In this series on Product Creation I want to tell you about the best possible resource you can invest in for your Home Based Web Business.

It’s called The Immediate Edge.

It’s is run by two geniuses in the Internet Marketing game: Dan Raine & Ed Dale (and of course their teams).

I signed up for this membership a couple times for their $1 7 Day Trial.

And finally I decided I need to invest in this resource for my business.  So I signed up and have never regretted it.

In fact, I followed the Immediate Edge on twitter and it is the only site that I wake up, grab my phone and check Twitter to see if they have posted anything new.

The info is that good!

Dan Raine is a testing nut job and is constantly testing anything and everything to see what is working in the internet marketing world today.  And since he is testing so much stuff he will tell you exactly what is working today.  Not some strategy that worked like 2 years ago, TODAY…

Here’s what they cover in depth:

• SEO
• Social Marketing
• Product Creation
• Market Research
• Copy Writing
• List Building
• Advertising
• Buying & Selling Websites
• Business Building
• And a whole lot more…

So…do yourself a favor.

Go read this letter http://www.christianhomebasedbusinessideas.com/Immediate-Edge

And sign up.

You won’t regret it.

One of the best pieces of software that I have found for Affiliate Marketing is a service called Datafeedr.

Many companies in the Ecommerce space have datafeeds, or feeds that give all the data on the products they sell.

And this can potentially be thousands of products.

So what Datafeedr does is get all the different feeds from different companies and creates a way for you to add a store to your site with those product feeds and each product has a buy link that is your affiliate link!

Brilliant!

If you want to see a site I have created with the Datafeedr plugin go to http://BestWomensWinterBoots.com.

So here are the steps that I follow when I am creating a Datafeedr store.

Step 1- Market Research

For all market research I use Market Samurai.   I get an idea of a potential niche market and I type that into the keyword research module.  Then I follow the “Golden Rules” for choosing a potential market (greater than 80 searches a day, less than 30,000 competing pages & at least a 15% PBR).

Then I choose a main theme keyword, i.e. “Womens Winter Boots” and then 3-5 (or more) category keywords i.e. Womens Dress Boots, Womens Snow Boots, Womens Snowboard Boots.

Step 2 Buy a Domain Name

Then I buy a domain name with my main theme keyword in it.

Step 3 Upload WordPress

Using Fantastico in your Cpanel upload wordpress to your new domain name.

Step 4 Upload Datafeedr Plugin

Follow the instructions from the Datafeedr site to upload the plug in to your site.

Step 5 Create and Upload Your Store

When using the Datafeedr Plugin you have to create a store.  Basically follow the instructions on the Datafeedr Store and just a shameless plug for the Datafeedr team; they have the best customer service for any product I have ever used.  If you ask a question in their forum they usually answer it right away, if not it will get answer within a day or two.

Usually I just search for my main keywords and make each category keyword a category for the store and then upload that store to your site.

Step 6 Add Your Affiliate Links to the Site

This is really easy in the plug in settings just go add your affiliate number or link in the settings page.

Step 7 Drive Traffic to Your New Site

Now begin to get people to visit your site utilizing whatever Home Business Advertising you like to do. I prefer Web 2.0, Article Marketing & Video Marketing to get people to visit my site.

When it comes to starting a Christian Home Based Business you need to choose what type of Business Model or Idea you are going to follow.

I follow 4 specific business models in my home based web business:

The reason I do all 4 is I want to have multiple streams of income. If one stream drys up the others are still flowing.

So let me explain the 4 different home business models.

Affiliate Marketing
I believe everyone should start off with Affiliate Marketing. The reason is with affiliate marketing you don’t have to personally do product fulfillment, customer service, etc. As an affiliate marketer you are basically on a sales based commission system. You may get from 6% to 60% of the price the person pays when they buy through your link.

The reason this is the best way to start is because you can test multiple markets and find a profitable one for a relatively low cost. If you were to start off with product creation without doing market research first you can spend tons of money developing a product, getting the site & graphics created only to find out no one wants to buy what you’re selling.

So start off with Affiliate Marketing. Test a bunch of different niche markets, find a profitable one and then move on to the next business model.

Product Creation
Once you have found a profitable niche market you can create a product in that niche and begin to market that product and instead of getting a 6%-60% commission you can get a 100% commission!

Not only that you begin to build a list of buying customers and when you have a list of buying customers that is highly highly valuable.

