Starting an Internet Business at Home: How to Make Money From the Web: How to Make Easy Money from the Web [Paperback]

Business Plus, Dec 2001 'This simply-designed book is a breeze to read...some useful tips and advice and...a handy glossary and list of relevant websites.'

Have you got time on your hands and access to the Internet? Did you realize there is easy money to be made from the Web? Forget the bad publicity associated with the collapse of numerous dot.coms; this book provides advice on how to launch your own Internet business for minimal, and in some cases zero, start-up costs. Experienced "netpreneur" Jim Green guides you through setting up your own home-based Internet business in a step-by-step process, which assumes only rudimentary knowledge of the Web. Topics covered include: basic skills required; where to look for business ideas; getting free software; planning ahead for success; developing an Internet marketing strategy; maintaining your initial success. Packed with useful tips and advice, "Starting an Internet Business at Home" also provides 35 ideas for starting up a business online, which are already being used successfully by other entrepreneurs. You'll find plenty of useful Web sites listed to help you get started, and the author himself can be contacted by e-mail at: jimgreen@prweb.com.

I wrote this book back in 2001 shortly after I started my own first home based online enterprise. In point of fact it derives from the studious notes I had compiled prior to start up. They were destined for the wastepaper bin until I was struck by inspiration:

"Hey, there's a book here."

And there was.

While the internet changes and progresses at the speed of light, the basic principles contained in "Starting an Internet Business at Home" remain intact.

Jim Green

Have you got time on your hands and access to the Internet?
Did you realize there is easy money to be made from the Web?

Forget the bad publicity associated with the collapse of numerous dot coms; this book provides advice on how to launch your own Internet business for minimal, and in some cases zero, start-up costs.

Experienced Net-preneur Jim Green guides you through setting up your own home-based Internet business in a step-by-step process, which assumes only rudimentary knowledge of the Web. Topics covered include:

o Basic skills required;
o Where to look for business ideas;
o Getting free software;
o Planning ahead for success;
o Developing an Internet marketing strategy;
o Maintaining your initial success.

Packed with useful tips and advice, Starting an Internet Business at Home also provides 35 ideas for starting a business online, which are already being used successfully by other entrepreneurs. You¡¦ll find plenty of useful Web sites listed to help you get started, and the author himself can be contacted by email at: jimgreen@writing-for-profit.com.

You can really make money from a home-based Internet business ¡V all you need is access to the Web and a copy of this book. You¡¦ll find a whole way of working that can be as exciting as it is rewarding.

Jim Green is an experienced Networker (someone who works the Internet for profit) who runs his own home-based Internet business. An international marketing consultant and lecturer, he is also the author of five books, including Starting Your Own Business (published by How To Books).

Starting an Internet business at home calls for precisely the same disciplines that you would face were you undertaking any other form of commercial venture.
ć You must understand the nature of the marketplace
ć You must have a practical idea for your business
ć You must learn how to transform your idea into a reality
ć You must have a plan of action
ƒá You must have an appreciation of the tools you¡¦ll need
ć You must know where to locate them
ć You must learn how to use them
ć You must have a marketing strategy
ć You must learn how to sell on the Internet
ć You must manage your information efficiently to maintain progress
At first glance this may look like a formidable list of things to do but in point of fact, there is nothing difficult about any of it. You may already be familiar with certain of these elements and the remainder you can learn for free as you progress in your initial planning. After that, it¡¦s all down to application, and application is the keynote to launching and successfully managing an Internet business at home.
What are the rewards once you get underway?
The answer to that question lies in how well you apply yourself to controlling a seamless string of variables: how much pre-planning you will undertake, how seriously you will take your enterprise; how many hours you are prepared to put in to ensure success, how proficient you will be in your marketing. Full time or part time, it makes no difference, the principles are the same.
Be assured though, you can make money if you give it your best shot because you will be competing on an equal footing in the global virtual marketplace.
Competition for sales on the Internet is fierce but then if there was no competition, there would be fewer opportunities to sell.
What is the motivation behind this astonishing phenomenon?
It is the facility the Internet offers to make money without having to engage in personal interface and without the odious necessity of cajoling relatives, friends and neighbours into enlisting to form the core of an initial customer base.

However, as with any other commercial undertaking, you need a plan to ensure steady progress. Without some initial desk and field research and without taking the trouble to acquire an appreciation of the nature of the cyberspace marketplace, you will soon flounder.

Most of the millions of people worldwide currently plying their part time trade as Netpreneurs are doing it for pin money but there others, substantial others, who've managed to transform what started out as a pastime into a lucrative full time business. Some of these substantial others are earning high incomes and this where you want to position yourself in time.

Even the pin money merchants have a plan but the real home based Netpreneurs have a master plan. You too will require a master plan if you are to succeed, and this book will provide you with all of the necessary ingredients to incorporate into a winning, masterly strategy for success in your home based Internet business.
Fastest growing industry in the world
Which route will you take?
Cultivate good company on the Web
Basic skills you¡¦ll require to develop
The master plan in your quest for success
How about zero start up costs?
Software you¡¦ll need
Research before you start
YOU ARE ENTERING THE FASTEST GROWING INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD
The Internet is the fastest growing industry in the history of the world and yet it is still in its infancy. It offers even the novice an opportunity to build a home based business and compete with major commercial concerns around the globe. Given training, planning and consistent application, anyone with a computer can be successful.

With these elements in position, you can begin to create a business that will assist you in attaining your financial goals - and your independence.
Start thinking in terms of a realistic income
There are countless disparate ways to make money on the Internet but the reality is that it takes time and considerable effort to develop the available opportunities and to build a business that will sustain its momentum. You should start thinking in terms of what £50, £100 or £200 extra in your pocket could do for you and your family.

For some people it might represent the cash to pay for an overdue vacation or to meet mortgage repayments on time and without anxiety; for others this surplus might prove a godsend in covering running costs for the family car or paying for Christmas and birthday presents. Monthly incomes ranging from £50-£200 are feasible in a short period of time for those who set about the task in hand with sincerity, proficiency and persistence.

It won¡¦t happen overnight but if you apply yourself for two to three years, you will create an opportunity to join the ranks of those successful home based Internet business operators who are already enjoying sizeable annual incomes.