I found an interesting article today from Arun that talks about pursuing money on the Internet. This is worth posting here on my blog since this will be very useful for readers that are just starting in affiliate marketing.

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Are You Wasting Your Time In Pursuit of Money?

There was a time when I had no idea how I could earn money on the net. I had just purchased my computer and got an internet connection. I knew nothing about internet beyond checking my mail and do search.I do not remember how I got started but after a while I started searching for money earning opportunities on the net. I would sit and search for long hours every day. I would search till my eyes get sore. I was wasting my time but I did not know. Everyday I would search and click new sites.

I laugh now at what I searched for! I would type ‘Earn without investment’, ‘Money on the net’ etc. etc. I did not want to invest. I wanted free money. Are you laughing with me!

Search for these terms and see. You get tons of results but nothing is actually what it promises.

Then I got something. I came to know about ‘Get paid programs’. Wow! Finally I would be paid for doing nothing (Are you sure you do nothing. Just calculate the amount of time you spend to earn a pittance. Even if you make few cents it is not guaranteed that you will ever lay your hands on that.)

Excited I joined many. Everyday I opened my mail box and clicked. Everyday before sleeping I checked my accounts and calculate how much I made.

A number of months passed before my slumber broke. I was getting sick of this clicking and checking the timers and not being paid that pittance I earned with so much labor. I was disappointed and disillusioned too. But I could not give up. Idea of making money from computer just did not leave me.

I needed to change my attitude.

Some more research took me to the level where I could start my home business with some investment. I did fumble in the beginning being new to internet marketing. But I worked and things became better. I am now where I had dreamed only?. ‘Earning money from my computer at my home’

I wasted quite a lot of time due to my ignorance and hunt for free money. I still remember that period when I would spend hours to earn few cents. Just because I did not want to take the risk of investing

There will be many a people who were more informed when they started their business. But there are lots of people who are still going round and round while making nothing out of their time consuming activity.

I wish I could speak to them and warn them.

Stop wasting your time on get paid programs and stuff like that. You will not make anything that can be called money. Are you satisfied with the pittance they offer?

Majority of them are scams. Genuine programs cannot afford to give you more than few cents per day. If you want to make good money you should start your own home based business. A business that would earn you actual money. A business that would earn what you work for.

I would recommend to start with affiliate programs as they provide you with readymade product and you have to deal with marketing part only. If you are new to the marketing like I was affiliate programs will give you good launch pad. When you advance you will get aware of your interests. You can work on your products while you learn about the basics.

Your time is a precious.

Are you wasting it on a worthless pursuit?

Please do not.

Arun Pal Singh, a successful marketer and writer offers a unique and duplicable business opportunity at http://www.homeforprofits.com To avail his free Income Course e-mail to homeforprofits@getresponse.com with subject ’subscribe’.

If you happen to surf in money making forums, one of the biggest debates is whether to buy or not to buy “get rich ebooks’” about adsense or any affiliate marketing. Most of the senior affiliate marketers will tell newbies on internet marketing not to buy ebooks and will suggest to just browse the web for more advanced information about affiliate marketing tips. This article will serve as a guide for you to decide whether to buy or not to buy a get rich ebook.

I have outline the advantages and disadvantages for the reader to see more clearly the reason for buying the ebook,

What are the advantages of buying an ebook:

1. It will save you time in researching provided that the author comes is reputable one.
2. Most the of the ebook will spoon feed you in any procedure (step by step money making tips) that you will doing as an affiliate marketer e.g. step by step procedure in registering as an affiliate marketer, how to set-up a website, how to promote your site, etc.

Disadvantages:

1. Most of the content of the ebooks are basic they do not contain advanced tips especially in the field search engine optimization. By the way, SEO is a vital tool in promoting your affiliate site, without proper SEO or promotion your site will sit among the billions of website that are left un-visited.
2. Most of the link that they will be providing contains affiliate links which means that they will try to sell you again rather than “teach” you to get rich.
3. Most of the ebooks are outdated. Some are written a year go or much later.
4. Most of the ebooks are re-written articles form old ebooks.
5. Most of the content can be found on the web.

The above are just some of the points that I have outlined whether to buy or not to buy ebooks. Just a quick tip before you intend to buy an ebook is to ask someone for review most likely they will tell whether it is worth buying or not.

The first thing I must say is it’s a mine field out there, and you must take time to look at what it is you are going to do in your business.

If an affiliate program is your choice then make sure that it pays down 2 levels and is well established, and pays you a good commission for your work!

There are a number of things to take into account at this point, what amount of time do you have to dedicate to your new online business! Why do I ask this question, because it’s all too easy to jump at several opportunities when you only have the time to do justice to one.

Remember if you are serious about making a living online pick one opportunity and run with it, use the resources and tools listed to help you max out the best from any opportunity you join, and then when you start to get results, and you will, apply the same system for as many business opportunities or products as you like!

So where do we start, well you need to choose for example an affiliate program then we need to take it to market. Now this is where things get interesting. How do we do this! There are some things that you must have if you are going to have any success online!

These are the tools to your trade/business!

1. A sequential autoresponder, now I don’t care where you get one but this is a must have for your business. So get one and work with it until your 100% happy using it. You will need this kit to build your opt in list! (Your subscriber base to your ezine)

You pre load the AR with messages or articles, set the delivery times say once a week and everybody on your list gets that message it’s that simple!

If you build an opt in list of about say 3000 people then you are in a position to create an income on demand when you like! Once a month send out an email to your subscribers with your latest product or opportunity, Expect a responce of about 2% to 5%. Now if we take this at 2% that’s 60 and let’s say you make $20 per sale that’s $1.200.00 or 60 people in your new business. If it was 5% well I’ll let you do the maths but I think you get the point!

Do not underestimate the power of an autorespondar once set up correctly it’s the single most powerful tool to build your online business.

2. Web site, now this is a controversial subject because you don’t need a web site to build an opt in list, but you will need to have one soon to promote your product or opportunity, get a quality web host account with 500 megs of disk space and 10 gigs of monthly transfer rate.

If you don’t have the skill to build your own web site, don’t worry there are a number of software packages out there that do all the work, you just need to do a bit of typing and click the mouse a few times and that’s it!

3. Advertising, now whether it’s free or you have handed over your hard earned cash for it you must be able to track it’s performance.

Just imagine you have 20 ads on the net all different how will you know what ads are working! Quite simply put, if you don’t have an ad tracker you may just as well stand on the top of a tall building and throw your money off!

One more thing you might not know, and a question that I am asked more than any other “how can I build an opt in list quickly”

You need leads and plenty of them and here’s the deal you buy them it’s quick and easy!

By using a co-reg paid for service you can put your list building on autopilot, you will pay on average about $150.00 for 500 subscribers that will be added automatically to your autoresponder!

Just before I go there is one more thing, I recommend using a web based autoresponder so no matter what happens to your PC you will not lose your data, that data is critical to you it’s your cash generator and you can access it from any PC!

An online business is not difficult to run you just need to get the basics right, and that’s it your on your way to success on with your internet business.

It doesn’t matter what business your in the methods are the same.

A word of warning if an opportunity sounds to good to be true, then it probably is!

Happy Hunting, and here’s to your success!

Ken Smaile, Can help you to start your own online business in less than 24hr! drop by my website get your F-R-E-E subscription to my 7 day autoresponder email marketing course: how to start an internet business