Network Marketing or Multi Level Marketing
Network Marketing or MLM gets a bad name with some people as a “pyramid scheme” or something like that.

MLMs are actually a great way to start a home business if you do it the right way.

The wrong way is to begin to beg all your friends and family to join your opportunity.

The right way is to offer a small front end product that teaches people how to market any and every MLM and by doing that you will build a list of people who are interested in starting a Network Marketing business and when you begin to offer them your opportunity they will be much more likely to join your business & become profitable in your business.

And if you’re looking to make a passive income, your downline doing well will get you paid a passive income!

Local Business Marketing
And the last home business model we utilize in our home business is doing Search Engine Marketing for small businesses in our city.

When you learn how to market products in the search engines you can very easily begin to market businesses in your local area. And believe it or not, it is much much easier to rank a local business in Google than it is to rank for an affiliate product about Dog Training or something.

And with affiliate marketing you may get a $20 commission but with Local Business Marketing you can literally make thousands.

So those are the 4 business models we utilize in our home business system.

In my last article I talked about the Home Business System that will work for any business anywhere in the world.

And today I wanted to talk about the first step in the system “Leads.”

Everyone wants more leads into their business but how do you get more leads into your home based business?

I personally prefer internet home based businesses.  If you watch our family video “Interested in Starting a Home Based Business” you’ll hear why.

So step one getting more leads is all about Market Research.  And Market Research on the Internet is all about finding the keywords that people search for the most.   With the least amount of competition.

In fact I prefer 80 searches a day with less than 30,000 competing pages.

How do I figure this out?

You can do this for free by using the Google Adwords Keyword Tool, finding the keyword that has the amount of searches you need, then type that search phrase into Google in “quotes” and find the keyword that has less than 30,000 competing pages.

And do this over and over again until you find your main theme keyword and 3-5 category keywords.

And yes….doing this will take you a long time & some elbow grease.

OR you can use the tool that I use basically everyday that will do this for you in seconds.

That tool is called Market Samurai.  You can get a free trial of it by clicking here.

You just type in your main theme keyword and it brings up 200 related keywords to that.  Then you type in what you want, i.e. 80 searches a day and 30,000 competing pages and it shows you the exact keywords you will want to target on your website.

Once you discover the best keywords you then need to build a site around those keywords, optimize it to be found by the search engines, get links to that site and then you should be getting traffic (leads) to your home based business.

I first got interested in starting a home based business on the internet because I saw a video on YouTube by a guy named Derek Gehl.  I wrote about it in a post called “Why I Got Started”

I went to their website www.MarketingTips.com and signed up to their email list.

A couple months later I got a series of emails from Derek because a bunch of people challenged him and said all he does is run a company.  They said that he couldn’t actually do it himself.

So he had 4 days to do Market Research, Find a Product to Sell, Write Salescopy, Add a Payment Processor, and Get traffic.

A tough challenge…..

But using Bebiz he was able to do all of the above!

I had a few hundred dollars to start up a home business so I got Bebiz and worked through the process.

As a matter of fact…

When I signed up for Bebiz they were just ending a challenge.  I had like 5 days to do the same exact thing Derek did and using the Bebiz step by step system I was able to get it done!

And I won the challenge!

Here’s a video about how to sign up for Bebiz (they change the salesletter often…so it might not look the same now).

I personally think Bebiz is the best way to start a Home Based Business.  This is why…

• They walk you step by step through the whole process of finding a market & selling a product to that market
• You don’t have to know html to have a website up a running
• You don’t have to have hosting for a website
• You don’t have to know how to write salescopy
• And did I mention that they really, really, really walk you step by step through the process?
• They have a way to capture contact info
• OH…and the step by step process…they even have check boxes when you’ve completed the step

Now…once you’ve figured this stuff out.

I think it’s easier and cheaper to use a wordpress blog, hosted by Host Gator, to sell your stuff on the internet but Bebiz is the best way for someone who has never done anything like this before to start.

Click Here to Get Started With Bebiz Now…

Perry Belcher just put up a great post teaching how he does market research and beats his competition:

These are the 4 things he says to do:

1. Discover your competitions strengths and weaknesses.

2. Borrow research from Amazon

3. Kick their ass with style

4. Make it easier for customers to buy

To read Perry Belcher explain step by step how he does these 4 things Click Here