I had a friend e-mail me this morning about ‘how do I get started making money online’ and below is my response to him. About 30 seconds into it, I realized I would turn it into a blog post. That allowed me to be a bit more generous with my time.
Here it is:
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“Regarding business: There is a steep learning curve and infinite different ways to make money on the net. I sort of fell into 1 thing that worked for a while and while it worked I spent months reading and learning how to do other things.
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Affbuzz is a great resource. It syndicates blog feeds from dozens of internet marketers like myself. Many of them more successful and some of them have good resources. Mind you that when talking to internet marketers, they are in the habit of making money and that includes making money from you.
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Don’t spend money on ebooks etc. There is more free information out there than you can ever get through. Though sometimes gurus will present concise information in a way that saves you time. If you buy an ebook, you aren’t buying the information, but rather they presentation of that information.
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Years ago, I, like most people, thought that all that ‘make money online’ crap was just a bunch of scams. Now that I’m making a living with the internet and have learned the ins and outs of the industry….I’ve figured out that about 90% of the ‘make money online’ stuff you see promoted is actually legitimate. You don’t need to buy it though because all that info is out there for free.
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You can take a look at a recent post of mine about how to get started making money online. There are some links to resources in there. I caught a little flack for listing digitalpoint and warriorforum. They are filled with novices and people trying to sell crappy e-books. But I still think that for people who know nothing, that they are of some value.
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Rule #1 with them though is that you must NEVER buy any of those ebooks they’re selling.
Rule #2 90% of the folks on there don’t actually make any money online and don’t know shit. You have to learn to separate the crap from the gold.
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So, there are lots of resources out there. Again, mark affbuzz on your favorites and you can spend months reading all the blogs linked to from there. I’m a straight shooter. If you find a strategy interesting, or find yourself tempted to buy and ebook. Ask me about it and I’ll give you the straight dope on whether I think it’ll work for you.
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Personally, I only use www.Wickedfire.com and affbuzz and some of it’s associated blogs. Also, I like webpronews which has some high production value videos.
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Webpronews is more for general ‘state of the industry’ news.
If you go to wickedfire, just lurk and don’t post for a while. But read the stickies. There’s some gold in there. Watch out for the dickrolls and the porn on that site though. Some of it’s pretty nasty. Don’t visit wickedfire from work or with your kids in the room.
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But seriously, drop me a line and I’ll share with you regarding strategies. I can’t impart knowledge that’s taken me years to acquire in a single post though. If you want to make a living online it requires commitment and passion and months of work and perpetual learning.
I’m going to turn this e-mail into a blog post now 
Have a good one!
Danger”
I hope some of you find this information useful and that you make 10x as much as I do this next year!
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Nice stuff! He also can check out my free aff marketing guide! http://www.jonathanvolk.com/affiliate-marketing-guide/