If you had NO money how would you start

I would read this forum.

If you absolutely don't know where to start then jump here

If you literally had like zero cash?

Start offering services on fiverr, the warriors for hire section, and advertise in your sig.

Get A Job!

Worm farming. Definitely worm farming.

I would put on my Batman suit and stand on the street corner with a cardboard sign that says "Need gas money for batmobile"

Made $35 in an hour doing that on a dare once. True story.

You can provide services or start from any Web 2.0 website where you can build your pages for free and get into affiliate marketing

I personally would get a job first to make some money so that I will be able to put some money aside for my online business. There is nothing wrong with having a job while having a dream to build a long term internet business.

The next thing that I will do is to decide on one mentor that I will follow and just take the required action.

As Andrew said I'd do exactly what I did way back when.

I'd Walk down any business street near me and talk with the owners of small businesses. I would Find out what I could do to help them and then help them for a fee.

The money is instant and the opportunities unlimited.

It's nowhere near as easy as online only Internet Marketing, however it's as close to a sure thing as you can get. In fact I would call it a sure thing.

Then I would use some of that money to pay for all the things needed to go online again.

George Wright

There are tons of way to get started, just browse around the forum, tons of useful threads.

Forums are normally free. Don't leave out Facebook and twitter. As well as youtube. You can build likes and youtube subscribers for your brand way before you have anything to sale.

You just have to be knowledgable on the niche you choose. So when you have the money for your domain and hosting account. You've build relationships and a sense of trust with your audience and it'll be a lot easier to get visitors to your site to sign up via opt in or buy a product from you.

Kind Regards

I would offer services on the Warrior Forum.

And in fact ...that's exactly how I went from dead broke to working full time online. :-)

If I had absolutely no money and wanted to engage in online entrepreneurship, then I would probably use Blogger, AdSense and Amazon Associates to try and earn money online.

If you are very good at writing you could make a lot of money. I personally spend close to $300 on freelancers monthly. Become a freelancer.

You should begin by studying internet marketing. When you’ll learn the basics you’ll manage to make money by using free resources like Squidoo lenses, Blogger blogs, Tumbir, Hub pages, etc.

You can also provide your services.

There is a fierce competition everywhere. You have to insist and believe in your victory.

Hey Wood! Your signature says it all - "Money is just a tool, the real reward is being able to pass on knowledge".

There are so many warriors here to help you out in the same. You dont need to spent money to get started. There are so many free ways to earn money, you dont have to buy a domain name or hosting. Create Free blogs on blogspot, create hubs and squidoo lens. Try creating videos and promote it on youtube. (Advertise them with Google Adsense and Affiliate links).

Or if you are good enough to sell anything on fiverr.com then its good to go for the start.

And you will find all the information and help regarding all this stuff on this forum itself.

hustle so hard and start making money. thats it.

What is ridiculous question.

Go find a job.

That's why you have no money because you treat this like a hobby not a real business.

Your not willing to invest in tools and education when your always wanting things for free

There you go you want the truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2F4VcBmeo

I would spend some time listing what my skills are and how these skills can be of value to others by offering them a service, and then start planning how I can get the most reward for finding those who A) really need the value I can offer and B) who can pay me well in return for this value.

Just bullet point all the things you can do, many web marketers have an entire arsenal of brilliant skills that can be packed up into very valuable services.

I would focus OFFLINE on gaining these clients, I'd ignore Fiverr, I wouldn't bother advertising on the WF or any other online market place.

Some ideas:

Promo video creation & youtube marketing

Website fixing - going finding websites which have common errors and offering to fix them. (one tip, search using your local area + powered by wordpress, to find local businesses who have WP websites, email them to ask them do they know that their sites are seriously at risk of being hacked if they're not upgraded as version updates are released, and use this as a foot in the door).

Email list building and marketing. This is a GREAT one as you also sign them up to Aweber via your affiliate link which earns you a nice monthly extra...And this is obviously something that ALL businesses will benefit from.

Web design.

Landing page & squeeze page design (many offline businesses will not understand what any of this means so you will have to explain the benefits)

SEO (don't call it SEO though, I'd advise that you just see what their main search term is that you feel you can get them to page one for without too much of a struggle, and suggest that you can get them to page one for that search term, explain the benefit for them in terms of the available targeted traffic.

PPC set up and management.

And a whole list of other things that you can probably do that you might not have realised the value of, to existing businesses.

I would email local businesses, write letters to local businesses, offering to go in and meet with them, build a rapport with them, quote them for my services - and then go to town on over delivering. Go the extra ten miles, let alone the extra mile. Do everything I'm expected of and more, so that they're so impressed with me they naturally refer clients to me.

And then I'd do the same with all the clients that are referred to me.

