As I am sure you have already figured out, there are many ways to make money on the internet.
Some methods are just hype, but some are not.
Like any real home business, how much effort you put in usually determines what you will get out of it.
I will give you a step by step strategy you can use to generate an income and give you the freedom you have been looking for.
In this particular case, I am going to show you a strategy that uses affiliate marketing.
What is affiliate marketing? Simply put, it is a strategy where you sell other peoples products for a commission.
It is a fast, easy and requires no start up money.
Here's how it works.
You choose a product to promote, you promote that product(I will show you how), and when a customer buys the product you will get a commission check.
The commission paid to affiliates is usually 50-70% of the retail price.
Okay, here is what you do.
First, Go to clickbank.
com or paydotcom.
com, I usually use paydot com because it pays you through paypal instantly.
I have accounts at clickbank.
com too, so they are both very effective.
Whichever you choose, you will need to create an account(its free).
Once you have created that account, you will need to click on "marketplace".
This will pull upon pages upon pages of different products.
Click one that interests you and preferably one that you will have some knowledge about.
Look at their website.
See how much commission it pays.
If a product sells for 49.
95 and the commission is 50%, then your cut will be $25 per sale.
As a rule, choose products where you will make at least $20 per sale.
Once you have decided what to promote, click on the promote tab.
This will give you an affiliate id.
You will then give out this id in your promotions, so that when a customer chooses to buy the product, you will receive the commission.
Be sure to copy and paste the link, so that you don't have to worry about getting it wrong.
Repeat this process for four or five different products.
This will help to increase your chances of earning good commission checks from different sources.
Once you have chosen the products, it is time to promote.
First create a blog for each of these products.
These are like mini websites that are totally free.
Go to blogger.
com and set this up.
For each one, create a separate blog.
In the blog, tell about the product.
A story is a good way to do this.
Tell your readers about the product and the benefits of the product.
If, for example, you are promoting a game downloading site, explain what the site is about.
Tell readers what they will get and why it is a good value.
You can get that info from the website on the product.
This is pretty much a sales page.
At the end of it be sure to include your affiliate link for the product.
Now that you've written a blog, its time to promote this blog.
You can promote it by posting on forums(read the rules first), writing an article about your blog at EzineArticles.
com, and distributing press releases about your blog.
This can be done with a search for "free press releases".
Just set up your accounts, write your articles and submit them.
Be sure to include links to your blog.
Do this because the blog is what "sells" the products.
You will spend the rest of your time submitting articles on as many different sites as possible.
This will increase the amount of traffic to your site and thus increase your chances for making a sell.
If you sell 5 items from each blog per week and you are promoting five different blogs and your commission is $25 for each one, your total commission will be $625.
That is just for one week! Not bad, huh? You can make it work.
All you have to do is be serious and spend a little time on it.