Due to the recent national economic down turn and the continued progress made on the Internet technology, the home based business is exploded globally. Now with the Internet smart technology, almost everybody can learn the various benefits of the Internet, how to work at home and make money online. What is wonderful about this opportunity for everyone is that it requires very little money to get started as opposed to traditional business requiring 100′s of thousand to get started. It is also a mobile business. You can operate your business anywhere in the world with access to the Internet. This great wonderful home based business opportunity is available to almost every one regardless of age, sex, education or physical capacity (to a degree).Like any other business, home based your business also need your dedicated attention. You need to be willing to learn the tricks of the trade. be persistent and willing to commit. Initially you must spend lots of times researching on the Net. Fortunately the Internet now becomes a fountain of knowledge. It can deliver instantly almost any information you request. And information on the subject of home based business or making money online or even how to work at home is no exception.Like anything else in life, there are scams. There are how to work at home scams, how to make money online scams or home based business opportunity scams. We just need to be aware of the devils. Sometimes it is hard to identify the devils and many of us will fall into their traps, losing money, times, effort and patients Most people will not make a dime online and yet there are others making more in one month than most people making in a whole year. Why is that? There are two main reasons: 1) the kind of choices they make in selecting products to promote and training program to learn 2) the degree of commitment the beginner make.I believe that in order to make money online and build a successful home based business you must first have passion for what you do. Otherwise you will soon run out of energy and patience. I will have to say that many making money online experts are so good at what they do that they ignore passion because they can sell anything. But I’m concerned about those of you who are not so knowledgeable of how to work at home or work the Internet.Basically there are 5 Steps every Internet marketer who do not need lots of money to operate a home based business:1.Set up an online account with a merchant service like PayPal receive payments automatically.
2. Locate a reputable affiliate network like ClickBank and signup to be its affiliate to promote its products. (affiliate marketing).
3.Do research and pick highly marketable products to promote
4.Learn various methods of online traffic generation to bring traffic to the affiliate links.
5.Have basic understanding of SEO, Social Marketing, Community marketing, blog marketing, Cost Per Click ads( CPC) and email marketing.There are tons of products you can promote as an affiliate and training programs to be purchased on the Net. I have tried many of them and discovered that most of the training programs will not fit those who have limited knowledge of the Internet technology.