Online Home Business Help Is Only A Forum Away

Is your online home business budget very tight and do you find you just don’t have enough time to learn and implement all that you need to do? This article discusses tips and ideas to solve these problems through the use of forums. - Online Home Business Help Is Only A Forum Away

Free Internet Home Business Ebooks

When I started my Online Home Business there were 3 ebooks that helped me tremendously to get my business off the ground and I still refer to them today.

The first one:

Dotcomology - The Science of Making Money Online (click to download)

This ebook is really a must have. Here you will find everything you need to start making money online including tools and software programs absolutely free!

The second one:

Google Adwords Made Easy (click to download)

Simple, fool-proof strategies you can use right away for Adwords success.

And thirdly:

Search Engine Optimization Made Easy (click to download)

Simple step-by-step search engine optimization strategies that I used to optimize my website.

You are welcome to go ahead and download them FREE - they are all pdf files so give them time to download and I hope you will benefit from them as much as I did.

You may wish to a take a peek at a set of videos which were and still are of tremendous value to me - especially the "HTML and how it works" video which has enabled me to make huge changes to my website - the Newbie Training Videos that I got free when I signed up for the Plug-in Profit Site and you can get them free too.

Founder of StatCounter Wins BusinessWeek's Young Entrepreneur Contest

I use the free version of StatCounter on my online home business website and find it a really fantastic tool to keep track of visitors to my site and so I was thrilled to learn that Aodhan Cullen, the founder of StatCounter is the BusinessWeek Young Entrepreneur of the Year!!

Aodhan Cullen started StatCounter when he was just 16 years old - if you would like to read the full story you can do so here.

I highly recommend StatCounter, it is easy to install and gives you very detailed statistics on the number of hits plus the geographical location of visitors, the pages people view, and the keywords they use to find a site plus much more.

Online Home Based Business - The Benefits

July has been a month full of surprises for me which made me really appreciate the benefits of working from home with my own online home based business and not having to report to a boss.

I was scheduled for my annual bone density scan and mammogram, which had I been in a normal job would have required that I request time off twice for these two appointments.

But, early in the month I developed an abscess in one of my teeth which necessitated 3 appointments with the dentist to carry out root canal treatment. Here I would have had to ask my boss a further three times for time off.

My bone density scan results required that I go for a MRI scan on three of my vertebrae, so that would have been the sixth request in one month for time off!!!! I can just image how pleased the boss would have been!!!!!
There were two normal doctor's appointments inbetween all these other appointments so the total amount of times I would have had to ask for time off would be eight!!

Add to the eight hours of appointments the travelling time - 30 minutes to the appointment and 30 minutes to travel back to work - that would be 16 hours off work in one month!

To occupy my mind while I lay in the tunnel of the MRI scanner I thought about all this and how fortunate I was to have my own online home business and not have to ask a boss for permission to go to the doctor, dentist or for an xray or anything for that matter.

Furthermore, because my home business is totally online and operates 24/7/365 I did not have to worry about it while I attended to the medical side of things. It was also really easy for me to catch up by working a couple of extra hours at home in the evening.

Being a conscientious worker, had I still been in a normal job this would have been all rather embarrassing as well as frustrating trying to catch up or make up the 16 hours.

By the time the MRI scan was complete I realised how fortunate I was to not have to worry about reporting to a boss and requesting time off and how glad I am that I have my own online home business and the freedom that one has working from home.

Make the Leap to Affiliate Marketing Success

Copyright © Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy


If you are going to become a successful affiliate on the Internet, you need 3 "intangibles." These are things that must come from WITHIN you.

===> Intangible 1 <===
First, you must have a strong WHY.

Why must you make affiliate marketing work? What is driving you? What is it that you CAN'T have in your life anymore and/or what is it that you absolutely MUST HAVE now?

