I really want you to understand power here:

Let’s say you’re bringing in 30 people a day to your website. I know these are low numbers. But I want you to understand power here.

Now, by introducing a free e-book, it would be easy to bring in 100 or more a day, instead of 30 you’re used to. This is because they’re getting something for free so more people will come.

So, you have 100 people a day. And you have an e-zine that you offer. With free e-book you’re offering to subscribers let’s assume you get 70 people signed up each day for your newsletter.

Then, out of those 70 people, let’s assume that 20 decide to give your e-book away that’s loaded with links to your website. Each of those 20 people gives e-book away to 70 people too. So, within a very short period your website address is in front of 1,400 people. And that’s off one day’s work.

Just think about kind of traffic you can be getting within a week? Or a month? The results of this are staggering. In fact, first week I introduced this little gem I brought in over $1,000 in business. Pretty incredible, right? And it’s just getting started.

Bottom line, you need to offer a free e-book. Get to work today and create your masterpiece. You’ll reap rewards for years off a job that only takes days.

The List: Web designing and some knowledge of HTML, understand how Internet works, how to engage in effective e-mail marketing, Ezine Publishing, how to develop an opt-in mailing list, search engine optimization, E-book creations and viral marketing, promotions and advertising online, joint venture, testimonial marketing, How to write effective Net copies and how to develop a business plan.

The next question that you need to ask yourself would be: How much time am I willing to devote towards my business online? While we often associated an online business with automation. You will discover that for a lot of people what this means is, just uploading a web site and using an auto responder to hand out a few messages. As you can see from list above, it is much more than that.

The last question that you need to ask yourself is: What is my financial commitment? While Internet offers free resources, free software, free Web sites and others .The question you should ask yourself is, should I use them? The answer is Yes and No.

Yes, if you are using them for a hobby or as a non-business Web site. No, if you want to make a professional presence online. With an exception of a few free resources, you will soon find, that you will not get respect and credibility you need when you use many of these freebies.

When you look at free resources, you will soon realize that, there is nothing really Free online.

There is always a small and at times a large price to pay. Take free web sites for example, many are used as tools by owners to leverage their time and effort. The banners or text links that appear quite permanently are actually used to promote freebie giver's product or services. You may in long run, end up losing traffic that you worked hard for.

In closing, it is vital to remember that one should treat one`s online business as a real business. The key words to remember are: keep promoting and testing. And not forgetting simple but "profound truth" that "Hard Work Still Pays".

Patrick Ravi is an E-Marketing Consultant for Asia Pacific Rim http://www.global-ibiz.com/webtreasures.htm Get his Free Online course that reveals his success secrets on how to turn your computer into a CyberCash Register, all on a shoe string budget at: http://www.global-ibiz.com/freecourse.htm