3 Simple Ways to Start a Home-Based Internet Business
So have you finally decided to make a big leap and start your own home internet business? You have also decided that it’s time to step forward and claim your share of all internet wealth. The only problem is, now that you have made a decision, it seems like a daunting task to decide what to do next. Using the term “information overload” to describe a problem seems like a very big statement.
Well, if you are really serious about starting your own home-based internet business, the next step really you don’t have to go through is very difficult. There are 3 relatively simple and easy ways to start making money online. One of them certainly fits your particular idea of what you want to do. So, relax, take a deep breath, and peruse the following list until you find something that you think is the right idea.
1. Join the Residual Income Program
Residual income programs are somewhat similar to affiliate programs. Where you are usually paid to refer prospects to the program website if the prospect decides to make a purchase. However, the difference lies in the fact that with these programs, you also have the opportunity to get regular monthly income if the prospect you refer becomes a paying member of the residual income opportunity program. For example, I have one of these programs myself. If a prospect comes to my website and clicks on a link that takes them to the sales page for the product and they buy, then I get a commission. However, if the prospect also decides to become a member of the residual income opportunity program, then I get a check every month as long as the prospect remains a member of the program.
People tend to be skeptical of these programs and confuse them with pyramid schemes. The way to find out if one of these programs is a pyramid scheme is to simply determine whether the company offers a truly honest product or service. If so, it cannot be classified as a pyramid scheme and you should be fine. Don’t be afraid of the fact that you will most likely have to pay a monthly fee to participate in residual income opportunities. If you can build a downline for yourself in one of these programs, monthly fees will be negligible compared to the potential residual income you can get. Many of these programs will give you your own cookie-making website, which is fine if you are just starting out. Again, use pay per click to start generating some traffic and then work to improve your own site so you can start building your own opt-in list.
2. Join the Affiliate Program
This is perhaps one of the easiest and fastest ways to make money online. The internet is full of products that have affiliate programs that you can follow. Most of them also pay a large commission. When you join an affiliate program, you only make an agreement with the product owner. You will receive a large commission in return for referring prospects to that person’s product. Usually, the sales page that you have sent prospects through to your affiliate is a link. If the prospect finally makes a purchase, you will get money from it.
Start by choosing the product or service that interests you and then visit a number of websites that have reached the top rankings for keywords that describe the topic. You are sure to find the top affiliate programs for that industry relatively quickly. Or, try visiting one of the many affiliate program directories available.
You can find it quickly by simply browsing on Google Chrome or Bing to scan their lists and recommendations until you find something that interests you. This is a pretty good idea for beginners because you don’t even need your own website to get started.
3. Selling Infoproduct that is Difficult to Good or Can Be Downloaded
I know this doesn’t sound so simple or easy, but to be honest, it’s not as difficult as you first see or think. Selling hard goods requires offering real physical products such as fishing poles, for example, to sell at your own online retail store. If this idea really interests you, do it. Brainstorm several products that you want to sell, then do keyword research on Wordtracker to develop a niche that is targeted in that market (deep sea fishing pole?).
After that, you can use the drop-ship source directory or search engine to find the manufacturer or distributor who will send the goods to you (meaning they send it directly to the customer and you don’t need to carry any inventory). Then go to eBay or Yahoo and register at one of their stores. I know from personal experience that Yahoo has some great merchant hosting packages that are super easy to use. They will even give you a shopping cart feature and help you set up a merchant account (so you can accept credit cards). Plus, you will get some traffic that has been around since millions of people use their shopping directory to search for products every day.
As for the website itself, don’t worry. Most hosting companies currently have several types of site creation solutions available to customers who will not know the HTML code from javascript. Believe me, my friend, your shortcomings are not at all technically useful and HTML can do this, anyone can do it.
Now, for info products. By the way, I mean your own info product. Everyone on the web and their mothers will tell you that this is the best way to make lots of money online. Write about something you know or like. The topic of internet marketing seems overdone. Unless, of course, you are a true expert in several niche internet marketing topics, then definitely do it. Just don’t do it because of everyone.
As for the actual writing, you don’t even have to do that if you really don’t want to. You can check sites like elance.com and post your project and ask the author to complete the project for you! And there are so many easy-to-use PDF ebook creators available that formatting the book doesn’t pose any technical challenges. Create a simple one-page sales website with a link for payment processing, optimize the site for the machine, use pay-per-click, find several JV partners, and you get money!
By the way, I know some people who have about 10 or 15 of these small mini-sites organize sales of small reports on niche topics and earn an average of $ 2,000 a month from each site. And they are very easy to set up and practically run on autopilot once you do!
Well, there you have it. Just a few relatively simple ways to get you started on getting part of your internet gold mine.