For me, I couldn't stand working 12+ hours a day anymore and missing the experience of my children growing up. I also absolutely HAD TO HAVE the freedom of being able to control my life and finances through a little box that I could carry with me anywhere in the world and not be tied to anyone's time pressures or demands but my own. That was my carrot and my stick. I felt a great pain deep in my gut of missing out on my children's lives and the incredible freedom that succeeding in this business would provide for me. I found my why. You MUST find yours.

===> Intangible 2 <===
You must BELIEVE that it is possible.

If you don't believe that it's POSSIBLE for you to make money with affiliate programs or make your living on the Internet, you won't. It's that simple.

For me, figuring out that it was possible was just a matter of realizing that many other people were ALREADY making great money online. If they could do it, I could too. It would just be a matter of figuring out what those people were doing and then adapting it to my situation.

There is no shortage of undeniable PROOF that people (millions of them) are making money online with affiliate programs. Just get online and do some research and you'll find countless testimonials and stories of REAL PEOPLE making real money on the Internet. Or head to your local bookstore and you'll find the same documented evidence of this fact. Truth is, it's getting easier and easier to make money online with affiliate programs.

I've always said that "affiliate marketing" is the job of the future. In the "old" days, you had to go to a potential employer, apply for the position and hope for the best. Now you can simply go to any company you want, fill out their affiliate application and start work immediately. Affiliates are the new working class. Believe me, making money with affiliate programs or making your living on the Internet is WAY MORE than possible. It is pretty much (or will be soon enough) unavoidable now. Affiliate marketing is the "job" of the future that's already here TODAY.

===> Intangible 3 <===
You must be willing to MAKE THE LEAP.

Ready, FIRE, then aim... This is the operating philosophy you MUST adopt to succeed with affiliate marketing.

That's backwards for most people who like to aim before they fire. The fact is the Internet is a moving target... The only thing constant about it is change. You need to stop analyzing the game and simply jump into it. You can't learn from the outside... You have to be IN THE RING to truly understand it.

The lesson here is that you will never really be READY to start an affiliate marketing business. You simply have to start one. This is what I call "Making the Leap."

The good news is that the cost of failure on the Internet is very small. In the "brick and mortar" world you need to evaluate things very carefully before you decide to open up a business. It's almost always necessary to invest thousands of dollars to get an offline business off the ground. However, on the Internet you can often start a successful business for less than $100. The Plug-In Profit Site is a great example of this as you can see here: http://www.cyns-home-biz.com/pips.html.

You simply need get IN THE GAME... Each moment that you stay "out there," you're wasting valuable time that you could be learning and skills necessary to become a successful affiliate marketer. In fact, if you're not in the game yet, you're ALREADY behind the times. Make the leap to becoming a successful affiliate marketer today!

Stone Evans, The Home Biz Guy helps ordinary people all over the world make money online with affiliate programs. If you can follow 3 easy steps, you can get your own custom website, autoresponder (email follow-up software) and pre-written email marketing campaign professionally designed and installed and ready to pull in profits for you in 24 hours or less! See details at: http://www.cyns-home-biz.com/pips.html

Note: You have permission to re-publish this article on your own website or newsletter.

Leisure Audio Books - A Genuine Income Opportunity

I recently joined Leisure Audio Books and I am really excited about this free affiliate program and wanted to share it with you.

This is not a get rich quick scheme that other websites falsely promise you, this is a 100% Genuine Business Opportunity that will, with a little hard work and determination, have the potential to change your life!!

Leisure Audio Books is already making its members four, five and six figure monthly incomes that will continue to come to them month after month, year after year.

There are absolutely no hidden costs, no lies, all you need to succeed is an e-mail address! No money up front - all we ask is - that you take a look and see for yourself.

Take a look at the details of the Leisure Audio Books Affiliate Program

The products are fantastic - you can browse the Leisure Audio Book Store and see the incredible range of hi quality hi fidelity products. They have over 6000 titles meticulously sorted into 160 categories in a feature- packed store.

The great thing too is that you can join as a free member and still earn an income. If you choose to upgrade your commission percentage increases. A very fair and unique program.

