by John Atchison

Created on: March 08, 2009   Last Updated: April 28, 2010

Look at life through the spectacles of three years of unemployment.  It is an experience that I, as well as countless others have experienced in this terrible economy our country is battling. Savings are drying up at such a rate that you begin to wonder how your going to feed the family the following week.  It makes you desperate to find some means of bringing in an income, no matter how much it is just so you can feel like your contributing.  You search newspapers and online job sites but nothing is there.  Then you think about what money making ventures might be available on the web.

The internet can present you with millions of different ideas, but what you need to do is sift your way through the muck and see which ones are actually legitimate opportunities.  One area that immediate jumps into view is the world of online surveys. Again there are as many as fifty of these sites out there, but not all of them present a realistic chance of making any money. What you will find is that you can definitely bring in a little extra income, however do not mistake it for a new career path. It certainly can help you to give the kids a better  Christmas or pay a smaller bill, but that's about the extent of what those survey sites will yield. You see your not going to qualify for every survey. 

If your lucky you will qualify for one out of five and those are usually worth but only a few dollars.  Certainly it can add up, but that takes month to accumulate.  So with those things said, let us take a look at some the sites and things available to you out on the Internet that can help you to feel like your a contributing member for your family in this thing we call life.

To start with, there are some easy sites out there, or the ones that people consider the "click and earn" sites. This consisted of ones like Inboxdollars (www.inboxdollars.com) and mypoints (www.mypoints.com). There are several ways to make money on these two sites, but the one that do not cost you anything are the simple ones where you need only view and click their links in the emails they send. Mypoints rewards you with 5 points; Inbox can vary on point amount. In the two years plus I have been with them I have accumulated enough clicking points for about 4 or 5 gift certificates of 5 dollars each. What I didn't care for on these sites is to get any really big point totals you actually have to spend

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