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The fastest way to 1k$/month

For someone who can code and familiar with SEO and online marketing stuff,what is the fastest way to 1k$/month. UPDATE : I can code webapps in python and php.I can code .net stuff in c# and I can do some java too.My experience with online marketing is small : I played with some landing pages to increase conversion rate.I am 18 and in north africa.
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Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by dirktheman on Thursday June 27, 2013 @08:26AM (#5951934)
Jobs.

Or I could have said 'freelance'. Short questions tend to lead to short answers. Seriously, your question lacks some information. Where are you based? What can you code? What exactly do you know of "online marketing stuff"?

I'm assuming you're young and/or just starting out. 1K a month isn't even minimum wage where I live, so the upside is that it shouldn't be too hard.

Whether you go the job route or freelance route: showing what you have done or what you can do is often more important than formal education. Having a Github account to show off your work, a StackOverflow profile (with answers, of course), a personal blog, that kind of things.

For freelance work, look at Elance or Odesk. You can do a couple of cheaper gigs to gain experience and good reviews, after that you can go for the slightly higher paid ones.

For jobs, I'm sure there is some sort of job aggregator where you live. Or ask around your network, I got most of my jobs/gigs from people I know. Good luck!

Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by gesman on Thursday June 27, 2013 @11:56AM (#5952948)
PHP is good to develop and sell your own stuff, like plugins, themes and extensions to popular CMS'es like Wordpress. You can be anywhere.

C# is good to make money as a consultant for big corps - but if you're not on client's site - it likely be a problem.

Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by wikwocket on Thursday June 27, 2013 @04:11PM (#5954434)
The advice in this thread seems relevant:

Ask HN: Shortest path to $1 million? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5885922

Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by frytaz on Thursday June 27, 2013 @08:32AM (#5951951)
Create some nice themeforest themes or plugins, easy to get more that 1k$ per month there.
Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by petervandijck on Thursday June 27, 2013 @08:21AM (#5951904)
Freelance. $1K/month should be easy enough to make.
Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by Millennium on Thursday June 27, 2013 @08:43AM (#5951982)
Do you really mean $1k/month?
Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by workhere-io on Thursday June 27, 2013 @11:34AM (#5952809)
Depending on where OP is located, $1,000 might actually be enough to make a decent living.
Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by Millennium on Thursday June 27, 2013 @11:54AM (#5952934)
That's true, but OP included no information on where he (she?) is located, or exactly which currency is being referred to in the figure. Without that extra information, "$1K/month" looks strange.

That's why I asked for clarification; I thought there might be a typo. I hadn't considered the possibility of location-based factors, I will admit, but OP didn't provide information on that either.

Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by toutouastro on Thursday June 27, 2013 @11:37AM (#5952825)
in my country the top software engineers get 1000$.
Re:The fastest way to 1k$/month by davidsmith8900 on Thursday June 27, 2013 @08:20AM (#5951901)
- Freelancing. $1k/Month (30 Days) = $33.33/Day