Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Make money by giving it away.

Those of you who read the Bible will know what this is all about. One way to make money is to give it all away to those who really need them. The catch is, you have to give them away without expecting anything in return. If you truly do this, God will reward you many times more. It is with this thought that I urge you readers(however many there are who read this) to donate to help out people of Haiti. I am pretty sure that you heard about the earthquake that shook that country on 12th of this month, thus many people became orphans and homeless. What happened in that country could happen to any of us, and I am pretty sure that we would want as much help as we can get in that situation. If you are in a giving mood, then please, donate to the cause. If not to red cross then donate to any site that will help the people in Haiti.

The website for red cross is redcross.org, thank you.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Making money with Google e-books in a nutshell.

I am sure you have seen ads that say "Make $xxx a day with Google" or "Googlecash" or something similar. Well, I am not denying that you can make money with Google, its just not as easy as the sites claim them to be. If you buy their product the end result of it would be creating a website and putting Adsense ads on them. They will tell you to research a niche and write articles about it, but they won't tell you which niche is profitable, they will leave it to you to research.

Lets face it, if they tell you their profitable niche it will give them more competition and in the end cost them money. So in the end, the product is like a skeleton, it is up to you, the buyer, to fill in the details. So, this is what those ebooks are in a nutshell. Sorry to disappoint you guys but that is the fact.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

eBay tip 204 - Selling in bulk

Ok, so you have a lot of stuff to sell and would rather do it in one go. Depending on your goal, it can be good and bad. If your goal is to just dump the stuff to free more space, then you can sell it in a lot. However if your goal is to actually make some money, then its best to list the items individually.

Here is an example, I bought a lot of digital cameras from one website with the goal of reselling them at a higher price on eBay. Long story short, I made only half the money I put in. Why? I was too lazy to sell them off individually so I just sorted them in a lot of identical cameras and sold them off like that. It freed my closet, and unfortunately freed my wallet a bit too.

So in conclusion, if you are serious about selling on eBay, prepare to put a bit more effort into it. Only sell in bulk if your goal is to free your space and not make much money.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Affiliate Marketing Video #1

Here is a pretty good info video about affiliate marketing. The author has some great pointers for beginners. Sure its nothing big but a good watch nonetheless.