How To Make Money Writing Online. How To Do E-commerce Today. As Bill Gates Knows. There's Always Room At The Top!

On this page you will find genuine e commerce sites, where you can make money, simply from writing, what you know about and like.

In a fast changing world such as the computer industry.

Business's rise and fall. This is a fact.

Once mighty companies crash out of existence or morph into something else.

Remember Netscape, Mosaic, Alta Vista ? No! These were giants in the late 80's early 90's.

New ways of doing things have come along, that were never thought of before.

The internet and the world wide web, is still only a baby in terms of maturity.

No-one knows where it will end up.

The growth of the web has been astonishing. What is missing is content.

As more and more people join the web community, they are looking for things that will interest, inform and entertain them.

You would imagine that everything is on the web already. You would be very wrong!

There is a lot of 'stuff' on the web, but the vast bulk of it is trash, that you couldn't show to your grandmother?

If we want the web to be more social, then it needs cleaning or replacing with better content than exists now.

Why Am I Writing This?

Why is an Information & Communications Technology (ICT) teacher writing about making money, from writing online?

Because this is where many more future jobs are going to be.

They exist already for some and have done for many years. Bloggers! But the web is changing fast and blogging just isn't enough anymore.

Quality detailed information is what is demanded now. Not just someone's opinion.

The internet has created a level playing field.

The Evolution Of ICT

When I began teaching ICT back in the stone age it was called computer science and there was no internet to speak of.

One thing you can be certain of in the ICT field is, that everything changes almost constantly.

I was around before E commerce as a term, had not been invented.

The curious thing is, here in 2012 Britain.

The Education Minister has just announced that he wants to 'go back' to computer science in schools.

This guy is so ill informed it beggars belief?

Onwards Into The Digital Abyss

In the intervening years I have taught 1000's of children and 100's of teachers how to implement computer work into their lessons.
I was teaching word processing before MICROSOFT WORD was developed.

Yes there were other word processors before MS WORD!

Not to mention the many other types of applications software

Databases, Spreadsheets and Painting programs that have fallen by the wayside over the years.

My first piece of advice on e commerce is this.

It's a business like any other so.

Stop thinking about making money, and more about, what 'you have' to offer to the internet.

Your experience and knowledge is unique!

The internet community is looking for interesting things, so what have you got to offer.

E commerce works like any business.

Solve someones problems for them. Make them laugh or cry or just entertain and inform them, but do something that adds value, to their experience and you are on the road to e commerce.

So to answer the question '"Why is an Information & Communications Technology (ICT) teacher writing about making money online from writing"? I thought I had better show the kids how it's done before all the schools vanish.

Most kids in developed countries, and even in undeveloped countries, spend a large part of their lives online so where are the jobs for them?

Other than call centres what are the options? See Below

Is the internet the savior of your/their future finance's? You decide.

This article is one in a series, to see others in the series click here.

This is part one, in a set of lessons, to introduce the topic, of online writing and e commerce to students.

Hope you like them.

MICROSOFT

MICROSOFT WINDOWS is on 95% of all P.C.'s in the world.

So that is the software package you should be using.

There are other software platforms out there like the Open Source Community.

In all the years I have been teaching the Open Source system has not caught on with the general public.

Neither has Apple's offering in any significantly large numbers to rival Microsoft.

Even with the advent of the iPad and iPhone. Apple still has a tiny market share in comparison.

So what software are you or your child using?

Like anything you buy from groceries to make-up. You want the best of course!

Go with something you know and trust. The 95% of the computer users on planet Earth cannot be wrong.

They use MICROSOFT PRODUCTS!

The sites below are all paid for content sites.

elance.com

chacha.com

vipdesk.com

hubpages.com

Squidoo.com

The above sites, are just a small sample, of the kinds of e commerce online work, that is currently available online.

Some pay a flat fee for an article, where others such as squidoo and hubpages, share the advertising revenue with the authors.

These are known as revenue sharing sites. You can see the advertisements that are used, if you look around this page.

However many of these online firms, do not last; or always stick around for to long.

My Advice

Check carefully that the site's are legal, and not scammers. Read reviews and ask around if you are unsure.

Also check the blogs for comments about the writing site you are interested in.

Don't put all your effort into one company, spread your work around several site's. This spreads your risk of loss if one of them folds up. Which they do...often!

I know this goes against everything you have been told, about putting your maximum effort into one task or in this case, one writing site, but the world has changed and so must we,

The modern worker must be highly skilled, almost infinitely adaptable and able to work to tight deadlines.

If you would like to join me in my e-commerce quest, as I work on these real e commerce jobs online. You can click here and learn about webanswers which seems, to be the simplest e commerce site that I have found. You can make money quite easily on this site.

Thanks for dropping in. Good luck and happy hunting. Don't forget to vote below.

Thanks for reading.

E commerce really does exist, but can you live by just writing. Many people already do here on hubpages alone.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates has been and is an Iconic figure in computing for many years.

What did Bill Gates do?

Apart from anything else, he gave me a solid living for the last, almost 30 years and continues to keep me gainfully employed.

Like many new companies he started small. Really, really, really small. In his garage!

One of my favorite and timeless Bill Gates Quotes is:-

We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.

Source:- http://www.billgatesmicrosoft.com/

Remember, there is always room at the top for the next Icon. Could it be you?