People who are the least bit savvy about Internet marketing know plenty of scams abound. Unfortunately, marketers with no morals take advantage of the abundance of people who come online every day looking for ways to quit their day jobs. It’s sad, because millions probably get duped into spending money uneccessarily, only to get involved with scams or at least bad business ideas that line the marketers’ pockets and leave the buyers with nothing. Fortunately, there are ways you can make money online without any up-front fees. This should be good news to those who have had run-ins with Internet scheme run by scam artists!

But the line between scam and just an ill-advised business opportunity can sometimes be thin. An example of this is the controversy over an Internet business opportunity named Site Build It. Some people think that one or more people have created a SBI review that was misleading. The owner has publicly defended himself and he could be totally right. But it’s up to every individual to do their own research before paying money for Internet “opportunities”.

One of the most successful ways I’ve found to make money online is totally above-board and is also pretty easy. I create income by writing for money. HubPages — a community blogging site — makes it easy to create content and generate ad revenue. You can create as many or as few content “hubs” as you like. Each hub you create can make up to five types of revenue: eBay and Amazon products and services, Google AdSense and Kontera ads, and your own affiliate link(s). You get the revenue from 60 percent of the page views that generate income and HubPages gets the other 40%. The exception to that would be if you implemented an affiliate program; you get 100% of any income generated by someone clicking on an affiliate link. Writing good hubs takes a bit of practice but the money you can generate over time makes it worth it.

There are many affiliate programs out there but I like to use RevResponse on my hubs, because people who sign up get valuable free information. When anyone clicks on your links and qualifies to receive free RevResponse publications or white papers, you benefit financially. It’s just that easy. Qualifying is not a shoe-in though, so that aspect is important to understand. To learn more about the RevResponse rules, read this affiliate review. The information in the review will help you know whether RevResponse is right for your particular audience.