Just Make Money Online

July 2nd, 2008

Photrade: Make Money Online with Your Photos

Today, I learned about Photrade, a new photography marketplace that’s still in beta. The basic idea is that you upload your photos in the service, then you can sell products based on your photos. These products include: photo prints, apparel, and gift items, as well as digital downloads (stock photo). You can set your own price and they’ll take care of delivering the products to the customer. It also seems like they plan to offer an affiliate programme in the future.

In any case, payments may be: 1) collected in the system and used to buy stuff from the site; 2) donated to your chosen charity; and/or b) sent to you via Paypal (with US$15 minimum payment threshold).

Since it’s still in beta, there are a couple of issues: a) You can only try out the service if you get an invitation; and b) There’s still a few kinks in the system. Plus, I’m not sure yet of its track record when it comes to quality of products, payment systems to photographers, etc.

In any case, I still think it’s a service worth watching. And right now, I have 3 invites available to give away. If you’re interested, leave a comment here answering the question: What kind of camera do you own?

If there are more than 3 folks interested, I’ll raffle off the invites.

NOTE: Thanks to Janette Toral for sending me an invite and telling me about Photrade.

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July 1st, 2008

Advertising Slogan Generator

Are you looking for a way to sloganise your business? Try this fun tool from thesurrealist.co.uk.

Here are some that I liked for Just Make Money Online:

Which one do you think is best?
Anyway, why don’t you try it out yourself -

If that doesn’t work, go to this link.
Then, share some of your own favourites here.

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June 30th, 2008

Open Mic Monday: Why Do You Want to Make Money Online?

Image Source: Microsoft Stock Photo; Edits: Shai Coggins

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June 27th, 2008

Poll Reminder: Have you ever read a book about making money online?

Almost time to close this month’s poll. So, please vote now if you haven’t done so yet. I’ll be sharing the results shortly.

And, don’t forget to share book titles (and authors) in the comments section. Would love to know what books you’ve read so far - and how you like them.

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June 26th, 2008

6 Ways to Make Money Online with Facebook

If you’re wondering how you can monetise Facebook, then here are some ideas for you -

1. Find new business clients. Whether you’re a consultant, a writer, a photographer, an illustrator, or any other kind of freelance or online business worker, you can find new clients using this popular social networking site. Read more about finding clients on different sites.

2. Use various apps that enable you to make money. Some examples include: MarketLodge or TwitCash. You might also want to include apps by other money making ventures like Tradebit. Check some services or affiliate programmes and see if they have a Facebook app that you can use.

3. Use Facebook’s Marketplace. The Marketplace offers you ways to sell your stuff - either old or new. You can even look for jobs.

4. Advertise your business or service using Facebook’s Classified Ads. Although you’re not allowed to advertise your business or service in the Marketplace, you can still advertise them using their Facebook’s ad service.

5. Promote links to your blogs or website. This way, you can attract people to whatever you’re selling or promoting on your blog or site.

6. Be a Facebook App Developer. If you have skills in developing online applications (like those popular apps like Warbook, SuperPoke, Graffiti, etc), you might want to consider promoting your services to individuals or companies who might want their own Facebook app.

So, how do you use Facebook? Do you try to make money online through this social networking site?

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June 26th, 2008

iYomu Closes

Almost a year ago, I blogged about making money online with iYomu’s $1 million dollar challenge. Today, I received an email from iYomu founder David Wolf-Rooney who wrote:

As the founder of iYomu and now the official closer I thought I would send you a movie clip that sums up many of the conversations that have taken place in this online community filled with Americans, Canadians, New Zealanders and Australians + 100 other countries.

For almost one year iYomu seemed to make the world a smaller place where 100 000 people came together and found a common space where grown-ups could meet, greet, debate and share interests. Yet it is not only people who rule the world, but money does too. We tried, we thrived and then we died.

As the lights will officially go out in the iYomu community on the 28th of June 2008 I remind you all to take all the material from your vaults and other places such as the email system as this material will soon be deleted.

I send you my best wishes and the wishes from all of those involved in the project.

It happens all the time in any business, but somehow, it’s still a shame when another online company closes. It always makes you wonder: What happened? What did the company do or didn’t do that led to its closure? What can we learn from such situations?

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June 25th, 2008

PremiumThemes: WordPress Themes

If you own a Wordpress blog and you want a more professional-looking theme, then you might want to check PremiumThemes*. They have over 25 themes available - a handful are for free, while others are for sale (licensing fees for personal or developer use).

I haven’t bought a theme from them yet, but I’m seriously eyeing a couple that I’m considering for my personal blog. And, right now, the owner of PremiumThemes is currently running a contest, where one lucky winner can get a free copy of any premium theme. The contest runs until 30th of June.

Also, if you’re keen to sell some of these Wordpress themes on your blog or site, you might also consider signing up with their affiliate programme. The owner is offering 20% commission per sale. Payout is once a month, with minimum of 2 sales.

See more, if you’re interested.*

Note: Affiliate links included

Image source: PremiumThemes.net

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June 24th, 2008

Link Love Tuesday

It seems like it has been a while since I shared a round-up of online business-related links that I’ve enjoyed reading lately. So, here you go…

• eBay Australia Moves to Single Payment System - ZDnet talks about eBay Australia’s attempt to get all its users to make use of Paypal as its payment system. Interesting discussions from different readers follow.
• WordPress Plugin Contest - About $3,500 worth of prizes for people who can develop good plugins.
• Monetizing WordPress Plugins - Just found this old post by Lorelle and thought I’d share it here.
• eShopOwner - Here’s another b5 biz blog. Written by Suzanne, it’s all about making money online through selling.

I was planning on sharing more, but my Internet connection’s really acting up right now. So perhaps, you can fill in here and share some of YOUR favourite links of the week in the comments section? Really great links may be featured in the future!

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June 23rd, 2008

Open Mic Monday: Tips for New Graduates

So, it’s graduation season for some North Americans. A few months ago, there was a post here exploring the issue of new graduates seeking income online rather than going the ‘traditional employment’ route.

Here are what a couple of readers had to say about the question:

“I don’t blame them. Why would you work for somebody else when you can work for yourself from the comfort of home earning three times as much.” - from Joseph

“If asked, I would recommend graduates to do both. Real life experience can not be discounted or substituted. You never know when you may lose the “connection” to the internet (pun intended). There are life skills and business acumen that can only be learned by jumping in and getting your hands dirty. The knowledge a graduate learns in a “real job” are invaluable and transferable to entrepreneurship.

The internet is a phenomenal tool and I would highly recommend that graduates be creative and hang their shingle here too. Do both! The internet business also teaches unique skills and abilities as well as creates a network of people that you will never get going to work at a 9 to 5 job.” - from Darlene

Now, if you were giving additional tips to new graduates who wish to make money online, what would they be?

Image Source: Microsoft Stock Photo; Edits: Shai Coggins

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June 21st, 2008

First Tradebit Payment In!

It has been a while since I shared a “Show Me the Money” type of post. But, in true JMMO fashion, I thought I’d share with you another legitimate way to get paid online.

You see, not so long ago, I shared with you the possibility of making money online using Tradebit, where you can sell files for download. Well, I uploaded 2 of my photos there. And, one of them was downloaded. And, I received my Paypal payment commission just a couple of days ago.

So, I thought you might want to know, in case you’re wondering whether Tradebit does pay or not.

Let me know if you try it out - and if you have any other similar success stories.

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