This is what every one is looking for, right? The real hidden secrets of online money making industry. I will keep things very simple and straight to the point. If you can get the following simple things right, Nobody in this world can stop you from making money. If somebody tries , you can laugh all the way to the bank.

1. Do not go on forums and say “I am a newbie”.
It is just like announcing that you are a loser. There is nothing wrong with starting something new. But You do not have to announce that you are a newbie. Every time you repeat this phrase it will be printed in your mind. If you want to become a pro, Start acting like a one.

I started this blog 3 months ago and I knew nothing about blogging back then. I read lot of forums and spent lot of time on great web sites like “problogger”, “copyblogger”. Once I was equipped with this knowledge I knew what I was talking about. So I did not have to play stupid on well known web master forums.

To tell you the truth, All the questions a new internet marketer asks, have already being answered some where. If you spend some time on Google, I am sure you will find all the answers to your questions. Spend time on digital point, warrior forum and learn things.

They all will help you become a pro internet money marketer.

2. Do mistakes as much as possible. If you have never failed, You will never succeed.
Failing does not make you a loser. It will give you enough motivation to rise from the dust. Many billionaires in this world today have made huge mistakes in their lives. The important thing is, learning from the mistakes.

My first ever online transaction was depositing good part of my school savings in a HYIP. I lost everything. I was 17 back then. I did not know anything and I was jumping from one Hyip to another. Then to network marketing schemes and cyclers. Once I got my hands on a copy of “rich jerk” it virtually changed my life.

But My first 2 websites was a flop. One was for adsense and the other one was for promoting virus guards as an affiliate. I thought once I put up those sites, people are going to come and click my ads, purchase those brilliant anti virus protections through my links. What more could a 17 year old guy from Sri Lanka can expect? Oh Boy, didn’t I came a long way from that point.

All thanks to learning from mistakes.

3. Be in a market which spends money and have a problem to be solved.
If your market users are not willing to spend a dime, there is no point wasting your time on that niche. For example lot of people have tried to sell myspace layouts. Why would they wanna buy something like that when it is freely available.

And make sure your target market is old enough to own a credit card. The system here is very different from a offline market. 80% of the sales are due to impulse thinking. Do not expect your visitors to bookmark your page and purchase your product on a later date. the Chances of that happening is very slim.

Internet is full of people who are looking to get answers to their problems.
How can I make some more money?
How can I reduce my weight?
How can I cure my acne problem?

If your market has a problem like this, and If you can come up with a solution with a good value, You are a winner. Remember , You do not always have to create products to solve problems. Or you do not always have to own the product. That is the wonder of affiliate marketing.

4. Do not give up too early. At least give it 4 months.
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You cannot be a instant success. It does not happen that way. You will not make much money in the first few months unless you have a handsome advertising budget.

Most search engines will not even know that you exist. Do not give up at this stage. Even if you are not making any money.

Gradually improve your site and the overall strategy of hooking your visitors with your product. Read , Read and READ. Search , Search and SEARCH. If thousands of other people could do this, Why not you?

And also, it is important to know when to quit. If you are in the same stage after 6 months, Give UP. There is no point holding on to something if there is no improvement. If it does not show good results or potential after 6-7 months, consider that project as a flop. Move on with your life. Do something better next time.

5. Be prepared to spend some money.
What you get for Free is Free. Got what I mean? If you spend $250 for a project , You will double it in no time. ( Given that you know your basics.) But if you are only spending $25, then it is plain gambling. Nothing else.

If you are completely broke, at least spend enough money to buy reliable hosting and a private domain name.

6. Know inside out of the service / products you offer.
This is not the case if you are hiring copy writers and Support Personnels. If not, you should have a thorough understanding about the product you are promoting. Otherwise you will not be able to write the perfect sales pitch nor give reliable feedback to support tickets. If you fail in above 2 departments , there is no way that you can succeed as a online money maker.

7. Set short term targets and set deadlines.
When you first start, if your goal is to become a millionaire in 2 years, that will not happen. 2 years will fly by but you will go no where. If your target is to earn $100 in the first month and $200 in the second, that is more realistic and achievable.

If you set a goal for 2 years , you will forget it in 4 months. That’s the human nature. So if you really want to become successful, set short term goals and always set deadlines.

