience!

click here to join  Myeasytask

6-MicroJob

MicroJob
is about connecting people who need something done (Employers) with
people who want to help (Workers). These "things that need to be done"
are called "micro jobs". We basically turn your free time into money.

click here to join  MicroJob

7-Shorttask

Shorttask Solvers: Earn Money
By working on individual tasks. You get paid once the seeker approves
your work. Complete as many task as you like, under your time, and at
your convenience!

click here to join  Shorttask 

8-MicroLancers  



MicroLancers :Workers get paid when their Employer rates the task submitted as "satisfied". When a Worker logs into their account, they can check the status of various tasks they have submitted. when 
a task is marked "satisfied" you will get paid. Workers can withdraw
earned money through several different methods: PayPal, AlertPay &
Moneybookers.  

click here to join MicroLancers

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how to make money on line ? that s the question

Micro Job Website: how to make money on line ? that s the question:    Sure you have already heard about the possibility to make money on line ......but the most important question is : how??    Yes .....you...

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