Why Your Method?

It’s free, It WORKS. It’s a GREAT way for the beginner to earn money online. It’s simply a quick, cost effective and proven method for the average person to create a money making Internet business that generates real revenue.

And it only takes about an hour or two to complete, at no cost to you. My guide will take you step by step through the process, and in the end you will have a fully functional online business that will start earning you money today.

If you have basic computer skills, and an internet connection, I will show you how to get started.

You’ve probably noticed already you’re not seeing a lot of marketing hype. No GET RICH QUICK!, DON’T MISS THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah. That’s because I’m not a salesman, I’m not pitching a scheme, and although you will see some offers in my guide, you don’t need to purchase a thing from me to make this work.

Not that long ago I decided to start up my own online business, so I starting doing my research. Holy buckets! there is some useful information out there but who can find it amongst all the scams and junk? That’s right SCAMS and JUNK, if you don’t get completely ripped off you’re bound to at the very least waste your time, money & expectations on programs that just don’t work.

I eventually succeeded, but it sure seems like I had to do everything the hard way until I found what worked. In this guide I am going to show you how to do it MY way. In most areas I’m not going to be providing a lot of different options, after wading through all the different scams, when I did find legitimate opportunities I found myself overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information. So we’re going to keep things simple and straightforward here.

So why am I giving this away for free?

The first reason is that just like you I want to make a little extra income on the side to enjoy a better life. I profit from this site through advertising and referrals. See that ad to the left? I can earn anywhere from a few pennies to a couple of dollars if it’s a real good one when you click it. Then there’s the links I provide you in the guide. You can go directly to the provider of course, but if you reach them through this web site I earn a small commission on anything you might buy, but you don’t pay a cent more. And I’m going to show you how to earn money doing the exact same thing with my advice, my links and my free site template.

The second reason I’m giving this information away free is simple, I want to make a better income and expand my business, but I want to go about it the right way, and to be proud of the things I do in my life. I’m just somebody from a simple background who didn’t have a lot of education, but fell in love with technology and picked up an entrepreneur bug at an early age. However as I grew wiser and more successful I never lost sight of my core values & beliefs. It disgusts me to see online marketers flat out lie and cheat there way to riches at the expense of people like us, especially when in the extensive amount of research I’ve done that seems to be the norm rather than the exception. A little bit of revenge? Maybe, but how sweet is it if you and I make a few extra k a year while costing the real scammers millions?

So, now that you know a little about me and how I operate, if you’re interested and have an hour, go through the five steps and you’ll be surprised how easy it really is to get started.This is the step in my guide where I am probably going to save you the most amount of grief, anguish, and money. Although your choice of domain name can be one of the most critical decisions you make, you don’t have to be overly concerned about it right this minute and it certainly shouldn’t stop you from getting started. I’ll explain this further in a little bit.

In this step you will select a name for your online business and a place to host it on the Internet. If you don’t have a web page yet, don’t worry, I am going to give you one in step 2. If you don’t have anything to sell I’m going to give you that too. You WILL have an online business after going through the 5 steps on this site.

Name and host, sounds like 2 steps right? Not really, you’ll accomplish both at the same time. This is also the ONLY part of the guide that costs you any money. Please note that I am not selling you anything, you simply need to signup with a provider and I am going to direct you to the least expensive choice, offering the most bang for your buck around. You can apply the rest of the guide using a free hosting provider, but I recommend not wasting your time

Step One - Pick a name. You probably already have one in mind, write down a couple of variations in case it’s already taken. A domain name should reflect what your site or business provides, but if it’s taken or not a good fit, or you just have a brain freeze check out some interesting band, business, people or place names to inspire a memorable name.

Now, go to 1&1 Internet and sign up. I’ve used LOTS of hosts in the past and 1&1 is the best thing going. Cheap, reliable and loaded with features, they are the best deal around. This site and all my sites and businesses are hosted there

You can search for your desired domain name on the front page, or just start the signup process and they will walk you through it. I recommend for those just getting started to select the 1&1 Linux Beginner Package, this is just $2.99 and will serve your needs for now, I cannot stress enough that you will not find a better hosting package for less than 3 bucks a month. The best part is 1&1 gives you a free domain name with every package, if you’re like me and once you get started with this and the ideas really start flowing, you think of the PERFECT domain name the next day, simply upgrade for $2 and you get another free name plus a ton of new features & space.

We’ll get into how to design your site in the next step, but I want to talk briefly about logos here. Once you have a catchy name you need an equally impressive logo. I’ve paid for logo design in the past and although pleased with the results, I’ve discovered I can make my own logos and web graphics VERY easily using The Logo Creator. The Logo Creator enables even the novice to create professional looking logos and all kinds of web graphics with ease. Trust me you don’t have to be a graphic artist to create slick Photoshop quality art & graphics for your site for less than it costs you to get just one image professionally designed. This is probably one of the best tools I’ve ever purchased, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Step Two - Start Designing your Site.

