With almost 11 million Americans out of work today more and more people are turning to the internet looking to make a dollar. We see it on TV and read it in our favorite magazines almost everyday. People making millions on the internet. The question is “do you have what it takes?” Watch Out For Scammers Most paid websites claim that you can make money fast and with no out of pocket cost, even if they're a legitimate paid site that does exactly as they say they will. That is an advertising strategy and it is obviously a good one because it is used most often. However, as with anything else in life there are scammers out there that are just looking to make a quick dollar anyway that they can. One very easy way to find out if a website is for real is to simply type the name of the website that you're interested in into your search engine along with the word scam and it won't be long before you have a full report on the website. Some Legitimate Online Businesses Freelance writing One very good way to make money online is freelance writing. You can write articles about any number of things. Most of the article writing websites have a pool or list of articles that the authors can choose the articles that they want to write from. Some of the sites require the authors to bid for their articles. Open your own store There are hundreds if not thousands of websites that will provide you with the web space as well as the items to sale in your very own online store. You promote and sell their products and pay them for them as they sale. While it's not really your own store it is a legitimate way to make money online and it doesn't cost you a dime. Advertising Lots of people are doing it. You have your own website so why not use it. You can sell space for advertising on you own personal web site. There is no limit to the number of advertising spaces that you can have on your web site so there is no limit to the amount of money that you can make from it. These are only a few ways that a person can make money legitimately online with no money out of pocket there are countless others that could be just as good. The question is, “Do you have what it takes to make the internet work for you?”