Pocket money not enough?

Here’s how to earn more

A typical teenager needs money, which he can earn by working. But then for most of the teens work sucks. Sure, you can find a mind-numbing retail or restaurant job that pays next to nothing and teaches even less. You slave away for hours, working for peanuts, trying to save for college, or a car, or just a nice spring break vacation with your friends, only to find out at the end of the summer that the only person who really made any money was your boss. Minimum wage jobs are one of the worst ways for teens to make money.

Well, meet Tony Waters, who turned a love of skateboarding into an online empire that took him a few hours to set up, and is now earning him more than most Americans make in a year! He stumbled on one of the most amazing ways for teen to make money: Selling ebooks online.
Tony wanted to be a pro skater but he had trouble learning the tricks of the trade. He was disappointed with many of the skateboarding videos and books he found. They skipped some key elements and really left him wanting more. So, Tony decided to make his own skateboarding trick tips and sell them as a downloadable ebook and instructional course.
Now Tony sells about 10 books a day at $27 each. Do the math and you’ll see that this talented teen is earning $98,000.00 a year! Here is the best part; the work has already been done! Tony wrote the book ages ago, created a sales page, and orders are processed automatically. He doesn’t do anymore work and he still earns cash every day! This is one of the smartest ways for teen to make money, because they can earn an income automatically while concentrating on their studies, chores, or a regular hourly job.
Now, Tony makes money whether he is studying for a test or doing “kick-flips” and “nosegrinds” at the skate park. The money from his e-book keeps rolling into his online account. That beats the heck out of working the drive-thru or re-folding tank tops for $7.00 an hour (two of the worst ways for teen to make money.)
If you have a skill, a hobby, a past time, or an interest in anything at all, you can create your own online product and sell it 24 hours a day to customers all over the world, just like Tony did. You’ll make more than enough for college, that car, or a trip around the world. And you won’t waste your summer putting money in someone else’s pocket!
Quite frankly, if you write an ebook then you can write your own ticket!
Here are just some of the reasons e-books are one of the most awesome ways for teen to make money:
1) They cost absolutely nothing to produce - If you have a computer (which I know you do) then you have everything you need to create your own fantastic ebook at no additional cost.
2) They are delivered automatically - This is great for several reasons. You can sell your book “instantly!” No waiting! People who buy on impulse want stuff now! With a digitally delivered ebook, you can do just that. Plus, there are no shipping charges. That’s money that you and your customer will save.
3) It’s all profit - Since e-books cost nothing to create then there is no overhead or upfront costs you get to keep every single dime you make.
4) They are fast - A book can be written in a few hours. A few more hours are needed to put up the Web site and upload all the files. Let’s say one spends a total of 12 hours on the entire project. That’s half a day. Having done half a day’s work one will now earn money from it forever.
5) Live links — You can put live Internet links in an ebook. That is an incredible tool! Why? Because then you can point your readers/customers to other e-books and products that might interest them.
You don’t need a publisher, you don’t need an agent, and you don’t need a bookstore. All you need is an idea and a little time. That’s why writing and selling ebooks is catching on. And since the Internet is a “global shopping mall” you can write and sell an e-book on just about any topic.
Most teenagers have a dream of becoming a millionaire by the time they turn 21. However, most of them fall short of that goal because they don’t work smart. Instead, they do what everyone tells them to do. Of course they do work hard and try their hands on a slew of jobs that were all hard work, each one progressively worse than the next. Here is what a teenager does typically in the US.
Ice Cream Scooper: Sounds fun, but ice cream is hard and scooping it for 5 hours a day, six days a week will give you lower arm cramps that you wouldn’t believe! Plus, the elderly customers at the counter still think that a quarter is a decent tip.
House Painter: Summer in the south means heat. Extreme heat! Mix extreme heat with paint and turpentine fumes and you have a recipe for a disaster.
Factory Worker: Working over-night in a factory with a 12 hour shift from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. gets you $ 10 an hour. But one ends up spending all night in a factory and all day asleep. Not exactly the ideal way to spend a summer.
So the bottom-line is that apart from e-books, the Internet opens entrepreneurs of all ages endless income-earning possibilities.
There are some super smart kids out there who have made a fortune by starting their own online businesses. Some are even millionaires by the time they hit twenty! Others are earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in their spare time.

Here are some other great ways for teens to make money online:
* Create avatars for virtual worlds like Second Life and World of Warcraft.
* Edit and create digital movies with titles and graphics.
* Sell digital products for affiliate commissions.
* Touch up and modify photos with PhotoShop.
* Design eye-catching blogs, websites, or Myspace pages.
* Design hilarious T-shirts, stickers, coffee mugs, etc.