As 2007 gets closer, I've been reading and researching and looking back over my previous newsletters and blog posts in search of the big picture: what are the broad Internet marketing trends and how can we profit from them?

If you are new to internet marketing, and looking for a way to create guaranteed income without having to wade through the virtual minefield of "easy money", "get rich quick" and other online schemes that promise the moon but generally fail to deliver, becoming an affiliate or a reseller and following a proven success formula is the quickest way I have found to develop a positive online cash flow quickly.

Whether you are just starting out on the internet or you have been around for a while, these six principles of internet marketing, if applied consistently, can steer you in the right direction to generating an income from the web.

Create unique web pages to promote each separate product you are marketing. Gather what counts most to the people. There are four major areas that you must collect information about before creating a marketing plan: business resume, target market, product message, and "how-to" get the message to probable customers (advertising).

Is there something there you could write an e-book or course about. Don't be put off by the idea that there are already a lot of products on the subject - everyone has their own unique viewpoint on every subject under the sun -your slant may well be a winner with others who share your interest.

Have you created a product funnel yet? If you are unfamiliar with the term, it is a marketing method in which you create multiple related products in order to offer them to interested customers. For example, you may have an existing customer in a given niche who has signed up for your inexpensive or free newsletter.

There are so many people out there that are so tired of the 40 hour per week job. The boss is driving them crazy and they dream of the day when they can walk out of the cubicle and never look back. What would it take to make that dream come true?

The money is in the list, if you are in internet marketing in any way somewhere along the lines you have heard that you should at least partially focus on list building. Nothing is better then 10K people waiting for your next email or your next product to give your income that extra boost. So how can you use article marketing to increase your list?

One of the oldest methods in the world of selling products or services has been the venerable mailing list. From old time “direct mail” letters to modern email messages, the “LIST” has almost reached mythical proportions in marketing circles

One simple way to make money online is through affiliate marketing. Signing up to an affiliate program is free. It is understandable then why lots of people online are into affiliate marketing. Go to www.build-own-list.com they are looking to make handsome commissions by referring prospects to other people’s products.