The Bush-Era Tax Extension was signed by the President that gives rise to a host of incentives for businesses to increase economic activities.  The renamed bill known as the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, extends the Bush-Era Tax Cuts into 2011 and some of the tax benefits into 2012.  See what you may qualify for.Here is a brief summary of what’s in store for work at home, home-based, online and offline businesses.

Businesses involved in the production of television shows and movies, you get to write off some of your expenses in a timely fashion beginning in 2011.

Implementing windmills, solar or renewable energy next year might just get you a grant, if you apply for it.

Purchasing race horses or cattle for diary production or breeding will get you a tax break  based on depreciation.

Homeowners who itemize can get tax recognition for paying their local property taxes.

There are generous tax credits for research and development for the production of alternative energies.  There are subsidies for those who qualify also for the creation of alternative energy products.

There is an increase in the deduction for businesses that donate computers and books to their public schools and libraries.

If, your company donates food to the needy, look for an increase deduction next year.

If, you are a profitable online or offline business, you may be able to write off your large capital expenditures right away, rather than having to wait several years.  This tax credit is known as bonus depreciation.  Check with your CPA or tax professional to be sure.

If, you’re a home-based, profitable financial firm or insurance company, you may be able to get an exemption on some of your foreign profits from being taxed next year.

The tax cuts for 2011,  should give businesses and consumers an opportunity to interact more, thus stimulating and increasing economic activity.  Tax incentives are in place to encourage businesses to expand, especially with the purchases of capital equipment, such as heavy machinery, trucks, planes, etc. and for consumers to pocket more of their hard earned money to save and spend.

For the most ambitions among us, you can read the actual Tax Bill for 2011 in your leisure, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, 2011 Tax Cuts.

There are numerous legitimate online jobs that you can do working from home and the A To Z Guide To Work At Home Opportunities at the top is a good start.  One of the best ways to tell if the work at home opportunity you are considering is legitimate is to do your due diligence both online and offline.  It could be as simple as taking the company or online opportunity’s name and putting it into your favorite search engine browser or as complex as checking with the Better Business Bureau or your State Attorney’s Office.

Even legitimate online jobs have some people who complain and do so publicly, so don’t be deterred if you find a few complaints, but stay clear if you see numerous complaints without any form of resolvement.  If you’re uncertain about a work from home business opportunity, you can take their name and put their name along with the word, complaints, fraud or scam after their name to see what the search engine returns.

Rather than list every legitimate work at home opportunity available today, we’ll cover what you need to look for when considering a legitimate online job instead.  The overwhelming majority of home-based employment will have computer and sometimes telephone standard requirements that you will have to meet as a basis for consideration.    Every work from home program will have a detail outline of what is required of you and the time period to meet the expectations of your contract.

It should have to be pointed out, but get your contract in written form and keep it to review while you are working on your project.  Yes, project, because overwhelmingly, most work at home opportunities are of a project nature.  Any questions you have regarding your assignment or project will need to be addressed and answered to your satisfaction before taking any project or contract for home-based work.

With the growth of the Internet and Social Media, I’ve noticed that most of the demand for work at home jobs has been in the area of writing and less so for editors.  Don’t get me wrong, there is a market for editors but writers are in greatest demand almost 3:1.  So, if you’re looking for an editor assignment, you may want to do some writing while you wait for an editor project to open up.

Information is what the majority of people go online for and there is no shortage of demand for fresh, compelling and interesting information that both informs and serves the purpose of cross-selling a product or service.  No matter what your interests are, you are bound to find a writing assignment that suits you and if you’re patient, an editing project too!

Here are some things you need to be aware of and concerned about, irrespective of who you decide to join for a work at home opportunity.  Can you count on a consistent workflow?  You may have to work for several companies or projects at the same time in order to derive full-time income from what you do at home.  Be wary of any company that hires you, but has not yet given you a start date after some time of being hired.

Stay away from any work at home business opportunity that has you spamming Craigslist or BackPage to get people to join their venture.  This violates the TOS (terms of service) of both Craigslist and BackPage and you are likely to lose any earnings you would have made.

Understand that the company that has hired you, but has not given you a start date, may be legitimate, but does not have enough volume of work to send to you for their minimum compensation per assignment or project.  If, the company that hired you is a legitimate company, but does not have actual work at home opportunities, then it is most likely a work from home service company.

