What do you do with your computer? If you are like most people you use it to send emails to friends and family members, perhaps read the news, look up favorite recipes, or watch a video or two. While most use the computer for things “such as these”, others are using their computer to make some serious dollars. We would like to introduce to you five ways that people are making money online:

IDEA #1) Why not write for Web Logs…Blogs for short. Writing for some of the more established blogs is one of the easiest ways that you can make money online. You can make between $5 and $100 for each article you write, and you won’t even need to have your own web site. Exactly how much money you will make depends on various things, but here are a few: popularity, Alexa Ranking, Page Rank, RSS Subscribers count, etc. Check out these established blogs:

a) ReviewMe
b) SponsoredReviews
c) Blogsvertise
d) Payperpost
e) Smorty
f) Linkworth

IDEA #2) You can fill out Online Web Surveys. While some of these web sites are SCAMS, there are legitimate and profitable sites out there. You just need to do your homework to find out which is which. Be sure to check out their payment history, and see what other users are giving them in terms of comments and reviews. Here’s one potential candidate: CashCrate.com Check them out!

IDEA #3) You can always write original content for other web sites. Do you have a particular skill or hobby that others would love to learn about? Do others always say you are so informative about this or that? Is there a particular hobby that you spend all your time at? If the answer is “yes” to any of these questions, you should give this form of making money a try. Here are some web sites you should look at:

1) About.com
2) eHow.com
3) Helium.com
4) Bukisa.com
5) AssociatedContent.com

IDEA #4) Working at Freelance Jobs. If you can do computer programming, or design web sites, write technical info, draw, etc. you can leverage these skills to make some extra money online. People are looking for these skills in the online marketplace today…and they will pay you good money for it. If this interests you, check out:

- Guru.com
- GetaFreeLancer.com
- Elance.com

IDEA #5) Affiliate Sales. What are affiliate sales you ask? It’s when you help someone sell a product via your web site. In a nutshell, there are companies out there who will pay you to send customers their way. Which companies? You can get a list of them from Commission Junction, Amazon, LinkShare, or ClickBank. Here’s how easy it is. You put an ad from one of these companies on your web site. When one of the people who comes to your web site clicks on their ad, and purchases an item from their web site, you get a percentage of the sale. Amazon will give you between 5-15%, while Clickbank will give you 50-75%. Definitely a way to go if you have an established web site that has a lot of traffic.

Want to find out more about Making Easy Money Online, then visit Mark Goodwin’s site on how to choose the best money making method for your needs.