CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY

Here are 55 creative ways to to make money online. If you have been looking for money making ideas to start up your net biz, this section would help you settle for a hot selling idea(s) that will fire you to TOP.

1. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY #1 :OPEN AN AUCTION HOUSE: you can use e-bay and some of the other online auction houses to sell goods and services for others. Specialize in one type of item-sports collectibles, for example or generalize and sell just about anything, anywhere, anytime. You just take profits of the sales. Some make $1,000 working two days a week.

2. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 2: START AN ART GALLERY: contact local artists in your community and scan photos of their artwork, sculpture, photography into your computer. Post it on various auction websites or start your own websites selling their artists efforts. You can sell advertisement from local art supply stores, local framers etc. on your website to make even more cash from your new online business.

3. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 3: TEACH A CLASS: contact local learning seminars and adult education course directors and propose a crash course on the internet. You can even sell a guide to accompany your lecture series. Teach netiquette, e-mail marketing and the nuts-and-bolts of getting online.

4. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 4: LAUNCH A TRAVEL SERVICE: are you an expert in one part of the world? Do you love Paris and Abuja and know a lot of its very special spots, cafes, walks, parks? Do you know the best way to tour the Grand Canyon? The start of a travel website on your obsession and develop advertisements, bulletin boards, chat rooms and have a really good time in the process making money for something about which you are passionate. You can also sell ads to airlines, travel bookstores, travel product catalogues, the local luggage stores and limo services. Think big!

5. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 5: ARRANGE EVENTS FOR SENIOR CLUBS AND GROUPS: you can start a website that will attract the activity directors of senior citizen clubs from all over the country. They will e-mail you with requests for activities, ideas for trips and party plans for special events and holidays. You can provide them with a list of local resources or start your own business not only providing the part planning ideas, but actually hiring local party planners to help implement these great festive ideas.

6. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 6: PUBLISH A MAGAZINE: how many residents in your community are online? If you determine that you have thousands of folks with online status, consider starting your own online magazine. You will write about local events, affairs, politics, publish articles on upcoming shows, plays and community happenings along with letters to the editors, essays and more. You will also carry advertisements from local businesses that want to reach a much targeted market. If you are web savvy, this is an easy business to establish and run. You can change your magazine on a weekly, biweekly or monthly basis.

7. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 7: TEACH A CLASS ONLINE: do you possess a special talent or skill? Could you teach it to others online? If you determine that the answers is 'yes' then write up your course as succinctly as possible and start a website 'TEACHING YOUR TALENT OR SKILL'. So if you have the qualifications and are well known in your field, you can conduct online courses, seminars or training for corporations. Everything from marketing and creating handouts to live classroom discussions and participation can take place, using the internet and software that enables live chats or desktop videoconferencing. One owner of an online institute offers more than forty-five classes sessions and supplemented with e-mail handouts. With a web site, interested people can view and download course selections.

8. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 8: START A SURVEY BUSINESS: you can use the internet to create your own survey business. You will take surveys and polls of internet users for businesses and others and you will also conduct them for fun on a wide variety of topics-sometimes wild and wacky - just to attract visitors to your site.

9. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 9: OFFER CREDIT CARD KNOWS-HOW FOR CLIENTS: become familiar with the formats of electronic payment methods and help other entrepreneurs achieve merchant card status. Once a company or an individual decides to start a business online they will reach the fast conclusion that they must accept credit cards in order to function and conduct business. Many are under the misconception that it is extremely difficult to achieve merchant credit card status. You can investigate the many options and develop a business helping new business owners achieve this merchant credit card status.

10. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 10: ONLINE SALES: you can use website as a cyber superstore to promote and sell goods for businesses that don't actively use their websites to build their business and sell their goods and services. Promote local and regional businesses. You charge a monthly fee for the service and take a cut of products sold via your website.

11. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 11: START AN ONLINE CATALOGUE: you can sell products created by others on your websites. You don't need to develop any products or invent the next pet rock. Sell what others have - such as their products, kitchen gadgets, creative artwork, practical offerings and much more. You can even sell CDs from local bands and groups and help local schools sell their items with your very own online store.

12. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 12:SELL YOUR WARES: start a website to specifically sell your own CD, designer outfit, accessory or book. One doesn't need a record contract or a big book deal to make it any longer.

13. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 13:PUBLISH ARTICLES AND FEATURES OFFLINE: you can become a writer specializing in various aspects of the internet and have your articles, features and columns published in newspapers and magazines. Many newspapers around the country don't yet have staff writers to develop internet-related copy, so you can carve out a nice niche for yourself doing this. If you are a web designer or have an internet business, consider offering by-lines articles to editors at no cost. You will receive some nice publicity having your articles published. These by-lines and clients that could be generated from the articles are worth more than the freelance fee you'd receive.

14. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 14:START AN ONLINE TRADING: proceed with caution, but dabble if you have some disposable income and want to start your own business trading stocks. Make sure you are working with capital that you don't need to rely on for other uses such as a mortgage payment, tuition costs, medical insurance, or any other significant expenditure. Begin by examining the option with E-Trade, Ameritrade, DLKDIRECT, Datek and American Express. You can learn about online investing and the stock market financial gurus as: Motley Fool, No load Funds, low priced stock survey, Zacks Advisor and the financial section of major daily newspapers.

15. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 15 ONLINE ORGANIZER: there are a lot of people out there who are eager to get into the internet but don't know how to organize their favorite sites into 'Bookmarks' or want to take the time to research some of the options that will be most helpful and valuable to them. This is where you come in and charge for your services. You can develop a questionnaire that you will have clients to fill out that will help you understand their needs and interest and you will be able to determine what they really need from the tremendous resources of the internet. You will help them organize and focus their wants and needs. After the initial consultation, you will return home and surf the net for their interests and return to your client's home or office to set it all up. Don't forget to send a direct mail piece to various community groups in your region who might need your services too.

16. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 16:START A TALK SHOW: host discussion and Q and A sessions with guests on your websites. Banner ads that scroll through the conversations could be worth a nice income. This could be a serious endeavor or fun, kitsch enterprise that develops a worldwide cult following.

17. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 17: EDIT A WEBSITE: become a web editor and manage the website of a company or individual. You don't have to have been the web designer or creator to manage a website and keep it current and up-to-date for your clients. You will be the webmaster. Many businesses and individuals have a website, but don't have the time to keep it updated. This is where you come in selling the convenience of your time to service the sites.

18. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 18: BECOME A WEB DEVELOPMENT MANAGER: start your own business as an internet business development manager and help other small business owners investigate moneymaking options online. Develop a list of your service and start marketing your new business to other small business owners and to individuals who are contemplating starting their own online business.

19. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 19: JUMP-START A DATA BUSINESS: start a data tracking venture for online businesses. You can help your clients conduct research, analyze surveys and develop new products and service based on your data tracking capabilities.

20. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 20: START A DATA MINING BUSINESS: launch your own business in data mining. You will analyze sales information to increase effectiveness of your client's website.

21. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 21: NOD TO NOSTALGIA: the whole world is excited about collectibles and nostalgic items and you can set up a web business informing your visitors about trade shows, publications, books, other websites, collectors, shops, stores and centers that deal in collectible goods. Remember, your audience is now global so don't forget to mention that little shop in Monte Carlo that sells those terrific collectible figures made by men and women all over province.

22. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 22: BEGIN A PROMOTIONAL BUSINESS: you can start a business helping others establish different types of promotions- lotteries, and contests and promotional gimmicks keep customers returning to a website for more fun and playful times. These visits are recorded as 'hits' and the more hits one has, the more they can charge for advertising. Develop several fun tricks that will keep clients coming back and try to sell them to businesses for use on their websites or start your own promotional website and keep the traffic coming back for your advertisers. You will need to update the trivia on a regular.

23. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 23: OPEN AN IMPORT SHOP: you can start your own import shop online. Find product form another part of the world that you want to import and sell via your website. You can specialize in one product or develop an online catalogue. This is an exciting business for you to consider, as the possibilities are endless. Pick a topic that you love and figure out how to set up an online shop and get paid for your passion.

24. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 24: DIRECT SELLING: take your direct selling products or line of multi-level marketing products and well them online via your very own website. If you are involved in any type of multi-level marketing program, develop a website to further extend your reach and market penetration. Check with the headquarters to make sure starting your own website won't jeopardize your relationship with the corporate bigwigs. They might have a corporate website to market the products for each distributor. It could be worth a bundle to take this business into cyberspace. Remember, you will be reaching a global audience, so make sure you determine shipping figures for international orders.

25. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 25 : SET UP A RESEARCH FIRM: start your own reach research service for customers who don't have time or the inclination to use the internet. Book travels for clients, order books they need, organize data and information. You can conduct research on a wide variety of topics for your clients and even help them to learn how to do it too.

26. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 26: GO CYBER IN YOUR BUSINESS: add online capabilities to your existing business. If you have a coffee bar, install a few terminals and rent them to your customer by the hour. If you have any type of business, conduct a survey to see if your clients would like it if you added a terminal so they could go online-for a fee, of course-while hanging out in your shop, store, café.

27. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 27: PERFORM PR SERVICES: Start a business that specifically targets online businesses as your clients. You will be their public relations, publicity and marketing communication center and help publicize their website and web-related activities. Develop contests and other interesting promotions to keep their websites 'sticky'.

28. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 28: WRITE FOR OTHERS: write articles for companies that need to create material for their websites that change frequently, in fact, daily. Companies need a lot of material to keep their websites fresh and you can work on a complete repertoire of choices, graphs, contests, interviews and photo stories to keep their websites active and build traffic.

29. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 29: MANAGE CLIENTS MAIL: some businesses and even individuals get 100 emails a day. Many are junk, but a significant number might have to be answered even a short, polite response. You can start your own business offering to manage the e-mails for your clients.

30. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 30: PROFITS FROM NET AFFILIATIONS: make money via commissions from your network affiliations. This is the charming business that enables one to make thousands of dollars a month while sleeping. This is how it is done: you develop a website that lists affiliations with other website businesses. www.amazon.com, is probably one of the most well-known net affiliations. Every time your visitor goes to www.amazon.com, directly from your website-and buys a book-you receive a commission from sale. There is no book-keeping involved; you will just receive a check at the end of every month. There are dozens of net affiliations that you can use. To find them, search through affiliate SALES PROGRAM DIRECTORIES. Here are a few you can search: www.associateprograms.com, www.associate-it.com, www.clickquick.com and www.sitecash.com.

31. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 31: MARKET YOUR MAIL ORDER BUSINESS ONLINE: if you already have a mail order business, it is natural that you consider extending the reach of your enterprise.

32. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 32: TURN TRASH TO CASH: visit eBay and other auction sites and start your own business turning your junk into treasure. There are so many auction sites available, but do some research and some reading on the online auction action so you can avoid the pitfalls. EBay for Dummies published in the IDG series could help you get started.

33. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 33: CONDUCT TRANSLATION: start a translation service for companies that want to have their website in a variety of language. You can be the translation agent hiring others to do the actual translations if you are not proficient in the language. There is plenty of software programs that will help you translate documents etc for your clients that don't want to be bothered with what they perceive as a hassle.

34. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 34: START A B2B BUSINESS: sell services and products related to online ventures. See them over your own website. You will research and compile ways to help business use their online capabilities and sell them support services and products to help them conduct business in a way that is competitive, faster, cheaper and much better. The reason for this could be as a result of economic slow-down which is forcing many businesses to lay off employees and out-source work, thus offering a huge potential market for many business services that home business owners and self-employed individuals can provide. B2B could be in area of advertising, computer consulting etc to help small business find clients across the globe.

35. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 35: SELL ADS: sells ads for others on their websites. Engage sponsors. You will be starting your very own online advertising agency. You can sell ads on your own website too, but consider helping others get ads for their websites. Study their business, develop a target list of potential advertisers and jump in selling both banner ads that will run across the top of their website, boxes and consider sponsorships.

36. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 36: HELP ENTREPRENEURS GET ONLINE: you will investigate all the internet service providers and help get your clients online. You can even help them pick out a computer if they need that, too. You will educate yourself and become a savvy shopper before launching this business. Make sure you have patience because some clients might resist change and need to be carefully coaxed along.

37. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 37: BUILD AN ONLINE STORE: build an online store and sell products from other entrepreneurs. Do you know a lot of crafts entrepreneurs. Do you know a lot of crafts entrepreneurs who could benefits by reaching a worldwide audience? Organize them and offer their products for sale on your website shop.

38. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 38: CREATE ONLINE SCRAPBOOKS: thanks to scanning technology, it is very easy to store hundreds of photographs on a disk. And, thanks to the many fonts available. It is easy to wrap text around the photographs and create interesting, witty or sentimental scrapbooks for a wide variety of events. You can start an online scrapbook business that provides a wide range of books or that specializes in one type, say wedding, for example. You will contact couples who are about to tie the knot and ask them to e-mail you photos, the invitation etc from the wedding. You put together the wedding scrapbook and then email it to all of their guests that attended the wedding.

39. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 39: LAUNCH AN ONLINE ZINE: select a topic you are very interested in and launch a website about it. It will be your online zine and you can make money selling ads. If you love what you do, the money will follow. The interest is open to all types of interests, so don't hold back because you feel others won't be interested in your idea. If you build it, they will come!

40. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 40: DESIGN WEBSITES: launch your own service as a website designer. You can follow software that exists if you are already web savvy or take a course to really hone your talents and skills. Designing website sites is a skill that can actually be learned extremely quickly but most people just aren't willing to do it. Find a web design program which you really understand well. Go to http://www.download.com and do a search for web design. Purchase books to increase your knowledge of the program. Then, start studying what type of web pages makes sales and what kind doesn't. The easiest way for you to do this business is for you to design a few templates, which you use for the majority of your work. In other words, put together some basic designs which seem to work for many sites and then basically fill the blanks on them and put in pictures and colors. This will greatly speed up your work and help you to provide a good service for all of your clients. The traffic you could receive would be from endorsements and referrals from satisfied customers. Another is from search engines. When a site learns how to get top 20 positions under targeted keywords on the search engines, they can be assured of receiving targeted traffic to their site day after day. Combine it with good web design and good copy-writing and watch your income soar.

41. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 41: COMPILE MAILING LISTS: put together e-mailing lists for other small business owners. Your clients will be small business, organizations, hospitals, charity groups, fundraisers, clubs and others who need to compile specific lists for an event or ongoing project.

42. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 42: BECOME AN INTERNET TUTOR: conduct internet tutor workshops for students, other small business owners and anyone who wants to become a 'webizen' if not a 'webpreneur'. You can teach your classes privately or you set up classes which is much more cost effective.

43. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 43: START SPECIAL INTEREST SERVICES: start a service website that contains listings for events, concerts, and other activities that will attract a dedicated group of followers. Sell ads to companies that are compatible with your products and services listings. For example, if you are developing a website of holiday parties and planning, contacts appropriate companies that might be interested in advertising on such a specific site.

44. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 44: OFFER PIGGYBACK SPACE: visit exiting businesses in your area and ask them if they have a website. If they don't, invite them to piggyback on your website for a fee, of course.

45. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 45: SELL YOUR PRODUCT: sell your product via an online cyber store. You don't even need to have your website to sell your wares online. You can tie it with a cybermall or cyber store by contacting one of the many existing online stores. One of the biggest and most popular is www.store.yahoo.com. For about $100 a month, you can list up to 500 items for sale using their website and technology. You can design the store yourself, but they will help you build storefronts for your new internet shop.

46. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 46: PUBLISH NEWSLETTERS: newsletters are wonderful vehicles to keep people informed of what you are doing. You can develop e-mailing lists to promote your newsletter and distribute it to the greatest number of people that you possible can. Offer top stories, photos, include a Q and A about your particular business and ask recipients to send you special requests. You might just develop an entire new market and client base that will be generated from your email newsletter. You can start newsletters for the small-to-medium-sized businesses in your community, but don't ever limit yourself geographically with the internet. You can create a newsletter for small companies provided you understand the business, the topic of interest and know how to communicate to their target market.

47. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 47: PROMOTE LOCAL EVENTS AND CELEBRITIES: if you want to help groups in your community, but again, don't limit yourself geographically, start a fun, tabloid-styled promotional website for celebrities, politicians and events in your region. You can offer interviews with politicians; publish photographs of upcoming theatrical events and much more.

48. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 48: SPONSOR A SPORTS SITE FOR COMMUNITY TEAMS: local sports teams in your area-everything from corporate baseball teams and little league to the high school girls' tennis team-would love to be immortalized on the web. They might not have a website, but you can create a roving sports reporter website that will include regional activities of all the teams. You will include scores, tournament, events and photographs, thanks to your scanner. You can charge teams a fee to be included on your sports website, or you can generate revenue exclusively from the advertisement of you will sell to local stores, batting ranges, golf course and local tennis clubs.

49. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 49: EVALUATE ONLINE NEEDS FOR OTHERS: you can establish a small business helping other entrepreneur figure out what value the internet holds for them. You can help them determine whether or not they would profits with an active website, or if they merely require an email address to keep in touch with their customers and offer a means by which customers from all over the globe can contact them. You can also most likely establish an online consultancy helping small business owners get online and manage their online businesses and website presence.

50. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 50: CYBER ASSISTANT: you can launch a personal or corporate concierge business right from your kitchen table. Work for others conducting research, putting together mailing lists, ordering tickets and more.

51. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 51: NETWORKING GROUP: networking is an exchange of ideas, tips, contacts, and referrals. Business owners often meet regularly to network at business card exchanges, meetings, and trade shows. Some 'Netpreneuers have started online networking group sites with the same purpose to broaden business owners' and professionals networking base via the internet. A monthly is charged to join, and members benefits by being able to communicate with others in their field from all over the world. You can sign up with any networking program and use this medium in promoting it and teaching members how to join and offers assistance in getting referrals in order to help them grow.

52. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 52: BANNER DESIGNER: designer banner ads. Banner advertising is probably the most popular form of advertising on the web and the average banner being used in a search engine keyword is only used for 2-8weeks before its click ration starts to decline. Everybody always seems to need banner ads, so you create long term incomes from the same clients coming back to you time and time again. The key to doing banners is to find the right tools. I recommend you start out with fireworks which you can find at http://www.download.com and that you learn as much as you can about which banners have the highest click thru rations: check http://www.allthesecrets.com for free information on this, then go to work practicing and testing different designs on the free link exchange.

53. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 53: START E-CURRENCY BIZ: digital currency like e-gold, e-bullion, liberty reserve is assuming a dominant role in online transaction. Many are turning into it as a alternate mode of payment online apart from Credit card. Many sites online are accepting it. So you can float a site on selling and buying digital currency. You look for a source and resell or you buy from people online and resell little higher than you bought. This biz is on trend now.

54. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 54: MARRIAGE TIPS: many want to go into marriage. You can develop a site and teach people how to select their life partner, how to make marriage work and how to avoid divorce. You can make money with this site by linking your site with google absence.

55. CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE MONEY # 55: TEACH HOW TO COOK: many people don't know how to cook. This has been responsible for some broken homes today. You can run a course online on how to cook local and continental dishes. Many people out there are really interested in learning how to cook that your local food. Don't under rate it. Teach it and let them know the nutrient contents of the ingredients and their functions.

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