Many people today want to make a living online. Making money online fast it's not only possible but easy and I will give you 3 tips that will put you on your way to freedom.

Almost all of who are trying fail unfortunately. Why? Not because they are stupid or unintelligent, but for 3 main reasons:

1. They don't know the right things to do
2. They are looking for a shortcut.
3. They don't want to do any work

Not doing any work. I should say that people not wanting to do any work is probably the main problem. As soon as you get rid of this absurd idea, you will be well on your way. Think about it. What business in the world that makes money to the owner doesn't require work? Can you tell me one? Because if you do I want to join you. Chances are you can't name one. Sportsmen, actors, engineers, CEOs, lawyers, ONLINE enterpreneurs have all one thing in common: they DO THE WORK, and they get rewarded. If they don't they get nothing. Think about how much a lawyer or a manager have spent in their education, both time and money. Think about how much Tiger Woods trains and how he's willing to try harder every year to constantly improving, having changed his swing twice already. As the commercial says, there are no rainy days. I personally love that one.

Why do you think online business is different? Big mistake and big misconception. Take your time to read free ebooks, articles like this one, do your research in the market you want to sell. I'm going to tell you a few things you HAVE to do. DO the work, don't just read about it.

Shortcuts. Do you think a lawyer or Tiger prepare for a big day the day before? Do you think they rush into things? Probably not. They needed years to be VERY good at what they do. Well your lucky because making money online doesn't necessarily take years to master. You can start today. Of course you are going to get better and better in time.

TIP NUMBER ONE:

The shortcuts you have to AVOID are such services as "MILLIONS OF VISITORS FOR $2", or "100 MILLIONS EMAIL with a click", or "SIT BACK AND WE DO ALL THE WORK FOR YOU, INCLUDING ADVERTISING". Get the picture? I'm sure you ran into one of these. ANY website that advertises how to do NOTHING and succeed, it's something you have to run from.

TIP NUMBER TWO:

Everytime you pay money for EMAILS BLASTS, or any ADS, you HAVE to target your market. Period. If you don't know that people are LOOKING FOR your type of ad, you are wasting your money. This is when safelists come in to play. List of emails divided by categories. Just google Safelists.

TIP NUMBER THREE:

Free ads are great, writing articles like this one is great. But sooner or later, to transform your online hobby in a business, you're going to have to invest. One of the BEST way to spend your advertising money is Google. It's called Pay per Click advertising. It's called Google Adwords. Why it's great:

* You decide how much to spend everytime somebody clicks on your ad;
* People that click are LOOKING FOR YOUR PRODUCT RIGHT NOW. They are more then likely ready to give you money. Just go to Google.com and click on advertising programs. you can read all about it and there is good support.

These tips are the foundation of online business, whether you want to join a program or start something completely new by yourself.

Avoid businesses that tell you no work is needed. ALWAYS target your advertising, free or paid, especially paid ads. Come up with a budget to spend on ads. Learn Google Adwords and USE IT.

ALWAYS, do your homework and come up with a routine you can do everyday or everyweek, as far as learning and promoting.

I hope this will get you started. Be dedicated, and you will succeed.

Thanks for your time to read this,

I wish you the best of luck!

My name is Vince L., I'm 25 years old and I live in San Francisco. This week I'm going to make $2000. Last week it's been a 30 sales week for me.

If you’re looking to start a home based dropship business, you’ll need to research various products to sell. Dropshipping is simply selling products online for wholesale companies and sending them the address of the person who bought from you. The wholesale dropship company will package the item and ship the product directly to your customer.

Some savvy people are making millions from their home based dropship business via online auction websites. The most successful power sellers can claim dropshipping as their sole source of income.

Using a dropship wholesale company or manufacturer makes it possible for an individual to sell many different types of products on an auction site. A manufacturer, or supplier, delivers products directly to your customers without you ever needing to stock or pre-purchase goods. Many manufacturers offer name brand quality goods at wholesale prices.

