I've been fortunate to enjoy considerable success online. The key method I used to get profitable was keeping costs down, especially advertising costs. I didn't understand how to do this until I read Shawn Casey's book, Mining Gold On the Internet.

Shawn has developed several very successful websites that bring in a ton of money. More importantly, he's built them all without spending a lot of money on marketing. He specializes in no cost and low cost strategies that anyone can use. Obviously, if you can get people to visit your website without spending a lot of money, you definitely should be making money quickly.