How To Earn Extra Income On A Shoestring Budget

Jan 18
08:27

2011

Cynthia Minnaar

Cynthia Minnaar

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A common problem that many people face is they do not have a lot of money to get their home business started. Here are a few ideas on how to earn extra income on a small budget.

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In this day and age you have to consider using the Internet when you look at how to earn extra income. This often means starting a home business of your own.

One problem many people face is they do not have a lot of money to get their home business started. So let's look at a few ideas on how you could earn extra income and do it on a tight budget.

1. Sign up with a network marketing company. Opportunities in network marketing are plentiful for you to get started for under $100.

The benefit to this type of business is you are provided with everything you need to make money. Network marketing companies provide the products,How To Earn Extra Income On A Shoestring Budget Articles the marketing materials and the training to learn how to run your business.

You can earn extra income on not only your own sales, but on the sales of people in your downline with the unique network marketing compensation plan. Hence the reason network marketing is one of the most popular ways to get started in a home business without spending a lot of money initially.

2. Become an affiliate marketer. Because of the high number of affiliate programs you can join for free thousands of people do this every day.

One of the first affiliate programs was Amazon which was started back in the 1990s. They are still one of the top affiliate programs on the Internet today.

They offer a wide array of products including physical products and digital products you can sell. At Amazon you can usually find something to sell in just about any niche that you want to get started in.

Clickbank is another interesting affiliate program. Clickbank brings together digital information publishers and provides thousands of ebooks you can sell. There are many examples of people earning a five figure income or more selling digital information.

Something else worth mentioning about affiliate marketing is you can also get paid by the click or by getting leads for companies. Cost per action affiliate programs are an excellent way to make money.

The top pay per click affiliate program on the market today continues to be Google Adsense. You've no doubt noticed Google ads on many people's websites. The affiliate marketer earns money every time one of those ads is clicked on.

These are two of the best examples I can provide you on how to earn extra income on a small budget. It is very easy to get started in both of these business models and you do not need much money to do it.