Here’s an example of some popular products offered by dropship manufacturers:

**toys
**dvds
**books
**jewelry
**clothing
**cell phones
**mp3 players
**baby products
**designer handbags

Ideally, you will find an honest dropship manufacturer and set up an arrangement where you will select certain products, offer them at the online auction site, collect the money from your customers, forward the orders to the dropshipper, and you keep your profit (the difference between what the drophshipper is charging you per product and what you charge your customer). The customer receives their product in good condition and on time, and then gives you a good rating for excellent service.

Okay, that’s the ideal situation.

Unfortunately, many auction entrepreneurs have found it difficult to locate a legitimate dropship list, or honest dropship wholesalers. Most wholesalers, who are easily found online, act as middlemen between you and the wholesale product manufacturers. Due to the fact that millions of dollars are exchanged between individuals online via auction sites, fraud is rampant among unscrupulous companies and individuals posing as dropshippers. On the milder end of this scam you’ll find fraudsters selling the same outdated and useless list of wholesale product dropship companies to unsuspecting people. Of course, you won’t know the list isn’t any good until you’ve tried contacting several companies to no avail.

A worst case scenario for you, the auction seller, is to think you’ve found an honest wholesale dropship company, so you go ahead and offer several products at auction. The auction closes; you collect the money and follow the dropshipper’s instructions. Next thing you know, your email inbox is filled with complaints from angry customers who have paid, but have not received their merchandise.

These customers don’t care about your dropshipper’s dishonesty, they will focus their entire wrath on you—the seller. This can create a nightmare scenario of bad ratings within the online auction community and even threaten your seller’s account.

To avoid getting your home based dropship business into trouble before it even gets off the ground, you should carefully research the wholesalers and manufacturers you do business with.

Order a couple of products from each dropship company you are considering doing business with. See how long it takes to receive your merchandise. Inspect how the goods are packaged and if everything has survived the journey intact. Make sure you are happy with the quality of your merchandise. Try and put yourself in your potential customer’s shoes.

One of the best ways to ensure your own success as an auction seller of wholesale goods is to learn from other successful sellers. There are many power sellers who avoid using prepared wholesale dropship lists and find their own preferred manufacturers to do business with. Others skip the selling process completely and become wholesale brokers who set up deals between manufacturers and sellers. Both of these methods can be very lucrative, but involve learning what steps to take.

A well-run home based dropship business has great potential to generate huge income—at very little risk. The main advantages are that you do not have to clutter up your home with lots of products, and you don’t have to ship these products to your customers. As long as you are diligent in finding honest companies who can deliver the goods, you’ll one day see your name amongst the online auction world’s top sellers.

Whether it be Marketing, Poker Playing, Web Page Development, or making widgets - a home based business is much much harder than all of these "make 9000$ a month!" schemes let you know. It takes an enormous amount of self-discipline to be able to support yourself from home - and in more ways than you would think.

You get to wake up whenever you want. Work for as long as you want. Eat, Sleep, and Play whenever you feel like it. For most people, this freedom can be overwhelming. Many are unable to fully balance out all of their necessary daily activities simply because of how easy it is to slack off.

"Wow, I made 1000$ yesterday! That calls for a day off!" - WRONG!

This kind of thinking is short-term and will eventually put you in a much more difficult financial situation if these thoughts go unchecked.

Developing a daily routine is key to any successful home business, and is usually overlooked in business blogs or "Get rich quick" books.

Below, I will highlight and quickly explain the 5 key ingredients to maintaining a healthy, successful, home-based income.

1) Regular Sleep Schedule - This is fairly self-explanatory. Waking up and falling asleep at regular times helps keep your mind balanced, you think more clearly, and you can focus on your profession much better than you could with sporadic sleeping patterns. Save your late-night bar trips for the weekends. Just because your boss is not going to chew you out for waking up 2 hours later than normal - does not mean that there wont be negative effects if you do.

2) Exercise and Diet - This is EXTREMELY important and usually overlooked by home-based professionals. Eating right and exercising are a very important part of a balanced day. Your mind is much quicker and more efficient after a workout, and your body is directly effected by the things you consume during the day. When I was playing poker professionally, I would spend 1-2 hours at the tables, and then take 15 minutes to do floor exercises between poker sessions. This kept me sharp, focused, and calm while I was playing. I made decisions faster and more accurately. Exercise plays a major role in every persons' life.

