Grunt work to make money online
We all dream of making a million online, but that just ain’t gonna happen. If you think this way, get ready to get disappointed. Although it’s possible to make millions, very few come close. I think it’s probably more productive to get rid of these e-dreams. Be practical and realistic. It’s not very glamorous, but there are plenty of ways to make a few bucks online. I’ll list a few grunt work that you can do to make money online. Remember, “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. ” Akeem from Coming to America played by Eddie Murphy quoting Friedrich Nietzsche
It’s important to make that first dollar online. Many of you have never achieved this goal. Most noobies just end up spending money instead of making any. To correct this, you should think about doing some boring ass grunt work. Here’s a list of ways to make 5 to 10 bucks at a time.
1. Compile a list of web directories and submit websites for people. Usually the going rate is something like 100-200 submissions for $10. It’s not easy money, but it is money. I’ve paid for such submissions many times. I did it for my collection of sites and for sites of my friends. If you go into digitalpoint and post a tread, you should get a few people interested in no time. If you have trouble making money this way, shoot me an email and i’ll hook you up with some jobs. I warn you tho. It’s very boring doing this. If you only have one site to submit, this isn’t worth it. But if you can whip up 10 at a time, then it’s not that bad. Make a hundred bucks in a few hours.
2. If you’re good with design or coding, tweak logos and header images for webmasters. It might be hard to get your first paying gig, but if your price is cheap, you’ll get some jobs this way. If you do a good job, you’ll get repeat requests and this could end up being another way to make money online. It’ll be a good source of side income.
3. Write articles for other bloggers. There are tons of webmasters who are looking for quality content. Get in the habit of networking and you should find a lot of jobs for copybloggers. You can get blogging jobs by going through the list i made.
4. Sell stumble, digg, entrecard packages. I buy entrecards from other bloggers. I know a guy who usually hooks me up with 20k credits at a time. I don’t know how he gets it, but i don’t care. I do know that he puts in 50 bucks or so into his pocket every time i buy it off him. I bought a few digg and stumble packages from a few bloggers on namepros and digitalpoint. It was cheap and got me a nice rush of visits for a few of my other sites.
5. If you have PR, sell links. Blogs with PR3 or higher can make you extra cash. It’s not a lot of money, but putting 5 to 10 dollars into your pocket ain’t bad.
There are more of these grunt work but im getting tired. You guys get the idea anyhow. Just think of things that are a drag to do. Think of things that you would want to pay someone to do for you, if you had that type of blogging budget.
If i’ve left out some other type of grunt work, feel free to let me know in my comments below. Tell me what type of ways you grunted for some bucks. The best comment gets 1,000 entrecard credits. Cheers!
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July 29th, 2008 at 7:39 am
I don’t have an entrecard winning comment but just wanted to agree with you.
Earninga dollar online in easy… it’s a little harder to support yourself but anyone can use the net to pay a few bills.
July 29th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Millions? Me neither however a lucrative living is very possible! Its all about the traffic!
D. Lewis
July 29th, 2008 at 11:39 am
My grunt jobs unclude paid to search and click sites. I also do a lot of paid to post on forums when I haven’t got much blogging work.
I also do entrecard and have credits for sale. If you like entrecredits from me let me know what you would pay per 1,000.
I make anythign from 200 to 1000 online a month. I want to make it at least a consistent 2,000 a month as a minimum.
July 29th, 2008 at 11:40 am
My grunt jobs include paid to search and click sites. I also do a lot of paid to post on forums when I haven’t got much blogging work.
I also do entrecard and have credits for sale. If you like entrecredits from me let me know what you would pay per 1,000.
I make anythign from 200 to 1000 online a month. I want to make it at least a consistent 2,000 a month as a minimum.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
[...] Grunt work. I don’t do this anymore, but when i started, i was all over this. You bet your ass that i was doing all the hard “manual labor” of the internet. These type of employment is comparable to the dish washing, strawberry picking, and toilet cleaning jobs of immigrant workers. When my parents first came to the States, they did these type of jobs. They worked hard at it and sent two sons to colllege. My parents went from washing dishes and cleaning toilets to owning their own businesses. They also own properties in South California. Hard work pays guys. It’s not an easy street to riches but if you work hard, you will make money. To get started, join all the webforums. Make contacts by networking in these forums. Join anything and everything. Visit a lot of small and medium blogs and leave useful comments. Let people know that you’re interested in making money. Offer them your services. Submit sites to directories, copywrite, and design for $10 at a time. Doing this sucks, but you’ll learn a lot during this process. Think of it like working your way up from the mail room. Except, you’re trying to create your own business online instead of working for someone else all your life. [...]
July 29th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
forest- yeah, making a few bucks isn’t that hard. to make fulltime income, now that’s a different story. love your new site forest. doing a great job!
d lewis- yeah, traffic traffic traffic.
yanjiaren- those are good for grunt work. paid to sites. incentive sites. u know, u could set up your own incentive site. doesn’t cost a lot of money. and get members to do the grunt work for you.
post in forums is also good. sounds like you’re a real hard worker and i appreciate your comment. i going to let this post simmer for a day. if noone else comments with suggestions, you win the 1000 entrecard credits. 
July 29th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Thanks Noob…. I’m working ahrd on the new site, not making much dough yet…. ut time will tell.
If you need any graphics work then give me a shout… I sent you an email with a load of examples.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:23 am
forest- new site looks sweet. i can tell a lot of work has been invested in it. i’ll let u know about the graphic work. i’ll need it soon enough. i got the email(sorry i didn’t reply) been swamped. i’ll shoot u a request sooner or later.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Congrats to Yanjiaren- you win 1000 entrecard credits. Leave me another comment here to confirm your prize. And then shoot me an email with your entrecard email. I will send u the credits.
August 5th, 2008 at 5:31 am
Excellent post! I am also a firm believer in hard work. These kinds of posts always motivate me and keep me going. Can people make millions online? Yes, is it way easy? Of course not.
I have worked long and hard hours, I have gotten up early and stayed up late. I have worked weekends. After 3 years straight, I finally was able to quit my job.
It can be done people! Put down the xbox and the remote control, and get to work!
August 5th, 2008 at 11:18 am
marketing guy- that’s amazing. i could learn a lot from u. i’m curious, how many websites do you have other then “marketing-complete”
and what is your main source of income from ur website?