I woke up one dazzling winter morning to discover that Mother Nature had deposited nearly 6 inches of modern snow all over my car, driveway and the surrounding landscape. Being out of work at the time, I decided that there was no urgent need to go out in the cold to sure away all that snow as there was nowhere I had to go. I made a pot of coffee and started preheating the oven to make some Cinnamon rolls to enjoy with my wife. The noise I was making caused my wife to wake up and after our morning pleasantries to one another, she asked “did you go out yet to retract the paper”? That simple request caused me to ponder the worth and value of going out to capture up a daily newspaper versus turning on the computer on a day when I really did not feel like dealing with the elements. After our simple breakfast, I started jotting down reasons why the paper is such an important part of our lives. After a very short time, I had twenty reasons to buy a daily newspaper and decided that going out that morning, even if just to purchase that paper, was worth the effort instead of surfing the web. Here then, in no well-known order of relevance or importance, are twenty good reasons for getting your daily newspaper.
1. Going out to accept the newspaper makes you get up, get dressed, brush your hair or put on a hat and go outside to, as my folks used to say, “get the stink blown off”! Oh sure, sitting down at the computer might be easier, but it does not prepare you for the rest of the day clothing or stink blown off wise.
2. You get your daily influx of news, both local and national, sports and weather. Come on, admit it, it’s easier flipping the pages of a newspaper instead of jumping from site to site on the Internet. And, in lots of instances, local newsworthy events are more up to date and easier to find in the paper as opposed to searching the net.
3. Checking out local events in your area is a breeze using the newspaper. All you do is turn to the “Local” section of the paper and voila, there are all the notices about Red Cross blood collection sites and hours, special events happening at the mall, big price slashing sales at the grocery store, what community centers are offering meals for senior citizens that day, the list goes on and on.
4. While this offers the biggest distraction to reading their product, most newspaper editors graciously offer up daily television programming information. Perhaps sometime in the future, there will be a television reality display based on a group of people reading the newspaper!
5. Have you ever tried to line the bottom of a birdcage with a lap top computer instead of a few sheets of newspaper?
6. The “Classified” listings of the newspaper brings you a plethora of information, categorized under specific headings, relative to what people want to sell, what they want to purchase, what jobs are available, real estate, rental properties, vacation opportunities, lost and found, automotive sales by dealers and individuals, pets for sale; if it’s something you are looking for, there is probably a classification for it in the want ads.
7. You can use sheets of newspaper to wrap fragile china and glassware for storage. I guess you could also use your computer for that, if you have the time and it’s worth the effort to print out sheet after sheet on your printer labeled “glass”, “plate”, “bowl”, etc, etc, etc..
8. It’s easier to roll up a section of newspaper to shoo away flies or other bugs rather than trying to swing a lap top or PC at them.
9. The Sunday paper usually contains a comics section with brightly colored cartoon selections. Believe how entertaining it would be to recycle that brilliant section of the paper as gift wrap!
10. Those portions of the comics section that you don’t use as gift wrap, can be creased and folded and with extreme artistic deftness on your part, be turned into party hats for whatever celebration you are giving the gifts at.
11. If you have a pet dog or cat, a couple sheets of newspaper on the floor can manufacture hours of entertainment for them, trying to burrow under it to see what lies hidden beneath. If you have a cat as easily entertained as mine, a balled up section of paper becomes a toy that he can bat all over the house and chase until he wears himself out. This particular form of pet toy is a whole lot cheaper and less noisy than those infernal plastic balls that have little limited bells inside that will invariably wake you up at 2:30 in the morning when the cat decides it’s time to play.
12. As day turns to night, and the temperature starts to plunge, remember that news print has superior insulating qualities versus your computer. When you’re snuggled in your recliner, preparing to watch the television program that you read about in reason number 4 and your feet or hands start getting a little chilly, unbiased place a section or two of your daily paper over them. Almost immediately, you will start to feel the comforting warmth of your own body heat, trapped under that simple insulating layer of paper.
13. You would not use a lap top to house break a puppy would you? If you did, I’m distinct the warranty that came with the computer would be voided. Newspapers don’t care what ends up all over them after they have lived out their usefulness as a source of information.
14. Continuing in the vein of using newspapers in conjunction with animals, if you enjoy putting bird feeders in your yard to attract swarms of feathered friends throughout the year, you know that some of those tube style feeders don’t offer the largest of targets into which you pour the bird seed to fill the tube. Instead of relying on a steady hand and a good contemplate, why not take a couple sheets of newspaper, roll them into a makeshift funnel, and then pour away. No more wasted bird seed all over the ground to attract unwanted pests. This however will not keep your annoying cousin Charlotte from complaining about the bird poop that gets on her car whenever she comes to visit you.