3) Maintaining a Social Life - This aspect of your day needs to be kept in check on both ends. You definitely want to go out and socialize on a regular basis. It will help you develop connections for your business, it is enjoyable to be around the people you like, and it will keep you from losing your sanity to solitude. On the other end - do not go overboard and commit too much of your time to your friends. If you let them, your friends will consume way too much of your personal time. Time you could spend making more money, or maintaining your balanced lifestyle. As is the case with all things in life - a balance is needed.

4) Avoid Excessive Alcohol/Recreational Drugs - Poker players need to be especially cautious of this, as many will run into much more money than they have ever had before. A recreational smoker can turn into a full-blown pothead very quickly. I am not going to try to claim that any of these things are going to hurt you very much if used in moderation. We have all experimented in our time, and there is nothing wrong with enjoying yourself occasionally - but the kind of money that home based businesses bring in can quickly turn an enjoyable past-time into a daily habit. You ca not work when you are drunk. You can work, but maybe at 50% productivity, when you are stoned. These are things that will cut deeply into your profits if you let them, and in more ways than one.

5) WORK YOUR ASS OFF - When it is time to sit down and work - do it as efficiently and as well as you can. This is the income you (and perhaps your family) live off of. This is your profession. Be the best every day and work hard every day. Put in those hours at the poker table. Write all of those articles to drive traffic to your website. Make and promote those widgets as hard as you can. If the television is on in the same room you are working - you are giving up time, attention, and essentially money.

It took me a good year and a half before I really understood the responsibilities that come with working from home. Now that I have my routine down, I rarely break it. I am in great shape, I am healthy, and I can focus on work for the 8+ hours a day I need to. I am confident that I will be able to continue doing this as long as I please.

I hope this helps the rest of you aspiring self-made millionaires.

We have to accept the fact that operating a successful home based business is quite different from operating a mediocre home based business. When we start a business our sole objective is to succeed. Success does not come easily. We have to put in a lot of hard work, be dedicated, disciplined, passionate and above all remain motivated till we reach our goal.

1. Self-Discipline and Hard Work:

The key word to operate a successful home based business is self-discipline. When you work from home you have to complete jobs all by yourself. There is no boss to supervise you or prod you along. There are no colleagues or friends to discuss with or give you moral support.You have to put in a lot of hard work and effort to achieve success. Unless you are self disciplined success will only be a distant dream.

2. Dedication and Motivation:

Once a decision is made to start and operate a successful home based business, it is absolutely important that you work with dedication. Running a successful home based business is not an easy option to take and is not for people who cannot discipline themselves and work with dedication to achieve success. It is important that you remain dedicated and self-motivated and work with single pointedness to achieve your goal.

3. Confidence:

Confidence plays a major role in your work as a home based business entrepreneur. You have to be confident that you have the ability to do the job. Failure is no option for you. It is you and you alone who are going to do all the good tasks and the dirty ones. If you don't do the job, then it doesn't get done.

4. Time Management:

A successful home based business is always geared to efficient time management. How well you manage your time is crucial. You should have a plan for all your daily activities and stick to it as best as you can. Failure to do this can lead to stress and procrastination which will impede the progress of your business.

5. Communication Skills:

Unfortunately working from home does not give you the license to talk to people and behave the way you like. When you work for an employer, there are other members of the staff handling specialized activities such as meeting clients, suppliers, bank managers and public relations. On the other hand when you work from home, you are all in one and your ability to communicate well with all kinds of people in all kinds of situations is extremely important in running a successful home based business.

6. Balanced Temperament and Flexibility:

When you work in your home based business, you are bound to face various unpleasant situations and also experience periods of highs and lows and ups and downs. This calls for a balanced temperament that can tackle these situations in the best possible manner while maintaining a high profile under these circumstances. Operating a successful home based business also calls for a lot of adjustment and flexibility as and when situations arise.

