it has built them a long term residual income of monthly advertising. The same type of 

thing was done by CGI Resource Index, except they did it by offering links to other sites 

and free downloads. Take a look at them at 

http://www.cgi resources.com/ 

as they are 

considered one of the authorities on CGI programming on the web. The majority of their 

income comes from advertising. 

All you have to do is target a niche market with a specific subject. We often try to make 

things so complicated and I want to cut through all of the junk and give you the simple 

truth of just how simple it is to make money on the web. Here it is in one short sentence: 

"Build a Site Which Gives People What They Want!"

You cannot just put up a sales letter and expect to profit. You Have to: 

1. Find a market. Look at your local magazine rack to help you choose one if you are 

having trouble. I guarantee that wherever your hobbies or interests are, there are going to 

be others with similar interests.  

2. Find out what they want. You do this by asking them. Look for message boards or 

newsgroups which already cover your subject or similar subjects. Do a search for your 

subject at Google with the keywords of  ______ discussion board  with blank being the 

niche you're in.  Find and bookmark discussion boards.  Then, simply go and read the 

posts and ask what people want or what they think is lacking in your market online. 

3. Give it to them. Once you figure out what people want, give it to them. Design a site 

which is exactly what they are looking for. Send out press releases, mention it in the 

newsgroups, trade links with other sites, and start growing. 

I don t want to completely oversimplify the process, but in many cases, it is almost that 

simple. The hard part is in giving them "what they want" part. You may need to find a 

programmer to create it or someone to write it, but if it is exactly what people want and 

gives you traffic forever, then it is worth it. 

To get you started on this road...here are 10 businesses you could start in this area: 

11. Host a Free CGI Program on your site

Be like freedback.com. Find a CGI program everyone needs or wants and start giving it 

to them. I know of sites now which are giving away Free Classified Sites or Free For All 

Links sites so that they can keep their advertising banner on them. Freedback came up 

with an original idea. Can you? Go to http://www.cgi resources.com/ and look at all the 

programs there and see what you can come up with.  

12. Banner Exchange

I know what you may be thinking on this one...there are hundreds of banner exchanges 

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