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5 Ways to Make Money Online In Case You’ve Lost Your Job

Article By Rhea Perry

Until recently, having a home business has been just a neat idea. Yet now that our economy is tanking and jobs are scarce, it is essential.

If you want to ensure that your children can take care of themselves financially in this sinking economy, you'd better start teaching them how to have their own business now. It's no longer optional; it's essential.

Here are 5 ways that have worked for others.

1. Sell Stuff on eBay

Go ahead and laugh so we can get that over with.

Did you know there are thousands of families who make a full-time living on eBay?

You may think the world’s largest auction site – which is actually the world’s Trading Post – is just a place to find obscure parts and cheap electronics. But it’s way more than that.

The #1 item that people buy on the Internet is cars. Did you know that eBay is the #1 site for selling cars?

My son Drew sells houses on eBay all the time. He’s sold over 60 homes and teaches others how to do it, too.

He also sells backhoes. (Those are large earth-moving machines, usually made by companies like Caterpillar.)

You can sell just about anything on eBay, except food, animals, guns and people. (A friend of mine tried to sell her brother-in-law once but they canceled her auction.)

The best way to build a business on eBay is to automate it. And the best way to sell stuff is to drop ship it.

If all this sounds complicated, it’s not. Just set up an account today, find some stuff you don’t want and read the directions on the site (www.ebay.com) to figure it out.

Get a 12 yo to help you if you hit a snag.

Once you’ve gotten 10 feedbacks, start looking at the options. There are many teachers and experts available to help educate you.

My family has made a lot of money selling junk on eBay so if you need to create cash fast, this is one of the fastest ways I know of to make money.

2. Enlist Your Friends to Teach Others to Send Online Greeting Cards

If you had a time sending out your Christmas cards this year and wish there was an easier way than sitting at the kitchen table addressing all those envelopes, guess what? There is!

There is one very cool online service where you can select a picture or upload your own, then add your text and hit send.

A company in Utah then prints, addresses, stamps and mails your cards.

Pretty cool, huh!

To make sure all your friends and family members are on the mailing list, you simply add them to the list on your site or import an existing list.

Then choose the mailing date for sometime in early December and hit submit. That’s all you have to do!

You can't beat that for saving time and money!

There is a business side of this cool service and lots of folks are creating HUGE incomes with this company so if you love the concept and want to share it with others, check it out today.

Here’s where you can start: http://www.SendCardsFromHome.com.

3. Start a Blog and Put Google Adsense on It

There’s no doubt about it, the online world is addicted to blogging. Even though many thought it was a fad, it looks like it’s here to stay.

Yet few bloggers have discovered the way to monetize their hobby. And there are many ways.

Add Google Adsense to the column on the right. When visitors click on the ads that appear related to your keywords, Google will actually pay you money. Before long, those little cheap clicks add up.

Offer affiliate products in your ads on the side or mention them in the content. People love to buy stuff from experts they trust.

4. Affiliate with a Membership Site

The best type of income to create on the Internet is recurring. And one very popular way to create recurring income is to have a membership site.

But what if you don’t know how to build one?

Not a problem! Find one that has an affiliate or associate program (most of them do) and advertise it with your affiliate link.

There are hundreds of people online making serious money by simply marketing other people’s products as affiliates.

It’s not that hard. You can do it too.

5. Blog for Pay.

Did you know that if you like to write and have a healthy following, advertisers will pay you to blog for them?

Amazing, isn’t it?

Each service has different requirements but it’s becoming very popular.

If you don’t believe me, check out www.PayPerPost.com. That’s just one of many services who will pay you to blog. The secret is in being an honest and caring writer. You can handle that, can’t you!

This article contains just a few of the many ways Rhea Perry has discovered to make money online. Beginning with nothing, this homeschooling mom of 7 has created an international online business that has changed the lives of hundreds of families. She now coaches families and hosts live family-friendly events. Get a free copy of her latest ebook, “How to Start an Online Business with Nothing but an Email Address” at her mentoring site, www.RheasProteges.com