How to Earn $100 a Week NO WEBSITE?

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Howdy all. This will be my first post in WF.

So, as the thread says: how can I earn $100 a week without a website/blog/YouTube vids?

Before you tell me that I'm an idiot and I should really use Adsense because it's the best way of passive income...please understand that I canNOT create either a blog or a website because of certain restrictions. Please, please, please do not tell me to do so.

I'm not looking to automatically start earning. I used to earn at a rate of $150 per week on a writing website, but the website scammed me and didn't pay me my money; now I'm looking around trying to find work.

I've made $152 after 9 days on fiverr, but that was due to a fluke of one buyer purchasing 25 orders; something that I don't see happening again in the near future.

I'm a pretty good writer; I have a few articles ranking on Google's front page. Unfortunately, those articles are from the website that scammed me . I live in India, so there aren't too many legitimate opportunities available.

I am also a very fast and accurate transcriber (which is what got me the $150 on Fiverr), but I don't want to work for peanuts on Scribie. That's just out of the question; $3-4 per hour isn't my style. I have no CV/resume to use to apply to any other official transcription site.

Programming, web design, and tech-related stuff is NOT my strong suit. My skills are mostly writing, transcribing, data entry (I have a really good WPM), and...yeah, that's it. Not really an all-rounder, am I?

I use Postloop, but the pay rate works out to be around $3-4 per hour again; and it can get rather tedious. SlicethePie was good, but then it got banned in India. Surveys aren't really available in India, and Hubpages & Squidoo are also out of the question.

$15 a day = $100 a week. I don't mind starting again from $2-5 a day and working my way up to $15 a day.

Does anybody have any recommendations? Perhaps something that some of you older, more experienced IMers did at the beginning of your online career? I don't mind putting hard work in at all. I'd rather earn legit, slow money than cheat somebody for fast bucks.

Any suggestions, folks?

P.S. I know that "How do I earn $15 a day" threads have been posted already, but after reading through the comments, I found that nearly all of them said the same thing: Adsense and affiliate marketing. I'm looking for something different.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alast
    If you want to make $100 a week, it really shouldn't be too hard. I registered on oDesk, applying to writing jobs; earned around $100 in my first week. Bearing in mind it was a lot of work, definitely not long term. If you're interested in writing, then freelancing is definitely the best thing you could do - potentially leading into a full-time job if that's the route you want to go down. It can enhance your business knowledge (you'll often be writing for businesses), and potentially lead you to creating your own online business.

    I do warn you that you will most likely start off working at $10/hour or less, unless you get lucky.

    Good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      $10/hr. for me is great! I too have tried ODesk, and the competition totally bogs me down. Plus, it seems to me that most people on freelancing markets tend to hire the one willing to pay the least, while the ones who actually have good quality and charge more than a pittance get ignored.
      I will look through the jobs once more. Thank you!
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    • Profile picture of the author top1marktr
      $10 per hour would mean $80 per day which is $400 per month.
      So, how can we can $10/hr job on odesk.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by top1marktr View Post

        $10 per hour would mean $80 per day which is $400 per month.
        I hadn't appreciated how much this "new math" has changed since I left high school (and that's not all that long ago): when I was a kid, $80 per day was closer to $2,000 per month. That's inflation for you, I guess.
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        • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          I hadn't appreciated how much this "new math" has changed since I left high school (and that's not all that long ago): when I was a kid, $80 per day was closer to $2,000 per month. That's inflation for you, I guess.
          Lol. How did he ever get that? And how did he know that I would be working 8 hours a day? Some people are just so smart and intuitive!
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  • Profile picture of the author Alast
    I haven't done any hourly jobs, just a few fixed-price offers; one being $115. I just searched oDesk for the first time in a while, here's one that may interest you:

    https://www.odesk.com/jobs/Need-reli...earch_result=1

    Also, make sure your profile beats the competition. Take as many tests as you can, and perfect each aspect of your profile.
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  • Profile picture of the author xohaibx
    $100 a week? You need to start aiming higher my friend.

    Anyway, here's a nifty little resource that I created long time back - hope it helps:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ead-broke.html

    All the best!
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

    I canNOT create either a blog or a website because of certain restrictions.
    Call me a skepchick but somehow I don't quite believe that. If you can access the internet to make a post in the Warrior Forum, then you can access it to make a website. No money is needed. No credit-card is needed. No PayPal account is needed. No bank account is needed. Almost no technical knowledge is needed.

    Please excuse the observation that in all my experience, when people say they can't create either a blog or a website "because of certain restrictions", what it really indicates is that they're lacking the information needed to make a self-hosted, reliable website they own and control without being able to pay anyone anything at all. If that is the case here, there are plenty of people who can advise you how to do that, quickly and easily. If it really isn't, then please excuse my entirely useless and irrelevant post.
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Call me a skepchick but somehow I don't quite believe that. If you can access the internet to make a post in the Warrior Forum, then you can access it to make a website. No money is needed. No credit-card is needed. No PayPal account is needed. No bank account is needed. Almost no technical knowledge is needed.

      Please excuse the observation that in all my experience, when people say they can't create either a blog or a website "because of certain restrictions", what it really indicates is that they're lacking the information needed to make a self-hosted, reliable website they own and control without being able to pay anyone anything at all. If that is the case here, there are plenty of people who can advise you how to do that, quickly and easily. If it really isn't, then please excuse my entirely useless and irrelevant post.
      Thanks a lot; your post wasn't irrelevant but was really helpful and I do appreciate it. What you said is partly true; I am sadly lacking in both information and web design skills. But another thing is that I am not yet prepared to spend $100+ for a year of hosting my own website. I have considered it, and will DEFINITELY do it after I start earning a decent online income, but currently I am looking to get a good basis first, then start moving on to passive income via a website. Thanks again!
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

        I am sadly lacking in both information and web design skills.
        I hear you there.

        Nobody was born knowing how to do any of this stuff.

        Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

        But another thing is that I am not yet prepared to spend $100+ for a year of hosting my own website.
        Then use free hosting at Byethost, Freehostia, or 000WebHost? It's perhaps not quite as good as paid hosting at Hostgator or wherever, but it's very nearly as good. Byethost is a good, well-established, advertising-free, professional, free hosting place where their aim is to impress people with the quality and reliability of the free service so that many will stay and upgrade to paid hosting there later (which they do - so it's a viable business model for them). Professional, self-hosted sites but no money needed.

        (You already know to stay away from the silly/difficult/futile places like "Blogger", where the terms of service are a nightmare and disaster, I think?).

        Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

        I have considered it, and will DEFINITELY do it after I start earning a decent online income
        My perspective on this is different.

        I think it might help you to get started earning a decent online income, exactly as it has helped so many others.

        I know from my experience of hanging around in the Warrior Forum for 5 years and chatting to people that very few people who don't have a website ever get as far as earning a decent online income. So my perspective is that you're actually stacking the deck against yourself by not doing that.

        (By the way, I completely agree with all the people above who are saying "Forget about AdSense". They're right, too).
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      • Profile picture of the author DeborahDera
        This is where research comes into play. You should be able to spend about $10/yr to register a domain and maybe $50-$60 (and that's high) to host your own domain (even split into a monthly payment it's about $4.99 on GoDaddy - and you save if you buy a year at a time).

        What other reasons do you have for not thinking you can build a website?

        All of the services you talked about above are things you could sell directly on your own site, without paying for the middle-man's cut.

        Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

        Thanks a lot; your post wasn't irrelevant but was really helpful and I do appreciate it. What you said is partly true; I am sadly lacking in both information and web design skills. But another thing is that I am not yet prepared to spend $100+ for a year of hosting my own website. I have considered it, and will DEFINITELY do it after I start earning a decent online income, but currently I am looking to get a good basis first, then start moving on to passive income via a website. Thanks again!
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  • Profile picture of the author Thohir Wijaya
    You must know what your passion. Every person have different passion. My passion is to be an author kindle book. I earn royalties more than $1000 a month. Now, what's your passion?
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      Originally Posted by Thohir Wijaya View Post

      You must know what your passion. Every person have different passion. My passion is to be an author kindle book. I earn royalties more than $1000 a month. Now, what's your passion?
      Writing is definitely my passion, although I am not much in the creativity department. My skills lie in research-type and journalism writing.

      Originally Posted by Mustafa Khundmiri View Post

      $100 a week? You need to start aiming higher my friend.

      Anyway, here's a nifty little resource that I created long time back - hope it helps:

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ead-broke.html

      All the best!
      Thanks; I checked out the list and it's really helpful! And yeah, I do hope to start aiming higher within a couple months. However, $15 a day is a good start for me; eventually I hope to be earning $100 via some method of passive income, but I currently don't have the funds to invest in domain-buying, self-hosting, etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Taylor
    Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

    $3-4 per hour isn't my style.
    I don't mind starting again from $2-5 a day and working my way up to $15 a day.
    So, which is it?

    If you can make $3-4 per hour then you can make $15 in less than 5 hours.

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  • Profile picture of the author Micah Medina
    The Warrior For Hire section. Start conversations with service providers, find out what their needs are and ask to join their team.

    You only need one "yes".
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      Originally Posted by Micah Medina View Post

      The Warrior For Hire section. Start conversations with service providers, find out what their needs are and ask to join their team.

      You only need one "yes".
      Awesome, that's cool. I hadn't noticed that feature. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
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      • Profile picture of the author Micah Medina
        Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

        Awesome, that's cool. I hadn't noticed that feature. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
        Do this and ignore every other idea in this thread that does not involve you convincing another person with an actual business to take an interest in your success, with all respect to the posters here.

        e: with the possible exception of constant content if you don't have the drive to do that at first.
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        • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
          Originally Posted by parmarjeet View Post

          Try peopleperhour to sell your services in the price you want. This is an excellent website and no more restrictions like in Fiverr.
          I have tried PPH, and it did seem restrictive. Plus, the competition is FIERCE and everybody naturally assumes that a guy from India can't write .

          Originally Posted by JohnFreshLeads View Post

          If you want to earn $100 per week writing, then why limit yourself to one service or platform? I recommend you offer your services on all of the freelance platforms and services. iWriter.com is a great source for writing jobs, as is Fiverr.com

          If you can crank out 5 writing jobs a day that net you $4 each, this will give you an earnings of $20 per day and $100 per week over a five day period. Good luck to you.
          iWriter seems to have measly pay per Standard projects (if there are any). But yeah, Fiverr is something that I hope to get better at. Thanks.

          Originally Posted by Micah Medina View Post

          Do this and ignore every other idea in this thread that does not involve you convincing another person with an actual business to take an interest in your success, with all respect to the posters here.

          e: with the possible exception of constant content if you don't have the drive to do that at first.
          Woah, that's some pretty clear-cut advice! Constant Content is an absolute PAIN to work with. I don't have the confidence, patience or credentials to be successful there, though I hope that will change.
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          • Profile picture of the author clever7
            Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

            Woah, that's some pretty clear-cut advice! Constant Content is an absolute PAIN to work with. I don't have the confidence, patience or credentials to be successful there, though I hope that will change.
            If you will pay attention to my advice you will notice that I told you to find an editor to edit your articles based on Constant Content's guidelines so that you may avoid all problems. This was what I did. I was making a lot of money at CC, but I have another business and writing for others was taking my time, this why I stopped writing for CC.

            English is my third language. I found a cheap editor who corrected my articles and I had no problems.







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  • Profile picture of the author DTGeorge
    Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

    Howdy all. This will be my first post in WF.

    So, as the thread says: how can I earn $100 a week without a website/blog/YouTube vids?

    Before you tell me that I'm an idiot and I should really use Adsense because it's the best way of passive income...please understand that I canNOT create either a blog or a website because of certain restrictions. Please, please, please do not tell me to do so.

    I'm not looking to automatically start earning. I used to earn at a rate of $150 per week on a writing website, but the website scammed me and didn't pay me my money; now I'm looking around trying to find work.

    I've made $152 after 9 days on fiverr, but that was due to a fluke of one buyer purchasing 25 orders; something that I don't see happening again in the near future.

