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Is Internet Business the Best Home Based Business?

Would you like to work from your home computer? I’m sure many of us here would, if not you won’t be here reading this article. In my opinion, Internet businesses is one of the best home based business that anyone could start.

To start an online business, you basically need a computer or laptop and an Internet access. I’m sure many of us knows a thing or two about using the computer, since it has been a daily routine in our life. Big companies are using computer to aid their business process and families are using computers at home to shop online and do internet banking, the list goes on.

How about making use of your computer and Internet access to make you some money off the Internet? I’m sure you and I would like the idea but you ask yourself, “Can I do it?, I only know how to surf and check emails?” I’m sure you can because I was like you when I first started. What you need is the will to learn and apply what you learn, do you agree?

Did you start your own traditional business before? If you have, I’m sure to start one you will need a huge sum of money and not only that, you will have monthly overhead. Ok, now lets put traditional business aside for the time beginning, and take a look why Internet could be the best home-based business that you can start.

To start an online business, besides having a computer or a laptop and Internet access, you need to have something to sell, either a physical product or a service. You can either create your own product and sell it online, or be an affiliate of a company and sell their products or simply buy and sell at eBay. These are some ways you can start your online business venture from home.

Unlike traditional business, the cost to start an online business is very little. You basically need, a web hosting, email account and a product to sell, all in which will cost you as little as $50 per month. This is why starting your own online business could be the best home based business you can start with basic cost of only $50 a month.

However, you may think where are you going to get your products from or how are you going to create your product. This could take time to develop a suitable product. Indeed, I truly agree with you that this can be tedious but there are always alternatives. Remember earlier I mentioned about being an affiliate and sell the company’s product? Signing up as an affiliate is one of the best ways that you can start your internet home based business. Your affiliate company will have everything ready for you, your product, website, salescopy etc. All you need to do is to promote the product or service online and leave the rest to your company, isn’t it simple?

Internet businesses is definitely one of the best home based business that anyone can start with, considering that the start up cost is so low. All you need to do is to find the right product and market it online. And in no time, you probably be making 10 times more than your monthly cost.

Internet Business – Magic Of Internet And Business

I remember my father telling me that the harder I worked, more the money I would be able to make. Well, there would hardly be any person who would agree to that in today’s world. Working smart is the new way of life.

If you were to start a business say 10 years ago, your market would have been the people living in your city or in your area. But now, with the internet revolutionizing pretty much everything, you can start an internet business by selling your products to anyone and anywhere in the world. So if you have a business on the internet you have the whole world to sell your products to.

Once you know you want to start an internet business the next thing would be choosing what you want to sell. The products which sell on the internet are plenty so you have to be very smart while choosing the right option. You can select something which would be of your interest. For example: If you are interested in music, you can start an internet business by selling music instruments. You can also sell unique artwork like posters, T-shirts and other merchandise related to music to start with. Make sure that the product you sell will be of your interest and you have a thorough knowledge about it as it will always come in handy.

It’s not necessary to be selling something but you can also provide service on the internet. You can become a career counselor or a match maker. Let’s take another example related to music. Even if you don’t have anything to sell, you can be selling your skill. Teaching instruments on the internet is also very much feasible and something which a lot of people are doing today. People find it more comfortable as they can give time according to their convenience and they don’t have to go to places to learn.

There is one more option available if you don’t intend on selling your own product or a particular service. You can also advertise someone else’s products on the internet by affiliate programs. The companies would be paying a certain share of the sales when you direct a person to the company’s website. So basically you act like a broker where you make the buyer meet the seller and the later pays you for doing so as you are getting him business.

So now you know that the possibilities of doing business on the internet are limitless and very much possible. A lot of people underestimate the magic that internet and business can do when they come together. I would advise you to experience it for yourself.

Successful Technique For Best Home Based Internet Business

Best Internet home business now a days is very rapid business in this world but you know when ever there is high ratio of profit then obviously you will find presence of competition. Due to stiff competition there are high chances of failure and that will create frustration of losing all factors such as money, time and efforts.

If you see out of 100 businesses only 5 to 10% business will succeed and earn handsome amount of money, but for others to earn 500$ is also very painful. A proper action is required than the unfruitful talk to be a millionaire or a billionaire otherwise every time you have to face failure everywhere.

