Folks - that is just not case. Can you earn a living on Internet? Sure! But guess what - you still have to work for it. Forget about "get rich quick" plans - they don't work. If they did, we would all be rich.

Find yourself a "niche" that you can promote. Many people have done this and are making a respectable living on net. Get yourself a domain name, build a website and market it. The world will not beat a path to your door. If you don't advertise, like any business you will not succeed. There are plenty of places to place your ads. Some are free and others are not.

Ezines are a good bet. They are being distributed to people who have asked to receive information. If they are a match for market you want to target, they should be high on your list. Ezines that have a very large subscriber base, that are not a match for your market are normally not a good deal. Advertise in smaller ones that are.

Forget about automatic submission software that sends your ad to FFA sites - it is a waste of money. The ad you submit, will in all probability never be seen by a human. The only people making any money from this submission software are people selling software.

People running FFA sites get thousands of submissions a day this way. They automatically drop old ads in a matter of seconds to make room for new. What do you think odds are someone will stumble on their site and see your ad. If you are going to place free ads on a website, make sure they have a life of a week or so.

While "Bigger, Better, Faster" might be appropriate in describing available hardware, it does not replace known and proven marketing techniques. The fact that you can send your ad free to large numbers of people, doesn't mean it will be read. To make a living on web, you still have to "earn it".

If you plan to market by email, you should build your own list. Sure this takes some time, but rewards will be worth it. This is a responsible approach to use of business E-mail. I do believe there is a "bottom line" here. If your list is highly targeted, remove requests are immediately honored, and you are providing something of interest, you should not encounter any problems and just may do some business.

There are a number of ways to get people to your web site so you can make actual sale. One of time proven methods is to search out Newsletters or Ezines that match your target market. Don't make mistake of thinking that a huge subscriber base is best. It is better to advertise in smaller publications that are targeted to group you wish to contact, then ones with very large subscriber bases that are not. Publications that are not targeted are like shooting that arrow into air. Sure, you may get a few but realistically you won't get many.

Search Engines are a good bet. Get your web site listed, but don't fall for pitch that someone can do it for you for a few bucks. To do it right, it is simply too much work to be able to get any type of good listing for a small amount. This is something you should consider doing yourself, and if you do spend necessary time, rewards will be worth it.

One of our publications, "Search Engine Tips" is a good starting place to learn "ins and outs" of getting a favorable position. It is a free publication and is mailed out once a week.

Think about writing some articles in areas of your expertise. Most publications permit an authors credit box following article. If your articles are well written and timely, odds are they will be published. Anything that you can do to improve your business exposure, will pay "Handsome Dividends".