Resources for Building an
Internet Home Based Business … and More

You can build a successful Internet home based business or increase profits in your existing business by taking advantage of these free, useful and informative resources.

While Internet home based business opportunities are “virtually” limitless, you will increase your chances for success greatly by choosing a business that's a good fit for you.

What's a good fit? Something for which you have a passion (or at least a strong interest), and a product or service that you know something about — or are willing to learn about.

Check out the free courses and learning tools presented here to explore profitable Internet home based business ideas that excite you. You'll also get vital information for carrying out your small business idea in an organized and success-driven way.

For example, you may decide to write an e-book about unique faux painting techniques that you've tried. Your next step would be to “take it to market.” In this case, the most effective — and cost-efficient — way to sell this InfoProduct is via a Web site. But not just any Web site — an effective one. You must first learn how to build a Web site (or have one built for you) that draws traffic. After all, no traffic, no ka-ching.

Courses and Learning Tools

The list below briefly describes some of the most successful ways to use the power of the Internet to:

Build an online business, or
Enhance and promote your current on- or offline business

Click on each for more details and downloading information, and start building your business success today:

Sell your services — Anyone who provides a service, from plumbers to investment counselors, can benefit from having an online presence. It will help you attract clients from around the world or around the block.
Become an affiliate — Refer your Web site visitors to other merchants and get a commission. See an example of an excellent affiliate program.
Learn How To Become a Work At Home Mom — Learn from the experiences and advice of four Work At Home Moms on how to create a profitable on-line business.
Become an online auctioneer — From garage sale “treasures” to great-grandma's trinkets, the Net is the place to tap collectors and get the most for your “stuff.”
Perfect pricing — Don't guess at the right price for your product or service — it could cost you customers or profits.
Create a successful Web site design business — Get the most profits and clients by operating your Web design business the smart way.
How Webmasters Can Capture The Huge Untapped Local Business Market — Learn how to provide local businesses with a Web site that gets the results they desire.

If you want to use the Internet to build a successful business, or to enhance and promote your current business, you must have a Web site that draws targeted traffic, gains the searcher's trust and converts that credibility into sales. Build it right, and "they" (traffic) will come; build it wrong, and your site will languish. See what it takes to make a useful — and profitable — Web site:

Build a Web site that gets results — Learn the basics of building a Web site that works to get you what you want.
Make your site sell — Get an overview of what it takes to make the sale on your Web site.
The power of words in a Web site — The right words sell. Effective Netwriting is something anyone can do, with the right tools.

Whether you want to start a home-based Internet business or want to use the marketing power of the Internet to promote your current business, use these free courses and learning tools to learn all you can about building a successful business.

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Sell Your Services

Don't think that the Internet is a suitable forum for your services? Think again! Selling your service online, or using a Web site to attract potential clients, is a fantastic way to bolster your bottom line at a minimum cost — even for local businesses with local customers.

“The Service Sellers Masters Course” is designed for all service sellers… whether they are new to the Internet, experienced or in the early stages of business development. And by services, don't necessarily think of Net-related services like programming or Web design.

For example, you could be:

a landscape designer,
a cartoon artist, or
a copywriter.

These types of professions are perfect candidates for doing business online because their services can be delivered via the Internet.

But, what if you're:

a lawn-cutter,
a plumber, or
a seamstress?

These services are not delivered over the Internet, so how would a Web site be of benefit to you? It's a cost-effective and powerful marketing tool that allows you to say more about your services and expertise than any Yellow Pages or other ad you could ever develop (or afford!). And now, some major search engines are launching a “search by location” feature. This means that local customers will be able to search for local businesses. If you're one of those, will those ready-to-buy customers find you or your competition?

“The Service Sellers Masters Course” will show you how a properly designed Web site can help you:

grow your client base
attract targeted markets
establish credibility
build a trusting relationship with potential customers
seal the sale

Click here to read “The Service Sellers Masters Course.”
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Become an Affiliate

You've probably seen many Web sites that have a link to amazon.com. That's the principle at work here. As an affiliate of various merchants, you never have to manufacture a product, process an order, ship a thing or answer customer support email. Instead, you refer your Web site visitors to these merchants, and collect a commission when there's a sale. It's a great way to get started in e-commerce.

