Saturday, October 4, 2008

make a living online...

 
 
Is it possible to make a part time or full time living on the
Internet? Can you really make enough money to make your time
worthwhile?

According to all the "gurus" you can easily make a LOT of money
by buying their program and doing EXACTLY what they tell you to
do.

Is all of this hype really true? The answer is yes and no. It
really is true that a stay at home Mom or a student in need of
extra income or a full time worker needing a part-time income can
make money on the Internet. It is also true that a lot of people
are making a full-time living and even becoming rich on the
Internet.

The question is, "Can you do it too"? Again the answer is maybe
yes and maybe no. It all depends on how much time you are willing
to invest in studying the techniques and learn the methods you
need for Internet Marketing (IM) success.

The fastest way to earn extra money online is to sell on Ebay.
You can start right now, today, and in 3 days be paid online for
items you sell. There are a lot of "get rich quick" tutorials for
sale on how to make it on Ebay, but you don't need one. You can
simply register at the Ebay site, read their tutorial and get
started selling items you have around the house.

A lot of people make a few extra dollars to a few hundred extra
dollars a month on Ebay. Others make a lot more. Ebay or any
business you get into online or in a physical business location
has the potential to make money. Lots of people succeed in
business and a lot fail. Your success or failure will partially
depend on how well you prepare, how much you study and how much
energy you put into the project.

The great thing about online businesses compared to brick and
mortar stores is it usually costs a lot less to get started. For
instance, getting stared selling on Ebay doesn't cost anything.
You only pay fees when you run an Ebay auction ad.

Once you have some money rolling in on Ebay, you can invest in
one of the guru courses that you can find in any search engine by
doing a search for, "Internet marketing".

Do you have to buy a course? No, you can find free information
online to help you get started. The advantage of a course is that
it is all in one place. A decent course starts at about $67 and
runs up to about $197. There are other cheaper courses and more
expensive ones. It is best to start learning with a moderately
priced course.

Every course you find will offer you good advice. Some are better
than others. It is hard to say which is best. Just like some
people love Fords and hate Chevy's, it is the same with IM guru
courses. The secret is to do a little online research, pick one
and then follow it.

Internet Marketing can be as easy as creating a simple website
and putting other company's ads on the site. You get paid when
someone buys a product or even when someone clicks on an ad. You
don't even need a product to sell; you only have other's ads on
your web pages.

Ebay is a make money today proposition. For most people, Internet
Marketing is a get rich slow process. Yes, some people make money
within days or weeks of starting on online business. Most take a
little longer to get established.

There are no hard and fast rules on how long it will take you to
make money online or how much you can make. It all depends on how
hard you are willing to work and how much time you are willing to
devote to creating a new business.

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