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Sometimes you’ll see a file with an extension that you’re unfamiliar with.

Short Info About Extensions

(If you’re using Windows, and open a folder and don’t see the filename extensions, you can turn them back on. Have a look at the instructions on The File Extension Source for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 98 users.)

A filename extension is the characters after the last period (dot) in the filename.

Eg: mypresentation.pdf has an extension “pdf”. A filename of mydocument.august.doc has an extension of “doc”. Don’t worry about having 2 dots/periods in the filename — the extension is only the characters after the LAST dot.

One that might trick you: myfile.doc.exe is NOT a “doc” file, it is an “exe” file. Be wary of these in email attachments!

In the early days, Windows computer file names (under the DOS operating system) were limited to what was know as the “8.3 format” — 8 characters for the name, plus a maximum of 3 characters as the extension. At times the filenames could be quite hard to decipher without opening the file! Thankfully that’s changed nowadays (spaces in file names weren’t allowed before Windows 95. But spaces aren’t good anyway for files that might end up being linked online: as the unix file system treats the space as “%20″ — so my file.doc becomes my%20file.doc.

The computer uses this extension to “associate” the file with particular software programs you have installed. So, if you have a file with a “pdf” extension, and you have the free Adobe Reader software installed, when you “launch” the file or open it, the computer will open the associated program (Adobe Reader) and then open your file for display.

I Don’t Know That Extension!

Occasionally you’ll come across a file with an extension you’ve never seen before. There’s a great free website, called The File Extension Source, that can provide the answer for you. It works just about all of the time.

But not always!

For example, today I came across a file with the extension “.mgmf” — I searched The File Extension Source, but there was no answer. So I searched through Google, and eventually came across MindGenious — this a proprietary extension for mind mapping files.

Now I know!

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So far in this section I’ve been talking about money making via content in some way — websites where you add in Google Adsense ads, your own information products, information products you can see via online marketplaces at a commission, even eBay sales… which all can be very lucrative, but do also involve a reasonable learning curve, time to devote to content generation or even auction listing management.

Sound too hard to acquire the technical know-how? How about another way?

An easier way?

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I couldn’t believe it either, but SurveyScout showed me how - and I highly recommend that you check out their website.

You’ll find out how to, for example, make $25 in 8 minutes, over and over again. Or how to…

• Get paid to take online surveys and make from $5 to $75 each, or more
• Get paid to participate in focus groups and make up to $150 an hour
• Get paid to take phone surveys and you can earn as much as $120 an hour
• Get paid to try new products (and keep the free products too)
• Get paid to preview new movie trailers for $4 to $25 an hour

… and it doesn’t matter where you live, or who you are - you can do it too.

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Remember… it’s working for people in over 50 different countries… you owe it to yourself to at least find out more!

Just a simple way to make money from the comfort of your own home.

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The business survey sector is a US$41 BILLION dollar industry. Big corporations will gladly pay you to fill out simple surveys on the internet.

SurveyScout enables YOU to access a basically unknown method of making money that is making oodles of cash for people from all walks of life.

All you need is an internet connection and to know how to click a mouse! It’s that simple! By simply sharing your opinions you’ll earn extra cash.

SurveyScout will reveal to you the 478 marketing firms that it knows will pay you for your opinions… many of these firms represent international corporations, so no matter where you live in the world, there will be more than enough marketing firms that want feedback from your region, i.e. USA, Canada, UK, Australia, etc.

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You’re online. You’ve got a website. And traffic. And it’s growing. You want to “monetize” your traffic… turn it into dollars in your pocket.

There are dozens of ways to make money online. Today I want to talk about using a marketplace to assist you.

Adsense is one option. Let Google serve up ads on your site, share part of the revenue when people click on an ad. Depending on your content/traffice and number of clicks this can be lucrative.

Or, with a smaller site and less traffic, it can be slow. 80 cents here, 5 cents there… and you never know what you’ll be earning or when you’ll get paid.

A lot of online marketers then turn to “Affiliate” marketing — selling someone else’s product and keeping a commission on the sale. That is how just about EVERY retail business works, from supermarkets and newsagents to clothing stores and even travel agents. It’s a “tried and true” way to earn a living.

Best of all, a sale is worth a whole lot more that a share of an Adsense click. But — it requires a sale. You might send 50 clicks and earn nothing, whereas with Adsense, you’ll earn a small amount for each click, regardless of what happens after that.

One of the most popular affiliate marketplaces is Clickbank. If you don’t have an account, go and signup for a Clickbank account.

Once you’ve logged in, you can find products to promote in 100s of categories. Link to the product’s sales page (there are other dozens of ways to promote other than just via websites)… and when a sale is made, part of the revenue is paid to you.

That is of course so long as you were the last in the chain to send a visitor to that site, and your affiliate link went through. There are some pitfalls, but once you know what you’re doing, this can be very lucrative, even without a product, even without a website.

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It’s not my product, but I’ll be there are plenty of internet marketers wanting to know how to do that, and will check it out to find out more!

Better yet, if you have your own product, this is the place to find 100s of affiliates to sell it for you. Give them the right tools and the opportunity to make money, and have the right product with the right offer (both for the affiliate and end user), and you have a winning combination. They have the traffic, they promote your product, and you reward them for sales.

Of course, for both affiliates and publishers, there are a LOT of strategies and methods to consider to make yourself a success. How you identify a market, and a product, and a promotional campaign, and track it… that is skill and expertise you can either take time to learn, or fast-track your success by leveraging off the knowledge of experts.

There’s lots more to come on marketplaces… stay tuned.