The economy today is very low. The unemployment rate is at its highest and the market is at its lowest. People are dealing with harsh times wondering how they will pay their bills, or knowing where next meal is coming from. Looking for a job can be harder then finding a needle in a hay stack. People are coming out of college with degrees still having trouble finding a job. You can be skilled in many things but if your services aren't needed, no one to pay you for that service. Lucky for us in today's day and age technology is taking over, if you are good with computers you are pretty much guaranteed a job online. There are some easier methods that a person with no experience can learn to generate an extra income or their main income from using the computer.

Affiliate programs: Joining an affiliate program can be one of the easiest, yet one very lucrative way to make money online. What is an affiliate program or affiliate marketing? Affiliate marketing is driving customers (online shoppers) to your program or product. Usually the products are something a person can use, something health related, or a program to educate people on making money. The best thing about affiliate programs are finding one that suits you best. There are millions of people online worldwide, and there are thousands of different programs/systems people are using to generate some serious money from the luxury of their computer.

Best advice I can give you on Affiliate programs is find one that meets your needs and also get as much information on it as possible. If you find one that you like through someone, stay with that person but do research else where find other reviews. If you finally decide to join that program, contact the first person who brought this to your attention. If they are willing to help then you have found your program, if not find someone who will.

Most of these programs are MLMs. This isn't necessarily a bad thing because in a MLM you get paid on what your referrals do as well, so money will come in from places and times you didnt expect. There are free affiliate programs, honestly anything free always seems like there is a catch. Just make sure if you happen to find one you research it first.

Worst thing about affiliate programs is that when you get excited about joining, your all pumped up to do work, then two days goes by nothing happens and the fire is gone. Online marketing isn't easy, if it was wouldn't everyone be doing it? However it is easy in the sense that you are home working on your time. You have to be consistent. Just like if you owned a business outside the internet, it'll take time to build up a clientele and get things rolling. Only thing is there are millions of people online, learning how to get the targeted traffic is key.

Article writing: Speaking of targeted traffic what is it that we do and internet surfers everyday? We read! The internet is all about content. If I am selling for example teddy bears. I can write an article on kids toys. The people reading this article are obviously interested in kids toys. Depending on what the title of your article is will determine your interest crowd. After writing this article make sure it is a good read.

What do I mean by this? Make sure people can read it for starts, you want to keep people hooked on what your reading. If your content is boring or useless then why would people trust your word. After writing your targeted article you now have the option to link your program/product in your article.

How do I do this you ask? On most article submission sites you have the option to highlight a keyword of your choise and there is a "link" button. You simply place your link, and the word will show up highlighted when published. Back to the teddy bear, regarding the example, I wrote a article on kids toys because I'm selling teddys. So in the link I place my website where one can buy a teddy from my site. With the more articles you have written towards this product, the more targeted traffic you will gain.

Another good way to earn with article writing is actually selling your articles. There are submission sites where the site will pay you for your content. The higher the quality in your content the more the article is worth to them.

Making money in todays economy is extremely difficult. Finding jobs has never been harder. People with degrees can not even land a job with all their education. How is someone who isn't so "school" educated supposed to land a good job? The answer is the internet my friends. It has never been easier to make money online. They actually have middle men who sell other people gigs for them with out them knowing.

You can learn to sell another person's products with out ever touching a product. Write articles and submit them and get paid for it. One thing people are lacking today, is the will to move forward. People get stuck surviving or maintaining. Look beyond the horizon and reach for the stars. After the stars is a whole other world to reach so is it really a hard goal? Your success is determined by you! Take action now.