    I'm a pretty good writer; I have a few articles ranking on Google's front page. Unfortunately, those articles are from the website that scammed me . I live in India, so there aren't too many legitimate opportunities available.

    I am also a very fast and accurate transcriber (which is what got me the $150 on Fiverr), but I don't want to work for peanuts on Scribie. That's just out of the question; $3-4 per hour isn't my style. I have no CV/resume to use to apply to any other official transcription site.

    Programming, web design, and tech-related stuff is NOT my strong suit. My skills are mostly writing, transcribing, data entry (I have a really good WPM), and...yeah, that's it. Not really an all-rounder, am I?

    I use Postloop, but the pay rate works out to be around $3-4 per hour again; and it can get rather tedious. SlicethePie was good, but then it got banned in India. Surveys aren't really available in India, and Hubpages & Squidoo are also out of the question.

    $15 a day = $100 a week. I don't mind starting again from $2-5 a day and working my way up to $15 a day.

    Does anybody have any recommendations? Perhaps something that some of you older, more experienced IMers did at the beginning of your online career? I don't mind putting hard work in at all. I'd rather earn legit, slow money than cheat somebody for fast bucks.

    Any suggestions, folks?

    P.S. I know that "How do I earn $15 a day" threads have been posted already, but after reading through the comments, I found that nearly all of them said the same thing: Adsense and affiliate marketing. I'm looking for something different.
    You're new here, so I'll give you a few tips:

    1. You need a self hosted website. No excuses. If you're serious about making money, then you NEED a website. The only "restriction" you're under is your mindset - and this type of mindset will restrict your earnings as well. You've made $152 from Fivver - use this money and invest in a website. You can easily buy a domain name AND hosting for $50.

    Not only that, there are literally dozens of FREE easy to follow step by step guides that will show you everything you need to know about website creation. I know nothing about websites but was able to follow these guides.

    2. Forget about Adsense. It is neither necessary or advisable as a major money making strategy. Don't even bother to consider it, as there are easier ways of making money (e.g. writing/content creation) that will take up less effort and time.

    3. Your location doesn't matter. I don't live in US or UK but my location has never been a problem.

    4. You can earn a hell of a lot more than $100 per week. But it will take a bit of time (a few weeks) for you to do important things like guest posting and getting your blog going before you really get to making the big bucks.

    5. You're a good writer, so stick to your writing/transcription. Follow a few blogs (if you aren't already) such as Make a Living Writing, Leaving Work Behind, Copyblogger and Problogger to establish a successful content creation business.
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    • Profile picture of the author Greg guitar
      Originally Posted by DTGeorge View Post

      You're new here, so I'll give you a few tips:

      1. You need a self hosted website. No excuses. If you're serious about making money, then you NEED a website. The only "restriction" you're under is your mindset - and this type of mindset will restrict your earnings as well. You've made $152 from Fivver - use this money and invest in a website. You can easily buy a domain name AND hosting for $50.

      Not only that, there are literally dozens of FREE easy to follow step by step guides that will show you everything you need to know about website creation. I know nothing about websites but was able to follow these guides.

      2. Forget about Adsense. It is neither necessary or advisable as a major money making strategy. Don't even bother to consider it, as there are easier ways of making money (e.g. writing/content creation) that will take up less effort and time.

      3. Your location doesn't matter. I don't live in US or UK but my location has never been a problem.

      4. You can earn a hell of a lot more than $100 per week. But it will take a bit of time (a few weeks) for you to do important things like guest posting and getting your blog going before you really get to making the big bucks.

      5. You're a good writer, so stick to your writing/transcription. Follow a few blogs (if you aren't already) such as Make a Living Writing, Leaving Work Behind, Copyblogger and Problogger to establish a successful content creation business.
      I like this post, although apparently there are people who have figured out how to cash in big with adsense sites, but they aren't typical at all.

      What I really wanted to reinforce about it is the notion that location isn't much of a hindrance, as long as you have internet access. I understand that it's easy for me to say from Seattle, but the fact is, one of the chief advantages of doing business online is the world-wide, unrestricted access to markets which it enables.

      I have never understood those posts you see in every WSO thread asking "will this work in [whatever country they are from]", (to which I and others often reply: "who cares, when you can do it from anywhere", as long as it isn't an in person strategy).

      The op, or a Tibetan or East Timorese could just as easily be selling stuff to businesses 3 blocks from my house. In fact, they are welcome to do them, because I'd rather not do business anywhere there is no good excuse to say "no" if a demanding customer tries to get me to come to meetings in person.
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    • Profile picture of the author An Al
      Originally Posted by DTGeorge View Post

      You can easily buy a domain name AND hosting for $50.
      Pfft. You can get a .com for a year and hosting right now for $1.17 total.
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      • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
        Originally Posted by Greg guitar View Post

        I really like your attitude. It is so refreshing after reading so many threads that start out similar to this, but quickly devolve into the op simply arguing defensively with all the advice, and even sometimes becoming belligerent; it's like they posted just to justify their past actions that haven't worked, and complain about their situation, and make excuses.

        I really think you need to keep that killer combination of an open mind and proactive, go-getter drive; it is likely going to make you rich sooner than you realize. Welcome to the community here; I agree that it is an awesome bunch of helpful people (along with a few high maintenance whiners).

        Nowhere else I know of offers such an abundant opportunity for anyone from brand newbies to people that have tried for years without success, to get friendly, helpful, sometimes extremely lucrative advice from six and even seven figure earners that like to pay it forward, although it is much easier to find five to six figure folks than seven figure earners here, simply because they tend to be too busy making money, or taking awesome vacations to chat on the forum.
        Thanks a ton for the compliment, Greg. WF really is a find for me; I hope that I can keep my mind open and use all the suggestions and advices posted here. Perhaps someday, if I ever become a six-figure online entrepreneur, I could give a little bit back to those who helped me when I first started out. Thanks for your input!

        Originally Posted by Devin2290 View Post

        $100/week is really not too difficult.

