Another Newbie here :)

If you can write, and build WP you're half way there. Do some keyword research and try to find something you know about and can speak with authority on. You sound like a well educated, intelligent guy so you should be able to figure this all out.

Maybe develop an info. product that will teach people what you know.

Everyone will tell you their product is the "holy grail" but in reality you can learn most everything you need to know by studying what successful IMers are doing. Subscribe to some lists of people here that have good things to say in their posts. Request their free ebooks etc.

Learn website optimization.

Don't be afraid to jump in, the water is fine...

Why don't you start by doing article writing service? I have read a lot that article writers/ghost writers make a lot of money. Do things that you are already good at is better than starting things from scratch.

You can still learn other IM business model as you go along.


Zul

Since you mentioned you need additional income, why not find work from home jobs that can allow you to get paid while learning important things about starting, running and growing online businesses, product and offsite/onsite content development & marketing, mailing list building, traffic generation and SEO/SEM among other Internet marketing-related topics? For instance:

If you have suitable English research and writing expertise, especially about subject areas in the IT industry, then you can find seasoned warriors here and in other relevant Web forums who need content researchers/writers for their IM-related sites. This way, you can research, write and learn about Im-related topics, all while getting paid in the process. Though keep in mind:

You can increase your perceived value in these marketplaces when you establish your reputation in these Web forums as a friendly, expert resource of useful info, advice, content, products and writing-related services relevant to IM subject areas. And, most of these Web forums have marketplaces where you can post your service offers...

i am a newbie too, and still need learn much..........

As a newbie in this forum and in marketing as well, I'm looking forward to be learning a lot from members.

Hello Vin
First i appreciate your decision to be came in the Vast world of IM.
Here are Two Great things, that you have First one is "Writing Skill"

You can use it for making your first Dollar at WF. But How just follow up my given Words.
List up your Writing Service at Warriors for hire Section and Get you clients at your Desktop.

Second Great thing is this "Time"

Utilize this time to learn more from sinior Marketer or from Google.

I hope this Post will help u to start up a Wealthy business in future.

IM Tycoon

Hello Vin
First i appreciate your decision to be came in the Vast world of IM.
Here are Two Great things, that you have First one is "Writing Skill"

You can use it for making your first Dollar at WF. But How just follow up my given Words.
List up your Writing Service at Warriors for hire Section and Get you clients at your Desktop.

Second Great thing is this "Time"

Utilize this time to learn more from sinior Marketer or from Google.

I hope this Post will help u to start up a Wealthy business in future.

IM Tycoon

One of my favorite sayings from one of my favorite mentors is "You don't have to be good to start but you have to start to get good." I have 100+ websites that make money. But, I've launched (and killed) probably another 200 or 300 websites that just sucked. So, my suggestion would be to just get "something" launched and see how it goes. Don't worry about trying to know it all before taking your first step or having the perfect business plan in place. You'll probably change it anyway in two weeks.

I am a newbie also. I have tons of material on my computer. I would say that if you have any trainings you should review them and follow the valuable step by step information they provide. I truly believe that with the access available today of all the resources at our disposal we should all
take advantage of the opportunity to learn, grow and succeed.

Hi Vin, welcome to the forum! I've done IT for over 25 years and started with no IM knowledge as well. I've made a lot of mistakes along the way as well learning IM but it has been worth it. My advice to you is to do some research in the forum, find out what interests you and focus on it. One of my earlier mistakes was to try and do too many things at once and find the next fastest way to make money online. I've learnt to focus on specific areas now, but diversify my business outside of IM as well so you don't have all your eggs in one basket. All the best!

hello vinny.
welcome to the forum I am sure there are alot of helpful marketers around.
If you have any questions. Feel free to ask in the forum and we can all learn together.

Writing Service is Best for a Newbie on the Warrior Forum, there are lot of warriors always looking for great writers, you can start a writing service; it will fund your IM ventures and when you are able to generate constant income you can move forward and try advertising and product creation

Hi Vinny,

A warm welcome to WF.

Unfortunately there is no holy grail or magic bullet for IM. I wished there was... :-)

Try to learn as much a you can. Joining the War Room is a great investment.

Chris Farrell member is also a good start for beginners.

I find that I am plenty interested in more than one niche; however as stated above it would be in my best interested to build upon what I already know instead of starting from scratch elsewhere. Perhaps starting from scratch is not necessarily a bad thing as we all need to start somewhere. Going through the forums it's easily to get sidetracked as there's so much interesting topics that inspire me to do more research on them as opposed to sticking with one niche.

I think it will be best if I start up a fresh new blog and write about what interests me. At the same time, I'll find ways to generate traffic and closely monitor its progress. I've got a lot to learn in terms of getting my site ranked and SEO but there's definitely no shortage of resources to help guide me.

How useful would it be learn wordpress inside and out as opposed to creating a blog with a wicked template and letting SEO generate traffic? I'm sure with all the plugins available there's has to be a couple must have plugins that would supplement traffic generating. More traffic = more confidence which will then allow me to get some feedback as to what I'm doing wrong and what I should be doing differently. I apologize if any of this sounds redundant and rather cliche seeing as I'm a n00b

Thanks again folks!