A work from home service company is generally a website that lists home-based jobs and telecommuting jobs on their website of opportunities or other companies that solicit work at home staff.  Workathomepedia is a hybrid-like site that lists some work at home opportunities, but our belief is that one does especially well when they concentrate on those things that they are passionate about and then find a way to monetize it.

Work at home service companies or web sites make it easier for others to find out about legitimate work at home opportunities.  Choose something aligned with your skills and interests and do your due diligence while you pursue work at home opportunities.  Treat it like a business, even though it is home-based and you should be fine.

Get big discounts on the things that you are going to buy anyway.  Brand name products and services at up to 60 percent off.  Get invaluable opportunities to participate in the luxury offerings your city has, at a price much lower than what others are paying.  The best deals in your city and others.  Find out how you can create an extra income stream by helping others save money on the things they want.

The holiday season is upon us and saving money is a lifetime commitment for some of us, but some people are too busy to do comparison shopping and now you can give the time-sensitive population an opportunity to participate in premium offerings at a price that most can afford.

Group discounts are all the rage these days and we will show you how you can have your very own group deal on your site that your visitors can use to save big time on the things that they love.  You can join this highly-sought after group discounter that awed the attention of search giant, Google.  Google offered it over $5 billion and it said no.  Why you might ask?

This dealmaker participates in 150 cities throughout the world, so your customers can come from anywhere.  This growing giant offers a daily deal to consumers by guaranteeing businesses a minimum number of customers, to get the best price for its buyers.  This coupon mega-discounter sells over $2 billion in coupons for local businesses each year.

It is an American-based company, so there is no fretting about whether or not the company will be there for you.  This discounter has been around since November 11, 2008, so it has plenty of experience at what it’s doing and it does it very well.  To bring you up to speed about what all the fuss is about, read on.

There is a revolution going on in the area of search right now and for the foreseeable future.  Just like all politics is local, so too is, all advertising is local-at least from a purchasing standpoint.  You can be from anywhere and advertise your products and services, but ultimately, people buy something based on where they are located.  Everyone who purchased something on the Internet wrestles with the question of how will I get the item I just brought and how much extra will it cost me?

The paradigm shift that is going on with Internet Search is that of local advertising.  The growth now and later on the Internet will be fueled by local advertising.  The mega-discounter is at the infancy of local advertising and its business model is based on performance.  It doesn’t make money unless it can sell the coupons, local businesses entrust it with.  Remember it guarantees the local merchant that it will bring a minimum number of customers to the merchant or it doesn’t make money.  It is a win-win, business model for the merchant and the group discounter.

At some point in time, Google will be threaten when most local businesses chose to spend their marketing dollars with this major coupon distributor than with the “King of Search,” Google.  This group discounter has done something that Google has been trying to do for many years and that is to get local businesses to spend money to advertise online.

We all know that the best way to get traffic to your offline or online business is to give something away at a significant enough discount, that others take notice.  If, we discount our product or service enough, we’ll get customers and maybe they will purchase some things that aren’t discounted and we make it all worth our while.  If, not, we just chalk it up as the cost of doing business or writing it off as a marketing expense to get customers.

If, this performance-based business model didn’t work or work so well, there would be no need to write this article and there would be no reason for us to explain the benefits of helping others save money, while you secure yet another income stream, but there is.  Imagine going online to find a deal to spend your money offline.  Sounds weird, but it happens everyday in the subconsciousness of most of us.  The company that many are making extra income with and is predetermined to take advantage of phenomenal growth is Groupon. Check it out below and see if Groupon is for you. To sign up, just sign up for their affiliate program through Commission Junction.

The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has urged for additional regulation of Home-Based Businesses.  The March 2007 ruling for home-based businesses is fixing to get an expansion to help prevent work-from-home fraud. The FTC is seeking to crack down on the prolific hyping associated with so many home-based business opportunities claims that have become all too familiar with many Internet users.  The Internet is inundated with work from home and Internet Businesses claiming that you can make unrealistic sums of money in one day.  So, much so, that the FTC is moving to regulate this largely, unregulated industry.

The FTC has a single rule, named the Franchise Rule, that governs franchises and certain business opportunities.  Purchase agreements covering franchises are well-covered and in-depth, but the majority of home-based businesses have simple or less complex purchase agreements and can be the target for exploitation to the uninformed public, so the FTC is seeking more definitive regulation of business opportunities.  The FTC is urging that the its Business Opportunity Rule be extended to regulate the work-from-home industry.  The FTC is urging that the data entry, envelope stuffing, product assembly and medical billing sectors be closely monitored to ensure compliance.

