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In today's issue...
Cheap, Cheap...
Here's a question I get all the time...
"Jim, I want to make money online and have a few ideas, but
I'm flat broke! I mean, I could probably scrape up, at the most,
$15 per week -- but that's about it... should I forget about
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Here's my advice to financially
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Don't quit your day job just yet... But DO get to work growing
your own business in your spare time. Yes, you
can grow
your own business online with less than $15 a week, and I will
show you how today.
I know that may sound absurd,
especially when businesses in the real world usually cost
anywhere from $10,000 - $200,000 to start. I also realize there
are many companies out there selling "turnkey web business
opportunities" for anywhere from $1,500 - $5,000 and more.
So where do I get off telling
you that you can do it all on less than $15 a week?
Easy, I'm a real cheapo at heart! I got started with next to
nothing, and you can too. And believe me, things were much more
expensive online when I started out.
Nowadays you can get a great
website design program for $0, an FTP program for $0, web
hosting for $3, payment processing for pennies, website
promotion for $0, and that's just about everything you need.
In fact, here are the essentials
for any web business, including the web's 10 best no-cost and
low-cost solutions available. You've probably never heard of
some of these solutions, but they are solid, reliable, and
dirt-cheap.
Essential #1: Your Own Website
The first thing you'll need when
starting a business online is a website or a blog. Whether you
plan to make money selling your own products and services or
selling as an affiliate, you need a "home base" to direct your
prospects to.
Cheapo Resources:
Here are the top low-cost and no-cost resources for building
your own website...
NVU.com - This is one of the best website design programs on
the web. With it you can design your entire website. You can
start from scratch or use a pre-designed website template. This
program rivals programs costing hundreds of dollars.
Cost: $0
EZMinisites.com - A great source for pre-designed website
templates. But not just "pretty" templates -- these professional
templates contain all the sales components of top selling
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Cost: $0
50Webs.com - Once you have a site designed, you need a web
host. This host gets great reviews from their customers and
businesses get quite a list of features for just $3 a month with
their start account.
If I were on a very tight budget and
just starting out, this is the host I would use. (While you can
find free business hosting on the web, most include 3rd party
ads on your site - a big no-no.)
Cost: $1 per week including domain name
FTP Commander - If you're going to build a website you need a way to
upload the files to your web host. This tool is easy to use and
comes with the perfect price tag...
Cost: $0
WordPress.com - If you like to write then you may prefer to
go the blog route instead building a website. Using this
web-based blog building platform you can get started in less
than an hour.
Cost: $0
Blogger.com - Another top-notch blog builder.
Cost: $0
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Essential #2: Growing Your
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At your site or blog, your number
one priority should be to give something of value away, such as
an ebook, so you can collect opt-in email addresses. This will
grow a growing pool of prospects that can be contacted
regularly.
I n
order to get started with this task, you need two things... a
giveaway such as an ebook you write yourself, or acquire master
rights to. And a service that will help you grow and manage your
list.
Cheapo Resources:
OpenOffice.org - With this tool you can create your ebook.
This awesome program rivals Microsoft Office, but without the
high price tag. Plus, the word processing program called
OpenOffice Writer, (looks like Word) has something really neat
built in. I call it an instant ebook creator. In a nutshell, you
can write content in the word processor then when you're done,
click File, Save As, then save the file as a PDF document. You
have an instant ebook! Now that's a great feature. Especially
considering how much you pay for this entire suite of tools...
Cost: $0
Aweber.com - A web-based autoresponder is one of the
essentials when trying to make money online. Aweber is the web's
top (at least in my opinion) autoresponder service. With it you
can deliver your free ebooks and grow your opt-in email lists.
It will also follow-up with prospects
automatically and allow you to broadcast to your lists. There are free
versions of autoresponders on the web, but this is something
important enough to pay for. Especially when you consider how
much Aweber costs...
Cost: Less than $5 per week
Essential #3: Taking
Payments
If you're selling products and
services as an affiliate, you can skip this step, as the
merchants will handle all customer payments then pay you a
commission. But if you plan to sell products or services of your
own, then you'll need a way to take payments. Years ago I'd tell
people to get a merchant account for this. But with an average
cost of $500 or so, this is really not the best choice for small
and home web businesses, at least during the start-up phase.
That's because other options are now mainstream and far cheaper.
Cheapo Resources:
PayPal - Millions of people use this payment solution online
now. It is so universally accepted I increased my sales by 20%
overnight, simply by adding paypal as an option for my
customers. And there's nothing wrong with having paypal as your
only payment option ether. As far as costs go, unlike standard
merchant accounts, you don't pay unless you make sales -- that
alone makes it a nice fit for new businesses.
Cost $0 setup and per transaction fees
ClickBank - Similar to paypal, this site lets you accept
credit card payments for your goods -- as long as they are
digital, such as ebooks and other downloadable products.
Clickbank has an added advantage though -- they have a network
of more than 100,000 affiliates you can tap into instantly. They
charge more per transaction than paypal, but their vast network
of affiliates can more than offset the extra costs.
Cost $0 setup and per transaction fees
Let's wrap it up for today...
A bit of quick math show us that we're at about $6 a week.
Who says a web business has to be expensive?
In my next issue :
Getting Traffic. Low-cost and no-cost web marketing that
actually works...
To YOUR success in business and in
life,
Jim Daniels - JDD Publishing
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