| Want to know how students pay for college? There | | | | cheapest is doing business online through affiliate |
| are a couple of different options available. | | | | marketing. |
| 1) Parents! Probably the most common method, | | | | Affiliate marketing is basically where you sell |
| dipping into your parents' wallets is also the cheapest | | | | someone else's product and you earn a commission. |
| and easiest (for the student anyways). | | | | All of the hard stuff is handled by the company- all |
| Unless the parents are huge into business or financial | | | | you do is sell the product! |
| responsibility, usually it's more of a gift than a loan, so | | | | This isn't a "make $1,000,000 in one month" kinda |
| the student doesn't have to worry about being | | | | scam- it's a method that thousands of people are |
| financially burdened forever- pretty nice! | | | | using every day to make extra money. Some even |
| However, reality is a lot of parents can't afford it, or | | | | do it for a full-time living! |
| would rather the student find another way. | | | | Here's a few reasons why it's great for college |
| 2) Student loans are another very common method. | | | | students: |
| Although they do have to be paid back eventually, | | | | 1) Low startup investment. Usually you can start for |
| they usually have very low interest and flexible | | | | free, and at most you'll pay $100-200 to start your |
| repayment plans. | | | | business. What other kind of business can start at |
| While these feel great at the time (look at all that | | | | those prices? |
| money that just went into my account!), don't forget | | | | 2) Free methods of marketing. Compared to |
| that you WILL have to pay these back, and even at | | | | billboards and television ads which cost thousands and |
| 5% rates, the interest on those thousands of dollars | | | | thousands of dollars, you can market to a much |
| in loans add up. | | | | bigger audience for free! Not bad huh? |
| 3) Get a part-time job. This is what I personally did | | | | 3) Flexible hours. No commute. No boss yelling at you |
| for most of my college career, as well as several of | | | | for being late. You are the boss! Work at 6 am if |
| my friends. You can wait tables, work on campus | | | | you're an early riser, or midnight if you're a night owl. |
| somewhere, landscaping or construction, or other | | | | Either way works. |
| similar work. | | | | 4) Bragging rights. Wouldn't it be cool to be able to |
| The extra income is always nice, but if you have an | | | | say "I make money on the internet?" |
| inflexible schedule and a lot of tests or reports | | | | I hope this article shared some helpful ways how |
| coming up, it can be tough to balance everything. | | | | students pay for college. Personally, I'm biased |
| 4) OWN a part-time job. This is the method I have | | | | towards owning your job through affiliate marketing. |
| recently started embracing, and I highly recommend | | | | You'll learn skills you can use the rest of your life, and |
| anyone really searching for ways how students pay | | | | not have to take out as much financial aid (chances |
| for college to look into. | | | | are unless you're a marketing wizard you won't strike |
| What do I mean by this? Start your own small | | | | it rich right away!). What do you have to lose with |
| company. There are lots of options, but probably the | | | | trying? |