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How to Save Money and Pay off Your Debt without getting a Financial Planner

sistasense — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:30:22 +0000

If you are horrible at saving money and you have no idea how to create a budget, you might think that getting a financial planner is your only solution, but it’s not. There are actually really great services online that you can use to pay off your debt, stay current with your bills, and still have some money left over for whatever you like!

Click this text link to read my step by step article on How to Save Money and Pay off Your Debt without getting a Financial Planner.

Make Money Online By Creating Your Own Membership Subscription Website

sistasense — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:32:10 +0000

A membership subscription website is an exclusive space in which people pay you for the ability to access your content, which is usually articles, audio, video, eBooks, and other forms of digital media. Membership websites are generally built on social networking or blogging platforms so that you can either build a space for your members to interact among themselves or a space in which you can easily showcase frequently updated content.

Generally speaking, the kinds of membership subscription websites that are most successful are either highly entertaining or very informative. If you are going to create one, focus on connecting a specific target audience to valuable information that’s either hard for them to find via search engines or non-existent. If you can create a membership subscription website filled with valuable, in-demand content, people will pay you for the privilege of access.

There are a ton of different products and services online that you can use to build your own membership subscription website. The most popular product of them all is aMember Professional, a flexible membership and subscription management PHP script. It has support for PayPal, 2Checkout, Authorize.Net and other payment systems. You can easily track your members and send them updates via email or auto-responders. Moreover, you and your members can easily modify their account settings using the automated payment systems. You can purchase aMember professional for less than $200, but if you’re on a very small budget, it’s not your own option.

You can also create your own membership subscription website on ‘build your own social network’ platforms like ning.com and socialgo.com. Both of these services allow you to easily create your own space, for free, without knowing html or needing programming skills. Each service also offers paid premium features that you can use to enhance your website, but only Socialgo.com has a built in subscription setup feature and ning.com does not. If you opted to use ning.com, you would have to manually create a subscription program by combining a payment system like (Paypal) with your Ning network. The downside of using a free platform like Ning is that you would have to manually update member cancellations and upgrades.

If you are interested in profitable ways to generate residual income online, creating your own membership subscription website is an opportunity worth looking into. Just keep in mind that if you do decide to build your own space, you have to focus on giving people what the pay for. Aside from making a profit, your first priority should always be building quality content and creating a loyal following online. That is the only way you’ll be able to effectively market and maintain a successful membership subscription website.

Example Membership Subscription Websites that I have created:

Turning Your Craft into Cash – HomeBased Business Ideas

SistaSense — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:49:13 +0000

From eBook – Seeking Support: A Guide for Single Black Mothers

Creating websites isn’t the only way to make money online. If you love being creative, from writing stories to sewing dresses, here are a few online resources that can help you turn your craft into a lucrative online business.

Writers
If you enjoy writing consider starting your own online journal, also known as a blog. Whether for fun, or as a profession, many online viewers create blogs and use them to generate extra income by add pay-per-click advertisements like Google Adsense Ads to their page. Starting a blog requires no money when you use free blog sites like blogger.com, wordpress, or live journal. Just remember to write about something you are interested in or are an expert at. You just might find you generate a group of readers who are interested in what you have to say. If you already have a blog and want to know how to generate more income here are a few links to review:

Self-publishing, turning your writing into actual books, is also very popular. To learn more about self-publishing your work visit lulu.com, iUnverse.com, or google “self-publishing” / “print on demand services”. You should also read my articles:

If you enjoy writing, but aren’t necessarily interested in creating a book. Consider starting a career in writing articles. Here are a few informative posts to review:

Craft Creators, Knitters, and Fashion Designers
If you enjoy creating handmade clothing, jewelry, bags or accessories consider selling your products online. Many women sell their designs on etsy.com, an online eStore for handmade goods. You can also sell or promote your products on popular sites like ebay.com, amazon.com, thenext.com, and stumbleupon.com. And you can also setup a myspace.com page to promote your products, or design your own website and take your online business a step further.

Interested in Selling Online in General?
There is always someone online looking for something to buy, even if its used. As a matter of fact, things like ‘used baby clothes’ sell very well online. If you have a few things new, or old that you think you can turn into extra cash, visit online vendor hotspots like izania.com, ebay.com, amazon.com, or craigslist.com. Most of these sites allow you to post your products for free or for a small fee.

If you don’t have products to sell, that’s alright. Did you know that you can join the Amazon Associates program on amazon.com and make a profit by selling amazon goods. Through amazon associates you can easily customize and create your own store, filling it with the product themes that interest you. For every profit sold through your site, amazon gives you a percentage of the profit.

If you always envisioned opening your own store, perhaps getting into a franchise, then visit one of the following sites:

Photographers, Artists, and Graphic Designers
Whether you are a freelance photographer or one who draws in their spare time, you too can earn some extra income by selling your photos on istockphoto.com, an amazing site for affordable and very professional stock photography. As a web developer and designer, I purchase pictures from istockphoto all the time. What makes this site so great is that the images are submitted by artists like yourself, who get a commission for every sale. If you browse through the artists, you’ll see that some images are quite popular. If they’ve sold one image for about $3.00/image at over 200 downloads, you can imagine how much earning potential this site has to offer.

There is also decent money to be made in graphics design for entrepreneurs and small business owners interested in flyers, book covers, graphic banners, websites, or logos. From time to time I develop websites and/or graphic banners for extra income.

Musicians, Singers, Small Record Labels
Quite a few singers have found their claim to fame by creating their own music and selling it on line. Artists and musicians generally use sites like cdbaby, youtube, and myspace to gain a strong internet presence, but here are a few other links for those interested in making money in music entertainment.

Now there you have it. A few very useful sites for those interested in turning their craft into cash. Enjoy.

This guide for Home Based Business ideas is actually an excerpt of my book for Single Moms. It has been updated slightly to provide you with new resources. To get a copy of this guide. Here it is: Seeking Suport- A Guide for Single Black Mothers: Mahogany Momma Web Guides

Official Site: mom.msoyonline.com