Deadlines are very important. Deadlines will drive you towards your targets. Otherwise you will leave everything for tomorrow. And that tomorrow will never come.

8. Have a passion for what you are doing.
This is really straight forward and I do not think it needs any more explanation. When there is no passion or desire, it is really difficult to get motivated and start accomplishing your plan. You can forget this when you a pro money maker and have more than dozen successful projects going on.

There will be a stage where everything you touches turn in to gold. Just like the time I am going through right now. And I am loving it. When you are in this stage , you can hire people and get the work done even if you do not have the passion for it. You don’t have to let a good money making opportunity pass by just because you don’t have the passion for it.

But until you reach that level, be involved with something you really , really like.

9. Do one project at a time.
This is a one big mistake most of the new comers are doing. They try to build a blog, adsense site, afiiliate promoting site, game arcade and a forum all at the same time. I was guilty of doing this when I first started out. I learned my lesson. This is not simply possible. Wait until one project is successfully off the ground.

10. Delegate your work.
You do not have to do the entire project by yourself. Leave the technical work to others. You do not have to master php, mysql, html and SEO. There are enough skillful labor that you can hire for few bucks. There is no harm knowing the basics in all those areas. But your time is more important. Your mission is to make money. So let others take care of coding work and you strategies your money making plan. That is far more effective.

11. Start doing it now.

You know, there is a very large gap between planning and implementing. You might be equipped with all the knowledge in the world. But if you are not using it what is the point of having it?

I know people who are day dreaming with their “income plans”. If I make $10 a day with this and if I can launch 10 projects like this I will be making $100 a day. That is $3000 a month. Wow ! I will be filthy rich soon. But when are you going to make this happen?

It is very easy to say something or plan something. It is much easier day dreaming everything. But those calculations will be just numbers if you do not start working on your project today. You might have a great idea. But no one will know you unless you execute it.

Kevin rose could have been just Kevin Rose if he did not create ” Digg”.
Mark Zuckerberg could have been just another Harvard graduate if he did not create “facebook”.
If Darren Rowse kept all his ideas to him self, there will not be a “problogger”.

They all are multimillionaires now because they started acting on their dreams. You will be no body and die with all your great plans if you do not start executing them today.

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These are my little secrets of online money making. I am sorry If you expected some dark magic, It would have been nice if I could give you some, but the reality is you do not need any majic in order to make money.

Everything related to this industry has already been discovered and revealed. If there is something new, they all will be updated in web master forums sooner or later.

If you can use your basic money making knowledge with my 11 guidelines, No one can stop you from making money.

If you are completely new to this industry, I suggest you to spend some time on warrior forum and digital point forum. Look for new money making ideas. If you are too lazy to go through the threads, get your self a copy of a great money making guide. There are plenty available in the market. Do your research and you will be able to find one. If you need some recommendations, contact me here. If you already have the knowledge let’s start making money. You got to be in water in order to learn swimming. If you find any obstacles ? I am always here to help you.

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Some crazy facts taken from the video,

” China will soon become the No 1 English speaking country in the world.”

” During the cause of the above video 694,000 songs were downloaded illegally.”

Are we equipped with enough information to be a developed country? (Sri Lanka.)

Major part of our Economy consists of “Service Sector.” And it is no brainer that information is the key to success in a service based Economy. And in the video you saw the amount of new information added yearly to the human knowledge base. 4 exabytes of unique information. I don’t have a clue about that number but I am sure it must be big.

A good part of this new knowledge is added daily to internet and It is freely available for anyone with a brain to get. It is really sad to see more than 90% of our young generation is using internet only for porn, facebook and torrents.

They haven’t got the slightest idea about how internet can be used to become a genius. A person who can become a true asset to the country. A person who can change the lives of at least another 100 people.

We rely on a decades old British Education system to gather this knowledge. We spend 13 years at school level education and approximately another 5 years at Higher studies. And in this 18 years we learn things which are already outdated by at least another 10 years.

These people then go to the job market thinking they are the cream of the society. I am not even going to talk about the people who are at the decision making level. If any leader wants to develop our country with this remaining system, GOOD LUCK. You will need lot of it.

