Making money online is a simple process, but its not easy. A successful online career comes down to 2 things. Generating leads, and then converting those leads into sales..just like any other business. Now, successfully doing those thing can be quite complicated for some, especially if they don't know where to start and don't have any $$ to get started.

Hey Scott,

Okay so this is the question I would ask any college student that wanted to start an online business and wanted to create an income for themselves. First how much time are they willing to invest in their personal training. There is a difference between a college education and a marketing education of how to run and work a business online.

I would recommend that they get the books Think and Grow Rich, Rich Dad Poor Dad, and How to Win Friend and Influence People. Once they had done all of that and had shown that they were interested and willing on working their personal development then I would find out about the the things that interest them. Is there something that they know how to do that is a solution to a problem in one of the areas that interest them? If so I would suggest that they start blogging, writing articles, making youtube videos about that subject. It really depends on the thing they are good at writing, audio, or video. There are ways to use any of these as your first time on line.

Then I would look for a product that fits in with the solutions that they are offering to their audience. It can be an MLM, network, direct marketing product or an affiliate product it makes no difference. Then I would tell them to learn how to use one form of social media really well and start to put up links to their content. Presto the early beginnings of a business built to add value and service to it's market. A young person that has learned to build great relationships with their customers and clients, because they want to add value and knowledge to their clients.

This may take longer than a couple of weeks or even months for them to build but it would definitely expand their horizons especially if they did not expect instant results, but were looking at it as a way to build skills and knowledge in the field of working for themselves. Truly only the ones that are dedicated will succeed, because they will be the ones to learn new skills and keep growing and serving others.

I hope this helped. This is just what I would do. And just so you know, that I practice what I preach I make my kids (8,8, and 1) watch mindset videos and the like to let them know there is nothing they cannot do if they are willing to learn the skills to do it. =D

Well my experience (over the 4 years it took me to dump my offline businesses and 'retire' to work from home) indicates that success requires:

1) An emotional goal.

2) A long term view.

3) Reasonable expectations of what's possible.

4) A willingness to learn.

5) Consistent action to meet achievable goals.

6) A mentor.

Why should success in internet marketing be easier than becoming successful in any other profession? It isn't. But, I can tell you IMO, the rewards are much better.

You have to understand what is internet marketing first. I would suggest you will study SEO first. You can work clients if you want.

I know some people who now make 7 figure income online who had no money to start with. There are too many free tools online available to anyone to start an online business, only thing required is good old fashion work, as long as someone's not looking for a "get rich quick" answer. It takes 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration to succeed in anything, even talent alone isn't enough. So..to start an online business is very very low cost if not free for anyone who can get by a little with computers.

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I think the starting point would be to pick on something they had an interest in and they have some knowledge about and then learn the principals on how to market on the internet. They need to spend some some researching their area of interest looking for opening to exploit and earn money.

Find out what people are looking in this area of interest, research on popular keyword phrases. I would then suggest buying a domain with their name and set up a blog perhaps on a subdomain to start writing posts. It would help if they could get some personal mentoring.

Overall a budget of less than $100 per month would enable them to achieve success within three years.

What a Great Question Scott!

I like what Genhorrall said overall, but I think I'd also add a bit about their reason why, how much income they want, give them as many stats as I could and and get them to work out their exit strategy, based upon all that data.

That sorts them out real quick!

As Bill Gates says about the 10,000 hours it requires to gain the needed skills to excel in any field, online or offline, he added...

"They must possess an almost fanatical attitude" towards their goal with a work ethic to suit, in order to succeed as an expert in their field!

I guess it depends upon what a full time income means to the individual too.

But if it meant $5,000 a month, most people would be happy to settle somewhere between Skill Sectors 3-4 and stay there!

Kindest...

Hi Scott,

Everyone is good at something it's just a case of finding out what it is, then create your own digital information product.

Once created I created another and another, granted it takes time, but only about 4 weeks from start to finish for my first product, which I then setup a separate website dedicated to the product.

Once I had made a number of sales I then made it available for affiliates via clickbank, and then started the process over again with my second product and so on.

When sales began to plateau I then listed them on eBay which was slow to start but once your listings are created correctly off you go.

Although I do have a large number of other sites using OneLung and MP Mage systems, not forgetting a few Googlesniper sites. But strangely I get a large amount of enjoyment and satisfaction from creating my own digital information products and in some cases if I need to use my time in other areas I will have someone else write it for me.

Best Regards
Jack

Look at multiple income streams boss..hit me up

I would always recommend e-bay as the place to get your feet wet when it comes to selling online , its how I first started selling things on-line and it helped me to build up my confidence to sell other things.

Although I no longer use e-bay as an income source it can be the best way for anyone to get started.

Scott, thanks for asking the question. It stirred up many great posts and ideas from people who are obviously "making it" marketing online. I'm sure that there will be many future readers who will benefit from your question and the comments it inspired.

One of the good way to have a full time job online and earn money from home is SEO and content writing. SEO today is getting common and prominent thus many website owner looking for a good and competent independent SEO specialist who are able to work from home.

I would have to say the best, easiest way is affiliate marketing. Promote other people's products and earn commissions. But understand, you have to be persistent and consistent with your marketing efforts. Don't think you're going to get rich overnight.

To Your Success,
Brad Marcus

Nice advice ms.Genhorrall.....

surely making money on line is such a broad question that has to be narrowed down to specifics you keep discovering new ideas as you go along

I would have to agree with Scott...

How many of us when we first began our intrepid online journeys had the vaguest idea we would have to become a marketing major to succeed online?