The main reason for best internet home based business failure and to have this kind of situation is just because of lack of knowledge of market and business as well as there is no proper planning and lack of technical knowledge. Lack of knowledge is the prime factor to waste money, efforts and time in a blindly manner.

Another thing is unattainable object or dream that obliviously crash business because they are not able to put enough required efforts to attain that object.

They do paperless business that is sign of failure of business. Nothing is possible without hard work and also requires patience with that hard work, so it’s better to concentrate on reality not on uneven talk or things. Patience is hardcore and prime thing that is required in any business. Sometimes it takes longer to achieve success or in finding or getting the right way for success.

Every business based on strategic planning and its proper implementation time by time helps to attain desired goals for your best home based internet business smoothly.

Spend more and more time and put your best efforts from all angles with smartness, this will make your job easy to attain your goal and you can easily satisfy your present customer and attract lifetime customers in future. Rest is just required to continue that process again and again that creates good returns and business for long run.

Business development and success never ends if you continue to put in more and more efforts into your best home based internet business.

Monica Patni,Freelance Website Designer, Freelance Website Developer, Internet Marketing

I INTRODUCE THE MOST CREATIVE AND ORIGINAL IDEAS

Hello, I’m a freelance Web & UI designer in Jaipur, India. I have 6+ Years of experience as a Web Designer, Web Developer and graphics designer. Good design is obvious, Great design is transparent. I passionately move pixels and lines of code to craft clean, responsive, and user-friendly websites.

I have built all kinds e.g. Static, Responsive, Web apps, Custom made WordPress design from the scratch including logo, graphics, banners, social media banners etc.

I can help convert your Adobe Photoshop design (PSD) into well-written SEO friendly XHTML/HTML5 and CSS3 code that’s clean, pixel perfect and meets current designstandards.

As a user interface designers, I need a little inspiration from time to time. This is what I have been doing since 2010. Started as a UI Designer, I quickly grew into a professional with many of respectful clients. What separates design from art is that design is meant to be functional.

The Good thing about websites is websites promote you 24/7: No employee will do that. While designing I highly focus on layout, color, graphics, fonts, and SEO friendly Content so that website can rank easily in search engines. Please connect with me I am here to help you to grow your Business.

Who Should You Hire a Freelance Web Designer or Web Design/Development Company in India?

You Might ask this question to yourself, should I hire a freelance web designer or a web development and design company in India. This could be because of various reasons like lack of knowledge, budget constraints, and previous bad design hiring experience.

I will make easy for you, Hire a freelance web designer or ui designers if you want hassle free, No delay, Not getting fooled and wants to start your website design and development quickly. In most cases, companies struggle to get the right talent for stunning Web design. All web development companies hire mediocre designers and developers to work on more than 5 projects simultaneously to cut the cost and increase their profits.

Most of the web design companies work on the same methodology they claim to complete your project in a single day at the cheap rate. They treat every web design or development project as same and just use different templates and bad coding method.

With bad user friendliness and cheap design clients only not struggle to get business but also run behind these companies to fix problems.

You have to understand one thing that no businesses will pay from their pockets if they are giving same services at lower cost despite standard rates than you must be compromising with quality or running behind them to get your project completed ontime.

With Freelance web designer you can interact them individually you will get to know the person who works on your design personally.

How Much Do I Charge?

Frankly speaking, I am expensive than most of the freelance web designers and Design agencies in Surat. I am an expensive designer because I give personal attention to my client’s websites, 2x times more time than any other Freelance Web Designer agency and give 100% to deliver results in minimum time.

I work on a single project at a time so that I have full attention for each and every project.

There is no point hiring a cheap web designer if he fails to deliver a user-friendly website that will give you business in a long run and your all the money is wasted for nothing.

Why Should I Hire Freelance Web Designer in Surat, NCR Only?

It will be easy to communicate and meet if you hire a freelance web designer in Surat, noida, gurugram or faridabad if you are based in Surat/NCR (India). You can easily show your requirements and can get to know each other face 2 face rather than skype or phone.

Also being a freelance web designer I love to meet my clients to create business relationships.

Can We Meet and Discuss or Call You for Website Design Requirements

Yes, sure I am always open for Cofee…

If you nearby in Surat, Noida, Gurugram or anywhere in NCR. We can fix place over call a place which is Central to our location and discuss the project. If you are not near Surat/NCR then no problem we can do Face-to-Face meeting over Skype and discuss the project in details.

hello@monicapattni.com

Internet Marketing Running on Steroids!

