Sure Ways to Make Money Online

Are you world-class expert? Yes, you are!

Your personal interests, life and work experiences and education add up to real expertise in a number of subjects. Do you know that there is a place online that can help you turn that expertise into hard cash?

There are Web-based businesses that can help you earn cash in your spare time:

Associated Content
One of the largest and best known freelance networks, syndicates and custom-creates Editorial content, in text, video, image and audio forms. It claims to be adding 5,000 articles a week to a database of more than 1 million articles on a vast range of subjects.

That database was built by freelancers, who are paid a measly $3 to $15 per story but make an additional small sum based on user clicks, starting at $1.50 for every 1,000 page views. You can get a raise on that rate for page views as your output and audience grow.

The key to racking up page views is to write about something that interests everybody, like love or money.

LivePerson.com
Boasts 30,000 experts who are "ready to chat" on subjects from personal growth to small business solutions.

Some experts are lurking online, ready to jump in to answer your question, and others can be scheduled ahead for a one-on-one. The fee is set by the expert, anywhere from 50 cents to $5 per minute, about 45 percent of which goes to LivePerson.

The vetting process includes licenses for professions that require them, like doctors and lawyers. All experts' resumes are available to prospective clients.
But once online, the experts live or die by client ratings which are, in the great tradition of the Internet, brutally honest. And in this world of pay-per-minute, the reviews cover typing speed as well as communication skills.

JustAnswer.com
Has an even simpler system. Got a problem? Just describe it, and indicate how much you're willing to pay for an answer. One of the experts will get back to you fast.
Experts run the gamut. A quick glance through current questions reveals that many people are baffled by their electronic equipment, their cars and their puppies. Also, many students want somebody to write their term papers for them.

MechanicalTurk.com
Owned by Amazon, currently has almost 700 projects up for grabs, each divided into hundreds or thousands of "human intelligence tasks." Each task pays literally pennies -- from 1 cent to maybe 20 cents.

You grab a task, complete it and submit it for approval. As soon as it's approved, your payment gets transferred from the requester's Amazon Payments account to yours. If you can stand it, you could sit at your computer all day banging these things out.

DesignBay.com
Offers designers the chance to submit their work in online "contests" for posted projects. The odd jobs, most paying a couple of hundred dollars, come in from around the world, from small businesses and individuals who need logos or fliers, banner ads and posters.

CAUTION: Old scams never die. If an ad promises you can make $50,000 a week clicking on Web sites, they're lying. If a company wants you to pay upfront for a kit, or a book, or anything else, don't do it. There are plenty of legitimate businesses in this game, and they make their money by helping you make money.