Put your talents to work

I know I can make money off the Internet. The problem is, I am still trying to figure out how.

I have just started a new site in an effort to put me on the road to financial freedom. I say that with a bit of a chuckle, because to date, I have made a grand total of 4.11 on google adsense. Needless to say, I don't get much traffic on any of my sites.

Its not enough to have sites and blogs, and everything else, but you need to have great content. I just realized that, and I thought to myself..."Self...What are you really good at?" I am very good at ALL THINGS PHOTOSHOP. I make all my own gifts, which are treasured by the recipients, by the way. I make movie posters, magazine covers, collages.. and on and on.

I decided to create a site where I could sell the templates I use to make such gifts.
http://phototemplates.comlu.com/

It was a lot of work to get the site up and running. I used osCommerce, a php script which allows you to create a site, add products, and set it up for paypal so people could download your products immediately after buying. So far, I have some hockey templates, ballet templates, magazine covers, figure skating templates, Chirstmas cards and Trading Cards. I have a lot more templates ready to go, but it is time consuming to upload and catalog them, so I will be doing this bit by bit.

These things will be great for photographers looking to give their customers a little something different. I have looked around at the other sites offering such products, and in my opinion, mine are not only different, they are more attractive, better prices, and will sell like hotcakes...if I can get potential customers to my site. (Which is what I am currently working on!)

Til next time
Lori MacDonald

Earnings to date: $4.11