Rob who made the MSB eBay plugin recently launch a plugin for WP with a few friends. I which them great success with it.

This new plugin allow you to have a page be rewritten thus creating new content for your blog and thus bypassing the duplicate content penalty. This is great to bring traffic to you niche sites. Since I'm moving away from WP to MyStarterBlog, I did not bought it but some of you might want to look at the video.

The second product is a fast niche site creator working with no MySQL backend. This one, I did bought it. I had a chance to use  for the last week and boy! does it make it simple to create niche sites in a few minutes. I'm using $1 .info for now thus lowering my cost. The official launch is in 1 day but take a look now at the video. It support eBay, Amazon and Chitika ads. For each site, you only use one method only.  I can create multiple sites per hour. However, it will be selling for 14 days only. After that, it's bye! bye! bye! no more.   If you are strap for money, I would bye that one first and then the other later with the money you will make.

The default theme is simple and it's not meant to be a competition with MyStarterBlog. The goals are different and both works.

The other product is for creating sales pages and giving you tips on how to do that.

I believe in the diversification of income streams and this one goes into my overall method to make money online.

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Not so long ago, I was put in touch with a nice young woman(Marie-Caroline Tremblay) that wanted a basic site for her new business:  she does soins des pieds Québec (Foot care). Sorry, but like you can see, it's a local French speaking business in Québec city(ville de Québec).

In her case, she does not have any computer yet. Yes people, not everyone are online 24/7 and the money goes to something more important: her children.  That, I can understand and I'm always impress when people take control of their financial future even in this economy.

Working with MyStarterBlog

I used a current MyStarterBlog theme but modified it to her basic need. For now, the site is like a online brochure and I will update myself. Later if she get a computer, I will teach her how to update the site herself if she want.

She work mainly from her cell phone to take appointments so for now, I removed the contact page.You do need basic HTML/CSS to modify the theme.

For the graphic part, she was redoing her business cards and I asked her designer for a few jpg(logo, background). He was nice enough to email me those.

The site is done so that I don't have a RSS feed or news section. I only used the [homepagecontent] and a few pages/tags. Like I said, it's mostly to have an online  precence  and refer clients to the site to get more information after giving her business card to them.

Since I don't use any backend, I don't need to care about security issues. Also, it's light and fast for the server.

Making money with local businesses sites

Depending on your skills, you could start making a  basic site using MyStarterBlog to businesses near you. You could add some SEO services too if they have the budget.

About her foot care services

I'm not the kind of man who pamper himself at all but while working on the content, she gave me a  soins des pieds Québec (Foot care).  In most cases, you should not talk thus use the time to relax. But, I was asking questions and her answering me to optimized the time for creating her site.

Because of that, I did not get the full effect but only at the end. Yes, that part was indeed relaxing.  That's why when you get one, you should not have any distractions around you. Send the children outside or to friends.

On a personal note from a man's point of view: Guys,  your partner will love softer foot instead of sand paper. So, take one for the team and get one from time to time.  And if you come to Québec City, she goes to the client's place anyway. 

Conclusion

In theory, it's something that could be done quickly if you have the content of the site first. Being a nice guy, I worked with Marie-Caroline one on one to write the content.

For me, it was a way to test the possibility of converting an English theme to French. Also, show what's possible to do with MyStarterBlog by going beyond the normal uses.

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Yes, even if I'm tech savvy and was not keen on getting a cell phone. It's the whole contract thing that bothered me the most. So, last week, I started to look around and last Sunday I got my first cell phone ever.

Now, I wanted some flexibility like being able to upgrade/downgrade my package, no contracts, and a few features like voice mail, call display. I'm now with Koodoo.

The reason I wanted the option of downgrading was I did not know how I would use it. For this reason, I took an higher package. If I talk less than expected during day time, I will just downgrade. I know, it's for my business but I'm starting to get more calls.  I will write in a later post about this side.

The cell phone?

I chose the Samsung m540 has my first cell phone. I could had used a cheaper one but I wanted to be able to text using a keyboard.  The other was costing around the same with a promotion but I did not take it.

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Contracts?

Once I picked my package, Koodo will subtract 10% of it each month off the price of the cell phone. If I decide to quit them, I just have to pay the reminder of the value of the phone.  Otherwise, I would had to pay upfront the full value which I did not want to do.

