backbreaker said:
Find your passion, the money will take care of itself
dude...that's easier said than done. it took me 2 years to figure mine out. most people don't figure it out in their entire lifetimes. i consider myself very fortunate. and then there's those people who finally figure it when they're like 40-50.
there's a difference between wanting to making money and wanting to be super-wealthy.
there's plenty of people who have become rich due to just desire.
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anyhow,
sup man...i've been sticking around the forum lately (anything else) lately.
1) try eBay. lots of people make a living off it. an idea is to buy items from closeout prices at places like Sears, or buy stuff on Craigslist, and sell them on eBay. usually peeople on Craigslist sell damn cheap because they don't want to bother selling online. or try newspaper ads. it will take some time and effort, but i can assure you it pays. my bro has been doing this for a while, and he sells phones and palms and makes a couple hundred a month just on the side. check out this question/answer from google answers about exactly this topic:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=478637. there's also books on this, just run a search on amazon.
2) right now, i invest about half of my monthly money in stocks. when i just started with stocks 4 years ago i didn't know a thing, tried to play penny stocks and lost around $3K. since that experience i've learned a ton. check out:
www.investopedia.com
it will show a lot about stocks and investment. i even opened an ira for myself a little while ago. recently converted to a roth. these are all great things you can get started on that will help you out regardless.
3) try being a job in sales. learning to sell and getting experience is a great thing. learning to have to promote yourself or risk making no money...something i learned when i was doing a lot of freelance web/flash work. you really have to strive to make things happen, and you learn. try working as a car salesman. who knows you may just be really good at it and excel.
try getting a realtor license. sell one house and depending on how much it is you could make a nice amount of money. (although there are alot of costs associated with this occupation, so be wary it's not just a piece of cake)
4) make a unique blog and try google adwords. there's a few blogs out there that generate a few thousand dollars a day. yeah, no joke...just off of google adwords. i have talked to one person online who makes a couple hundred a day off of google adwords just because of high traffic to their blog.
i don't know, be creative and think of an ingenious blog.
5) read "Innovation and Entrepreneurship" by Peter Drucker. if you have ideas to start business or just plain ideas, this book gives you direction on how to focus your creative mind in business. the friend who rec'd to me has started and sold several very successful businesses. when reading it, it may seem like it's more for someone already in a company, but try to see it from your own perspective...it really gives great insight.
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cafepress.com is another site where people make a living off of. you design apparel and certain items and sell them. i've designed a few t-shirts myself. this takes effort like anything else and isn't guaranteed, but you can make money off it.
above all, you have to be creative. nothing is stupid. and just because no one has thought of it, doesn't mean it won't work. give it a chance. i'm sure you're full of 'ideas' that you never gave a chance. everyone is. everyone has ideas...but only real entrepreneurs can make them happen. you have to have that desire. and passion is a plus, but not req'd.
a while ago some kid made a "milliondollar" website and sold pixel space for ads to 'make money for college' and made a million dollars...got a lot of buzz, not sure if you heard of it. here is the one i think:
http://www.milliondollarwebpage.com/
such a freaking simple idea you'd think it's stupid, but he continues to make money from it.
hope that helps. i'll post again if i come up with more.
gl, hope you can work something out on the side