On the right track...

Now that we've decided to make some money, let's look at ways to gain an audience.

We need to set ourselves up a blog, and not just a throwaway blog on a free host because those look tacky. Blogs are a great way to keep people returning to a site, because they provide fresh new content for the masses, and they can be updated as many times a day as you want.

HostGator offers cheap, reliable web hosting starting as low as a penny a month! That's right, one penny. Just make sure to use the "wordpress" coupon code when signing up for your hosting package. That guarantees you a good deal. HostGator has great support, quick turn around, and a really high uptime.

When you buy your account, HostGator will send you an email documenting what you'll need to do to get into your cpanel and how to point your domain to your HostGator webspace.

Once you've got your domain pointing to your HostGator webspace, log into your cpanel and go to the Fantastico Deluxe button. Fantastico provides you with an easy method to install pre-bundled scripts onto your website. No uploading of files, no configuring databases, just a few clicks, some questions answered, and voila! Instant blog, shopping cart, or whatever!

You'll want to install a wordpress blog with Fantastico, as wordpress is one of the best blogging platforms out there. It's a breeze to configure and it's fun to use. 

Once you've figured out how to go in and setup Wordpress, we'll need to find a niche to blog about. Stay tuned for the next post on finding niches!

In the beginning...

So, you've decided to start making money on the internet. Great, now what?

Well if you're like me, you floundered for a while before someone grabbed you, shook you by the collar and said "HEY! THERE'S EASY MONEY TO BE MADE HERE!"

This same person directed me to my first marketing system, namely CashCrate. You sign up with them, complete some offers, and voila... "easy" money. But this wasn't the kind of money I was hoping to make. Filling out offers for soap, vitamins, and shopping surveys just didn't feel like the "easy money" I'd heard so much about. This couldn't be right, not when I was only making $0.25 an offer. Who were all those guys making thousands by just watching the numbers roll in?! Why couldn't I do that?

Wait a second...

Why can't I do that?

There's nothing stopping me! I can do that!

Read that last part again: There is NOTHING stopping ME (or you) from making money so easily that the numbers just roll in!

So how did I do it? Well all these guys were telling me to sign up for this, that, and the other. 

"Sign up for my special offer and I'll tell you how to make millions!"

"Join my mailing list and read my tips for getting rich!"

These guys are making money from YOU every time you sign up for a list, or buy their eBooks! That's right, every time a marketer sells you a product that explains how to get rich, you're proving that their system works. Their system is to sell their system!

Throughout this blog we'll be going over how to use the best internet marketing systems without paying a DIME! It's all FREE baby! Don't drop any money on books, "special offers," or membership sites touting the most profitable "get rich on the internet" schemes. If you've already bought any of this stuff then ask for a refund! You don't need to spend any money to learn how to make money online!

Recap:

What did we learn so far?

1. CashCrate is a good place to start.
   
2. Internet Marketers are ALWAYS selling something!
3. We can make the same sort of money that professional internet marketers do!

Stay Tuned...