Make Money with No Money – The Surprising Truth
Article by Randy Carney
Can you really make money with no money spent in advance?
Isn’t that the ideal way to start a business, or a way to make a few more dollars for a month or two? Is that part of the ‘American Dream’?
What is the real answer to this question?
Actually, the answer is, “Yes!” but it is a qualified “yes.”
Probably, it would be better to specify that we are asking if it is possible to make money without spending any extra money.Most of us have heard about someone coming to this country with a small amount of money (say .00) in his (or her) pocket, and then went on to start a well-to-do business. Some have even gone on to become millionaires.
What about today? What about your situation? Can you really make money with no money? Yes! You can. At least it is possible to do so without spending any extra money. I mean, if you are reading this, you probably already have a computer and an internet connection. That is what you would need to start with.
Even if you don’t have your own computer, it would be possible to use another computer, but you will have to have some kind of internet connection.
So, let’s, for the sake of discussion, say that you already have a computer and internet service. Now, it is possible to make money without spending extra money.
How can you do that?
One way is to get involved in affiliate marketing.
When you are an affiliate, you do not have to develop your own product. You can agree to promote someone else’s product. An additional advantage to this is that you do not have to provide customer service. The product owner will take care of that.
So, how do you make money as an affiliate? It’s simple. When someone buys that product as a result of your promotion, you will receive a commission on that sale. Your product owner, often called a vendor, will give you a special code that identifies you as his (or her) affiliate. That will allow him to see that it was you who referred the customer to his sales page.
Of course you will have to get people to go see that product. What is a way of doing that? Well, you could advertise, but traditional advertising costs money. Another way is to write articles that give information about the product. Then you can refer the reader to more information about the product.
A better way of doing this is to develop your own website. Wait! I thought you said this would not cost any more money. Actually, you can develop some free websites (They probably will have some advertising), so this can be done without a lot of extra money. Then you can refer people who read your article to your website. Then a link (or links) to the product for which you are an affiliate will be placed on your product page. This is an extra step, but it gives you a lot more options, and some article directories will not allow you to link directly to someone else’s product, but they will allow you to link to your own website.
Once you start earning money, you can then put some of the funds back into your business, investing in other options and tools.
About the Author
Find out more about how you could get started with internet marketing at my make money with no money website at http://TheMarketingJourney.com.(Copyright 2010 by Randy Carney) You may reprint this article if you do so in full, leave all links and the resource box intact, and give credit to the author.