If anyone asked me that question right now they would probably fall about laughing at my answer. You see, I know for a fact that you can get your own online business up and running for under $100.

Now you may think I've gone insane, but proof is right in front of your face........this article.

I've done it, you are looking at proof.

No, I'm not any sort of guru with a million dollars in bank, but I am an online business owner who started for under $100.

Providing you already have an Internet ready PC so can you.

The bad news. ____________

You have to realize one thing, if you are not prepared to put in a whole lot of work, then don't go down this route with your online venture.

Getting your business up and running is just start and if your not willing to put a little cash into your new venture, then it's going to be a long road ahead.

Yes it can be done, and when you start to see a profit from a business started in this way, feeling of acheivement is multiplied many times.

All too often I see web sites offering *guaranteed* success, yet they don't offer you their ongoing support or any training whatsoever. How can they guarantee your success if they don't even know you or aren't prepared to invest some time into helping you get started? There are no guarantee's of success in any form of business, online or off.

That said, chance of success is far greater if you have a *proven* path to follow and also someone to guide you onto that path.

Now for good news! ___________________

You can have a web site, affiliate programs, pre-written e-mail campaigns, newsletter and ongoing help to put it all together for under $100.

If you make right choices and follow right advice, you can get resources and products that people who have been online for years still aren't using to their full potential.

Plus you can get them at little or no cost.

Unfortunately, one thing that you won't get with all above is vital piece of Internet marketing puzzle..............customers.

It doesn't matter if you've got best sales copy in history on your site. If nobody ever sees it, you will never make any money.

Thats where work comes in.

Well, that really depends on a number of things, which I will go over. In this article I am only going to cover a few advantages and disadvantages of using Google's Adsense vs Associate Programs and which Associate Programs will prevail.

In case you are not familiar with Google's Adsense, Adsense is a new service provided by Google. This service allows you to have text based advertisements on your web site, known as Google Adwords. In return, you will receive a share of revenue based on a pay per click arrangement.

How Does Adsense's Advantages Compare To Associate Programs

Adsense and Associate Programs share some of same advantages such as, Adsense is free to join and so are most other Associate Programs. Making them both easy to start and suitable for you whether you are a beginner or an experienced marketer.

Another advantage with Adsense, is that you never have to search for advertisers. Google supplies you with advertisements by using highly relevant content targeted ads. This will insure that only precisely relevant advertisements are displayed on your web site. As for Associate Programs, you will have to search for quality programs and relevancy of program will depend on one you select.

Adsense enables you to filter out up to 200 urls, so you don't have inappropriate ads or display advertisements of your competition. The last thing you want is to send traffic to your indirect competition. No one in their right mind would do that, right! Moreover, with Associate Programs you can select which ones you want to promote, instead of worrying about advertising your indirect competition.

How Does Adsense's Disadvantages Compare To Associate Programs

One of biggest disadvantages of Adsense, is that they never really tell you what percentage you will receive. I don't know about you, but wouldn't it be nice to know what percentage of revenue you will receive. If an Associate Program was to do that, they would have absolutely no one participating in their program, but somehow Google can manage to get away with that. With associate programs, you immediately know what your commission percentage is going to be before you sign up.