For some reason, the Internet has long been hailed as the primary source for making easy money. Every day, tens of thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs log on to search for strategies to make them money quickly, and with as little effort as possible. In my five years of experience I have yet to come across a single strategy that was easy to implement and made any money. Do not be fooled into thinking that the Internet is some digital money tree you can simply harvest money from.

Having said that, the Internet can be a very rewarding marketplace for hard working individuals. Those of you that are determined and persistent can take advantage of the free sources of potential customers which include: search engines, e-mail lists and other Internet marketing strategies. The low start up costs associated with online businesses will allow almost anyone with even the smallest of budgets to start their very own Internet business. Depending on where you are located, you will not even have to register a business to start making money from the internet but simply declare your earnings in your end of year tax return.

My other favourite features of working online include the ability to schedule your work around your life, working only when you want. However, do not fall into the trap of procrastinating just because no one is there to make you work. If there is one thing that you take from this article, then please let it be the fact that being an internet entrepreneur takes a lot of hard work, self confidence and above all persistence. In fact I find it effective to plan how many hours you will work every day and exactly what you will do in that time. This will provide you will a goal to work towards and will prevent you from spiralling into procrastination and general laziness.

So stop searching for those easy methods to make money and ask yourself if you really want to put some hard work, sweat and sometimes even tears into your own Internet business.