I've made my living through various Internet projects for several years. After getting laid off, I decided to try making a go at eBay selling, which worked very well until my product source began to dry up. Then I stumbled upon someone reasonably honest who teaches people to do affiliate marketing/web development and that's what I've evolved into. This business has kind of a bad image from how-to hustlers and junk site builders, but most people I know seem to run pretty sound businesses. The vast usage of the web these days makes for a lot of opportunities, but you have to get your head around the right way to do it if you want to make a living, though. I messed with it for nearly 2 years before it started paying off.

A web business is a pretty good way to go for a transgendered person. I'd suggest more of you look into it. You do have be able to think a bit like a salesperson to some extent and you have to do lots of writing about sometimes not-so-interesting topics. For the income potential, though, it's certainly worth it. It absolutely requires a strong ability to motivate yourself and keep a postive attitude about what your doing.

Lyric

Quote from: rejennyrated on November 28, 2009, 06:37:26 PM
Not forgetting my folksy Maddy-Prior (Steeleye-Span) style Contralto too

I love Maddy Prior! Especially her Silly Sisters album w June Tabor! Amazing!

Z

Quote from: Zythyra on November 28, 2009, 06:13:54 PM
Sounds good to me! I'll warn you though, my voice is not exactly operatic! This group will be quite unique, with its bluesy baritone singer trading riffs w an operatic tenor 

Z

I would of course be a super star playing air violin.

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Quote from: Lyric on November 28, 2009, 07:29:45 PM
I've made my living through various Internet projects for several years. After getting laid off, I decided to try making a go at eBay selling, which worked very well until my product source began to dry up. Then I stumbled upon someone reasonably honest who teaches people to do affiliate marketing/web development and that's what I've evolved into. This business has kind of a bad image from how-to hustlers and junk site builders, but most people I know seem to run pretty sound businesses. The vast usage of the web these days makes for a lot of opportunities, but you have to get your head around the right way to do it if you want to make a living, though. I messed with it for nearly 2 years before it started paying off.

A web business is a pretty good way to go for a transgendered person. I'd suggest more of you look into it. You do have be able to think a bit like a salesperson to some extent and you have to do lots of writing about sometimes not-so-interesting topics. For the income potential, though, it's certainly worth it. It absolutely requires a strong ability to motivate yourself and keep a postive attitude about what your doing.

Lyric

That sounds interesting Lyric.

Is there a place I can find information. That isn't Nigerian based

I've thought about an internet business but never known how.

Hugs
Cindy

Oh my golly golly gosh! My imagination is running amuck as to all the possibilities 

Quote from: Alexie on November 29, 2009, 01:58:06 AM
Oh my golly golly gosh! My imagination is running amuck as to all the possibilities 

I think we should start off with " The Nutcracker's are Sweet".
Or "Madam Chrysalis"

Not sure what the guys think?

Cindy

Quote from: Zythyra on November 28, 2009, 10:46:44 PM
I love Maddy Prior! Especially her Silly Sisters album w June Tabor! Amazing!

Z

Well I'm not exagerating when I say that I could easily voice double for Maddy. My friends say I sound eerily like her - I can also do a reasonable Joan Baez...

But as for opera - well inevitably as a contralto I always end up playing the dowager duchess or some hideous old biddie who looks abour 103 years old! For example in light opera, (Gilbert &Sulivan) of which I've done quite a bit I've sung both Ruth in Pirates, and Katisha in the Mikado.

But I think this topic is getting to the point where we will need our own thread or we'll be accused of hijacking anyone care to begin one?

Quote from: CindyJames on November 29, 2009, 01:51:33 AM
That sounds interesting Lyric.

Is there a place I can find information. That isn't Nigerian based

I've thought about an internet business but never known how.

Hugs
Cindy

I'm not Nigerian, although some of the third world countries like that are fast becoming the most web business savvy spots in the world. I think one reason so many people are reluctant to take Internet business seriously is because their first intro to it is from spam.

I got into it after running across a couple of interesting folks on Twitter who seemed to know what they were talking about. One hard thing to do in this business is look past all the "amazing offers" that want your money and realize you can pretty much learn it all-- and even start making money-- without spending anything. There are many free services and open source things these days, you don't have to pay anybody anything.

There's also no real one-stop place to learn it. You pretty much have to bounce around a bit. Here's a few links to some good free info, though (I've got no stake in any of these links, BTW):

http://www.warriorforum.com/
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/eddale#p/u/54/AsfwWbCsAuI
http://www.clicknewz.com/1679/starting-a-free-online-business/
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/09/16/thirteen-steps-to-write-and-publish-a-free-ebook-in-thirteen-hours/
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/129310-ultimate-internet-marketing-toolbox.html
http://www.warriorforum.com/main-internet-marketing-discussion-forum/38578-0-income-i-will-not-disclose-one-year-warrior-anniversary.html

Well, you did ask!

Lyric