15. Have you ever tried to start a fire using a computer as kindling? While not recommended to begin fireplace fires, newspapers are handy to have when trying to ignite bonfires or campfires. You don’t want to be making “s’mores” over a fully involved computer fire!
16. Newspapers are far superior to computers when it comes time to relax in a hammock on a sunny day or make your way from under cover to your car on a rainy day. You regain done mowing the lawn and choose to rest up for a bit in your hammock. The sun is beaming down so fiercely that even when you close your eyes, you still get that impression of glowing red through your eyelids. Solution at hand – objective drape a section of newspaper across your face. Hey, that brings to mind the fact that newspapers can protect you from melanoma worthy better than a computer can! On a rainy day, when you walk out of your workplace or shopping center, and you need to make that hundred yard dash to your car, would you rather have a newspaper or a six hundred dollar lap top to hold over your head protecting you from the rain? If you knew it was going to rain and you’re a proactive type person, I guess you would have an umbrella at your disposal for this instance thereby negating the need of the newspaper. But you should have bought the paper anyway because of all the other reasons I’m giving you.
17. You can use an inexpensive daily newspaper to attain the same protection that you would regain from a much higher priced drop cloth if you decide you need to spray paint something that is not stationary. Just spread that handy paper out, place whatever you are painting atop the protective paper shield, shake the living daylights out of that can of spray paint, and then Michaelangelo away to your heart’s content. When you’re done, the item you wanted to paint is painted and the surface below where you were painting is not painted. This of course becomes a moot point if you want the item being painted and the site around it to all end up the same color. If that’s the case, don’t bother reading this suggestion.
18. Let’s say you have just had modern carpet installed in your home or you just spent a lot of effort cleaning the carpet you already had. Company is coming over and wouldn’t you know it, here comes the rain as well. You never thought to purchase a shoe or boot tray on your last shopping hotfoot and you don’t want your current (or freshly cleaned) carpet to be subjected to the wet shoe soles that you know are arriving with your guests. Ta Da, just break out a couple sections of your handy, dandy daily newspaper and spread them neatly on the floor near the door. Then when your guests arrive, you can politely explain to them your carpet situation and request that they remove their wet shoes and leave them on the papers by the door. This not only saves your carpet from becoming soiled prematurely, it also affords you the opportunity to see which of your guests has the audacity of leaving home with holes in their socks! Further research will probably reveal that those folks were never chided by their mother about leaving the house with dirty underwear. You know, “what if you get hit by a car and need to be taken to the hospital and when they take your clothes off they see you’re wearing dirty underwear. What are they going to think about your mother if that happens”?
19. Energy conservation is on everyone’s mind these days. It is a lot cheaper to operate a daily newspaper for a couple of hours (especially if it is recycled newspaper) rather that firing up the old computer. I don’t care how energy star compliant computers are, I just know that it costs more to use electricity than to read a paper.
20. My final offering is for those who have kids who have ever had to produce a school project. Oh the computer can be a huge help with homework and projects but they will never,ever be able to take the place of the good old fashioned daily newspaper when it comes time to produce one of those elementary school assignments – creating a mask or a solar system or a building – out of paper mache!
Well there they are, twenty good reasons that you need a daily newspaper in your life. And, as if on cue, there goes my doorbell. I think I’ll carry out a number 18 followed by number 3 and if that fails to cause us all to leave the house, I’ll check out number 4 in case we run out of things to talk about – that we discovered this morning in number 2.
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INTRODUCTION
Do you want to work from home? Good! I am going to convey you how to do it, no money involved, no commitments of any sort. I don’t even need to get an email from you to say you are interested! You will need a bank account ( or someone else’s bank memoir, by their permission of course!), access to a computer with internet, an email address, and willpower!
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I am here today to spread the word, to help out all you ladies out there (and men, too) who want to do just like me! I am not hired by anyone to do this, its impartial me and my outdated home computer, typing away as the kids play hide and explore under my feet and whack each other off the bed behind me. Oh yeah, lots of fun. And if you are laughing moral now, then you relate!
WHAT CAN SOMEONE LEARN FROM THIS ARTICLE?