Troubles

It was on Sunday and the salesperson had trouble registering me on the web based database.  It worked okay for the lady before me. Plus, the final 4 numbers I picked were not available each time even if it was an option.

So, after returning home, I called Koodo and ask to change my number. Normally, they charge you but since it was their error, they waved that fee.

Unfortunately, I add trouble  following the instructions of the support person because my phone would go in "lock mode" every time for some reasons.  That was not going well but we finally got it to work. If you just want a cell phone to call someone, take the cheaper phone with no bells and whistles. 

Conclusion

It took me awhile but I finally joined the 21th century. Now, I need to take more time to read more how this thing works.

P.S. Recharging my m540 took me about 2h-2h30 the first time. I was using it(safe mode) but I now have to live with that too.

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Sorry that I did not update my blog. I was busy more than I expected with MyStarterBlog, my sites and life. But, I still need to create more sites using MSB.

But, I was surprised this weekend that I only wrote 2 posts in the month of May. When I looked, I remembered my post Can Strippers Make Money Online.

Reading the post again, it picked again my curiosity about sex workers and that industry. Plus, I needed a break anyway and wanted to know more.

Yes, it's paid sex but it's also about personal liberty of a person to do what they want with their body. Plus, you have the business side that I intrigued me the most. What can I say, I see niche market everywhere now. It's a pain  I must  support of being business minded.

Again, don't talk to me about the morality angle until you know more about the facts. Plus, a lot of remaining misconceptions were dropped for me. Since it's mostly women that are sex workers, I will use them in my example.

Also, this post is for mature adults only.

What is a sex worker?

The 3 main types of sex workers I will discuss are: strippers,  erotic masseuses and escorts. The last 2 are mostly unknown to the general public including me until I started doing my research.

Depending on were you live, the level of the sexual act might change. I will go with Quebec since it's what I learned from reading the forums.

Stripper: In a semi-private booth, the stripper will do a "contact dance". While dancing during a song, you can touch her breast only and her sit on on you. She can't be completely naked(keep her bottom). Or she can be completely naked but you can't touch her. If you do, a bouncer will touch you but you won't like that.  lol

Erotic masseuse: That one is more intimate because both parties are naked. She will start with massage using her naked body to relax you and end with the "happy ending".  You can touch the breasts  but won't have any fellatio or penetration.

Escort: This is the full service so you can have fellatio or penetration.

In theory, that's what happening. But it can go further or not. Because stripper/erotic massage establishment don't like trouble with the law, they will kick out any worker that go beyond that. Other might not care at all.

Adult movies talents are known and more accepted by the general public for doing a similar act: Being paid to have sex. In a way, it's the hypocrisy of our society.

Is it legal?

When doing my researched, I was surprised to learn that paying for sex is legal in Canada. In the US, I know it's legal in a few state like the ranch near Las Vegas. Heck, one of the sex worker was even interviewed by Oprah. Yes, Oprah. Can you believe it?

However in Canada, you have a few laws that a sex worker must follow. Some are okay and some are not up to date with what is happening in the real world.

For example, a sex worker can't go on a street(public places) and ask/bother potential clients walking/driving by. It's normal since children might be in the streets in the day time. At least, for those children brave enough not to watch TV or play video games that went outside.

Also, you can't maintain a bordello or invite clients to an apartment. This law is kind of not up to date since agencies/sex workers bypass that law. I'm sure that if done properly, it can be done discretely.

Like any business, if it disturbs the neighbors(like too much noise in a apartment), a complaint could be done. You could have a band practicing all night thus bordering the neighbors too. Respect is a must in any cases.

Also, a person can't profit from another person's sex work earnings(pimp). Again, that law is old since you have escorts agency operating in every city. They just "play" around the law. An agency is the employer of the sex worker thus send her clients. The agency will handle the logistic like taking calls, find the places for the meeting, protection, driver, medical tests, pay for the publicity on the Internet/newspaper...

However, if a sex worker gives 50-65% to the agency, then, it's not really fair in my humble opinion considering the type of intimate work they do. I even read a sex worker story charging $200 but having to give $130 to the agency.

