Historically if you ever wanted to make some money and improve your life situation you always needed to have some initial investment funds to put into your new venture - be it a new business, investing in some products to sell or even doing some stocks and shares trading. However on the internet today you really can make money with no money and over time build a great online business.

Here is a 7 step plan to implement:

Step 1 - What is your website going to be about? - If you have a real passion for a particular subject then that is probably going to be your best starting point - the reason being is you can write about that without getting too bored or stuck for words and you will be able to provide insight on the subject which many people will find useful. So now you have a theme and you can move on to step 2 in the process of how to make money with no money.

Step 2 - Get a website - There are a ton of free web hosts out there on the internet, but for the purposes of this article I am going to suggest you start off with a blog from either blogger.com or wordpress.com - the reason being - the search engines like blogs and generally index them a little quicker than other sites. So all you need to do is head over to one of these guys and register a new blog - call it whatever you want but I suggest you use something related to the theme of the website as this will help with the search engines.

Step 3 - Do some keyword research - When people use a search engine such as Google or Yahoo they search using keywords - the important thing is to find keywords which relate to the theme of your website which you can then write articles and content around. Again you can do all of this for free with the Google keyword search tool and can have a great list of keywords and related terms in no time at all.

Step 4 - Write some content - So the first three steps were easy right and maybe took you no more than a few hours, if that? - well now comes the slightly harder part but if you really want to make money with no money then you have to follow this step. A website is nothing without unique content - so start writing content related to your theme / niche and write it around the keywords that you obtained in step 3. I suggest writing at least one piece of content a day for at least a week so that you have a few pages on your blog or website for the search engines to look at. In this step also you should write some articles which can be used on article directories - but please make sure that each piece of content or article you write is unique.

Step 5 - Monetise your website - So now you want to start adding promotional links or adverts to your website - after all we want to make money with no money right? Without doubt there will be some form of product you can promote through an affiliate program related to your niche - clickbank is often used as they have a wide selection of products on offer in every conceivable niche you can imagine. If not then try the Google Adsense program - this way you just add some code to your site and Adsense will manage what adverts are displayed and you will make some money when people click on those adverts.

Step 6 - Promote Your Site - Well done for getting the previous 5 steps done - you really do want to make money with no money and now is the time to promote your site. There are many resources out there online dedicated to site promotion but you will need to employ a combination of SEO, Link Building and Article Writing to start driving traffic to your website.

Step 7 - Scale Your Operation - Now you have got this far you need to start scaling up what you do - as you start making some money invest that back into your business - purchase a domain name and some hosting and when you can afford it employ someone to write articles and content for you and just keep going.

So as you can see it is possible to make money with no money and if you follow these seven steps you will achieve this, it wont be easy but anyone can do it. If you are interested in taking this further then there are many affiliate training resources out there, many of them free, to start you heading in the right direction. Good luck with your affiliate marketing efforts!