There are 1,733 million Internet users so having a business online is not a bad idea. With so many scams on the Internet however, you have to be careful about which path you use. In this article, I will suggest a legitimate way to make money online without having to spend too much money.

The best and cheapest way I have found to make money online is through affiliate marketing. As an affiliate marketer, you don't have to create your own products as it involves promoting other people's products.

This is the easiest way to start and is a legitimate way to make money online. However, because making money on the internet is a very competitive business, I would suggest that you get the right training.

What will you need to learn? The following knowledge is key to make it as an affiliate marketer:

1)How to find the right keywords; 2)How to find the right niche that is not too competitive; 3)How to find the right products; 4)How to drive traffic to your website or blog.

Because of the fierce competition that is found on the Internet, it's very important to learn how to do these things the correct way. If you don't, you will spend month working with no tangible results. Having guidance to make the right choices is invaluable.

You can learn how to do these things on your own buy downloading free e-books, but I would not recommend that route. If you do, you may lose a lot of valuable time making many mistakes that you can avoid with the right guidance.

The ideal situation in order to find a legitimate way to make money online is to find a place where you can have the right training, the right tools and the right mentors and support all in one place. Trying to get these things in different places may end up costing you hundreds if not thousands of dollars.

What if you could find a place online where you can 1) build your website or your blog without having to learn coding; have access to videos and e-books that explain to you various techniques; have a sophisticated an easy to use keyword tools; have a readily available ready to implement affiliate marketing system, and extensive support in the form of various mentors and a forum.

It is easy to find such a place and have a legitimate way to make money online if you choose affiliate marketing at an online university.