If you owned a turnkey home based business website that made it possible to earn money from direct sales, and also build a tidy residual income, how would you go about marketing it to make money?

The good news is it is possible to make money, even to replace that current job with income from a home based Internet business. The bad news is that it will take work, time, effort, training, and tools. Don’t believe the hype, it isn’t a get rich quick scheme. The better news is that if you’re willing to put in the work, time, and effort, I can show you where to get the training and tools.

I have made a partial list below of some of the ways to market your turnkey home based business website, and the training and tools available. There is a lot of work and a major learning curve ahead! If you are not blown away by the work and the learning curve, if you are anything like me, tired of working for somebody else and willing to do whatever it takes, you can succeed.

1) Search Engine Optimization – SEO for short – Have you ever wondered why some sites come up first in Google? Professionals will charge thousands of dollars to optimize your web page.

Training and tools:

1) E-book: Profitable Keywords

2) Video: SEO 4 Newbies

3) Video: SEO Reborn – foolproof way to rank on Google’s first page

4) Software: Keyword Dominator – Build Yourself A HUGE Profitable Keyword List, analyze the supply and demand of your niche market, and uncover hidden niche markets

5) Software: The Dowser Keyword Research Software – instantly locates thousands of profitable keywords and drive targeted visitors to your website – with just a few mouse-clicks!

6) Software: Misspelled Keyword Generator – optimize your websites wit the most common misspelled variations of your keywords…. And other Keyword software programs too numerous to name

Back links – Some people say that having one way links, links on other sites, especially high ranking sites is about 80% of SEO

7) Software: Blog Link Generator – Get your link on other people’s blogs automatically

Software: Link Buzz – Track how effective your link building efforts are

9) Software: Link Directory Submitter – Automatically submit your link to quality directories

2) One of the Best ways to build back links – Article Marketing – There are literally hundreds of Ezine sites that allow a person to submit articles. With each article an author can submit a “resource box” allowing name, website link, and a short bio. If readers find the article interesting they are likely to click on the website link.

Training and tools:

1) E-book: Article Marketing – A Quick & Easy Overview

2) Video: Article Marketing Video Crash Course

3) Video: Article Marketing For Newbies

4) Software: Article Multiplier Lite V6.0 generate 100 versions of original article

5) Software: Article Submitter – Submit article to hundreds of sites with one click.

6) Software: Your Very Own Article Directory – Generate revenue by running your own article directory

3) Blogging – a Web Blog, or blog is one of the most effective ways to provide value, content, and drive traffic to your sales page.

Training and Tools

1) E-book: Blog Setup – step by step guide to set up a profitable blog

2) Video: Blogger Video Tutorial

3) Video: SEO for WordPress Secrets – Optimizing your blog for search engines

4) Software: WordPress Themes & Plugins

5) Software: Word Press Auto Content Generator

4) Social Media – Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc – Allows you to get links, attention, and traffic

Training and Tools

1) E-book: Twitter Marketing Guide – How to Quickly & Easily Unleash Twitter’s Deepest Secrets!

2) E-book: Twitter Trick – The following ideas will help you to incorporate this service into the marketing efforts of your business on a daily basis.

3) Videos: Social Networking Videos – suggested to rebrand them with YOUR link

4) Video: Viral Unlimited Twitter It! – rebrand it for your prospects!

5) Software: The Bribe Machine – Automated social Networking Software Attracts Thousands of Highly Targeted Visitors to Your Websites Using Ethical Bribes!

5) Paid Advertising <- For instance Google AdSense

Training and Tools

1) E-book: Getting Started with Google AdSense

2) Software: AdSense Logger 1.1 – Tracks your AdSense impressions and clicks. (The number of times the ad was shown vs. how many times it was clicked.)

3) Software: Desktop AdSense Cash Machine – Make money with a site that displays AdSense Ads – Automatically Finds Articles, Builds Content Rich AdSense Sites With Them, And Even Uploads The Completed Sites To Your Server!

Most people have the sense to find a leader to guide their steps fairly soon after they decide upon a direction they wish to take. Unfortunately, I have never been one of them. It has taken me ten years of wandering largely in the deserted wastelands of the Internet to come to the conclusion that I ought to get myself a mentor. The advantage of this time lag is that I have been able to choose a mentor whose progress I have had the opportunity to observe over the course of a decade or so and, indeed, I have been fortunate enough to be able to persuade one of the very first Internet ‘gurus’ whose newsletters I ever subscribed to that I might make a reasonable candidate for mentoring.

These guys are a little fussy, you know. It’s no longer just about the money they can command from wannabes when they reach the dizzy heights. It’s about ensuring that their pupils go out into the virtual world and become a credit to their teachings. A guru is only as good as his last disciple, so to speak. Well, I hit the jackpot, as it turned out. My new mentor suggested that, rather than take instruction from him alone; I join one of the longest-standing groups online, run by a team of firmly-established Internet and Social Media marketing experts and consultants. Agreeing to do so was, without a doubt, one of the better decisions I have made in my life.

Apart from the incredible talent and experience that has been made available to help me on my way, the software that is provided for members to use is astonishingly cutting-edge and probably worth many times the subscription fees. In fact, just recently, I was sent a link to the latest software developed especially for the group which, apart from being incredibly helpful in the business environment, has enhanced my enjoyment of using the Internet as a whole and made some of my erstwhile tedious chores turn into pleasurable tasks that are quickly completed.

Amongst the materials available to members are a wealth of training videos and also a series of thoroughly readable documents of various kinds, each designed to give clear indications of what is still working, what no longer works, why and why not. Some of the documents are also made freely available to the public outside the group and I have taken pleasure in sharing them with anyone who wanted some straightforward guidance without having to buy it.

There is something very reassuring about being in the company of those who lead the markets that everyone else runs to try and keep up with, after so many years of being amongst the stragglers who turn up at the table when all that is left is the scraps from what clearly must have been a wonderful banquet!

One of the highlights of my week is Jack Humphrey’s Friday Traffic Report blog. Every week there is something interesting, pertinent and of practical use to all Internet marketers, whether newcomers to the scene or veterans of long standing. It is to be hoped that you will take advantage of the fact that one need not even be a member to enjoy the mine of useful information in Jack’s blog at jackhumphrey.com/fridaytrafficreport/ every week.

You may like to start with: Track Your Social Marketing Enjoy!