Make Money Online Q&A

This really depends on your financial situation. You should never invest down to your last penny. You simply need to judge how much you can comfortably spare. You should also take into consideration the costs of maintaining the business until it becomes profitable.

This again is dependant upon several factors. First, how fast you can promote your product and build your opt-in list. It also depends on how good you are at marketing to your list. Even if you are a beginner, good marketing skills can be learned. However, you have to expect a little trial-and-error time of at least a month or two.

Your average earnings will depend on the product or service you choose and how much commission or profit you make per item. You then have to estimate how many you think you can sell per day/week/month given your current advertising methods.

I would say a bare minimum of 1 to 2 hours per day at least 5 days a week. You sound like you are willing to commit to doing what is needed to succeed in your online business. Try to plan ahead so that you give ample time to research. You can always learn about other opportunities, marketing strategies, and spend time networking and communicating with your list.

First, I would suggest that you start writing. Maybe you already have. You certainly have enough content on your site that you can turn into short, informative articles. Article marketing is free and very effective at producing hundreds of quality, one-way links to your site. It also gives you the opportunity to build credibility in your niche market as an expert. The best part about article marketing is that people will be searching for the information you are writing about. This produces targeted, pre-qualified, visitors to your site looking for more information about the service you are offering. For more infomation, check out EzineArticles.com. They are one of the top sites where you will want to submit your articles. They offer a lot of good tips on how to best write a quality, informative article and how to format your article. Check out Triond first. This is a new place where you can submit your content and it can earn you money as well. Helium is also an interesting community where you can earn money from your articles.

Second, network yourself through forums. Find 4-5 forums that target your customers. Get to know the community and start posting. Interact with the other members and provide helpful information. Use your signature line as if it were your virtual business card. Say what you do and provide a link to your website. Posting often will also help your website rankings.

Third, start your own blog. Post daily, helpful advice for those looking for work, or career development advice. Posting daily will also get you high rankings in the search engine. From your blog, you can send people to your main site. Blogger.com is free and easy to setup. Squidoo is also a type of blog community. You can have several blogs going at the same time. Update them frequently with fresh, helpful content and this will help build your business identity and send targeted traffic to your site.

There are lots of sites online that offer advice on how to achieve search engine rankings. However, the best way is to get a tool that covers all the basics. I came across a program recently that might help you. This is a very comprehensive tool and is worth the investment. It is called IBP and it has all kinds of nifty features that you can use to improve your search engine rankings. You can try it for free to see if you find it useful, although many of the more useful features are turned off in the trial. Here is the link: http://www.ibusinesspromoter.com/

First, let's start at the beginning. You want to pick a domain name (www.mybusiness.com) that is short, to the point, understandable and available. Pick a name that you want to brand and that might stick out in people's mind. Think of the appeal of brand names like Kellogg or Sony, etc. Make sure it accurately respresents your business, such as www.yummycakes.com would represent a site selling cakes.

How quickly you can get your website up depends on your familiarity with HTM and the Internet. Following are some good recommendations for companies offering packages that include domain registration, hosting and a site builder. It is much easier if you get a bundled deal instead of getting the parts in three places and then having to piece them together yourself.

There are many companies that offer WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors. These are very user friendly site building programs that are web based. This is an easy method for those not good with computers or who are new to the online environment to get a nice looking site. I have listed several companies that I have used to get started below. Visit their sites, compare the packages offered and see which might work best for your needs.

ProStores (http://www.prostores.com)
The best part of ProStores is that it is affiliated with eBay and Paypal and thus fully integrated for your convenience. They offer a small business package for $29.95 per month, but you can start with a one month free trial. ProStores offers a shopping cart, domain hosting and an easy to use site builder all in one package. The company is very reliable and customer service is great.

Register.com (http://www.register.com)
This company is a pioneer in the online domain registration business and is very stable and reliable. They offer a one page starter site with every domain registration that you can upgrade at any time. They also offer other useful services such as SEO tools, access to expert advice from SCORE professionals and URL forwarding. All their services come with 24/7 customer service and a 30 day money back guarantee.

WebSiteSource (http://www.websitesource.com)
This website is being hosted by WebSiteSource. They offer domain registration and hosting packages starting at $6.85. Their site builder is fairly simple to use and there are bundles of extras included such as subdomains, marketing tools, email manager, and URL forwarding. They also offer 24/7 customer service and upgrade packages