A new course with a few introductory lesson pages have now been added to Making IT Online! The content is on using public domain works, (which is both legal and ethical), to earn money online in a variety of ways. You’ll find an introduction to the concept there, screenshots of some of the pages, a table of contents and some preliminary information to get you started with these techniques. One of the easiest ways to make money online. Links to the full course, which include bonus videos on how to set up your own website, examples of other online entrepreneurs who have profited greatly from...

Some would tell you that online promotion and marketing is easy, common sense, or that a successful online business can be established overnight. Others will tell you to buy their ebook or home study course where in 2 days, 3 audio files and 40 pages you can begin raking in big fat world wide web checks. Learn to Market and Promote in 40 Pages or Less – Ask Laura (July 20/06) “Ha!,” I say! Internet marketing, website promotion, online business building is indeed very easy – to those that know the game or have already established a presence. But to the un-initiated, the un-taught,...

Clients, friends, subscribers and online readers are regularly sending me notices about new marketing products, tools, software, and automated website builders. Sometimes the creators or developers send me pre-launch products to assess as well. (If you’re a developer or programmer you can contact me for this service via the contact form.) This post in no way is meant to say these tools aren’t useful or helpful to your online business. Except when you are buying tools left and right, solutions and products in the hundreds of dollars monthly, and you haven’t made your first cent...

As you likely can tell, this site is still in infancy. I’ll be compiling segments for each learning module individually and releasing them as such. This all begins with a few interactive quiz segments, some surveys and reader polls. Your interaction assists me to serve you. The outcome is that both of us will fully understand where you currently stand in your business or marketing strategy. Course modules will be developed and released based on the majority rule. The most urgent needs from user feedback and participation will be addressed first. While all this is being prepared and created...

There will be quite a few of these question and answer series in the Ask Laura section of makemoneywithyourideas.com – I get a lot like the one that follows below. As you’ll see, there are many ways to build and promote a business online, even more ways to make money from your efforts. Your First Website – Ask Laura (August 24, 2005) Laura, I have been researching all the guru’s on the net trying to decide how I should go about starting a web project I have in mind. What bothers me is so many experts that give out different “solutions”. I guess in reality, there...