Hello and thanks for reading. I'm sure you have read many different blogs, posts and watched many videos to make money online. What I want to do is enlighten you to some facts that I have discovered in my quest to earn some extra dough online. I am not going to try to sell you anything or tell you it’s easy to do what I want is to help you get the info you need to make some extra money online.

First let’s look at the pros and cons of making some money online.

1. First there are passive ways to make money. You do not have to carry an inventory or create a product. If you become an affiliate for someone else you will make money off of their products. Now here is where a con comes in. Is there a legitimate product that you would buy online? Well there are a lot that are not so good so you must do your research and believe in what you are promoting.

2. Second you can start out for free. Yes there are ways to start out making money for free. Here are a few, articles, social media, or a sub domain blogging about a particular product. What are the cons of this? Well you will not make as much compared to owning your own website and driving traffic to it. However this is a great way to get some income to put towards investing in this venture.

3. Third there are a lot of ways to make money. One would be email marketing, second would be blogging, third would be social media, fourth would be article marketing and last would own your own site. The cons of this? Do you think you are the first person to stumble onto this? No. Unfortunately lots of people have discovered the techniques of making money online and it is becoming more and more competitive.

4. Fourth if you have extra time to write I would suggest this for you. Article marketing is a very strong way to get started making money and I would suggest street articles to do this. Find something you believe in and stick to it, write about it and bring your passion to light by getting you some extra money for your troubles.

Second beware of get rich quick schemes.

Do not fall for so called gurus that say they can make you money on a one page website with a video. Now not all of these people are so bad but a lot of them are so just watch out. The amount of money you are going to make is completely up to how much time you put into your work just like any other job. So be prepared to put some leg work in and do not think it is going to be that easy.

Join a community that will help you in making informed decisions. No one should have to go about this alone especially with all the info that is out there, sometimes it’s just hard to find. Do not give up and have fun. If you give up you will never know about what you have missed out on and if you are not having fun you will falter in your quest.

Stick to your community it will give the one on one help you need and give the info you need to make informed decisions as well as get the tips you need to get started. This community will help you any way it can and strive to answer any question you might have. From what you should promote to the various ways to make money online alongside scouring the web for the info you need when you request it.