Who would think that trying to figure out how to make money online would be so hard to do, but it is. One idea to make money from home is sell something people are already spending money on.

This is one of those “DUH’ moments that many of us who have been doing internet marketing for a while have. Some people call it a light bulb going off in their head.

I read a book yesterday titled “Confessions Of A Lazy Super Affiliate” . His whole idea is that you want to find niches where people are ready to spend money right now. He thinks that those of us telling people to get involved in a ncihe you have a passion for is bad advice.

I see where he is coming from, but for a new person starting out with Internet marketing who do not have skills, I disagree with this. You will stick with it longer if you enjoy it. This can be tough to do when the checks are not rolling in.

Another great book I read a week or so ago was titled “20 Ways To Make $100 Per Day Online” and it was fantastic. I picked up 2 ideas to make money from home that I think I will work on in 2008.

You can see I get my ideas to make money from home by reading what others are already doing. I am not above using existing ideas and personalizing them to my style.

One thing they talk about in the “20 Ways” book is thinking about what you know how to do right now that you could sell as a service. Of course we do that with our article writer business, and are expanding that out with “Hands Off Article Marketing”.

Other ideas might be to set up autoresponders for people. How about setting up websites or blogs. Maybe you know the best way to set up a traffic exchange campaign and you offer that as a service. How about writing email marketing campaigns, or publishing newsletters for people!

You get the idea. Some of this stuff makes more sense than just selling affiliate products in a niche you have a passion for. On that I do agree with the lazy super affiliate.

From that standpoint you are not really choosing an area of passion, but rather one of expertise. You are selling what you know to people who are willing to pay for it.

I like that idea to make money from home. Sell “you” and what you know. Maybe it is offering a service, writing a report, or eBook. Give it some thought and see what you can think of.