By: Mike Primer – Guest Writer

I will explain my experience with a little humor.
I was selling online nationally before Google even existed. It was a time when cell phones still came in large black bags the size of a small shoe box. If you’re scratching your head because you don’t remember those trust me, it was a long time ago.

Over the years I have watch the internet take many crazy twists and turns, but I will admit it has been a fun ride. I hope to give you REAL insight about making money online.

Starter Rules…

1) Find your passion.
A friend of mine started a deer hunting website a few years ago. It was a “fun hobby”. He enjoyed working on it because it was a “passion” and he was an expert. People came to the site because they enjoyed it. Soon he had over 100,000 people a month coming to his website and it now generates him over $1200 a month.
The same applies to you. If you don’t enjoy it, it won’t work.

2) Would you REALLY buy it?
If you wouldn’t buy something and don’t TRULY believe in the “product or service” why would you expect others to do the same. A “program” designed to make money will net you nothing. A great product or service will.

3) Is there a large audience?
A friend of mine loves soccer. His kids play and he coaches. He ordered training videos from www.SoccerU.com and loved them. He found they had an affiliate program and he posted their banner on all his sites. Guess what? None of his sites were “soccer sites”. However, everyone from bank presidents to janitors have kids in soccer. He also found that he could now promote this product world wide.
Soon he was generating enough income to pay for his kid’s soccer expense. Don’t get too narrow.

4) Keep your goals low.
Start off thinking you’re going to make $10,000 next month and you’ll be down in the dumps very soon. Use your efforts as a learning experience to start with. Set your goals VERY low. Make $10 the first week, and then double that the following week. The one thing I have learned is that “learning” is expensive.

Making a NET PROFIT, not just sales…

Finally I think you should make sure that you try and make a net profit. Now, having said that, most people forget to add in their time.
Let me explain.
If next month you put in 80 hours into your “new internet business” and made a profit of $600, would you be happy?
Well if you spent $250 on program costs, hosting and advertising that would leave you with a net profit of $350.
Divide that by 80 hours and you are getting paid $4.37 an hour. Do this for 5 years and you made $14,800.
Now go get a part-time job making $8 hour for that same period and you would have $38,400.

My point is pretty simple.
If you need some extra income, the web is not always the best solution. Find your niche and it will work. Simply “do it to do it” and your better off getting a real job. Pick your passion, fall in love with it, and STICK with it.

This website is devoted to answering that question in REAL straight forward talk.

However, IF YOU DON’T TAKE THE TIME TO READ, you could be in for some BIG losses and headaches.

First, is most of what I hear a bunch of HYPE?

YES, unfortunately it is.

If anyone could get online and in just a few weeks be making thousands of dollars a week do you think anyone would have a REAL JOB? Hey let’s face it, there wouldn’t be a nurse around, any teachers or car salesmen working if they all could sit at home making $4000 a week.

So, let’s get real first off.

Making money online starts with a few dollars a month.

It demands much of your free time and you must be willing to study, learn and experiment.

That is the key. DO NOT use money making programs to MAKE MONEY.

Use them to LEARN.

Consider your mistakes, trials and errors as an education. Try something new, spend a few dollars and see what works, what doesn’t work and what you need to learn.

That is the first step in making money online.

If you can accept that fact, you should proceed.

If you aren’t willing to spend $30 – $100 a month to start a REAL business, then stop now and go out and get a second job that pays you by the hour.

This may sound like tough talk, but it is the REAL answer.

We will help you better understand what you can and can’t do, how much you can and can’t make.

Spend some time with us and learn.