When I first started writing on this blog, I have outlined a 10-part plan — sort of an overview — of how the entire online business building around a specific niche works.

I don’t believe there is a single system for everyone. Each of us would benefit from a system but only as a guideline for which we can follow through without having to reinvent the wheel.

But, the entire process should be flexible enough for everyone who uses it to innovate and improve.

Unlike the 10-part plan, this Niche Marketing tutorial intents to give you more than overview, but also includes how to accomplish things day by day, one step at a time.

There are many ways to build a business on the Internet. One of my favorite methods, which involves the less startup money and almost everyone can do, revolves around small online publishing.

Let me elaborate.

Basically you find a niche, a small but profitable one of which you are passionate about and create a useful content website on the topic. This website will attract search engine traffic and through many other traffic generation strategies. In return for your favor, you monetize your content through contextual advertising, affiliate programs, your own products and more income streams.

Don’t get inundated with all the steps. You might not know how to build a good looking website. Chances are you don’t know how to create your own product yet, but that’s what this niche marketing guide is for.

If you follow this from the foundation, before you know, you will have a business that you can rely on for years. I promise you, there is no tricks or gimmicks involved.

The key is to start at the beginning and work your way through. I have had some websites that started earning their first dollar within seven days. Thanks to Google AdSense. But for others, it may take one to two months before you begin to get a handful of traffic.

Search engines need time to work because of the size of the entire Web. So, take that into account too. The most important thing is to keep building instead of waiting magic to happen.