If, the Business Opportunity Rule of the FTC is put into law, that would be a bonus for legitimate work-at-home businesses and a burden for home-based business scammers.  The FTC is hoping to protect consumers from the numerous claims associated with outrageous business claims, such as, “ Stay-at-home mom, made $19,800.00 on Google last month, working only a few hours a week from home.”  The FTC’s ultimate goal is to stamp out business opportunity fraud.

Once an expansion of the Business Opportunity Rule is adopted, business opportunity sellers would have to disclose any prior legal actions involving them, their key employees and affiliates in the past 10 years.  Work-From-Home sellers would also have to produce written substantiation and show a “reasonable basis” as to how much the business opportunity could make.

In addition, home-based business sellers would have to show references and provide contact information of the people who have purchased the business opportunity in the past three years.  To the millions of legitimate online business owners and affiliate marketers, the FTC’s expansion of the Business Opportunity Rule will only reinforce the credibility and integrity that many of you practice each and every day and now you have a platform that further validates to the public, the passion that you carry out your duties.

The FTC Staff Report On Business Opportunities in .pdf

It doesn’t matter where you live in the world or what your circumstances are, if you have the willingness to learn new things and the time to put forth an honest effort, you are able to work at home, so long as you are a bit organized, you can take your ideas that you can monetize if you have a strong interest or passion for that idea.  Here’s how.

You pursue what you like and you learn all that you can about what you like, then you find a way to make money from it, preferably online, but offline works too if you have the  good health, energy and time to devote to it.  You want to concentrate on that one or two things that you can do from the comfort of your home or if you are like some of us, living abroad, you want to put your best effort forward with something that doesn’t consume all of your time so that you can spend some time doing other things you enjoy.

If, you’re fortunate enough to pick something you’re interested in or enjoy and you’d do it, even if you weren’t making any money at it, then you’ve probably picked what you think is best for you, but for some of us, we have to sustain ourselves mentally, physically and materially, so it would be nice if we could earn some extra income from our activities.

It could be something as simple as doing data entry type work, such as online classified ad posting for others doing business online or it could be marketing your own self-published e-book, product or service, but whatever it is, it doesn’t have to consume all of your time and you set your own hours and determine how much time you put into it for whatever payoff you desire.  Essentially, your compensation is based solely on your efforts.

There are literally hundreds if not thousands of work at home opportunities online that you can pursue.  The key is to find out what you are interested in most and finding that  something online to satisfy your interest.  For example, for me, I like to explore alternative medical treatments for a rare form of cancer that I have been battling for a number of years and until I’m too weak to continue or my condition overwhelms me, I will continue to pursue more knowledge about my medical condition and alternative treatments that are less toxic in hopes of living long enough to benefit from any medical advancements.

For me, that means looking at all possibilities of medical treatments no matter how zany, crazy or unorthodox they may seem and along the way, find a way to monetize that knowledge, so that I can continue that pursuit to its fruition.  Trust me, there are a lot of pills and potion affiliate programs out there and they make all sorts of claims for their products that the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has yet to approve or recognize, but I don’t spend any time trying to sell or resell pills and potions, because I’m looking for something that is proven and time-tested, that is, I am looking for something that is as real, as the condition I battle each day.

Having shared with you my own experience working online, I think that it is important to find a work at home opportunity that is real.  Real not only to you, but those who you may introduce it to.  Keeping it real is important and reinforces honesty and integrity, no matter what the online business is.

Concentrate on an work from home business that you find interesting and have some knowledge about and if there is something you’re interested in but have little knowledge about, then at least be willing to put in the time and the effort to learn as much as you can about that business.  Most of your success will center on your enthusiasm that you have for what you’re promoting and whether or not what you’re promoting appeals to the person you’re presenting it to.  So, make sure you believe in what you’re doing and that you introduce your product or service only to people who are genuinely interested in hearing the benefits of your product or service.  There will be less rejection for what you’re offering and your self-esteem won’t be wounded so often.

Once you’ve found something that you want to do online, there’s no doubt that many of the things we may be interested in requires a small investment of some sort and that we need some money to get started.  That’s not a problem for some of us that have something around the house that we can sell on Craigslist or eBay in order to generate some spare cash, but for others, we might not have anything to liquidate.  Remember most things have value to someone if the price is right.

For those who have the stamina to do so, you can consider residential or commercial cleaning to get your cash flow going or tutor in your neighborhood, or advertising your services or availability on Craigslist.  You can even advertise your services on sites like Fiverr, Tenbux, Microworkers, Gigbucks, and Zeerk.  You won’t make a lot of money, but it’s a start in the right direction.

