Tuesday, December 5, 2006

How to start a business in 30 days

One of the many ways of making money on the Internet is starting your own business. It can be done without leaving your home. "Zero Cash, A Little Talent and 30 Days" is the title of series of interesting articles written by Jennifer Laycock, where she describes her project. It gives you an idea of what you can do within 30 days in your spare time, without investing any of your money, only a little of your talent. The author created a line of her products promoting breast feeding with a touch of good humour. Products are targeted at a specific audience, but as it turns out, a bit of imagination and you can make a profit.

The project started out with brain-storming a few ideas for a t-shirt design and completely free creation of an online shop, with the help of the site CafePress.com. They take care of everything, you just have to choose products and upload an image you want to appear on it. This way you can start selling t-shirts, mugs, calendars, and even books and music Cd's within 20 minutes. The next important part of the project was creating a blog (using free blogger.com), which aims to create awareness and interest in the product. Additionally, the author took advantage of a few of affiliate programs like Google AdSense, Amazon, as well as CafePress itself. After only the first month the project earned over 300 USD, including all the expenses made during the process. The articles are very interesting and you can learn a lot from them about e-marketing. I encourage everyone to check it out, either through the free e-book, or by reading it online.

- e-book - first day - cafepress -

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