This is a very long article, so please fill with me. But once you get through this not only will you know how to make money from home, but you will be able to start doing it IMMEDIATELY! You will not become a millionaire, not by any means. Well, I select that back, I guess that some miracle of some sort could happen where you find this improbable niche and start racking in the moo-lah. If so, hey, message me and let me celebrate with you! But seriously, if you want to make a puny money to supplement your family, especially in these hard economic times, then I am giving you all the information you need to do so!
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Here are the five ways: (and I will take you by the hand to tell you how to do each one TODAY!)
1) Article Writing
2) Hand-Made Items and Services
3) Auctions
4) Ebay Sales (and related sales sites)
5) Mystery Shopping
What I will share with you in each of these five categories barely scratches the surface. I am only going to talk about what I know personally, from my own experiences. What I jabber you is proven because I have done it, time and time again. Oh I have hit some chug holes along the way, for sure, and I’m not even going to start on those. Once you get your feet wet you may find other opportunities too!
WARNING! DO NOT PAY A PENNY TO ANYONE TO LEARN HOW TO WORK FROM HOME!!!
By the way, don’t bother with those things called paid surveys, paid emails, or get paid to look at advertisements. You’ll spin your wheels for months and yet never earn enough money for one ten dollar check! Oh, and NEVER PAY ANYBODY ANYTHING FOR ANY WORK-FROM -HOME stuff. Don’t even waste your time with any “informational seminars” because all they are going to do is sell you software or some sort of sales gimmick with no guarantees, and you are on your own anyways. More than likely THEY are the ones who are “working from home”, taking your money and then giving you the exact same information that I am giving you. The difference is that mine is FREE (haha….. aw, golly gee whiz, am I taking away money from the scam artists? Well, isn’t that a shame!).
So, without further delay, lets begin the instructions!!!
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CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY SETUPS (of necessary importance!)
ARTICLE WRITING
HAND-MADE ITEMS AND SERVICES
AUCTIONS
E-BAY SALES (AND RELATED SALES SITES)
MYSTERY SHOPPING
(Just scroll down through the article to the section you wish to see.)
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PRELIMINARY SETUPS…..
There are a few things that you will need for all four of these opportunities. Lets get them all taken care of first and foremost.
1) You will need to have some sort of paper to write on, or at least something that will keep reliable records. If that reliable source is as a designate on your cell phone, as a stick um on the bathroom mirror, or whatever, as long as it works then go for it! It is important to have this note-taking item beside you, because you will need to write down websites, passwords, user names, URL’s, and so forth. If you lose this information, its really hard to recover it!
2) You will need an email account. If you don’t already have one, go to yahoo.com and sign up for a free one. Do NOT pay for their “premium” service. Its not necessary! WRITE DOWN YOUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESS AND PASSWORD! And in actuality, even if you already have another email account, I suggest setting up a yahoo one because it is free, it has nothing to do with your personal internet subscriptions, you can check it anywhere, people worldwide explore yahoo, it is easy to utilize, and you can use it exclusively for business purposes if you like for easy records keeping.
3) Gather your banking information. If you are using somebody else;s account, you will need to accept a blank check from them, their account number, and of course their permission. Make SURE that you communicate thoroughly with them that they may be receiving money into their account on your behalf. If you are using your own sage, bring to the computer a blank check and the name, address, and phone number of your banking institution.
4) SET UP A PAYPAL ACCOUNT
Paypal is an online bank, basically. It is a go between for you and your affiliate marketing company. Paypal gives you a debit card, which you can either use at a store or anywhere that cards are taken, or you can use in any ATM and pull out cash. Paypal has numerous safety features in location to support thieves from hacking into your account and stealing your money too! If you haven’t heard of paypal, let me remark you, I LOVE it! I have been with Paypal since 2005. I have had no worries whatsoever. They also have a live person support team that is so nice, courteous, and VERY thorough, even better than my local bank to be honest. Most affiliate marketing companies will want to pay you with paypal because it is so great easier than a paper check, its immediate to them AND immediate to you, and its got mountainous immediate records keeping for you and for them. You can also use paypal to accept payments from your own customers like for sales and stuff. Paypal is also used by other companies, but I will get to that later.
Anyways, if you don’t have an account with them, here is a link to set one up:
https://www.paypal.com/us/mrb/pal=YQCHRWWRJKH8E
When you go to this website, it is going to say something about being able to accept credit cards. Fair disregard that, because at this point it doesn’t apply to you anyways. Maybe if you get to be a big whig online business person, it will, but for now its not important. Scroll down and hit “Sign up today”
On the next screen, you will have three options. The first is a “personal” account, the second is a “premier”, and the third is a “business” account. Notice up for the “Premier” account. The premier paypal account will give you a free debit card, and will allow you to receive money for your “services rendered”, which is what the affiliate marketing calls your advertising efforts. You will also need this to receive payments from article writing, customers on ebay, and other sources. Hit the “Premier Account” button.