Our goal is to build an Internet business second to none. Is that possible or maybe we need to work on new plans and get more focused if we’re going to bulk up like we’ve been hitting the steroid bottle or too many energy pills.

Anyway, as “they” say, there’s no free lunch and that does seem to be true at our house and I’m guessing yours too. Even with a few challenges we believe that GRATITUDE is our mainstay for living to enjoy the good life.

Internet Marketing and “possibilityTHINKING” go hand in hand. Nothing seems to offer the same or even a similar opportunity for us to build our own home business and turn it into a “cash cow” of huge returns. We like that option for you along with our entire mastermind team. I’m confident you agree and

we’re programed (focused) on making it happen.

Where’s the problem with this picture? Sometimes our family members or close friends bring out the negative board with NO way or impossible, you’ll never make any money so get yourself a job, right? J.O.B = “JustOverBroke” or you’re not smart enough, you don’t know how or worse, it’s a stupid idea.

Some will say that YOU need to get yourself settled into a big corporate position, big salary, perks and all the goodies, a retirement pension, nice car, insurance extraOrdinary. Maybe an NFL starting line position, right?

Unfortunately, times have changed across America, the entire world seems likewise, many former “grunt” jobs are long gone along with many executive positions most of us have known in the past.

A high percentage of the “workforce” today is living with parents well into their 20’s and 30’s for survival. Many starting jobs are low pay often found in the food industry, sales jobs on commission or large box stores packing and shipping to name just a few employers hiring in most areas.

All you have to do is look around your local environment, notice where most of your peers are working, others standing on the corner doing “nobody” knows what except it’s illegal, criminal or financially a poor choice in the marketplace.

Any of us can “paint” a bad picture or see things from the negative side but there are still opportunities available for the go-getter willing to start at the bottom and work up the ladder to prove their value to an employer.

I’m convinced there will always be new industries, new discoveries, inventions showing up as income possibilities for the dreamers and thinkers willing to believe in “possibilityTHINKING” along with a few trials and tribulations.

Sitting back on your hands will never get the fire started but those with some ambition and motivation are the ones with a “fire in the belly” worth our notice and a knowing that good will come and develop into a valuable asset in time.

Many people are turning to the Internet Marketing challenge, learning from those trainers and coaches with good tracks, integrity, honesty that remains intact for the discerning to validate, vet with due diligence prior to making a leap into the world of building your own home based business.

Strategic Action Plan – How to Put Yourself in the Top 5% of Marketers on the Internet

Let’s spend a few minutes focusing on perhaps the most important principle in creating a successful online business- your strategic marketing plan. A lot of people are intimidated by internet marketing because there is so much competition in many large niches such as network marketing, coaching, consulting, and information marketing. As an online marketing coach, I can’t tell you how many times I have heard statements like:

I just don’t feel like there’s any room for me.
Who would want to hear what I have to say?
I can think big, but I have no idea how to take appropriate action
I have a website, but only have 20 people on my list
I have a website; isn’t that enough?

What I am about to share with you will give you an incredible competitive advantage and will serve as the ultimate answer to every single one of these statements, so that you never feel lost in the online world again.

Yes, the internet is absolutely packed with business owners competing for valuable online real estate. Many industries are indeed saturated with websites and blogs trying to compete for their fair share of traffic, leads, and customers.

But here is the thing you really need to understand: Less than 5% of the entrepreneurs marketing online have a strategic marketing plan that they consistently take action on.

As internet and network marketing guru David Wood says, ‘The internet is full of people with huge dreams and little work ethic.’

Because this is true, you really have very little competition, besides the one taking place within yourself. Your only true competition is the excuse you may be making to yourself as to why you can’t/won’t consistently take action to generate massive online exposure. That, my friend, is what you want to expose first. Don’t worry about your external competition in the online marketplace. The only real issue is how willing you truly are to keep taking action until you get the results you desire.

