5 Ways To Make Money Online -- 2 Ways Not To Be Scammed! - By: Chris Gustafson

Hi Everyone! If you're reading this it probably means that you have some interest in making money online! If so, then you are going to need to know two things:

1.) What legitimate ways there are to make money online

2.) What to watch out for to avoid being scammed

Well, in this article I am going to tell you exactly that. I am going to give you 5 legitimate ways to make money online and two things you can do to avoid being a victim of a scam.

**5 Legitimate Ways To Make Money Online**

Affiliate Marketing: Very simply put, affiliate marketing is when you sell someone else's product and then get a paid a commission for doing so. The advantages to this are that you don't need a website or e-mail list. The disadvantages are that it is sometimes hard to find a product that well sell, and you are only get paid a percentage of the purchase price.

Online Surveys: This is a great business model for those of you out there that are only looking for a little extra money while working from home. I am not going to lie to you; this is a very difficult business model to make money with. The idea behind this business model is that big companies will pay you to take survey's that will take you 20-40 min a piece to complete.

The problem with this model is that it is very difficult to find these paid survey opportunities and that most of them only pay a couple of dollars. However, if you have some time on your hands and want a little extra money this might be for you.

Network Marketing: For those of you that don't know what network marketing is, it is the business model that Amway was based off of. Basically, you get paid when people buy directly from you (instead of going to....Wal-Mart) and when you recruit people and teach them to do the same. It is an old business model and can be a big profit center for the right individual. The type of person that is going to be good at network marketing is the "social butterfly". The person who is always talking and loves meeting new people. The reason for this is that you will need to talk to a LOT of people about your business to recruit them. So naturally, the more people you talk to the more that will buy products from you and hence sell the products for you.

Creating Your Own Product: If you decide to create your own product be fore warned that it does require the most up-front cash and time investment. When creating your own product you need to develop your own website, sales cart, and product. All of these can take time and can cost you a lot of money to pay someone else to do if you don't know what you're doing. This is not a business model I would recommend for beginners.

The business model itself is exactly what the name implies. You create your own product, market it, and then sell it online. Sound easy right?? Again, great potential, hard to setup.

EBAY: This is an oldie but a goodie, because everyone can do it! Selling things on e-bay involves setting up an e-bay account and then searching your house for anything that might be valuable to someone else but isn't to you. Now it will take you a bit of time to learn the in's and out's of ebay, but there are fantastic instructional videos to help you with that.

This business model is a great choice for people who have a lot of what could be valuable items and need some short term cash flow.

**2 Ways To Ensure You Don't Get Scammed**

Now that you know the ways to make money online, it is now time to make sure you don't jump in and get scammed. With the economy the way it is right now there are more scams than ever, especially online. So here are couple of things you can do to make sure it doesn't happen to you:

1.) Don't ever purchase anything online before doing a Google search for "Products Name Review" 'This will give you a listing of hundreds of people that have already tried this product and if a good number of people say it is a scam.....it probably is! So read the reviews that come up on Google and make sure you read more than just one.

2.) Do NOT have a mentality that this easy and that you can "Get Rich Quick". It doesn't happen online despite what you might have heard. Most of the time when people get scammed it is because they have a "Get Rich Quick" mentality. Don't do it, and don't have it, because that is EXACTLY what most of the scammers target market is. If something sounds too good to be true, it is!

Okay, I hope you enjoyed this article and it at least gets you thinking about your path to working from home and living the life of your dreams.

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