| When you get started online, either you have a | | | | business. |
| budget for advertising and product development or | | | | Next, you need a website. There are several free |
| you do not. If you have a budget, you purchase a | | | | web site hosting companies that include free site |
| few online manuals, you learn how to develop a | | | | builder software. Just type in "free web hosting" into |
| product, you start advertising, and you are in | | | | a search engine and you will have lots of choices. |
| business, hopefully making money in a short period of | | | | Now, with free, you will usually have limited space, |
| time. | | | | and the site will have advertising on it to support the |
| If you are starting on a shoestring, it may feel like | | | | company. Keep in mind, you are just getting started, |
| there is just no way at all to get started online and | | | | so you won't need a lot of space; once you need it |
| really create a profit. In the next ten minutes, I will | | | | you can upgrade to the paid version. Also, having the |
| show you how to get started online on a shoestring, | | | | advertising is just another price you pay for starting |
| and how to really make it profitable. | | | | out on a shoestring. |
| One important thing about starting on a shoestring is | | | | The next thing you need is an auto responder, so |
| that you cannot take any money out of the internet | | | | you can keep in touch with your client list. There are |
| for personal use. Anything that you might earn online | | | | several free versions of paid auto responder services |
| should be reinvested right back into your business. I | | | | available. Again, they will be limited and have |
| am going to show you a series of steps to take that | | | | advertising, but again, once you are making money, |
| involve free advertising, free products and tools, and | | | | you can upgrade. |
| free methods of traffic generation. Although they | | | | Once you have your website and an auto responder |
| don't cost any money, they will cost time, so you will | | | | service set up, you need to drive traffic to your site. |
| have to be willing to spend a considerable amount of | | | | This is where you will spend most of your time. My |
| time online at first. Once you begin to develop an | | | | favorite form of free marketing is article writing and |
| income online, you must reinvest that money into | | | | submission. |
| paid versions of the services you use. If you do not, | | | | With article writing and submission, you write articles |
| you will become burnt out on the time you have to | | | | that are related to the product you are selling or |
| spend online, and you will never really get ahead. | | | | promoting, and submit them to the various article |
| The first thing you need to do is determine exactly | | | | directories. In exchange for the content you allow |
| what kind of an online business you will become | | | | them to use on their web site, they promote your |
| involved in. You can develop a product of your own, | | | | articles for free. With article marketing, you will get |
| although if you are just starting out online, I do not | | | | out of it what you put into it. You must write nice |
| recommend it. If you are just starting out, you are | | | | quality articles, and write every day. One thing to |
| much better off promoting someone else's product | | | | remember online is that if you want traffic and |
| while you learn all the other aspects of online | | | | business everyday, you must work everyday. |