In the Beginning....

In recent times, the economy has taken a turn for the worse. Many people are feeling the crunch in their daily lives more than ever. Constantly, we are hearing of more and more business, sometimes big names even, closing their doors or selling out or declaring bankruptcy.

Because of this, more and more people are looking for other ways to generate some extra income. diversity is the key to a stable income in such shaky times. If you lose one form of income, its better to have several others to cushion the impact. This is why I started this blog, to help others find these hidden opportunities that they may not otherwise know are out there.

I plan to keep this updated regularly with various kinds of opportunities as I find them and research them. I want to give people as much information as I can about each one so they may make an informed decision as to if it really is right for them or not.

No, I am not going to be promoting all of those 'get rich quick' ideas that are out there. The opportunities I want to focus on are ones that with hard work and dedication can make some real income. Some of these may be things that anyone can do. some may require specific skills like photography of writing and may only be for a few readers. I'll try to keep a broad focus on any opportunity I may find.

So seeing as this is my first post, I'll focus on this as a possible money-making venture - blogging.

BLOGGING - What is blogging? Well basically, is it writing about something you find interesting and you may thing other will as well. You can blog about anything really. If you find it interesting, chances are someone else out there will too.

There are many places out there to put you blog. You can put it anywhere you like. Your own site, a free site, someone else's site (with permission, of course), or one of the blog hosting sites out there. Blogger, where this blog is hosted, is just one of many different places to put your blog.

First thing I did was to set up a new email account just for this blog. This is simply so that if for some reason you get a lot of spam from you blog, it does not go into your personal email and clog it up.

So how does writing about what you like make you money? On the internet today, traffic equal money. The larger following you get, the more money you can receive from your traffic. You can post affiliate links to places that have products you like. What I have done with this one, is to allow Google ads to be placed with my blog.

As far as generating traffic for your new blog..I'll have to get back to you on that one. I'm still new at the blogging thing and I'm learning about it myself.