Offline Marketing, Articles, Own Product? Need some help...

Hi fellow Warriors,

I'm debating whether to bore you with the reasons why I need to make a more or less steady income as soon as possible or not... so if you don't want to read about it, please just scroll down a bit ;-)

Well, I'm 26 years old and originally from Germany. I've moved over to England because I've found the love of my life and she happens to be English. We got engaged, well... I've popped the question last November and luckily, she said yes. I still don't understand why, but I am glad she did ;-)

We have set the date for our wedding to be the 12th of December this year. The church is booked; we've chosen a marquee for the reception afterwards, and found a really nice place for it. We've also already found a photographer, a videographer, and a florist. Oh the joy of planning a wedding ;-)

My fiancee's mum and dad are going to pay for some of the things, but weddings are really expensive nowadays and we are still talking about approximately £20,000 we have to pay by the end of the year.

Another problem is that we still live with them at the moment and it can be quite hard at times. Finding some time to be alone can be challenging and it's hard not to get her parents involved when we have an argument. We would really like to move out, especially since we are thinking about starting a family, but that would add another at least £1,000 a month to the equation.

Anyway, now that I've bored you with my life, the reason I've started this post is to ask you for advice.

I think I have the knowledge to make the amount of money we need - most of us warriors already have in my opinion. It's mainly choosing and sticking to a method - and giving all you can - that makes the difference between making $10,000 or more a month and not making any money at all in my opinion. Please feel free to correct me if you think otherwise :-)

I've thought about three different methods to make the money but I just can't seem to choose one.

Offline marketing - I've designed and coded quite a lot of websites in the past and I also have knowledge in list building and SEO, so I thought about doing some offline marketing and getting local businesses as clients. The drawback is that while my spoken English is pretty good I think, I never had to approach businesses to get work, let alone do cold calling.

Article Marketing - I've had some success with Article marketing in the past. I had found a nice niche and published articles on ezinearticles. That made me about $30-$90 a day before I tried the "next big thing". I promoted clickbank products at that time but I'm not sure how steady clickbank income is at the moment, since I've read about all the problems they recently seemed to have.

Creating my own product - I've never created a product before but I have researched some niches and have some ideas in my mind for my own products, especially reports in a few different markets. I think the main thing that has stopped me from getting into creating my own products is fear. Fear that I choose the wrong niche, or the wrong product in that niche. Fear that no one wants the product I created and I make no money at all with it.

Well, these are the three main ideas I've had and I would just like to hear your opinion. What do you think should I do or what's the best method to create a nice residual income and reach my goal of £20,000 by the end of the year?

Thanks a lot :-)

Ben