People who are savvy about Web marketing know there are plenty of scams. Unfortunately, marketers with no morals take advantage of the abundance of innocent people who are looking for the means to improve their lives by making money online. It’s sad, because millions of people probably spend money and lose a lot of time, only to chase down avenues with dead ends. Fortunately, there are ways you can make money on the Web with no up-front investment. This will probably come as a revelation to those who have had run-ins with online scheme run by scam artists!

But the line between scam and just an ill-advised business opportunity can sometimes be thin. An example of this is the controversy over an online business opportunity named Site Build It. Some people think that one or more people have written an SBI review that was misleading. The owner stepped forward to defend himself and he might be right about his product being on the up-and-up. But it would be up to any potential buyer to do his or her own research.

One of the ways I make money on the Web is above-board and also fairly simple to implement. I make money with HubPages. HubPages — a group blogging site — makes it so easy to generate content-based ad revenue. You can create as many or as few content “hubs” as you want. Each hub has the potential to make up to five forms of revenue: Google AdSense, Kontera in-text ads, Amazon products, eBay auction items and any affiliate program you’d like to add. Sixty percent of the impressions (page views) that generate revenue go to you and HubPages gets the other 40%. Affiliate programs are an exception to that rule though; you get 100% of any income generated by someone clicking on an affiliate link. Creating money-making hubs takes a bit of practice but the money you can generate over time makes it worth it.

One of the affiliate programs I like to use on my hubs is RevResponse, because it provides great free information for people. When anyone clicks on your links and qualifies to receive free RevResponse publications or white papers, you get paid. It’s that simple. The qualifying part is the catch though, so that aspect is important to understand. To get more details about the RevResponse rules, check out this RevResponse review. The information in the review will help you know whether RevResponse is right for your readers.

Good luck and I hope you make lots of money writing on the Web!