One thing I did not do in the beginning of starting my business and that was sitting down and counting the initial start-up cost for my marketing and other expenditures. I knew how much my membership in an  affiliate program was going to cost me each month, that cost was set through "auto- ship", that is where the company automatically ships the product of your choice every month, charging your Visa Card.

Here's what I do in regards to paying money on the Internet, being I don't like using my Visa credit card on the Internet because of fraud on the Internet, I have one card for my Visa, with a very, very low  balance that I use for Internet purchasing only, that's one option I use, another option is PayPal , my PayPal is backed by my Visa debit card, this works just like my Visa credit card. Most companies will except your Visa debit card, keep just enough in your account to operate  your business .

Well, because of my lack of experience in the game of Internet marketing, I began to run helter-skelter, two and frow, spending money on every corner I stopped at. You see, I thought I had to have every marketing tool that was offered. The  Internet business I started suddenly turned into several  little businesses  that hung around my niche business and began to drain my pockets  and I was getting nowhere fast.  Before I knew it,  I was an affiliate in several  smaller businesses  for the purposes to market my niche business.

If you are on a budget  like I was in the beginning , then listen-up, you can start with many free programs to advertise your business with.

Traffic programs  are popular, they all offer free memberships and you can upgrade to pro member for  the average cost of $15.00 to $30.00 a month.  This can be a slow and tedious process  in marketing your business.

From my experience in working with traffic programs it has been a complete waste of my time, not that I didn't have success in marketing with them, because I did, in fact I built a business to about 1800 members in my down line in about 5 days and was making about $2000.00 a month.

But, here's the thing, most all the members on the traffic exchanges are business owners already, their looking to do the same thing you are doing, trying to build their business. So, marketing on the traffic exchanges is basically , I'll look at your business and  you look at mine.

So, back to how I built a business in 5 days. I was a member of a one the biggest traffic exchanges on the net. I was a pro member, along  with being a pro member came special privileges, I could have unlimited ads, free members only could put up ten maximum.

At first I would jump on the latest  and greatest  new company  that came along in order to get in on the ground floor. One business I jumped in, I was number seventeen, what a great position to be in! So, I decided to put it up on the traffic exchange, I had about ten days before launch  day, because I signed up during pre-launch, so this give me plenty of time to hatch my marketing  plan. Having the ability to put up as many ads as I wanted  on the exchange I proceeded  to write out 150 different  ads.

While I wrote all the ads, I shut down the running of my program  and began to click my little fingers to the bone to get as many credits before launch day.

I had accumulated about  35,000 credits, so when it came close to the launch day, I purchased about 60,000 credits for about $450.00. that give me over a 100,000 credits.

Launch day came and I started my program, from that point on, my credits began to disappear at a alarming rate. Then about 30 minutes in the launch I started to receive  members into my business.

Over the next five days my business grew to little over 1800 members and I was on my way, so I thought! This was no different than any other get in quick business, make your money and leave. And  that's exactly what they did! The business began to die off, over the next three months it fizzled to nothing. Lesson learned !   This concludes part 2 of "Online marketing blueprint to success."

About the Author:

Hello, my name is Dan Atkins, I have worked from home for the last five years. I have an one online health and wellness business blog, and nine Squidoo lenses, five Hubpages and five Wetpaints. I enjoy Internet marketing and helping others to be successful in business. Sign-up and get your free information in "starting and marketing your own home based business." http://danatkinsbiz.com "Success comes to those that get the most traffic." To your phenomenal success, Dan Atkins danatkins62@yahoo.com

Author: Dan Atkins