The Whole Making Money On Line Thing?

[Fishindude77]

See numerous threads on here about making money on line, doing surveys, blogging, etc.

While I don't doubt that there are a few things out there that could produce a little income, I feel it's pretty misleading to suggest that the average person can sit on their duff at their PC at home and make any kind of reasonable income. Guessing this is about like Amway .... for every 1000 that try it, one is successful at it.

There is very little "easy money" out there and available in this world. I think much better advice would be to develop a solid work ethic, get a job, work hard, work long hours, put in a little personal sweat and good things will generally happen.

[rennigade]

I think much better advice would be to develop a solid work ethic, get a job, work hard, work long hours, put in a little personal sweat and good things will generally happen.

You should start thinking less. You're going to hurt your brain.

Can you reference the thread that specifies that someone can make a living doing surveys? As others mentioned...its just another way to make a little scratch on the side.

Work long hours? Ever hear of the expression "work smarter...not harder." sigh...my young one...much you have to learn.

[riverwed070707]

I agree to some extent there's definitely not a get rich quick method to online surveys but I do think there is legitimate side income to be made online, especially if you have skills others need and know how to connect with them. My background is in communications. I tried for a long time to pick up side editing/writing/marketing freelance work from a variety of sites like onlinewritingjobs.com. I wasted a lot of time scrolling through ads and bidding on ones I thought I'd be a good fit for and often being underbid by people who clearly don't value their time. At some point I came across a local craigslist ad for someone needing a virtual assistant to help with social media for a growing business in a hobby area of mine. Then I started helping another person in that industry. And then another. Word spread and now people come to me for help with projects all the time and I make anywhere from $500-800 a month pulling together simple graphics, posting to facebook and marketing events. Its a pretty cool gig and as an added bonus, I often get to participate in my hobby for free because of all these connections I've made.

[disneysteve]

I agree to some extent there's definitely not a get rich quick method to online surveys but I do think there is legitimate side income to be made online

I agree. You may not be able to support yourself (though some do) but you can at least get some extra spending money. Especially for a stay at home parent or someone not able to work for medical reasons, being able to earn a bit from home can be a good thing.

I personally know of at least one person whose blog, done purely for fun, ended up landing them their dream job, so you just never know what could happen.

[ua_guy]

Blogs and surveys for scratch on the side...that seems pretty normative. I don't think many people succeed at making anything close to a median annual income in the US though.

FishinDude has a point though. The "Make $x,xxx per week using your own computer for just 2 hours a week!" -scams that were popular during the advent of home internet connections becoming commonplace 20 years ago were, and always will be, scams.

Exceptions of course for actual "work from home" -type internet jobs. Amazon, and Sirius/XM are good examples--many of their reps are home-based and perform customer service by working online from home. That and software developer positions that can be 100% remote.

Also, regarding Rennigade's comment about "work smarter, not harder." I do believe we still exist in a country where many well-paying, median and above-median incomes are made via hourly jobs, union hourly, or salaried, overtime-eligible positions. Some jobs require the worker to be onsite for a certain time period. Those positions are truly "more time spent = more money earned" type jobs. I get what Rennigade is saying, but it's kind of a stab in the face for people who do just fine putting in their time on the job.

[SandraGenJobs]

The Whole Making Money On Line Thing?

Making money online is certainly possible to some extent. I think the problem occurs when people get too caught up in the whole ''Be a millionaire'' movement that's so popular nowadays. You have to be realistic when it comes to online money making.

[JoeP]

Everything has a price, and it is really up to the person to decide if those "prices" are worth it.

Some people like to do surveys, while others don't like to disclose their opinions. Some people find that a few hours a week doing activities on their computer is a fair trade for a gift card, while other may find their time is better spent elsewhere. Some people don't mind setting up an email account for collecting offers and then filtering through them and sending back documentation for reimbursement, while other don't have the desire to track all that. Some people love to blog and post youtube videos, and get some compensation.

[Retired To Win]

... While I don't doubt that there are a few things out there that could produce a little income, I feel it's pretty misleading to suggest that the average person can sit on their duff at their PC at home and make any kind of reasonable income...

That all depends on what you mean by sitting on one's duff at the PC at home. My wife pulls in $175 an hour "sitting on her duff at her home PC" doing new drug pharmaceutical regulatory submissions consulting. Of course, she first worked over 20 years for consulting and research firms in order to be able to do this now... ;O

[disneysteve]

That all depends on what you mean by sitting on one's duff at the PC at home. My wife pulls in $175 an hour "sitting on her duff at her home PC" doing new drug pharmaceutical regulatory submissions consulting. Of course, she first worked over 20 years for consulting and research firms in order to be able to do this now... ;O

Certainly there are specialized areas where one could earn substantial income online. I don't think that's what OP was talking about.

Read my blog. I make over $10,000/year doing online surveys, but they are medical surveys not available to the general public.

[Retired To Win]

Certainly there are specialized areas where one could earn substantial income online. I don't think that's what OP was talking about.

Read my blog. I make over $10,000/year doing online surveys, but they are medical surveys not available to the general public.

Humor, Steve... HUMOR!!