This is why your mindset is such a critical factor that underlies your marketing plan. Sure, you can map out a marketing strategy that looks good in theory. But the flat out truth is very few entrepreneurs stick with their action plan. Why is this so, especially when marketing is by far the #1 activity that leads to more money in their pockets? Here are the big 3 that I have seen:

lack of immediate results– I can relate to this one, as many online marketers can. We all want to see immediate payoff for our efforts. In my experience, one of the highest virtues of successful entrepreneurship is the ability to keep putting in the effort without seeing the immediate return on our time and energy investment. Call this faith, emotional maturity, or discipline-the point is that many of us weren’t taught this virtue and instead, we seek immediate gratification. This is a killer when it comes to online marketing, as it typically does take time to see tangible results.
impulsive and reactive tendencies– This is often a result of not seeing immediate results. One of the hardest things in internet marketing is that you have a lot of incredibly savvy marketers out there basically preying on your hunger for results. They lure you to their offers and solutions, which keeps you constantly grasping for the latest and greatest product or program that will quell your frustration and feed your hope. What ultimately results is a lack of any real consistency or rhythm, making it impossible to build any momentum in your marketing efforts. You keep jumping from marketing strategy to new program to new idea to new guru. This becomes a sort of addiction for many people trying to make money online-and there are many smart marketers absolutely capitalizing on this weakness.
lack of inspiration/laziness/disconnection from real purpose in life-– This one can take a lot of different forms, but the essence is that you lack the real drive and desire to take effective action because you aren’t clear on what you really want out of your marketing, your business, and often your life in general. Many people turn to the internet because (I hate to say it) they have no idea what else to do with their lives.

Before you create a strategic marketing plan, you want to honestly assess if you have a tendency to be vulnerable to any of these 3 obstacles (99% of us do). Seeing your obstacles clearly is always the first step to becoming an empowered and successful entrepreneur. When you see your blocks as they are without judging them, a door is opened where you see that you have a choice to change anything that is holding you back.

Once you have done some of this inner work, then you will likely be able to create an external action plan that is accessible, effective, and even fun to implement.

When it comes to online marketing, what you want to do is create a marketing process that you can literally commit to just about every single day, especially in the initial phases (the first few months) of launching your product, service, or company.

Your marketing plan is determined by 3 factors:

Your budget
Your knowledge and skill set
Your motivation

If you have a good marketing budget, then you’ll want to spend some money on online advertising, as this is the fastest way to start generating leads for your business. Google AdWords is really the best way to start. Depending on your business, you can also invest in classified and ezine ads, or in banner ads on other websites. Google AdWords is a big learning process, so be sure to get the right training before you go and spend thousands of dollars (this will often turn out to be a generous donation to Google). I recommend getting Perry Marshall’s Definitive Guide to Google AdWords as a starting point.

If you’re on a tight budget or you don’t want to learn AdWords, you’ll want to do some free marketing strategies. Let me share with you my daily marketing process. This should really help you see how this is done. Keep in mind that I am very strong in factors 2 and 3 above-I have a lot of knowledge in online marketing because I have been doing it for a few years and I have a high level of motivation. If your knowledge and/or motivation isn’t quite that high, you’ll want to just take a fraction of what my process and implement it consistently. Bite off only as much as you can chew and be honest with yourself.

Here is my daily marketing strategy:

1. Write a blog post (you’re reading today’s efforts)

2. Make a video of that blog post and distribute it through a video distribution software that sends it to all of the video sharing and podcasting sites – this is an incredible online marketing tool that any serious online marketers should be using.

3. Distribute the post to 27 social bookmarking sites.

4. Distribute the post to 250 article directories using an article submission software.

5. Post my blog content on ping.fm so it goes to Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc.

6. If I’m really wanting to compete for a specific keyword (like for instance if I really want to get ranked for the keyword I am targeting in this post, strategic marketing plan), I will create a squidoo lens and/or a hub page.

7. If I am so inclined, I will send an email blast to my list to let them know about the post.

I do this as often as possible because it is seriously an incredibly effective FREE way to get my content all over the internet. Of course, this strategy is premised upon offering real value to the online community, not crap or spam. I only send out content like I’m sharing with you here. You only want to distribute your best stuff; don’t be like so many lame marketers and just promote your business and spam people. Give people stuff that really makes an impact and you’ll see a big difference in your online marketing results.

The essence of a strategic marketing plan is that it is implemented consistently over the long-term. Your goal should be to be just as methodical, inspired, passionate, and consistent about your marketing one year from now as you are in the start-up phase where it’s easy to get fired up. It’s just like trying to lose weight and get in shape. The first week you’re hitting the gym every day and you’re totally on fire about your commitment. Then, for whatever reason, your enthusiasm starts to wane and other priorities take over. Eventually, you forget all about that commitment and your mind has taken you to a new focus entirely.