While you’re raising the requisite amount of money to get started, get educated about your industry or niche, then get connected by joining the relevant forums, discussion boards, groups, newsletters and associations to keep abreast with your profession.  Yes, you’ll have to treat your online business, just like a traditional business with a website or blog, a means to attract subscribers to build your list, persuasive content that keeps your visitors coming back, a newsletter and do some social marketing by creating a profile on Facebook, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, Squidoo and Twitter.  You will want to do some podcasting, and video marketing also to spread your content around the internet and then start linking to your content so that it is easy for people to find you, no matter how they found you through the different marketing channels and an occasional sweepstakes or contest, probably wouldn’t be a bad idea either once you start making money.

You will need to know your customers and know their needs and wants and find a way to fulfill their needs and wants, while at the same time making it worthwhile for your efforts.  You may have to personally network with other successful members in your industry or niche to spread the word, that you exist and solicit tips, resources and when you feel comfortable enough, joint ventures.

Always remember that if you are giving the people what they want and if you don’t know what the people want, then ask them and then go and find a way to supply the people what they want.  Your sales will come when you get eyeballs to your site.  Educate the people who want the things you’re offering, why it’s best to get those things, be it products or services from you.  Make it easy for your visitors to buy from you.  You’ve got three seconds to impress them with your site and you’ve got three clicks to get them to checkout or your shopping cart.  All of these things will take time, so be patient and consistent, always learning new techniques.  Don’t waste your visitors time, make sure that their time is well spent when they visit your site and they may just reward you with a word-of-mouth referral or a return visit.

