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You can ask for the replies of a hundred individuals about the title above and each will give you a different opinion. Each entrepreneur considers their area to be the best business available. They think their business is the best and they know more about how to make money online that anyone else may. However, they each have their own area of expertise. Some things may work well for some may not work for others.

It is true that there are many ways to make money online, but there are a few that are tried and proven. Here is a list of several tried, true and proven methods of how to make money online.

* With affiliate marketing you promote the sales of products for merchants and then make a commission. This is easy and quick to start and requires little to no start up costs. You will need an email address and a subscribers list. The merchant owner lists these products on various marketplace websites. You sign up as an affiliate and then begin promoting the products. Most often these are electronic information items.

* You can sell physical items on Craigslist and eBay. You have no hassle of keeping inventory, while selling from a third party warehouse that will drop ship the items for you. This is one of the most popular ways to make money online.

* You can keep all the profits when you sell your own products online, much like affiliate marketing.

* Write articles for websites and newsletters. All website owners are constantly in search of content. This is a writing skill that is highly in demand. You could join a group of writers that share a body of work or advertise yourself as a writer of articles, SEO content and keyword specialties. How much you charge is up to you. Be sure to make a contract with the client.

* If you have your own website you can easily make money online when you entertain a lot of traffic by selling advertising space on the pages of your domain. Since business owners are always searching for opportunities for advertising and newer audiences this is high in demand.

These are only a few of the things you could do. The main thing is to pick an area that interests you and keep updated on what is being requested or searched for. The one thing you really want to consider is advertising your product(s).

In the last few years, this has taken a whole new direction with places like MySpace, Facebook and YouTube. Blogging has become the number one traffic generation technique on the net. This has been given the name 'web 2.0' or 'social networking'. These types of sites and blogs can be used exclusively or in tandem with paid ads and banners.

You can reach thousands upon thousands of potential clients rather quickly and affordable. Within just a few days, your product can realistically be available to 100,000's people and the more exposure it has the more sales you can make.