Once I have a decent client base, I would start investing some money on my website, ensuring that I'm focusing on the kind of search terms that are likely to bring me more of the kind of clients I've already got - and I would try my very best to get a PPC campaign setup which I can prove works - so that I can pause it when I'm busy & fire it back up when I'm starting to get quiet.

I know this seems a weird thing to suggest on an online forum, to advise focusing offline - but on fiverr your limited to charging a fiverr for your services, obviously, and on here & other forums generally speaking you're quite limited by how much you can charge based on how little many competitors are charging - where as offline, in traditional business, people are used to paying MUCH more for good services.

Take graphic design for example. If you can design great logos - while you'd get $5 on fiver, and maybe you can charge $50 or so from finding clients on marketing forums - you go offline, find a few graphic designers, call them and ask them for a quote for a logo... I'm in the UK, and here graphic designers charge anything from a couple of hundred pounds (x 1.5 to the $) upwards for logo design. In fact a client of mine got some quotes recently, for just a logo design, his lowest quote was £180 ($270) and his highest quote was £450 ($675).

It's the same with everything - there are people on here who sell articles at $5 per 500 words - I know for a fact that there are people who market their services mainly offline & via referral, who charge 10-20 times this amount.

AND you will find the less and less people are bothering with old fashioned offline marketing, which means it works better than it ever did. At least this is what I find.

And I'm talking from experience as this is exactly what I did after I'd managed to very nearly bankrupt myself previously by building a very successful online business, getting too cocky & allowing my overheads to grow out of control (staff, premises, stock, etc) and to destroy the whole thing, but it's OK we have this thing called "recession" that I can pretend was to blame, to make me feel not so stupid :rolleyes: .... so I had LESS than no money, LOTS of debt, and I managed to get one very good client, impressed the heck out of them, and they started to refer clients to me, and on it went.

The method above still works very well and it always will, because people trust referrals, people prefer to work with people locally that they can meet face to face with (at least this is the case with most traditional businesses), and because "people buy people" - i.e. once you meet with someone, and they get along with you, the quote you give them isn't all that important - it's not all about the price.

For instance, just so you can see this still works, for me at least; I've just designed a website for a PLC (public company, huge firm) from a referral from one of my best clients, and an email to local businesses last week has got me a meeting with an amazing potential client that to be honest I really did NOT expect to happen as I'd have thought they would have had their own in house web team!

Good luck!

I started working on oDesk.. that's where I started my career... from nothing to getting a stable career...

Borrow if you dare to open your mouth to people around you.
Those Rich and successful entrepreneur also borrow from Bank to
fund their business. Many popular name you heard today, they are
borrowing money...USING OTHER PEOPLE MONEY ( OPM) is one of the strategy.
Provided you have the right business that can sure earn with good return. Don't get yourself into trouble. thanks.

Get a job and save up some capital. That's actually how I started years ago.

You could set up a free blog or YouTube channel and try promoting Clickbank products... or as said above Fiverr or other Elance work.

Goodluck

Truthfully?

I'd try and find a job offline, there's no real money to be made in IM if you don't have at least a few dollars to start with.

Kim

I would get a job, open a separate bank account for my online activities, and put at least 10% of my earnings in it.

I would then hire a (reputable) coach with a proven track record to teach me about list building, sales funnels, driving traffic etc.

Any remaining funds would be spent on paid traffic to get the ball rolling.

Build up experience in your niche and then you don't need to have money to get more clients!

Just build more and more contacts!

Learn a skill that people are willing to pay for.

In the past I've:

Twisted balloons - You can get a bag of balloons and a pump for $10. Watch Youtube videos to learn how to make animals and hats.

Performed magic shows for birthday parties
Bookkeeping and data entry for small businesses
Wrote resumes
Facepainting for squirming toddlers
Gave guitar lessons
Taught magic and balloon twisting classes.

Now I run a ghostwriting business.

Learn how to DO something then sell the service.
Rose

Start your own blog. You don't have to have your own Web site, or install blogging software, or even figure out how to set up the advertising. At Blogger you can set up a blog for free in less than five minutes without knowing and spending a thing about web design, and Blogger even automates setting up Google AdSense so you can make money off your blog by displaying ads and getting paid when people click on the ads.

I'd do the same thing I did.. bootstrap it by hustling client work for a while. Then systematize the client work and outsource 90% of it while I build up automated niche sites, then SELL those niche sites for 2 years earnings and reinvest the money back in my business.

I was starting with designing logos for $10 and that's how I earned my first money online that I used to pay for my first domain and hosting for it.

Picking up yourself a free blog at either wordpress or blogger. You could make one at hubpages. If you wanted to monitize it then maybe hubpages or blogger would work best. But for under 20 bucks its worth getting a domain and hosting and setting up your own site. Then I woud personally add wordpress to the root and start blogging and doing a little backlinking. Some will tell you to leverage off of a site already getting page rank but choice is your own. I personally have no problem and I seem to get more traffic with more keywords using my own domain.

