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Imagine you had a crystal ball to see the future of the internet.  Think you could make a buck or two?

Google has just released new API’s for their office applications allowing users to plug their own applications into the Google online interface.
Why would anyone want to do that?  It’s the future.

As more and more businesses are run from several places on the globe–or as more employees are working at least partly from home–businesses need a place to store data to be used collaboratively.

Think about it this way:  You and Joe are working on a project together.  You are working with the data on your computer at home while Joe is using a copy of the data on his computer.

The data set becomes inconsistent as you both work on it.  Suddenly he has one set of data and you have another.

The solution is what Google has envisioned: Putting the data in online storage where you can both access and work with exactly the same data.  No fuss, no muss.

Not only is it the future for business, it’s the future for education, programming and web development.

Students will be able to work with one another—or their professor—without leaving their home or dorm.  Web programmers can work together on projects without every having to “upgrade” their programming in stages.  Web developers can easily share applications, images, templates—anything—through a central hub.

It’s the future, and you have an opportunity to cash in on it.

For more ways to cash in on the ever changing world of the internet, check out my Success Secrets Course.

Jerry Google, Product Creation, Search Engine Marketing

1.7 BILLION dollars

Two guys start a little web business in their garage and sell it to Google for billions. That’s sweet

But how did they do it? Did they just get lucky? Is it possible to duplicate that type of success?

While you may not make BILLIONS, you can imitate their success and earn your own piece of the pie.

First, focus on solving a problem in an emerging niche.

There are 150,000 new blogs every day. YouTube gave bloggers and MySpacers an easy way to add video content to their blogs.

What other niches are exploding right now? Wikis are becoming a rage. Social networking sites are growing exponentially. Pick one and investigate what problems users encounter. Solve just one of those problems and you’re in.

Second, allow users to generate the content.

This is key. Imagine if YouTube had tried to create all the videos itself. It would never have gotten off the ground. By letting users upload their own videos, YouTube became a hands-off operation.

Third, automate everything.

This follows closely with number two: Let your users do the heavy lifting. This frees your time up for marketing while your site grows by leaps and bounds.

Will you be the next billionaire? Maybe, maybe not. If you follow these three guidelines you can’t go wrong.

For more tips on how to create online wealth, see my Success Secrets Course.

Jerry How To