If you've done any investigation at all of online marketing, you'll know plenty of scams abound. Unfortunately, marketers with no morals take advantage of the abundance of inexperienced people who are looking for better lives. It's very sad, because millions probably get duped into spending money uneccessarily, only to get involved with scams or at least bad business ideas that line the marketers' pockets and leave the buyers with nothing. Fortunately, methods abound for making money on the Internet with no money required. This will probably come as a revelation to those who have been ripped off by Web schemes!
But the line between scam and just an ill-advised business opportunity can sometimes be thin. A good example of this is the recent controversy over an web business-in-a-box, called site Build It. Some believe that at least one person has written a SBI review that wasn't entirely accurate. The owner stepped forward to defend himself and he might be right about his product being on the up-and-up. But it's up to every individual to do their own research before paying money for Internet "opportunities".
One of the ways I make money online is above-board and also fairly simple to implement. I make money with no money on HubPages. HubPages -- a community blogging site -- makes it so simple to write content that generates ad revenue. The number of HubPages "hubs" you create is up to you. Each hub has the potential to make up to five forms of revenue: eBay and Amazon products and services, Google AdSense and Kontera ads, and your own affiliate link(s). Sixty percent of the impressions (page views) that generate revenue go to you and the people who own HubPages get forty percent. Affiliate programs are an exception to that rule though; you get 100 percent of any income generated by someone clicking through on an affiliate link. It takes a while to get good at creating money-making hubs but the revenue 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 credible free information for people. When people click on links to any of the RevResponse publications or White Papers and qualify, you benefit financially. It's that simple. Qualifying is not a shoe-in though, so you have to understand that aspect. To get more details about the rules, you might want to read this RevResponse affiliate marketing review. It will help you determine whether signing up is worth your time.