Choosing A Program That Is Right For You.

Now you have decided that working from home is for you, you need to find an opportunity that will suit you. There are many choices so I will break down the main ones and briefly explain what they are. But first consider a few things.

What do you like to do?
What are your computer skills?
Do you actually like working long hours alone?
Are you willing to go the extra mile?
Are you prepared to stick with a program for a while until you can see a profit?
Are you prepared to invest a little money?

You may be wondering why the questions but as you read on you will see why they become relevant. Reason number one and the most important. Whatever you choose to do online you will not get rich quick. There are no magic buttons or software that will pump out cash. Please always remember this when you are choosing the work you want to do. There are so many scams out there only too willing to take your money. I am sure you have seen many of them. "Gurus" telling you how that they have hit rock bottom and suddenly they met this guy and wow they made zillions in their first week. Now please how many people meet these guys in a cafe.If somethings sounds too good to be true it usually is so steer clear.
In my humble opinion the only "Gurus" are the ones who work hard for their money and tell it how it is. Usually they will impart lots of knowledge for free. Okay you may have to join their program down the line but it is always worth it.

Anything you choose to do will require work and by work I mean spending a few hours a day on the computer.It mostly will be up to yourself how long you work, in my experience it is always better to put your all into it. When you start it may seem overwhelming but soon you will get your own system going. Besides
you are doing the ground work for your business and as time goes on you will be able to automate a few things to free up some time to do other things.More of this later.

Now I will talk about the various things you can do and give a brief description of each.

Affiliate Marketing. One of the most popular ways of starting your own online business. What it basically means is you earn a commission for selling an item for someone else. You are called an affiliate and the seller is called an vendor. The commissions vary , anything from 10% to 75% and in some cases 100%. This is a straight forward way of selling. You pick the item you want to sell and promote it. You will get a special link with your information on it and when someone buys from your link you get paid your commission. The best thing about affiliate marketing is you wont need a website and there are many ways of marketing your products. In my opinion it is a good way of cutting your teeth at internet marketing.

There are lots of sites out there but the most popular are Amazon and Click-bank. These are free to join and there is lots of information on site. It is worth having a look at and you will learn a lot from the blogs etc.

Blogs. Now here is where your affiliate marketing comes into play. You can start a blog about doing what you love for example crafts or gardening or anything you are passionate about.You can post everyday and build up a following. Then choose an affiliate offer that is related to what you are blogging about. This can become very lucrative over time. But you will have to be consistent and try to post everyday.Then when you are established you can monetize you blog with ad sense. you can learn all about by googling ad sense.

                                                                                                        to be continued.....

So you want to work from home.

For many of us it is an ideal situation to be able to work from home. The convenience of not having to travel, saving on child care, whatever may be our motivator.

So I am putting this blog together to give you the benefit of the information that I have gathered over the time since I started internet marketing.

My aim is to help you start your own online business. I will give you lots of information and tips that I have learned along the way (and helping you avoid some of the mistakes I have made).

One of the main reasons for this blog is that when I started I did not know where to start. I went from program to program and joined lots of opportunities. But that was as far as I ever got. I read all the stuff I bought but I didn't know what to do or where to go. Everyone promised the magic button or just plug it in and wait.

So after complete information overload I took a break from it all. I had gained some snippets of information along the way but not enough to make anything. Then I started over again and learned the right way.

Over the next few weeks I will be giving you lots of information about starting your own business and showing you how important it is to have a few things in place first.

You will Learn How To:

• Choose A Program That Is Right For You
• Do The Ground Work First
• How To Market Effectively
• Organize your  Time
• The Tools You Need

Plus lots of other tips and tricks. After this you will hopefully have an idea of what you want to do or indeed if internet marketing is for you.