I do not know what the situation in other countries. But one thing is certain. The world is changing so much in a daily basis and we have lot of catching up to do. As long as we are in the race, and as long as the above mentioned idiots remain as idiots, we as individuals ( Not as a country) will have a bright future.

Full credits of this video should go to Mr Karl Fletch, Mr Scott Mclood and Mr Jeff Bronmen. I couldn’t find their web address and if someone knows it please let me know. They have done an amazing research.

You can share all your ideas, opinions, suggestions in the comments section while getting a PR 3 back link. What you think about the amazing facts and stats shown in the video? All your inputs are highly welcomed and appreciated.

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I found about drop shipping when I ordered a wristwatch from ebay. The seller was from USA but my parcel arrived from Hong Kong. I was curious enough to do a little research on this and I found out that most of the ebay power sellers are actually drop shippers. And they are cashing in millions thanks to this concept. Good thing is, there is no rocket science here. An average guy like you and me can very easily get in to the system and raking it in.

What’s the story here ?

If done correctly wholesale drop shipping can be a very luxurious business opportunity. What happens here is, when some one orders something from you; you contact the whole seller and give the order to him. The customer pays money to you and your seller directly ship goods to your customer. You pay the wholesale price to your seller. The difference in these prices is your profit.

This way, you do not need to have any physical stock with you. Remember, you can do this both off line and online. But if you are planning to do this off line you need to purchase samples in order to show to your potential customers. Drop shipping solves one of our biggest problem of finding capital.

Beware of scams.

Although this business sounds very luxurious, this is possible only if you have a good whole seller who is willing to do drop shipping for you. If you are planning to do this online you must make sure that your seller is not a con artist. To tell you the truth 90% of the online whole sellers do not have any stock with them. So you must select your sellers carefully.

Many people are selling drop shippers lists these days. Do not buy them. If I have a good whole seller I can make more than enough money from him not to sell out his details. I would rather keep his details to my self. These lists gives names of companies which drop ships and many of them could be the same company in different names or just an individual with a phone without any actual product with them.

If you find your seller online, it is always better to visit him. Or have someone check on them. There are lot of firms which does back ground checks on other companies for a small fee. I know this can be costly. But by doing this, you can start your marketing activities without any doubts.

If your seller scams you, eventually you will become a scammer from your customer’s perspective. And that is not pretty. That is why I insist you to chose your sellers carefully. ( Do not worry, There are plenty of good whole sellers. Otherwise there won’t be an ebay.)

How to find a whole seller for you to drop ship?
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You can find many good whole sellers who are not new to drop shipping at alibaba and at worldwidebrands. Read this article to figure out how to not get scammed by whole sellers.

One of the best ways to find out whole sellers is to do a search off line. If you can approach them and present your idea, there is a high chance that they will agree to do the dirty work for you. After all, it brings more sales to them.

However it may not be easy as finding a whole seller online, but it has more benefits and it is much more secure.

What you should sell in order to cash in ?

If you are planning to make a fortune from drop shipping keep this simple factor in your mind. Sell high end niche products with a profit margin that leaves you plenty of room to advertise! This way you do not have to worry about advertising cost. ( PPC is the best. ) If you are selling a product for $15 and it costs you $5 to get a customer, there is not much in it.

But if you are selling something for $400 and your profit margin is $100 then there is plenty of room for you to advertise. Even if you spend $25 to get that new customer, so what, you’ve still made $75.00!

Go high end niche and cash in. After all, you’re drop shipping and there is no need to carry any inventory, so go for the gold! Plasma TV’s , LCD’s, snowboards, high end phones are few examples that comes to my mind.

Let’s make some money.

Now you have a very clear understanding about how drop shipping works. Now the matter is getting customers for you to sell your products. You can proceed with the traditional way of making a web site and driving traffic through PPC. It will work; there is no doubt about it. But there are much easier ways of doing this.

You can practice this method on world’s largest online market place, “ebay”. As I said earlier, most of the ebay power sellers are actually drop shippers.

I have run few successful campaigns with ebay and drop shipped N95’s when the market was big for Nokia N95. This was back in June- September last year. I had a supplier in Singapore who supplied N 95’s @ $580 for me. Back then the retail price on ebay was $ 700-$850.

