When I first started entertaining the idea of starting a website/blog about building an online business. There were areas in my knowledge that were gray. My expertise is in computers but not in the world-wide web systems. Whether you are computer literate or not, you don’t know what you don’t know. Are you willing and able to learn? So as I learn you can learn also and we can make this work together. In the past I had heard a lot about WordPress. I knew WordPress was a blog site where you can create a blog for free. What I did not know, was that WordPress is a complete CMS (Content Management System). Wikipedia defines CMS as the following: A content management system (CMS) is a computer program that allows publishing, editing and modifying content as well as maintenance from a central interface.… Read More

The very first decision any affiliate marketing business owner must do is, decide on a niche.  Choosing a niche, can be a challenge but there are some simple rules and techniques that can help with making a final decision. First, would be to keep in mind that whatever niche you choose, you will need to be able to  write about it for a long time and ask yourself if you can come up with enough material. Many online training programs ask the reader, can you write about the subject week after week and not lose interest? Are you passionate about the niche in question? Do you truly enjoy the topic?   Second, is to consider if the niche may become obsolete over time or do you want to find a niche that is timeless. An example of a niche that could… Read More

In this article I thought that I would share with you some of my favorite websites that I go to for learning about affiliate marketing and building an internet presence. These are my very favorites and I am sure that you too will find these sites interesting.   Novice to Advanced Marketing System NAMS is an acronym for Novice to Advanced Marketing System. The owner of this site is David Perdew. In the past David was with the newspaper industry. He started teaching affiliate marketing and MyNams.com is on of the top website to learn about affiliate marketing. Become a non-paid member and there are alot of perks. make the sacrifice and pay you will get more and more benefits. There are several layers of membership with each layer having additional benefits. Another added benefit is on this site you… Read More

We all wish for it, something that is simple, something that is easy, and something that is successful. When it comes to affiliate marketing it needs to be simple and if you put in the work you will be successful, but it is not necessarily easy. Finding a good affiliate marketing program can be the closest thing to plug and play business in Internet marketing.    The key to success in any business is having a ‘system’ and that is what is needed with a well planned program. Think about it this way, not only do you have a great product and sales letter, but the very well planned programs are jammed with ready-to-go support materials.    These can include banner ads of all shapes and sizes, text links, ready-to-go emails, blog posts, and even a short report that the… Read More

What I am Using to Learn Affiliate Marketing on the Internet I am learning affiliate marketing and my tool of choice for learning is NAMS (Niche Affiliate Marketing System). Early on I was blessed to find a website that I feel is indispensable when it comes to learning affiliate marketing. Every time I go to this site I realize the money I spent to obtain a lifetime membership was worth every penny. In this post I just want to share with you what is available on NAMS that makes it so remarkable and indispensable. Right now, for me, the most valuable asset on NAMS is the learning dashboard. As a member of NAMS there is a learning dashboard available that has different levels of learning. These levels are setup like college levels and starts and level 100 through 400. Inside each level… Read More

 If you are trying to build a business online and find that you need some kind of e-mail or auto-responder, then this post may help you in your research. Right now, as of the writing of this post I don’t have very much need for a paid e-mail responder. In fact, I don’t think I am getting 10 visits a day to my webpage. What I have decided is that I a simple e-mail system just for the purpose of learning how to create one so that when I do get a paid responder I am not wasting my money.  I struggled to find an appropriate free e-mail system. Like I said, my goal was to start with a free offering that I can build and ultimately turn into a paid subscription either with the free service or export the list and find… Read More