1. Find a good product on Clickbank that you can sell as an affiliate.

2. Sign up as an affiliate and get your unique affiliate links to their landing page.

3. Write articles and/or product reviews for websites like Ezinearticles, Squidoo, Hubpages, etc, that can get you some traffic with the authority of their website that is passed onto your personalized article pages.

4. Include your affiliate link in the articles and reviews that you write.

I appreciate all of the replies. There is a lot of great information here. Once I get to my computer ill go more into detail.

On the other hand, I never once said I didn't have a job. Someone above said that already. Also it was very clear in saying if someone were saving money how would they get a jump start.

I learned a lot

Anyone know how come the mobile app isn't letting me log in?

I started off selling my services on Craigslist. If you are good at something. Ie: designing logos, websites, therapy, cleaning, plumbing etc.

Assemble Ikea furniture, Painting, lawn mowing, moving, throw out junk..etc

Its free to post on Craigslist and only takes 2 minutes. Easy and free!

Sell your skills on:

1. Fiverr
2. Odesk
3. Elance
4. Freelancer
5. Do Uploading on File Hosts.

I have some first-hand experience.

In 1996 I had a job (part-time) and a mortgage, and very little spare cash after paying hundreds of dollars a month in toll calls to get on the Internet, so I was trying to do everything else free.

I attended free night classes to learn basic computer skills.

I followed the instructions in a two-page article in a computer magazine and built a simple website using free Notepad.

I got it hosted online using free space provided by my ISP.

I wrote a recipe book using free software, I used free tactics to promote the site. Later, I promoted other people's products and earned affiliate commissions. Still do!

But I wasted MANY months fiddling about and experimenting, learning from my mistakes.

You are SO fortunate today, to have so many choices of free things you can use - Blogger, Hub pages, Squidoo, Facebook, AdSense, etc. None of them existed when I started and still didn't when I got to the stage of going full-time in Internet marketing.

But if you try to do everything free you're likely to do what I did - waste a lot of time.

I recommend you look for something to sell, or ways to cut your expenses, or another job, or some way to scrape together some extra dollars and buy education.

It's very useful getting stuck in and doing stuff and learning from mistakes, but good education and good tools will save you a LOT of time, especially if you combine them with an examination of your strengths and interests, so you design your own business based on your strengths.

Your own determination to succeed is the most important asset you need.

I would start with Squidoo and affiliate products. Learn SEO and how to market and go from there.

Joint venture with other with same interests. That will solved your no money to start in action.

For testing ideas, Squidoo, HubPages and Amazon.com. Find hot products (just sort by best sellers in each category) and write something interesting about those products. A dry, rehashed review will get you nowhere, so don't do that. Give people something interesting that will motivate them to share your content and you'll be on your way. Jump start this effort by going to oDesk and get a capable author to do this for you while you work your day job. Good luck to you.

There is another thread about this as well - people reading this might find it compelling:

http://www.warriorforum.com/building...couch-one.html

ADE

Services are always a good way to start, however you'd want to quickly get the website up and running, as you'd be developing your brand and reputation, and need a home for that.

If that doesn't work, buy a magic button, and click it.

I doubt it would be instantly.

The best thing you can do is use fivver, elancer, textbroker, or the warrior forum services for sale section, using whatever skills you have, to build up some capital to put into your "long term" projects.

That's how I did it, and i wasn't angry anymore for spending money I didn't have on methods or coaching.

I would offer your services online. There are many great places that you can set up gigs. Try on here or use fiverr, or you could try SEOclerks. I have used SEOclerks and it is a great place to make some decent money off of. Take this money and save it for what you need it for.

After reading some answers, I also think the best option would be to get a job so you have some money and don' starve!

then, start whatever fancies you on internet marketing.

I would recommend you start a list - build a squeeze page - do whatever you can to bring traffic to it - give out quality information - swap ad to build it up - you don't even have to create products or shelve out big expenses. A domain costs 10 bucks, web hosting is free in some cases. This is how you make money on line period. I know IM is full of people who are more experts than you and know more of everything but if you remember correctly we were once those people who buys every shiny object out there. Why not IM niche? You know the story about Empower Network -- everybody is having the same freaking blog and under the same main URL yet they manage to make boat loads of money -- how? they have a video that converts - rag to riches story that sounds believable.

I am not saying you must lie - but IM niche is ever green and all that you need to start is a list. Do it.

Well, we are getting a mixed feeling in this thread... It is still possible to make decent amount of income without any investment to start with...

