Hi EJB,
I see a lot of earn extra income people on here (including a rather heated debate about kleeneze!!) asking you to join their business on here and I'm in danger of doing the same - but I won't! Personally I've been involved in various schemes and multi-level marketing bits over the years and they do all offer the earth and to be honest, there are methods and companies out there that can deliver but they do take time and hard work. I was where you are when I was about twenty and my ex and I were buying a house and I got involed in a couple of companies - including Kleeneze.
I'm not invovled with either of them now but they did teach me to look at the bigger picture and to use my spare time to build on my future. I don't know if you've heard of a speaker called Jim Rohn but he's a great believer in using your job to pay the bills and your spare time to build something for the future and to make sure that the stuff you do in your spare time is something you enjoy. As he says "work full time on your job and work part time on your fortune". The key to building extra incomes is to set goals for yourself and make them fun!
I'm at a point now where I turn 25 next month and I'm self employed. I have a variety of "jobs" and online bits and pieces that I'm involved in and they all contribute to my paycheck at the end of the month. They key for me is to have the regular bit to pay the bills (which you have with the full time job - I earn that in 12 days a month) and then use the rest for fun and for your future. The key thing for me is multiple streams of income. Everything I do, I know that if I don't want to do it anymore,the other bits will support me and that to me is freedom. (That and the fact I can afford to take the summer off to do minumim wage barwork and spend the summer surfing in Cornwall without it causing much of a problem.)
Looking at all the people on here who have said "try this company" and "I'm making a fortune" provided they are telling the truth, I applaud them. They have worked hard to get to where they are (although a lot will deny how hard they have worked becuase they have had so much fun doing it, they haven't noticed) and a lot of them work because you teach others to do the same. Although everyone says "no-one makes money out of these schemes", the truth is people do, but they use it to either reinvest in their own education or in shares or property which is where a lot of the wealth further up the chain comes from. Each company is different and if you decide to go down that route, then please make sure it's a company you can get excited about.
I don't know if this will help but but these are my key rules when I look at businesses
1) If you wouldn't be willing to tell your friends about it, don't bother, pretty soon you'll find an excuse not to do it. (this is where I went wrong with Kleeneze and well done to the people who got over it!)
2) Only invest as much as you are willing to lose. Personally at the moment, I'm not getting involved with anything over approxomately £30. It's sort of an experiement as well because when I see something is doing well, I tell my friends and I know a lot of my friends wouldn't invest more than that.
3) Set a goal to make a profit in the first two months, preferably the first month. This is for two reasons, 1 - you feel better about the outlay and will be keen to continue, and 2 - it's easier to chat to people about what you are doing if you can say "well I've been invovled for 2 months and not only have I made my money back, but it's now profitable", suddenly they are keen to know what you are invovled it.
4) Do some research on the business - one work "google". See if you can find a business page or something independent to get a decent view (using kleenze as an example. they are a PLC on the stockmarket so they must be pretty legit, not only that, they are one of only four companies that have grown year on year for over 80 years). You will see a lot of things being slated but if you find even just a few things that make you happy to invest then it's worth it.
If you want to know more about what I do, I can send you the link but whatever you decide to do, even if it is the ironing, the food or the dogwalking I wish you the very best of luck. A lot of people have started doing something part time and ended up making it their full time job or a successful business.
To your future!
Sarah
PS - to the people who are saying that ebooks and "get rich quick schemes" are rubbish, yes, in some cases that is true and you need to be careful, but did you know that most people who "invest" in these businesses and buy ebooks do not even take any action and then moan that they aren't getting anywhere and have lost money? Over 90% of people that buy ebooks just leave them gathering dust on their hard drive.and continue to moan about having no money. The clever people get on google and youtube and find what they are looking for, then either buy it, watch it or download it and TAKE ACTION!!!