Through out the history of man, we have been faced by different tragedies that may have spelt one form of financial crisis to another. Man has evolved methods to tackle the problems he faced during these uncertain times by looking for other means and methods to earn an income and provide for his family. We live in the age of the great internet revolution, opening up new frontiers and ways to communicate and trade with one another on a global scale. With the current financial crisis, we have found a new form of business and form of self-employment in the internet as we know now as internet marketing, linking buyers to prospective sellers through a vast cloud of information shared on a global level.

Methods of internet marketing include:

1. Article marketing - This is a way to advertise and create awareness in the mind of the consumer of the products that are available to solve their problems or needs. An article so written is used to drive traffic of prospective customers to a product site. The goal of article marketing is not only to offer a summary of what could be provided, but to entice customers to purchase a product or a service that you have packaged for them. Article marketing enables you to market other peoples products as well for a commission of successful sales if you do not own a product of your own. It is the simplest and suggested path to follow as you develop our expertise in the area, or before you develop and launch a product of your own and as a great way to learn the Internet Marketing trade.
2. Participating in online sales is a great way to move products and services through sites such as Amazon and eBay. The main goal of selling through such online avenues would be to maximize your profits by selling the goods in high volume.
3. online stock trading is another form of internet based businesses that you may be interested in venturing into. It involves learning how to investing in certain products and knowing when to sell your shares to make a profit. e key is to know when to enter a market and when to leave it to prevent you loosing out and making a loss.
4. If you have the know how and skill, you may offer your services online as a web designer, freelance article writer and more. This is a good way to gain knowledge in different online trades and the way thy work.
5. You may be employed as a data entry clerk, a simple enough job that does not require much skill, only access to a computer and unlimited internet. You must be sure to scrutinize the company that is to employ you sop as not to be conned.