Jul
4th

Online Money Making Method #1

Ok, so in my post 3 Money Making Methods That Will Have Me Quitting My Day job I mentioned there were three methods of making money online that had a member of a private forum making enough money in 3 months to quit his $70k per year day job.  Now as far fetched as this may seem to most, I firmly believe that with the methods he talked about it is certainly possible.  However, what I can’t account for is how much time and effort he puts into it, and with all that I do outside of the computer my time is still limited.  But this doesn’t mean that I can’t follow and use the same money making methods he has to get my monthly income levels up to a nice, stable level, preferably in the $xxxx range.

So with that, money making method #1 involves EPN, otherwise known as the eBay Publisher’s Network.  Up until about 3 months ago, eBay utilized Commission Junction to run their affiliate program.  They have since moved it in house and are running their own affiliate programs. (more…)

Jul
2nd

Money Really Does Grow On Trees

Ok, so money really doesn’t grow on trees. However, there is money to be made in growing trees. Over 20 years ago my younger brother and I helped our father start a small mail order tree nursery. Our dad placed some classified ads in a few of the local papers advertising Colorado Blue Spruce tree seedlings for sale, to be delivered in the Spring for planting. He ordered the trees from a nursery supplier in Pennsylvania, and when the trees came in we helped pack and ship them to the customers. Today he has a full fledged tree nursery and landscape business in Mid-Western Wisconsin that still serves both mail order and drive in customers. Here is proof that money doesn’t grow on trees, but instead there is money to be made selling trees. (more…)