| One of the things I encourage people to do when | | | | on how to build a pond, filming yourself as you build |
| they start out online is to quickly create a plan of | | | | and then creating it into videos. Interviewing pond |
| what they want to achieve. A vision for your | | | | and fish experts and turning them into audio. Then |
| business is better, but not everyone is ready for a | | | | putting all that information into a membership area |
| vision. Even a plan for the next six months will help | | | | where people pay to gain access. 2,000 members |
| you to focus on what you want to get done. | | | | paying a monthly fee of $10 to get access to this |
| The internet offers an opportunity to reach a wide | | | | membership site is a nice chunk of change! Your site |
| market if you are effective, and your shop never | | | | could charge a one-off fee, a yearly fee or a |
| has to close. It will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a | | | | monthly fee (or all 3!) |
| week to anyone that chooses to visit. | | | | Google Adsense - Google provide adverts that can |
| Not only is the potential for customers huge, but the | | | | be placed on your website, when someone clicks on |
| number of areas you can focus on online is also huge, | | | | this advert you get money (don't get any ideas |
| and whilst I will not be covering them all in this article | | | | about clicking it yourself, Google monitor that and ban |
| I wanted to give you a flavor of some of the things | | | | you forever!). What has become popular is to have a |
| you can do. | | | | site that contains articles on a topic, e.g. Looking |
| Affiliate Marketing - This involves you selling the | | | | after a kitten and the adverts will reflect the topic, |
| products of a supplier. Its one of the more popular | | | | so there may be adverts on vets, insurance, food |
| things to do when you start out online because you | | | | especially for kittens, etc etc. |
| dont need your own product, and many affiliates | | | | As this information site will help people they are more |
| dont own their own website. | | | | likely to read the article and then click on one of the |
| When you sell goods on behalf of a supplier they | | | | adverts. Even better, if you have a product you are |
| give you a commission based fee which varies but | | | | selling and you write the article, chances are people |
| can be anything from 5% to 75% of the total cost | | | | will then take a look at your product and buy it. |
| of the product. | | | | Google changed the way it reviews sites late July |
| It makes for a great start because they take care | | | | early August 2006, which really only affected sites |
| of all the customer service and delivery of the | | | | that were setup with the sole purpose of getting |
| product. The downside of affiliate marketing is the | | | | people to click on their ad link, rather than provide |
| fact that you never earn as much as someone who | | | | information. The key is to provide quality unique |
| actually owns the product. | | | | information that you have written yourself, not just |
| Info-preneuring or Information Products - Information | | | | a load of clickable adverts and you will be okay. |
| products are amongst some of the greatest | | | | Network Marketing - Network Marketing or multi-level |
| products currently churning out money online. And | | | | marketing (mlm) is an area that is well known offline |
| anyone can create an information product. Imagine | | | | as well as online. Amway is one of the leading |
| you know how to build a pond from scratch. That | | | | network marketing companies, and now, there are a |
| already makes you a lot more knowledgeable than | | | | host of opportunities to get into online. |
| me -the only thing I know about ponds is that they | | | | Network marketing works because it uses leverage. |
| look great in my garden! | | | | The more people you introduce and help them to |
| Maybe one person in a thousand will want to know | | | | introduce others the more money you make. The |
| how to build the kind of pond you know how to | | | | difficulty can be in just getting people involved and |
| build. | | | | then keeping them interested enough to learn how |
| Offline you can write a book about it but not many | | | | to replicate your success. |
| publishers will want to publish it (although there is | | | | But if you manage that network marketing is |
| self-publishing now!). because for a publishing | | | | definitely a great income generating opportunity. The |
| company it's just not worth the marketing. | | | | key is to find a reputable company with years of |
| On the internet though, one person in a thousand | | | | experience, or a new company with solid backing |
| gives you a potential market of 340,000 customers. | | | | both financially and in terms of the people who |
| If you write a book and sell it online for just $10 per | | | | support the business. |
| copy you could make as much as $3,400,000. All you | | | | Finally.... |
| have to do is tell people what you know-and tell | | | | Turnkey Businesses - A turnkey business (also called |
| them it's out there. And that costs next to nothing. | | | | plug-in) is a business that provides everything for you. |
| If you love writing, or if you have work that you | | | | You will usually be given a product, a website and/or |
| have tried to get published and failed, this may be a | | | | some training/tools in how to market. Some turnkey |
| great alternative for you. | | | | businesses offer incentives to be paid if you recruit |
| Niche Marketing - Now you have your information | | | | others to take up the opportunity. |
| product on how to build a pond, this is called a niche | | | | This is a great way to get started because you have |
| market. You are not talking about knitting, or how to | | | | everything you need. It is definitely important to look |
| improve your golf swing so you will not want to | | | | for a company that provides you with help and |
| market to those people. | | | | support. |
| Niche marketing is basically marketing your website | | | | A great example of a turnkey business is my |
| to a particular market. Once your pond ebook is | | | | business called The Wealth Director at You receive a |
| selling well there is nothing to stop you putting up | | | | website, a newsletter system (with newsletters), |
| another website about improving your golf swing, or | | | | subscribers and leads when you buy a package, |
| looking after your new hamster. You just decide on | | | | everything you need is in one place. |
| the product, create it and put up a website. But | | | | There is also a complete business including personal |
| again, you must first do some research into what | | | | development support at to help anyone with online |
| people want if you really want your site to be | | | | business startup and network marketing. |
| successful. | | | | The above is a small part of what is possible online, 7 |
| It pays to focus in on one particular niche because | | | | ways to start making money online. There are many |
| then people will arrive at your site knowing that you | | | | other opportunities and I encourage you to research |
| potentially have the product they are looking for. If | | | | and find out which one works best for you before |
| they are then presented with 30 different products | | | | getting yourself involved in one. |
| on different topics they will not hang around long | | | | I also encourage you to focus on one (or two at the |
| enough to bother looking. | | | | most) and enjoy earning a living from them before |
| Membership Sites This has become one of the bigger | | | | moving on to running another business. |
| money earners. Imagine taking everything you know | | | | |