To compensate, a sex worker might ask money for extras acts. I guest the agency need more profits in case they get arrested and pay for lawyers. By changing the law,  the sex worker will have a better compensation or way to negotiate with the agency. Plus, that money will be declare as income.

That's why many escorts  become independents or indy to keep more of the profit. For me, those are business minded women in my book. They saw a paying niche and offer to fulfill it their way.

Since it's mostly women, will they arrest the children(16-17 old) of a single mom because they profit from her work or a working living boyfriend? Yes, I know it 's extreme but you get my point.

The law should be updated for the reality.

Even law enforcement tolerate it. They might send undercover cops to find if minors are involved.

About the sex workers

I can understand protecting women being forced by someone else to be sex workers. In fact, I'm all for that. Even more so when it's to protect minors. If a sex worker want to get out of this business, I don't have any trouble with that too.

But from what I found is they are many sex workers that do it because they want to. They might like the sex and of course the money, pay a credit card debt faster, pay for post high school or have a better lifestyle thus do it part time or full time... In any case, it's their personal liberty.

That's why I draw the line. Why should personal liberties be dictated by someone else when consenting adults agreed to terms. If it's done respectfully, why not?

Those that are oppose to this on moral/religious ground must not be opened minded about sex. It's okay but it's their personal choices for them too.

If you think about it, did not myself,  a professional escort is the ultimate feminist. She decide what she want to do with her body,  own her sexuality and not afraid to find her boundaries. That's pure women power!

Yet, some women/groups want to protect all sex workers even those that do it because they want to.

I'm sure some women will write to tell me that many sex workers were abused when they were young. I don't doubt that and deeply feel for them. I even  hate the cowards that did it.  But it's not all of them.  I'm talking about women that do like to have sex and the money here.

With this kind of thinking of protecting all of them, they should also close all fast food restaurants to protect all fat people.  Yes, I'm fat too even if I lost 21 pounds so far.   But sometimes, I want to eat a pizza or poutine because I want one and I would be mad if I could not. The same apply to the cigarette or alcohol industries.  How many, because one parent was drunk, were abused children?   But in the end, it's a choice!

It's also like telling a big movie actor or sport player that earn millions that they can't be paid for something they like to do.

But how many people work in a "regular" job they don't even like but do it to get paid? Yes, many sex workers don't like it too but it's a way for them to get paid.

Because it's a special kind of service, most won't work everyday. Some indy can even afford to take a month off. They are human beings and not machine so they must also take a break too like everyone else. It's good for them to recharge the batteries.

A sex worker will have shift but will not work 100% of that time. Depending on her financial goals for the day, she might want 2-4 clients per day.

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The clients

For that part of my research, I was, again, surprised to find local forums in English an French that will review local sex workers. For some, it's an hobby and a way to compare notes.

For example, if an escort is in it for the money only, the client will write a review warning others to stay away. It's also a sign that it's not for her and she should either accept/own it or get out of this business and find other ways to make money.

Often, a good review will be welcome for an escort that like her work and not just for the money. It bring her new business too. She can also want no reviews to keep her work more secret because of the prejudice she would face.

For some clients, it's a way to find/experiment their sexual curiosity. Not everyone are at the same sexual level and it's normal.

Another type of client are those with a physical problem. They have needs thus it's one way for them to get it fulfill.

The last one, but rare,  are those with sexual problem/intimacy issues. They could be treated with the help of  a sexologist but the practical part is by using a professional escort.  I also added virgins (18+ of course) that want a "sure thing" or might also have intimacy issues to work on  for the older one's.

The married clients

I decided to make a special section for them instead. It include non-married couples too.

You will also have the married man who is looking to satisfy a sexual need that he does not get from his partner.  He may be ashamed to reveal that part of his sexual side or the partner might not like to do it.  Some will tell it to their partners while others have to  hide it from them. From what I can read, few tell it to their partners.

It's a shame because those that told it seemed to have a better home/sex life since at the end of the day they go home to a loving and understanding partner. Some even include the partner into the mix.

For those partners that might get jealous, here is something to think about : The sex worker is being paid thus it is a business transaction for her and not emotional for the most part. But, it could happen if he does not get the emotional side at home too. Now, if your man would sleep with one of your girlfriend and fall in love with her, it's another whole matter and a more serious problem for you.

