How To Make A Sure Profit From The Internet In Your First Month – For Those Just Starting Out & Working On A Shoestring Budget

By Tukshad Engineer
Posted Monday, December 13, 2004

Online Profits In 30 Days - Your Blueprint - A lot of people want to start earning an income online but have no idea how to get started. The following is a one month blueprint that you can follow to make an actual profit by the end of your first month. This plan is designed to help you create both an immediate cashflow as well as building a powerful revenue stream that will keep on paying you months and even years down the line.

Starting Out - Get Into The Right Frame Of Mind

Day 1
What you're considering will involve a lot of work and thought. Before even thinking about what business to start take some time to think about why you're doing this. What is your motivation for success? What will keep you going when things aren't going exactly as planned? Take a walk at a local park for a stroll and think of what you want out of your part/full time business. Is it purely financial? Is it so that you have a second income? Are you fed up with your job and want to be your own boss? More time with the family? Write down your goals clearly and be as specific as possible. Include as much detail as you possibly can - try and evoke your emotions so that when you look back on it (at least once a week) it will act to motivate you. Remember that there will be times when you feel fear, frustration, hopelessness - that's ok - the important thing is to keep focusing and working hard. If you do this you will discover success in the end.

Wherever you wish to do this, find a nice quiet place and write down what you wish to achieve from your business and how much time you feel you can dedicate to it. Be realistic - if you have only 2 hours a day perhaps all you're looking for is an extra $500 or so a month. If you have much more time you can expect to earn something close to a good living from your efforts.

When you're all set buy a special business notepad and keep it with you always - you'll discover that often ideas will come at you in the most unlikely of places - in the shower, on the train, at work, playing football....anywhere. It's important to jot down your ideas as and when you get them for later review - you may think you'll remember it later but the chances are you'll lose them forever unless you write them down.

Brainstorming Ideas –

Day 2
Now here's where you're going to decide exactly how you're going to earn a living online. I am going to show you what has worked for me - which isn't to say it's the only thing that can work - it's just proven for me. For me there are 2 ways that I have used to make money online - first is Digital Product Creation. The internet has created millionaires out of people who simply wrote a good information product which filled a demand. Not a writer? You really don't have to be. You simply need to be able to get your ideas and knowledge over in an easy to understand and informative way. If you're convinced that making your own products isn't your thing then the second method is for you - Reselling Existing Digital Products For Commissions. This is the lazy mans way of making cash online. It's not easy but it does mean you do not have to spend time creating a product/website/adverts - it's all done for you and tested. The only thing you need to focus on is getting in customers and there are some very powerful ways of doing this online. Lets look at product creation first. We will then look at selling resale rights products in future days.

Info Product Creation

So what should you create an info product on? You need to do some research to find something to create your info product on. To help you decide consider the following:

Is there any subject that simply thrills you? You can't stop talking about it and you find yourself reading about it constantly. When there's a TV show on it you simply lap it up. It could be a hobby or something you have just developed over the years. Perhaps knowledge of something that has been handed down to you from your father. Simply put, anything you know a great deal about. If the answer is yes, chances are there are other people who feel equally strong about this topic as you do - and who will be prepared to pay to tap into your knowledge on this subject.
I always feel it's important to do something you would enjoy but it's also vital that a market really does exist for your chosen subject. For example "football" is a very popular subject and is an excellent potential market. However if your passion is studying the nesting habits of pigeons, you would be hard pressed to find enough interest to make creating an info product worthwhile. Think about what the right product is for you - everyone has in depth knowledge about a specific topic - what is this for you? Cooking? Films? Music? Golf? There are endless potential products for each of these topics and endless others.

Research the topic you have chosen - Visit a few search engines such as Google and Yahoo and type in some keywords and see what type of websites spring up. Are there many sites selling products on your chosen topic? Some competition is actually a good thing - it indicates that a market exists - you just want to ensure that you don't have too much competition (internet marketing is a good example of a field that has far too much competition to make it worthwhile for a newbie). Make a list of all the ezines, discussion lists, forums and websites that exist about your topic - take a look at the top 20 and try and get a feel for how they are making money. Are they selling a product? Are they earning cash via affiliate commissions? When researching use google as well as the following free tools and sites:

(http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion)
This free and invaluable site will show you how many searches were done in Overtures search engine on a particular keyword, for a particular month. This will help you discover how much interest there is for your niche.

(http://www.google.com/grphp)
Find discussion groups for your topic and see what the experts in that field are talking about. Other good discussion lists include

(http://groups.yahoo.com) and (http://www.discussionlists.com).
What you're trying to do here is come up with a niche idea and then understand that idea inside out. What products are being sold in the niche? Which products are hot? Which are considered inferior? Spend a whole day on researching your niche idea and more if you have to.

Spend an hour each day on top forums - You really can learn a great deal on the best internet forums and it will help give you ideas and learn from successful people. My two favourites are (http://www.ablake.net/forum) (http://www.thewarriorgroup.com) (both are free). Start reading the conversations that are going on and determine which of the posters seem to be the Gurus. Don't feel you have to post anything just yet - right now you're more interested in learning all that you can. By the end of day 2 you should have a product idea that you feel will generate good interest.

Accepting Payment Online

Day 3
If you want an online business it's vital that you have the ability to handle credit card payments. If this sounds like a nightmare don't worry, there are many online payment processors who will handle the payment from your customers on your behalf - all you have to do is give them a small commission from your sales proceeds. If you've ever used eBay to buy or sell then you're probably already familiar with (http://www.paypal.com) - sign up for a free sellers account. Once this is done all that's left is to create the actual product. Another good payment processor is (http://www.clickbank.com) but they charge a $49 activation fee. If you find that your product generates good interest it may be worth signing up with them as you get an in-built affiliate program. But for now Paypal is just fine.
You're doing quite well so far - so far you've come up with an idea and have set-up your Paypal account. Read your goals again - this will really help create a positive mood as you're already a step closer toward reaching them.

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