There are a lot of sources out there that will sell you web site templates to fit any need or niche and many of them are quite good if a bit pricey. I've learned in my experience creating many new sites that even when I have enough content, links, graphics and ideas to fill a 50 page site, I inevitably spend many frustrating weeks actually designing a professional looking site around them. Hours and hours of getting the right consistent look & feel, tediously creating tables and aligning things just so, I was spending all my time doing graphic design beating my head against the wall because I'm neither an artist or nor a professional web designer. Simple lesson finally learned, and once I accepted it I was about 10 times more productive, focusing on my ideas, products and content.

So unless you are a professional designer, I highly recommend starting with a professionally designed template. Here you will find the next big money saving tip in this guide. If you have a very specific or very custom design in mind, search for just that right template or contract artist and be prepared to pay for it. If you just need a professionally designed template to get you started, one that you can tweak to fit your needs, consider the PREMIUM TEMPLATE PACK.

With this package you get over 75 sites for the price of one, and realistically will use at least a handful of those you find appealing for different projects you decide to create after getting your first business online. HUGE bonus, you can also legally provide these to customers in need of a web site, and even resell them as templates. Check out this impressive collection, EACH TEMPLATE HAS A FLASH HEADER, COMES IN HTML & FLASH VERSION, AND INCLUDES ALL SOURCE FILES (I.E. HTML, FLA, PSDS) AND FONTS.

A companion to the templates is the Header Graphics Package. Within just 3 minutes you can create your own professional header graphics so you will never have to pay a professional again and it is so easy that anybody who can type can do it.

If you need EVEN MORE templates and designs, visit Template Monster.

To get you started for now though I am going to provide you with a fully functional website/business. The Work From Home template is a simple yet professional design that you can easily modify to fit your needs.

You can see the site live here, and download the files to build your own here.

Once you’ve downloaded the files you can very easily modify the index.htm file to create your own unique page. Using any web page editor (one could even use notepad it’s that easy) just replace the 4 unique items with your own.

The Work From Home site is a complete 6 page site, featuring 5 targeted articles to attract your customer, 4 related products that you earn commision on, approximately 8 built in ads consisting of 30 links that you get paid for with every click. When you upload this site to your web host you start earning money immediately without any more cost to you.

Feel free to use and modify the template, it’s a great way for you to get started. We’ll discuss the advertising and affiliate programs more a little later.

Step Three - Adding Content.

Now you should add some content of your own to the site to draw visitors in, remember that you can earn money through targeted advertising links on every page of content you provide.

There are a several "ezines" or article directories online that let you "reprint" their content. It's a good deal for both you (the publisher) and for the author for the exposure it provides them. The flip side is the sheer amount of time it takes to find quality articles, go through the hoops necessary to obtain rights to distribute them, the cost if they are truly unique & popular, and the amount of labor for you if you (and you should) update frequently. If you are only interested in providing some "basic" content related to your site or business, or if you are developing for varied interests and multiple businesses the Ad Rich Content Site can get you up and running quickly.

You can browse the site and copy articles (yes, most are free to use) or purchase the entire package. The key word here is "target". Who is your target audience? The Ad Rich Content site is a super quick and easy source of articles that are highly targeted to your business, and that is where you will generate interest and make revenue.

Another way to generate revenue and build traffic is to offer e-Books on your site. An e-Book is an electronic book that you can open and read by using your computer. Induce others to link to your web site by offering them e-Books or one of your own products. The more links you have pointing to your web site, the higher you'll rank on the major search engines (and the more targeted traffic you'll get) Go to eBookDeal.net and choose from hundred of e-Books in 20 different categories.

Acquiring more content:

If you have a product-based site, your suppliers can be a terrific source of content. A few of their product product photos with vendor descriptions can be placed along side your own content and articles.

Bear in mind, authorities and experts in a given field are often seeking exposure, which you can provide them. Find an article published online that contains content related to your industry and ask for permission to “reprint” it on your site. The trick is to identify complimentary, not competing materials. And it’s out there.

Creating or finding content for your site is not as hard as it sounds. Think about it. Every product or service solves a problem for the consumer. Find related content that someone else has already written.

To get started for now simply select articles from the free content site that relate to your product or business then cut and paste them into the free template provided.

Step Four - Getting Paid.

Soon you can start to customize the products and advertising on your site, but first you’ll need accounts with Google and Amazon to duplicate the items in the template. Don’t worry though, signing up with both are free and easy.