Google and Verizon have formed an alliance that is sure to upset some Work At Home and Home-Based Business interests.  Google and Verizon have partnered to bring a more positive user-experience to Verizon customers using Google digital content by favoring faster transmission speeds over other digital content providers using Verizon’s Mobile Broadband Network.   Some have argued that this threatens Net Neutrality, which basically states that all Internet users have equal access to digital content and there is no favoritism given to one website over another.   Does it really threaten Net Neutrality?  Well, it depends on where you are in the grand scheme of things.If, you’re the beneficiary of the faster transmission of Google digital content when you’re using Verizon’s Mobile Broadband Network, you’d probably won’t mind paying extra to have a more positive user-experience.  If, you’re using non-Google digital content on Verizon’s Mobile Broadband Network, you’re experiences may just be okay.  If, you’re an investor in Google or Verizon, you’re probably feeling a bit excited about the possibilities that will unfold in the future.    If, you have an opinion about Net Neutrality, then you may feel that the Google and Verizon joint venture will mean less freedom of choices for the Internet user.  If, you don’t have an opinion about the Google and Verizon partnership, read on and maybe we can give you insights about where we think Google is headed.
If, you think of the Internet as a voluminous book that we are still reading and will never be finished in our lifetime, then you’d have some idea where we think Google is headed and that is to be on the first page of the Internet.  You want to know what’s on that first page of the Internet?  Well, we won’t keep you guessing, but if you guessed, mobility, you hit the nail right on the head.  Why mobility you may ask?  Where do you think the printed media, television, movies, music industry are going?  Everyone is headed to the Internet and many of them are already there, but not in the way that they envision with the Next Generation Internet.  Businesses and consumers alike want to make their content available for mobile Internet consumption.  The mobile Internet will grow exponentially by leaps and bounds as more people migrate from non-Internet cell phones to phones capable of surfing the Internet.  For some industries, it is sink or swim and for others it is to grasp more distribution channels and with it more growth.  Google is such a company with the foresight to vision the future.  In order to get on the first page of the Internet, which is all about mobility, Google has to align itself with a wireless carrier.
Wireless carriers due to their vast number of subscribers have become an important distribution network for digital content providers.  In fact, a mobile Internet device, smartphone, mobile OS, and digital content can thrive or fail in the marketplace based on how well a wireless carrier’s relationship is with the digital provider and of course how well the wireless carrier performs.  Compare that with a work at home or home-based business, you can do exceptional or dismal, based on your industry’s or niche’s performance in spite of your best intentions, but your chances of doing well increases when you have an experienced joint venture partner who can help accelerate your growth in the marketplace.
The first page of the Internet is mobility and the second page of the Internet are mobile Internet devices that make it easy to get on the Internet no matter where you are.  The third page is social networking and the fourth page is Video.  The fifth page is gaming in general and social gaming in particular and so forth and so forth.  The order of the pages are less important, but it is important to understand that Google is laying down the foundation in which to base not only its digital content, but between all those pages online, there is mobile advertising, the next frontier online.
There is nothing new about contextual advertising or Internet advertising, so most people won’t object to having some mobile advertising, so long as they continue to get their favorite digital content at a reduced or for free.  A significant portion of Google’s income come from online advertising and mobile advertising is the next extension of that.
Google wants to ensure that those who use its digital content over Verizon’s Mobile Broadband Network have a positive user-experience and for good reason.  Google has enough of a stake in some of the biggest growth sectors on the Internet:  digital content including “apps;” mobile Internet devices, such as a possible touch tablet and e-book reader;  social networking, such as Orkut; video, such as Youtube; social gaming, sites like Slide and mobile advertising, think AdMob and with their recent buyout of Bump Technologies, touchscreens.
Verizon and Google have entered a partnership that will give Google special privileges on Verizon’s Mobile Network.  For a company like Google that can afford to partner with Verizon for such wireless broadband preferences, Google’s digital content will be at a competitive advantage over other content and application providers who also use Verizon’s network, unless they pay of course.  How this affects the work at home industry is that if they wish to have their content and applications continue as a pleasant user experience for their audience, they may have to pay for premium access to certain Internet transmissions over Verizon’s mobile broadband network.  This could drive up the costs for some work at home and home-based business operations.  Verizon’s partnership with Google however, does not affect landline-based broadband services such as DSL services.
Was this partnership with Verizon and Google inevitable considering that it is rumored that Verizon is in negotiations with Google to develop a touch tablet, possibly running the Android operating system?  We will have to wait and see about Google’s possible entry into the touch tablet market.  Some have have rumored that this may just be a ploy to get better negotiating leverage with Apple, Inc.  Think AT&T and iPhone’s exclusive agreement and you can imagine a possible Apple, Inc. and Verizon agreement, but don’t hold your breath.
This past week, Google’s Android OS became the top selling smartphone operating system.  Verizon is a large enough player in the United States to compete with AT&T if it too, could get an exclusive agreement with a conglomerate such as Google.  Verizon has many mobiles that run on the Android OS.  So, Google has a lot to be thankful for and now with their alliance with Verizon, the number 2 wireless carrier in the United States may just move into the number one position with Google as its partner.
Google is the leading search provider worldwide and love or hate Google, as a work at home entrepreneur, the reality is, it is very difficult to get anything done profitably, without Google’s assistance with its large range of applications and online tools.  So, adapt or make less money or perish.  Take Google’s income for example, of which a good portion comes from online advertising.  So, ask yourself, is Google seeking more pages in the book of the Internet?  Absolutely, preferential treatment on Verizon’s mobile broadband network would ensure that Google’s AdMob (mobile advertising) would perform favorable and possibly generate even more revenue for Google and Verizon.   Could this be a preemptive move on Google’s part to solidify its mobile advertising platform?
Some people may feel that the Internet as a whole may be threaten by the Verizon-Google Pact making it more of a challenge for companies or individuals to get their new Internet wares to market, such as software and applications.  Could this be Google’s attempt to position itself firmly in that component of the digital ecosystem, we call “apps?”  This would certainly make it more difficult for software and apps developers to compete against Google’s, Android OS and its associated apps, unless of course those new software and apps, enhanced or added value to the Android ecosystem, strengthening Google’s mobility ambitions.  What say you?
Companies that can afford to pay Verizon for preferential treatment on its mobile broadband network would have a competitive advantage over other companies who also use Verizon’s Network.  Consider this for a moment.  Most people outside of the developed countries get on the Internet using their mobile phones and most mobile phone users are prepaid.  There are more cell phones in the world then computers, laptops, tablet computers, iPads and netbooks combined.  The next frontier for companies, television networks, printed media and anyone else who is seeking to advance their online presence and potentially increase their revenue at the same time, is for the hearts and minds of those who access the Internet using their mobile phones.

