No one has ever logged onto the Internet for the first time and 
started pocketing dollars in a really short period of time. As 
with all things in life, there is a learning curve.


SOME PERSONAL HISTORY

Just a few short years ago, I was a working stiff just like you. 

One day, I bought and read a book called "Multiple Streams of 
Income" by bestselling author, Robert Allen. Immediately, I 
began my journey.

Every night after work and after my wife and children went to 
sleep, I would get online and explore different ways of using 
the Internet to make money.

In the 2 years that followed, I spent over $10,000.00 racking 
up credit card debt buying eBooks, membership sites, special 
reports, opt-in leads, and joining every "guru" recommended 
business opportunity that flew into my email inbox...

I stayed up learning, working and drinking coffee until 5:00 in 
the morning month after month filled with the hope of making 
money online.

In my 3rd year of working part-time to build an home based 
income, I finally broke through and earned over $100,000.00 
in just 12 months from the Internet.


BECOME THE MASTER OF YOUR LEARNING CURVE

Research the lives of all of the guru's. The one thing that you 
will learn is that my own experience is not unique. Most of the 
high earners on the Internet experienced a learning curve very 
similar to my own. 

Chances are that your curve will also be similar to mine, but 
it is my hope that you can get to the top faster than even I 
did. Three years was a long time to struggle, but every ounce 
of struggle was worth the reward I have finally received. 

In order to shorten your own learning curve, you must do a few 
things differently than the rest of us did. You must become the 
master of your learning curve.


THE SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS A STRAIGHT LINE

There is only one way to shorten the curve on the Internet, 
"you must plan to succeed."

Here is the deal. Most people put up a freebie website and 
select a few affiliate programs to add to their website. Right 
out of the gate, most people are running for the finish line 
without any real plan in mind.

After a few short weeks, people begin to see the writing on the 
wall that says, "This is going to be a long hard road."

People check their hit counters daily for six weeks before they 
realize that getting traffic to their free site is going to be 
tough. 

At this point, they begin developing their first batch of 
advertising. Then they spend countless months finding places 
to show their advertisements for free. Some make an even more 
drastic mistake by blowing thousands of hard earned dollars on 
their new and untested ads.

These are the people who will learn the facts of life the hard 
way.

In time, they will learn how to make their advertising work for 
them. But most will earn very little money from their affiliate 
programs. 

At this point in the learning curve, most people throw up their 
hands and walk away from their dreams in utter disgust. Instead 
of a walking away point, this should have convinced the 
struggling online entrepreneur that they were simply traveling 
the wrong road.


YOU MUST PLAN TO SUCCEED

From day one, you must begin to learn about the nuances of web 
promotion. Read everything you can get your hands on. Don't 
just read the hype, back it up with the opinions of others who 
have reviewed the same programs before you came along. Learn 
from their mistakes and successes.

As you begin to learn, you must also look to make a decision. 
Do you want to step into a pre-built program that is designed 
to help you to succeed, OR do you want to create a completely 
new program of which you are the sole owner?

If you decide to step into a pre-designed and complete turn-key 
online money making venture, then you must select the right 
venture to step into. If this is your decision, then please 
examine my program along with the others. You can review my 
Plug In Profit Site™ program at: http://www.PlugInProfitSite.com . 

If you decide to go the journey on your own, then do all of the 
necessary research, planning and preparation that is needed for 
your success.  


PREPARE TO SUCCEED

Decide upon what you think you would want to do, and then figure 
out how your planned site will generate a real income. 

Internet old-timers know about hundreds of corporation domains 
that existed with IPO millions, but did not have an actual 
money plan that could sustain their business model. Most of 
these companies were among the hundreds of companies that 
bellied up in the 2000 dot bomb experience.

Don't blindly believe in your plan. Research others on the web 
who have undertaken similar business models and see if they 
have survived. Study your competitors in depth to learn what 
is working for them and what did not work for them. To better 
understand what has or has not worked for competitor websites, 
check out their time lapsed progressions using the Wayback 
Machine: http://web.archive.org/ 

Once you have determined your money plan, then you should 
undertake the development of a business plan and a marketing 
plan. Utilize professional assistance if you need to do so. 
While creating your plans, make a determination as to which 
domain name you think would be best, then use the NameBoy tool to
figure out if that domain name is open: http://www.nameboy.com/

Once you have developed your business plan and marketing plan 
and have run them through several revisions, then it will be 
time to buy your domain name and to begin work with a site 
designer and developer. You may need to have your domain sitting 
on a webhost for your site developer, but this is not always 
necessary. While they are doing their work, enlist a copywriter 
to help you with your site sales copy.

When your site designer and developer have your site working, 
you should then undertake significant testing to make sure 
everything works as planned. It is much harder to fix problems 
on a operational site than it is to fix problems on a site that 
is yet to be launched.

When testing is done, then you should fill in your sales copy and
then shoot for launch. Of course, you already have a marketing 
plan in place, so your preparation here will be simply a matter 
of putting the pieces of the puzzle into place. 

You are finally ready to open for business. Don't be afraid to 
spend the money to bring your dream alive. Time can replace 
money in the goal of starting a profitable online business, but 
money invested can shave years off of your company's growth.