What are the fastest ways to make money online? A lot of people ask this question on their quest to make a quick buck off the internet. First of all, it is every internet marketer's responsibility to mention to beginners that there is no easy and quick way to making money online. There are of course ways that you can implement this day and will in turn make you money the next day. But often, these ways make very little money. The ways that can make you enough money to quit your day job requires hard work and most of all time. But for the purpose of answering the question on how to make money online fast, below are the ways and strategies you can make use of.

1. freelance writing – Writing jobs are the most common internet jobs. Blogs and websites are always in the need for new articles. These articles can range from 250-word articles to 10,000-word articles. What makes these a fast way making money online is that you get paid the moment you accept the assignment or the moment you submit your written articles. So you can write a few articles today and get paid tomorrow when you submit them. There are a lot of places online where you can find these writing jobs. These places include job boards, job directories and listings.

2. affiliate marketing – It can be easy and fast to make money selling affiliate products if you know how to do it which means you have a good grasp on the strategies of internet marketing. If you have no idea what affiliate marketing, it is the business of selling other people's products. If you make a sale, you get paid a commission. You can easily sell a few affiliate products today and earn a few dollars along the way. Quick and easy. That is of course if you have marketing strategies. So before you get your hands on affiliate marketing, learn as much as you can about where and how to promote your affiliate products.

3. online data-entry jobs – These jobs may involve encoding texts, filling up forms, creating data tables, etc.. It's fairly easy, all you gotta do is enter and encode data.

4. answer paid surveys – Just fill up survey forms, answer queries and questions. You get paid once you submit them.

5. be a virtual assistant – A virtual assistant is a virtual secretary. For instance, read emails, reply to emails, make reports, write documents, etc.. for your boss.

6. sell on eBay – Do you have things of value at your house that you are not or barely using at all? Books, gadgets, clothes, appliances. Anything? Then sell them online and make money out of them instead of them gathering dust in your garage or under your bed.

7. flip domains – This is simple. You buy a website then resell it for a profit. Of course, you have to tweak and improve the website so that buyers will bite.

If you are just a beginner when it comes to making and earning an income online, the above ways are good places to start.