Bear in mind that most people in the United States spend a minimum of six hours on the Internet a month and guess where their going and doing the majority of the time?  The predominant activity online is interacting on a social networking site, such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.  That’s right the majority of the people the majority of the time are communicating with family, friends and strangers online and the second most dominate activity online in general is gaming and specifically, social gaming.
It’s no secret about Google’s entry into Social Gaming.  That’s why Google has invested more than 150 million dollars plus into Zynga, the parent of the enormously popular social game, Farmville and Mafia Wars.  Google put another 150 million plus to buy, social gamer Slide, parent of SuperPoke and SPP Ranch, which allows Facebook users to exchange virtual money for goods.  Could this not only help with Google solidify its own social gaming ambitions and help it with its mobile gaming in the future seamless integration onto its Chrome OS and Android OS platforms?
As more and more people worldwide come online in the coming years, there will be more partnerships like the one between Google and Verizon.  Could Google be setting itself up to make the user experiences for it’s Android ecosystem superior than that of its competitors?  The Internet will be the same, but how quickly you get to certain content will get pricier if more wireless carriers adopt a similar partnership with Google.  Is this Google-Verizon relationship evidence that any business can sell out its mission statement?  Is Google abandoning its core ideas?  Maybe Yes, No.  It really depends on your beliefs and business acumen.  First and foremost, Google is a business, Verizon is a business.  The lifeblood of business are profits.  In business, you either make profits or over the long-term you won’t be in business.
There will be plenty of opportunities for those in the work at home and home-based business sector who are attuned to the changes going on with the Internet and its infrastructure.  There will be multiple revenue streams in pay per click publishing, affiliate programs of the companies that offer apps, mobile internet devices and a host of other new exciting products.  So, the chances to make money online aren’t going away.  It just make cost more to make more online.  As confusing as it may seem at times, the Internet will continue to be a place where fortunes will be made and fortunes will be lost, but for those who have a sense for change and the ability to adapt quickly to the demands of Internet users, the Internet will be a fertile place to make or break the earnest of ideas.  The wireless carriers will exert their influence as they have in the past, but the future belongs to the users and they aren’t going anywhere except maybe online.

There Is Gold Working From Home If You Know Exactly Where To Look.  Here Are Some Tips On Finding Those Precious Nuggets Of Extra Income.  You may have to adjust your thinking just a bit or think outside of the box a little to fully implement these tips, but all have proven to be practical and a great source of additional income.  Here’s how to get started.Your nuggets of gold can be as simple as collecting plastic bottle caps or Wendy’s soft drink cups in order to redeem them for My Coke Rewards or as complicated as getting with your relatives to order an Apple laptop and getting a free iPod with it.  I will personally admit that I have done the gamut of the simplest make money from home activities, such as collecting Wendy’s cups by dumpster diving and buying the Wendy’s cups with the AirTran Promotion Codes off of Craigslist, in order to get 8 round trip tickets anywhere AirTran flys.  That promotion was about a year or so ago and I sold most of the round trip tickets for cash and took the cash to purchase laptops that were on sale with $100-$250 rebates forthcoming.

So, you don’t have to discover a gold mine to make money from home, but if you’re willing to think outside of the box and use the rebates and coupons that are freely available online and at some of the “brick and mortar” stores, you can save some money and use that money to leverage your purchases of items that are in demand and sell those items for cash.

There is no limit as to how much extra you can make, but you do have to plan and organize your time wisely in order to take advantage of the many time-sensitive deals out there online and offline.  The key is to think about the demand for the item that you may be thinking of purchasing and ascertain whether or not you can make money on reselling the item if you you are getting enough of a discount to make it worthwhile.  Remember the golden rule of making money by buying and reselling is, “that your profit is made when you actually purchase the item, knowing in advance what you can get when you actually sell it.”

Here are 10 Places To Save or Make Money Online:

1. Cashbaq is a great place to search for items that you may be able to resell and get some cash back.
2. eBates gives money back from your purchases online and puts $5 in your account when you join.  eBates also has an affiliate program for those interested in earning some extra cash.
3. Mr Rebate is another cash back program for online purchases and they offer a simple affiliate program through Share A Sale.  Mr Rebate gives you a $5 registration bonus when you sign up.
4. Coupon Cabin list a host of stores and if you’re lucky you can get some pretty decent deals at its auction to resell on Craigslist, Kijiji, (now known as eBay Classifieds), Backpage (Backpage now has an affiliate program, just scroll to the bottom of the page).
5. My Points is a hybrid of sorts in that you can earn points for gift cards and other rewards simply by reading e-mails, but if you make purchases through them online, you’ll rack up points quickly.  My Points is one my all time favorite programs that I have enjoyed the luxury of getting a ton of stuff for free and also purchasing items to resell on their site and racking up even more points to get gift cards that I use to purchase things to resell at a decent margin.  My Points has an affiliate program through Commission Junction.
6. Big Crumbs is partnered with eBay to offer cash back when your friends or anyone else purchases items from eBay.  You can join Big Crumbs affiliate manager eBay, to make additional income.
7. Fat Wallet is a portal of sort of all sorts of money saving opportunities and has a rather large community following also-hint a social marketing opportunity here, as well as cash back, great discounts, a ton of stuff for free that you can resell and an affiliate program.
8. Slick Deals is full of things that you can get for free on their forum and save a considerable sum in the process.
9. Retail Me Not is a portal of 15,000 plus stores that you can save money when you shop and make money from posting on their forum.
10. Tech Bargains is a good place for hardware and other electronics that you may find cheap enough to make a few dollars on or just purchase for yourself.