In order to succeed in online marketing, you have to have that vision for what you want firmly in mind all the time and never let go. Do you really want freedom, passive income, a huge downline, or thousands of people on your list? Then you need to tap into the virtue of entrepreneurial tenacity. You keep your eyes on that prize and you let nothing distract you, especially your own mind (this is the biggest danger-that you’ll convince yourself that it’s not possible or that you value something else even more).

When you implement your marketing plan consistently over the long-term, there is no competition because very few business owners actually do this. I know it doesn’t sound all romantic and hype-based like so many of the promises you hear online, but I will tell you this: If you just stay consistent… if you remain tenacious… if you keep a clear focus on what you really want… and you take action on that every day at least a little bit… you can have it.

Online marketing can take you to that place of incredible freedom and success. Just be willing to do what so few others are: Let go of the hype, let go of the need for immediate gratification, and treat this as if it’s your child- daily nourishment and care. Keep feeding your business through strategic marketing and you will-sooner or later-realize your financial goals and have a lifestyle that most can only dream of.

Secrets to Starting a Successful Internet Business

Most people are under the impression that they need so much funds to build a successful online business but this is not the case rather there are certain sterling qualities required of such a person to get involved in this business and succeed.

Apart from the time to be committed to the business you will need determination alongside great ideas with which to fire the business into life. Although the beginning might be treacherous you will need to devote full time to the business and the end will definitely justify the means.

Try to find what you are best at and work so passionately on it till it brings you to your promised land. This means taking up your interests or favorite past times and turning those ideas into a business concept.

If for instance you are good at writing try working on setting up a blog and alternatively if it is selling you are good at, get involved in affiliate marketing. Knowledge is powerful so you will need to go into research and try to find useful resources from the internet which will help your quest in setting up a successful online business.

You will also be expected to sign up for news letters on your areas of interest so that you are always kept abreast of current trends in your field of interest and this will definitely help your business growth because by keeping up with such information it will make you adapt to favorable and unfavorable conditions in the market which if you were ignorant of could affect your business negatively.

In acquiring knowledge you must be ready and determined to use it in the market place because without venturing you are not sure of making any gains. Online business involves risk and you must be ready to take that plunge into the unknown in order to achieve the known and be celebrated for it.

Having acquired knowledge in the quest of setting your business goals you will need to transmit what you have learned through your relationship with your prospective clients and if you are not able to communicate effectively with them you will not get any feedback which means no business.

So you have to hone your communications skills so that your clients will get your message and understand your business thrust the moment they are accessing your communication channels.

Considering the nature of online business where you do not have to meet physically or personally with your clients there is the need to transmit your message and intentions clearly without any room for equivocation.

More so, by keeping abreast of current trends in your business circle it will do you good to share this information with other and by so doing you will be respected and reckoned with in your field. You need to understand that when you are starting up your business you need to devote time to running it full time but with time and growth pressure will ease up.

In spite of pressure also make sure that you keep your business organized by ensuring that all important content are readily available for use when the need arises.

Quick Money Making Ideas for Internet Marketing

Did you click that link that promised to show you how to make $500,000.00 per month with a few clicks of a mouse? What about the one that guaranteed you would be making $1000.00 a day in one week? There is no shortage of “Quick Money Making” ideas being marketed every day and although some of these do use valid ideas, it is difficult to cut through the “hype” to find good solid training on how to become a successful Internet marketer. Over the years I have managed to pull the veil away and if you are interested, read on and I will present the methods I have proven to work for myself.

Introduction to Quick Money Making

Did you hear that “Rome wasn’t built in a day?” Even making a small house to live in takes time to build a foundation, erect the walls, put a roof on it, and finish it up with all the “little” things that make it nice. So when we talk about “quick” money making, we must keep the term relative. Developing a solid, self-sustaining business does take time but if you are starting off with no plans and not knowing what materials to use, much time will be wasted even though your efforts are honest and earnest. There are people out there promising you the moon and the stars who only care about how much money they can pocket by showing you little “tricks” for getting rich quick. So let me help you to define “Quick Money Making” by stating that you will reach your goals the quickest by following an honest, well laid out plan that is backed up by proven experience. To do this, you must plan on working hard and keeping focused – basically ignoring all the “Quick Money Making” schemes that seek to interfere with your progress by diverting your concentration from the methods that are proven to work.

