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Top Picks for 2012!

Top 10 Home Based Business Ideas and Opportunities for 2012

Here are my current top 10 home based business opportunities and ideas for 2012. All of the ideas and opportunities below involve a small fee to get started, from as little as $10 per month. If you are looking for a 100% free business idea please look at my free home business ideas ideas page instead.

Top Pick! #1 - Your Own Niche Affiliate Website

What is it? Affiliate Marketing involves promoting other peoples' products and receiving a commission per sale. The commission is typically around 50% for digital products and it is a hassle free way to start online as you don't need to stock products, process payments or ship anything. If this sounds like your type of business and you need help getting started I recommend joining the Affiliate Power Group an online coaching and training website for new and intermediate affiliate marketers.

The Affiliate Power Group staff can help you to choose a niche, install your website for you (using Wordpress, which requires no HTML knowledge), provide you with an action plan and step by step guides to making a profit from your website. Most importantly you will get daily access to 4 experienced internet marketing coaches who have over 20 years experience between them and all make a full time income online. You will never have to struggle with making money online ever again!

Costs - You can try the Affiliate Power groups for 10 days for just $1, no obligation to stay for any length of time. After that $39.95 per month, with discounts for quarterly or yearly subscriptions. Can cancel at any time. The running costs for your website include domain name registration (around $10 per year) and website hosting (around $10 per month).

Potential Earnings: the earning potential is huge, especially with so many companies offering 50-75% commissions.

Sign up link - Affiliate Power Group

More Information - The Affiliate Power Group also has a selection of Ready Made Niche Affiliate WordPress Sites.
If you are not looking for coaching but need some help in getting started I recommend reading Rosalind Gardner's Super Affiliate Handbook. This is the first guide to affiliate marketing that I read and it is updated regularly. It will teach you everything you need to know to get started.

Reviews:
Review of the Affiliate Power Group
Review of Super Affiliate Handbook

Top Pick! #2 - Create Your Own Digital Product

What is it? Creating your own digital product is one of the most solid ways to earn a good income online. Many people are put off this as they believe that they lack the skills to create their own product or feel that the amount of work involved is too much. However, it is not as difficult as you think it is and with the right training anyone with basic computer skills can do this. If this is something that you are remotely interested in, I highly recommend taking a look at Lee McIntyre's Instant Internet Lifestyle video course. This is possibly my #1 internet marketing product, out of everything I have ever purchased online. I can't recommend it enough!

Costs - a one time fee of $19.95 will give you full access to a 2 day video seminar that teaches you how to easily create your own digital product and make a lot of money online. After completing the course, the cost of creating your product is very low if you do it yourself, but you will need a domain name (around $10 per year) and website hosting (around $10 per month). .

Sign up link - Instant Internet Lifestyle

Review - Instant Internet Lifestyle Review

#3 - Your Own Home Business Website

What is it? - My Affiliate Power Site is a downline builder that promotes 6 of the best home business opportunities and affiliate programs If you don't have your own website we will install one for you. The website is a WordPress site and is very user friendly and easy to modify. .

Costs - FREE to join the downline builder only. A website installed on your own domain from a one time fee of $37. Hosting costs typically are around $7 per month.

Potential Earnings - Varies - includes $65 for each hosting sale and $25 for a referral to MyWorldPlus.

Sign up link - My Affiliate Power Site

Top Pick! #4 - My World Plus

What is it? My World Plus is the a powerful discount savings and cashback rewards system and it allows you to create an online income AND save money at the same time. With MyWorldPlus you get access to a wide range of discounts on shopping, dining, movie tickets, vacations, sporting events and much much more. You'll also get a complete business with multiple web pages embedded with your MyWorldPlus affiliate ID, an automated follow up system to follow up with all your prospects and weekly training calls.

Costs - Free to tour, and full membership is $69.95 for the first month and $19.95 thereafter. .

Potential Earnings - $25 when someone joins through your link + 5 levels of residual income each month and bonuses. Click here to see a screenshot of my recent commission statement

Sign up link - My World Plus

Review - My World Plus Review

#5 - Freelancing

What is it? Freelancing is a very good way to start earning in as short a time as possible without the hassle of setting up your own website Freelancing is simply working for other people from home and it is easier than you think, even if you feel like you don't have any special skills to offer at the moment.

