I'll get right to the point - if you're interested in starting an online business, go with the feeling, you've reached step 1, you're interested.

The big question: "What do I do? How do I get started?"

It is simple, I'll show you. But first, remember that you have to decide to be smart, be logical, and go at your own pace. Decide if you're in this for the long haul or is you're just experimenting.

Either way, you must be determined to learn and execute.

If you have some money to invest, that's good, obviously you will need it. Don't be naive enough to think you can run a business with no money. You don't need much to get started, but you will need some.

Before you read further, please understand that I am not trying to sell you anything. Personally, I don't care if you take my advice or recommendations, I am trying to help you. If you're a relative newbie, this is outstanding information.

The below formulas assume that you have a computer and a HTML editor.

Bare Bones! Start An Online Business - No Web Site

1. Decide what you want to sell. An affiliate product? Your own product? Either way, you can make money. My humble advice is to sell something that you know something about or have an interest in.

Cost - FREE

Example: If you've got experience and high interest in golf, you may want to sell golf clubs.

2. Decide if your "would be" chosen product is something that lots of people who are in a hot target market are wanting to buy. Ideally, they will have already been buying products relating to that product, service, etc. in that market.

Do not overestimate this...do NOT try to acquire or develop a product 1st and then try to sell it.

Research the market 1st! Research the market 1st! Research the market 1st!

I repeated it 3 times because this concept is the #1 concept (by far) that you need to grasp in order to save yourself time, money, aggravation, and heartache.

Be market driven NOT product driven.

Cost - FREE

3. Research your keywords selection based around the product or service you'll sell and see what the competition looks like...can you compete?

I won't tell you how to do keywords research here, it would take up too much time. To learn how to research keywords and make money with Google's Adwords, read GoogleCash by Chris Carpenter.

Cost - $49.95. Well worth the price, worth 100 times more if you use the information.

4. Get a Clickbank nickname so you can sell products that are in the Clickbank storefront - Sign up for Clickbank.

Cost - FREE

5. Sign up for Google's Adwords. I'd recommend to start here and once you get the hang of it, move onto Overture.

Cost - You set the amount you feel comfortable with!

Place ads on Adwords that attract people to your product or affiliate product.

GoogleCash will set you up nicely with information to know how to make money quickly with Google's Adwords.

Bare Bones! Getting Started With A Web Site

Note: This information includes what is above. This means that what follows also includes what is above in the first 5 steps.

6. Sign up for Host4Profit - obviously you need a web host. H4P is the best I have found, I use H4P and am 100% satisfied.

Cost - $34.99 per month

Read about Host4Profit here.

Sign up for Host4Profit here.

7. Get an auto responder. If you can invest a mere $17 per month, you'll be ahead of the game. I use GetResponse auto responder and have been 100% satisfied. Of course you can use any auto responder you want, I am only recommending GetResponse because I have used it in my online business from day 1 and have been 100% satisfied.

Cost - $17 per month

Read about GetResponse here.

Sign up for GetResponse here.

8. Get your domain name. Be careful! Don't select your domain name until you've found your main keywords. Why? Because you can optimize your content around those keywords to leverage search engine optimization and get free an targeted traffic. The keywords in the domain name help optimize your pages so that search engines like.

Example: Domain name of "deciding-on-divorce.com" includes the keywords phrase "deciding on divorce", the main keywords for the product at this web site). goDaddy has a good service.

Cost - a one-time annual fee of $8.95

9. Set up your web site. Easy enough when you learn a little HTML. Don't re-invent the wheel, don't struggle with this...make it easy on yourself. Use a template if possible so you can have a ready made page and all you need to do is add your content.

10. Optional: If you have the time to learn search engine optimization you should do so. I am not saying to be an expert, but you should at least learn the minimum. I made the mistake of waiting a while to learn search engine optimization, that was a serious mistake. I was missing out on over $2100 extra income per month.

You can learn the basics of SEO and see SEO in action with direct proof of 1st page rankings at this web site --> SEO Expert Interview

Cost - $39.99 - a tiny price to pay for learning SEO.

11. Write your name and email capturing call to action and write your auto responder series around the product you want to sell. (This will take some time but is highly effective. Doing this is an absolute must and you're certainly going to increase closure rates by writing an email auto responder series.)

Cost - FREE

12. Optional but highly recommended - Get involved with CBMall. I should have joined CBMall a long time ago, it paid for itself in 1 day! Now I have yet another revenue stream. It is a fantastic concept and works well. Jeff Mulligan, CBMall creator, gives you lots of ways to make money.

Cost - $47 for Silver and $97 for Gold.

If you want to learn about CBMall 1st, sign up for the FREE e-course if that makes you more comfortable.

Get the FREE e-course here.

13. Continue to learn online marketing. This is the most important thing to do - keep learning. You'll find that online marketing is about education but it is also about eliminating obstacles and implementing what has been proven to work.

Your success is not determined by how much money you invest, it is determined by your marketing savvy that comes from your online marketing education. You've just seen how to start an online business in a ridiculously cheap fashion. A couple hundred bucks in NOTHING to invest in an online business...$200 to $300 is such a tiny thing when you can easily make that amount and more every day!

Cost - FREE

Your investment in an online business is in yourself...in your time, nothing more.

Get started now! You will be happy you did.

Take a look at CBMall.