How to Start Making Money Online
When I’m asked how to start making money online I inevitably ask, “How much money do you have to start with?”
More often than not, the answer is, “None.” or “Not much.” Whatever the case, the path to learn how to start making money online is nearly always the same: Get an education in internet marketing.
You Have to LEARN Before You Can EARN: Research Is MOSTLY Free
Getting an education in internet marketing is NOT about throwing a lot of money at a problem and coming out of some institution with a diploma that some Fortune 500 company will look at and say, “Wow!” Getting an education in internet marketing is about learning the basic skills of internet marketing, the first and foremost is: research, research, research.
Good Keyword Research Is The Quickest Path to Success Online
Introducing the Free Google Keyword Research Tool
The internet is FULL of free research tools. The most important tool you have at your disposal is YOUR BRAIN. Your second most important tool is without question the free Google keyword research tool (here). Click on the keyword research tool (it will open a new window so you should still be able to continue reading this post) and find the little terms search box. It will look something like this:
If you already have a website, you can type the URL in the little address input box and click search and Google will give you a good heads up about what it thinks your website is about. You can start practicing using the tool right now to find a good market to research. Again, learning how to start making money online begins with research, and we need to find a MARKET where there is money to be made.
Start Making Money Online Today by Marketing to a Big (Literally) Market
One of the biggest markets online today (and something almost all Americans know *something* about) is the weight loss market. There are millions of overweight people today, and nearly all of them *think* about losing that weight at least *some* of the time. Millions of people try diets of all kinds, eat low-fat foods, low-calorie beverages, you name it. The market for this population is (forgive the pun) ever expanding. New products come to serve this market *every*single*day. There is NO reason a new person coming to the internet marketing business can’t be the first to review the latest power-bar or diet recipe book and start earning commissions for promoting that new product.
Google Search for Losing Weight Sorted by Competition
One of the interesting terms I am seeing is “how to lose weight in your face” – man I never would have thought of that but I bet a lot of people would feel a great deal better about themselves if they could look in the mirror in the morning and just not see that chubby face staring back at them. Hmmm… looks like a consistent 10,000 +/- searches a month on that topic. SOMEBODY is going to put together a pitch to that market. Why not YOU?
I hope you are forgiving me for using all the metaphors, but it is extremely illustrative in a concrete way. The fastest way to learn how to start making money online is by thinking BIG and finding ways to shave off little slices that nobody else has taken yet.
Learning How to Start Making Money Online in the Weight-Loss Market
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