Those partners reading this might want to ask their men if he has needs(weird or not). You may or not like the answer but I'm sure you would build a better partnership.  If that need build up overtime because it's not satisfied, then it will blow in your face sooner or later. That's just my opinion from man's point of view.

But the downside of using an escort is that will drain the pocket book and will need to be taken into account in the budget.

One last thing on this: I also found a site(French) where men and women want to experiment with others looking for the same need. It's free but the risk is greater than seeing an escort because of the higher potential of emotional bond that could happen. Those are not only singles on that site.

Love and Work

Some sex workers do have boyfriends that they really love.  Like I said before, a sex worker is not a machine thus has emotional needs too. For her, it's harder because her boyfriend must learn to accept her work. He must differentiate between love and work.

On that, swingers are a good example because they make the difference between sex and love. Money does not even come into account in their cases.

Health issues

Like with anything else, you have health risk. But from what I understood, most are checked every 3 months.  Like with computers, you are only safe for a limited time after the last update since new computer viruses appear every day. If she get the test the same day and you are her first client, you are save but is she from you?

Also, at least in the forums, most escorts will make it a rule for the client to wear a condom. Otherwise, she will leave.

Let's take another angle from the bar scene.

Man A is infected but don't know and has one night stand(unprotected) with Woman 1. Woman 1 then has one night stand with Man B. Man B sleep with  Woman 2 and infect her. Woman 2 then sleep with her partner Man 3 and so on and so on... Like you can see, you have risk there too.

The virus came from someone but it does not mean it's from a sex worker. How many "regular" people get check every 3 months?

The money

In Canada, in theory, a sex worker should declare all the earnings. But because the way the law is written, it's risky if the taxman start to dig deeper. By modifying the laws on where/how to announce the service, the government could make a lot more money.

Also, the sex worker could be able to have access to other service like a loan when buying a car, house, renting ...They won't be afraid to spend the money and have to explain their lifestyle to the taxman. Some might like those changes thus remove part of the stress/stigma they face everyday.

Since we are in a recession,  we should also look out of the box to get new money from the oldest job in the world.

How Much?

All prices are in Canadian dollars and taken from the agency or indy websites/forums. To give you an example here in Quebec city:

To have have a semi private contact dance with a stripper, it's $15-20 per song.

To have have an erotic massage, it's $60 for 30 minutes and $90 for 60 minutes. She might charge $20 extra for more things.

To have have a full service with an escort,  it's  $90 for 30 minutes session and $120-140 for 60 minutes.   She might charge $20 extra for more things. Buying more hours in bulk won't cost less. If you boss tell you: Can you work 5 hours but I will pay you 2.5? I don't think you would that.

The only example  I found in the forum was a client  who wanted an escort for 8 hours. He mentioned that the escort agreed to charge less for him since it was not 8 hours of straight sex. He was older so needed time to recharge.

In Montreal, it will cost more since it cost more to live there.

Fans of Dr. Who will remember his female companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) who now stars in Secret Diary Of A Call Girl. Asking for an high price escort will cost way more.

Mmmm? seeing the rates they charge an hour, I should consider a new line of work until my sites start to get indexed or #1 in Google. Steve The Irish Male Escort. Wait!  It won't be fair to the other guys. lol

The Lingo

I won't replicate it here but while reading the forums and reviews, I had a second browser of the terms used. It's weird at first but I got used to it quickly for the popular one. The 2 forums had a list of the terms.

The sources

To better understand those working  as sex workers, I found 3 sites.

1. Chez Stella(English, French) where you will find many involved(sex-workers, public-health researchers and sympathizers) around sex workers

2. Union des TDS du Quebec (French only and not finished yet) who was founded by 5 professional escorts tired of seeing only the bad side shown in the media and wanting to keep their rights of doing what they want/love.

3. The other end of the spectrum, you have LACLES(English, French). They want to eliminate that industry without taking into considerations sex workers rights and clients needs. They want to criminalize the clients.

The media

When you see reports on TV, newspaper, radio or web, you mostly see the bad side of that industry. They always take woman that was exploited but rarely a woman that like it.

