There are many articles published online with describing easy ways to become rich online. There are many information products (just check ClickBank and Amazon) on this topic.

Is it so easy? And is it true? Let’s see what opportunities a person has to make living online.

To begin with, I would like to refer you to some of my recent posts. Online business models is a good coverage of possible ways to earn online. Website types post is a detailed list for website publishers to make some cash online. In fact, my blog is nearly 100% dedicated to earning online with website publishing – you generate income with selling adv and products of affiliated partners.

Are there more ways to make some money online for an individual in addition to publishing websites? You can sell some products (information, software or tangible incl. drop shipping – e-commerce). But this type of activity still falls under making money with a website. E-commerce is not an easy way – you can hardly compete with big companies who sell much stuff online, you still can find a niche selling through eBay and website, but as my experience proves you can hardly make any good money with this. Probably, I am wrong.

What else? Read e-mails, take surveys, complete offers – all these sound like a waste of time to me. I do not doubt that you can earn something, but I also do not doubt that the efforts and time you invest would exceed your income many times.

Website development, design, and programming – that works if you have the required skills. But the arena is crowded with freelancers that drive prices down. Free templates, free CMS (content management systems) also cut the amount of this type of online work.

Blogging and content writing for others – possible. But not many opportunities.

SEO and internet marketing as a service – I will recommend not going this way. Just check with 1-2 projects if you can deliver results. It is next to impossible to manipulate search engines now (especially Google). And your potential customers would press you to deliver the promised results. You will be out of business in no time.

Data entry, transcription – there are open vacancies online (just check some popular freelance websites), but the number is limited.

Summary: Well, it looks like there are no many options for a person to make living online (I might miss a few, but most are mentioned). At least evident ways to make enough for living.

And do you feel like making some cash on the Internet yet? What can be done in this situation? Online income should be a supplemental source of money for you. Another option is to diversify your online activity – e-commerce, affiliate marketing, web site designing and developing, etc. Or you can partner with someone online. Your joint venture might be a good way to increase your chances to succeed.

One thing that will definitely help you with your online ventures – some great ideas. How can you make sure your ides are great? Test them.

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PPC arbitrage is a very popular topic with webmasters. No surprise – it deals with a way to make easy and quick money with some spammy websites.

The idea: cost per click from a 2nd tier PPC engine (your expense) – cost per click you get from AdSense and YPN (your income) = profit (or loss). Your task is to make this margin positive. It can be certainly negative.

So:

a. Get traffic from the below PPC engines:

www.search123.com
www.enhance.com
www.searchfeed.com
www.goclick.com
www.7search.com
www.findit-quick.com
www.search.looksmart.com
www.kanoodle.com
www.adbrite.com

b. Place Adsense and YPN ads. Blend your ads into your content seamlessly (I guess there should be minimum of your content

c. Control your costs, make adjustments.

Summary: It sounds easy, but needs practice. I have tried a similar technique a year back playing with Google AdWords and Google AdSense. It was not wise on my part. I am sure one needs cheap PPC traffic (Google AdWords are not cheap) and spammy website (so that the visitor had no choice but click on ads).

If you find a way to be profitable – this is no doubt a technique to make a quick buck. How much can you scale? Not sure, but the potential is good.

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I was unaware of this affiliate network until I became a regular of the forum where this network is regularly discussed. Imagine my surprise to discover that AzoogleAds is #1 ranked CPA affiliate network by a number of authority resources. I was sure that CJ, LinkShare and Performics are top players in the industry:

AzoogleAds™ Honored
AzoogleAds.com was quite honored to recently be ranked #1 Affiliate Company in 2004, by industry newsletter Adbumb, and 25,000 online media experts.

Read the news article here:

http://www.ereleases.com/pr/2004-02-23c.html

A Winning Profile
Since 2000, AzoogleAds™ has grown in leaps and bounds. Our advanced network of websites, and publishers has grown to over 2,500 hand picked and constantly monitored partners. This online reach, helps draw in over 100 top tier advertising partners, many Fortune™ 1000 and 500 companies. Our proprietary backbone of technology and sites, tracks over 1.7mm unique transactions, with 100mm unique click-thrus monthly, ranking us amongst the top tier online advertising networks.

Application process is neither so easy nor fast with AzoogleAds. It was much easier to get approved with the three mentioned services. I had to contact AzoogleAds a few times, to complete an online form and e-mail questionnaire, mail them my tax information, then contact them by e-mil again. One more e-mail. Finally a message with ‘you are approved; our manager will get in touch with you shortly’.

I logged into my account to browse the offers that are divided into categories. Some categories make this affiliate network different from its top competitors (these offers attract numerous webmasters eager to set up relations with AzoogleAds as publishers):

- Free
- Incentivized
- Holiday
- Exclusive

My research for tips on working with this affiliate network did not return many results (that make me wonder why top ranked affiliate network does not generate much online buzz and discussions in the forums and blog posts). The forum is likely to be the best source for ideas and advice on AzoogleAds – probably it has some kind of relations with the affiliate network – (though there are other mentions of the affiliate network) at this point in time:

- how to find good offers with AzoogleAds
- how to make quick buck with AzoogleAds
- useful AzoogleAds tips
- incentivizing offers

Summary: In general AzoogleAds functions the same way as CJ or any other CPA affiliate network. The categories I mentioned make it unique and help webmasters to get high conversions from running their promotions (according to their posts).

Other benefits you get from the network – net 15 payouts and great customer support.

The process of approval is neither easy nor fast. Is it worth your time and efforts? It depends on the type of web property you run. But I do not doubt that it is worth experimenting – you can sign up here (aff.)

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