An online business can sound pretty good, especially in times like these. Job layoffs are in the news every day. But are you ready to succeed in an Internet business?

If you heard some of the noise of internet marketing, “anyone can do it.” Now that is true up to a point. I guess anyone could learn the game. But how many will actually win is another story.

It doesn’t matter if you choose to make money blogging, providing a service, creating and selling digital products, affiliate marketing, etc. It is going to take a lot of effort on your part.

In just the last 2 years, the changes in marketing alone have been huge! We have gone from simple blogs to needing to know how to improve our blogs with audio and now with video.

Do you have what it takes?

o Time: it takes a long time to learn the tools of success.

o Time: To learn the technical parts of operating a computer and the tools of your business.

o Money: Startups can be anywhere from $ 500.00 to thousands, depending on what you choose to do.

o Willpower: Do you want to learn? There is a lot of learning, especially for a newbie.

o Will: Learn to use the computer and the Internet. Again, there is a lot to learn.

o Will: Learn marketing. Marketing it is the key to your business being a great success.

o Patience: “Resistance is concentrated patience.” -Thomas Carlyle- Can you take the tough times?

o Optimism: Are you an optimistic person? Can hope for the future and your success sustain you?

o Skill: Are you one of those people who has the ability to make things go well?

o Action: I see the words “Just do it” all the time. Are you someone who can stop worrying, stop picking nits, and just do it?

You know yourself better. Step away from any of the naysayers in your life and take a look. Do you have the time, the money, and most of all the will to go in and learn an online business? Do you take action and see things through to the end? So yes, an internet business is for you.