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Today, on MegMeyer.Com I posted about my new “Income Automation Project.” This project will happen across various businesses I have a controlling stake in.

My new “Income Automation Project,” which may be seen as mundane, is actually quite exciting. Rather than being passive income, where I just do nothing and sit back and watch the money roll in, it is lazily active… I’m doing something… just not a lot - once the system is in place.

This will save time, money, hassle, and trees, in the long run. It is very worth the work being put in to the Income Automation Project.

Being a citizen of the world and interested in green living and green business - using internet technologies is not new to me. With the new changes in my companies, however, we’ll be going virtually paperless - turning paper forms into online forms, and streamlining the client intake process.

Our billing department and accounts payable department have been online for a year, with great success. Sure, sometimes things need to be printed, but often, we can avoid keeping paper files and records of everything under the sun.

If it has a digital or online counterpart, we will be moving to a modern, information-age, money-making system.

For while we do what we do for the love of it - there are, inevitably bills to pay. And making money online is a part of that system.

You might wonder why I do Sponsored Posts. To some, they are the mark of an amateur. To others, they are a viable source of income. Here’s what they are to me.

Freelance Gigs

I’m a freelance writer, and I often take gigs in the tech writing, business writing, and copy writing markets. A sponsored post is merely a quick freelance gig.

Scholarship

The money I make from quickie online writing projects goes into a fund that helps offset the cost of getting newbies online. Sometimes I meet a business owner who is in dire need of an online presence, without the funds to make it happen.

While I’m not a charity, I do like helping folks when I can.

I’ve helped quite a few people get started - when they sign up for my hosting company, I use my affiliate money and sponsored post money to offset the initial tech support. I’ve also helped folks with pro-bono business coaching. Paid posts help me still pay bills, when I do the freebies.

Genuine Recommendation

Most of the time, I only take reviews that I think my international, business, and writing readership will find useful. I also often take sponsorships from causes I want to promote.

It’s like paying it forward. A non-profit sponsors a writeup. They’re exposed to thousands of readers. I get paid. I give time and money to charities.

With all the “making money online” sites out there, I often wonder how they give back for what they’ve received. (Feel free to blog about this on your site & let me know!)