| If you have decided to start making money online then | | | | how traffic flows. This is where SEO (Search Engine |
| you should probably stop what you are doing and learn | | | | Optimisation: not paid for) and SEM (Search Engine |
| a little bit more. | | | | Marketing: paid for) come into play. |
| When I started in this business I jumped in feet first | | | | You have to give people a reason to go through you |
| and played a game of throw mud everywhere and | | | | and not someone else. I wish someone had sat me |
| see what sticks. I wanted to make money and I | | | | down and said 'Do this in Stages'. Like any other |
| wanted to make money fast. This is both good and | | | | business you should look to invest in stages. Grow one |
| bad. The good part is that it forced me to learn and try | | | | business then use the proceeds to invest and grow |
| and do! The bad part is that I could have channelled | | | | another business. |
| that enthusiasm in a better way. | | | | Business 1 - Start by Being an affiliate and selling |
| Much like any new business you should have a | | | | someone else's product. You can get started with |
| business plan. This will entail doing a bit of research and | | | | very little cash and learn to promote their business |
| then formulating a plan and then executing your plan. If | | | | through |
| you are like me, I had no money to start with so I had | | | | - article marketing |
| to make some money first and then use that money | | | | - groups |
| to survive on and also to re-invest and grow my | | | | - classified adverts |
| business. | | | | - and a host of other free mediums |
| Now one very important thing to remember is that | | | | It wont happen overnight but it will help you build a solid |
| You only get paid when Money changes hands. | | | | foundation and knowledge base. If anything, invest in a |
| In other words, you will only get paid when you | | | | training program to help you fast track your |
| facilitate a transaction. You are not going to make | | | | development. |
| money for doing nothing. You are going to make | | | | Business 2 - Use the money that you have made |
| money if you put yourself between someone buying | | | | from business 1 to build a website of your own and link |
| and someone selling. You are the middleman. | | | | your website to sell other peoples products in your |
| Being a middle man is like being a wholesaler. The | | | | niche. |
| advantage of an online business is quite simply that | | | | Business 3 - By the time you get to business 3 you will |
| you dont have to buy stock and you can trade from | | | | have a good income stream from business 1 and 2 to |
| anywhere in the world. | | | | be able to invest. You will also have learned a lot from |
| So how do you become a middle man. You have to | | | | your previous endeavours. Use this income and |
| create a funnel that all the traffic or at least some of | | | | experience to help others, invest in property and have |
| the traffic on the internet goes through you and not | | | | a good time. |
| someone else. In order to do that you need to learn | | | | |