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If you’re looking to make some extra money each month, but don’t really know how, here’s an idea for you: design websites for people and companies who don’t have an online presence. Even if you don’t know how to design websites, you can still make some money every month, if you find some clients. There are thousands of small businesses who do not have websites and will pay a reasonable sum to have one created.

You are going to make money by charging local businesses to have their websites created and outsourcing the job at a lower rate to virtual assistants. The difference in what you’re paid and how much you pay your VA is your profit.

With the use of virtual assistants, you can pretty much find someone to perform any task or project you desire, at the right price. Whether you need a site designed, logo created, or content written, there’s someone out there who’s ready and willing to perform the task.

Find Local Small Businesses

The first thing you want to do is find local businesses that do not have a website. If you just take a look at your local yellow pages, you will find hundreds of potential customers. You could even target businesses that already have websites and upgrade their websites to a more professional looking one. Like I said before, there are many businesses out there that do not have websites. Think about all the small pizza shops, moms who run their businesses from home, the landscaper, carpenter, etc, they are everywhere!

With professional web designers charging $1500 - $5000 to create a site, you can easily charge $600-$1000 with no problem. Of course you won’t charge the same price to everyone, it will depend on the business and how much they can afford.

Outsource the Job

Now that you’ve found a customer, it’s time for you to now create the site. You can get a freelancer to design a site for you for $100-$200 on sites such Elance.com, Rentacoder.com, Guru.com and more. Not long ago, I had a site designed via a freelancer on Elance. The designer did a wonderful job and it only cost me $180. You can probably get the job done for less if you find designers who are new and eager to prove their skills.

Another thing you can do to get a cheap website designed is to create a contest on one of the numerous webmaster forums out there, such as forums.digitalpoint.com, sitepoint.org, designcontest.net, and more. The good thing about starting a design contest is that multiple enter and you get many good quality submissions. Pick your favorite design and declare it the winner.

Even if you were charging $600 per website, and were paying $200 to have it created, you would still net $400 per sale, all without ever spending an a minute on desiging the site. The amount of money you can make is up there. Let’s run some numbers:

As you can see, the numbers add up pretty quickly. The more sites you create, the more money you make. This figure might be higher or lower, you won’t always make a $400 profit. Sometimes you’ll make more and other times you might make less.

Make Extra Money

There are a number of ways to capitalize after you’ve sold the site design. Here are some of them:

1. Hosting - You can get a dedicated server and host each your customer’s websites. $10-$15 per month from multiple clients quickly add up and is a great source of passive income.
2. Content Creation - You can charge to create content for the site.
3. Site Updates - You can become the webmaster of the site and make changes as needed.

This model doesn’t have to be just for web design, you can practically apply it to any job that can be outsourced. The possibilities are endless. Just charge a decent amount and find a cheap virtual assistant. Do you know anyone who is doing anything similar? Have you tried doing this before? I would to hear your thoughts. Leave a comment below. Thanks.

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I’ve owned a MacBook for about 1 month now, and so far things have been good. It took a little bit for me to adjust to the change, but everything is working out good, so far. I’ve always wanted a Mac to play with at home. Im a windows type of guy, and I never understood why Mac users were so…loyal to their computers.

After about a month of using it, I now totally understand why people love Macs so much; it is an extremely easy system to use. It wasn’t easy for me to learn at first, but after a few days, I pretty much got it down.

Likes

Here are some of the features of my macbook that I really like:

• The ability to easily install programs by simply dragging the installation file to the applications folder.
• The ability to scroll down a page by using two-fingers on the touchpad
• The charger with the magnetic end. If you trip on the cord, it simply comes off. I think that’s a really neat feature, especially since

Dislikes

• Right clicking is hard! Seriously, if you don’t have a usb mouse, it’s a pain in the ass to right click. You have to hold on to the touchpad and then click.
• This isn’t really a problem with macs, but there’s something wrong with my macbook’s keyboard. Sometimes I have to press a key multiple times in order for it to register. It’s really annoying. I’ll take it back to the Mac store this weekend.

I’m pretty sure that as I continue to this this new toy of mine, I will find more likes and dislikes to this list.

Overall, I think that the Mac OS X operating system is a pretty cool system and I will continue to use it. I won’t do a 100% conversion, I’m still a windows user!

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It’s been a while since I last posted. I promised myself that I would make an effort to something on a daily basis, but that promise has fallen quite short. The truth is, I’ve been very busy over the past few months. A lot of things have changed in my life.

Married Life
I am now a married man! I married my wonderful girlfriend of 4 years, Katie Welsh on 5/31/2008, in Bethlehem, PA. The wedding was wonderful. We had an outdoor wedding at Saucon Valley Acres, a small private venue. The wedding was officiated by Lois Heckman, who did such a great job! We were extremely lucky to have our wedding outdoors on that day, since it was scheduled to rain. I swear, we’ve never checked the weather forecast so many times prior to this day.

We started checking the weather 10 days prior to the event and everything looked good. As the date approachd, the chance of rain increased. It had been a wonderful week prior to Saturday the 31. On the 31, that’s when all hell broke loose. There was a 100% chance of rain with lighting, thunderstorms, strong winds, and a possibility of hail! WTF? It did rain during the morning, but luckily for us, it was nice and dry at 4pm. We were able to get married outdoors and it was great. Take a look at some pictures.

The number one question I get ever since I’ve gotten married is: “So, Jon, how’s the married life?” To tell you the truth, the married life is…..pretty much the same as the un married life. Katie and I had been living together for more than a year prior to tying the knot. So there weren’t any drastic changes to our lives. We are currently in the process of buying a house.

Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing has been treating me nice. I’ve been doing a lot of work with the eBay affiliate program. It has really been working good for me. I also purchased a copy of Build a Niche Store and so far, I’ve been pleased with it. It’s a very nice piece of software and it’s extremely easy to use.

Affiliate Summit

I’m counting down the days until Affiliate Summit East 2008 and I’m getting pretty excited. Being the procastinator that I am, I have yet to book my airfare or my hotel room. The Boston Seaport hotel is now booked, and it looks like I’ll have to stay at a different hotel. It’s all good. I’ll probably just end up staying at the Westin Boston Waterfront hotel, which isn’t that far from the Seaport.

If you haven’t booked your hotel yet, you should consider the Westin Boston Waterfront.

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