        1. Freelance writing. Just Google "freelance writing sites"
        2. Microworkers.com
        3. Freelance anything else you can on Odesk.com

        These are all short term solutions.
        But hey, if it's what you need now, go for it.
        If you only knew how many times I googled that..... I tried Microworkers for a while, and was put off by the unprofessionalism with which most employers approached freelancers. ODesk is something that I am currently looking into, though.

        Originally Posted by djneill View Post

        For $100 a week go to fiverr, iwriter, odesk, freelancer, and the warrior for hire.

        Once you start building up testimonials or positive reviews you'll get more buisness.
        iWriter barely has jobs available for standard level writers. But you're right about building up testimonials and positive reviews; that has gone a long way on my Fiverr account. I am currently looking into guest blogging as well to build my portfolio. Thank you for your input.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve B
    Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

    Before you tell me that I'm an idiot . . . please understand that I canNOT create either a blog or a website because of certain restrictions. Please, please, please do not tell me to do so.

    John,

    I wouldn't think of calling you an idiot, but I won't hesitate one second to tell you . . .

    If you want to be successful online and create a profitable business, with the skills that you're telling us you have, then you must have a website. There is no reason, including money and lack of technical skill, that you can't have a web site. Period. As others have said, you may not know how to build one or where to find such a thing at no cost, but free web sites are out there and if you can access the Internet, you can run a web site.

    The reason I think it's critical for you to have one is this: every business needs a home base, every business needs an anchor point, a place to present its products and services. If you don't have one, your business won't be seen as professional or serious.

    And I agree with all those that have said to forget about AdSense.

    You're a writer and you can make much, much more money online with your own services and products. As long as you hire yourself out as cheap labor for other business owners, you're not going to be taking full advantage of your talent and skill. You're an hourly wage employee.

    With your own web site and products, you become the person that can leverage your time by writing something once and selling it over and over again. Which is better, writing 1,000 separate articles that you research and sell individually . . . or . . . research and write one book, e-course, or other product and then sell it 1,000 times over?

    You should shoot for your own product or service sold from your own web site. You can do it even though you may think otherwise. It's not really difficult once you open the curtain to the information you may now lack (which is all here on the WF).

    The very best to you,

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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      Originally Posted by Steve B View Post

      John,

      I wouldn't think of calling you an idiot, but I won't hesitate one second to tell you . . .

      If you want to be successful online and create a profitable business, with the skills that you're telling us you have, then you must have a website. There is no reason, including money and lack of technical skill, that you can't have a web site. Period. As others have said, you may not know how to build one or where to find such a thing at no cost, but free web sites are out there and if you can access the Internet, you can run a web site.

      The reason I think it's critical for you to have one is this: every business needs a home base, every business needs an anchor point, a place to present its products and services. If you don't have one, your business won't be seen as professional or serious.

      And I agree with all those that have said to forget about AdSense.

      You're a writer and you can make much, much more money online with your own services and products. As long as you hire yourself out as cheap labor for other business owners, you're not going to be taking full advantage of your talent and skill. You're an hourly wage employee.

      With your own web site and products, you become the person that can leverage your time by writing something once and selling it over and over again. Which is better, writing 1,000 separate articles that you research and sell individually . . . or . . . research and write one book, e-course, or other product and then sell it 1,000 times over?

      You should shoot for your own product or service sold from your own web site. You can do it even though you may think otherwise. It's not really difficult once you open the curtain to the information you may now lack (which is all here on the WF).

      The very best to you,

      Steve
      The comparison you made between writing 1000 articles and selling 1 product 1000 times hit home. That is a stupendous piece of advice. I've been thinking along the lines of writing some kind of informational e-book and selling via Amazon. Do you think that would work well, or should I look more to promote it on my own website (I'll be building a free-hosting one soon)? Many thanks for the advice. I can see by the way you write that you're a senior IMer
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  • Profile picture of the author AlexGeorge
    Fiverr is your best bet if you have a service to sell. If you sell 25 gigs/week then that's you made your $100. Selling 25 gigs every week isn't as hard as it sounds, as a lot of orders come from returning customers. You could also try other freelancing sites like oDesk or Freelancer. Another option is to sign up to PeoplePerHour and create a page for your service on there.
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      Originally Posted by AlexGeorge View Post

      Fiverr is your best bet if you have a service to sell. If you sell 25 gigs/week then that's you made your $100. Selling 25 gigs every week isn't as hard as it sounds, as a lot of orders come from returning customers. You could also try other freelancing sites like oDesk or Freelancer. Another option is to sign up to PeoplePerHour and create a page for your service on there.
      Thanks for the reply. I've been using Fiverr for a month but all my sales came in the last 8-9 days. 25 gigs a week sure does sound far off to me! You seem to be an experienced Fiverr worker...would you mind telling me the conversion rates and weekly earnings you average? Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
    Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

    I hear you there.

    Nobody was born knowing how to do any of this stuff.



    Then use free hosting at Byethost, Freeostia, or 000WebHost? It's perhaps not quite as good as paid hosting at Hostgator or wherever, but it's very nearly as good. Byethost is a good, well-established, advertising-free, professional, free hosting place where their aim is to impress people with the quality and reliability of the free service so that many will stay and upgrade to paid hosting there later (which they do - so it's a viable business model for them). Professional, self-hosted sites but no money needed.

    (You already know to stay away from the silly/difficult/futile places like "Blogger", where the terms of service are a nightmare and disaster, I think?).



    My perspective on this is different.

    I think it might help you to get started earning a decent online income, exactly as it has helped so many others.

    I know from my experience of hanging around in the Warrior Forum for 5 years and chatting to people that very few people who don't have a website ever get as far as earning a decent online income. So my perspective is that you're actually stacking the deck against yourself by not doing that.

    (By the way, I completely agree with all the people above who are saying "Forget about AdSense". They're right, too).
    I've decided to start up a free-hosted website; it should be up and running tomorrow. I didn't look at it the way you did; about how a website could kick off my "decent online income." That's opened it up in a new light for me! I don't really understand about the general dislike against Adsense. I know it's really hard to pass the tests, but wouldn't even one small banner ad on a website bring in just a little more money? Could it hurt? Would you advise banner ads where the content publisher is in direct contact with the advertiser? Thanks!

