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Glen's Guide to Making Money Online & How You Can Get Started for FREE Today.

If you are reading this you are currently inside of the Wealthy Affiliate Platform. I will be delivering all of your training right here in this platform. Your Starter membership is FREE and good for life. It never expires!

In the upcoming days' we will be learning how to build a sustainable business and online income that will last you a lifetime.

Before I get started with your training I want you to know that each day you will receive a new email that will explain and layout that days' lessons.

Each days' lesson will build on the previous one and teach you how to build your own online business. It doesn't matter if you have any experience you will be taken step-by-step through the process.

Simply follow the instructions and complete all of the assignments as they are laid out in each email lesson. Only you can make this work and it requires dedication and focus on your part. I can only guide you and point you in the right direction but to succeed you must focus and take action.

Today's lesson is an introduction to building a real online business. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or have some experience their is something here for everyone to learn.

I have broken it all down, step-by-step, right here in this guide.

Day 1: Building the Foundation & Why Learn from Glen?

Before we dig in I want to share a little about myself. I know that what I have to share is going to resonate with a good majority of you.

First I will start by letting you know that I’m a bit older fellow just began the sixties. So for a good part of my life I worked in corporate America. I have been in the software industry for well over 30 years and during that time acquired a bachelors and master’s degree in that field.

I'm a bit of a pioneer in the computer world having a computer way before most people and even before the public internet was born. I had been running networks connected via modem years prior to the internet. They were called FIDONET and EGGNET. This was the internet prior to the public internet coming to life.

In around 1999 I was let go from a highly paid position in a public traded company that I had helped to build. I vowed at that time to never work as an employee for another corporation again (let's just say I was angry) and I set out on a new adventure. I started my own business and began doing work for other companies. At the same time I became very interested in Internet Marketing. I began to study and buy courses on the subject.

As the years moved forward it became harder and harder to determine the good information from the bad. And I had spent thousands and thousands of dollars on different courses and programs. You might say I took the long road. In 2009, I joined Wealthy Affiliate but let other shiny objects pull me away. What a mistake that was!!

Those that stuck with it are now traveling the world enjoying life. While I have had some great success and made a ton of money I learned the hard way every step I took.

Fast forward to today and I have a successful online home business where I don’t have to get into a car and drive to work and can come and go as I please. I came back to Wealthy Affiliate and I'll share more about that later.

If you have spent hundreds or even thousands of dollars on useless courses and programs and are still looking for a way to build an online business then you are in good hands because I’ve been their and done that.

I started the site Real Home Business Training where I help others to avoid this.

So if building a business that pretty much allows you to do what you want when you want appeals to you then this is the right training for you.

But be forewarned this is not an overnight business. It takes dedication, following directions, focus, and doing something every day.

You may not see any exciting income (how much excites you?) from this for six months to a year. It’s a big investment in time. Some will do it quicker, others slower. Only those that stick with it will reap the rewards in the end.

But in the end this is a real business that is sustainable and has been proven to work.

Here’s How I Make Money Online

This is what you have been waiting for.

I create content online that helps people find the products and services they are searching for, and I get paid for it.

I create websites (by the end of this lesson you will see that anybody EVEN YOU can build a website in just seconds). People searching for a product or service find my websites through Google, Yahoo, and other Search Engines. They read what I write about the product or service and click on the link for one of the ads on the website. When they do I get paid.

This is the process:

This method can be very lucrative or it can be used to make extra money each month part-time. It all depends on the amount of time and effort you want to put into it.

Using this method you can make $10 a day or $1,000 a day. There are no limits to the amount you can make. But as I said earlier this is hard work and a business YOU have to build.

How much you make is really up to you.

OK, there are thousands of companies out their that are BEGGING for people to promote their products. Companies like Amazon, Walmart, Sears, and Best Buys. The have programs called affiliate programs and when you join you become an affiliate that promotes their products.

The idea is that you will send visitors to their website and if one of the readers from your site buys you get a commission. There are even places where you can source products and sell them without ever carrying any inventory and make a profit this is called drop shipping. Both methods can be very lucrative.

It’s really that simple!

Proof It Works

Here is a simple example. Most people will not reveal their sources because of fear of competition but this affiliate did so we can offer physical proof that the method works.

On his website he did an article where he did a review on the “Wake-Up Light”.

At the bottom of the review was two simple links to the product on Amazon.

One great thing about being an Amazon Affiliate if someone clicks on your link and goes to Amazon and buys ANYTHING you get a commission. Even if it’s not a product you promoted.

How cool is that?

So the Article Ranked #1 In Google and that article brings in about 7 sales a week on average. That pays a commission of around $50.00 a week. Just from one single review.

So that is $200 a month extra for an article that might have taken 45 minutes to create. And that’s just for the one item promoted. That doesn’t include any income from other things they bought at the same time while online.

Can you see the power of this method? If you rinse and repeat with many other products you can easily build a nice income.

What’s Really Great is Your Not Even Selling Anything.

You simply help people find what they are searching for online.

You deliver good information about what they seek and help them make educated decisions about buying and that helps them to click on over to the product using your affiliate link.

Google alone processes 3.5 billion searches each day. That’s a lot of searches.

If you can get your content in the right spot at the right time you can make a mint.

This is great stuff, Isn't It?

There are affiliate programs for almost anything.

