Good luck, you'll need it. Unless you have a lot of money or a lot of programming and computer experience, plus some unique ideas, I would lay this fantasy to rest. I'll share some things I've learned, in this post.
There are a lot of people online selling lame ebooks and other packages containing money making ideas that are either, out of date, saturated markets, or plain dumb. All of it is just the same old recycled crap anyway. I've seen it all, read most of it, and learned what to stay away from....all of it.
Here's the reality. Successful sites that make money, Facebook, Hot or Not, Myspace....etc, were all started by guys that had a good idea, and could program. A good idea alone is not enough to make it online. A genius of an idea is not enough to make it online. If you have a lot of money to invest, you can hire programmers to bring your great idea to fruition. If you do not, then you're stuck, unless you're 18 years old and have a number of years, and lots of time, to learn to program. If however, you are in your 30's or 40's and married with a family, you're a lost cause in the "Internet Money Game", go get a real job.
I've learned some stuff about creating websites. I know the Internet Gurus make it sound "Oh so easy" Here's the reality.
1. Many bleary eyed nights sitting in front of a computer wondering "What in thee hell" you're doing.
2. Many wasted hours spent surfing porn and useless information while you wait patiently for your hosting companies tech support to get back to you, if they even do.
3. Many more wasted hours spent emailing and on the phone with tech support explaining the problem over and over to different people.
4. Even more time wasted with the tech support of some crappy "Content Management System" you bought. Namely "Siteworkspro" They will just blame any errors on your host, if they even answer your emails. Stay away from these guys, buggy software, no real support. $200 down the drain. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Turns out you can get an even better "Content Management System" free, a number of them are open source and have better support. Here's the link.
Bottom line: All the hype is just that, hype. There are no easy ways to make money, online, or off line. If you are one of those people looking for the easy way to make money, you are a prime target for the "Internet Guru's"
There are a lot of people online selling lame ebooks and other packages containing money making ideas that are either, out of date, saturated markets, or plain dumb. All of it is just the same old recycled crap anyway. I've seen it all, read most of it, and learned what to stay away from....all of it.
Here's the reality. Successful sites that make money, Facebook, Hot or Not, Myspace....etc, were all started by guys that had a good idea, and could program. A good idea alone is not enough to make it online. A genius of an idea is not enough to make it online. If you have a lot of money to invest, you can hire programmers to bring your great idea to fruition. If you do not, then you're stuck, unless you're 18 years old and have a number of years, and lots of time, to learn to program. If however, you are in your 30's or 40's and married with a family, you're a lost cause in the "Internet Money Game", go get a real job.
I've learned some stuff about creating websites. I know the Internet Gurus make it sound "Oh so easy" Here's the reality.
1. Many bleary eyed nights sitting in front of a computer wondering "What in thee hell" you're doing.
2. Many wasted hours spent surfing porn and useless information while you wait patiently for your hosting companies tech support to get back to you, if they even do.
3. Many more wasted hours spent emailing and on the phone with tech support explaining the problem over and over to different people.
4. Even more time wasted with the tech support of some crappy "Content Management System" you bought. Namely "Siteworkspro" They will just blame any errors on your host, if they even answer your emails. Stay away from these guys, buggy software, no real support. $200 down the drain. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Turns out you can get an even better "Content Management System" free, a number of them are open source and have better support. Here's the link.
Bottom line: All the hype is just that, hype. There are no easy ways to make money, online, or off line. If you are one of those people looking for the easy way to make money, you are a prime target for the "Internet Guru's"
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