    Originally Posted by DTGeorge View Post

    You're new here, so I'll give you a few tips:

    1. You need a self hosted website. No excuses. If you're serious about making money, then you NEED a website. The only "restriction" you're under is your mindset - and this type of mindset will restrict your earnings as well. You've made $152 from Fivver - use this money and invest in a website. You can easily buy a domain name AND hosting for $50.

    Not only that, there are literally dozens of FREE easy to follow step by step guides that will show you everything you need to know about website creation. I know nothing about websites but was able to follow these guides.

    2. Forget about Adsense. It is neither necessary or advisable as a major money making strategy. Don't even bother to consider it, as there are easier ways of making money (e.g. writing/content creation) that will take up less effort and time.

    3. Your location doesn't matter. I don't live in US or UK but my location has never been a problem.

    4. You can earn a hell of a lot more than $100 per week. But it will take a bit of time (a few weeks) for you to do important things like guest posting and getting your blog going before you really get to making the big bucks.

    5. You're a good writer, so stick to your writing/transcription. Follow a few blogs (if you aren't already) such as Make a Living Writing, Leaving Work Behind, Copyblogger and Problogger to establish a successful content creation business.
    After all the advice on that I need to create my own website; I have decided to. However, I will first try a free hosting service (yes, I know, that's less opportunity for traffic). The $152 I made on Fiverr is going to support my brother's education. He needs the money NOW, and I don't see myself being able to invest any money in ANYTHING until I can comfortably earn $400 a month or more.

    And yes, I know I can earn a lot more than a puny $100 per week. That's just one little goal I would like to start with, and then work my way up. I hope to achieve $100/wk. within a couple of weeks, and eventually achieving $100/day after a year or two of hard, hard work. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me out. Really appreciate it.

    Originally Posted by DeborahDera View Post

    This is where research comes into play. You should be able to spend about $10/yr to register a domain and maybe $50-$60 (and that's high) to host your own domain (even split into a monthly payment it's about $4.99 on GoDaddy - and you save if you buy a year at a time).

    What other reasons do you have for not thinking you can build a website?

    All of the services you talked about above are things you could sell directly on your own site, without paying for the middle-man's cut.
    Woah. $50/yr for self-hosting? I should have checked GoDaddy more thoroughly; I was actually only looking at HostGator. Thanks for putting in the advice.

    Originally Posted by newguru View Post

    Post yout PPD links on youtube and facebook
    I don't think anybody earns much from PPD. True, it's passive income and not a lot of work, but I believe the conversion rate of people doing the surveys for the download actually works out to be quite low. Thanks for the input. I can't believe how helpful everybody is here!


    Again, thank you all. I believe that all of you have helped to change my mindset, and I guess I'm off to create my first-ever website (free hosting). Many, many thanks for the great advice! WF really is a game-changer for my online earning career!
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

      I've decided to start up a free-hosted website; it should be up and running tomorrow. I didn't look at it the way you did; about how a website could kick off my "decent online income."
      Good decision - well done!

      Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

      I don't really understand about the general dislike against Adsense.
      I think it's a mixture of things ...

      (i) AdSense makes your site look "just like any other marketer's website" (that's not a good thing, generally);

      (ii) It's a "difficult" business model unless you know it very well;

      (iii) People who do well with AdSense sites typically (not always) do well out of about 10-15% of their sites, and had to start huge numbers of sites to find out which ones were worth expanding - so there's a lot more to it than meets the eye;

      (iv) It conflicts with anything else you want to do, on a site, because with AdSense you get paid only when people leave your site, and for most businesses you want them to stay, not leave;

      (v) The income is generally (not always) very small.

      Probably other factors, too, that I don't even know about.

      Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

      I know it's really hard to pass the tests, but wouldn't even one small banner ad on a website bring in just a little more money?
      Yes, probably, but so little ...

      Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

      Could it hurt?
      Yes; and this is the problem. It's why I'll never use it. I want to sell ClickBank products that earn me $66 per sale. I don't want people to leave by clicking on something that's going to earn someone else $66 and earn me $0.10. I want them to opt in, so I can build my list. I want them to stay and read my content, or look at my shoes, or try my soup recipes, or do whatever else I want them to do that brands me and builds my business.

      Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

      Would you advise banner ads where the content publisher is in direct contact with the advertiser?
      It depends on what your business model is. But, instinctively, "no". :p

      Banners don't sell stuff. Normally. Relationships, credibility and trust sell stuff.

      Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

      However, I will first try a free hosting service (yes, I know, that's less opportunity for traffic)
      Wrong.

      It has nothing to do with traffic at all.

      Whoever told you that, stop listening to them.

      Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

      I don't see myself being able to invest any money in ANYTHING until I can comfortably earn $400 a month or more.
      Fair enough.

      The one problem you might have with that is that it's going to be difficult to get to $400 per month without an autoresponder. But perhaps very easy with it. Why not wait until you've made your first $50, and then spend it by subscribing to GetResponse for $15 per month, instead? That way, you'll dramatically increase your chances of ever getting to $400 per month. Just a suggestion.

      Avoid "free autoresponders" like the plague, though: that's all downside and opportunity-cost, by comparison.

      Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

      I should have checked GoDaddy more thoroughly
      Not so, IMO. I urge you to stay away from GoDaddy for hosting. Free hosting at Byethost is far superior and less problematic, overall. Don't believe everything people tell you about hosting. Although it's true that overall, paid hosting is better than free hosting, it's also true that some free hosting is far better than some paid hosting, and Byethost vs. GoDaddy is a case in point.

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...e-godaddy.html

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...y-hosting.html
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      • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        Good decision - well done!



        I think it's a mixture of things ...

        (i) AdSense makes your site look "just like any other marketer's website" (that's not a good thing, generally);

        (ii) It's a "difficult" business model unless you know it very well;

        (iii) People who do well with AdSense sites typically (not always) do well out of about 10-15% of their sites, and had to start huge numbers of sites to find out which ones were worth expanding - so there's a lot more to it than meets the eye;

        (iv) It conflicts with anything else you want to do, on a site, because with AdSense you get paid only when people leave your site, and for most businesses you want them to stay, not leave;

        (v) The income is generally (not always) very small.

