Last night while I was publishing the article I wrote about the 7 Networks That Will Pay You To Tweet On Twitter I started to ponder if it would be at all possible to do something similar with Facebook. Could you earn money by simply updating your Facebook status?
While I did not manage to find any companies willing to pay me to simply post Facebook status updates I did stumble across some rather cool ways to earn an income from Facebook.
Music Blaster
This is perfect if you are a music fan and have a lot of music fans on your friend list. You basically earn money by selling music to your friends. The great thing about this is that even small bands and singers can add their stuff to this application.
You will earn 5% from each transaction.
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Garage Sale
We all know what a garage sale is, here in the UK we know it is more commonly known as a car boot sale. You pretty much sell anything and everything that you have lying around the house that you have no use for any more.
The nice thing about this is that you can sell absolutely anything from unwanted DVDs right through to rare items like custom vinyl banners.
Click Here To Visit Application
Ebay
This should not really be a surprise to many. Ebay pretty much has it’s fingers in almost everything on the internet these days. It is simple, you show auctions on your profile that you friends might be interested in and earn commission.
Click Here To Visit Application
Lending Club
I left this one till last because I was not sure if I was going to include it or not. But in the end I decided to leave it in the post because it is a rather interesting way to make money from Facebook.
Basically you lend people money through this application and you earn money on the interest on the loan, just like a bank or building society I assume. The legal side is all taken care of by the application so you won’t have to worry about chasing the lendee around the world.
Click Here To Visit Application
So there you have it. Have you come across another way that has not been included here? Why not drop a comment and let us know?
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A lot of people say that “Facebook is dead” and that it is impossible to make money off of it but some people just need to open their eyes!
It can amaze you. While researching this article I discovered lots of people earn money by simply getting a company to pay them to set up groups and fan pages for them.
Social Media is great place to market different products and services. Great tips.
It certainly is. I\’ve found ways to make money via Twitter and Facebook. Not long before I start looking at MySpace.
Good application, but I will not feel comfortable to try to sell music or whatever to my friends. I am using Facebook to promote real business not to make coins and piss off my friends.
I can understand that. But to be honest I don\’t think your friends would become pissed off if you was trying to share to them music by artists they might enjoy.
I don\’t think the items I have listed here are less annoying than the amount of application invitations we all received everyday from our friends.
“lending club’ i don’t know about that…sure this is an unique approach. Anyway, facebook is fun as a social tool, once you make connection, who knows money may come in
Yeah I\’m not a big fan of that one either but I thought it was unique enough to include it. It\’s just something different.
Thanks for dropping by again.
Hey, thanks for the post. I have tried ways to earn money online ways to earn money online but the most promising one is to utilize facebook to earn money online. In addition, you can also make use of facebook ads, another great .way to earn online
Facebook ads is something I\’m hoping to have a go at in the new year. I\’ve seen a few people have some good results with it.
Great post!. I would like to add cloudcrowd, another facebook application where writers meet. I have tried the application myself. I must say it’s a great way of earning money from facebook.
Never heard of CloudCrowd but I will certianly check them out. Thanks for the suggestion.