Although it can be risky working for yourself, it would appear this is not deterring people who are frustrated with their regular jobs from having a go at making money online instead. Unfortunately there isn’t a magic formula for success and each person will have to find which method to generate an income works best for them.

First off, what is it your are good at because this will affect your chances of earning money online; so to start off only the two most popular methods are used as an illustration in this article. Internet marketing isn’t that different to sales in the real world where entrepreneurs find out what it is people want and then find a way to get it to them at a price they cannot refuse.

Probably the most popular way to make money online is Affiliate marketing where you become a commission for every sale you generate for the merchant. Of course this has huge advantages for an affiliate marketer because all their efforts can be focused into generating sales and not the worry of running a company.

If the affiliate can find a reliable company then his future will be a little brighter and he can be assured of regular payments for each sale. The percentage of the revenue given to an affiliate can be anywhere from a few percent (avoid these unless turnover is high) up to as much as 75 percent. The benefit for the affiliate is that he or she can make money online without having a product of their own to sell.

Google’s adsense program is the other major method of making money online where they place adverts on websites they hope will attract people to click on. This is a simple system whereby Google pays each person who has an account with them (it’s free) for every time the adverts are clicked although this is a very small amount.

Unfortunately either a very well visited site or a large number of sites with a few visitors clicking is needed to generate a decent income with this method. While almost anyone can join Google’s program, care is needed as they are continually updating and amending their terms and conditions which will affect your revenue.

We all have different reasons for wanting to earn a living making money online; you just need to know why you are doing it. Your success depends on some education in addition to other skills but if you do not get visitors to your site you cannot earn any money so do some studying on this subject for the many free online resources available to you.

There are a host of websites which can help beginners (and experts alike) with advice, one such is www.warriorforum.com which most internet marketers join and a great deal of help and information can be found there. Fortunately, you do not need to be a computer wizard or even have a computer to make money online although having a pc does help.