        Probably other factors, too, that I don't even know about.



        Yes, probably, but so little ...



        Yes; and this is the problem. It's why I'll never use it. I want to sell ClickBank products that earn me $66 per sale. I don't want people to leave by clicking on something that's going to earn someone else $66 and earn me $0.10. I want them to opt in, so I can build my list. I want them to stay and read my content, or look at my shoes, or try my soup recipes, or do whatever else I want them to do that brands me and builds my business.



        It depends on what your business model is. But, instinctively, "no". :p

        Banners don't sell stuff. Normally. Relationships, credibility and trust sell stuff.



        Wrong.

        It has nothing to do with traffic at all.

        Whoever told you that, stop listening to them.



        Fair enough.

        The one problem you might have with that is that it's going to be difficult to get to $400 per month without an autoresponder. But perhaps very easy with it. Why not wait until you've made your first $50, and then spend it by subscribing to GetResponse for $15 per month, instead? That way, you'll dramatically increase your chances of ever getting to $400 per month. Just a suggestion.

        Avoid "free autoresponders" like the plague, though: that's all downside and opportunity-cost, by comparison.



        Not so, IMO. I urge you to stay away from GoDaddy for hosting. Free hosting at Byethost is far superior and less problematic, overall. Don't believe everything people tell you about hosting. Although it's true that overall, paid hosting is better than free hosting, it's also true that some free hosting is far better than some paid hosting, and Byethost vs. GoDaddy is a case in point.

        http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...e-godaddy.html

        http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...y-hosting.html
        Thank you so much for all the great answers. It's unbelievable that you took so much time to help. And yep, you've convinced me to opt out of AdSense. The way you explained about Adsense causing people to leave hits the nail right on the head. I'll look into GetResponder, thanks. I've heard tons of great stuff about CB, and will definitely be looking into it tomorrow after my website goes live.

        Would you recommend me writing a few articles first, then submitting my website live, or rather setting it live after one piece of content and going on from there? Many, many thanks.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

          Would you recommend me writing a few articles first, then submitting my website live, or rather setting it live after one piece of content and going on from there? Many, many thanks.
          When I go into a new niche, I start trying to attract traffic to the site once I have about 3 articles on it, but it doesn't matter very much, I think. :confused:

          The important things to know (about articles, in this context) are ...

          (i) Publishing articles just on your own site isn't really a traffic-generation plan at all: all that can ever bring you is some gradual, eventual search-engine traffic that's typically very low-performing, unresponsive and poor quality anyway, and in the overall scheme of things "generally not worth talking about". Using articles for marketing is about taking your content to the places where the targeted traffic you want to attract is already looking/reading/visiting (after publishing it first yourself, to secure the initial indexation-rights, of course);

          (ii) Article marketing isn't about how many articles you have: it's about who reads them (relates to the point above, and to other considerations);

          (iii) "Good content" is content that publishers in your niche, who already have access to the traffic you want to attract, want and choose to share with their own subscribers, readers and visitors (either by publishing it or linking to it). That's a very simple, practical definition of "good content", but I think it's a useful one because it relates directly to how content produces income. Or, to word it the other way round (same thing, really), content that directly produces income is content that publishers in your niche, who already have access to the traffic you want to attract, want and choose to share with their own subscribers, readers and visitors.
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    • Profile picture of the author Greg guitar
      Originally Posted by jrjohn View Post

      I've decided to start up a free-hosted website; it should be up and running tomorrow. I didn't look at it the way you did; about how a website could kick off my "decent online income." That's opened it up in a new light for me! I don't really understand about the general dislike against Adsense. I know it's really hard to pass the tests, but wouldn't even one small banner ad on a website bring in just a little more money? Could it hurt? Would you advise banner ads where the content publisher is in direct contact with the advertiser? Thanks!



      After all the advice on that I need to create my own website; I have decided to. However, I will first try a free hosting service (yes, I know, that's less opportunity for traffic). The $152 I made on Fiverr is going to support my brother's education. He needs the money NOW, and I don't see myself being able to invest any money in ANYTHING until I can comfortably earn $400 a month or more.

      And yes, I know I can earn a lot more than a puny $100 per week. That's just one little goal I would like to start with, and then work my way up. I hope to achieve $100/wk. within a couple of weeks, and eventually achieving $100/day after a year or two of hard, hard work. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me out. Really appreciate it.



      Woah. $50/yr for self-hosting? I should have checked GoDaddy more thoroughly; I was actually only looking at HostGator. Thanks for putting in the advice.



      I don't think anybody earns much from PPD. True, it's passive income and not a lot of work, but I believe the conversion rate of people doing the surveys for the download actually works out to be quite low. Thanks for the input. I can't believe how helpful everybody is here!


      Again, thank you all. I believe that all of you have helped to change my mindset, and I guess I'm off to create my first-ever website (free hosting). Many, many thanks for the great advice! WF really is a game-changer for my online earning career!
      I really like your attitude. It is so refreshing after reading so many threads that start out similar to this, but quickly devolve into the op simply arguing defensively with all the advice, and even sometimes becoming belligerent; it's like they posted just to justify their past actions that haven't worked, and complain about their situation, and make excuses.

      I really think you need to keep that killer combination of an open mind and proactive, go-getter drive; it is likely going to make you rich sooner than you realize. Welcome to the community here; I agree that it is an awesome bunch of helpful people (along with a few high maintenance whiners).

      Nowhere else I know of offers such an abundant opportunity for anyone from brand newbies to people that have tried for years without success, to get friendly, helpful, sometimes extremely lucrative advice from six and even seven figure earners that like to pay it forward, although it is much easier to find five to six figure folks than seven figure earners here, simply because they tend to be too busy making money, or taking awesome vacations to chat on the forum.
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  • Profile picture of the author Claire Koch
    You could do just fine writing via email (your english and grammor is excellent) offline businesses in the us here and letting them know you write content eventually someone is really going to need your services. I like the warrior for hire section idea that was good.

