It is so annoying when folks set false expectations of overnight road to riches. Have you ever received emails from internet marketers who promise us to make thousands of dollars the minute we purchase their software? Although it is entirely possible to become very successful with web marketing, what we’re not told at the onset is that in order to make money a lot of work will be required on our part. Don’t get me wrong; wouldn’t it be wonderful if it really worked that way? Making money online is entirely possible but you will need to invest a significant amount of time if you want those dollars to post into your account. When it does happen and you make your first sale you will find it absolutely exhilarating. There are many steps you will need to undertake to build your business. It starts with a good website, one which inspires confidence for your potential customer base. However having developed a great website with great products will never be enough. Products don’t sell themselves; marketing messages are what sell products. You need to generate traffic to your site and maximize the exposure of your website to prospective customers. What follows are just several examples of what you will need to do on a consistent basis in order to generate traffic: 1) article writing, spinning that article and posting the spun articles on a number of directories, 2) implement social marketing strategies on Facebook and Twitter 3) go to social bookmarking sites to promote your business, 4) blogging on a regular basis, 5) creating videos and spinning those videos. As you can imagine all of these things do take time a lot of time! So before you click on the click here button to purchase this absolutely amazing software, please do take the time to understand what it is exactly that you are getting. How many modules are there to this software program and do you need to purchase all of them to get your online business going? Is the internet marketer backing his product up with a customer service help desk? If yes, how responsive are they? How easy is this product to work with? Look for a product that offers to be with you all along your journey of building an online business. As I have mentioned lots of times before internet marketing is a lot of fun and it also is very intellectually stimulating, but please do not lose sight of the fact that you will have to invest your time to develop a successful business