On the next hide, you will be asked for personal information, as in any design. It will also ask you for your banking account information. You can use somebody else’s account if you want to, but make sure you have permission AND they understand that you will might be getting money deposited to their bank account as you are working. Paypal asks for your banking information because you can have money transferred from paypal to your bank. Also, if you buy something on ebay using paypal and you don’t have enough money in your paypal epic, you can request that paypal acquire the remaining money out of the bank account. But in any case, paypal wants a bank chronicle of some sort attached to your account.
Some people like to set up a bank myth for the purpose of paypal. Some banks, especially those in large metro areas, know all about paypal and will set you up with a checking account for free luminous that it is only for paypal.
Finally, make sure that you get your account verified. This will be accomplished by paypal sending to your bank sage a deposit of between one cent and one dollar. Once this deposit shows up in your bank legend, you will be asked to log relieve in and enter these amounts, after which you will be verified. It is very important to be verified because without it, paypal may impose a limit to how mighty money you can make or how remarkable money you can withdraw, or both.
Once you finish entering in all the information WRITE DOWN YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD!!! These are of vital importance!
5) Set up a free website. This is not an “absolute” step, but when it comes to affiliate marketing, it gives you a scapegoat to get around some of the blogging site rules and regulations. I’ll explain that part later on.
I have a website that is totally free. I set it up about a year and a half ago to market my Native American beadwork. The company I exhaust is at http://www.tripod.lycos.com. If you want to set up the website, you can expend it for whatever you want. Take the free option though. The only difference between the free version and the $4.95 a month version is the ads banner at the top of the webpage. Which right now, it really doesn’t make any difference anyways. I have never had any trouble with tripod and its always superb. I advise that you go through the help or tutorials to attend you navigate all the bells and whistles. Be sure you can devote an hour or so to at least familiarize yourself with their website.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PRELIMINARIES OUT OF THE Arrangement, LETS GET STARTED ON THE JUICY STUFF!
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1. ARTICLE WRITING
You may have heard of freelance writers, bloggers, blurb writers, search engine optimization articles, or any number of types of writing. In fact, more than likely you have seen job listings asking for writers of this sort. Sometimes the jobs are true, sometimes they are not.
The fact is, there really is a market out there for good article writing. And, although there are a host of different types of writing that can be performed, in my experience the most commonly requested type of work is SEO articles. These are “search engine optimization” articles. They are written similar to a high school report, where you find information on a given topic and then reword it in your own words without plagiarizing.
The goal of these articles is to make the search engines recognize the article first above all of the others.
For example, lets say that you type in the phrase “auto insurance in Denver” into the search bar. Your search results will show a whole list of who knows how many websites. The first websites listed will be the ones which contain the exact phrase “auto insurance in Denver”, followed by the most popular websites which contain any of the words in any random order. So, naturally, since websites with exact phrases are shown first, it stands to reason that webmasters would want their website to believe key phrases. That is where search engine optimization comes in. You, the author, write an article about auto insurance, and then here and there in the article you will write “auto insurance in Denver” so that it sounds like it is naturally occurring in the text.
I have worked for a wonderful company for the last two years, found at:
This company has work for you to do every day. It is at your believe pace, on your own time, no strings attached. Once you impress up with them, which is totally free by the way, they will ask you to write for them a shrimp sample article on some topic of some sort. After you submit this article, they will give you a rating. Remember, it is absolutely, positively imperative that you watch your spelling and grammar! Mistakes can mean the difference between acceptance into the company as a writer and denial! Once you receive an email saying you are popular, WRITE DOWN YOUR USER NAME AND PASSWORD!!!
Textbroker pays monthly, and via paypal, which is why having a paypal memoir is so important. They have paid me on time every single month and in the trusty amount I had earned. I am able to see how much money I have earned on any given day or at any time. I can accept jobs anytime I want on topics I want to write about. I can even change my mind if I accept an article and I can’t do it or I don’t want to do it for any given reason. It is the ultimate, perfect work-from-home job, because there is nothing to sell, no investment at all, no worries about getting paid, and reliable steady income.
I suggest that you effect up with them if you want to be able to make immediate, regular income. In any given day and in my spare time I can make $40 easy. In one day, my max earnings with textbroker has been $250. Once you get to their website, look around and learn all about them. You will not regret signing up with them!
