If you are looking into starting an Internet home business, and not sure where to begin, I advise that you not spend ANY money, there is plenty of free content sites, with very professional material they give away for no cost.
You will see many incredible products, and be very tempted to buy this and that. My advice is DON'T. Take your time to look and learn, and start investing money AFTER you understand more about It, and you get a sense of which of the many "flavors" of Internet businesses to start.
A very smart way to get started is to open your own digital products business: (i.e. reselling Software, Articles, EBooks, Web/Blog Content)
A Digital Product Business has the advantages of:
1. You can easily purchase Resale Rights For Excellent Products
2. The cost of these Master Resale Rights (MRR) packages is quite affordable.
3. Many of these products include Private Label Rights (PLR) that allow you to brand them and edit them so you can make it your own product.
4. Many products include a Reseller website, lead capture and order pages.
5. These products can easily be edited and customized to create powerful, compelling content for you own website. That will Drive Internet Search Engine Traffic.
6. You have the advantages over affiliate marketing in that you own the product and make 100% of the profits.
7. Another advantage over being an affiliate marketer is that you are sending traffic to your own site, and building your own list, not that of the owner of the affiliate offer you are promoting.
8. There is a HUGE Market for these well made digital products.
9. You can start your business on a shoestring and build traffic and sales through effective guerrilla marketing techniques.
10. The profit margin is extremely high, as the only ongoing cost is hosting!
Keep in mind, as you are reading this article, that this is report in a very broad sketch, and that although I will touch on several key points, An entire book or course could be written for each point I discuss. So it is up to YOU to do additional research in order to "fill the gaps".
STEP 1: Obtain Free Products To Start Your Business:
But you ask, how can I get free products that I can resell for profit? It is actually quite easy!
Join a club, or membership site that provides free software, free digital products and web content you can use, Including - Master Reseller Rights - without charge! Believe it or not, many sites will offer great products for Free, just to get you to become a member.
The idea is they can demonstrate value to the subscriber up front, the person is likely to remain a loyal subscriber, and possibly purchase some product from them in the future.
These "Free Membership" and "Giveaway" sites are springing up all over the place, and offer the inexperienced Internet marketer a great way to get into business without spending a dime!
Here are some free sites I recommend:
EpicycleDigital.com - http://epicycledigital.com/ A PLR and MRR Free Membership site that gives away fresh products every month.
SurefireWealth - http://wee1.biz/ct/t.php?l=207 This is a great site that offer dozens of high quality free digital products, many include reseller rights!
Cody Moya's Reseller Rights Pack - http://wee1.biz/ct/t.php?l=208 Cody is a brilliant marketer who has put together this free resource containing incredible Master Reseller Rights (MRR) packages that he is literally giving away!
Try a search on your favorite search engine with these two key phrases: giveaway page and free resale rights.
STEP 2: Set Up a Hosting Account For Your Reseller Pages.
You will need a place to host your sales pages on the Internet. If you already have a website, great! Add your additional sales pages to your existing site, and link them to the home page. If not web hosting accounts today are inexpensive and easy to use.
I recommend you get hosting that comes with Cpanel and has Fantastico installed. Fantastico is utility that provides one click installation of many popular blogging, forum, and other web applications.
If you need a host, I recommend Hostmonster - http://wee1.biz/ct/t.php?l=209 They are one of the most reliable hosts on the market.
So-Called Free Website Hosts
Another option is to post your ads on a community blogging site or a "Free Hosting" provider. Community sites, such as blogger are not recommended because blogger can (and has) shut peoples blogs down without notice based upon a complaint by a user. You can risk your hard work for something like that to happen.
Free Hosting is actually not free. Basically, the free version is so stripped down that it would be impossible to use it for a business site. The free pages usually have other peoples ads on them, and are limited to a single page, and have limited ability to upload and host your reseller products and images.
You can upgrade a free host to the premium service, at a price of about $5 a month. One such host I currently use for a niche site is All4webs - http://wee1.biz/ct/t.php?l=206 They give you a decent number of templates to choose from. The page builder is easy to use, and you can upload your sales pages without much hassle, and it has a nice clean navigation menu.
STEP 3: Set Up a Method Of Payment.
For most people starting out, the best choice for a Merchant Business Account is PayPal http://wee1.biz/ct/t.php?l=205 It is quick and easy to setup a paypal business account. And the setup is free, you only pay when somebody buys something. many people trust paypal, and already have a paypal account. If someone does not swish to setup an account, the PayPal can be used as a traditional credit card processor.
STEP 4: Market Your Site.
Many books have been written on this topic. Free classifieds sites and forums are a great place to get noticed. Just be sure you carefully follow all the terms of service in order that your ads do not get flagged and taken down. Do a Google search for forums targeted to your product or interests by searching for "keyword Forum" where Keyword is your targeted product niche.
Also take a look at the information contained in the products you have collected. Use them for new ideas for promoting your site.
About the Author
Christopher Andrew is a Internet Marketing and SEO Expert who has been doing online marketing for the last seven years. epicycledigital.com provides Internet marketers free and low cost MRR And PLR products, as well as support to build Internet business success.
