10 Best Android Apps You Should Download

Whether you're a smartphone novice or a master of custom ROMs, these are the apps that every Android user needs to check out.

Google Keep

Sometimes a simple note-taking app is all you need, and the newly updated Google Keep deftly handles the job. The app lets you create notes with text, images, and checklists; it can transcribe audio notes as well. You can also add time- and location-based reminders to any note. Everything's backed up online and listed in reverse-chronological order for quick access from the web or Android devices.

Pocket

Next time you come across a long article you'd rather read later, use Pocket to save it. The much-loved browser extension and bookmark let can save any web page from your computer, and the Share button in Android will do the same from your phone. When you're ready to read, just open the article in Pocket for a clutter-free, ad-free experience that even works without an internet connection—perfect for catching up on your commute or while on vacation.

1Weather

Yes, 1Weather is a slick-looking weather app loaded with forecast details, but what sets it apart is its huge selection of customizable home screen widgets. You can easily find one to fit whatever screen space you have available, and tweak the color scheme and icons to match your background. The "Tabbed" widget, with its option to swap between hourly, daily, and extended forecasts, is especially useful.

Chrome Remote Desktop

If you use Google's Chrome browser on your PC or Mac, Chrome Remote Desktop can be a lifesaver. Just install the Remote Desktop app on your computer's browser and set up a PIN; once it's done, you'll be able to view and control your desktop from any Android phone or tablet. It's a lightweight way to check on that file you're downloading or access that forgotten attachment when you're out and about.

Waze

While Google Maps gets the job done for basic navigation, turn to Waze when you're headed for a crowded city or taking off on a road trip. The app relies on its community of users for intel about traffic jams, speed traps, and closures, so you can find an alternate route before getting stuck on the freeway.

Mint

More than just a simple budget manager, Mint lets you track all of your finances by connecting to checking, savings, finance, 401k, and credit card accounts. Once plugged in, you can see how much money you've spent, what you're spending it on, and how much you've got in the bank without having to manually add every transaction. The app lets you set goals and create reminders as well.

AirDroid

Instead of plugging your phone into a computer to transfer files back and forth, try connecting through AirDroid. The free app creates a wireless connection between your phone and PC, so you can easily transfer photos, ringtones, music, and video. AirDroid also lets you answer text messages straight from your computer and share clipboard content between the devices.

Feedly

Android may be packed with news-reading apps, but Feedly strikes the right balance of simplicity and control. At its most basic level, the app lets you follow a few sites that you like, and presents every story in a clutter-free view. It can also act as a full-blown RSS reader, with the ability to add custom feed URLs. The app is also bursting with options for sharing to other services like Pocket and Evernote, so you can quickly flag stories for later or send to everything from Facebook to Tumblr.

ConvertIt

ConvertIt has everything you might want in a unit conversion app, including currency exchange rates, unit search, favorites, and recents. It also looks great on tablets, and has a neat feature that lets you copy any unit from another app and have the conversion show up in Android's notification bar. You'll have to pay $2 for the premium version if you want to do that more than once per day, though.

Wunderlist

Wunderlist is an unobtrusive to-do list app that's quick and easy to use, but stocked with powerful features just under the surface. For each list item, you can set a due date, add reminders, attach notes, and create subtasks. But what really sets Wunderlist apart is the ease with which you can share and assign tasks to other users. Plus it's available on nearly every platform, so you can access all of your tasks even if you lose your phone.

Making Money with Your Website

Concentrate on making your website a real business and focus on effective marketing tactics, it’s likely that great website will never be seen, let alone generate you any money! If you’re looking for a little guidance on making money with your website, you’ll find the tips below very helpful.

Focus On Crafting Content For Your Audience First!

Too much emphasis is often placed on keyword optimization; in fact, many website owners focus so much on key terms and phrases, the text becomes garbled and makes little sense to readers. Focus on your targeted visitors first and foremost; let them know that you feel their pain or understand their problem, and offer effective solutions. Be sincere and transparent. In the course of writing your content in a way that offers value to your visitor, the keywords will fall in place naturally.

Offer Only HONEST Product Reviews

Until you have used a product yourself and know its benefits, you cannot write an effective review. People are “internet savvy” today; they’ve seen all kinds of faked reviews, and can usually tell whether a review is sincere, or was written solely for the purpose of selling a product. Use the products you promote, and you’ll find it much easier to recommend it to others in a way that persuades your visitor to buy.

Avoid Too Many Banners & Ads

Making money with your website is much easier if your site looks professional and well-organized, not covered with banners and ads. A few well-placed ads are fine, but concentrate primarily on a clean site with quality content, a professional looking design and simple navigation. Nothing is more frustrating than landing on a website and not being able to get to the information you are looking for! Most people get frustrated and go in search of the answer elsewhere – most likely, your competition!

The Most Important Tactic Of All – BUILD A LIST!