Wouldn't it be great if you could find advertising that really works? Something for your web site, that didn't require any maintenance, and provided you with detailed earnings reports?

Google AdSense is a fast and easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant Google ads on their website's content pages and earn money.

It's also a way for website publishers to provide Google web and site search to their visitors, and to earn money by displaying Google ads on the search results pages.

Signing up for Google AdSense is free and just takes a few minutes. The free template from this guide uses Adsense ads throughout and you can start earning money from clicks the minute you put your new site online.

Now that you have ad revenue from your site you should have some actual products to sell. Amazon Associates program will help you do just that with no worrying about orders, inventory or customer service. The free template incorporates 4 targeted products through Amazon. You’ll need to sign up for their associates program, then you can add or modify the products listed to meet your needs.

The Amazon Associates program was the first online affiliate program of its kind when it launched in 1996. Today, it is the largest and most successful online affiliate program, with over 1,000,000 members world-wide. If you are a Web site owner, Amazon seller, or Web developer, you can start earning money today and earn up to 10% in referral fees.

Get started by clicking the graphic below, and click on “Join Associates” at the very bottom of Amazon’s page to sign up.

Google and Amazon will both provide you with your own affiliate or partner ID that you can replace in the template. They will also create the code for you to completely customize the look and scope of your site.

Step Five - Promote Your Business.

If you’ve completed the first four steps, congratulations! You will want to continue to develop and expand your business of course, but at this point you have a functioning site that is making money through advertising and commissions. And as promised, your only expense was a nominal fee for quality web hosting. Now you just need to attract visitors to your site.

Quick Start Advertising:

Here is my favorite first method for the beginner to get started earning ads and traffic. InstantBuzz is a free toolbar application you download for free. It’s a single line bar that displays simple text ads while you surf. InstantBuzz is not spy or ad ware. For every page you surf to you earn credits to have your own ads displayed automatically. After a very simple setup procedure it runs automatically and requires no more of your time.

Link Exchange:

AutoLinkManager simplifies the entire link exchange process, making your life a lot easier. It integrates link exchange services and link exchange software into a single system that allows you to exchange links with any member in the directory, manage incoming link exchange requests, build a categorized directory and publish your link pages to your web hosting.

Create your first link to your site/business here for free!

Free Link Exchange Software and Automate Link Swap Service Offers free link swap service, link trade directory, reciprocal link exchange software that auto updates your link pages and complete link exchange.

Site Directories:

Instead of fighting the explosive growth of the Internet, the Premier Directory provides the means for the Internet to organize itself. The Premier Directory Project is one of the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by many volunteer editors. Free Web Directory - Human edited web directory, submit your website free, PremierDirectory.org

Classified Ads:

Another method is to place free classified ads. PressMania is a new classified site where you can place your ads with pictures in your local area. You can sell without your own website. You can even setup your own free store and sell your products or services directly from their website.

Miscellaneous Ideas:

Put your website address, for example www.bestnameever.com, on everything you print. Including, business cards, letterhead, invoices, etc.

Get more than one domain name for your business. Of course you should get your business name, but also get a domain name that includes keywords related to your business or service.

Most email programs let you have a "signature" that is automatically added to all the messages that you send. Be sure that you put your website address in your signature.

Get an email address that looks like: yourname@yourdomain.com. 1and1 packages include a mail server and hundreds of addresses for you to use.

Put your URL on any promotional items. Make a coffee cup, t-shirt or calendar and be sure it has your web address on it.

Regularly add new content to your website. Go back to the Content Site and you’ll find articles on just about any subject imaginable.

Search Engine Optimization:

Make sure your site is properly submitted to search engines. This can be very tedious and overwhelming unless you have a tool designed to automate the process for you, I recommend Hello Engines! Pro.

Bonus Software

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SUMMARY

Quite honestly I believe it is a down to earth honest, sincere approach that that wins customers over and makes return sales. Some of my most loyal customers are ones who were initially disappointed for whatever reason, and when they brought it to my attention, I explained why it happened, immediately corrected the cause, and did what it took to make it right from their perspective. You may lose a bit of money with that approach at times but will prosper in the long run.

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I first published this guide in it’s most basic form on March 11’th 2006. There is much more that I will be adding to it as time permits, so check back from time to time.

I hope this guide inspired you to at least try an internet business/side income. If you make a generous income with my method great! I can’t imagine anyone who followed this guide NOT making at least a little extra money each and every month. I'd love to hear your comments & feedback. If you have a testimonial I'd like to feature it here, if you've started a brand new business take a minute to let me know and I will provide your first link here!

Bryce is the owner and founder of several technology businesses. This is his first publicly submitted article. His latest project is located at http://www.bestnameever.com/