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How to make money being online is one of today’s fastest growing businesses because it is a low cost business to start…

Or is it?

Take the following example:

You are traveling the path of life, you come across two sign posts, one labeled ‘Easy Street’ and it’s a freshly paved highway the other labeled ‘Rocky Road’ and it looks less traveled.

Under each sign is a description of what you will find down each road.

Easy Street - Lots of get rich quick schemes down here, newly paved super highway and places to make money for doing almost nothing. > The road to Financial Freedom.

Rocky Road – Travel with caution, take your time and watch out for pot holes. Travel guide recommended. > The road to Financial Freedom.

Both roads lead to financial freedom by starting a home based business. Except only one will get you there, the other will take your money and max out your credit card.

You may have guessed by now that Easy Street is the most traveled road, it is the one that appeals to our desire to get rich quick and lead the high life. This is the road that will max out your credit card and then make you believe that financial freedom can not be found.

The Rocky Road is the least traveled because it is hard work and it takes longer to make money being online.

The fact is… Only the Rocky Road will take you to financial freedom.

Here are at least 7 questions to ask yourself before you begin the journey:

1. Do I have a road map?
2. Do I have a guide?
3. Am I determined not to quit?
4. Do I believe I can do it, when others say you can’t?
5. Do I enjoy doing the business?
6. Can I budget to make my money last the trip?
7. Do I have the patience to overcome obstacles or road blocks along the way.

If you can answer YES to these questions then lets begin:

Starting a home based business would be your first step on this incredible journey.

Here is a break down of the list above. Do not get overwhelmed with this because you will not learn all these things overnight. Use the list as attainable goals. There are lots of places to find free knowledge on the internet for help. Do a Google or Dogpile search.

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The Road Map

Brainstorm what you would like to sell.. health and wellness products, affiliate programs etc. My website is www.TheWorkAtHomePlace.com a Home Based Internet Business Opportunity – Directory. If you have no idea where to start or what to do, take this free course and find out how to make money online for free.

Choose your domain name

You must get your own personal domain (pick a domain name that reflects the affiliate programs or products you would like to sell) and it must be a .COM. This will give you the freedom to do what you want.

If you can’t build a webpage or you feel intimidated by it no problem, you can start of with your own Blog. Use the Blog like this one for advertising links to your products, an example would be the link banner below. This takes you to one of many hosting companies you can use to get started.

Choose your hosting company

If you decide to use a Blog, the one that I recommend and use is WordPress and its easy to install. If you use the above hosting company you can install it with the Fantastico program included which will give you a one click install. Follow the instructions and and you don’t have to worry about the databases etc. it is all done for you.

If you are serious about building a website to Make money being online like mine at or any other of your choice you will have to educate yourself in a few things. Don’t forget… your content has to be original and don’t copy mine or others material because search engines pick up on that and it affect your ranking.

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The guide

Some things good to learn:

• HTML code
• FrontPage or Dreamweaver CS3 software to create a webpage
• SEO - Search Engine Optimization
• Find a forum in your business choice (many people will be happy to answer your questions)

Tools in your toolbox

Tools are an essential part of starting a home based business. Just like taking that journey down the Rocky Road to financial freedom, you would not go without tools.

The following software (which is FREE) will teach you how to build your Virtual Real Estate.

Go to my homepage at www.TheWorkAtHomePlace.com and pick up a copy of the FREE eBook AdSense Advantage. Put your name and email address in the form on the left column of my homepage and I will download it to you.

I hope this has helped you make some right choices. Remember if you keep your budget within your means, you will survive the trip.

I wish you success in your trip down the Rockey Road to financial freedom and to make money being online.

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