When it comes to making money online, it's not a question of whether or not you could, it's a question of how much you want to make.

There are many, many, many opportunities in cyberspace that would allow you to earn some cash - REAL cash that you could actually smell and touch.

But of course, with the sheer preponderance of offers claiming the same, you will regard my claim with much hesitance. Well, hesitance is quite healthy and is actually encouraged, dear friend. But I am here to prove to you that you could make money online, and that the process is simpler that what you could possibly expect.

Let's aim for modest earnings of, say, $300 for one week. It's a humble objective, but good enough for a beginner, especially when this model of making money online won't cost you a single cent.

So, $300 for one week. This is our goal. And I will show you how.

Just follow the simple steps below.

1. You will need a way by which you can get paid. If you have a valid PayPal address, then you're all set. If you're living in a country that is not serviced by PayPal, then you have to enroll with alternative payment processors. Go to http://www.xoom.com and check if your country is covered. If it is, use this service, as it will accept PayPal payments from your future customers. If your country is not covered by Xoom, go to http://www.stormpay.com instead. You will not be able to accept PayPal payments, but at least, you will be able to accept orders from people. That's a good start.

2. Now, go to http://www.adsensearena.com . Run a manual search on the best paying keywords. By "best paying," I mean keywords that pay more than $10 per click. Choose 5 of these.

3. Could you write well? Could you write some interesting articles about the keywords you have chosen? The articles don't have to be long. A minimum of 400 words for each would do. Simply write 10 compelling and noteworthy articles about each of the keywords you have chosen. This would require some research. And more importantly, this would require that you will come up with ORIGINAL articles that can never be found anywhere else on the web. Granted that your planned articles may have the same idea as existing ones, such would be alright. But make sure that yours would be presented and written in a totally unique way. You should come up with 50 articles. By writing 15 a day, you'd be able to finish them in 3 to 4 days. If you are not confident about your writing prowess, ask a friend or a family member to help you out. Just make sure that you'll have 50 original, highly informative articles for the keywords you have chosen.

4. You have to package your articles well. Make sure that you use size 12, Times New Roman font. No bold or italic characters. The first letter of the each word in the title of each article should be in caps. Create a folder. Inside that folder are 5 subfolders for each of the keywords you have chosen. Put all the corresponding articles in their corresponding folders. Make sure that two file types for each article exist, .doc and .txt. Now, compress the main folder with WinZip.

5. Join http://www.forums.digitalpoint.com and http://www.webmasterworld.com. These are forums that have a classifieds section for content providers. Make 10 or more significant posts in the various threads in those forums. Once you have done that, you could create a new thread in the classifieds section to advertise your articles.

6. Promote your articles using the template below:

Here's your chance to own 50 readymade articles, all original and highly informative, for 5 of the highest paying keywords today! These keywords are (enumerate keywords), and there are 10 premium and unique articles for each. You will have private label rights to these articles, and you could use them for whatever purpose you want. I guarantee that these articles have been written for the purpose of this offer alone, and that they can never be found anywhere on the World Wide Web. Each article is at least 400 words in length.

These articles would normally cost $250 to $500 to produce, if you would hire a ghostwriter.

But I'm offering all 50 articles for just $15. That's a mere 30 cents per one-of-a-kind article!

This article set will only be sold to 20 people, and they will never be made available forever once the limit is reached!

Order yours today before you miss out on this fantastic offer!

(insert payment link that can be prepared via PayPal, Xoom or StormPay)

7. Once your customers would order via the payment link you have provided, your payment processor will send you an email to confirm payment. In that confirmation email can be found the delivery email address of your customers. It is a must that you send the zipped file of the 50 articles to such an email address within 8 hours after payment was made.

8. Once 20 people have ordered, withdraw your offer by closing your thread.

9. In 3 to 7 days, you will realize a $300 profit. I guarantee you that!

10. Repeat the process, if you wish, for more earnings. Try out other forums that are frequented by webmasters who maintain AdSense sites, so that you could increase your market base.

Yes, $300 is quite small, especially when a lot of people could earn 5 times that amount within the same week.

But this article only aims to show you that YES, you could make money - REAL money - online; that not every moneymaking opportunity in the World Wide Web is a scam; that there are better things that await you in the virtual world if you would only believe and commit yourself to the many promises it could offer.

Oh yes, dear friend, you could earn much, much more than just $300.