Innovative Internet Business

Retirement? Naaa Just Getting Started

An internet business can be the gateway to a new beginning. We hear this a lot since the dawn of the Web. But, what if all this chatter has a new edge to it? What if all those years of working 9 to 5 were actually a training ground for something much bigger?

If you are like most of us you probably are thinking about retirement around the age of 45. Then fifty hits and it's panic timne. The government is not as trustworthy perhaps with the pension funds or social security if you are in the United States. So, here you sit. Only a few years to go now. Where will you get that incremental lift financially?

This is exactly where our story begins. Things were going well. The house was escalating in value at 20 percent per year and no end in sight. We were millionaires for crying out loud. Then food prices began to rise. Gas shortages and the rise of third world countries demanding more fuel caused gas prices to sky rocket.

Well, the one common trait of all those retired is "fixed income" typically. Why be typical we asked. Why not start building that secondary income prior to retirement? Go slow and build deep. What options are out there?

Guess what? We all have knowledge of something. The key question in building an internet business is passion coupled to knowledge. Every human being has passion. We are born with it as evident by our first scream at birth! So uncork the passion and take the knowledge and turn it into pages as a living working internet business.

Why start while you are employed? Great question. Web site internet business takes time. The Googles and the Yahoos of the world don't take kindly to newbies. They tend to assume you won't be around after 12 months. But, with the right business tools you can create a fantastic web site built around all your years of employment and passion. You can show someone who is just starting out leaving high school or college on what you did and why. You become that "key" to someone else.

The first step is an internet business partner like Site Build It. We chose SBI because they were built around brick and mortar. Nothing fancy and easy to manage. Their support is very good and their application and user forums are incredible.

We started this site on May 1, 2007th with about 20 visitors per day. All relatives and friends we suppose but a start non the less. Fast forward one year later and we are 400 Visits per day from over 200 unique visitors per day. We have over 20,000 pages viewed per month and this is where the income will come from.

As our internet business grows in popularity we can monetize the pages that are drawing the most interest (visits). We do this with advertisements from Google or Yahoo or others. Along the way we start looking at Affiliations that match or are similar to our theme and thus our content on each page.

As people visit our pages they will see products that interest them and the Advertiser's will pay us to represent their products on the pages. When they click we are paid. Do the math, if you have thousands of page views you have hundreds of potential clicks per month or if you are really good per day.

By starting early (prior to retirement) you will have created a stream of revenue that could enlighten your prospects for a lifestyle in retirement that never looks back and dreams can be realized.

Store Files Securely Online

One form of file storage is You Send It, hosted at yousendit.com . You Send It allows you to send an email with a large file attached for free and even without registration to any email address you require. This is a good way to ensure safe and fast file transfer. You Send It will also host the file on their website for 7 days. This is naturally a good method to not only store files but transfer them as well.

There are also many conventional online storage systems available such as Box, hosted at box.net . Like most standard online storage systems, Box allows users to upload various files into their online database which can then later be accessed and downloaded from anywhere in the world via the internet. Also, you can set up sharing folders to collaborate with anyone you wish to, as well as edit documents and photos online. Standard online storage systems like Box are an idea method to store files securely online.

Another form of file storage which only pertains to image files would be using photo hosting websites such as Flickr or Imageshack. These sort of online file storage allows you to upload your images and even organize them into a directory or photo album which can be access and viewed by anyone on the internet.

A more common form of online file storage without needing to register for any website would be to simply use your email address. Sending yourself an email with a file attachment allows you to keep the file in your inbox for as long as you need. However, the limitations of email, such as a maximum attachment size and inbox size may affect your file storage needs. Nevertheless, it is a feasible, simple and quick method for storing files securely online.

You can also simply host your files on your personal website if you have one. Often, web hosting packages come with extra web space which can simply be used to host your files online for no additional cost at all. This option is again a simple option with no extra registration needed.

There are many options to choose from when needing to store files securely online. Picking the right option for your internet business in order to cater to the specific file hosting need that you have is important. A simple Google search should turn up the answers to any possible online file storing questions that you have.

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