You've probably seen a lot of articles already including here at eHow on making money on the internet. This one pulls it all together, and separates the good, the bad, and the ugly. You CAN make money online, and NO, not everything out there is a scam.

I'll be updating this regularly most recent update is Winter , so you might want to bookmark it, and check in once a month or so. Not quite enough for me and my family to live on, but a nice addition to my income just the same. It's pretty easy, and pretty quick, to get a SMALL income stream started. It takes time and effort to build it up. Might as well get started today. If you are a writer, programmer, designer, or photographer, there are oodles of opportunities for you.

If you have a speciality of any sort -- carpentry, raising kids, planning vacations or weddings, playing Guitar Hero 3 -- you can get paid for your expertise. I've listed a lot of options in the steps that follow, all of them legitimate.

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Pick the one that seems the best fit for you and your skills, and start exploring. If you have a skill to offer, check out the various freelance sites sometimes called "personal outsourcing" , like elance. You can post your skills at these sites, so potential customers can check you out, and you can also look around for freelance projects that others have posted.

There are tons of opportunities for freelancers, in very varied fields. Common projects, though, are writing, computer or graphics design work, creating web pages, programming, writing brochures or reports, illustration, photography, and so on.

Pay can be pretty good, especially after you've earned a quality rating at one or more of the freelancing sites. At the same time, though, keep in mind that you're competing with freelancers from around the world. Take a look at the "How Elance Works" video on their main page to get a quick overview. One of them is right here at eHow. Write brief "How to" articles on any topic of your choosing, and get paid for the article. The more popular the article, the more income you can expect.

I can't say enough good things about eHow. To my mind, it is the best income generating opportunity available. Google the term 'ehow' to learn more about how to make it work. If you want to apply to write for eHow or other DMS properties, or to be an editor, check out the freelancer's application at demandmedia. While that sounds like good money and it is Check 'em out at consumersearch. You may be familiar with epinions. You won't get rich, but you can get started.

In fact, one of my eHow colleagues has put together a very nice Squidoo 'lens' with sites where you can get paid to provide content I earn much of my income as an online researcher, answering folks questions on everything under the sun: If this sounds like your cup of tea, here are some resources to explore:. I've built my research business at xooxleanswers. The key is to generate as much traffic as you can, and to have your visitors click on ads and affiliate links. The more people visiting your site, clicking on ads, and buying affiliate products, the more income you can earn.

As good as this sounds, income is generally more a trickle than a flood. But again, steadily building your site or sites , and building traffic, is the key to generating a steadily growing stream of income. Google Adsense is the most commonly used service for placing banner and text ads on blogs and websites. As I've learned to maximize Adsense income over the years, I've come to recognize this as one of the best income-generating opportunities available.

You can also incorporate in-text ads the colored, underlined text with small pop-up ads. Affiliate ads usually pay whenever a sale is made for a product.

Other good affiliate resources are Commission Junction at cj. If you don't have a site of your own, starting a blog is pretty easy at sites like Blogger. Blogs make money through online advertising and affiliate sales, such as through the Amazon.

Blogger makes it very simple to automatically place Google Adsense ads on your blog.

The advantage of this is that the blog is already well-represented in search engines, and can often generate much more traffic than a new blog of your own. See Orble under the Resource links for more information. At sites like istockphoto. I mention survey work with a good deal of trepidation The most legitimate operation I know is GlobalTestMarket. They offer real surveys, and they pay real money. They strike me as legitimate, but I confess, I don't have any first-hand experience with it, so approach with caution I've also heard some negative feedback from users of this site, so proceed with caution if you proceed at all!

Search on [ Online tutoring ] and you'll uncover dozens of sites in this booming corner of the internet. Many accept applications for online tutors, with variable rates and topic areas.

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Two to consider are tutor. Here's an odd one. Lawyers looking for feedback on how a case will play before a jury can make use of online e-jury sites to solicit input from the type of average citizens that show up on juries. Yes, you get paid. To serve as an online juror, check out onlineverdict. Be aware, though, that none of the sites I've registered at has ever actually contacted me for a jury case, so I'm not sure just how active these services are.

If anyone knows more about them, please leave a remark in the Comments.

At TeamDoubleClick, you can sign on for temporary jobs as an office assistant, handling correspondence, emails, bookkeeping, data entry, and other office jobs. Think of it as an online temp agency for virtual work.

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Pay is varied, but you are not obliged to take jobs that don't meet your financial needs. This is probably the strangest one yet, and I can't personally vouch for it I've only tinkered with the site , but it looks legitimate. Moola starts you off by giving you a penny, which you can then double, and double again, through a variety of games and activities.

Presumably, they make oodles of money through ads, and are willing to throw some of it your way by participating in their zany set of games and marketing gimmicks. They call themselves a "Massively Multiplayer Rewards Game". It's too complicated to explain here, but worth a look.

If you're good at designing things like t-shirts, logos, fancy fonts, and other graphics, take a look at the challenges at 99designs.

They are a large blog network, and seem to have mastered the art of monetizing their many sites. All they need are people to write them, and keep the content fresh. Creative Weblogging has changed hands and is changing how -- or if -- it pays bloggers. Stay tuned for additional updates.

Blogging, articles, photos, video, you name it. Words, pictures, videos, whatever ya got. Post it, bring in some traffic, and collect some ad clicks. Haven't tried it yet myself, but Flixya has a good reputation. Another site that pays for content is mylot.

They also pay for referrals. Haven't given them a test run yet, so use them with caution, but they seem worth exploring, at least. If you have experience with them, please post a comment, below. Yep, listen to upcoming artists, and review their music. The more reviews you write -- and the better you are at spotting new talent -- the more you can get paid. Some folks are pulling in several dollars per review.

You can participate in online focus groups at research. Participants are typically asked to join a group once or twice a year. This online encylopedia-like site is a place where anyone can contribute content, and you can "monetize" your efforts by placing Adsense ads on your article to generate revenue. I wrote a Knol about eHow. You can see it by searching on the term ehow You can get paid for reviewing websites.

Of course, there are ads involved, and you might be asked to click a few things, but it's not difficult. Expect to get emails a day more, if you register multiple email addresses , and earn a few pennies per email. I already mentioned ConsumerSearch.

At the risk of repeating myself, eHow is just about the best opportunity out there. Although getting on board through Demand Media Studios takes more work than at the eHow of old, it's still worth the effort. If you'd like to learn how to make money on the internet, no fees, you've come to the right source. There are a variety of ways to make money online for free. Paid forum posting, writing articles, and referral bonuses are just Many people are finding more ways to earn extra money.

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