by Ronald Manalastas

Created on: February 14, 2009

Making money is part of human nature. We are providentially gifted with body, mind, heart, and spirit so that we can think, learn, act, and relate in the conduct of work to make money. We will never run out of ideas on how to make money for as long as we live. How to do it and how much money we can make are a function of the limits we impose on our mind. As the saying goes, "what the mind can conceive, and believe, it can achieve."

And as life now goes on rough sailing due to a financially-devastating deep and long recession, what simple, creative, and practical money-making ideas can we conveniently do without costing us an arm and a leg? You might wish to be guided by the following tips:

1. Start a home-based online business.

What can you do in the peace and comfort of your home to earn money during your free time? There are several options, depending on your knowledge, skills, and experience. Ride on what the Internet and online businesses can offer, but know what is real and what is scam. Research on and choose the legitimate home-based program/s that can give appreciable extra income, without stressful work and conflict with your main job and home life. Never go into anything where you have to spend money to be qualified in the program. Beware, if anything is too good to be true, it may be so.

You can consider going into online writing, editing, research, word processing, blog post, or some pay to read, pay to click, and pay to auto surf proven schemes. Try some mystery shopping programs even if it will not make you rich, but it yields some recession-friendly added income while you enjoy a little mall walk. If you have distinct pictures and videos, then you can monetize these items by selling them online.

Another wise thing to do is to be an online arts dealer. Note that despite the hard times, many people need refreshing crafts in their homes, especially the upscale markets. You need not be rich to be an upscale vendor, just have an inventory of good still life, landscape, portrait, and other painting memorabilia. You can flex your network to get good artists (e.g. painters, sculptors, and graphic designers) and arrange also for some service brokering engagement with them.

What do you need to start a home-based business? Of course, it presupposes that you have a computer and Internet link. Otherwise, get them and build your own website to give yourself visible web presence. You can try cost-free site builder software in the Web if you still do not have the

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