    Have you thought of going over to ebay and offering your services you can charge more there and if you get too busy just outsource to someone on fiverr. Its a little bit of a learning curve to get your ad up but you can do it if you've gotten going on fiverr already.

    Also check out the digital point forum it requires you to run around and post for about 30 posts before you can sell (TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO LIKE YOUR POSTS) and you get special treatment. but you can charge more there as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author RickCopy
    fwiw I started as a content writer on digital point doing the $5/500 words grind years and years ago.

    You'll want to gouge your eyes out at the end of the week but yeah you can make $100 a week no problem.

    What I would suggest though is that you do A LOT more reading and a lot less asking questions for now... everything you need to know is out there... take the time to do the research and then utilize the people here for specific questions. This stuff really isn't that hard...its just tedious.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claire Koch
      oh wow how I agree with you I found writing and rewriting content maddening. But some people rock at it. This person seems to be one of them. More power to you!

      Originally Posted by RickCopy View Post

      fwiw I started as a content writer on digital point doing the $5/500 words grind years and years ago.

      You'll want to gouge your eyes out at the end of the week but yeah you can make $100 a week no problem.

      What I would suggest though is that you do A LOT more reading and a lot less asking questions for now... everything you need to know is out there... take the time to do the research and then utilize the people here for specific questions. This stuff really isn't that hard...its just tedious.
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  • Profile picture of the author clever7
    Try to become a writer at Constant Content. They get a lot of traffic and you will find many clients there. You can ask for good prices at this website. You can make around $20 - $30 for a 500 word article or even more if you will write longer articles.

    However, their guidelines are too complicated. You have to study their guidelines very well and persist until your article will be accepted, besides their initial rejections for insignificant reasons.

    You will get used to their style with time. You can also pay an editor to edit your articles according to CC’s guidelines before submitting them, so that you won't have to face constant rejections.

    You can make a lot of money at this website if you will be serious and if you will be patient with their implications.
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  • Profile picture of the author Greg guitar
    I read only part of the thread before posting above. Now that I finished, I want to say to you Jrjohn: Congrats on making decisions and moving forward; I think you are going to ROCK!
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  • Profile picture of the author parmarjeet
    Try peopleperhour to sell your services in the price you want. This is an excellent website and no more restrictions like in Fiverr.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnFreshLeads
    If you want to earn $100 per week writing, then why limit yourself to one service or platform? I recommend you offer your services on all of the freelance platforms and services. iWriter.com is a great source for writing jobs, as is Fiverr.com

    If you can crank out 5 writing jobs a day that net you $4 each, this will give you an earnings of $20 per day and $100 per week over a five day period. Good luck to you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cyber Art
    You can promote your site through video, articles, press release, and facebook without any websites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jassen
    Apply to DemandStudios.com in a section you meet the requirements for. They run sites like eHow and LiveStrong. $25 per article for many of their projects, for a 500 word article. Easiest writing money you can get if you don't need to earn a lot and a meet their requirements.
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  • Profile picture of the author ignmmulia
    Facebook can be a good traffic source as it's easy and fast to get money by promoting clickbank products. There you can use shortlink such as bitly or tinyurl instead of your own websites
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  • Profile picture of the author Micah Medina
    When was the last time you worked at Demand Studios? The only topics left there are incredibly obscure PLUS they don't accept writers from India.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jassen
      Originally Posted by Micah Medina View Post

      When was the last time you worked at Demand Studios? The only topics left there are incredibly obscure PLUS they don't accept writers from India.
      Micah, I just submitted an article to Demand Studios over the weekend. I used to write for them a lot, back when I was broke and needed the money. But I still write about one article per month for them just to get a fresh byline and to help build my Google Authorship profile.

      I have found this beneficial, because many people in my niche that purchase my larger training courses spend a little bit of time checking up on me through Google searches, and I've actually had customers reference finding those articles as part of evaluating my credibility.
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyTorrents
    Have you tried repackaging Fiverr gigs and selling them elsewhere?

    You can make a lot of money without having to work at all. It is a good way to make some money if you find fiverr gigs that are reliable. You should look into it.

    You said you are a pretty good writer so why don't you create a free blogspot blog and offer your services there?

    Good luck.
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    • Profile picture of the author TimothyTorrents
      Originally Posted by Micah Medina View Post

      Mmm, tell me more about repackaging Fiverr gigs without having to work at all, "Excellent Content Writer Ready to Start Working Now"
      Sure, but that's my signature, not my username

      I will tell you what I did to make some extra cash. Nothing that impressive because I didn't put a lot of effort into advertising but you could probably make a lot.

      Anyways, what I did was check out fiverr for top selling gigs. I would find what people are buying and then offer the same gig (different wording) on a website like Find and Hire skilled Freelancers, at a click - PeoplePerHour.com (not affiliated) for 15-20$.

      Once someone orders the gig from you, you outsource the work to fiverr, and keep the profit. I barely advertised my gigs and I was getting 2-3 orders a week. Great way to make some extra cash.

      But it is not completely safe. There is no way to predict when your fiverr seller will decide to remove his or her gigs and ruin your business plan. Still, it is worth a shot. You should definitely look into it. I don't use peopleperhour anymore but I might start using it again. There are a lot of other similar gig websites out there that you can use.

      If you try it, let me know how it goes!
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  • Profile picture of the author alan01
    If you really are a good writer, you could easily continue making money on Fiverr. There's a ton of writers on Fiverr who only write 250 to 400 words for a fiverr. If you would get a lot of orders, completing 3 gigs in an hour should not be a problem. The only problem is building your reputation. Well, I'd recommend to offer a bit more at the beginning. For an example, before becoming a level 2 seller, you could offer to write 600 words for a fiverr. Good luck!
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      Originally Posted by Jassen View Post

      Apply to DemandStudios.com in a section you meet the requirements for. They run sites like eHow and LiveStrong. $25 per article for many of their projects, for a 500 word article. Easiest writing money you can get if you don't need to earn a lot and a meet their requirements.
      I am pretty sure that DS is not available in India...