Nobody will tell you this next tip, so take careful notes. I want to assert you how easy it is to get started writing informational articles for the web, and textbroker is the place to score your feet wet!
1. Article writing is basically nothing more than a paid version of the high-school book report. Technically speaking, we are all supposed to know everything about everything when we write an article, but in reality, most of us know jack squat. True? So rather than beating yourself up about how much, or how little, you know, all you have to do is find a website that is similar to what you are writing about, and reword or rephrase the vow therein. Now, this does not by any means give you the just to plagiarize, and let me make this very clear. Plagiarism is the same thing as copying, and it is against the law. Rewording or rephrasing, on the other hand, means that you read a block of text and then paraphrase it in your own way or your own words.
When you rewrite or rephrase a block of text, there are four general rules to work with:
1) At a minimum, every fourth word must be different from the original text. For example, if an fresh sentence says, “I love to eat cheesecake and strawberries for breakfast on Sundays,” you could rewrite it so say, “I love to CONSUME cheesecake and strawberries DURING breakfast on Sundays.”
2) Use acronyms as much as possible. In the above example, I replaced EAT in the unusual text with Choose. Using acronyms allows you to retain the overall meaning of the original text while complying with copyright regulations.
3) When the current text contains a list of items, rewrite them in reverse order. For example, if an original sentence states, “I have a dog, a cat, and a fish in my home,” you could rewrite it to say “I have a fish, a cat, and a dog in my home.”
4) It is better to add words than to steal them away. For example, if an original sentence says, “I like to eat cheese,” you could add words and make the fresh text say, “I am very fond of eating cheese.” You have retained the same meaning, added extra fluffy words, and avoided plagiarizing.
As you begin your work through textbroker, or any other writing brokerage firm for that matter, you will want to stick to these rules as closely as possible until you get a handle on things. In many cases, you will find yourself writing articles on subjects that you have absolutely no clue about personally. By sticking to these rules you avoid looking like a complete idiot, publishing inaccurate information, and losing income when articles are rejected.
A fifth rule, which is really more of a suggestion than an etched-in-stone law, is the practice of paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is sometimes difficult for the beginner, especially if he or she is nervous or under pressure. Paraphrasing techniques involve rewording the original text so that all of the new meaning is retained, every fourth word is different, all lists of items are reversed or in a different order, and acronyms are used as noteworthy as possible. As time goes by, and as the writer gains experience, it will become second nature to automatically paraphrase any block of text regardless of the subject matter.
Let me give you an example of a job from textbroker. We are going to employ the KEY PHRASE three times, as well as all of the rules of writing.
Topic: Cod Liver Oil
The customer requests a general subject, 200 word article about Cod Liver Oil for an online health food clearinghouse. The customer requests that you include the key phrase three to five times within the text.
You now will open a second internet explorer browser page and type in “Cod Liver Oil” in parenthesis. Scroll through the lists of results for a website that talks about cod liver oil. You will want one that discusses the product in general, since this is the type of article the customer requests. FYI, Wikipedia is a GREAT source of information.
Once you get a general discussion of cod liver oil, launch to rewrite the original text according to our rules and guidelines above.
Lets pretend that the original content reads as follows:
“Cod liver oil is a nutritional supplement derived from liver of cod fish. It has high levels of the omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A, and vitamin D. It is widely taken to ease the symptoms of arthritis as well as other health benefits. It was once commonly given to children.”
You now reword/rewrite/paraphrase this original block of text, resulting in the following new text:
“Cod liver oil, which is a common nutritional supplement, is derived from the liver of the cod fish. The oil contains a high level of DHA and EPA, which are omega-3 fatty acids, and exceptionally high levels of vitamin D and vitamin A. It is often taken in order to ease the discomforting symptoms of arthritis or to provide other health benefits. Cod liver oil was once given to children as a daily health regimen.”
If you would like some advice on how to pick up started in article writing, please feel free to email me!
Wait, I told you a lie, I have another tip to fragment with you.. And that tip is STOP WORDS! When you are writing an article, the key phrase or key words may be a bit difficult to work with, or they not sound just apt in an every-day sentence. Finish words are words that the search engines will not glance, so you can scurry them in anywhere you like in the key phrase and still get noticed. For example, lets say your key phrase is “Furniture Upholstery Dallas”. Well gee, how are you supposed to use THAT without a little help? Stop words, of course! You could use the stop word “in”, and make the phrase say “Furniture Upholstery in Dallas”. That is much better to work with, isn’t it?
