It seems I am getting asked more and more by friends and friends of friends, even some family about making some extra income online.
When I say no, they act like there is some easy on switch that you can flip to start making a few hundred bucks a month that I've been holding out on telling everyone
Today alone I got hit up by 2 people. One being a friend that I talk to every once in a while and the other was a friend of someone that I know. Seems like the ones that you know personally are more nice, like "hey would you happen to know any online or internet gigs to bring in some money?"
Versus the email I got from this guy's friend... "Hey, I'm xxxx's friend. He said you do a lot of stuff online, can you hook me up with a something to make a few bucks? Not looking to get rich but just pay the bills. Thx."
In this economy I tend to stay away from telling people what I do, but rather confuse them or make it sound extremely hard. People's notion of the internet still seems to be its a gold rush and letting on that you make anything more than $5 a month they will hound you.