Make Money Online As An Affiliate Or...

The creation of the internet and the mass production of computers in the late 80's changed everyone's lives forever. One very important change is the ability to make money online; the ability everyone has to be be their own boss whether you are a stay home mom or a manual laborer.

All you need to do is search on Google for business opportunities and it will bring up more than you could ever imagine. I'm going to concentrate on 3 of the many different options to chose from when starting your internet based empire. One thing to note, I'm not talking about a get rich quick type business plan, even though you you may think it's easy to make a living on the internet, it actually does require a firm business plan and a lot of hard work.

You can run an online business on a part time bases with your current job, and build it to something huge... Your potential market is better than the average store in fact its bigger than you can ever imagine.

The first thing you'll need to decide is the type of business that's right for you, then research
the market. The 3 possible business choices I'm going to discuss are:

1. Affiliate programs
2. Adsense programs
3. Selling products

1. Affiliate programs will pay you a commission for selling company products. You'll have no contact with the customer, as all you do is provide sales leads to the company of whom you have to be an affiliate for.

2. Adsense programs are where you take an existing website you own of a particular subject then add contextual adverts from Google's adsense program. When someone clicks on an advert you'll receive a few cents.

3. The final method is selling products. You'll build a website with a shopping cart then give as many details as possible about the products. When customers buy products, you'll receive pay based on what you sell and how many.

When it all comes down to it, you'll need to set up a business and web site to start to make money online and get the most from your E-Commerce or affiliate marketing program. It'll take a lot of hard work and dedication - although it'll prove to be well worth it.