Drop Shipping - Things You Should Know

    Drop shipping is a great way to make money from home using the internet. Drop shipping, in a nut shell, is selling products to consumers online without the risk of spending your own money upfront. When you drop ship, you list products of your choice on your website/ebay/amazon and do not purchase those products until you are paid beforehand by a customer. This eliminates you fronting your money and taking up all of your space in your garage to store your inventory. However, in order to drop ship, you must first create drop shipping accounts with suppliers.  You can do this by directly applying to companies (which requires you to apply for and have an EIN number) or you can use a third party company.

   The site I personally used was Doba. They charged me around $200.00 for a little over a year of service from their company. I am sure you are thinking about how I just said you don't have to spend money up front, but it was well worth it. Doba has thousands of suppliers with millions of products to list on my website and ebay. Instead of working directly with thousands of suppliers, Doba did it for me. For a fee of $200.00.

   The next step is to sell the products online.  You can use eBay or create your own site.  I have done both, and eBay isn't recommended.  There is so much competition it's unreal.  In order to even sell anything on eBay you have to mark the price so low, you make a dollar or two off of each item you sell (of course it also depends on what you're trying to sell).  Then there is also the slight setback of your rankings.  When you're new on eBay, people will tend to buy from someone who has already been on the site for a long period of time and who also has very good ratings.  I have had much better success using a website storefront.  There are numerous web hosting companies that offer eCommerce websites, however, I recommend GoDaddy.com.  Get your own online store -- in minutes! GoDaddy.com Quick Shopping Cart®

   Now before you get too exited and think you're going to make over $1,000 the first month you sign up, calm down. Although it sounds easy enough, there are numerous things which determine how profitable, if profitable at all, this can be. You must first create a site (or you can use eBay mentioned beforehand). Then, you must generate traffic to your site by creating a whole lot of back links, as well as other means of SEO (search engine optimization). Then you have to get your site indexed and crawled by search engines, which isn't as hard as it sounds. Then you must get your ranking up on those search engines, which includes the back linking and a long list of other things mentioned beforehand, in order to even begin to see a little sliver of profit. So, don't expect to make any money for the first few months, unless you already have an established site with a lot of traffic and incorporate drop shipping on it.  I'm not trying to discourage you, but I've been there and done that.  It's always better to expect less and get more, then to expect more and get less.

   So in closing, drop shipping can be very profitable if you know what you're doing and you are determine to do so.  You must have time and money to invest.  It is a great legitimate work from home opportunity however, it may take some time to actually see some profit.  You must also keep your expectations reasonable.  Once up and running though, it can be a very lucrative business.


   

Backlinking - The SEO Workhorse

   Building backlinks to your pages is an essential part of SEO (short for Search Engine Optimization) for two reasons. The first reason is that it helps your pages get indexed faster, which is very important because you want the search engines to find them as soon as possible and crawl them regularly. The second reason is that it helps your pages get higher search engine rankings for the keywords of your choice. The more backlinks you have, the better. Period.

   However, building backlinks can be a time-consuming, boring process. You can outsource the process to an agency and pay a lot of money... Or you can do it yourself with SocialMonkee! SocialMonkee is an instant backlink builder allowing you to build 25 unique backlinks, every day, FREE! All links are on unique C-Class IP addresses and domains. Imagine being able to create 25 unique backlinks every day, with the click of a button, FREE! Well, you can stop imagining...

   So, 25 unique backlinks every day... That's a total of 175 backlinks every week, 750 every month. If you upgrade, you will be able to build 100 uniques backlinks, 3 times a day! That's a total of 2,100 backlinks every week, 9,000 every month! The good news is... you can get a Premium Account, FREE! All you need to do is to refer 12 members, and your account will automatically be upgraded. If you're not really into referral marketing, you may upgrade right now for a low one-time fee.

   Submitting a page to SocialMonkee via the members area takes under two minutes, but there's an even faster way! They created a Firefox plugin that allows you to submit your page to up to 100 sites in just a few clicks, using nothing else than Firefox! If you have a Premium Account you will also get access to link reports and RSS feeds, which are great to keep track of your backlinks and get them indexed fast. Submitting your RSS feeds to RSS submitters is actually a very important step in link building.

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Blogging - For The Bucks

   Another great way to earn money from home is blogging.  Yes, another great work from home opportunity is simply writing one or two short posts a week.  But before you start to thing that you can just throw some random words up and expect to make some cash, you're wrong.

   Step one, write about something people care about or would be interested in.  Such as working from home.  Or if you have a funny family, a funny life, great recipes, ect.  The key is to connect with your readers.  You want to keep them coming back each week to your blog.  It's not an easy task, but if you are a decent writer and have something somewhat interesting, you should do okay.  Do count on quitting your day job in the first month or two, but if you stick with it, you may be able to in a couple of years.

   Step two is SEO (search engine optimization).  I could write a 2,000 word post on just how to get your site on Google, so it's not easy.  I have been researching website SEO for the past year or so, and have just touched the tip of the iceburge.  To understand SEO, it takes years of experience and knowledge, however, by doing a little online research, you can learn the basics in a couple weeks.

   Step three, Google Adsense.  Wrtitting a blog and SEO along will not make you much money.  In fact, it won't make you any money at all.  That's where Google Adsense comes in.  Google Adsense is very simple for those who are somewhat familiar with a computer and the internet.  Essentially, all Adsense boils down to is advertising.  Your blog becomes the billboard.  When visitors to your blog click on the links posted on your blog, you earn money.  Depending on the ads, you may only make five or ten cents per click, but if you get 1,000 clicks per day, you can go on vacation once a month.

   So, in conclusion, another great opportunity to work from home is create and run a blog.  By incorporating SEO (search engine optimization) and Google Adsense, you can begin to earn in a few months.  The only downside to blogging is one, you have to be a somewhat decent writer, have an interesting topic, and get traffic.  However, if successful, blogging is one of the easiest ways to earn cash from home by use of the internet.

Make A Noticable Amount Of Money Off Of Survey Sites

   I am sure some of you who have read my reviews have probably visited the sites such as Cash Crate, Vindale Research, Panda Research, and Inbox Dollars. And perhaps even joined them.  But once in the site, you feel it is a waste of time because there is no money to be made off of them.  I mean really, .02 cents per email and .50 cents per survey?  It would take years to make any money from these sites right?  Incorrect.  The key to making noticeable money off of these sites is volume.

   The more paid survey/paid email websites you join, the better.  This increases not only your chances to qualify for surveys, but you will also receive more paid emails.  So yes, you will still make .02 per email (some site actually offer more per email) you open, but if you open 50 emails a day, it adds up pretty quickly.

   Another great way to make extra money from home off of these survey websites is by way of referrals.  Tell all of your friends and family about the site.  Email them, post on Facebook, tweet, there are numerous ways to go about it.  Almost all of the sites I have reviewed so far have referral programs.  Some sites offer five dollars for every person you refer, whereas others might offer ten percent of all of your referrals earnings.  It just depends on the site.

   So in order to actually notice a decent amount of money from these sites you need volume.  The more sites you join, the more chances you have to earn.  Also, referring friends and family will perk up your earnings.  Following these simple guidelines will make paid survey/email sites well worth your time.

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