Skill set to make money online

As promised I am going to try and define the skill set necessary to be able to make money online. Don't get fooled by people that it is possible to make easy money online. You need to have a skill set already in place or develop it. So let's look closer at what's necessary.
First of course you need to have a decent command of the English language or at least another high traffic language where the Internet is supported.
I think the next skill set you need to have is what I call computer basics. By this I mean be able to save files intelligently on your computer so you can stay organized. A lot of people create a folder/file mess on their computer and lose or misplace a lot of information. This just compounds issues of learning new things necessary to build the infrastructure to make money online.
The next skill or perhaps it could be called desire or trait is the wanting to make money online and willing to spend many hours learning. You must be willing to sacrifice time from watching TV and socializing or other activities. Making money online should be treated like a business, because that's exactly what it is. Unfortunately many have entered the field with wild dreams of getting rich quick because they have been sucked in by unscrupulous people who lure you in promising all sorts of nonsense. The business of making money online is like any other real business. It takes time and some money to get going. You can start off very conservative and build up slowly making money bit by bit more and more. You may not see any money for a year or more before it starts to flow. This is the reality of making money online for most people if they manage NOT TO GIVE UP BEFORE THEN!
So lets make a list of just what you will have to learn if you don't know how to do it already.
1. Computer basics
2. Good writing and reading skills
3. Learn the things necessary to put a website on the Internet (I'll break this down)
Learn the logistics of getting a website hosting account.
Learn how to register a domain and point the name server numbers to your hosting account.
Learn how to transfer files from your computer to your hosting account. (FileZilla preferred)
Learn wordpress (it's by far the easiest and it's free)
4. Learn the details of adsense and how it works and finding a topic that you can build a website around that will draw enough people in. (There are 3 specific tools I use for this).
5. Learn the details of how affiliate marketing works and how to implement it on your website(s)

Ok that is the overview I promised and it is right from memory as to what I did as I spent the better part of 4 or 5 months learning this stuff.
So now that you have the basic recipe for how to make money online I hope I've opened your eyes as to what's necessary.
Let's face it we are human and the lure of money is strong. Don't run out onto the Internet and think there is a short cut, there isn't.
So what's the upside if any to attempting this online money making stuff?
1. This business is one of the lowest overheads to start. ( You work from home)
2. If you have good writing and reading skills you can actually make the seed money necessary to start your online business by selling your researching and writing skills. There are people in this business who look for people to write approx. 400 word articles about various subjects for approx. 0.015 cents per word. So one article nets approx. 6 dollars.
3. Once you start generating money it becomes residual (meaning it keeps happening every month ) as long as you spend a couple hours per month at keeping your website fresh.
4. The amount of money you can make continues to grow as you build a portfolio of websites.
5. Once you reach a level where you have a good size portfolio it gets even easier to build more and have them reach #1 faster.
6. The more effort you put into this business the more money you make. Incomes well above 5000 per month are not uncommon. (I can prove this if you need to see proof) Once you achieve making the same amount of money online as you make at your regular everyday job you may want to focus completely on the online at home job and boost your income even more.

So where do you go from here... up to the green area at the top and go to the keyword academy and join up for a buck (30 day trial) check out the videos and the niche refinery. Also I recommend you buy the Marketing Samurai and you'll have everything you absolutely need to succeed properly in niche marketing. If your not satisfied with the keyword academy stuff I'll personally refund your buck. One other thing- just so you know this is a real blog about making money here's my phone number that rings right into my home. You'll get my funny little answering message, (just let it play) then leave yours if I'm not home to answer, and I'll phone you back if you want to actually talk to me about niche marketing. Ok here's my number....
519 744-3283 (please only phone between 9am and 10pm EST) Now have you ever been given a phone number by anyone claiming to be able to make money online..... I think not. Because most of them are selling smoke and mirrors. They want you to buy their stuff but don't want to let you know any details about how to actually do it.
I'm gonna change all that right here right now...
Bye for now Tom