You've probably read all of the headlines promising how you can make tons of cash online with no effort and automated income streams.  Maybe you've even bought into some of this stuff, but the truth is that getting started making money online takes work. 

You can outsource and automate once you've got things established but initially you're going to be working... building up that "sweat equity" as they like to call it. 

Starting and online business has become a lot harder since there is so much more competition, but for those who succeed there is a very high reward.

So let's talk about some of the things you need to know if you're going to be trying to make it online. 

I usually recommend that people just getting started start with Affiliate Marketing, and that they read this report on Mistakes Affiliate Marketers Make.

Then there's also the issue of niche marketing.  If you can serve a very specific group of people, that small group of people can make you wealthy.  If you instead try to target everyone you're just going to make a mess for yourself.  And for those looking to make it big in little niches (which I recommend) then there are some products you should familiarize yourself with.  The first two are pretty straightforward - they're Micro Niche Finder and Mini-Site Profits Exposed.  Both are going to help you learn how to find niches and how to bring in the profits with them.  Then there's the product called Millionaire League - I admit that I'm always jealous of those guys in their early 20s who are already millionaires, but this is a product worth owning anyway. 

One cool opportunity available right now is making money with online videos.  And a great way to learn exactly how to do that is with the Easy Video Sales program. 

No matter how you decide to go about starting your online career, the one critical thing you must remember is to take action.  I once gave an hour long speech at a $15k/person seminar in Europe.  To this day there is one thing people remember from the speech, and that was what I said at the end - "to quote Nike, 'just do it'."  If you fail to act nothing will happen and all your dreams will stay just that, dreams.

Nobody can do it for you, you've got to decide for yourself what you want and then you need to act.  Yes, you'll get things wrong and you'll make mistakes - that's how we learn.  But more importantly, you'll get some things right, and that's how you'll succeed.