We had a  radio station show that interviewed an erotic masseuse  a few weeks ago. I had already started doing basic research and it confirmed what I had found. She like her work but had to hide it the first 4 months  from her boyfriend. He now knows and accept it. It's now been 2 years they are together.

Conclusion

Wow! I must say that I learned more than expected about this industry and many prejudice felt.

I will make it short: Yes, it's a personal intimate business but still a business.

You may agree or disagree with the sex workers industry and I'm okay with that.  But I believe more in personal liberty and the right to make  money from something you want/love to do for whatever reasons.

Paid or not, people will have sex one way or another.

I hope I did not missed something. If I did you may ask me and will try to answer those questions I deemed of value and if I have time too.

P.S.1 I did not mentioned male escort in this but should they be protect by the LACLES too. Poor defenseless men

P.S. It's my longest post ever(3000+ words). Sorry about that but did not expect to write a lot of information at first and did not want to split it even if I could. It did take a long time to write too.

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Just a quick post to mentioned that MyStarterBlog v1.5.0 is now available.

It offer so many new main features:

• Better integration with Rob's MSB Ebay Plugin
• Simple HTML editor(not WISIWIG) but with a preview page within MSB
• Many new tags to make MSB more flexible
• Theme editor so that you can edit the files of the theme from within MSB
• List Themes using themeimage.gif and readme.txt to find themes easier. The authors can use readme.txt to give further instructions about the theme
• Redirection(.htaccess) manager when importing WordPress XML, renaming the URL of a post or converting a site to MSB

The price of MyStarterBlog is now $7USD and you don't need to subscribe to the newsletter anymore. Tell your friends!

Rob's MSB Ebay Plugin was also reduced to $7USD today.

For $14USD, you now have a light weight/cheaper  BANS, phpBay/WordPress alternative.

I replaced a lot of my secondary blogs and will continue do to that. With the MSB eBay plugin, I will do the same with my auction sites. That should keep me occupied to some weeks

Those of you who have some kind of vision will see what can MyStarterBlog do for their blog empire or Internet business. Think of the hours you will save by not having to upgrade your WP blogs.

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I mentioned before that companies that continued to advertise during the last recession were in a better position than their competitors after it ended. Plus, companies don't need a physical product to do Internet advertising. For example, a DUI Lawyer could offer his/her services locally too.

The Internet factor

Unlike the last recession, the Internet is an advertising tool available to all companies big or small. This is a major factor since e-commerce is done 24/7. Even if it's 2am where a company is located, it's 2pm elsewhere in the world.  If companies don't advertise on the Internet, their competitor will, locally or not. Plus, television is being replaced more and more by the Internet meaning more potential clients.

Some numbers

Depending on your country/region, companies don't invest much in Internet advertising. Below, you will see the % of the total advertising budget that is spent on the Internet.

Quebec(Canada): 3%
Canada: 10%
USA: 12-13%
Europe: 20-25%

I knew that Quebec was far behind but I did not know by how much. This also show good opportunities for companies. Since the Internet has less competition, the cost of advertising will be lower.

Of course, geo targeted ads for Quebec would need to be in the French language. This would also open the field to French companies that are exporting to the Quebec market.  The same could be said for European companies for the English Canadian and American markets. Remember, it's 24/7.

Geo targeting

Adwords is one of the method most companies will look at first. A company can geo target an ad so that they don't show it to those outside of a specific area. Here are 3 examples:

Best DUI Lawyer In Chicago
Let us defend you
Installment plan available

Best DUI Lawyer In Detroit
Let us defend you
Installment plan available

Best DUI Lawyer In the Country
Let us defend you
Offices in every major city

The first 2 are geo targeted to cities(Chicago, Detroit) while the last one is for the whole country(USA). The same third ad could be use for Canada too. They might have offices in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal.

Depending on the city, the DUI lawyer might have to pay more while paying less for smaller cities.

Note: Having a good pay per click course will help companies or they will loose their shirts. They could also find a company to do it for them.

Branding

For many, they have a tendency to look at the Click-through rate(CTR). Depending on the goal of your ad, you should also look at the branding benefit.  When you read a newspaper, you don't call every ads in it.

