Question by Ron: I know this question has been asked many times, but how would I make money from home?
I’ve read many Yahoo Answers Questions about this, and all I see is mow lawns, surveys, babysitting, or fast food. But what about an answer that’s actually unique, that works, and you can do from home?
I know so many ways, but I don’t know how to get started or where to go.
There’s the wonderful world of advertising, which means you can help someone, sell more things. Sounds easy right? Well, first you either need something that attracts many people, and you need to do the hardest part… Find the people! Nobody seems to want to do that, because they can do it themselves. So Advertising isn’t it.
You can buy things from websites & sell them for more on Ebay, Amazon, or any other site! Except, there’s so many people doing that, that the things on Ebay end up being cheaper than on the sites since they rather get rid of the items than to keep it & try to make profit.
You can do amazing services online for people! Like video editing, picture editing, doing things for people on video games, selling virtual money for real money. & so much more! But in this world, nobody trusts eachother to do that, and they think they can do it themselves. So this is once again.. another fail.
Now, I can go on and on about what to do to make money. But none of it works. Surveys are all scams, and it’s all a mess to do the most amazing thing ever. ‘Make money from home’
All I want from this question, is simply. Any of the things listed above, do you think you can point anyone, or me that’s reading this, into the right direction? To those people that need advertising, or services, or things on Ebay. To help those ideas actually work? That would be the best ever, and this would be the most popular “How to make money from home” question in all of Yahoo Answers History.
So if anyone has help, to anything unique that you can do, not mentioned in other Answers. & not an answer that makes you sound like a complete jerk, feel free to mention it, and you will get a best answer, and the thanks from thousands of people.
Note: Anything that spams survey sites will be flagged. Those never work, don’t try it.
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Affiliate Marketing, Reselling, and Computer Services, as you listed, are some of the best ways to earn money working from home. However, like you said, there is already tons of competition and it is very difficult to succeed.
I have been successful in the first job you mentioned so I will explain how I got started. Affiliate Marketing is very broad, so I’ll explain one part of it that is easiest to begin with. PPC, or Pay per click advertising, can earn you money with this basic strategy: You pay money to get website visitors to your advertisement page with an affiliate offer. You earn money in commissions from the visitors who decided to buy the product or service. As long as the money you earn from commissions is more than what you’re paying for traffic, then you’re earning a profit.
I started by reading and understanding of the very best guides to help someone get started in PPC:
http://www.nickycakes.com/newbie-guide
You must understand that working from home CAN be very profitable, but don’t fall for get rich quick schemes. I’ve found that you must work harder at home than at a regular job as an employee in order to succeed. Best of luck!
Comment by Girlgamer — July 29, 2010 @ 11:30 pm