The opportunity to make money online is so vast, yet so many people stumble and fall flat on their face. There really is no reason for this to happen. Below is a short list of questions you need to ask yourself if you’re not making any money online. If you answer no to any of these questions then you’ve most likely pinpointed why your not making any money.
1. Do you have a target audience?

Do you know who you’re marketing too? I’m mean specifics. Do you know their problems? Do you know what frustrats them? Do you know why your product or service fulfills their needs? If you don’t have a clear cut answer to this set of question then this should be a red flag. Study your market. Know who they are.

2. Do you have a product or service?

So many people get into affiliate marketing online because they see the opportunity to make money. They don’t know what they want to sell they just know that they want to make money. Do you know what you’re selling? Do you have a primary product that fulfills your target markets need? If not, stop and get one now.

3. Do you have a website?

It seems pretty stupid to ask this question, but some people overlook this glaringly simple detail. It’s very simple. If you do business online you need a website. If you don’t have a website go get one!

FULL ARTICLE: 6 Reasons Why Your Not Making Money Online

For many network marketers this home business is like a religion to them. They like to argue about what company is THE BEST, about what product is THE BEST and about what compensation plan is THE BEST. The truth is that there is no ONE perfect company, there are many. And what appeals to you won’t appeal to everyone. This arguing would all be quite amusing if they weren’t so serious and if the topic didn’t derail so many businesses in the process. Keep in mind that during the average 3.5 year career of a network marketer less than 5% ever earn over $200 per month in net profit. Most don’t even break even.

This is a problem not with network marketing; after all we can parade success stories in front of you all day. We can also point to similar failures in other industries. No, this is ultimately a problem with the marketer. Lack of money, lack of knowledge and lack of skills are all fundamental factors in failure. What is often overlooked though, is the importance of having a good company to promote.

Understanding what it takes to find a winning network marketing program is critical, because that’s where it all begins. Make a poor choice here and it will haunt your entire marketing effort. No matter how good your marketing, if you have the wrong offer for your prospects, or the wrong offer for you, you will fail. I’m sorry to be that blunt but that’s simply a fact. Realize that “network marketing” is not a commodity. Realize that a “system” is not a business in and of itself. There are a lot of scams and pseudo-scams that focus not on what’s actually important in business, namely selling the product and/or service, but on the system. According to the FTC and legal precedence, this is a sure sign of trouble ahead. Just stop by the FTC’s web site (www.ftc.gov) and you’ll see a steady stream of scams the agency shuts down. Now, don’t get me wrong, a system is a fundamental part of a good network marketing business. The question you need to ask is, “Is the system all there is to this business?”

Full Article: “Building A Successful Home Business Starts With Finding A Winning Company”

Back many years ago-when being in a home business MLM meant you were either in Amway or Shaklee-there was only one way to work a program. You made your prospect list in the small spiral notebook that you carried everywhere- because you never knew when you’d remember the name of someone who wasn’t on your list yet! You wrote down everyone on your Christmas card list, anyone you did business with, all the names in your high school year book-yes, everyone you had ever known-including your mother-in-law (no-prejudging now!).
Then came the hard part. You called each name on your list to tell them you had something important that you needed their opinion on and was Tuesday or Thursday better for them? We NEVER gave any information over the phone! To understand this new marketing concept a person had to “see the plan”! Get those people and bring them to the meeting! Tell them that you’d be in their neighborhood anyway (OK, so they lived 30 miles from you) so you’d be happy to pick them up!

Then a man in a navy blue suit with a red tie (the woman in her pastel shirtwaist dress would be sitting on the side of the stage with a beauty pageant smile… and never take their eyes off of HIM! ). He would stand up and draw circles on a white board to show us how we too could be free and living on the beaches of the world! We’d all take notes and make encouraging, enthusiastic comments to our prospect… who was lost in that maze of circles we knew and loved so well.

Full Article: The Secret of Working Multiple Home Business Programs Without Losing Your Mind!

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is the federal government agency whose sole responsibility is helping you succeed with your small business. Many entrepreneurs have heard about their loan packages, but are you taking advantage of the additional free information, resources, and even personal assistance they have to offer? These people are paid to provide assistance in every area of your business. They are knowledgeable, and they are glad to help. All you need to do is ask.

Every politician in the entire country wants the U.S. economy to thrive. What better way than to support the engine that drives this economy: small business?

Small businesses provide 75% of net new jobs added to our economy, and they represent 99.7% of all employers. To see just how important we small entrepreneurs are, just look at this page: http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbastats.html.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), though always ready to help, used to be considered too complex for the average small business. For many years, only those businesses with legal and accounting advisors took advantage of most programs….

Full Article: Small Business Administration: A U.S. Entrepreneur’s Best Friend

I am constantly being asked questions about joining Affiliate Programs. These programs are being hyped as the “next get-rich-quick scheme” on the Internet. That is not necessarily true… but the good news is that it is possible to make some very serious money with Affiliate Programs.

However Affiliate Programs aren’t for everybody, so I’m going to give you the inside information on who should join an Affiliate Program, and what you should be looking for if you do join.

Affiliate Programs are also called Associate Programs, Re-seller Programs, Commission or Pay-Per-Sale, Pay-Per-Click and Click-Through Programs.

Let’s talk about how Affiliate Programs work.

Basically Affiliate Programs reward website owners for referring customers to their business. Website owners are rewarded for sending customers to another website (of which you belong to an Associate Program for that website), and for any business (sales) which is generated from the customer who linked through your site to the other website.

Full Article: “Home Business Affiliate Programs – How They Work and How You Get Paid”