When I purchased my first computer over 10 years ago, I knew I wanted to put it to work and make money with it some how. But I knew nothing about computers or the Internet. I knew nothing about network marketing, search engine marketing, or even how to create my own web site. I knew nothing about e-mail marketing e-mail leads or how to set up an e-mail list.

I began searching the Internet for ideas. I quickly learned that you could join several affiliate programs and they would supply you with a free affiliate web page. Unfortunately getting good quality traffic to these affiliate web pages was somewhat of a challenge. And the Major search engines wouldn’t even list my new affiliate web pages. So once again I was left searching the Internet for ideas.

I kept reading over and over again to get your own domain name and create your own web site. Then incorporate all your affiliate links into your new web site. Create a theme and join affiliate programs related to that theme. But I knew nothing about creating a web site. And what the heck is HTML?

I began creating web pages on Microsoft publisher. These were very simple pages and now when I look back at them I have to laugh. They were anything but professional and publisher actually made many errors in the HTML code. But this was all just part of the learning curve. You have to learn to walk before you run.

Eventually I started writing my own HTML using Microsoft word and saving it as a simple HTML text file. To this day all my web page’s are created using word.

Since starting my online business I have probably joined 100s of affiliate program opportunities, re-modeled my web page over 50 times and spend more than 4 hours a day reading and learning how to further promote my sites to make more money. All this was done on my own with little to no training from others.

When I started I knew nothing and now my business is getting between 5-10 commission checks in the mail every month generated from sales or leads coming from my 6 web sites.

I get people that say to me all the time. I cannot do that on my own. Well if I can do it you can too. It just takes a little patients and the will to learn. If you want to make money online you need to act. You need to search for information and read all about how to create your own web site. Then you need to search for information on how to promote, advertise, and most of all how to get good search engine rankings.

Copyright © Tom Worsley

Tom Worsley is a successful work from home Internet marketer and independent representative for SFI. Owner and Webmaster for http://www.bigmoolla.com & http://kawarthapublishing.com

A Quick Note From The Publisher... If you like the article above, you may be interested in the following article which is also related to Internet Income... Tips on Affiliate Marketing 1. Learn the basics about affiliate programs and advertising on the major search engines. A great place to learn this is the Make Money Online Ebook . 2. Partner with only legitimate affiliate programs. You want to make sure you get paid don't you? See our affiliate directory for the best affiliate programs on the net. 3. Learn a little about websites and setup your own website. Many hosting providers have templates that make creating a website easy. See reviews of website hosting providers at Best Web Hosting to find a great provider. 4. Keep track of everything. Why? For starters you can't really see how well you are doing if you don't know where your traffic is coming from. Be sure and keep all receipts for any expenses for tax purposes. 5. Serve an industry, not a particular product or program. Products and programs may go away, but industries don't. You will notice we have tons of...

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