If you’re practising the “hit and miss” method of making money with your website, you will never reach your full potential – or great success. You cannot simply place affiliate links and banner ads on your website and expect to make a fortune. Building relationships is a must, and that is done through a list of subscribers.

10 easy ways to make money online and live your life like a boss

1. Write And Sell An eBook 

If you have a propensity for writing and you can slay with your prose, consider writing an eBook. While the market has certainly become saturated as of late, books that help teach people about a technical topic still sell extremely well. This is a great source of passive income but does require a large amount of effort at the outset before any money is generated.

You can sell your eBooks through Amazon's Kindle Program or Apple's iTunes Connect, which gives you access to a large majority of the digital-book reading market and the barriers for entry are incredibly low. You don't need to invest lots of money to make this happen, but you do need to invest lots of time, not only in writing the eBooks, but in marketing them as well.

2. Create An App 

Yes, this is far more technical. Unless you have the right app-development skills, doing this is going to be a significant undertaking. But, apps are also a great source of passive income when done the right way. You can reach a massive audience of smartphone users by building a great app.

However, like anything else truly worthwhile, apps require a significant investment of your time or money upfront. If you don't have the skills, then you have to hire someone who can assist you in creating a great app. But first you need to come up with an idea that will sell. Do the proper market research and analytics to come up with the right app.

3. Sell Professional Services On 99LocalAds, UpWork or 99Designs

99LocalAds,UpWork and 99Designs are some of the biggest resources for selling just about any professional service under the sun. If you have extensive experience in a field, you might want to consider selling your services through one of these sites. 

4. Build A Blog

One of the most exhaustive endeavors when it comes to making money online is to build a blog. But we all know that building a blog with real readership is difficult. It takes a lot of work. And I'm speaking from experience. However, once you reach a certain point, the progress and momentum sways in your favor and it becomes far easier.

Blogs can easily generate tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars per month when done right. Yes, that much. But it won't be easy to get there. However, looking back on it, a year from now you'll wish you started today. So why wait another moment?

5. Email Marketing

Email marketing is at the heart of every successful endeavor on the web. For those serious about making money online, email marketing is certainly where it's at. But it has to be done the right way. Before you even try to market anything to anyone via an email list, be sure that they're people that subscribed and opted in directly to you.

When you try to market to people via email out of the blue, you won't find as much success. But, if those email subscribers are actively and keenly interested in what you have to say, and they signed up directly through your blog or site, your success rates will be much higher.

6. Auction Items On EBay

EBay is a bellwether. It's been around since nearly the start of the online boom. But, like any other platform, success can seem fleeting if you don't know what you're doing. Selling items on eBay, professionally that is, can be an art form. Getting people interested in your auctions isn't always easy, especially when there's hefty competition and low demand for what you're selling.

Like anything else, you need to do the proper research, but you can make significant amounts of money as an eBay Power Seller. Find the most successful eBay sellers in your niche and model after their success. Find all of their listings and see just how they list the items that they're selling.

7. Sell Photos Online

If you're at all into photography, and you have a cache of nice photos, you could consider selling them through sites like ShuttersRock and iStockPhoto, two of the biggest photo resources online. It doesn't take too much effort to do this, but it does take creativity and persistence to succeed with it.

You'll find serious competition when trying to sell photos online, but this is also a great method for generating passive income. If you can license your images or sell them as stock photography, you won't have to do any additional work to generate income from that sale once the photos have been posted online. Just collect your payments.

8. Sell Products On Etsy

Etsy is a great resource for those that enjoy making their own products and selling them online. If you're into hand-crafted items and you have a penchant for creating killer goods and wares that people just have to have, then you might want to consider setting up an Etsy shop and selling through a massive online portal.

Etsy is a great way to go directly to where all the consumers are congregating. While the company will take a small fee to list your products, along with fees to process the transaction itself, it is easier than setting up your own transactional website. Do some research on the top sellers and try to emulate their success.

9. Build An Amazon FBA Business

If you want to go directly to the world's largest online retailer, consider setting up a Fulfilled-by-Amazon (FBA) business. Amazon will pick, pack and ship your orders, and you'll have enormous exposure to a buzzing marketplace where products are selling every second.

Clearly, there's a lot of demand on Amazon, and if any product is going to sell, it's going to sell well on Amazon. But the goal here is to source the right products that will easily sell at the world's largest online retailer. Generally, products between $10 and $50 sell very well here. Just be sure to do the right market research before jumping on this bandwagon.

10. Create Video Tutorials On YouTube

This is definitely a long-term strategy, and you won't get rich overnight by doing this, but creating engaging and well-thought-out video tutorials and posting them on sites like YouTube could make you a significant amount of passive income in the long term depending on just how well-received those videos might be.

Find a niche and stick to it. Build a YouTube channel and find something that you can do that will add a whole lot of value to the people that might be interested in that field or niche. However, keep in mind that this will require a significant amount of time and upfront investment before this pays off at all.