Forums and online communities have really taken off in the past few years. With sites like Facebook and Myspace becoming popular, the medium for online communities is expanding. The forum DigitalPoint is a perfect example of a place where you can make your mark. They have over 55,000 active members, and is a place where you can advertise your services for free.

Here is a list of different products/services you can buy or sell at DigitalPoint:

-Websites

-Web Domains

-Web Templates

-Design Services

-Link Exchange

-Advertising

-Programming

Although I used DigitalPoint as an example, there are all kinds of forums and communities like this on the internet. There are a few things to remember when you first join these communities. First, you’ll want to know your place when you’re just starting out. There’s nothing people hate more than some newbie coming in and trying to own the place. So, just try and stay humble when you’re first there and be sure to introduce yourself and be as warm and welcoming as possible. Second, be sure you know how to navigate the site and know where to post your various services. If there’s a certain place on the site that’s just for exchanging ideas, then don’t go in trying to sell a domain name. Structure and order is the name of the game for most online communities.

So there you have it, a great way to save some money when trying to establish a presence in the online world. One of the greatest ways to make money on the internet is saving what you can in the process. Forums and different community sites are just one way where you save a pretty penny.

Daytipper.com is basically a site that offers tips on everything from Beauty to Transportation. Where you come in is providing the tips. Daytipper claims that they will pay you $1 for every tip that you contribute that they deem to be original and useful.

Like I said, not the avenue to extreme wealth, but if you are knowledgeable about just about anything, you can probably find your way to earning a few bucks. Is it worth you time and energy?

Well, that’s up to you. How bad do you want to make money online? If you’re bored, you might as well make a few bucks contributing something instead of wasting it.

I linked to this one from Mashable a while back - 100+ Tools and Resources to make money online. Now I have stumbled across this other list from Social Media Trader - 100+ Revenue Sharing Sites.

Use both of these lists as a reminder that there are many, many, many ways in which you can earn some income on the Internet with or without running your own business. Now obviously, many of them are not going to provide you with a living on their own, but even still, many can be great and even fun for earning a little extra dough.

Check out the lists. You’re sure to find something that interests you.

We have sites covering a pretty wide range of topics, that I’m not going to go into here. Most of them will be business or tech related in some capacity.

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There’s an interesting post over at Just Make Money Online that discusses seven ways to make money on Flickr.

I suggest checking the post out. Ideas range from incorporating affiliate links with product photos to selling your photos as prints.

There’s definitely some good ideas in there, and they give you some “bonus” tips going beyond the promised seven.

Check it out here.

Well, actually the 13 year old in question is 15 now, but he was 13 when he started. You may have heard of him. His name is Carl Ocab, and he has been doing it well for a couple years.

With a little help from his father, but mostly on his own from what I gather, he has carved out his place in the blogosphere alongside names like John Chow and Jeremy Schoemaker.

Perhaps the fact that he is so young is a gimmick and contributes to his success, but even so, if a kid can do it, why can’t you?

Not to take away anything from Ocab. I think what he has manged to accomplish is remarkable at his age, and he probably has a very bright future ahead of him. Chances are you are already in the middle of your future, so to speak, so consider this the motivation you need to kick your efforts into high gear. Just remember, your’e getting shown up by a 15 year old.

What is the thirty-day challenge? According to the site itself:

In a nutshell… The Thirty Day Challenge is about making your first $10 online. For a full 30 days we are going to be showing you exactly how to start your own Internet business and generate your first income online without spending a dime.

That’s right, this is going to cost zip, diddly, nothing, nada, ziltch. The entire training program is free, and you won’t have to spend a thing to get your business started and begin making money. No credit card required.

It starts on August 1st, but “pre-season” has already begun. I’m not exactly sure what pre-season entails, but they appear to still allow you to join, so I guess you still have time.

Some of the things that customers like to see before purchasing a product online are, customer reviews, different views of the product, information about the product, free shipping, whether or not the product is in stock, etc.

Jason Miller at WebProNews points to findings from a recent survey:

- Only 37 percent offer multiple images views of products.

- Only 33 percent offer customer reviews.

- 62 percent have difficult to read fonts.

- Only 14 percent allow customers to change the font.

- Only 43 percent offer free shipping.

- Almost two-thirds do not offer in-stock information on the product page.

There are more facts like this that I won’t get into (you can read Miller’s article), but I think you get the point.

The owners of these sites probably sit around and wonder why customers don’t want to buy from them.

Usability is critical to online store success, and if you can’t give customers what they can get elsewhere, you’re not leaving them much reason to buy from you.

They’re either letting their current employees work from home or requiring people to work from their homes so they can save money on office space. In fact, results from a survey were just released indicating all of this.

So how does this benefit you?

It may be a good time to seek telecommuting jobs online. A huge plus is that by working remotely, you should be able to work for someone from just about anywhere in the world, provided you speak the same language (and hell, there’s even plenty of translators out there that can also be found online and perhaps benefit you in this area).

The bottom line is this: business owners are looking to save money anyway they can, and office space ain’t cheap. There are plenty of online job search tools where you are bound to find some telecommuting jobs that allow you to work from your home. Qualifications are most likely going to be required, however.

Popular belief among small online businesses who thrive on upon ads that accompany their content is that such regulation could be very damaging. If you are one of these businesses or even if you are one person trying to make money this way, this is a topic you should keep an eye out for in the news.

So far, the government (as discussed in a hearing from the U.S. House Small Business Committee yesterday) has decided that not go forward with any regulation, but some congressmen think there is room for it in the future.

The Internet Advertising Bureau had a strong presence in this hearing, and defended the notion that government regulation was a bad idea. It appears that this battle has been won for the time being.