“The Affiliate Masters Course” shows you how to create this type of business.

First, you answer this question: What's my passion? Is it: Financial matters? Automobiles? Gardening? No matter what your area of interest, this course shows you how to convert that passion and knowledge into income.

Next, you build an informational Web site about your area of interest, that will:

attract targeted traffic (visitors to your Web site), and
cause visitors to click through (with a warm, open-to-buy attitude) to merchant sites that you represent

Click here to read “The Affiliate Masters Course.”
(OR, right-click to download.)

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Want to Get Started Generating Affiliate Income?

The 5 Pillar Program (5PP) could be your answer. Recommend the high-quality SiteSell Products (Internet business products) to people, online or off, and earn substantial commissions (25-30%, depending on the product). You don't need to worry about transaction processing or shipping. SiteSell does all that and provides you with the resources and tools to get your business up and running quickly and successfully. This is a first-class operation. This Marketing Ideas Advisor site was built with Sitesell's Site Build It! product, and we couldn't have done it without those resources.

The FREE e-book, “The Getting Started Action Guide” is one of the primary manuals for 5PP affiliates. It's a great tool to demystify the affiliate marketing process by breaking it down into easy-to-understand, even easier-to-implement steps. Although it focuses on the 5PP program, this guide can help ANY affiliate earn income from ANY affiliate program.

Click here to read “The Getting Started Action Guide.”
(OR, right-click to download)

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Become a Work-At-Home Mom

You are in constant motion as a stay-at-home mom... loving, nurturing, helping, guiding, playing, comforting, organizing, mediating, laughing, managing, healing, giving. Family comes first and you are loving it!

There is no other place that you would rather be than with your kids. But, at the same time, you would also like/need to contribute financially to the family.

So... if you stay at home, why not Work At Home, Mom (WAHM)?

WAHM-IT!, The Masters Course will show you how. Four Work-At-Home Moms (WAHMs), the course's authors, will introduce you to a work solution that "fits" naturally with your family needs and yet is rewarding, exciting and soul-satisfying for you.

Just like they are doing, you too can create an information-rich Web site that is based on something you know and love. No technical knowledge or prior experience is necessary. You too can build a real, long-term business on the Net.

Click here to go to the download page (at SiteSell.com) for “WAHM-IT!, The Masters Course” (Page opens in a new window.)

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Online Auctioning Could be Your Dream Job

Have fun, risk nothing and make money! Sound too good to be true? Just ask the people who've made a successful career selling on e-Bay®!

Now, you can turn your antique hunting, and garage sale and flea-market excursions into income.

But this is not a get-rich-quick scheme. As in any legitimate business, there is critical information you'll need in order to succeed. See proven strategies, exciting ideas, and examples of wonderful role models that show you how to make your first steps simple and DO-able.

You can build a profitable Net Auction business, and"Make Your Net Auction Sell! — The Masters Course" will show you how, with invaluable insights and powerful tools to get you started.

Click here to read “Make Your Net Auction Sell! — The Masters Course.”
(OR, right-click to download.)

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Perfect Pricing

Are you pricing yourself right out of profits — or customers?

A very important — and often-overlooked — element of any business, on- or offline, is determining the price of your product or service. Or, more specifically, the most profitable price.

How do you know if the product or service you plan to sell has a reasonably-sized, interested target group? And are they willing to pay enough money? If you're already in business, is your pricing up-to-date, reflecting current marketing conditions?

Take the guesswork out of pricing because guessing wrong can be costly: Price it too low, and you're leaving money on the table; price it too high and you lose customers.

The value you offer to the customer must equal or exceed the cost. That's when customers feel they are seeing a fair price — and out comes the wallet.

With the help of the easy-to-follow “Make Your Price Sell!, The Masters Course,” you can price successful, confidently — and profitably.

Click here to read “Make Your Price Sell!, The Masters Course.”
(OR, right-click to download.)

