So, think small. The smaller better. The smaller less competition you have. What is it that you're interested in, good at, expert of, that others may also be interested in? Maybe you're mad for old lamps. Create an auction site just for old lamps. Maybe you were a grief counselor in a previous life. Create a web site devoted to helping people cope with and transcend grief. Perhaps you're a stay-at-home parent. Create a community-style web site for other stay-at-home parents who are looking to connect with other people in same situation. It doesn't matter. Just think small. Think about what pushes your buttons. Then take that and create something fabulous that's all yours. Something unique.

When it comes to generating an income from your web site you have a few options. Affiliate programs are a good choice for a site that generates decent traffic but make sure you select programs that are relevant to subject matter of your site and your site visitors. Sure, you may have fewer of them to choose from, but because of specialized nature of your site and, hence, your site visitors, your market is much more highly targeted than a more general audience. Therefore, conversion rate (the ratio of site visitors to purchasers) will be commensurately higher. (It's also, I might add, a LOT easier to achieve a high search engine ranking for keywords that aren't being competed for by 99% of webmaster population!)

In addition to promoting relevant affiliate programs, it's a natural extension to your site to start publishing an ezine on a regular basis. Because subject matter of your ezine is NOT Internet Marketing (which nine out of ten of everybody else's are), you are more likely to produce a worthwhile read for your targeted audience (include a sign up form on your web site so your site visitors can subscribe in addition to marketing your ezine as a separate "product"). You can advertise your affiliate programs in your ezine, accept paid advertising, and promote your own products. Just three ways to generate an income. Another is to charge a subscription fee.

Finally, once you've been going awhile, it's time to start thinking about creating your own products. E-books and other products that can be delivered electronically are always a good choice but your product line will depend on subject matter of your site. You may sell beaded jewelry, for example.

The point is, whatever you choose as subject matter of your site, narrower you keep your focus better. Trying to be too much to too many only guarantees you'll be too little to too few. Including yourself.

You also need your own domain name. This is a must if you want people to take you seriously. You need it for credibil- ity and trust.

Giving information away freely is a first step as well. What goes around comes around. I truely believe this.

Okay, that simple little trick mentioned above for narrowing a search, is to put quotations around your phrase. Now some of you already do this, I'm sure. There are even instructions telling you not to do this. Many of you will have never uncovered this little discovery. You can also check a box for exact words, instead of any word.

My favorite tool for searching is WebFerret. I get results on free version and I am always pleased with list. Depending on my search I can get a tightly targeted keyword list of as few as 19. A popular widely used keyword brings up 500. I have option to save list. This list does not contain web page ads and items I don't want cluttering up my hard drive.

Now real key in searching is to know what terms to use as keywords in your search. You can find these hidden jewels, listed on a website at push of a button.

There is nothing really scientific about what you need to do to guarantee success as a work from home online business.

Let's say you find an ad for a product you are really enticed to buy. But you tell yourself, you really can't afford to part with your cash, your hard earned money.

Take author's name, put it in WebFerret search box, with quotes around it and see what comes up. I learned this while reading an ad. The ad copy suggested it. He said, Go to Google, type in my name and see what you find."

I found ton's of free articles this guy had wrote to promote his business. Do you realize how much of content in those articles are probably same content as what is in ebook he promotes.

This is where more time than money comes in to play. If you have time, determination and committment, you can make money selling information online.

Here are more ways:

1)Subscribe to free ezines.

2)Find article banks and file info in a folder.

3)Start collecting links of good free resource sites.

4)Compare competition.

5)Read free e-books, think on how to improve on that topic.

There are many little secrets I have mastered to discover tricks of trade for making money online.