Years ago, while looking for ways to make money online, I used to come across loads of sales webpages. Being the poor young teenager I was, I didn't enjoy them. The flashy colors, blues and reds, and enlarged quoted text were starting to burn a hole in my face. I remember in my earlier days searching on a money-making topic, reading 3 paragraphs of a sales letter, getting so excited that a person was about to tell me all of these cool secret ideas that would make me thousands of dollars. Then I'd reach the bottom of the page just short of an answer, and the price to know it was never less than $67.

That was about 10 years ago when I first learned about a sales page. Most people looking to make money on the internet don't really have the kind of income to burn their hard-earned money on a few bits and pieces of information that won't even put a dent in the big picture of online business.

If you're first starting out, and you insist on buying somebody's ebook, don't buy anything that costs over $10. Sales pages are made to play on your emotions and make you believe that you need this or that. That's okay, and it's the way marketing goes, but it's not okay to be charged your left eye for a small piece of the pie.

If you really want to learn about how to make money on the internet, buy a massive marketing-ebook package that people sell on ebay for super cheap. Or read blogs. Bloggers mostly give out all their knowledge for free because they get money from ads, not so much sales. If you're a forum kind of person, those are always useful too.

The sad truth is, if you really want to make HUGE money being an internet marketer, you'll have to be a lot like the guys who charge $497+ for their packages: Well-Known because they consistently made thousands by selling the dream of making money online. What a paradox.

Because of competition, it's good to find every way possible that you can make some money online. If you're just starting, begin by selling resellable ebook packages before they lose their value completely. Then as you learn by doing (and maybe by reading some of them), then perhaps you can try to be a Guru who releases a $1,000 ebook. Or you can just start your own blog and develop a long lasting following who will grow to love and trust you. In the beginning, it shall come to pass that Google adsense saves you. Then suddenly people may be begging for your personally written, pricey ebooks.

"Now please visit my website because I'm selling this amazing ebook about my marketing secret that has allowed me to become self-employed after 3 months. It's only $197."

Or...read about it for free. Try Forums, Blogs, Free marketing ebooks, etc. Free information can be just as valuable.