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Create a Successful Web Site Design Business

Are you an independent Webmaster, or thinking about becoming one? Timing is perfect for this type of home-based business. There's a growing demand, and the rewards — and profits — are there, if you prepare and avoid costly mistakes.

Creativity alone will not lead you to a successfully profitable Web-designing business. You also need to be smart about the business side of your operations. Start creating a satisfied client base, increase your productivity and generate recurring income by bypassing common mistakes and building your road to a successful Webmaster business.

“The Webmaster BUSINESS Masters Course” covers the essentials, such as:

A well-developed business plan
Targeted marketing
Pricing of services
Attracting clients
Effective communication
Winning proposal/contract construction

Click here to read “The Webmaster BUSINESS Masters Course.”
(OR, right-click to download.)

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Profit from Local Business Internet Needs

Small local business owners never have enough time. They are in a constant whirl, watching their bottom line, racing to keep ahead of the competition, working to attract and retain more customers, trying to keep up to date, and so forth.

It's go, go, go... never straying too far from the “tried and true” in order to save time, money, and energy.

Many would like to have a Web presence that works, especially if their main competitors have one. But they don't know how, or they don't have time to do it, or they are intimidated by the technology and e-learning curve, or all of the above. A Web site is just another “thing to do”... eventually.

Small business owners need your help to get “unstuck” and harness the power of the Net profitably. The Local Business Masters Course shows you (as a Webmaster, web designer or a local business owner) how.

Click here to go to the download page (at SiteSell.com) for “The Local Business Masters Course.” (Page opens in a new window.)

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Build a Web Site that Gets Results

Content is King on the Internet because it's the content that attracts targeted visitors to your Web site. And targeted visitors are vital to the success of any online enterprise.

“Make Your Content PREsell!” is loaded with great information for building a theme-based content site that's tightly focused and search-engine friendly — and one that will generate traffic (from search engines), and convert visitors into customers.

This e-book is the how-to manual for Site Build It!, a system of tools for building Web sites that get results. Site Build It! takes you through every step of the process from site concept to search engine submission, and includes all the features that Web site builders would normally have to do piecemeal, such as web hosting, e-zine publication and much more.

Click here to go to the download page (at SiteSell.com) for “Make Your Content PREsell!” (Page opens in a new window.)

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Make Your Site Sell!

This FREE e-book is your introduction to the concept: “No matter what you offer on the Web, your site must SELL!”

It's a peek into several sections of the generally accepted BIBLE of Net selling, “Make Your Site Sell! 2002,” an indispensable tool in grasping the ingredients of a successful Web site and Internet business.

This partial version will bring to light, just exactly what you need to know if:

You want to use the power of the Internet to sell your product or service.
You want to augment your bricks-and-mortar (offline) sales.
You want to build a site yourself.
You want to have a site built for you, but want to make sure your Web designer knows how to make a site that draws targeted traffic — the single-most important component for an effective Web site.

You'll have access to the first four chapters of “Make Your Site Sell! 2002,” including the very important one on getting your “Most Wanted Response” (which is why your Web site exists in the first place — to get you the results you want).

Other sections deal with:

Selling multiple products online, and effective online store design and usability.
Some of the biggest time-and-money wasters that Internet marketers are misled into using when trying to attract visitors to a site.
Developing, evaluating, positioning, pricing and testing products for the Web.

Click here to go to the download page (at SiteSell.com) for “Make Your Site Sell! 2002” (Page opens in a new window.)

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The Power of the Internet is in the Words

Do you know what single feature of every Web site receives the least attention (in terms of time and money), yet literally is the most important factor for making the sale?

The answer is: Words.

Here's the bottom line: If you want to sell more, write better, or your site will languish in cyberspace. It's words that attract, not graphics or technology.

Great Netwriting is far more than writing great sales copy. Before you write to sell, you must draw traffic by PREselling, because people buy from those they trust. And that's what PREselling is all about!

You don't have to have an English degree to write copy that generates income; you just need to follow the right process and the correct steps. “The Netwriting Masters Course” will show you how.

Click here to read “The Netwriting Masters Course.”
(OR, right-click to download.)

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