From their dorm room, 2 college boys started a billion dollar company called Google. Almost all of Google's revenue is from online advertising. If they can do it, why couldn't you?

What is the secret of 10 year olds and even 101 year olds that have been reported making large sums of money selling advertising online? There is a secret, but is it a secret that you can use?

Yes. Yes it is possible. Yes anyone can sell internet advertising and make a lot of money. You only need a small part of this big industry to make a fortune.

So how do you do it? It is a pretty simple concept really. Build a website that has the interest of your local businesses. Why not start a website that talks about local gossip around town?

Find a few juicy pieces of information to post on your website every day. Of course everyone loves gossip.

Then you put a counter on your website, a very good one to use that does not download viruses to your visitors is StatCounter.com which is free and very easy to use.

There are many ways to put a simple website together, perhaps even just get a blog such as wordpress and install it on your own domain name. Then create some graphics that represents your town to put on your blog or website.

Then start writing the pieces of gossip about your town each day and soon you will have traffic starting to come. Once you have some traffic coming regularly to the website, you are ready to start cashing in.

Start walking to each of your local businesses. Ask to visit with the owner. Show them your website and that you have traffic, and be sure to explain that they are all local residents. I am sure the business owner would want to get an advertisement in front of regular readers of your website that are all local potential customers.

Using this secret method, you will find it really does work, assuming you work at it yourself. Good luck!