A chunky list of the conclude words for SEO optimization can be found in my other article here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1210568/seo_stop_words_list_extensive.html? cat=2
Now, I am obvious there are other companies out there that are similar to textbroker. But, since this article covers only what I know from my personal experience, I cannot speak for those other companies.
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2. AUCTIONS
Virtually every area of the United States has an auction house within any given 50 mile radius. Some are ran by individuals, while others are widely advertised. Most people know that you can find substantial deals at auctions. But did you know that you can quickly and easily fabricate money at them too? And, you can acquire all the free stuff you want to sell at them too! No going through your have attic or storage sheds. No shelling out cash for items you think (or hope) will turn a profit!
Here is how to find all the free stuff you could ever wish for to sell at the auction!
First, produce some signs that say something like this:
” Do you have unwanted “stuff”? Did you have a yard sale and still have left overs that you’d rather throw away or give away than to look at? Give me a call! I will consume all of your unwanted stuff off of your hands for free!” (add your contact information)
Post these ads anywhere that you think locals will see it: the convenience stores, grocery stores, etc. When someone calls, they will tell you that they have X amount of stuff to secure rid of . You set up a mutually convenient time to pick it up. Now all you have to do is go and get it! You never know what you will collect! In fact, sometimes people get rid of priceless artifacts without even intellectual it, which is where ebay comes into the picture as well!
If you like, you can drive straight from the donator’s house to the local auction and sell it on the spot. Or, you can hold it home and go through it, searching for any treasures. I have done this a few times, and I found some heirloom china pieces that (no joke) got me $50 for one tiny little saucer on ebay!
Auction houses usually work on a commission basis. They will sell off whatever you bring, even drop apart junk! Most of them will pay you cash by the end of the auction, while others may wish to pay you the following week. In any case, this is free money, and the only work you had to do was go get the stuff to sell!
Some auction houses will leave unsold items sitting outside for whomever wants them. So check in your local area to see what auctions exist, what policies are in place, and so forth.
Another great diagram to find stuff to sell is through craigslist. Take a look at the “free” listings for your plot. I don’t know about you, but around here there will be ads by people saying they are giving away working appliances, first-rate furniture, all sorts of things. Many times the ads will say that the item is sitting on the curb at such-and-so address, and will be there on such-and-so day, for anyone to come and get it at their convenience. This is an awesome way to get yourself some free money! Honest take a look at what is listed and follow the money road!!!
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3. HAND-MADE ITEMS AND SERVICES
Everybody knows how to do SOMETHING. Some people sew, others repair cars, and some like to write articles for the internet (although I wouldn’t have the slightest clue who those people could be… heehee).
No matter what you do, or what you create, you can rest assured that somebody out there wants to buy it. I like to play with beads and make exquisite jewelry. I can either sell it in online venues, or I can take it to local consignment shops. Sometimes people even call me and site custom orders!
If you live anywhere come a business where men work, such as a factory, refinery, bank, car dealership, etc., I want you to know, on any given day there will be some hungry men there. A lot of men fail to bring sack lunches with them to work, or maybe they don’t want to! No matter if you are a man or a woman, if you take them ready-made sandwiches somebody will buy them. Start out lifeless at first, build up your reputation. Before you know it, you can make more money in one day than you would at a minimum wage job, or more! Now I don’t know about the food laws across the country, but here in Oklahoma, if you are just making a few cold cuts sandwiches in your own kitchen you don’t have to have a food handler’s license. At least, that is what a good friend of mine tells me, who does this sort of thing for a living every day.
I know of a gentleman who lives down the highway from me, he is making all-wood furniture. He makes some sparkling things too! He is selling left and true, he can’t keep up with the orders!
What about services? What is that all about?
Services is anything you can do that provides someone with a service rather than an item, such as babysitting, cleaning, delivery services, and so forth. I can philosophize you, there are lots of people out there that need services every day, you only need to make your name known and the jobs will start rolling in. Take a proactive approach to your employment. Make some fliers, even hand written ones, for the service you want to provide. You can even do typing services from home by advertising yourself as a person who can type up resumes or term papers.
You can put out notices AND contact real-estate agencies about providing cleaning services. With the housing slump lately, you will accumulate lots of houses that need to be cleaned out. Letting land lords know that you are available for these services in apartment complexes or your home town will reward you with regular work as well. You may also offer to remove all the left over furniture or junk, charge them a small fee, then take all the items that you remove to the auction and get paid again for the same job!
Get creative on the services industry, and for goodness sake, do not just sit back and say “Oh, woe is me” if you lose your job. There is work out there, you objective need to go get it! And I don’t for that to sound in any way derogatory, I mean only to yell to you that the work will come if you make your name known for whatever type of work you are willing to do.
