Away we go!

I spent a few weeks looking at different ideas for making money on the internet. I have some ideas but I feel a need to take this in steps. I have extra money to invest; however, I thought it would be fun to do this from $0 dollars. Eventually, I'll add a counter that shows how much I've made to date. A balance sheet if you will. I may even take donations :-) (hey.. that is a part of making money too). I thought about this and I'm not keen on "give me a $1" sites; however, there would be a product exchange if it comes down to that. I'm cooking ideas now.

I have a few choices. I could trade my time and energy for money but I already do that and make a decent living. I want to suplement so that I can have additional funds to retire and not just sit in a lazy boy watching re-runs of 90210.

The book The Weekend Millionaire Mindset is a book I picked up that is a very good book that talks about saving money, debt (getting out of it), and just in general how to think about making money. Alot of us have it wrong.

I need to use leverage to make money. I need to leverage the efforts of others, as long as they too are able to make money, or leverage the money I already have. Since I'm trying to start at $0 there had to be some exchange for labor.

With that said, I found a site that I could spend just a little time and make some money. It's not a ton of money, but enough to start the ball rolling. The site is called CashCrate. It give you a nice portal to complete product offers and surveys in exchange for money. I thought all of these sites were a scam... but after a couple weeks, I actually did make money. I do not have th cash in hand yet but I'll keep you updated. Here's a screen shot of my earnings for March.