I think if anyone would have said we would need to become great at marketing, most of us would have fainted dead away with disbelief!

Wasn't it that all you had to do was to put up a site and sit under a palm tree on a deserted island somewhere and Paypal would make sure your account overflowed that night?

Every level of learning has its own skill sectors which open up for you and on and on it goes...

Awesome!

Making full-time income online is a long road to take. But it takes a single step to start it.
You just need to have the courage and the knowledge to do it. Keep learning later on. You can get a lot of inputs here in WF as I do

If they do come to me and ask for a recommendations. I will simply say, do the things you always wanted to do.. Here's what I mean..

As of now, teenagers are getting hooked with their Social Media accounts. Social Media as of yet is the fastest growing marketing tools of all companies. By adding friends, spreading the word, likes, sharing links, tweets, discussion. They can earn a lot of money by doing these stuffs in few hours a day.

Social Media are considered now as one of the channel on how websites increase their traffic, ROI, and conversions.. hope this helps...

Guest blog posting is a good method to earn expected income online and you will also understands some good idea to earn a lot online.

Hi Scott...
Pro Blogger has many guest Bloggers and I'm sure heaps of other Blogs do too.
It builds each others followings and is sort of like sending info to each others lists, the proper way.
I have recently been asked to guest Blog for a lady with a very successful Blog...forgot about it actually, until then.
(Moving house and all that gets in the way!)

Anyways, go to ProBlogger and check them out. You'll find all you need to know there.
It's a great Blog too by the way.
Kindest...

Hi Great Question
i would recommend if they say they truly want to make money and are willing to do whatever it takes that first of they should save some money and invest it to learn a marketing skill such as affiliate marketing, article marketing, social media, or ppc (pay per click) or google adwords. But you should find a reliable mentor and learn as much as possible my biggest advice would be never give up.

Find a path and then work, work, work. Work will set you free.

Focus, focus, focus...

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lol. great ?... Learn one strategies that resonate with you, and do it until you get results period, stay focused, learn and do.. till you get results, then do it again till you get more results, then teach what you learned.

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This is a great thread. Thank you very much!

For me, the best way to make full-time income online is through SEO Reselling?

SEO Reselling is a system where I can work from home, I can have some fun with my family, cash is pouring to my back account, and spend hours on the net looking for next vacation destination. A work that will only spend me 2-4 hours a day.

I've seen a lot of cases wherein people are starting to tell their stories of success after few months of working with us. Sounds promising? Yeah, I'm talking about SEO reselling... We are providing SEO Service to SEO companies, Gurus, and Individuals who wants financial freedom.

Being an SEO reseller will give you the life you always wanted:

no boss
no employees
no space
no huge electric bills
no rent
no inventory
no filing of insurance
no liabilities

It does not require 10 years in college, MBA, proper education, and you don't need to be an SEO expert to be able to do this.

I would make an information product or range of info products and sell them.

They're quick, easy and cheap to make. All you need is expertise, and a camera or microphone.

Once you have something recorded, you have something of value.

I guess there is no specific strategy on how to make money online, based on experienced and observation for you to earn online you have to be dynamic and good enough to go with the trend online. but to make this thing productive this should be done along with expertise and good skills.

I think strong determination with right strategies.

I think it requires hardworking with strength,patience,intelligence and networking with the expert.

Great Advice. Just furstrating that there are no clear paths. Everything leads in circles or mostly to benefit the owner of website or product...but only pennies to the end user.

I believe if you have a strong idea or a strong product then you can earn strong income. I would suggest to all newbie to just focus on the Affiliate Marketing rather then focusing on the other tactics, such as internet marketing services, Blogging, classified etc. I believe and make them believe that only Affiliate Marketing has potential, and it will grow you in the future. So for Affiliate all you need is a perfect product which should be:

1. In Trend.
2. According to the income category of target customers.
3. Value added features.

This is all what you need

Hi Scott,

I’ve asked myself the same question while I was planning to do internet marketing.

There are really a lot of ways to earn income online but I think there’s no BEST way. There are a lot of internet success stories even on this forum that was possible through email marketing, adsense, ebay etc.


I think the best way to approach the question is by asking another question.


“What do you love?”


And follow it up by asking: “What are you good at?”


Each one of us has our own passion and a unique set of skills. Some people don’t like blogging or managing a site, so they go for ebay to buy and sell different stuff. Some people love building communities and getting social so they go for MLM.


What I mean to say is, let’s help those people who are confused with choosing the right way of starting an internet marketing business by helping identify what they love and what they’re good at. I believe that success is not that far away if you love what you’re doing.




Always here to help,

Nick

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I think the best thing should be to open an online shop like ebay or amazon. Yes, as you know that many people sell stuff online because of various reasons, one of the reasons is that it won't take you much time and easy to opera even you just have yourself. And your daughter is a colleague student right now, she still needs to take part in some classes, online shop will be her best choice. But choose the right products in website should be twice think. Good luck for you.

at first, its really hard to make money online but as go on and keep learning.. u will have a consistent earning and for sure, U will have a business in ur own.. its just a simple kind of hardworking value.

I think to establish your business or website in a niche where you have lots of interests and passion about, it will certainly lead you to successful on line career.

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Thanks everyone for the great information. Hopefully my website will be profitable in a year or so. Your input is great for brainstorming.

Lots of hardwork, dedication, patience, focus and passion

GL with your venture Zadoo

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First, define full time income. It doesn't make sense to me. Second, if what you meant is an income that never stops, there are so many affiliate programs out there that promises that. But I haven't seen any deliver.

If you ask the pros, writing a book is the best way to have residual income online.

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