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Home Based Business - Make Money Online with Turnkey Websites

So you want to make a living online?

Or maybe just as an additional supplement to your current

income?

Or perhaps you are a stay at home mom who would like to be able

to earn money while staying at home?

The internet is full of opportunities to allow anyone to earn

money online. All it takes is an idea, a website and a bit of

motivation to succeed. Now you may have an idea, and you may

have the motivation, but what you dont have is a website. You

might feel like you dont have the techincal knowledge or

financial commitment to build a website or have one custom

built. Lucky for you, there is a little thing called Turnkey

Websites.

Turnkey Websites are one of the hottest ways people are

capitalizing on the internet. People who have no idea about

programming, coding, designing are earning are living on the

internet everyday by using Turnkey Websites. The beauty of

turnkey websites is that it costs a fraction of what a custom

built website would cost. Since the websites are pre-built you

are not paying hourly fees for a programmer to build a site for

you..and best of all, the quality of a turnkey website can be as

good if not better than a custom designed site! It is perfect

for those who would like to try making money online without a

big financial committment!

A turnkey website is a fully functional website featuring

everything that you will need to begin your new business. The

purchase of the package should include a domain, website, and

hosting. Depending on the nature of your business, the only fees

involved are the purchase of the site itself and a low monthly

hosting fee which covers support.

However when purchasing a turnkey website, do not fall under the

false assumption that you will immediately start seeing money

flow into your bank account from day 1. As with any business,

online or not, promotion and advertising are the keys to

success. If you have never ran a website before then you want

make sure the company you are buying from will provide help

along the way. This includes advertising and promotional

advice/tips as well as being available to answer any questions

"word of mouth" is when your business will begin to really take...

you have along the way. The last thing you want is to buy a site

and be left hanging without any idea how to promote or advertise

it. TurnkeyNation.com is an example of where one can go to

purchase a turnkey website complete with domain, hosting, and

full support.

Many times people who purchase turnkey websites do not have a

large budget set aside for advertising and promotion. Luckily,

there are many low cost methods available that can immediately

begin making an impact, and even some of the methods are FREE!

Below are my opinions of what I feel are the best and most cost

effective methods to promote your site and obtain targeted

traffic:

1) Forums - This is perhaps the best and most effective FREE

method to obtain targeted traffic. You can sign up for forums

related to your website and add your URL to your signature. Then

start posting and commenting with useful advice in the forum.

Dont sell yourself, just post with friendly advice and people

will see your URL in your signature. The traffic will come

automatically. This is one of the best free ways to gain

targeted traffic online.

2) Press Releases - Write a press release and submit it to all

FREE online press release websites. As your press release

gradually begins to be aggregated throughout other press sites

and search engines, visitors will naturally begin visiting your

site.

3) Ebay - Yes ebay may cost a little to post a listing or two,

but if you can sell anything at all related to your website

(even related ebooks) you can obtain a large amount of quality

targeted traffic from eBay. You can begin by creating an "About

Me" page on Ebay which directs customers to your website. You

will then begin recieving instant targetted traffic and this can

convert into sales!

4) Link Building - This is another very effective and free

method to obtain targeted traffic. When you trade links with

other similar sites, you are inevitably going to receive more

targeted traffic. The important thing here is to trade links

with sites which are closely related to yours. Not only does it

help the visitor, it also helps your organic search engine

results.

5) Search Engines - You should submit your website to all search

engines and free directories. At the very least manually submit

to the top 3 - Google, Yahoo, and MSN. But its best to submit to

as many as possible. There are many resouces online where you

can pay a small fee to be submitted to 50+ search engines and

150+ directories.

6) Google Adwords - This is a bit more costly than the above

methods, however can be immensely successful when done properly.

You essentially bid on keywords and then your ad will be

displayed throughout the Google network. However, choosing

proper keywords and budgets greatly affects your rate of success

without draining your bank account.

7) Traditional Advertising - Dont underestimate traditional

advertising methods. Even though your business/website is

online, that doesnt mean you cant attract potential customers

from offline advertising. Although advertising via this method

is not free - Classified Ads, local radio spots, tv commercials,

billboards, etc. can all drive traffic to your website. And best

is if you can advertise to a targeted market where you can cater

to the needs of indivduals looking for a service or product your

website offers.

I recommend purchasing a turnkey website that interests you, and

then promoting/advertising it using free methods. Then once you

are generating a profit, you can switch over to paid advertising

and invest more money into your business.

The last bit of advice is to not expect overnight results.

Granted, you can begin making money from day 1. However, just as

a real world business thrives over time, the same applies to

online businesses. Once you website has been saturated into the

search engines, and once customers begin advertising for you via

"word of mouth" is when your business will begin to really take

off.

About the author:

Bradley Hayes is owner of TurnkeyNation.com. We specialize in

offering turnkey websites and online business solutions. You can

view these dropship websites and turnkey businesses at

www.TurnkeyNation.com We also offer excellent webhosting

packages at OvisHosting.com