Okay, that should get you off to a good start, but remember to only purchase what you can resell at a comfortable margin or what you want to keep for yourself.  Remember, there is gold in your thinking, so start thinking.  For example, I get together with my family and friends and purchase in quantity those items that are in demand and resell for a nice profit.

P.S., My lunch was free today.  Late this afternoon, but free, courtesy of Ben’s Bargains where I got a free Panda Thai Chicken for free with a coupon I printed from his site using Cute PDF, which saved me 15 cents on printing costs; but that didn’t influence my decision to include them in this article.  Ben’s Bargains is a great place to visit every day for the quality of his content and you shouldn’t be disappointed.

Also as a side note, while doing the research for this article, I used American Airlines Aadvantage Shopping Tool Bar to get 500 frequent flier miles and purchased a prepaid refill card to get even more points using a Continental debit card, so I earned on American Airlines and Continental Airlines and I sell the frequent flier award tickets for cash.  Also, I earned 32 American Airlines Frequent Flier miles for using their search box for this article and you can too here!

Work at home or Work Online, what’s the difference and why does it matter?  For many, traditional work at home jobs have been favored by stay at home moms and unemployed individuals looking to tide themselves over until they find something else more interesting.  But for an increasing minority, that one day, just might challenge the majority, there are those who favor simply finding work online that they can do for a variety of reasons.

The Internet is filled with opportunities & possibilities for those looking to find credible and legitimate work at home opportunities, but the emphasis tends to be on just that, working from home.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to find a means to make money while staying home, but what is there for folks like myself, who have a sense of their own mortality and want to fulfill some of the things on their “bucket list?”

I’ve been looking at ways to earn extra income while at the same time, not being confined to one place or country for that matter, so exploring ways to make a living working from home while actually  not living at home has been my primary objective over the last few years.  For those of you already doing something online and putting together enough income to take care of your care and needs,  I would love to hear about your ventures.

There really needs to be a transparent way for anyone who has the willingness and ability to acquire the education to apply what is out there on the world wide web and make enough to support themselves.  It isn’t too painfully difficult to do, but it does require a period of humility to be willing to accept things that may take you out of your comfort zone and for many of us, we find that particularly difficult to do.

One thing that has humbled me time and time again, is traveling and living abroad for many months and sometimes years at a time.  Every country that I have ever spent any time in, I have always been blessed and fortunate enough to meet my daily needs and my travel concerns from the habits I try to practice online.  More than often, I find myself far away in some country’s hinterlands, where foreigners are rarely seen if ever and especially someone of my ethnicity.

It seems that I am constantly out of my comfort zone, but I’m willing to put the time in to learn new things and take those things and apply it to see to the extent that it gives me more freedom to travel.  Traveling is my passion and although I still work at home, no matter where I lay my head, the work online portion of my life is just that, work online.  I really don’t have any wild expectations of making enough to retire, because to do so would be like the Internet being a “static” environment where nothing changes and we all know how dynamic and forever changing the Internet is.

I don’t have the answers as to what you should do or how you should do it, but what I can share with you is that whatever you do, do you!  You are “your” brand or your business online is your brand and you should do whatever it is within your ability to enhance that brand.  You can always find something that you are passionate about and a way to monetize it, but only after you’ve gotten evidence that there is demand for whatever it is you want to sell or provide a service for.

I started this blog sometime ago with the intention of posting at least several times a week, but as many of you may or may not know, I’ve been on this roller coaster ride with my battle with cancer and have been too under the weather to make sense of it all-must be the medicines, huh?  Nonetheless, share with us if you’d like your methods of fulfilling your ability to have more freedom from your work at home or your work online.

