10 Juicy First Steps to Making Money Online

Have you ever wondered how to work from home making money online? Are you tired of all these making money scams and so-called wealth gurus who charge oodles for their invaluable tips? Fear not, because I am here to provide free advice for your online money-making ventures. In this article we discuss the 10 first steps to get started making money online in no-nonsense, easy-to-read fashion.

1. Check out ClickBank if you haven't already and sign up for an account. ClickBank is a digital product retailer which offers you the opportunity to gain a commission whenever you sell a vendors product. It's free for affiliates.

2. Think about your areas of knowledge and expertise. It will help a lot in whatever direction you choose to make money online to be able to share something and gain a following.

3. In conjunction with this try to brainstorm product ideas around your possible area of expertise. Can you turn it into an e-book? If not then maybe you can make a video - they're quicker to produce and will also stand out above other products.

4. Sign up to forums and other sites around in the area of the products you're promoting and participate in them. Don't just say "hey guys, have a look at this product". People tend to ignore that sort of stuff. If you help out with people's questions and make useful contributions they're more likely to check out the odd link you suggest.

5. Write articles to share your knowledge and post them to EzineArticles.com and similar sites. Include links in your articles and send them to your products.

6. Build up a big web presence. Start your own web site, join social networking sites  and post regular updates.

7. Join Squidoo if you haven't already (you may be reading this on here) and build a few lenses around your area of knowledge. Recommend your products in them, but don't turn your pages into billboards (that rule pretty well applies to anything you do online).

8. Avoid AdWords or other paid advertising to send visitors to your products for the time being. When you build up a steady cash flow from free methods you might want to try it.

9. If you have your own site then think about adding AdSense to it if you haven't already. There may be some occasions where it's not so suitable (any time someone clicks on an ad they're making a decision to leave your site) so just try to be aware what your site is trying to achieve.

10. Be patient, be prepared for it to take a little time and work. If you stick with it eventually your efforts will pay off and you will most certainly be able to make an income working from home.

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