MAKING MONEY ONLINE A GUIDE FOR THE BEGINNER Introduction
As a beginner who is thinking about making money online there are skills you will need to learn in order to achieve your goal. The process of starting your own online business needs planning. There are steps which you need to follow and set up before you even start to make any money. In this report is an outline of how internet marketing works, what you need to do to start making money and the mistakes to avoid. Step 1 This might sound strange but the first thing I would advise you to do is switch off your computer. I have been in your shoes and as a beginner found searching the internet for “How to Make Money Online” threw up so many options that, especially for the beginner, becomes time consuming and confusing. You end up gathering so much
information on the subject your head starts being overloaded and before you know it you have opted in to numerous lists and spend all your time reading emails and getting nowhere. Avoid doing this at the beginning, it will save you time and information overload. So turn off your computer and start with a pen and paper. They are still useful. Step 2 Question: How do you want to make money online? The only answer is by selling something, but what. The truth is you can sell anything online as long as you know there is a market for it. If you are struggling to decide what your chosen niche will be write down the things which interest you, something you may have knowledge about, a passion or hobby. The more you know about what you decide to sell the better. There is also the option of selling somebody elses’ product, being an affiliate marketer. Which ever option you choose you need to make sure there is a market out there.
Making Money Online-The Process The process of making money online can be summed up as Market, Customers, Sales. Market comes before the product. All online businesses make money this way. Yours will be the same. You will make sure you have a market, then target that market and sell to that market. Keyword research is the way to find out what people are searching for, the potential market. Note down relevant keywords for your product to use on your marketing. A free marketing method is to write an article about your chosen niche and submit it to several article directories. There is the option to place links after your article to send interested people to your chosen destination. What You Will Need To Start Making Money Online There is some costs involved in making money online. You will be creating a business and some outlay is unavoidable. The things which will need paying for are a domain name, hosting and an auto
responder. You obviously need a website but you can create this yourself. There is a software program called Kompozer which you can download for free.
Firstly you will need to purchase a domain name. Google domain names and hosting and see which one suits you. Try to make your domain name relevant to your product but original. Have a think about several options. Domain names costs vary but are cheap and once purchased last for a year. You can have the same company host your website and domain name together. I think this option makes things less complicated but it will be entirely up to you. Once you have this set up you will receive an email from your hosting company with all the hosting details. It is very important to print a copy for safe keeping. An auto responder will be your final expense. An auto responder is where details of any opt-ins are picked up and where you compose your follow up emails to your list.
Aweber is the best auto responder to register with. The cost is around $19.00 a month but this is an essential piece of expenditure for your business. You will see at glance who as opted in to your list and being able to respond to emails quickly and having follow up emails ready to be sent out automatically will make your life a lot easier. With these things set up you have the core ready to start to make money online. Additional Advice Starting your own online business is exciting but takes patience and effort. You will not be successful overnight, which most people in the internet marketing business may promise you. They had to start at the beginning. You need to know what they already know. Do not fall for get rich quick schemes. This is one of the reasons why I advised you to turn off your computer. You may feel daunted by what is required to start making money online, take one step at
a time and persevere. You will be surprised at what you can achieve if you are focused and are open to learn new skills. I hope you find this report useful and wish you every success. Christine Davies