Making money online working from home is a dream that becomes a reality only when you are informed about the legitimate opportunities online. There is mass confusion regarding what works and what doesn’t. You have to do your due diligence and the best way to help you decide is to look at the many websites and blogs that offer insights into how some are making a living online. Here are some of my favorite working from home websites and blogs.

Making Bread Online

Making Bread Online bills itself as the online magazine for women who are looking to make some dough. It is informative and offers a variety of ways to save money and supplement your income.

Mrs. Mogul

Mrs. Mogul is a stay-at-home mom who has made a nice niche for herself and offers a fine blog with insightful ideas about the world around her. Definitely worth a visit.

The Motherhood

The Motherhood is a blog of Mom Entrepreneurs who share their knowledge about blogging, raising children and earning online and offline. The Motherhood is a great place to nurture your financial and familial interests.

Why Do Work

Why Do Work is a place to discuss current opportunities for working from home in a very active forum environment. Get your questions answered and contribute to the discussions.

Work At Home Forums

Are you curious about what work at home opportunity is legitimate and right for you? Visit The Work At Home Forums and see what fits your personality and work style.

These five sites are just appetizers that abound on the Internet when it comes to making extra income online. Spend a little time going over the sites that interest you and I’m sure you will find something that you can take from any one of these sites and start increasing your net worth. As always, follow your passions and let your ambition carry you online.

Every business online and offline needs and demands a highly-efficient means to accept credit cards and checks by phone, fax, mail-order, or by Internet. There are many payment processing options to choose from and there is no one-size fits all, when it comes to completing your sales and getting your revenue. No matter which merchant account solution you decide on, pay particular attention to any application fees, set-up fees, cost per transaction fees and flat-rate fees which in combination could eat into your net revenue. Here are the Top Online Payment Processors to help you increase your sales and profit from your understanding. Here are just a few of your choices:

PayPal

PayPal is probably the best known of the online payment processors and now that they have been sold by eBay, PayPal can get back to its core business.

PayPal offers debit cards to help you get your money faster.

Paypal offers a referral bonus of up to $1,000 for you sending them business clients that sign up with them.

2CheckOut charges a $49 set-up fee. 2CheckOut gives you the opportunity to process payments in up to 15 languages and offers a reloadable MasterCard to get paid faster and customized banners for your advertising campaigns.

2CheckOut offers an Affiliate Program that pays $11 for every new customer you send them that joins their payment processing.

WorldPay is offered through the Royal Bank of Scotland. WorldPay is one of the leading payment processors in the United Kingdom. WorldPay services start at 19 British Pounds monthly. WorldPay offers an Affiliate Partner Program.

Merchant Express offers no set-up fees and a free Authorize.net payment gateway. Merchant Express offers an Affiliate Program with commissions up to $80 per sale.

CyberSource

CyberSource offers just about anything that you will ever need to build your payment processing gateway from the ground up. CyberSource has a particular specialty for payments processing in Asia.

ProPay

ProPay is a MetaBank concern and offers a micro-secure card reader that enables you to do mobile credit card processing. Perfect for anyone who is mobile and still needs to process their credit card transactions. Trades people, flea market, parties, traveling sales people, etc., would all benefit from this unique payment processing tool.

ProPay offers a prepaid MasterCard.

Chase Paymentech is the number one provider in the Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide in the Payment Systems Category.

Chase Paymentech offers Gift Cards.

iTransAct offers merchant account services including iPhone-enabled virtual terminals and other wireless payment services. iTransAct was the first to offer Internet-based, checking acceptance services.

iTransAct offers a referral program.

Sage Pay is a U.K-based merchant payment processor that offers solutions for virtually any e-commerce challenge.

Sage Pay offers telephone and mail-order payment processing also.

AuthorizeAuthorize has a reseller program.Chase PaymentechiTransActSage Pay2CheckOutWorldPayMerchant Express

Authorize offers online merchant account solutions and offers a comparison guide here.

Google CheckOutCharge

Google CheckOut offers a seamless way to buy or sell online.

Google CheckOut provides for discounts with FedEx.

Charge offers free set-up fees and no application fees. You can accept checks by phone, fax or the Internet with free set-up also.

Charge has an affiliate program.

Zen CartPayment Processor Reseller Directory

Zen Cart is a free, open-source e-commerce shopping cart that is user-friendly, so it is easy to set-up on your site.

Zen Cart gives you banners and lots of payment options and offers a free newsletter that shows you how to get the most out of your Zen Cart.

For those of you who would like to get additional information about payment processors, here is reseller portal for payment processors.

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