Introduction
I started out to write this post as a basis, or guide, for anyone wanting to set up their own internet home based business. As the article progressed, it became apparent that there was no way that it could be presented in one single post, so I have split it up into a series of on-going articles which I will post individually over the next few days.

Remember, it is an on-going series so if you don’t want to lose the flow I recommend that you subscribe to the RSS feed. I will also be numbering each part of the series so that they can be read in sequence

Now as you know, more and more people today have become dissatisfied with their jobs and their pension provisions. So the interest in starting an internet home based business has begun to increase. Yet many who look at such a project find it difficult to know where to start because of the mountain of information available on the subject.

However, during these posts we will help you to wade through the mountain of information available. This will, in turn, help you to decide on what is the right sort of online business for you.

One of the first things that you should keep in mind when setting up an internet home based business of any sort, is that you must treat it as just that – a business. This means that you must be prepared to put in the time and effort in order to reap the rewards, even if you are only starting it as a part time venture at first.

Next, you must be prepared to invest some money into it. You do not need to put in large amounts, in fact, if you want, you could actually set it up on a very low budget. Also, what you should remember where an internet business is concerned, the running costs are very low compared to a more traditional business.

However, the best place to begin is by picking what you like from the existing successful internet home based business models already out there. So talk to others who have already made money in the niche that you have chosen, and then study, then implement the steps that they took to make it the success it is.

So now you need to think about just what sort of business it is you like to run. Some of the more popular types of online businesses to be found are: selling goods at auction sites such as Ebay, creating and then selling digital products, e-books are a good example of this. Selling other peoples products that you have purchased the re-sale rights to is a great internet home based business opportunity and so is niche marketing. You may already have an offline business for which you want to set up a custom storefront. You may also want to make downloadable audio and video products for your customers. Or you may just want to get into affiliate marketing instead. We will look at affiliate marketing a little further on in this series in a little more depth.

We will break the post here for now and continue with the second part tomorrow.