Recommended Reading & Resources

If you are serious about making passive income, you need to take action today.  Below is an evolving collection of resources and tools that I have found helpful in the quest to build an internet based passive income business.  I’ll be adding to the list as  I find new helpful resources, so keep checking back.  If you have any suggestions for additions, please let me know and I’ll take a look.

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Site Hosting, Domains, and Related Resources

• Join me in using BLUEHOST as your site host Reliable and affordable.  Host unlimited sites for one low fee.
• Also buy domains through BlueHost. Low cost domains
• Sell ebooks and other products online with online shopping cart E-Junkie. Low fee service  Click to Guide
• Get Thesis Theme for WordPress: Options Galore and a Helpful Support Community. Paid WP theme
• Add Comment Luv to increase the number of comments on your blog and reward those who comment
• Get a Paypal Merchant Account to sell things with.  A Paypal merchant account allows you to accept credit cards too.
• Dropbox - the free and best solution to store and share files online

Earn Passive Income Doing Simple Posts

• Answer questions at WebAnswers for Adsense Revenue
• Create Tops Lists and Earn Adsense (great for link building) with Best Reviewer
• Try Tip Drop for potential Adsense Revenue, but best for link building

Earn Passive Income / Revenue Share With Your Articles

• Write on Infobarrel and earn directly from Google Adsense, Amazon Associates and Chitika.  Free to join, the ad services pay you.
• Start today with Squidoo – Get paid to create webpages – 50% revenue share, multiple sources.  Free- Squidoo Pays You
• Join Wikinut and write for revenue share. Paid in British pounds!
• Join SeekYt – great referral program too.

Sell Articles and Rights to Articles

• Join Constant Content – a higher end market place for selling full and usage rights to articles.  The best site for selling your writing – period. Free – Site Pays You
• Also, I strongly recommend you invest $9.95 in Celeste Stewart’s Constant Content Success eBook to significantly reduce your learning curve. Low cost ebook

Guides & eBooks

• Get eBooks the Smart Way an eBook on making eBooks by Pat Flynn at Smart Passive Income. Free download eBook
• Buy The ABCs of Writing Articles for the Web – Transition to Web writing – very helpful. Low cost eBook
• Read Chris Gullebeau’s 279 Days to Overnight Success Help for Bloggers and Other Online Businesses. Free download eBook
• The Bloggers Guide to Facebook - Great Post at Smart Passive Income
• Free SEO Tools and eCourse – really helpful tools here.

Learn How to Build Effective Websites

• Try Grassroots Internet Strategy’s Planning Your Website E-course by Serena Star. Paid course
• Get Underground Squidoo Profit Tactics. Low cost ebook
• How to Build a WordPress Website in 2 Hours Free ebook

Ad & Affiliate Networks to Join (earn from and/or advertise with)

• Sell EntireWeb Ads on your site as an alternative to Adsense (worked poorly for me – may depend on niche)
• Get a Chitika Account right now because it takes time to get approved.  Use on Infobarrel and/or on your own sites.  Free for Publisher Side – Chitika Pays You
• Set up Linkworth and wait for offers – wide range of ways to make money on your site. Free – Linkworth Pays You
• Use Google Adsense (Free to Join and Earn) and Google Adwords (buy advertising)
• Apply to Project Wonderful – Buy and sell ad space by auction based on display time. Free to Join and Earn
• Find sponsors for your blog with Share A Sale.  Free – They Pay You and/or
• Find Affiliates to sell your product with Share a Sale Free to join, pay based on performance.
• Try Blogsvertise for promoting your sites
• Sell Reviews on your blog – approval required
• Drive targeted “type in” traffic to your site with Elephant Traffic

Outsourcing Market Places / Places to Find Work Helping Others

• Constant Content Buy high quality unique web content.  Pay for what you need, free to set up requests.
• oDesk – Access a Global Workforce at a moderate cost.  Great job and worker tracking ability. Free to join and earn, or pay for what you need.
• ScriptLance – more than just code, good for writers and designers too. Free to join
• Amazon’s Mechanical Turk Very low cost, great for simple tasks requiring a human.

Strategy Resources

• Don’t Let The Bank Reject Your Dream How to Get a Business Line of Credit.  Low cost ebook
• Grassroots Internet Strategy Australian site full of info geared to small business.  Free website
• Get Celebrity Endorsements or learn more about Contact Any Celebrity.  Low cost subscription service

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