Today most major companies offer an affiliate program. You can partner with companies like Apple, Microsoft, HP, Walmart, Amazon, Target, Nike, eBay, Clickbank, Best Buy, Sony, and Samsung.

There are literally millions of products with affiliate programs.

Get FREE Access to the Tools, Training & Support So You Can Build Your Online Business

In this introduction I’m not covering everything this is just a glimpse and simple overview of what Affiliate Marketing and Content Creation has to offer.

As we discussed their are three things you need to start building your online business.

1. Something to sell and talk about (You don’t even have to know know what that is we show you how).

2. A Website

3. Mentorship / Help / Support

Wealthy Affiliate let’s you have everything you need FOR FREE.

As I alluded to earlier you are inside the Wealthy Affiliate Platform. You didn’t have to sign up to get here either. So far it hasn’t cost you a single penny.

This is much more than just tools to host a website and do research. It’s an online community filled with people in every step of the process of building their own online businesses. Some of these members earn 10k a month or more.

See This Post by 10k Earner Eddy

This platform was designed to take anyone from beginner or even experienced entrepreneur into the world of affiliate marketing and content creation and to teach them step-by-step how to build an online affiliate marketing business. The training here is centered around content creation.

I personally participate in this community daily. I have made it my home and that’s because of the fantastic atmosphere and people here. Everything I have learned about affiliate marketing started right here at Wealthy Affiliate back in 2009.

The examples above are true life example of results gained by members here at Wealthy Affiliate. Today Steve travels the world with his wife and enjoys life.

This is What Wealthy Affiliate Offers

There are so many features that this would become a book if I mentioned them all but in a nutshell membership at Wealthy Affiliate offers:

Step-by-Step Training
The training is built for beginners but even experienced marketers will learn things they didn’t know.

It gives you video’s and content along with tasks that teach you how to build your business from scratch even if you know absolutely nothing. You will have your first website up within just minutes.

This is detailed training and also has a discussion section where you can see questions others have asked and answers to those questions. You are also able to ask your own questions. You can always get a quick answer.

Each step of the training works toward building your online business.

Simple to Use Tools

How Simple? Well Building a website is a simple three step process. Let me show you how simple it is.

This is the website creation form:

One of the biggest obstacles for most beginners is the technology needed to build an online business. They simply don’t know how to get a website started.

Here it is as easy as point and click. All you have to do is create the content. No more complicated than sending a friend an email or writing a message on Facebook.

Since you are here, right know, learning, is proof that you have what it takes to do this!

24/7 Ultra Fast Support

Here at Wealthy Affiliate their are many ways you can get support. You can ask questions, create a blog post, participate in already in progress discussions, send private messages to other members, and join live webinars.

There is also a live chat feature where you can get instant support from other knowledgeable members in seconds.

You can get support all hours of the day and members are happy to help. The community here at Wealthy Affiliate is by far the best resource you will have.

I will also be available to give you unlimited help when you need it.

I personally use and recommend Wealthy Affiliate you will be joining me and over 1 million other members.

As I said earlier, I’m in here at Wealthy Affiliate every day. I help others to succeed with their online business. At the time of this writing I am in the top 100 of the million+ members that help out others here on the site. I have 380+ people who follow me and that number grows every day. I have contributed 23 posts and other training's that help people to succeed and I contribute new ones almost every day.

You have Access to all of Wealthy Affiliate with your FREE Starter Membership

This is the beauty of Wealthy Affiliate. You can join with just an email address. No credit card is needed. You will instantly have access to everything you need to build your business. As I said several times the most important thing you get is the community.

Once you see how good this is you have the opportunity to move to the premium level which unlocks more powerful advanced tools and training. You can build a business at the starter level. But the premium level is so affordable you will want to have the added tools.

Day 1 Assignments

1. Fill Out Your WA Profile
The first thing you need to do is to add your picture and a short description about yourself and why you are here in your profile. Let the other members know why you joined and what you would like to accomplish.

To set up your account you only need to take care of two things:

Adding your profile picture
Adding your personal description

Once you have done this you are going to instantly see why I and the many others here love Wealthy Affiliate. People will instantly reach out to you, network with you, and offer help. By following the day 1 assignment it gives you a level of credibility right from the beginning.

This is your first impression so take time and make it good!

2. Start Deciding on the Type of Business You want to Build

At the beginning most people have a hard time deciding on this.

One of our members Steve wrote a great post on this it was targeted to 2014/2015 but it still holds true today: You can read it here:

How to Choose a Niche

And here is another where Rebecca Identifies a Niche

How to Quickly Identify Your Money Making Niche

3. Start Building Your Business

Your training will begin with the “Getting Started Training” below:

This is the main training program offered by Wealthy Affiliate. It was written by the owners Kyle and Carson. It will give you the step-by-step training lessons that will take your ideas and help you to turn them into profitable websites.

I’m so glad you have come this far and I look forward to working with you!

If you read the posts I have done here at Wealthy Affiliate you are going to here all about my journey and how I finally found my home here.

My biggest advice is to find something and stick to it. Focus on it and make it succeed. Most people never get anywhere because they give up before they ever give it a chance.

Good businesses are not built in one day, one week, or even one month. So come here with the attitude that you are building your business and one that will last a lifetime. This will be a business that you will not give up on. One that you will stick with if it takes your six months or two years. To be successful you have to have the mindset to do what ever it takes.

Again, I look forward to working with you.

To Your Success,

- Glen B