Everyone could use some extra cash. Maybe you want to buy a new computer, video games, or something else. However you simply can’t afford to spend money for those. Maybe you don’t earn enough money with your current job, or you don’t have a job at all. If you’re like me, you waste too much time on the computer and the internet. So, why not make use of that wasted time to earn some extra cash?

Here’s five ways you can make money with your computer:

1. Join an affiliate program and promote your affiliate link. You earn commissions when someone buys through your link. This is a very popular way of making money online. A lot of affiliate programs are free to join. Some ways you can promote your affiliate link are through article marketing, setting up a landing page or e-mail marketing.

2. Start a blog on a specific subject. Pick a subject that your visitors would find interesting, and give them useful information on a regular basis. Keep your blog focused on your topic, and update with new information and articles on a consistent basis. On your blog, you can promote and review affiliate products and/or make money with a program such as Google Adsense. You can start a free blog with a service such as Blogspot.

3. You can make money purely on Google Adsense, or another pay per click ad program. Set up a site providing useful information about a certain subject, then drive traffic to your site. Place Adsense ads on each page of your site. Be sure to follow their terms of service. When people click on those ads you make money, so a lot of traffic is key.

4. Another way you can make money with your computer is through internet auctions, such as eBay. Millions of people search eBay daily looking for any kind of product you can imagine, and there are millions of items being sold through eBay every day. There are people who make fortunes just from selling on eBay. One way to make money is to buy items at wholesale price and sell them at a higher price on eBay. However there is a lot more to learn in order to make money from internet auctions.

5. Creating your own informational product and selling it online is yet another way to make money with your computer. Information has got to be the most common kind of product sold on the internet. Research what kind of information is in high demand in the market, and write an ebook report on it. Perhaps you know information on something that a lot of people do not, and people are willing to pay for that kind of information. A similar method is to obtain the master resell rights for a product, and sell the product for yourself.

These are only a few ways to make money with your computer. There are many more ways that you can explore and discover. Find something that suits you best, and something you are willing to commit to.