To brand itself more, a DUI Lawyer could buy banners on popular local blogs that gives news about the city, do restaurant/bar reviews, law related blogs....  The cost might be even less than doing PPC but the blogger could have readers outside of the city too thus not geo targeted. The ad might not have much clicks but it will offer branding power.

However, a company must select wisely the sites. Having a DUI Lawyer ad on a tech blog is not a good idea.

Conclusion

Most companies will make the mistake to cut their advertising budget. But by adding Internet advertising, it will help companies to survive through this recession by getting new untapped clients.

If employees can't have a raise or new equipment this year, the company must make them understand that offline/Internet advertising is what bring the money and paying their salary. Most employees should understand that because of the current recession.

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I remember in the early 1990s, the world was in a big recession. In a normal recession, the economy drop fast but pickup faster too. In Canada, it lasted much longer than the USA. Canadian companies made significant structural change that now, they fair better that the US economy because of that. One thing I also remember is that companies that kept advertising made it out of the recession in a much better financial shape.

So what's your point?

You can take those same lessons and apply them in the Internet world too. You should "restructure" your way of thinking and go beyond your comfort zone a little.

People will still need to buy stuff in a bad economy or recession. The rich will still buy new luxury cars, the middle class will think twice and find the best deal for them and the poor, well, they will survive the best they can.

I also wrote a traditional way: Tips On Making Money In A Bad Economy Or Recession because below are some of the methods(free/paid) I'm using to make money online.

Taking Action

Most people that find my page are too "afraid" to take action to make money online. Don't be afraid! At least, you should consider looking at the free or one of first 3 paid methods. They are the simplest to do and require the least technical skills. Heck! the first one(paid) is so simple that my grandmother could use it. Okay, maybe not but you get my point.

By reading this, you made the first step that most don't.  Now, you must take action. That's why 99% of people don't make money online or offline: they just read but never take action after that!

Are you going to be in the 1% or at least, try it? You don't need it to be a full time job either. That's the beauty of making money online. You go at your own pace and earn passive income while working ar your job.

Note: After I wrote this, I got a few emails from those that tried one of the methods below. Every time, they thank me for encouraging them to take action. Sometimes, it's what they needed: a little push to start them without going broke. Do you need me to push you to get you started or a kick in the butt to take action?

Do you want FREE information first?

Not everyone are at the same technical level or want to spend money and it's okay. Recently, I found a site that will give you FREE information.

But to get the FREE information, you need to request it! It will only take you 1 minute.  They are in 2 countries(US, Canada) so click to watched the video only if you are from those country. Otherwise, you will be be sent elsewhere. They can geo target your IP so not to waste your time.

Since it is $0 to get that FREE information, you don't have any reasons not to take action on this one.

Recent Stats: Since the US are in bigger economic troubles this day, it's sad than not many visitors look at this opportunity. But the overall result of those visiting and requesting the information is 12%. I don't understand since it's FREE information.

Ideally, it should be 1 visitor = 1 request for both countries.

C'mon Americans and Canadians! You can do better than that.

I hope you do take the time to request it.  At least, you will be in 12% who did take action.

After that you have requested the FREE information, you decide if it's for you or not. Either way, you took action this year and you have other methods below.

Making money in a bad economy/recession

Now, if you can't take 1 minute to give some information or  spend a few dollars, how do you expect to make money in a bad economy/recession?

1. Paid to do surveys

You can get paid or get stuff by participating in surveys so anyone can do that. You might not get rich but you could earn a few bucks more each month. Companies are willing to pay for your feedback about their products and services.

Surveys can be hard to find so you could become a member of a site that find real surveys(since 2003) for you. They will often ask for a one time fee for their time(i.e. searching for surveys).

Since companies can't afford to waste too much money, I expect a growth in this market. The surveys will allow them to better target their market.

Note: If you are not North American, those type of sites are not for you since it's mostly for the American/Canadian market with a few international surveys(UK).

2. Information, Information, Information

I realized that many might not have all the time or initial money for  #4,5,6 below. That I understand that perfectly. So, I found the $7 Secrets report that will be the easy for new people to get started.

You can sell it to others for $7 and you get $7. It's all explained in the report.

But first, you will need to open a free PayPal account to buy it and received payments when reselling it. Don't worry, PayPal is own by eBay. It's also one of the most common way to buy online without giving your credit card number.

