Sunday, March 30, 2008

Newbie's Guide To Making Money On The Net

Let me introduce myself first. I'm not American nor am I British (which is very unfortunate because if I was I'd be making bundles upon bundles of green). But let me say that I am (as any one is likely to be) very keen to make money. The sad news is that I'm Indian and unfortunately for most Indians not too many roads to riches are open at this time. Most income opportunities are open to US, UK and European citizens. (My American and British friends out there REJOICE.) However this does not mean that Asians or Africans cannot earn money on the Internet. As the old saying goes "Where there is a will there is a way. Where there's a wheel there's a highway", or something like that.

This is supposed to be a guide to newbies who are interested in making money. I'm not going to lie to you. If you think that making money on the Internet is a snap, then think again. It's never easy to make money. "Money NEVER grows on trees" and nowhere is this statement more true than on the Internet. I'm sure that many of you who are reading this post would have, at some point of time, come across ads that tell you that you can get rich overnight and they say, "...it' has never been so easy....fire your boss....spent more time with your family....make your own rags to riches story.....all you have to do is blah blah blah.....rubbish.....more rubbish....pay a one time fee of $$$....start making money today.......(sucker)". If you think that there are a lot of do-gooders out there then you are living in a dream world. Most sites that have any or all of the words highlighted in green are scams. How do I know? "Been there done that!" That’s how.

If I'm starting to sound like one of the prophets of doom I apologize. I don't intend to scare you away. Let me change my tone. There are ways to make money on the Internet, but not quite the way that these websites advertise. The money is not as great as advertised and you have to spend a little time getting to know your way around. What you must understand is that it takes time, some amount of hard work and a lot of common sense.

I'm writing this blog because I want to help myself. That's right. While I'm helping you I'm also helping myself. I'm not an Internet Guru but I have been researching the ways one can make a decent amount of honest money. I have been at it for almost two years now and although I don't claim to be an expert yet, I have had a large number of experiences to learn from.

Okay! Okay! So how can you make money without being scammed? These are the issues I'm going to describe to you in the subsequent blogs. What I know, I'll share with you. So you ask what's in it for me. Well all I want you to do is to help me make money as I am helping you. I will never ask you to pay me or ask you to pay any of the sites I'll direct you to. All I'm asking is that you give my name Trotsky555 as your referrer. In the next blog I'll explain why.

In case you have any questions this and the subsequent posts do not answer then feel free to mail me at this address readmailstoo@gmail.com. I'll try to respond as promptly as possible. Just in case you want to spam me please send all the spam that you can to the same address.

In the meantime don't fire your boss just yet.