Whether you’re starting a business on the side while still employed elsewhere, a student or homemaker looking for extra income, or unemployed and trying to figure out what to do, there are plenty of opportunities for you to start up a side business inexpensively. It’s unlikely any of these will make you a living in the first few months, but they all have the potential to grow into full-time businesses. We’ll take a look at 10 such opportunities and, most importantly, tell you what to do with the $20!

1. Webpreneur

It’s what everyone who’s ever surfed the Web dreams of—just stick a web site up there and watch the cash roll in! Well, that just doesn’t happen overnight, but the fact of the matter is it’s really not very hard to do. To do it right, start by picking a subject matter you know a lot about. Then get a domain and create a web site. It doesn’t even matter what technology you use—just be totally anal-retentive about it looking good and provide plenty of original content. Now find some appropriate affiliate programs—that’s where your revenues are going to come from. Next, learn everything you can about search engine marketing and promote the heck out of your site. Last of all, set aside time every week to put new content on the site, delete dead links, and other maintenance. Now do this three or four times, and you’ve chosen your topics well, you might actually have some decent income from it.

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Alright… we made our point.  Gobble Gobble with the turkeys were catchy.  We got your attention. :D  Now that we have your attention, it’s time for us to clean up our site to make it more appropriate blog for business.

We have updated our codes and arranged our sidebars as well.  We hope that you like the new layout.  Please note as well that you have dropdowns on the sidebar such as recent posts and recent comments.  If you’d like to click on them, you are more than welcome to see our most commented posts and so forth.

Explore the site and provide us your feedback.

Cheers!

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We know that most of you have been waiting to find out how we’ve done in the last few months. We haven’t reported our income recently but that’s just because we have been too busy with other aspects of our lives. Yet, blogging has really become a great source of income for us. Just imagine living off of the income you make through blogging (as a supplement of your regular paycheck of course) month after month. It’s exhilarating.

What we do is to use our blogging income for daily expenditures. We have our main paycheck covering all the bills from mortgage to car payments and utilities. But having to live off of your blogging income means we’re saving more each month. The remainder of our regular paychecks goes straight into savings and that’s something we can be proud of. It’s hard work and when we see it pay off, we are ecstatic.

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We have been blessed immensely.  We couldn’t thank our readers more for your support and loyalty to our site.  Random postings are the thing we do these days but we promise, we will be back with a vengeance.  Being out of the country seems to have thrown off our schedules and it would be nice to be back in the same time zone again soon.

The surprising thing is, we get to pick opportunities while you sleep!  :D  It’s feels as if the tables are turned and we know how the Europeans fare out during our night time in the U.S.  We felt that the opportunities are equally distributed between continents and it really doesn’t matter where you are in the world.

Proven:  An opportunity is an opportunity regardless of time zones!

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We’ve noticed that we’ve really put a lot of time in front of a computer trying to do our best to make sure we are on the right track to financial freedom. The resultes have been very promising and we are extremely excited about it. The problem is, we raerely see the sunshine anymore. It seems we’ve become too involved and you know what they say, “All work and no play - makes Pro Gobbler and a dull boy!”

So, our colleagues were discussing a few things that could get us out or get our blood pumping at least. We should have participated in the Frankfurt 5 K run to get some excercise. But we thought it may be a little more exciting if we join a martial arts club in order to get fit and have fun at the same time. Everybody thought that it was a great idea so we started looking for a club where it will be convenient for us, checked out the best sparring gear we could find and get ready to get pumped up for our first session.

Personally, I have wanted to learn martial arts from when I was a little boy. My brothers did it and they seem to have enjoyed it well. Now that they have linked martial arts to a a very good form of exercise to get your blood flowing, it’s not a bad choice at all (as long as we don’t get hit on the nose or something!)

To our readers - - it’s fine to aim high, but don’t forget to play too! You can be more productive if you have that balance. We’re taking our first step - how about you?!

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I don’t know if you’re like us but we’re the type of people who don’t want to pay full price for anything. Why do that if you can get it for half the price? If you are really trying to become financially-free, you should be investing in savings now rather than later. There are many ways to get the things that you normally buy at discount prices.

Use coupons, go to the discount stores or wholesale stores. The cents you save are not small stuff in the long run. DealKing.com is an online service that is dedicated to provide you with the most current discount coupons and offerings available out there. If you shop online, why not get the extra savings before you even spend your hard-earned money.

Saving cents could lead to thousands of dollars. If you wise-up today, you will reap your benefits tomorrow. Just try it for a month and let us know how you do. Believe us — we’ve done it.

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“You spend that much time in front of a computer blogging?”, said one of our friends. “I don’t even have the time to sit down and watch TV - how do you do it?”

People say that if you want something bad enough, you will be willing to work for it. And if you do, you normally get it. It’s not the time that you put into it, it’s the value of time that would get you closer to your goal in the long term. Why do we blog? We do it for several reasons.

We want to show the world that there is money to be made online.

We want to let the people know that there are multiple streams of income available to you if you look hard enough.

A hobby can be a great income-producing stream.

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It’s been an exciting two weeks here in Germany. They are currently in the middle of their Euro 2008 football championships. You would not believe how big football is in Europe until you’re here to experience it. Germany won again tonight giving them a chance for the championship. Office pools are going nuts about the games

I remember at work during the Oriole games while working in Baltimore. We get our baseball picks in an office pool and I believe at one time I almost won. It’s America’s Favorite Past time - - how can you not participate?

They are very enthusiastic here - - I wish I can experience the same thing during the baseball season!

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We attended a 5K run sponsored by JP Morgan Chase at downtown Frankfurt yesterday, June 11th.  There were reportedly seventy three thousand participants and our colleagues here in Germany participated as well.  The run was a short run compared to the 10M run in Philadelphia but proceeds from the run goes to charity so a lot of people participated.  Just imagine being in the middle of this event.  It was exhilirating.

The weather was nice and perfect running weather.  One colleague from the U.S. joined the German runners and he said it was great!

We will be posting pictures later today - - it was a beautiful day.

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Some of us are going through rough times right now due to the economy. 78% of the people surveyed in the U.S. says confirms that the economy is poor. The dollar has continued to drop and the prices of commodities and gasoline continues to skyrocket as well. Everybody knows how hard it is to earn that “once mighty” dollar. It has become a catch twenty-two if you ask me. One can never keep up if you are not well-versed in saving your hard-earned income.

Bloggers do get some slack (at least the ones who blog for income) because they’ve found a niche where they can earn something extra besides the regular paycheck that they normally receive. But if you still find yourself trying to catch up with your bills and know that it’s not feasible to make ends meet, you have an option. Apply for a Payday Loan.

Online Payday Loans are easy to acquire. It’s a means to bridge your paycheck to pay your bills until the next paycheck comes along. It’s quite easy to apply for and if you are disciplined enough to pay it off once you receive your paycheck, the interest charged could be very minimal. I would say that it’s better than paying all the late fees and the bad credit reports that you will get if you miss payments after payments on your bills.

It’s really just help when you need it most. I would recommend it only if you know that you are disciplined enough to make sure that it’s not extra money but a temporary replacement of a paycheck you have not yet received. Unless you are able to do that - you may end up owing more than you bargained for.

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