How to Make $1,000 a Month on the Internet

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Think Long Term
Making money online is a slow process. If you're in a rush, buy a lottery ticket and keep your fingers crossed. But if you manage to be patient, you can build up a substantial income. Best of all, a lot of your income will be 'passive income', meaning that even after you stop working, the money keeps rolling in. Sort of like being an author, actor, or musician, and collecting royalties or residuals for work you did long ago. Online income starts as a trickle...perhaps just a few cents, or a dollar, for a month's work. But it grows to a few dollars a month, then $50 a month, then $100, and with dedication (and again, patience), a thousand a month will be in sight.
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Start at eHow
About half of my online income I get right here at eHow. If you can write decently, you can write a How-To article. And if you can write How-To articles, you should be doing it right here, and starting to earn money. eHow is the easiest and surest way I know to begin earning an online income. With practice, each article you write can earn about ten cents a day. Doesn't sound like much, but that's $3 a month for each article. Write 100 articles, and you've got $300 a month coming in. You're already well on your way to a thousand a month. The Resources section includes a lot more information on how to get started making money online with eHow.
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Find The Right Content Opportunities That Work For You
It's possible to make money online by blogging, building a website, uploading photos, videos, or music, and numerous other options. These all entail providing 'content' -- materials that people want to see or use on the web -- and getting advertising (Adsense and affiliate) income from the content. For instance, I have numerous websites and blogs that I've created on my own, all of which bring in small income streams from advertising revenue and affiliate sales. My most successful is my Newspaper Archives site at XooxleAnswers.comThere are dozens of other content opportunities, described in the Resource article, Make Money on the Internet.
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Get a Job
The rest of my online income comes from work that I do in a somewhat more traditional vein. I am an online researcher and consultant, handling a wide variety of research tasks for people who need business information, or personal research (like family history), or health and legal research, and so on. Some of this I do through a service called Uclue.com Online research is not for everyone. But it's not the only online work option. Opportunities range from secretarial and administrative work, to programming, and even to mock jury duty (really!). Take a look at the Resources article, Making Money on the Internet, for more possibilities.
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How to Earn Extra Money Online

Sign up for paid email programs. While you won't make a lot of money this way, every little bit adds up. Some that I've used are: Hits4Pay, SendEarnings and InboxDollars.
Some of the paid email programs also offer paid survey opportunities. It does sometimes take a while to qualify for surveys, but one survey can pay anywhere from a dollar to twenty (and sometimes more!). Be aware when signing up for some of these programs though. Some are just scams and won't really pay you anything.
Do you shop online? Chances are you do. Sign up for MyPoints.com where you will get rewarded with points for every purchase or sometimes every dollar you spend online. While this isn't exactly money, you can use these points for gift certificates to your favorite places, that's almost like money!
Write copy. That is, write articles for different online companies. Believe me, you don't need a degree in Creative Writing to get paid for online articles. It does help though! :) This site, eHow.com and AssociatedContent.com are the two that I use primarily. There are others out there too. Just make sure to understand the Terms of Service. Do you retain copyright? How much are they really paying you? etc.
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