How To Create An Internet Business On A Minimum Budget

Sunday, 30 May 2010 - Sherrie Vitello

When deciding to create an internet business, it can be a little intimidating. Where do I start? What kind of product should I promote? How can I accomplish this without it costing me too much money? How do I advertise my site?....the questions can go on and on. A person can actually get paralyzed by all the information they will read before making any decisions.

The best way to start would probably be to research the types of products or marketing you would be interested in promoting. Finding the best merchandiser site i.e. ClickBank, Commission Junction, Google Affiliate to name a few, is a good place to start. These sites offer plenty of help and you can always email them with questions you may have. They usually will get back to you within a couple of business days.

Sometimes you can search individual websites, where they offer all kinds of information and applications. If you locate a website that offers valid products that are free or doesn't cost so much, you can gain a lot of information from it, odds are you will get plenty of the right information from it. How you apply the information can be taken from the ideas suggested or you can do what a lot of people do and register with a hosting site and begin creating your website, blog or promotional page.

Sometimes a merchant site might look great...all the flash, and color, but you soon find out that their products cost way too much. Be careful when you see high-prices, you could get a big charge on your credit card and terrible customer service or an invalid product. Better to check if these types of sites have an affiliate program. That way you can upload their banners, links etc. on your website without having to pay anything. But be smart and do a search on the product to find out how many searches have been done on it. This can help you decide what products to promote.

Remember supply and demand is a good rule of thumb to apply before deciding which products you choose to place on your website. Ok, you have your product or products that you will be promoting. If you've signed up with a hosting-site, which you should, you can now start to upload these products to your site and start arranging and creating your site the way you want to. That's the fun part. Take your time, you want to be creative. Imagine you are the customer looking for a product, considering the mass on the internet, you want your site to invite those surfers' in not turn them off.

The next step after you've completed your site is to find ways to promote your site. This is actually a lot easier than it seems. There are several submittal-sites that will allow you to submit your site url. Some submittal-sites may charge a small fee and they will promote your site for you to several different search engines. This can work for you too. The key is the more submittal-sites you apply to the better chances you'll have to obtaining more exposure and traffic. Just be sure that you check if the submittal-sites are solid and not a scam.

So for now you've learned several ways to create a internet business without it costing you a lot of money. Plus if you take the precautions mentioned, you can do this fairly well, without getting into trouble with rip-off sites. If you would like to know more about creating an internet business website, blog or promotional page check the listed website address for much more information and ideas. Until next time...enjoy the day.

3 KEY INTERNET BUSINESS START-UP IDEAS - WITHOUT A WEBSITE

3 Key Internet Business Start-Up Ideas - Without a Website
by: Mark Bellinger

A great deal of money has been made by online entrepreneurs who have implemented these 3 highly successful business models that can help you create income online without having to invest a single a cent in website design, hosting, optimizing or website maintenance.

1. Affiliate Marketing

This is how to set yourself up as an affiliate marketer

1. Becoming an Affiliate
Firstly you need to sign up as an affiliate with individual companies or affiliate networks that represent several companies.
These affiliate networks usually have a wide range of products and services to choose from and offer everything from e-books to networking products to sell.
They also administer your account in such a way as to provide you with up to date earning and traffic statistics.

2. Get Products and Services to Sell

Next you need to identify the products or companies whose products you would like to promote. You can do this by either choosing the most popular, hottest selling products or the ones that you have an interest in or are knowledgeable about.

3. Selling and Marketing

Once you've got your unique affiliate link, which you'll get from the affiliate network, for each product that you want to sell you need to start getting it all over the internet.

This link can then be promoted by,

1. advertising it
One of the most effective and most popular advertising models involves you setting up a Google Adwords account
You then purchase pay-per-click keywords on which determine when, where and how often your Google Adsense ads appear all over the internet.
Your affiliate tracking code will be embedded in the Adsense link which will send buyers directly to the affiliate merchant.
You will then earn commission on each sale made. This is the best way of getting massive targetted traffic to the merchant's site where your prospects will hopefully make a purchase. However, whilst you may be generating traffic don't forget that each click your ad gets costs you money and if you are spending more on Adwords advertising than you are generating in commission you will be out of pocket soon.

2. having it included in someone else’s website

3. using it in an e-mail newsletter - direct marketing

2. Start Selling on eBay

eBay is the hottest e-commerce site on the web today, and for good reason... * More than 2 million people visit eBay.com every single day, spending an average of two hours navigating through eBay's pages and listings * More than $1,000 in sales happen on eBay every single second * 72% of eBay users have incomes in excess of $50,000 per year--so they come ready to spend! And while those listings will cost you only pennies to place on eBay's pages, you gain immediate access to millions of buyers who are looking for items just like yours.

3. Start Selling on Purpose Built Websites

One of the easiest ways of setting up an online business is to buy into a ready made store front that will be populated with thousands of digital products and services all embedded with your unique affiliate tracking code So everytime a purchase is made from your site you are credited with the commission. So there you have it, employ one or all three methods to launch a legitimate and sustainable online business.

About The Author
Mark Bellinger, a university graduate, is a successful businessman and entrepreneur exploring legitimate and lucrative internet opportunities, ways to make money on the internet and how to generate income online without a website.