The above image you see is a picture I used in my ebay listings. I had few phones with me as samples because most buyers need some photo proof before placing an order.

I had a nice run till they introduced the N95 8GB. My supplier could not extend his deal with Nokia and our relationship ended unfortunately.

And the other great place to sell your products is “alibaba.com”. I love their market place. When you post a sales lead it is almost guaranteed that you will have at least few inquires within the few hours. And you can always reply to buyer leads and find new customers. They have a great system and the house where I am living at the moment was bought from the money I earned from alibaba.

Ebay gives you one sale at a time. Alibaba gives you $10,000 worth sales at a time. I was drop shipping Nokia N95’s and E90’s to Australia, Germany, USA, UAE and UK. And 50% of my assets in fixed deposits also come from alibaba sales.

Do your self a favor and join this great market place. It is totally Free to join and to do business. Once you are a member, download the “trade manager”. It is a chatting software like msn messenger but the difference is all your contacts are wholesale buyers and sellers.

Build your profile with correct information and post few sales leads with accurate and complete details. If you do everything right you can expect buyers to contact you within few hours. And remember, you can use the same method to find suppliers for you too.

I have given all the information you need without holding anything back. If I have not revealed anything here, that would be my current supplier’s details for gaming consoles. And I am not going to trade that information for anything.

I hope you would appreciate my effort of writing this post. You can share your thoughts in the comments section and if you like the post please give it a thumbs up. That is the best thing I am expecting from you.

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Lot of people gives the excuse of lack of capital as their major reason for not starting their own business. Do you consider $700 in cash and an old pick-up truck is enough to start a $100 million worth business? That is all Brian Scudamore had when he started his summer job back in 1989. See how far you can go with innovative ideas. His job is cleaning up junk. Do not laugh; his business is now spread over 4 countries and in 100 cities with an estimate value of 100 million. With the aim of becoming the Fedex of junk removal, this young Entrepreneur is setting standards for all other established ventures.

He dropped out of college with only one year left to become a full time junk man. With limited capital, but equipped with abundance of dedication and a clear firm vision, he started out his business ““The Rubbish Boys” with the slogan “We’ll Stash Your Trash in a Flash!”. Today it has become a successful international company and goes by the name 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

How Brian pulled this thing off? His business model is unique. There are no major competitors as most companies are not interested in junk removal as their business model.

And all his marketing is in the business name it self. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Is printed on his shiny trucks and they act as mobile billboards. The name itself is responsible for 90 % of his sales.

This is one thing you should pay attention to when deciding your business name. When people see these trucks on road, they know what this is all about. And there is no need to remember the company name and their phone number separately. Just the image of truck in your memory will prompt you to call that number when you are in need of removing your garbage. More calls mean more business to the company. More business means more trucks. More trucks mean more business again. This cycle keeps on going and breaking Brian’s bank account records almost daily.

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We live in year 2008. That does not mean we have to follow all the new business rules and theories to become successful. In fact, most of the successful business owners are not even aware of business theories. In this Era most companies tend to recruit people on contract basis or out source all the work. But Brian hires people. Make them part of the company. A classic business model which is still successful. This makes employees work as a family.

And like most traditional companies they maintain their own company culture. They call their head office “Junktion”. Call their email “junk mail”. And most importantly they do all their business operations solely out of cash flow. Which is very rare in today’s business world. All these concepts has helped “1-800-GOT-JUNK?” to come to the status where they are now.

This business did not start with a huge capital. No one believed there will be enough business to sustain in the long run. Not even Brian’s father. This is of course a simple business. Their recipe for success is simple. This proves that you do not have to do outrageous things to become successful. You do not have to have huge amount of capital. Clear vision and the belief in yourself can take you to the sky limits.

You might have a brilliant idea for a new business .But the idea itself will not improve your bank account. But the actions will. Brian came up with the new business idea of “cleaning up junk”. I bet your business idea is better than that. Brian’s idea made him $100 million richer.Only God knows how much you are going to make. But if you sit here and do nothing, even I can tell you how much you are going to make. And that number is not pretty at all.

