...one of the mostlabour-intensive options, at least if the products are notelectronic (i.e. if they are hard goods or services).The problem is that many people stick to what they know - bricks'n' mortar - high street shops who sell products that you canhold and feel, or professionals (such as accountants or lawyers)who sell their services. It's plain to see where the money comes from there: from theproducts and services on offer!But does that mean that YOU have to have products...

... or services tosell if you want to make your own money online?No!The Internet offers so many more ways in which you can makemoney!------ SIDE NOTE ------For an explanation of some of the different ways you can earnmoney online visit:http://www.sleepydust.net/different-ways-you-can-make-money.html ------ SIDE NOTE ------ And one of the easiest yet effective ways of earning moneyonline is by using Google's 'AdSense' program as one of theincome-generators for your web site.But what exactly is 'AdSense'?Well AdSense is an advertising program with a difference and ithas virtually taken the Internet and small web site owners bystorm...If you have your own web site and join the free 'AdSense'program, Google gives you a code that you simply cut and pasteinto your web pages. You can put the code into as many of yourweb pages as you want but obviously the more pages in which youplace the code, the more likely you are to earn *more* money andhere's why...Every time a visitor visits a page on which you have pasted yourAdSense code a few small text adverts appear.Google's clever AdSense technology will automatically displayadverts that are relevant to your topic. So if your web site isall about quilting, the adverts will be related to quilting. Ifit's about parenting, the adverts will be related to parenting,and so on.'Where do these adverts come from?' I hear you ask.Well there are lots of people and busineses out there who wantto promote their web sites, products or services, so they payGoogle every time someone clicks on their advert.Now here's the good part...If a visitor clicks on any of the Google 'AdSense' adverts onyour web page - you get money!This is such an eye-opening way to monetize that I'm going torepeat it:If a visitor just CLICKS on any of the Google AdSense adverts onyour web page - GOOGLE PAYS YOU MONEY!!!That's right! The visitor doesn't even need to BUY anything fromthe advertiser! All they need to do is click on one of theadverts on your web page and Google pays you!So Google's 'AdSense' program means that you really CAN earnmoney *just by attracting visitors* to your web site. 'MY web site?' I hear you quiver.Yes YOUR web site!Millions of web masters the world over create and run their ownweb sites. Even high school drop outs can do it - in fact manyARE doing it and are making a good living from it!Heck, even young teenagers are doing it. A 14 year old Canadiangirl started her own web site about her family's favoritevacation spot (Anguilla) a couple of years ago. Two years on shenow earns thousands of dollars, part of which come from Google'sAdSense program!And it's not expensive to run your own web site either. In factyou can do it without spending ANY money whatsoever if youreally want to (although there are drawbacks).------ SIDE NOTE ------To find out why running a web site is easier than you mightthink, visit:http://www.sleepydust.net/running-your-own-website-is-easier-thank-you-think.html------ SIDE NOTE ------ Google's AdSense is great news for small web site owners - andYOU can become one of them.All you need to do is write content on a topic that you knowabout and love - whether that's based on experience, hobbies,interests, passions, or on a past job.You know SOMETHING about SOMETHING - everybody does,qualifications or not. And that knowledge and/or passion canattract visitors. And with Google's 'AdSense' program'visitors'...... means 'clicks'...... means money! Copyright, Claire Williams, 2003-2005. All Rights Reserved.-------** Publication Guidelines ** The article above may be freely reproduced provided that:(1) you only mail to a 100% opt-in list; (2) ALL links are LIVEhyperlinks (3) the article is published in its entiretyincluding the title, copyright notice, & the author's bio &resource box (which must be placed directly below the article).-----Claire Williams is editor of sleepydust.net and has sufferedfrom Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome since 1995.She created sleepydust.net to help ME / Chronic Fatigue Syndromeand Fibromyalgia sufferers deal with their condition - fromhandling their money worries, to recovering from their illness...To subscribe to the newsletter in which this article was firstpublished, please go to:http://www.sleepydust.net/FREE-MAILING-LIST-homepage.html