The experience in situations of life and death very easily describe feelings you get when you don't know where your next meal ticket will come from! A guru in the internet marketing field sums it up in his own experience when he said, ?I've seen war zones, but nothing prepared me for the utter panic I felt that day as the realization set in! The average person's guide to making money online draws on the very fundamental of internet marketing.

1. The Attitude

The average person is in danger of hearing words like this one at work unannounced, ?No More Company, No More Money, and So No More Pete?! Does it sound familiar? In his great book (in my opinion), ?Who Moved My Cheese?, Spencer Johnson admonishes everyone who cares to listen to constantly smell ?the cheese? to make sure it's not stale so you are not caught unawares! The cheese here will especially mean, but is not restricted to, your JOB. The idea is that the pace of change out there is not easily discounted for and shouldn't we be on our toes?!

Many experiences show that the average person gets the best and quickest results when uncertainty is thrust on them. It creates urgency and a squeezing of the brain's good juices when a job goes out through the window. It could also be a smouldering and passionate hatred for your ongoing, unsatisfying and unfulfilling job! Good news is that there are tools in internet marketing that will get you up and running and smiling in no time. Devastatingly simple processes! How does it sound when all you have to do is stand on the shoulder of an already successful internet marketer so you can avoid the pitfalls and booby traps early on in your internet marketing career?!

2. Get A Domain Name And Website.

One pitfall to avoid in getting started in internet marketing is the tendency to over complicate things. This probably stems from what we have been taught from childhood that hard work equates to financial reward and so things must look a bit complicated! How do I make money from a domain name and a website? Think about a SIMPLE one page website with one theme running all through the one page (no complications). Another heads up in internet marketing is, whatever you do to get started in internet marketing, remember to DO ONE THING AT A TIME! Its sounds simple enough but a great many of us just get about doing so many things at the same time. How come we don't remember that a jack of all trades is the master of none? I am excited by the deluge of helpful resources available on the internet to help achieve a purpose as simple as creating a one page website for example. You no longer have to be an expert to create a professionally looking website. Check out some helpful websites like; www.godaddy.com, www.yahoo.com and www.fasthosts.co.uk. You would want to avoid free websites if you are serious about making money online. Truth is, there isn't much that is actually gratis on the internet! With free websites you end up with whooping great advertisements on the bottom of your emails or horrible pop-ups on your website.

3. What Will You Be Selling?

I will tell you that a great many internet marketing books scream about how great it is to go with anyone of the selling models available on the internet. They do this without encouraging you to find out what will come natural with your own person! It's probably not there fault because the front page of e-books already warn that you are responsible for any personal liability, loss, or risk incurred, as a consequence of acting on the information sold to you! Also remember that it is your responsibility to critically assess my advice or any guru's advice and get on with, for example, the number of products you think suits you. What will I be selling?

1.Affiliate sales

2.E-books

3.Software

This isn't hard to do. The first time is the hardest but when you do it right first time you can repeat the process and join the ?gang? of those who earn a comfortable living through multiple income streams. Imagine having 25 websites selling with each website making over $1,000 every month? Our dreams are all we've got and we can make them happen! It's time to start working. See you at the top!

Copyright 2006 Peter Crown