I am finding it difficult to update my blog everyday as I am bit busy with my offline business. I have been doing major price cut downs as people do not have much money in their hands these days. Did you notice that shop owners are more nice to you lately. They seem really happy to see you walking in to their shops? Same story here in Sri Lanka too :-)

I will get back to you with part 2 of this “business success stories” series in the next couple of days. If you want to get them as soon as I hit the publish button, Please do subscribe to our spam free email updates.

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She was given the honor to carry the South African flag at the Olympic Games opening ceremony today. Being qualified to represent your country at Olympics alone will make you a hero.

But her story is so amazing and inspirational that I had to turn off the TV and come here to share it with you.

Natalie was identified as a great prospect in her early teens .
But she couldn’t make it to the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Soon after the games,
She met with a motor accident and had to amputate her leg at the knee. For most people it would have been the end of journey. But not for Natalie, Three months later, she was back in the water. Du Toit comes from a working-class background, and maybe that’s where she learned her stubbornness and determination.

From the age of 6 , she wanted to represent her country at Olympics. She was not going to rest until she achieves her dream. Even with one leg less. While others with disabilities compete in para Olympics she was qualified to compete in the real deal. If that does not make her a super hero, what does? Seeing her carrying the South African flag today at the Olympics opening ceremony should inspire every one with dreams. She is showing to the whole world that nothing can stop someone from becoming what they want to be if they really put their heart and mind to it. Stop blaming your little in capabilities. Make use of your abilities and go for it.

To finish this post, I thought of including a poem which was written by one of her coach and now a laminated copy of this hangs on her wall,

The tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goals;
The tragedy of life lies in not having goals to reach for.
It is not a disgrace not to reach for the stars,
But it is a disgrace not to have stars to reach for.

No matter what will happen in her event, Natalie du Toit is already a winner. And she will forever remain a winner.

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You know, there are millions of dollars in Google balance sheet consisting of publishers who never met their magical $100 mark to cash out their check.

They either gave up half way or Google shut them down when they make desperate attempts to out smart Google when the going gets tough.

This is not only related to money, how many people drop out of colleges every year without finishing their degree. When you look back on your life after 20-30 years there shouldn’t be anything that you should be regretted on. Then you cannot say, I could have done this and I could have done that. You are too late. You have to do what is necessary TODAY, and not TOMORROW.

If you wish to become a billionaire within the next 5 years never give up. So many people will try to stop you and there will be obstacles coming from areas outside our solar system. But if you keep on pushing you will at least end up becoming a millionaire. If you want to become the CEO of your dream company, work till your brains pop up. By the time of retiring you will not end up being a loser. If you don’t try you will never know what could have happened.

As I am always telling, you are the master of your own destiny. So you better create a masterpiece which your grand children would be proud to talk about.

Songs play a major part in our lives. They can pick you up when you are down, be your companion when you are alone, set your mood for romance, inspiring you when you need it…. There is a song by Brian Adams; which I want you to listen to. This is not a new song by any means but I only paid attention to the lyrics recently. And I started loving it the moment I saw the lyrics,
I never heard such an inspirational song before. Lyrics are awesome, so does the song. Listen to this if you don’t want to take my word for it, Click the “play” button to start.

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What cha wanna be – when you grow up
What cha gonna do – when your time is up
What cha gonna say – when things go wrong
What cha wanna do – when you’re on your own

Everybody wants some kindness – everybody needs a break
We all need a shinin’ star when things get hard to take
So tonight we’re gonna wish upon a star
We never wished upon before

The song says all what I wanted to tell you in this post. NEVER GIVE UP and always go for it.

If you know any other songs, movies which inspire you, do not forget to share them in the comments field. I would love to see your feedback. When talking about inspiring movies the first thing come to my mind is “cinderella man”.

And also, I was touched by the movie “The Rookie” which shows that you are never too old to for go for it and if you put your heart and mind in to something no body can stop you. The movie is about a guy who got selected to play major league Baseball when he was in his late 30’s. That was his dream since he was a little kid and no body thought he could make it at his age. You should see how he is going through all the difficulties and finally make the whole town proud. I highly encouraged to watch this 2 movies if you have not already done so.

I am compiling a list of top 10 inspirational movies and would love to have your inputs and suggestions. Do not hesitate to send them my way.
Wishing you all the best,
-Eranda-

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