Conclusion:

These abilities are possessed by most if not all of the successful home based business entrepreneurs. To some these abilities come naturally while others have to acquire them. If you want to be successful and reach the top, the solution is obvious-possess them if not acquire them.

Product Sourcing Online

If you are looking for products to sell online then you need to be aware of the thousands of resellers posing as wholesale distributors who are targeting your business. Your first intention may be to look through search engines to find wholesale distributors and products at wholesale price. This can be misleading once you understand how a search engine produces the search results you are asking for.

Search Engines

Search engines produce search results through the content of a site, not product sales pages or company information. Most of all the major search engines produce search results based on how often the keyword you are searching for appears on the site and how popular the site is based on how many other sites are linking to it. There are also a lot of other factors that apply that I will not go into here but search engines give results based upon the content of a site.

Fake Wholesale Distributors - Middle Men

If you were to search for wholesale distributors using a search engine you will notice that you will find barley any sites offering bulk wholesale goods. Most of all of them will show you a huge inventory of items that you can resell and offer you drop shipping services and some of which require a membership fee. This is the biggest sign of a middle man. A middle man will set between you and the real supplier and get a lot of other people to sell their goods for them; they will pose as a real wholesale distributor. They build their websites with enough content to get the search engines to pick up their website in their search results targeting people like you to do all their hard work for them.

Product Saturation

The problem with buying from a middle man like this is that not only does it cut into your profit but the products are also a lot harder to sell. If one of these fake wholesale distributors has about two hundred other people selling all the same products, most of which will be on eBay and other internet malls, then you will have to lower your price even more to compete. Everyone will be working against each other.

Real Wholesale Distributors

A real wholesale distributor is a company that receives goods from the manufacturer and stocks them in bulk to ship out to their major retailers for resell. A wholesale distributor does not advertise their products and really has no need or intention of advertising their business. They just stock products and ship them out to their retailers. The likelihood of finding a real factory direct wholesale distributor using a search engines is very slim.

Work From Home Scam

These middle men will tell you how you can make thousands of dollars every month working from your computer at home. They provide the products for you to resell and some will even provide web hosting and software to help you manage your business. Only a small percentage of people could actually make something like this work, even competing against some of the world’s biggest companies selling the same products. It takes a lot of time and money to advertise your business on the web and get a good flow of customers shopping in your store everyday. In some cases people end up spending more than they can make while others only make very little profit and deciding it isn’t worth its time and effort.

Product Sourcing Research

When searching for products to sell online you need to be buying from a real wholesale distributor if you want it to be worth your time and money. Finding real wholesale distributors involves a process called product sourcing research which you can find more information about from my site.

You've been putting in long hours in front of your computer, working hard to get your home business off the ground. Or perhaps you are in direct sales and have been on the telephone to promote your business. You are excited, passionate, and filled with anticipation. You bask in the glow of your home business vision, thrilled to be creating your dream. It's an exciting time!

Then suddenly, one day, it hits you. Maybe it's the third week, the third month or the third year of your business. You sit down at the computer, or pick up the telephone, and there is a crashing sound of silence in your brain. Everything looks different. It is as though someone dimmed the lights in your office. Your excitement about your business is a distant memory, and you feel terrible! You're frustrated, anxious, depressed or even hopeless about your business.

What happened?

Dear reader, you just caught yourself a case of the Home Business Blues! This little known malady quietly affects thousands of home business owners at all stages of business. Anyone from beginners to mature business owners can contract this nasty and persistent affliction.

The Home business Blues can sneak up upon you at any time. What are the symptoms?

* A sudden interest in "Desperate Housewives" which begins to look more appealing than your business.
* Frequent need for Kleenex when you total your sales.
* Watching "Dr. Zhivago" is more uplifting than reading your sales reports.
* Looking at your "to do" list inspires you to take a nap.
* You need double espresso and chocolate ice cream to jump start your day.
* You experience an overwhelming desire to toss your computer out the window.

The Home Business Blues can appear at any time. Perhaps your sales are slow, your computer crashed, one of your business partners quit, your direct sales company went out of business, or you just discovered you owe the government $3,000 of self employment tax. The Home Business Blues is a sneaky affliction and can even appear, unbidden, when things are going well.