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4. EBAY
Ebay is the ULTIMATE residence to sell things AND have security that your rights are preserved! Virtually everyone has something that they could sell. And, the old saying that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure is never so true as it is on ebay. You can literally score anything that you can think of on ebay for sale at pretty much any given time.
I mentioned earlier in the Auctions section about getting unwanted stuff from leftover, unsold auction items. Would you believe this…. I found some Royal Doulton gold-rimmed china in unbelievable condition, just sitting outside in a cardboard box along with all the other discarded junk. I grabbed those up for sure! I brought them home, took pictures, and posted them to ebay. By the close of my auctions, I had made $75 from those unwanted dishes. How’s that for a profit!
Not only can you sell things directly on ebay, but you can also buy things that you can either resell locally for a higher label OR resell right back onto ebay or onto other sales websites. Often you can secure wholesale lot auctions of all sorts of things on ebay, giving you expansive savings! I remember one time I saw a listing for 150 of these little ceramic babies, which I had noticed were being sold locally for about $2.99 each.
These were sophisticated baby announcements, you behold, and the tiny babies inside were either made to be worn as necklaces, to be used as tree ornaments, to be worn as a clasp pin, or to be carried as a worry stone. The person selling all 150 had the price area at $10 for all of them, and just barely enough postage to mail them all out! Well, believe you me, I grabbed onto them. When they arrived, I took them right down to our local store where they were being sold, spoke to the manager, and unloaded them all for $50. They were absolutely thrilled with this price, as you can imagine, since they could fabricate a substantial profit at their asking price. I made a $40 profit myself, so it was a true win-win arrangement!
I also make beadwork jewelry, and have done so for 21 years or so now. I sell the things I make on ebay all the time. And, because of my many years of repeated quality, customer service, and responsible way of doing business, I have numerous repeat customers who decide to contact me directly to site orders for special occasions or for customized gifts for others.
If you make anything at all, you can also sell these items on ebay. Or, perhaps instead of making something and then hoping it sells, you could place a listing on ebay that says something like “custom perform your beget ——”, then let the customer tell you what they want and make or beget it based on their specifications. Customers love this idea because they can truly get what they are looking for. You will worship this idea because you will know that your item is already sold even before you make it!
The good news about ebay is that they have obvious protections in place for sellers. If somebody tries to scam you out of money or lie about the condition of your items, ebay has a seller’s negotiation option where an unbiased person will review your case and usually settle in your favor. Also, if you choose to allow people to pay you with paypal for your items, paypal also has a protection for sellers except theirs is a bit better and quicker AND seems to be more in favor of sellers than buyers.
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WANT TO SIGN UP FOR EBAY?
Signing up as a buyer and/or seller on ebay is really quite simple. It is only a matter of following the prompts and entering your information. Ebay has this wonderful program called “live serve” too, which can connect you with someone who knows all about ebay and can help you at anytime day or night.
So, to sign up for ebay go to this website:
At the top left hand corner it will say something like “Trace in or Register”. Click on Register, and begin the registration process. Once you have a user name and password, write down this information in your notebook!!!
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ANOTHER Map TO MAKE MONEY WITH EBAY
You may have heard of drop-shipping companies, such as SMC. These companies take orders on your behalf and then ship items directly to your customers with your name on them. There are a number of different drop shipping companies that deal in any number of items. I personally have never worked with any of these sort of companies, but I have been a customer of them. Some are mountainous, some are not, and some will send you dreadful stuff. I cannot give you advice as to whether or not to follow that avenue, because I have not done it myself. It is, however a lucrative way to do money without any overhead or extensive paperwork.
Finally, one arrangement that I do know works well is to encourage as a sales go-between for people who want to sell their things on ebay and people who want to catch things on ebay. You can either set up a store to do this or do it from your home with local advertising for your services. Basically what you do is take people’s stuff, list it on ebay for them, and if it sells you get a commission of the sales price. Customers always pay you up front for your listing fees so you are never out of pocket. The go-between store will package and ship out the item on the behalf of the original customer. If you do this from home, you can assume off part of your electric, your internet service, your phone service, and maybe even use of one of your vehicles as business expenses! I have not personally ran a store like this, although I have helped family and friends to sell things on ebay. And also, before I got started with ebay myself, I did go to one of these stores and had them help as the go between for me. It was a very good experience! I got paid fairly, all my fees and potential earnings were disclosed up front. The people who ran the store sold EVERYTHING!
