If you are looking for extra ways to make money by starting an online business you need to decide upon four very important steps

Step 1:
Develop the right mindset to succeed in your business
An online business needs to be run by someone who understands that they are a business owner and they need to do the work to market their business.  It is time to stop seeing yourself as the buyer and starting seeing yourself as the seller too.

Step 2:
Decide on the area you want to focus on (your niche)
With the right mindset in place you now need to focus on the niche area your will work within. You can choose to focus on one or two areas of keep producing products in different areas.

Step 3:
Discover the problem your niche has and how you will solve it
As you do your research you will come across a problem that needs to be solved or a community in need of entertainment. Whatever you decide to focus on make sure you are providing a solution. An online business is a solution giving!

Step 4 :
Delivery – How will you deliver your product to your niche?
This is where you decide on the structure of your business. Will you run a blog? Set up a network? Build an authority site? Start an ebay or ecommerce store?
What kind of product will you offer as a solution? Will you create it yourself? (an information product), will you promote the work of another person? (affiliate marketing), will you create a home study course? Will you write about it using a blog?

Step 4 is the exciting phase of an online business because you are looking at putting it all together.

Those are the 4 important steps when you are looking into extra ways to make money by starting an online business