I am new and feel clueless to the whole making money on the internet thing. I am a graduating senior in college and am about to enter the competive job market. I will be finishing up classes this summer and will have a lot of free time on my hands as i will only be taking a couple classes and finishing up my degree and looking for a job. I am very interested in getting ino the world of making money from the internet, but i have no idea where to start. Can someone give me some starting ideas or some websites that explain where to start? I'm very excited to learn and am willing to devote much time and effort to such a business. Where do you even start? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Start? Build it or buy it. You're likely to build something. Build what? Service related or product related. Service is the easiest. Doesn't necessarily require suppliers etc. So you are going to offer a service... Options: Software, Tools, Information etc. Choose something you know lots about and are fanatical about. Start an affiate website and promote other people's goods in return for sales commision. Or start a website about something you know tons about and earn AdSense money... Loads of stuff to do...
There are several FREE reports available. I have one that I can give you or you can download. It won't work on a Mac. Look for it on my signature. It has just about everything a newbie needs to know to get started. But, when you're done reading it, focus on consumer products not internet marketing stuff.
how about something simple....put together all the original work you have related to your degree on a site......slap up a google adsence code...and get some backlinks.
Well the easiest to do is webhosting because its relatively simple to get a reseller account and start off, but then the competition and slow initial returns could put you off a little. The fastest that I have tried is Auction selling, but you need a sum of start off capital for initial stock to pull that off. But really as I said, depends on what are your most potiential skills and interest
I think as a starter you should start with an information site (community type, maybe a forum also). What's your hobby? What is the topic you really enjoy to talk about? Choose that specific topic, then start doing some research about the sites in that field. Get some ideas from established sites, and start creating your own. If you like what you're doing, you will certainly be successful. My first site was my personal site, then I've converted it to a community forum/portal type, and it was like a passion to me, I have spent hours working on it every day. And it has become very successful. Because I enjoyed working on it, it was never like a job for me, it was always a hobby. I'd even recommend starting with a personal site and some information about your hobbies, links, your articles (blog type maybe), and then some user interaction. Good luck and let us know if you have any questions.
It seems to me, as talking to people that the best way to succeed is from reading this e book published by Chris Malta? As i am about half way through this e book, that Malta is basically saying that the best way is to go out and find a good "internet mall" that lets you use their space and their design aspects and make it your own. Then go out and find a good supplier that avoids the "middle men" and just create your store that way. I am wondering why, it says that 500 people look at this book a day in the "information" part of the book. If there are 500 people a day reading this, isnt there a good percentage of people also trying this very same tactic ever day? So i would be competing with several different people doing the same thing every day. What sets me apart from others? And if i go about creating a site that doesnt encourage a purchase from potential clients, (be it software or a forum or whatever) i am not sure where the big money would come from. Obviously anything starts out slow. But gaining advertisers would be a slow punishing road, and it seems that i might not know enough about those type of sites to make it run smoothly. Any more advise on any of these subjects would be greatly appreciated. It seems that many of the people who post here are already successful in their particular interent site and have much valuable information. But either way, i need to find a "niche" that would set my site apart from the thousands and thousands of sites that are trying to do basically the same thing that i am doing. How should i go about doing this? I have a strong work ethic and am not afraid to put much hard work and effort into doing so. I was considering something related to sports or sports products.
I'd liek to know what others think of this book. I am not plugging this book, believe me because i am trying to express skepticism and waiting for other opinions. But again this book is by Chris Malta and is called "starting your internet business right". Is this book a good starting product for me? Is there any more? And does anyone know of any good internet malls and drop shippers that could be utilized? Any information on this site good or bad would be appreciated. It is so hard to tell legit ideas from the ones that try to rope you in.
I mean demographics come into play here and creating a website targeted at the particular demographic i am looking to buy products. How could i make my website stand out and even be noticed in the vast array of websites doing the same thing? Where should it be? How can i make it come up in a search from say google better?