The problem is that your search for tips can leave you overloaded with information. You've probably already signed up for every newsletter out there. Although there are many good free email newsletters available, you'll soon find yourself swamped with advice – some of it conflicting.

And you'll find that every marketer and his dog is offering you the best product and in fact you may open your inbox to find that 20 people are trying to sell you the same thing at the same time!

So how can you choose the best way forward? The secret is to focus. Find something which is not too complicated – something which you feel comfortable doing. Look for a method which is working for other people and then concentrate your efforts on that, until you have achieved your first goal, which could be something fairly modest like $200 a week.

Some areas in which other people are making money are: creating and selling digital products, selling goods on E-bay and affiliate marketing.

E-books, audios and videos can be created easily and cheaply and once they are set up online, can be downloaded automatically as soon as the customer pays. The downside is that they take time to produce and you'll need to do a fair bit of market research beforehand to make sure your product will sell.

E-bay is an increasingly popular way of making an extra income, but does require buying products and then posting them once they have been sold.

Affiliate marketing is probably the easiest starting point for anyone who is new to the internet. Someone else has done the market research and produced the product, the sales letter and the marketing materials. One of the best internet marketing tips is to focus on someone who is successful, learn from them and track your results. Once you are successful with someone else's product, you can apply the same internet marketing tips to your own digital products.

© Waller Jamison 2006