This is how my journey in IM was:
Spent 3 years not making a single penny initially...
Then i started with fiverr... Spent good amount of time working on orders and delivering them with correct quality and time..
With that, i was able to get the gig to achieve 100% rating and moved to Level 2 very soon... I had days, where i had to pause my gigs to cater the kind of orders that i was getting...
What i did was, i started investing the money which i made in fiverr in starting up other services... like seo services..PPC services etc..
Today I have around 20+ people working in my company and I do lot of money with PPC as well...
I would say... if you have not made any money yet.. Then suggest you to start with fiverr.. use this generated money to invest in your passionate areas of your interest...Dont get taken out by comments which will discourage you...
Without investment, it would take time...Who cares....At the end of the day ... I made money with less risk... thats all matters!!!
if any one need help about strategy or how it can be accomplished.. I am just a PM away

I initially started off with a loan from the bank....luckily flipped it 3 times over in 8 weeks. Alternatively, without taking any risks, offer your services like others have said within the likes of Fiverr, the forum etc. If you've got a job and don't have time to fulfill your clients request...go to Odesk etc to gain some connections, be the middleman and outsource your clients work.

A lot of people have mentioned get a job, start a service which is a good option. There is a program where someone can buy you in so you can test drive it for 30 days and make money while you are testing it out. If you dont make money you have not lost anything, if you do then brill. The only drawback is, in order to get bought in you have to live in the US or Canada. I have bought a few people in to help them out.

hope this helps

I would definitively start with Fiverr, it was the way I first made my hundred dollars and it is a great way to meet clients and start doing freelance work then investing in other ventures.

Become a free affiliate to a website that will sell products that will benefit a particular niche. I would say weight loss. Participate in popular weight loss forums with your affiliate link in the signature box and make some sales.

Hello Woodward 82,

I agree that the Warrior Forum, and that one thread in particular, are great places to start. I also agree with promoting your services- whether it's Fiverr and other related sites, article writing sites like iWriter.com and similar sites, promoting your services on your own blog via Blogger and WordPress.org.

Additionally, you could get some free PLR, do some online research, and try to rewrite those PLR products to be more relevant and useful to today's marketplace. Provided you can make at least a little money via article writing and/or Fiverr gigs, etc., you could have a decent cover made via a Fiverr gig (or do it yourself if you have a software cover program already).

You could then begin giving that away for free to build a list. You then could create some more of these PLR products through online research and rewriting and sell them cheaply to gain more money. You could even create some upsells to try to make two or more sales from one customer at a time.

Over time, you can build some money where you can invest in better PLR products, as well as eventually hire your own writers to write for you. You could also advertise your PLR products and rewriting services in other locations, such as at the Warrior Forum, etc.

This would, hopefully, get you off to a good start. You have to start somewhere, and you're not likely to get rich right away, but if you plant the seeds, they can keep growing and propelling you to bigger and better riches and rewards.

Hope this helps!

Take care,

Joe Chengery

I started out with ZERO cash! I used webs.com for my first site so I put it all together. Made all the content and put the videos on the site, had every single detail ready before I got the money to buy a domain name. This was when I knew very very little about affiliate marketing, I was just testing to see if it is actually possible to make some money online.

From what I've been reading, it's all about Wordpress. I have yet to use Wordpress though but I will for all my future niches!

Whatever you skills have, use them! There are a lot of people out there who are willing to pay money to people who are willing to perform simple tasks they could do themselves but would rather not do--or they don't have the time to waste. If you have any experience with photoshop, video editing, etc., the opportunities are literally endless. You don't have to have money, you have to be willing to treat IM like the legitimate business opportunity that it is. The information that we all use to make money is out there for free online, but sadly most people don't have the drive to go out and get it. All it takes it drive and research. Just get to work, nothing is stopping you but you! Take the leap of faith...you can do it!

Services, or if you have absolutely no money, go and get a paper round to earn you some money, then spend it to invest in your business.

Free still costs, and takes a lot longer. Better to invest and get results sooner...

I'd say the best thing to do is sell whatever you are good at. If you can write articles do that, if you can make headers do that. You've got skils even if it's just being able to type.

1) Busk for some money, or strip

2) Go get aweber autoresponder

3) build squeeze page on cheap hosting

4) spend all day driving free traffic to squeeze page.

Sounds easy but not as easy as some, and this is a activity that could make you $1000 or even $10000 in a several months, then upscale and outsource the traffic.

thanks for some really great ideas, I have been scratching around the IM business since 2009, made a small amount of cash but outgoings are greater. However we have upped our game & signed up to a mentorship.......accountability.
In answer to the original post I would suggest their are hundreds of opportunities to make cash & if you've no cash well offer your services, we all have unique knowledge which we take for granted, people will pay for that.
Secondly, take action, whatever it is the only way forward is to do something.....whatever that is, it's got to be positive.

Sorry forgot to mention, am actually producing our first product which will be launched in the next few weeks, primary goal is to be a list :-)