By Terry Dean

This is an extension of an article I wrote well over a year ago. You can find that article online at: http://www.bizpromo.com/free/lifestyle.html

The Internet is all about the lifestyle.

You choose what you want in life. It's all about the freedom.

You choose where you live.
You choose when you work.
You choose what you do.

If you want to live in New York City, that will work fine for your Internet business. If you prefer small town life such as New Castle, Indiana, then no problem. It will work out just fine.

I currently live way out in the country in Indiana where "high speed access" is only a phrase...no where near delivery. So I'm running my business from a 56k modem. No high speed access...at all.

It doesn't matter. I get to enjoy my 18.5 acres with my wife and 3 dogs...with no interruptions, no traffic, and no neighbors.

It's about the lifetyle.

If I choose tomorrow to move to a warmer place and live in the city, it won't make an ounce of difference. The business just keeps right on going.

If I ever choose to move, it would definitely be to a warmer place as I hate the cold.

Hopefully you're not making the same mistake I see so many people making. They think they have to work 100 hours a week...and sell their souls to be successful.

Forget it. I'm not about to work like that, ruin my health, and destroy my marriage. The world is littered with business people who have nothing left but a little bit of money they worked their life away for.

No one, on their deathbed, says, "I wish I spent a little more time at work."

Ron Legrand, who I do Internet & Information seminars with, always says, "The less I do...the more I make."

No statement could ever be more true about the Internet than this. The less you do...the more you make (if you're doing the right things).

Think about some of the possible and successful business models which work online...

1. eBooks

This one should be obvious, but it's benefit is that you don't have to send anything out. You could live on a BOAT in the middle of the Pacific ocean and have orders coming in, being processed for you, and deposited in a bank account...and you don't have to do ANYTHING.

Living on a yacht in the ocean doesn't sound half bad, now that I think about it.

It's a money vending machine. People read your sales letter, put their money in, and out pops your product. It is 100% automatic and doesn't involve you at all.

It beats showing up for a job anyday...especially if you worked for Little Ceasar's like I did at one time (sad, sad part of my past).

2. Ezines

Build a list of subscribers. It could be for an ezine or an autoresponder series. Contact them. Provide them good information. Then offer them products they can purchase.

You could offer your own products, OR you could offer products you're simply an affiliate of. It doesn't matter. When Frank Garon and I recently did our teleseminar we told people how they could start getting 23 checks or more per month simply by referring their prospects to affiliate programs.

So you could be an affiliate of other people's free programs. Advertise your opt-in list. Build a few thousand subscribers (only takes 30 days or less). Then promote one affiliate program after another for multiple streams of Internet income.

3. Membership Sites

This is a third Internet delivery only option. This one actually requires a little more work than the above, but it creates residual income forever. You just keep getting deposits made in your bank account from the same customers over and over again.

Unlike an ebook, which you write once and sell forever...a membership site requires you to continually study and write about the subject. So it does require work. The good part is that it doesn't matter where you're at.

You could just as easily write your information from Australia as you can from the US...all you need is an Internet connection.

With satellite delivery now becoming more common, it's practical for even yachts, RV's, and little tiny towns like where I live to have high speed access to the Internet (I'll be installing a satellite soon).

By the way, since you'll continually write about a specific subject with a membership site, make sure it's one you're passionate about so you don't burn out (who wants to create an Internet business which feels like a job)!