Quick Money Making Internet Business

Making money on the Internet involves selling a product or service just like any other business. But unlike having a store or an office, your business is in Cyberspace. The methods for advertising your business and selling your products and services are somewhat different – but not altogether different – you are just using a different medium. The information super-highway has unbelievably efficient tools for marketing your business with creative banner ads, marketing video presentations, articles in popular “Internet Magazines,” free gift give-aways, contests, text ads and listings on search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing, websites, weblogs, press releases, affiliate marketing, email marketing, and the list continues. A combination of these methods will surely be profitable for your business but if done wrong, will certainly waste a lot of your time and money before you can make a profit. Learning to use these methods is not difficult but you need to have a well planned and comprehensive training program if you want to progress quickly into profits.

Keys to a Quick Money Making Internet Business.

1. You need a product to sell.

It does not have to be your own product, it can be someone else’s. But if you are to be successful the product needs to help people with their problems and have good value. You can either be an Affiliate who gets paid a commission for marketing a product or you can develop a product of your own. Being an Affiliate Marketer is the easiest with unlimited potential. Developing your own product is not difficult as long as it is something you are knowledgeable of and are willing to take the time to create it. Another solid method is to purchase Private Label or Master Resell Rights to an existing product. The key to quick money making with a product is to identify products that are in demand – something thousands of people need.

2. You need a storefront.

This can be a weblog, a website, a mini-site, or a membership site. In many cases, several of all of these types of web stores can be combined to market one product. Creating these web stores takes a little work but fortunately, if you can use a word processor and understand how to upload and download files, modern technology has simplified this task to the point that anyone can do it. A good training program can teach you the best ways to do this for effective sales of your product or service.

3. You need customers.

By far the most important aspect of any business is customers and there are many methods to do this on the Internet. Unfortunately, this is where most of the “hype” marketers will try to step in “to help you.” But to create a large, steady stream of customers coming to see your product or service is where you will need the most help from someone who knows and can effectively train you in the true methods that work. For any business just starting out, it is necessary for these marketing methods to be both powerful and cheap to implement. Fortunately, this is one of the most outstanding aspects of the Internet as it provides the medium for marketing effectively at little cost.

4. You need a plan.

A well laid out business plan is essential for any business. From your first step into Internet Marketing until you have created your dream business, you need a clear path of sequential and well proven steps to follow. These steps must be optimized for you by knowledgeable people if you are to progress quickly. A plan that will use the best methods of presenting the product, advertising the product, and managing your business in a way that makes use of the 24/7 automatic features available on the Internet. Without this plan, you will undoubtedly get side tracked with all the “hype” marketers who are simply trying make money off of your efforts to create an online business.

Building a Quick Money Making Internet Business is well within your capabilities. I know several successful Internet business owners who are not the smartest people and they will tell you the same. But their success came by learning the methods that truly work, focusing, and following a proven plan to success.

What Are the Best Online Business Ideas to Start an Internet Business?

Have you ever felt like making money online is for everyone but you? This is not true. You can make money online. It is a matter of finding a business model that fits you – something that you will work at and take action on. If you think making money online is as easy as pushing a button – you need to stop reading right now. The best online business ideas to start an internet business will take work.

BUT, once you have a business model in place, it just gets easier and easier to do that work. And, if you’ve set up the right kind of business model, you can make money in your sleep.

Finding a fit to your personality and work methodology is a sure-fire key to success. It is something you will be passionate about and you will follow through with massive action. These two things are critical for you to make money online.

There are several business models available to make money online. You can sell things on Craigslist easy enough. Find something that you already have or can obtain reasonably inexpensively, maybe tweak it a little or fix it up and you can sell it on Craigslist (for free) or on eBay (for a fee).

Several people make good money Blogging. The key here is to write things people want to read, add some ads to your blog relative to your topic and you are off and running. It’s not that hard. The key to blogging is to being real, being yourself. There are several free websites that you can do this on and monetize your website in the process.

Some folks are using affiliate marketing to make a massive income on line. They find a product people are hungry for and they divert traffic to their site, convert that traffic to sales for the product, and earn a hefty commission in the process. Some product commissions can be as high as 50% to 80% of the total product value.

