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If you are looking for a low cost way to get into business online, then you have probably heard of, read about, or dabbled in affiliate marketing.  You often hear that affiliate marketing is an easy way to online profits.  Well I want to clarify this point.  You frequently hear about how "easy" affiliate marketing is.  In fact, I may have even suggested that this is an easy way to make money online. In my opinion, it is easier in some respects to get started because it really costs very little, if anything at all, to get started selling other peoples products.  In any business endeavor, it helps to have start-up capitol, and affiliate marketing (from here on... [Read more]

I just read this great report by Jason Fladlian about  8 mistakes that prevent people–maybe you–from making money on the Internet.  Number one on the list is not realizing its all about the money.  So, I ask you, is it really all about the money?  In a word yes.  I'm not even going to say, "in my opinion."  Yes.  The answer is just bloody "yes" if we are talking about business.   If we are talking about making money online, then yes, our website or sites and offline acitivities are all about the money.  Not understanding that is a crucial mistake. If you admit this, does that mean you are a cold, heartless... [Read more]

Setting up a home business is a little like  taking a flying leap off the tenth floor of a ten story building, crashing into the pavement below, and then getting up to repeat the process.  Again and again and again.  Until, hopefully, it comes out right.  Just what is  personal motivation where home business and making money is concerned?  How motivated are you, and how do you know you are motivated?  Let me ask you this–have you given up yet?  If the answer is no, then you have motivation.  If nothing else, you have motivation.  People may not love you, you may be short on personal aphorisms, and you may even simply be an irritable fat... [Read more]

Affiliate marketing is essentially the marketing, or selling, of other peoples' products and collecting a commission per product sold.  I don't want to over simplify this because affiliate marketing, as with any business model, requires skill to be consistently successful.  However, one of the reasons this is attractive as a home business is that it can be incredibly inexpensive to put into action.  Having start-up funds is beneficial, make no mistake.  At bottom, though, you need only your imagination and products to sell.  You really can get started on a shoestring.  And some manage to start with nothing.  What you do need, however,... [Read more]

Talking about peristing in the face of adversity . . . . I just wrote out a draft of this post, hit enter, and this vile open source WordPress program wiped the post clean.  My true feelings about open source software are the subject for another post, and if I continue on, I’ll devolve into variations on a popular four letter expletive. Well, persisting in the face of advesity has everthing to do with making money online because starting an online business and then nurturing it to where it actually brings in income means that you have to carry on no matter how bad it gets. Success requires that you persist.  It helps to have a plan, but you’ve got to persist. Now, earlier,... [Read more]

Affiliate Blueprint Profit Guide Video Course Now For Sale! Affiliate marketing is one of the mainstays of Internet marketing and one of the least expensive ways to start a home-based, Internet business.  At its most fundamental level, affiliate marketing is where you sell other people's products and take a comission on each sale.  Afflilate marketing is where many Internet marketers and Internet based businesses get their start, and is an ideal entry point if you are a new Internet marketer taking your first steps. The beauty of marketing affiliate products is that it is a relatively simple business model, costs almost nothing to get started, and yet you can... [Read more]

I haven’t posted in a few days, and I wanted to come back and apologize for seeming to be out of touch.  I’m still here, and this site is still here.  What isn’t here is the training and software that I’ve talked about in other posts.  That is coming.  However, since I am sole producer for this blog, I’ve found myself backlogged and haven’t put up the training and written the inexpensive software.  So, I wanted to say a few words. [Read more]  Read More →

ETF Exchange Traded Funds–Investing Opportunity for Serious Investers ETF exchange traded funds–This just came across my desk and concerns exchange traded index funds.  This looks like a solid business opportunity for serious investors who already have some hands-on, personal investing experience.  Prior  ETF investing is not prerequisite, but if you have never heard of ETFs, this may not be for you.  This is an intense, advanced course and will require an ability to follow through on a detailed course of study. [Read more]  Read More →

So, do you like yourself well enough to succeed?  I was asking myself this as I drove to work this morning.  I’d started off thinking, "How much do you have to like yourself to succeed?"  And, of course, I was thinking about what it takes to start a home business, in this case a solely Internet based business.  It seems to me that before you even start thinking about business planning, if you need to ask yourself at least once if you like yourself enough to succeed–to stick it out through the teething of starting your own home business. And yes, up above I mentioned that I was driving to work, because I do work.  The truth is, there are some... [Read more]

Burning question for those wanting to make money online by starging their own Internet home-based business. How do I get a tax identification number?  The answer is short and sweet.  After you read the answer, please pay attention as I explain why this may not be necessary for you. Here it is.  The SBA (Small Business Association) says, For a Federal Tax ID number, please contact the Internal Revenue Service for Form SS4. This Form is available through their web site at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fss4.pdf.  You may call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 and ask for the Small Business Tax Kit #454. Tax information for starting a business can be found by going to http://www.irs.gov/businesses/index.html.... [Read more]

Is having a job really such a good idea?  I am of such a perverse turn of mind, that I have never liked the idea of having a job.  I have had many jobs and truth be told, I have a job now in addition to my online income.  But I am never easy with the idea of employment and the bigger the employer, the less easy I am with the whole idea. One of the jobs I did, in fact, truly love was when, many years ago, I worked as deckhand on a commercial fishing vessel.  This was a 54 foot single ended bottom fisher working out of Newport, Oregon.  Those of you from Oregon familiar with this part of the coast line may have an idea of just how long a go this was.  Anyway, it was... [Read more]

The number of Internet searches related to "online jobs," "work at home jobs," and "work at home Internet jobs" is staggering.  I mean, this is a very popular search request, and I suspect there is a certain amount of desparation driving what might be considered a frenzy of interest.  The phrase, "online job" gets 450,000 local searches on the Google external keyword tool. When you examine what people are searching for in the way of jobs, you see a phenomenal number searches for data entry, typing, customer service, survey, envelope stuffing, transcription, and the like.  Survey and envelope stuffing "job" are generally scams,... [Read more]

No matter if you are running a tiny, one person, closet-based Internet home business, you can still benefit from writing a business plan.  In fact, having a business plan (at least of some sort) is generally considered essential to long term success. I wanted to mention that I’ve uploaded a series of articles explaining the parts of a business plan and why the individual sections are important. The business plan is generally something you write with the idea of presenting it to financial advisors and prospective funding sources to outline the business and its factors for success. However, there is another reason for writing a business plan.  The business plan is an excellent... [Read more]

This blog really is about starting your own home business online and developing its profitability.  However, I’ve been sidetracked thinking about motivational issues that might underly your/my business success.  And I’ve also been trying to put together some software but ran into a few snags that I’ll have to unbug. One of the things I want to do is offer a number really simple, easy to use applications to help with various aspects of business organization.  I was working on a scheduling program but ran into problems with the installation.  Anyway, I want to make these so inexpensive that they’ll cost little more than pocket change. I have some great... [Read more]

I was thinking about  all the money talk in my last post, and that started me thinking about what we all think about when we think about starting our very own online home business and making money online.  To wit, getting rich.  So, is getting rich the end point?  And, what is "rich," anyway?  My notion of rich is probably different from your idea of rich, and your definition is probably different than the next guy’s.  How much money does it take to be rich, and then when you reach that point, is the game over?  If so, what next? I’m asking you.  I don’t know that I have an answer.  I know–without defining "rich"... [Read more]