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OTHER SITES TO SELL THINGS
Craigslist.org is a great spot to unload things that can’t be shipped, that you don’t want to ship, or that you want to do business with locally. Craigslist is totally free to anyone. You can sell anything you like, and even give things away for free if you like, even unexpected puppies or kittens or whatever! And if you will steal, I mentioned placing ads in craigslist for affiliate marketing. Craigslist does have some safeguards in place to prevent pronounce affiliate marketing, which is why you will need to follow the exact directions I listed under affiliate marketing if you want to get around these barriers. Craigslist does not charge a single penny for anyone to list something for sale, although they do ask that you not place the exact same ad twice within a three day period. You do not have to obtain an account with craigslist in order to sell things there. Instead, you will receive a confirmation email to whatever email address you provide them, which you must click on to activate any ads. You can choose to list your contact information in the ad or remain anonymous. Customers who wish to contact you can email through craigslist, then craigslist will forward the message to you without revealing to anyone your personal information. I have sold an RV camper on craigslist within only three days for cash, a car on craigslist in only a week also for cash, and I found a great elephantine set XBOX with games for my son for about a tenth of the new effect! Craigslist does not rep any liability for ads that are placed or any transaction that occurs between anyone, so with them, you are on your own. But, at the same time, since you are dealing with people locally its more personal and less likely to be ripped off by some scam artist.
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Amazon.com is a place to sell unwanted books of any sort or subject matter. Of course, you can sell these on ebay too, but amazon is known for literature sales. Amazon charges a small fee per item sold. Their sales procedures are self-explanatory. I have sold a few items through amazon and had a wonderful experience doing so.
Etsy.com is a station for selling jewelry. I personally have not sold on etsy, although I have a friend to sells there exclusively. Their fees are lower than ebay and they tend to cater to a more designer type marketplace. My friend has given me nothing but worthy reviews of etsy, and has tried to convince me to switch to them on a number of occasions. I reflect I am married to ebay, though! (haha)
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6. MYSTERY SHOPPING
Let me warn you, never, never, NEVER pay anyone a single penny to start mystery shopping! All you will get for your hard earned cash is a list of “potential” mystery shopping companies with no guarantees for a job!
I know exactly where to find a Immense list of honest to goodness, dependable mystery shopping companies! And, that website can be found at volition.com. It is absolutely free to sign up for any of the companies and to see them all. Signing up does take time, however, as you have to go through the process for each one. Most of them will want you to be signed up with paypal to receive your payments. Since you have already done that, you are good to go there!
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WHAT EXACTLY IS MYSTERY SHOPPING?
Mystery shopping is another term for private eye, but in the terms of shopping at a store or doing business at a given location. You, as a mystery shopper, are hired to go to a specific set and beget observations such as how customers are treated, if the store is clean, if the products are well stocked, and so forth. You must pretend to always be a normal, every day customer. Once you secure back home, you write a report about your experiences for the assigning company and then you will find paid for your time and efforts!
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WHAT TYPE OF JOBS ARE AVAILABLE?
Virtually any store or business of any notable size at all uses mystery shopping services. Anything from banks to restaurants, amusement parks, automotive services, stores selling ANYTHING, and so forth are potential candidates. I have gotten free amusement park tickets, free oil changes, free gas, free food (even expensive dinners at posh restaurants), spa treatments such as facials and massages, and even free electronics! Some jobs will require you to make a small purchase as if you were a regular customer, which is usually reimbursed along with additional pay. Some jobs are strictly for pay, such as if you are making an audit of a restaurant.
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WHAT IS THE BEST MYSTERY SHOPPING COMPANY?
I have worked for a number of different companies. And, out of them all, I can honestly say that one company stands out above the rest, and that is Shoppers Inc. out of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. They have always been on time with payments for me, I have never had to question their methods or ask for more detailed instructions, and I can always reach a personal representative who knows me on a first name basis.
They have jobs in every state in the United States for a variety of different jobs!
Here is the link to their website so you can read all about them!
Here is a direct link to sign up with them as a shopper:
https://www.sassieshop.com/sassie/SassieShopperSignup/Signup.php? EmsID=myrB8l%2FCMJY%3D
AND FINALLY…….
Now that I have empowered you to go out there and grab your piece of the internet money pie, perhaps you can return the favor in a puny scheme? Would you please send an email to this address:
Tell her who you are, that you just signed up as a shopper, and that shopper number 10558 referred you.
Thank you for helping out a fellow at-home worker, and good luck to all of you out there!!!
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