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I hope you read my last message about why this blog focusses more on the business and money side of webmastering than the technical side. It involves some very deep thoughts based on many years of experience.

So where is the money to be found on the Web?

Everywhere.

We are quite fortunate to live in a time where the start-up costs in time and money for starting a business are approaching zero. Once upon a time if you wanted the simplest business you had to have a store and stuff to sell and you had to put the time in yourself. The power of the Internet removes almost all of that. A virtual store that sells someone else’s stuff and runs itself costs almost nothing to create and no time to maintain.

For anyone who doesn’t yet know how to make money on the ‘Net, look around. There are probably millions of people out there making tons of money in hundreds of different ways, most of them pretty simple.

Having trouble “getting started”? Ok, here is the way to start your very own internet business, presuming you have the basics like a brain, an Internet connection:

1) Buy a domain name
2) Get a host
3) Put up a few pages about a subject you like.
4) Put some Google ads on the page.
5) Surf around to get some links to your site.

Time spent: maybe 8 hours to have a site that will generate at least SOME revenue for you, forever.

Ok, ok, so it won’t be much money, maybe less than the hosting fees. Fine. So once you have taken the leap, refine it a bit until you make money:

6) Repeat steps 3-5 until you are making a profit.
7) Start over from the beginning and build another site. Repeat.

There you have it. A no-brainer way to make money online. Just about anyone can do it. Anyone who isn’t is really missing out for no reason.

Of course there are many slightly more sophisticated ways to make a lot more money online. Still it is almost unbelieveably how easy it is to make big money these days. For 15 ideas that show just how easy it is, try getting the Desperate for Money ebook. It really is an eye-opener.

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