Plus, the information in the $7 Secrets report is very useful if you know information about a subject(flowers, cars, sports, electronic ...).

Btw, the included script alone is worth more than $7 if you decide to apply the method in the report. You will understand when you read the #2.

3. See Free Movies Legally(and make money too)

Edit: 2008/11/11 Version 3.0 is now available. I added a family Project chapter.

Using the $7 Secrets report script, I wrote this $7 report: See Free Movies Legally(and make money too). Yes, it's 100% legal and safe to do with the family.

My method is generating $50-100 per month or $600-1200/year in my spare time.  In the report, I gave a realistic expectation because I don't oversell it.

The "make money too" part is what will be profitable for buyers if they apply the method not just with movies but with other subjects like Play Free Games with a Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii... added in v3.0.

I know, I could tell you that they would make $200-500/day from the start but I don't. So, beware of those that will tell you something like that. Is it possible? Of course it is but with time and mostly experience. You need to crawl before running to the bank.

Bonus: If you don't want to use my method with movies, then use it for other subjects. If you don't have a subject, you can get 100% commission by reselling my report to others using the affiliate link(easy). That's $7 that go directly into your PayPal account every time.  Like the $7 Secrets report, you don't need a website to promote it but it helps. I will tell you how/where when you buy it using free places on the web.

Plus, you will get for free the newer versions of my report.

4. Selling PLR products(ebooks, software...)

I'm using a private label site that I reviewed(new window) the service for you. For those that can't afford PLC yet, you can use NBN(review) to start you out with niche blogs.

Tip: You might also want to download this free guide: Make Money With PLR Guide(PDF)

5. Buy/resell stuff online

It's traditional but still part online. What might be junk for you, might be a treasure for someone else. For example, you could buy rare DVDs and resell them locally for a profit.

In any case, I suggest that you open a free account anyway. You might need to buy something that you need or resell something to make room for other stuff. You could always do a trial run after registering by buying a very, very cheap DVD to see how the whole process works so not to get a surprise.

Hint: Beware of shipping fees(sell/buy) on the heavy objects unless it's delivered locally. It will eat all of your profits.

6. Targeted auction sites

A few days ago, I saw a news(TV) that people were turning to auction sites to sell their things. I was thinking of writing this post for some time now and that news confirmed my suspicion.

You can start making money by building BANS or phpBay sites(Ebay store). That's one of the reasons of the lack of updates on my blog. I started to build very "product targeted" auction sites a few weeks ago. Some sites are now starting to pay off. I'm very patient and I know that some will take months while some will pay off faster.

January 2009 was my biggest month to date.

What is a BANS/phpBay site?

Simply, a BANS/phpBay API is a script that show products from eBay. Once people buy items using your auction site, you get a commission from the fees.

BANS is the simplest for most beginners. I use AuctionSiteWriter to build phpBay API sites.

Update 2009/04/07: I created MyStarterBlog(Windows only) and Rob created a plugin to show eBay items. At this time the cost is($7 for MyStarterBlog and $7 for the MSB eBay plugin). Both give free updates for life.

Do you have a blog?

If you have a blog, I recommend using the phpBay Pro Wordpress plugin. I recommend the paid version(more parameters). The free version only has the first 2 parameters so don't waist your time.

[ phpbay]Blu-Ray Player, 4, 15077,"firmware broken"[/ phpbay]

It will show the first 4 blu-ray players in the category(15077) and exclude players that have "firmware" or  "broken" in the title. You, those parameters are useful.

US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Hong Kong Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Singapore Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions

Best Match Time: ending soonest Time: newly listed Price: lowest first Price: highest first Price + Shipping: lowest first Price + Shipping: highest first

SONY BDP BX1 BLU RAY PLAYER GREAT CONDITION    US $83.00

SAMSUNG BD P2500 XAA BLU RAY DISC DVD PLAYER    US $.98

AS IS SONY BDP S300 1080P BLU RAY DISC DVD PLAYER    US $.98

AS IS SAMSUNG BD P3600 XAA BLU RAY DISC DVD PLAYER    US $.98

Have garden a blog? Add garden related items instead

Conclusion

I just gave you 6 methods to make money online. Also, depending on your free time, the first 2 methods will cost less to do and take you less time to apply. If you are just beginning, the 6 methods are in the order that you should start in.

