I started working from home almost 20 years ago now, in 1992, if I recall correctly.  Perhaps it was late 1991.  At the time, I remember, there was quite a buzz about working from one’s house.  It was kind of the “in” thing to do, although to be honest not many people were doing it.  It was what everybody wanted to do. As the 90′s became more mature, it actually became much easier to actually work from home.  Even if you had an office with some big company, the Internet actually made it possible to get much of your work done no matter where you were physically located.  Oh, if you needed to have a face to face … [Read more...]

OK, if you have been following the series about Making Money Online, so far you’ve decided what you are going to sell, and you’ve figured out how to get the product.  What’s next? Well, you are going to have to figure out how to actually sell it!  Let’s have a look using some of our examples from before: The plumber is selling information about how to fix plumbing in your house.  He might not be doing a straight out cash transaction for the information, but we already established that he is selling it, one way or another.  So, what is his method of selling going to be?  Well, most likely, he will set up a website … [Read more...]

A lot of people tell me that they would love to move to the Philippines, but they don’t have enough money to support themselves, and thus cannot move.  There are some very common sayings about this subject.  First, a lot of people will tell you that it is impossible to earn any decent amount of money in the Philippines.  Another thing that you hear is a joke – “how can you make a small fortune in the Philippines?  By bringing a large fortune with you!” Well, I am here to tell you that both of these statements are 100% incorrect.  I know, because I do quite well here, thank you.  I have been living in the … [Read more...]

A few weeks ago, a friend e-mailed me and we got into a discussion about Google AdSense.  As we talked about how our various sites are performing with AdSense, I realized that many of my sites were really lagging when it comes to AdSense performance.  As I have written on this site a number of times, on many of my sites, I have been focusing more on selling my own products and services, instead of trying to make money from AdSense.  Because my focus has shifted, AdSense has taken a secondary role, and I have treated it like a secondary money earner. However, I still had AdSense on my sites.  When I looked at the Click Through Rates for my … [Read more...]