I’ve done some link building using article directories before, but I recently had a thought that they might be worthless these days. The search engines are always updating their algorithms (particularly Google) to present users with the most accurate results for their search terms. Since the search engines work so hard to drop link farms from their results, surely article directories now fall into that bracket?

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I’ve alluded to the point that trying to earn some extra cash from a venture online is not that difficult, and that you can start with virtually zero investment. Assuming you aren’t making excuses for yourself, have you got what it takes to start an online venture? Exactly what skills do you need for an online business?

In this article, I highlight some of the useful skills you need to be successful when trying to earn some extra cash from a website or other online venture. I’ll also explain where I think my own skills fit into the picture, or where I need to develop my skill-base.

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We’ve all been seduced by adverts promising untold wealth for very little effort or for very little investment. Sadly a few of us actually part with our hard-earned cash on a pointless scam. These scams are usually written with highly attractive sales copy designed to encourage us to buy into something that usually only results in lots of cash for the scam artist. Here are a few tips to help you identify potential scams quickly and easily.

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If you’re going to create a new website, the choice of content management system (CMS) is pretty important. Once you have chosen a CMS, you then develop the website using the CMS as a structure. Generally speaking, it is well worth using an already existing CMS as the basis for your website. It makes no sense to code up a whole new website from scratch when so many different web based software packages exist, most available for free.

For example if you are starting a news-based website or blog, then you can use the freely available WordPress CMS. If you are creating a e-shop or e-commerce website, then you can use ZenCart or CubeCart to get you started. The huge advantage of using a popular and existing CMS is that you grab a free website template that will take care of the majority of the design for you. Why reinvent the wheel?

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When you decide you want to design a new website, it’s often difficult to find an idea that you can use, let alone one that might actually make you money. Have you run out of ideas for a website? Are you keen to create a site rather than buy a potentially expensive yet established website? Then how do you go about coming up with ideas? Here’s my little guide on idea generation that I personally use to come up with my new concepts.

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It’s well known among my friends that I have a few websites that earn me extra cash in addition to my day job. When I meet new people, they often ask what I do and are frequently impressed by my online ventures. More often than not, I hear something like “I wish I could do that”, “I don’t know how you find the time”, “I’m not smart enough for something like that”. Which I believe to be utter nonsense.

You can usually make something online with some hard work and a modest idea. However, here’s my tribute to those who make excuses about trying to earn a little extra cash online.

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Continuing on from part 1 of things to do when starting a new website, this article concludes with the other tasks you should really do when you start a new website.

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As you know, I recently started a new Eco-Gadgets website called EnviroGadget.com. In this article, I’ll share a list of things you must do when first starting a new website to give it the best possible chance of becoming a success.

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If you’ve considered working for yourself, you probably already know the benefits. You instantly gain flexible working hours, the pride of working for yourself, you can do something that you enjoy, no more commuting, and you get to forget about office politics for good.

However, working for yourself is not always rosy, and here are some of the challenges that you will need to consider if you start working for yourself full time.

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I’ve been using Paid-To-Click (PTC) sites for a while now to help earn some investment capital for my websites. It’s all been hit and miss, but I have made some money from PTC sites. I’ve received funds from both Wordlinx and Bux.to now.

I don’t bother subscribing to lots of different PTC sites, simply because it’s so time consuming. However, earning money via referrals is a great way to earn with little effort.

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