| It's a dream that's been around since the dawn of | | | | products ordered by your customers without you |
| time, or at least since humans started using money | | | | ever touching it. They'll even include one of your |
| as a medium of exchange; making fast easy money, | | | | invoices so it looks like the products your customer |
| and lots of it. With the advent of the Internet, that | | | | ordered were shipped directly from your warehouse. |
| dream of fast, easy money can be a reality for more | | | | When a visitor to your website orders something, |
| people than ever before. One of the great things | | | | you simply process the customer's credit card and |
| about pursuing a business online is that you can begin | | | | email the order along to the appropriate vendor along |
| with very little money, at home, and rapidly grow | | | | with the customer's ship to address. The customer |
| your business until you are making an excellent, full | | | | receives the product and you pay the vendor by |
| time income. If you play your cards right, you won't | | | | credit card. You pocket the difference between the |
| have to work full time to do it either. | | | | vendor's price and your sales price to the customer. |
| Oh, you may have to put in substantial effort at first | | | | What could be simpler? You can make a tremendous |
| to get everything rolling, and the money may not be | | | | amount of money this way, but in return, you must |
| truly easy, but earning money on the Internet is a | | | | provide some sort of customer service infrastructure |
| relatively simple process. Unlike so many other | | | | to answer questions, process returns and work out |
| businesses you won't need to stock inventory, build | | | | any snafus that may come up. |
| or rent a store front, or hire employees (at some | | | | The third way to make fast, easy money on the |
| point you may want to, however). Another huge | | | | Internet is using online pay per click advertising. The |
| advantage to an Internet business is that you can | | | | best known of these programs are Google's Adsense |
| see the effect of changes in your marketing efforts | | | | and Yahoo Search Marketing (formerly known as |
| very quickly, allowing you to rapidly make changes | | | | Overture), although many other exist. You've |
| before you've expended much of your marketing | | | | probably seen these ads many times, in fact, they're |
| budget. What's even better is that you actually need | | | | probably some of these ads on the page you're |
| very little in your marketing budget at all. | | | | looking at now. They are the small ads strewn |
| There are many great ways to make fast, easy | | | | throughout many websites, either along the side, or |
| money on the Internet, but here are three of the | | | | grouped in blocks within the page's content. Google |
| best. They were chosen for their simplicity, earnings | | | | Adsense ads will have a small "Ads by Google" tag |
| potential, and effectiveness when starting with little | | | | line under the ads, so they're easy to recognize. |
| or no money. Many people make hundreds of extra | | | | You simply put these ads on your website and every |
| dollars a week using these methods, while putting in | | | | time someone clicks on one of them, you get paid. |
| only an hour or two a week. Some people have | | | | It's usually only a few cents or so per click, but highly |
| embraced a more ambitious approach, and are | | | | trafficked websites that have highly paid ads can |
| earning many, many times this amount. You can | | | | generate Do not abuse them, by clicking on the ads |
| decide how much money you want to make. | | | | or having friends do it for you. Such violations are |
| One proven way to make money on the Internet is | | | | against the terms of service with most pay per click |
| through the use of affiliate marketing, also known as | | | | programs and will get you dropped from the |
| "selling other people's stuff". An affiliate marketer | | | | program. They key to generating a large revenue |
| simply refers people to another company's website. | | | | stream with pay per click programs is to have |
| If that referral generates the desired response, the | | | | websites that generate large amounts of traffic. |
| affiliate earns a commission. The desired response | | | | The great thing is that you don't have to worry |
| can be a sale, a lead, or some other response. Most | | | | about selling anything. You just provide visitors with |
| companies pay a percentage of the order's sales | | | | valuable information and a way to leave your site |
| price for an affiliate commission, but some pay a set | | | | when they are through. When the do so, you'll most |
| fee. Leads generated by the affiliate are usually paid | | | | likely make some money. Some Google Adsense |
| on a per lead basis. Lead referral fees range from a | | | | publishers are reported to make thousands of dollars |
| few cents per lead to over $20 per lead. You can | | | | a week. In fact, Google used to send paychecks UPS |
| see how affiliate payments add up in a hurry. | | | | Next Day Air to publishers that made over $10,000 |
| Another way to make a large amount of money | | | | per month. Those that got paid this way were |
| online in a short period of time is to start your own | | | | members of the informal "UPS Club". |
| online storefront. Don't worry, you won't need a | | | | Just from these three ways, you can see there is |
| garage full of merchandise and a UPS account to | | | | tremendous potential to make fast, easy money on |
| make this happen. Most people who are successful | | | | the Internet. Thousands of small entrepreneurs are |
| using an online storefront use vendors called drop | | | | making great livings on line, and haven't had a day job |
| shippers. Drop shippers take care of fulfilling your | | | | in years. You could be next. |
| orders for you. They store, pack, and ship the | | | | |