With the ecoomy in flux, many people are looking for an easy way to make extra cash using their home computers, figuring out how to make money online in one way or another. Here’s one simple service you can use, where you can write as much as you like on topics you love, and then cash in by earning revenue from visitors who come to your site. The service is called HubPages.

The HubPages community consists of people who want to share their information with others on “hubs”, for just about any topic you can think of. When you create a Hub, you add your writing, best links, and video you find on the Web, along with any other information you think would be helpful to readers. “Hubbers” don’t need to be professional writers - justa love of your subject helps! It’s a great community of people who want to share something fun or informative.

So how do you make money with HubPages? You have several different ways. First, your Hubs show ads which your visitors will click on, earning you revenue each time. Other advertising programs are also available such as from Amazon.com or eBay. Design your pages to bring visitors to your site, and increase ad clicks and income.

A second way to earn is by having new HubPages members sign up from your pages. When those new “Hubbers” build Hubs, you get a portion of the income from those Hubs too, from their advertising revenue.

Third, you can earn money from HubPages by selling Hubs to others. You do the writing and creative setup work, and then new or existing Hubbers pay you for your effort. This way, they get a new Hub set up right away, and you can earn as much as a few hundred dollars for your effort! Look online for auction sites where Hubs are bought and sold.

Last but not least, you can earn with a Hub through selling your own goods or services. If you have writing or design services, for example, or you’ve written an ebook, or you create and build hard goods for sale, you can create a Hub talking about it and sell from there. Add a link to your sale site, for example, or promote your talents by showing how much you know on the subject. Your Hub has to be be informative, you can’t make it a big ad for your stuff. But when you post authoritative information, you look good and so do your products and services. You can also link to your sales page and sell your own stuff just as you would goods from Amazon or eBay.

The icing on the cake is that HubPages is free! HubPages has zero cost to join or keep your Hubs. Create just one Hub or even hundreds - it’s all up to you! You’ll start to earn income from multiple sources. Remember that it will still take patience and hard work to succeed and build your Hubs. But if you get started today, you’ll see income coming in very soon for creating Hubs about your favorite topics - and start making money online.