Potential Earnings - This is dependent on your experience, but it is possible to earn hundreds of dollars per day from freelancing.

More Information: If you want to try this for free you can sign up for Elance right now and respond to job postings. Visit Ghostwriting Cash to find out how you can make money by Ghostwriting for people.

Costs - Freelancing is free, but training courses and books will incur a fee.

#6 - Make Money with Google Adsense

What is it? Google Adsense is a publisher program that pays you whenever a visitor to your website or blog clicks on an ad. Website or Blog owners simply copy and past a bit of Google Adsense code onto their website and it will automatically display ads related to the content of your site. Google Adsense is free to join, but you must have a website to apply for an Adsense account. If you would like to learn how to make money from Google Adsense I highly recommend the Google Adsense 100K Blueprint

Costs - A domain name is around $10 per year and a hosting account around $10 per month. Google Adsense is free to join. The Google Adense 1K Blueprint is $47 (one time).

Potential Earnings - This is very dependent on how many daily visitors you receive to your website or blog and it can range from a few cents to a few dollars per click. If you want to earn a lot from Adsense I recommend reading the Adsense 100K Blueprint

Sign up link - Learn how to create a website here then apply for a Google Adsense Account Here. You can find out more about the Adsense 100K Blueprint here

What is it? - When you sign up with GDI you'll get your own .ws domain name, hosting, an online website builder, professional website templates and recurring monthly commissions for everyone that you refer and everyone that people in your downline refer. It costs only $10 a month and that includes everything I've mentioned above. I used my .ws domain name to create a site about myself - SuzanneMorrison.ws

Costs - FREE for a 7 day trial then $10 per month

Potential Earnings $1 per personal signup, $1 for all non personal signups 10 levels deep + weekly bonuses of $100 per 5 signups

Sign up link - Global Domains International

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What is it? Drop shipping involves sourcing products from special companies (known as drop shipping companies) and selling them. In this business model you are responsible for selling the products and the drop shipping company stocks and ships the product. you pay for the products from the drop shipping company and sell them at a profit. The idea place to sell your products is by opening an EBay account

Cost - One time fee of $47 for training. Cost of products and listing them on auction sites such as EBay.

Potential Earnings - Unlimited and dependend on the products you sell and how much you sell!

Sign up link - Drop Shipping 4 Idiots

Review - Drop Shipping 4 Idiots Review

What is it? Paid Surveys basically means completing surveys in return for cash. I recommend a membership to Maximum Paid Surveys, which is a high quality, premium database of paid survey opportunities. When you join you will get access to a large resource of more than 700 carefully selected paid surveys and mystery shopping companies. You also get a Paid surveys introduction guide, mystery shopping introduction guide, merchandising introduction guide and others.

There are also a number of bonuses for registered members - Additional get paid databases, work at home ebooks, anti-spyware software and more. For a limited time you can get a 56% discount. Don't wait!

Cost - One time fee of $39.95.

Potential Earnings - $5-75 for Surveys, $20-$250 for Group Surveys, $10-$50 for Shopping Surveys

Sign up link - Maximum Paid Surveys

Review - Maximum Paid Surveys Review

What is it? Data entry means filling in forms and entering data and getting paid for it. I recommend taking out a free membership with Elance and ODesk and having a look around in the Admin/Support section to find data entry jobs or similar admin jobs. All of these are independent jobs that can be done from home. If you are unable to find a job you may also want to try Global Data Entry as this outlines a method to do data entry regardless of which country you are in.

Cost - Free - $50 (one time) depending on method used.

Potential Earnings - Variable

Sign up link - Elance, ODesk My Data Team

Review - My Data Team Review

Remember - if you join any of the top 10 home based business opportunities, you can't expect to make money overnight. Use some of the tactics described in the Beginner's Guide to Internet Marketing to promote these programs and make money.

If you signup to any of the above programs through my link I will be very happy to provide you with email support, to ensure that you achieve success!

If none of these legitimate home business opportunities and ideas are for you, then use the menu at the top of this page to find something that suits you.

If you have any questions about any of the affiliate programs, legitimate home business opportunities or books that I recommend please feel free to contact me. I only only recommend business ideas that are legitimate and have actually worked for me so you can be sure that I will be able to give you an educated and honest response to any questions you may have.

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