Steps to Making Money Online

Remember the commercial where about 10 people are standing around a computer as they push a button and it goes live. Then, you hear a ding. That's their first sale.

They all applaud and high five each other. Then, another ding and another ding. Then, ding ding ding ding ding ding ding...etc.

Are you ready?

The reality of the internet is that it gives you instant access to millions of people. True, you may not reach one person in all of your marketing attempts. But also true, you could be a hit over night.

So, how do you make money online. There are plenty of ways. Here is just one.

Well first, become your own Webhosting Reseller. What that means is that you can make money by providing people with domains and website hosting. You also get to take advantage of your own label and provide website hosting for yourself. Investment: $8 - $12

So, you host your own website and build it through such page building software as SeaMonkey. The great thing about SeaMonkey is that you can click and drag images and then write your content. You can publish your site right from the software itself through their own built in FTP client. And you can read all the help files you need in order to get started. It doesn't have to be the most elaborate webpage on the internet. And the more you work with it, the more you learn. You'll be a pro in no time.

So, you have your site and the first thing you advertise is that you can host websites for others. That's one way to make some money. People are always looking for low cost hosting. That's you!

Next is to start offering products you like from online merchants. There are plenty. Sign up and start looking through their campaigns. When you find the ones you like, get your affiliate link and images and put them on your site.

What I like to do is put everything together in some kind of theme. I put Food and Drink offers together and then I put Books and Magazine offers together. That way I have some organization and I'm easier to follow. I have a number of sites by the way and they all do quite well.

The final thing is to write reports or articles and share them with the world.

There are plenty of article submission sites and file sharing sites. Make sure it's your content and you can put it anywhere you want. People will read your work every day. If you add your link to your site, you can bring traffic the easy way. If you write rather well, you'll get people interested in what you are doing and they'll at least want to come check it out!

That's just one way to make money online. Through affiliate networks, you'll be able to make great money promoting merchandise other merchants are trying to sell. They love getting help and they are very willing to compensate you for your assistance. It's one of the greatest ways on the internet to make money.

To become a webhost, join an affiliate network or find an article submission site, simply Google it. You'll get sent in the right direction.

**Note - Don't get confused between legitimate affiliate programs and scams. Legitimate affiliate programs are selling products or services that people appreciate. Scam affiliate programs are trying to take YOUR money. The main way to tell a scam from a legitimate opportunity is that the legitimate opportunity won't ask for any money from you. You sign up and start promoting. You should be able to see a scam right off the bat. If you think there's something wrong with the program, there probably is!