One of the newest and most profitable things you can do is "blogging" on the internet. This is one of the hottest new money making trends going today. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term "blog" here is the Wikipedia meaning:

A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.

Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of most early blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual although some focus on photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting), and are part of a wider network of social media.

The term "blog" is a portmanteau, or, in other words, a blend of the words web and log (Web log). "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

For those of you who would like to give this a try, you will need to sign up for a contextual ad program such as Yahoo! Ads, Text Link Ads, and so on. Once you sign up and are approved, you will then be able to get html ad codes to add to your blogs. If you are a MySpacer then this step will come very easy to you. You get paid when people reading your blogs click on the ads contained therein. YOU CAN NOT REQUEST ANYONE TO CLICK ON YOUR ADS! Invalid clicks and page impressions can lead to account termination. Any money you have made at that point will be returned to the companies that paid for the ads. Once you sign up for these programs, there are tutors and guides that show you how to use them. This is one of the newest and hottest money making strategies going today. Bloggers are making loads of money doing what they do best, blogging!! You can sign up for these by clicking the banners below. (You don't have to limit yourself to just one.) Then do a Yahoo! search for free blogs. You will find tons of them to join. You could start making money in minutes!! It takes a day or two for Yahoo! to approve your account but it will really pay off in the end. Later on, if you decide to create a simple website (See Making Money WITH a Simple Website) you can use these same programs on your website without having to create new accounts!!! Use the publisher sign up page when applying to Text Link Ads and Adbrite.

There are many free drop shipping programs on the internet that allow you to sell their products directly from their websites or through online auctions as listed above. I will try to get you started with a few free ones to join with. Remember, you can always search the internet for more free drop shipping programs to join. Clickbank and Linkshare aren't really drop shipping programs but will allow you to promote their products. You should be able to promote them through blogging as well so long as the blog site doesn't have restrictions for these.

Click on My Account and then choose Log In/Register.

There are many services that pay you to read emails as well. WARNING - You may or may not receive cash for certain emails. The way this works is you are emailed links to company advertisements which you must view. For some of these you must log into the site and use the internal mailbox you receive when you sign up in order to receive credit and others will send emails directly to your email address. They in return pay you in cash, vouchers, prizes, etc. I just felt you should be forewarned about the process. If you choose to give this a go then here are some places you may want try first. Since this site is about making money, I have tried to list only the ones that pay in CASH rather than prizes. Several of these companies combine emails and surveys. Sign up for all of them and then choose to stay with the ones you like best. The list you see here are the ones that I use every day.

You can go through these pretty quick using a tabbed browser by right clicking on the "View Website" at the bottom of the advertisements and choosing open in background tab over and over as you click for the next ad. This one pays with money for each ad viewed for a few seconds. I went through 54 emails in just a few minutes.

Inbox Dollars is one of the greatest paid email providers. You can log in to Inbox Dollars and take cash surveys as well. You receive $1 for each survey you complete.

There are far too many services like these to list just waiting for people like us to join them. Some of these programs even offer paid surveys along with the paid emails. Join a few of them if you have the time. The more you join the more money you can make.

Now comes the free paid survey part of our ventures. Like the free paid email programs there are quite a few paid survey programs. I will try to list your best options for them. Again, the more you sign up for the better your chances of making some real money.

 Click here to sign up --> Be rewarded for your opinions. Receive additional contest entries each time you complete a survey.

  This one pays with prizes!!

Click here to Sign up for great survey offers & get paid.

Another great company that pays with cash is American Consumer Opinion.

I know a lot of you have heard of the Neilson Family TV Ratings. Now here is your chance to join the Neilson Net Ratings!!  You get rewarded with sweepstakes entries and great prizes! Join them today!

  Do You Enjoy Taking Surveys? Join the Nielsen//NetRatings Panel. Give your opinion and you could win!

Please don't limit yourself to just these options. With a little research I'm sure everyone can come up with a lot of different programs to make money. I don't want anyone new to all of this to be discouraged. On another note, it may be easier to make money with a website than without one! A simple website really isn't that hard to create especially with all the free web hosting services. They offer easy to use tools and wizards to help anyone create a website. After having joined the programs on this page and having become familiar with some of the ad providers, I'm sure with a little patience and some work you could do it. If you feel your ready for this step (and I encourage you to do so) then please move on to "Making Money WITH a Simple Website".