Starting Online with Little Money

When you start online, you find that there are too many software products and books to count that offer almost instant success and almost immediate wealth online. A big problem with a lot of these products is that you are never really sure what they do until you buy them, because the sales pages don't actually tell you!

As the saying goes, experience is the best teacher. Through trail and error, I figured out which products are good and necessary and can contribute value and which really are just buying a wish.

I decided to share what I learned with other people who may be starting out online with little money and could benefit from it. Hopefully this information will save you both a lot of time and a lot of money!

I have put together 10 easy steps with the resources and tools that worked for me.

You can start without actually purchasing anything (although I do recommend purchasing a domain name.) And you can immediately put pieces in place so that you can make money from your site (although I can't guarantee how much or how fast!) To get traffic, people, to come to your site, you can spend the time instead of the dollars and do everything yourself for free. Or there are a couple of tools listed (with free trials) that can help to automate some of the processes when you are ready.

I recommend these products and vendors because I have had good success with them and their customer service support is good. Another factor is that they are clear and direct in saying what their product does and how it does it – BEFORE I purchase it (unlike a lot of other products out there!) I also prefer the ones that offer a free trial in advance. If a product is not providing you with value, return it and ask for a refund!

The important thing is to just get started. Then you will learn more and may need more, or different, resources. I have deliberately kept this very simple, a place to start. Start simple and then grow.

And good luck, I hope this helps you!

STEPS and RESOURCES

1. Define your idea i.e. your niche. What do you want your business to do or be about?

2. Do your research for keywords. If you were to search on the internet for this business, what words would you use? Check them on the keyword tool, and try different variations.

Google Keyword External Tool (free) Click here.

3. Decide on the name of your site or blog, using one of those keywords that has traffic but not much competition.

4. Check to make sure it is available and purchase it! Buy a .com domain.

To check first if the name is available for free and then to purchase:
Click here for GoDaddy -right now there is a .com Domain Sale $7.49!

5. Create your blog at a blogging site or your pick a host for your website

http://www.blogger.com/ (free blog)

Click here for hostgator (website host.)


6. Write something! Start with 300-500 words about what you want to do, then add a new post every day, if you can. Just write what you want to say. If you get stuck, check out forums for your niche and see what questions people have, and then answer them in your own post.

Resource: YOU!

Cost: Priceless!

7. If you want to make money in any way other than selling your own product or service, create accounts (known as affiliate accounts) at these sites:

http://www.google.com/adsense (ads)
http://www.clickbank.com/ (digital products)
http://www.cj.com/ (for physical products)
http://amazon.com (physical products)

Or search google to find other products to sell directly from other companies.

8. If you want to build your own list of customers, with whom you can keep in touch by email, you can have additional pages and services.

Click Here for Aweber (will collect and auto-respond, sign up for a free trial - wait to sign up until you are ready to use it.)

9. Get free traffic by writing articles and press releases, posting to forums, answering questions, and direct mail to your contacts or a list.

To help with article traffic generation, try SENuke for a one week free trial.

Be sure you have time to devote to watching the videos and reading the manual.
It is very powerful, and there is a lot of great stuff to absorb.

10. If you want to spend money, you can pay to drive more traffic:

pay per click with google adwords https://adwords.google.com
pay per view with LeadImpact www.leadimpact.com
other paid advertising

NOTE: Unless you don't need to worry about starting online with little money, please, before doing any paid advertising,know a lot about keyword research and which keywords are driving traffic to your site. If not, you can spend a lot of money without any return. Learn about and do tracking of keywords and results from your other efforts.

Also note: I recommend these products based on my good experience with them. For some of these, I have become an affiliate (and may receive compensation if you purchase) because I believe they offer me and you good value. I donate 10% of what I make from this site to my favorite cause, Global Fund for Women. Hopefully, the information and products will help you be successful at whatever you choose to do with your website or blog.