New business owners are especially vulnerable to the Home Business Blues. It is highly contagious, and can be contracted even from non-business owners. Spouses can pass the Home business Blues along to a new business owner in the blink of an eye.

The Home Business Blues creates depression, irritability, misery, low productivity, and in some cases even causes unsuspecting home business owners to "throw in the towel" way before towel throwing is called for!

Thankfully, the home business blues is not a terminal condition. There are several proven strategies that can help lift you out of the dregs and move you forward to a more energized, productive, and Kleenex free business experience!

Surefire Cures for the Home Business Blues

1. When you find yourself at the "Dr Zhivago" stage, get out of the office and take a walk. It is difficult to stay overwhelmed, discouraged, or hopeless when you're moving about in the fresh air. If the weather is bad, take a walk on the exercise bike, or put on some music and dance. Get yourself moving!

2. When sitting at the computer inspires you to visit the Yahoo personals instead of working your business, it is time to change the energy in your office. Open the windows, clear off your desk, change the desktop image on your computer, get a new mouse pad, and get rid of clutter. Remove everything that is not absolutely essential to your business. Make space for the new!

3. Make yourself as comfortable as possible in your office. Get a really good chair that helps you to sit effortlessly. Get some plants and inspiring posters or paintings. These will help you to visualize positive results in your business. Create your office environment as a warm, uplifting and inviting space, and avoid fluorescent lighting which drains your energy.

4. Seek the advice and support of your business colleagues. No home business owner is an island! You need to be connected with other successful home business people who understand the challenges you are going through. Find some business networking groups that you feel connected to, join them, and introduce yourself.

Discuss what is going on in your business with a trusted colleague, coach or mentor. There is an old saying, "two heads are better than one" and this is especially true in the world of business. Brainstorm solutions to your business challenges, write them down, make a plan, and then be accountable! Some home business owners find a "business buddy" that they speak with daily for 15 minutes, to keep them motivated and inspired.

5. Turn off the TV! OK, there is a time and a place for "Desperate Housewives", but this is not going to help you to prosper. Instead, pull out your original business plan, which has the mission statement of your business. Read it! See and feel the vision and passion that originally motivated you to create your business. Spend some quiet time within your own heart and re-commit to your vision! If you have difficult doing this alone, set aside some time to do this with a colleague, coach or business partner.

6. Don't make ANY changes while you're under the influence of the Home business Blues! Sometimes the blues are a sign that you need to make changes in your business, but other times, the blues are simply a normal part of the ups and downs that accompany any business.

By taking steps to combat the Home Business Blues, you will discover the secret treasure hidden within each bit of adversity that you go through in your business. Tomorrow, the sun will shine a little brighter and you will feel a renewed sense of excitement and optimism. Once your positive frame of mind has been restored, you can make decisions with a clear perspective.

The Home Business Blues can sneak up on you at any time. Following these suggestions can help you to persist through the rough periods long enough to realize your home business dreams!

If you are out there looking for a way to make money in your spare time, consider getting started with paid surveys. Getting started with paid surveys is not a difficult task, even though you might seem overwhelmed with the amount of information located on the internet about paid surveys. Once you know where to look and which sites are the most profitable ones, you will find getting started with paid surveys quite easy.

Scam artists will try to sell you lists or information to buy for getting started with paid surveys, however, these lists and other information are available free on the internet to anyone with a computer. Therefore, as long as you have an internet provider or access to the internet, you are just one step away for getting started with paid surveys.

When getting started with paid surveys, it is recommended to ask any friends or family members who might be currently doing surveys online, for their opinion of the best surveys to sign up with. You will be surprised at the number of paid survey sites available and the amount of money that your friends or family members are earning.

If you do not have any friends or family members doing paid surveys, and are unable to refer you, the next step would be to search online for forums dedicated to paid surveys. This is usually one of the ways that most people find paid survey websites for getting started with. The forums will not only have a list of the best sites, they will also have posts by members providing feedback on each survey company. Therefore, by visiting a forum, you will have more support as you explore the world of paid surveys.