Affiliate marketing is a great business model for those who would rather promote products created by other people and companies. This model allows you to make commissions without the hassle of dealing directly with consumers. It takes research, though, to find the best products to promote and once you find them, promote the heck out of them.

To work in the field of affiliate marketing, takes some learning and I suggest that you download a program and learn what to do. Most people, when they start affiliate marketing, think they have to re-invent the wheel. You don’t. Take advantage of those who know what they are doing and follow along with the easy to download E-book and/or videos. In some cases, if you pick the right system to learn from, you can be making money within a week or two.

If you’re looking for a business model that involves article marketing and uses all free methods to make money online, other than the cost of the how-to program itself, you can find that right here. I have purchased many moneymaking schemes online and for the person just starting out, without a lot of money to spend, you want to find something that is going to work right out of the gate.

The Tea Room Business Plan – The Internet, Ecommerce and Affiliate Programs

What is E-Commerce?

E-commerce is the sale of products and services over the Internet. It is the fastest growing segment of our economy. It allows even the smallest business to reach a global audience with its product or message with minimal cost.

o Currently, there are more than 250 million people using the Internet internationally.

o Sixty-nine percent of the online population has made at least one purchase in the last 90 days. By 2007, two-thirds of U.S. households will be online shopping.

o According to the January 2005 Trend/Forecasting report of The Dilenschneider Group, in the U.S. alone, the 2004 holiday season online shopping jumped by more than 25% from 2003. And in 2005 it jumped another 25%.

o The average income of Internet households is over $66,790, making the Internet user a very attractive customer for you to target.

Is an E-Commerce website right for your tea room business?

Much depends on the nature of your tea room business model.

A website doesn’t need to exist solely to sell products online. It could supplement the revenue of your already established tea room. If you sell a unique product, such as loose leaf tea, you might find success reaching others around the country that do not have access to these products in their own towns.

The Internet provides a global audience of potential customers and it never closes. Information about your tea room can be easily added to the website and updated as required. Your customers will have access to information about your business 24 hours a day. You can add pictures and video. In addition, your customer will even be able to buy from you 24 hours a day and learn your best hours of operation of your tea room.

Tea Room Tip:

Promote your website address everywhere including your stationery, sales forms, brochures, leave behinds and advertisements.

The internet has opened the world to small companies and tea rooms are no exception. Owners of tea rooms should consider the revenue opportunities presented by having a web site on the internet that promotes the tea room business and provides product sales opportunities with only a small investment.

With the introduction of new and cost effective tools to develop web sites, the tea room can be advertised and promoted to a larger audience. The web site helps put forth the mission statement and message of the tea room visually and in an effective manner. One company that develops websites for the small business is Go Daddy.com at http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp

E-Commerce and Affiliate Programs

Opportunities for sale of loose leaf tea are particularly attractive when combined with effective web based e-commerce through affiliate programs. For the tea room this can be a source of additional revenue with a very small investment. All that is required is a website, links to the tea supplier and an internet promotion plan.

Generally, loose leaf tea e-commerce sites list tea and tea ware offerings as well as information about tea and other value added benefits. Some have retail and wholesale features (ideal for tea rooms) as well as value added features.

Chose a recognized quality and feature rich e-commerce site that specializes in selling and supporting loose leaf tea products to tea rooms. Deal with a site that allows the direct purchase of tea in tins, bulk tea, teaware, tea club memberships, gift cards and other tea related items. The site should also encourage feedback on products so the highest quality can be maintained.

Affiliate programs afford a small entrepreneur the ability to leverage the website of the tea manufacturer through their own affiliate site. Through this technique the affiliate can minimize their investment and maximize their return on product sales. An affiliate relationship is established by agreement between the affiliate and the manufacturer whereby each party benefits.

There is more to an affiliate relationship than a simple agreement however. The affiliate must be provided with marketing support, account feedback and prompt payment of earned commissions. Most good affiliate programs share a number of characteristics:

o Real-time reporting statistics

o Real-time email alerts upon each sale

o Payment on a consistent monthly basis for initial and repeat orders

o High price-point products that are easy to sell and allow for substantial affiliate commissions

o A comprehensive package of rich content articles and banner advertising that the affiliate can reprint and use for marketing

Of special note for marketing support is the availability of banner ads that are high quality and effective. These are particularly useful affiliate marketing tools.