Barely anything beats the excitement you feel when you first begin to earn money online. Ever since I got my first computer I dreamt of having a site that would help me make money.

My motivation has always been realistic. I want the freedom to live life on my own terms. I want to be able to conduct what I want when I feel like it. I want to feel the security of having a steady income. And, last but not least I want to be able to buy what I want and go where I want on my own terms. Not too much to ask, dont you agree?

Today I know that I went by the long route when I decided to learn how to earn money on the world wide web. I spent an great amount of time, energy and money on learning things I did not have to know and doing things that turned out to be a total waste of time.

The most frustrating thing of all was that the gurus who are reaping the amazing rewards of their success are so bad at teaching others how they do it. Still, they are very skilled at charging a great deal of money for their information and then making it hard to understand what they mean! I find it very unethical. Therefore I decided early on that I would help other people by providing them for free with useful information about how to make money on the internet.

Following is what my experience has taught me, and I believe them to be the true secrets of making money on the web.

First, start with searching for a niche market. I know this is different from how people do things in real life, but on the internet this is the greatest way to begin. The simplest way is to find a group of people just like yourself, those with whom you share a problem.

Second, find a product that resolves their troubles. There are millions of products out there, both physical and digital ones.

Third, build a very simple, one page website. Your web site only needs to offer a product that solves a problem for the people with that specific problem.

Fourth, drive traffic to that web site.

Imagine my excitement when, by merely using this formula, I began getting emails saying: Congratulations, you have made a sale!

My advice is simple, do not wait, use the simple formula I have defined above to build yourself a website today.

However, I know by first hand experience, that it can seem very complicated to create a simple website and publish it online, but it really is not if you are shown step by step how to do it.