All you need to start a home based internet business today is a computer and basic office tools, such as word and notepad.
If you can write at a basic level, cut and paste, and use a spellchecker, you can create blog posts, articles, guides and information products that will make you money for years to come.
Starting any new business can be overwhelming and web businesses even more so due to the mountains of information out there.
Add to that the plethora of gurus with their slick sales letters telling you, you must have the latest SEO software or the latest get rich quick system if you want to make money online.
The fact is you can make money online if you're willing to put a lot of hard work in upfront and persevere even when it seems as if you're efforts are not paying off.
Just as a rocket launch takes 80% of its energy to leave the earth's orbit and only 20% to get to the moon, starting a home based internet business is 80% of the work upfront with little reward, and 20% to maintain the momentum.
Once your home based internet businesses are up and running you can plan on them making a good monthly income with only an hour a work a day.
So, let's get started.
First off, make a plan and do your research.
Decide on your niche of hungry buyers and describe them fully.
Think of your target market (for example, stay at home mums) and their problems.
If you can solve a problem for someone or take their pain away, you can monetize your niche with products that will sell.
Think about what stay at home mums need or a problem they may have.
For example, they may want to make some extra money but want to work from home so they can spend more time with their kids.
The key here is to find a niche that you feel passionate about, because your business will take time and perseverance to build and you must feel you can blog about, and talk about, your niche 2-3 times a week, for the next couple of years.
That is a real commitment so pick an area you will enjoy and that will seem like fun.
Check out sites like Amazon and eBay to make sure people are spending money in this niche.
There is no point trying to create demand for your products or services.
That takes us to the second step: Find out where the traffic is for your niche and then tap into it.
This is so much easier than trying to generate traffic to a new website which is painfully slow and can be expensive if you pay for pay per click or Facebook advertising.
Good places to find traffic are to think about where your target market congregates.
For stay at home mums it may be mumsnet, for pet lovers it will be pet forums and pet groups on Facebook.
Search out forums and groups in your area and become active.
Add value to the group by contributing to discussions, answer questions if you can and use your knowledge to help others.
The last step is to create a website or blog and get started.
Start writing, produce a free guide as an incentive to get people to opt-in to your mailing list, then product a $1 guide which gets your readers used to paying for information on your site.
Over time, and with consistent blogging and posting valuable information, you can start to sell more highly priced products.
Information products can include anything from a $1 2-page how to guide to $500 coaching courses.
A great way to create multiple streams of internet income from home based internet businesses is to start a membership site.
Charging members $27-$79 a month for access to unique content and products, and perhaps the opportunity to network with like-minded people will generate steady residual income for years to come.
The secret to any business is to get started.
Home based internet businesses are a low cost, low risk, way to make money from home on your pc, working when you want, on subjects you love.
It does take time and persistence but make a decision to get started today and stick with it for at least 90 days.
You'll be amazed at the momentum you can build up and how quickly things can snowball.
If you can write at a basic level, cut and paste, and use a spellchecker, you can create blog posts, articles, guides and information products that will make you money for years to come.
Starting any new business can be overwhelming and web businesses even more so due to the mountains of information out there.
Add to that the plethora of gurus with their slick sales letters telling you, you must have the latest SEO software or the latest get rich quick system if you want to make money online.
The fact is you can make money online if you're willing to put a lot of hard work in upfront and persevere even when it seems as if you're efforts are not paying off.
Just as a rocket launch takes 80% of its energy to leave the earth's orbit and only 20% to get to the moon, starting a home based internet business is 80% of the work upfront with little reward, and 20% to maintain the momentum.
Once your home based internet businesses are up and running you can plan on them making a good monthly income with only an hour a work a day.
So, let's get started.
First off, make a plan and do your research.
Decide on your niche of hungry buyers and describe them fully.
Think of your target market (for example, stay at home mums) and their problems.
If you can solve a problem for someone or take their pain away, you can monetize your niche with products that will sell.
Think about what stay at home mums need or a problem they may have.
For example, they may want to make some extra money but want to work from home so they can spend more time with their kids.
The key here is to find a niche that you feel passionate about, because your business will take time and perseverance to build and you must feel you can blog about, and talk about, your niche 2-3 times a week, for the next couple of years.
That is a real commitment so pick an area you will enjoy and that will seem like fun.
Check out sites like Amazon and eBay to make sure people are spending money in this niche.
There is no point trying to create demand for your products or services.
That takes us to the second step: Find out where the traffic is for your niche and then tap into it.
This is so much easier than trying to generate traffic to a new website which is painfully slow and can be expensive if you pay for pay per click or Facebook advertising.
Good places to find traffic are to think about where your target market congregates.
For stay at home mums it may be mumsnet, for pet lovers it will be pet forums and pet groups on Facebook.
Search out forums and groups in your area and become active.
Add value to the group by contributing to discussions, answer questions if you can and use your knowledge to help others.
The last step is to create a website or blog and get started.
Start writing, produce a free guide as an incentive to get people to opt-in to your mailing list, then product a $1 guide which gets your readers used to paying for information on your site.
Over time, and with consistent blogging and posting valuable information, you can start to sell more highly priced products.
Information products can include anything from a $1 2-page how to guide to $500 coaching courses.
A great way to create multiple streams of internet income from home based internet businesses is to start a membership site.
Charging members $27-$79 a month for access to unique content and products, and perhaps the opportunity to network with like-minded people will generate steady residual income for years to come.
The secret to any business is to get started.
Home based internet businesses are a low cost, low risk, way to make money from home on your pc, working when you want, on subjects you love.
It does take time and persistence but make a decision to get started today and stick with it for at least 90 days.
You'll be amazed at the momentum you can build up and how quickly things can snowball.
SHARE
