That’s what I told myself that I wanted to do almost 8 years ago now. Even before then I was always looking for ways to make money without a “job”. But when I saw the potential of the Internet I had to get my hand in that jar as quickly as possible.

At this point I have used the internet to make money in more ways than I can count. Yes, I use adsense and clickbank and commission junction and I am an affiliate with well over a hundred companies, some of which could be out of business now for all I know.

Those things do make money if one invests the time and effort but it seems that way too many people get trapped into thinking that these types of internet marketing are the “right way” to use the internet to make money. I could not disagree more.

I have been self employed for quite a few years now and to this day I still enjoy going to an estate sale and finding something to flip online for a profit. I still use my graphic design skills to bring in a few bucks here and there. I charge people for services that I pay other people to do and keep the difference. I use Ebay, I use Craigslist, I use USFreeAds, I use Elance, I use the internet!

I have read so many cases in the forums of people wanting to escape the office and become their own boss. Please realize the beauty of the internet and don’t treat it like you are choosing a major at a university. You don’t have to choose a major, you can do it all. I’m not saying that you don’t have to focus while you are working on a specific task but, once you finish, you can try something completely different.  Then you just keep what works and throw out what doesn’t.

The safest way to invest is to diversify your portfolio. The more streams you have, the safer you are if one runs dry. Why is making money on the internet any different?

Diversifying, to me, does not mean just having a huge number of keyword niche sites. Diversifying to me means having my keyword niche sites, and runninng ads on ebay for logo design at $100 a pop, and flipping 2 office chairs and an aluminum boat on craigslist for a $600 profit, and having 300+ photos for sale on istock photo, and whatever else happens to cross my ADHD mind this month.

Does that mean I’m not an internet marketer? Who gives a damn. It means I’m paid and so are my bills.

Explore your interests, explore the internet and find a way to marry the two and make money. Forget the right way. Just find the way.

Ok, so you’ve just created your new blog, mini-site or other fancy presence on the web. You’ve got your adsense in place, your first few articles written and you are ready to be indexed on Google so you can start building traffic and hopefully make a little money.

Well, personally I don’t like to wait that long to start monetizing my website. So I devised a little plan that gets my site indexed within 24 hours, every time, and starts making me money immediately.

Here is my short to do list to make it happen:

For this example let’s say I have registered www.SkinCareBible.com obviously for the niche of skin care.

The first thing to do is set up an email box called: Contributors@SkinCareBible.com (or whatever the actual domain is)

The second thing to do is find an affiliate product that has something to do with the niche of my new site. It can be a Clickbank product or an affiliate program of any kind just as long as it is good and relevant to my niche.

Once I have found a relevant product I set my affiliate link as the signature for all emails coming from my new domain. The signature says something like: Have you seen the latest breakthrough in “Niche Name Here”?
(Note: I usually cloak the signature link with a simple redirect page)

The third thing to do is a quick search on ebay or google for an e-book or something about my niche with master resale rights. Most of the time I can find them on ebay for less than a dollar. (Just search your niche along with the word “resale”)

The fourth thing to do is set up the resale product or products with paypal. I set the price at $7 or under. (I like to use www.e-junkie.com to host my files for sell but it isn’t absolutely necessary)

The fifth thing to do is set up an auto-responder for the email address that I created in step one. The text reads something like this:
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“Thank you for your interest in becoming a contributor to SkinCareBible.com (or whatever). We will review your submission and contact you if we feel that a working relationship can be established.

Our current contributors find the resource below very useful. As a potential contributor you may get your copy of this $89 resource for only $7.

Title of Product Goes Here (link to the reseller products I set up through paypal).

We hope to be in touch soon.

- SCB Staff ”
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The Sixth thing to do is to go to craigslist.org and choose the largest city that will have an interest in your niche. Post an ad under “creative gigs” that looks something like this:
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Title: Can you write articles about skin care?

SkinCareBible.com (<- make sure that is an active link. Very important!) is looking for aspiring writers with an interest in skin care and beauty. Everyone is welcome to apply. Please submit a short sample of your writing on any related subject (200-400 words) to Contributors@skincarebible.com
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Now here’s what happens:

1. That live link on Craigslist.org will get you indexed on Google within 24 hours every time.

2. Lot’s of targeted people will click on the link to see what your site is and some always end up clicking on adsense ads.

3. Your auto-responder will fire off immediately to anyone who responds to the ad and offer them the “discounted” e-book as well as show your affiliate loaded signature. (again to highly targeted people)

4. If anyone actually sends you good content (most will suck) you just scored a great writer for your site. Work out a deal accordingly.

Don’t try to keep bumping the ad to the top. Leave the ad live until it naturally expires. If it made you any money, (always does), then run it again.

You were going to try to get indexed anyhow and this way is is a hell of alot more productive.

Happy Hustling!