If you were like me back when I started online, you had two categories of questions –

1. Is making money online REAL and…

2. Can I do it.

First, you need to be convinced that this is a real business, not some fly-by-night business opportunity scam that we’ve all been caught in the past – right?

If I could only have those nights back when I sat and listened to a pitch for a franchise business that was opening in our area…and don’t even get me started about mlm!

So, just like the business that opens up its doors in your city, can you launch a REAL business that makes money online?

The next question is usually, can I do it?

Many of us wonder…

– Do we have the right skills and experience?
– Do we have the right information on how it’s done?
– It seems complicated, what is Step 1, Step 2, Step 3…
– Can we start with an hour each day…without giving up our existing income source?
– How long will it take us to get to $100K?  How long to $1M?
– Can we operate this from home?
– Do we need to hire or pay for help?
– What system(s) should I follow?
– What will my role be in this business?  What will my day look like?

WOW – IS IT REALLY THAT COMPLICATED?

No wonder very few of us get started properly, and even fewer reach the objectives that we have in our mind for making money online.

Yes, asking these questions is completely legit…after all, we all want to know what’s in store before we jump in with both feet.

But…at the end of the day, we MUST get past these questions and begin taking FORWARD action.

Asking questions and waiting for answers is SIDEWAYS progress at best.  You are not really making any forward progress.

So, how can we reduce this complexity and get right down to the PURE BASICS of making money online?

Try this…

DO THIS…MAKE MONEY

Step 1: Pick a niche market that you are interested in, have some experience and have the ability to locate current trends (Example, through magazines, discussion forums, local groups, etc…)

Step 2: Find out what they want.  What questions are they asking?  What products are they buying?  What headlines are in the major magazines?  What topics are covered in books that are sold into this group?  What do those around you who participate in this market want badly? 

Step 3: Keyword research.  Head over to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool  and enter some common keyword phrases that would be used BY YOUR MARKET to find information you had on this topic. 

Step 4:  Get yourself a webhost…we have used this one for more than 4-years, or if you have another you prefer, go with them. 

Step 5:  Design a simple, 5-page website organized around 5 of the top keyword phrases you have selected in Steps 2-3.  If you are comfortable with html, then go ahead and model a simple design such as the one over at http://www.yogasuccess.com .  If you want someone else to do it, then head over to elance, rentacoder.com etc…and you can find someone that will develop a site like this for you in the $100 range. 

Step 6: Setup a WordPress blog on your domain – if you used the webhost suggested above, you will find a simple, 3-click install of WordPress from wthin your webhost C panel. 

Step 7: Get yourself an autoresponder account, this will allow you to begin building your list and commuinicating with them.  This is our choice of autoresponder.  Note: autoresponders are important given that far more people will buy from you after repeat contacts (to your list) than first-time visitors to your site. 

Step 8: Post daily to your blog ensuring you are taking opportunities to “ping” major authority directories with your blog posts and also cross-post to social networking sites like Facebook, Myspace and Twitter.

Step 9: Search affiliate directories for top-selling products that are in line with the desires and goals of your audience.  Find them at http://www.clickbank.com/marketplace  http://www.cj.com or by searching out products individually on Google. 

Step 10: Offer related products both within your blog, to your list and on your website (posted to relevant pages).  Your objective should be to both make some initial money AND to test which products sell so that you can better plan the next steps of your internet business such as creating your own products, offering services or forming higher-end joint ventures to build your own six or seven-figure internet business. 

Yes, there are 10 steps, which to someone just starting out, may seem like an overwhelming system in itself.  But it’s not…many of these steps you can pick off in one single day and within 1-week you can have your own money making internet business in operation. 

If you’re ready to take immediate action – then follow these 10 steps.   If you would like some help along the way, consider this affordable training, tools and support site.