I'm bias here, but See Free Movies Legally is a good way to get your started online at a reasonable cost. It will help if you like movies and when you apply the method in the report. Otherwise, just promote my report at first.

Even if it's online, you must treat this like a real business, be patient(BANS) and invest money if/when you can. Yes, it may take some money but it's far less than going with brick and mortar business model.

The only thing that can stop you is yourself. SO TAKE ACTION NOW!

Again, the 6 methods are:

1. Surveys
2. $7 Secrets report
3. See Free Movies Legally
4. Buy/resell
5. Private Label Chest/NBN
6. BANS/phpBay auction sites/blogs

TAKE ACTION NOW!

Edit: I will update this post when needed. You may bookmark it. Send it to friends that might also act on it. You can do it in groups if you want.

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The Good

The young man(24 years), Marc Galeazzi, seemed to want to make something with the blog and we see his excitement in his video.

For branding, I can see that the name is open to other possibilities other than money. So, if it does not work well for him, he can recycle the blog for something else. A goal is not always about making money but it does help for that goal.

The Bad

It is his money but he paid more than I would had. You can't just say you will make X amount per month. Most domains in the Make Money Online blog market lose a lot of their readership after they are sold. We got too many examples of that.

Note: The so popular rule of 10x times the monthly revenue should be reconsidered, at least in the Make Money Online field. How was the revenue made? Does it need a lot of work that the new owner might not have? How much is passive revenue?

But if he can still make $1000/month, he will be fine or if not, it may take him longer to make his money back. He also admitted that he don't know about Wordpress. At least, he start with an already build blog with content and a readership base.

Now, will his new readers follow him in his learning goal?

And the Ugly

Reading the comments, many called Marc Galeazzi all sorts of name and Bryan(seller) even worst. I also read comments by OMG readers calling Vic's names too.

I won't make any judgment for now because time will tell if those comments/revenues were right or not in this case. This should be his first case study.

Tip for Marc Galeazzi

I don't have much RSS readers but I thank them for reading me.

One thing I can say his that Alexa will not deliver the whole truth about traffic. My organic traffic increased in the last 3 months because of my Removing Virus Heat post but my Alexa decreased.

So, Marc, learn about SEO(Search Engine Optimization) and how to bring traffic from Google/MSN/Yahoo. Those visitors will click your ads.

Conclusion

Yes, Marc Galeazzi could make money online with other methods like Vic showed many with BANS and pre-owned domains or even by using the method in my free ebook. It would not had cost him 10K to learn but he would had need to be more patient.

One thing I can say is that Marc Galeazzi took the first steps(right or wrong) that many are afraid to do.

Good luck on your goal man and think BANS too!

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I’m officially launching TrustURL.com today.

TrustURL is a paid member only short redirection service. You can now use this URL redirection service to create a short URL, protect your affiliate URLs and centralize all the URLs that you often use.

You can read the rest here. Don't forget to read the entire post.

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I will recap some of the big features(very video centric):

• It's a social network(video chat)
• It's only for adults because of the video dating part
• You can find work(video resume)
• Promote your business
• Everyone is assigned a sponsor(semi-MLM part for free or paid members). No need to bypass me.
• and more

They made a video showing the soon to be launch version 1.5.

Soon after I joined, I started to promote it. I got about 30-35 members under me with 2-3 that paid their $9.95/month.

Then, I started to get private message that were spam(FriendsSpam). That was a real turn off. I don't blame members for quitting at that point. Friendswin finally step up and made a big cleanup and so, I don't get spam has much now. When I do, I can report them easily. They also removed most of the non active members. I was too busy on my other projects to make used of the network. I only approved friends.
From the start, I decided to sticked to it for 5-6 months. I have reached that point but I will continue because of the future improvement coming soon with v1.5. I will give it 3+ months but they will pump the marketing campaign with the new version.

If you want to join(free), click here. The link is for the Friendswin "sales" page of features/opportunities. It's more complete than the old one. TrustURL.com is my new site for URL redirection. I should get banners this week and post more about it.

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