      Originally Posted by ignmmulia View Post

      Facebook can be a good traffic source as it's easy and fast to get money by promoting clickbank products. There you can use shortlink such as bitly or tinyurl instead of your own websites
      Promoting via FB would mean spending money...unless you build a FB pages and regularly update and get a lot of likes. That takes a long time, and probably would not turn in a good hourly income overall. Thanks for the contribution.

      Originally Posted by top1marktr View Post

      $10 per hour would mean $80 per day which is $400 per month.
      So, how can we can $10/hr job on odesk.
      I'm sure people earn $10/hr. on ODesk, but it'll take time to build reps and get gigs and stuff. I've taken a shot at it.

      Originally Posted by TimothyTorrents View Post

      Have you tried repackaging Fiverr gigs and selling them elsewhere?

      You can make a lot of money without having to work at all. It is a good way to make some money if you find fiverr gigs that are reliable. You should look into it.

      You said you are a pretty good writer so why don't you create a free blogspot blog and offer your services there?

      Good luck.
      Originally Posted by TimothyTorrents View Post

      Sure, but that's my signature, not my username

      I will tell you what I did to make some extra cash. Nothing that impressive because I didn't put a lot of effort into advertising but you could probably make a lot.

      Anyways, what I did was check out fiverr for top selling gigs. I would find what people are buying and then offer the same gig (different wording) on a website like Find and Hire skilled Freelancers, at a click - PeoplePerHour.com (not affiliated) for 15-20$.

      Once someone orders the gig from you, you outsource the work to fiverr, and keep the profit. I barely advertised my gigs and I was getting 2-3 orders a week. Great way to make some extra cash.

      But it is not completely safe. There is no way to predict when your fiverr seller will decide to remove his or her gigs and ruin your business plan. Still, it is worth a shot. You should definitely look into it. I don't use peopleperhour anymore but I might start using it again. There are a lot of other similar gig websites out there that you can use.

      If you try it, let me know how it goes!
      Thanks; that is great advice, and probably something I can do, I'll definitely look into repacking Fiverr gigs.

      Starting a blog to offer my services? That's AMAZING advice; I had never thought of blogs in that way before! Thanks for the push in the right direction, Tim!


      Originally Posted by clever7 View Post

      If you will pay attention to my advice you will notice that I told you to find an editor to edit your articles based on Constant Content's guidelines so that you may avoid all problems. This was what I did. I was making a lot of money at CC, but I have another business and writing for others was taking my time, this why I stopped writing for CC.

      English is my third language. I found a cheap editor who corrected my articles and I had no problems.

      Cheap editor...could you reference me to anybody in particular? Thanks!



      Originally Posted by alan01 View Post

      If you really are a good writer, you could easily continue making money on Fiverr. There's a ton of writers on Fiverr who only write 250 to 400 words for a fiverr. If you would get a lot of orders, completing 3 gigs in an hour should not be a problem. The only problem is building your reputation. Well, I'd recommend to offer a bit more at the beginning. For an example, before becoming a level 2 seller, you could offer to write 600 words for a fiverr. Good luck!
      Yep, I've got 18 active gigs on Fiverr, three of which are writing-related. So far, I've had people approach me about them but nobody actually bought a writing gig.

      So far, I have a 100% rep. as a lvl. 1 seller. I also got another gig today from a new seller, so that definitely helped to boost confidence.

      I would be happy to do two gigs an hour! $8/hr. isn't too bad for an IMer newb like me....
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  • Profile picture of the author Mikaedi88
    One avenue for passive income that hasn't been mentioned as yet and that is with your hosting..

    As you are now aware of the importance of having your own website/blog, the fact you are talented in writing can be a bonus..
    Most hosting providers give you the opportunity to earn up to $100 or more per sale as a affiliate..you would display their banner on the sidebar of your site..
    There are other avenues where this can be promoted as well apart from your site, like facebook..

    You can with promotion earn a good passive income with..
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      Originally Posted by Mikaedi88 View Post

      One avenue for passive income that hasn't been mentioned as yet and that is with your hosting..

      As you are now aware of the importance of having your own website/blog, the fact you are talented in writing can be a bonus..
      Most hosting providers give you the opportunity to earn up to $100 or more per sale as a affiliate..you would display their banner on the sidebar of your site..
      There are other avenues where this can be promoted as well apart from your site, like facebook..

      You can with promotion earn a good passive income with..
      Oh, yep, I've heard of that. The author of SmartPassiveIncome earned $36K referring people to BlueHost in one month.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheMarketingLord
    I would write a couple of high quality articles in a certain niche and then sell them as a WSO as PLR bundle

    Cheers
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  • Profile picture of the author Devin2290
    $100/week is really not too difficult.
    You can achieve that with simple methods and plain hard work for a few hours.

    1. Freelance writing. Just Google "freelance writing sites"
    2. Microworkers.com
    3. Freelance anything else you can on Odesk.com

    These are all short term solutions.
    But hey, if it's what you need now, go for it.
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  • Profile picture of the author djneill
    For $100 a week go to fiverr, iwriter, odesk, freelancer, and the warrior for hire.

    Once you start building up testimonials or positive reviews you'll get more buisness.
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  • Profile picture of the author alliance
    If you enjoy writing, I would suggest writing your own book and publishing on Kindle at zero cost. Reinvest some of the royalties from kindle to launch your own ebook and website for additional profits.
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    • Profile picture of the author JRJWrites
      I'm currently writing a short story, but it's only around 1200 words. Would that be good enough to sell on Amazon for $2-5?
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  • Profile picture of the author skwithu
    Nice one but the way you proceed matters the most, like if you are good at something and you don't know how to do it you will never do great. So passion is important but right guidance matters the most.
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  • Profile picture of the author ConnerHogan
    Try www.Elance.com. You can place bids for work. There are huge markets looking for article writers. The client are looking for all kinds of writing. If I were you I would start writing articles for yourself. Just chose a topic and write the best content you can find. Building an audience will take lots of time. If you start now then by the time you have a huge following you can turn them into a profit. Not once, but over and over if you do it correctly.

    There is no point in writing all day long to make someone else rich.
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