Make Lots More Money by Choosing the Right Affiliate Programs

Copyright © 2005 Suzanne Morrison

If you want to make money on the internet, there are numerous lucrative affiliate programs that you can join for free.

In basic terms, all you need to do when you join an affiliate program is add a special link containing your unique affiliate ID to your website or blog. Whenever someone follows that affiliate link from your website and makes a purchase, you are credited with a commission for that sale.

Affiliate programs are good for you because you make money from your website visitors without having to worry about shipping and payment processing. They are also pretty good for the owner of the affiliate program too as they are receiving traffic and sales that they wouldn’t normally have received if they hadn’t come via your website.

If you already have your own website, it should be easy to find affiliate programs that complement the theme of your site. For example, if you have a travel website you can sign up with Commission Junction for free and promote companies such as Expedia and National Geographic. Or you could sign up with the first ever online affiliate program, Amazon and make money by reviewing and recommending travel books. Regardless of your website’s niche you should be able to find some sort of affiliate program to help monetize your traffic.

Most good affiliate programs will provide you with banners, images, links, sample ads and sometimes even articles and emails to help you promote their products. They should also have a support system for you to ask questions, plus statistics and a reporting function to allow you to view your click-throughs and sales.

Affiliate programs for companies that sell physical products such as books and CDs, or travel related products such as hotels, flights and car hire tend to pay a small amount of commission, for example 5%.

If you aren’t lucky enough to be getting thousands of visitors to your site each day and you want to make lots of money from affiliate programs the best plan of action is to choose an affiliate program that has a combination of the following

1. A high commission
2. A residual income
3. Multiple Tiers

Affiliate programs offering a high commission are usually selling intangible goods. Examples of these include e-books, software and membership sites. The owners of these affiliate programs can afford to give large commissions because although there is a cost associated with producing the product, the cost generally stays the same regardless of whether the owner sells 100 copies or 1000 copies. This is why these affiliate programs can offer a commission of 50% and sometimes more, meaning that you can sell less of these products and make more money than you would with a traditional affiliate program offering a 5% commission.

Affiliate programs offering a residual income tend to be those that offer a service such as web hosting or access to a membership site. For example if you direct a visitor from your site to a web hosting company that offers an affiliate program with residual income and that person purchases a hosting package, you would receive a commission every single month, for as long as that person stays with that hosting company. The power of this is that you can build up a more reliable income, which means a steady pay packet during the months when new sales are slow.

Finally, a multi tier affiliate program is one that rewards you for recruiting your own affiliates. As well as receiving a commission for sales that are made through your affiliate link, you will also receive a percentage of the sales made from the affiliates that you’ve recruited yourself.

So it pays to promote affiliate programs, but it pays even more to be choosy when deciding on which affiliate programs to promote. Choosing programs that pay high commissions and offer multi tier or residual income can make a huge difference to your bank balance at the end of each month.

Resource Box:

Suzanne Morrison is the webmaster of http://www.homebiz-direct.com. She makes an online income with the Plug-In Profit Site - a money making website built for you within 24 hours, promoting 5 of the best affiliate programs with high commissions, residual income and
multiple-tiers.

Thanks to Suzanne for allowing me to publish her article

Introductory Video to Cyns-Home-Biz.com

With all the talk about having video on ones site, I thought I had better do something about it.

So, I have been having some fun the last 24 hours creating my own video which explains a little about myself and how I started Cyn`s Home Biz.

I used Windows Movie Maker (which was already on my pc) and uploaded it to YouTube and Google and it is already live and appearing in the video search results for the keyword phrases "online home business", "how to start an online home business", "how to start a home internet business"and "start making money online".

I haven't placed the video on the front page of my site, but I have linked it from the front page.

It took a while to figure out what I was meant to do in Windows Movie Maker, but after a while I managed to produce a video - you are welcome to view the first attempt of my Online Home Business Video and leave your comments.

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Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties In Google

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Jetspinner is completely free and will allow you to create hundreds of unique articles for article marketing.

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