The best small business opportunity today has to offer you mobility and the chance to run it free of overhead and employees. What could be better than earning thousands of dollars every month without the hassles of a traditional brick and mortar business? Thanks to the internet, network marketing, and affiliate programs you can live the American Dream of owning your own small business selling products online.

To me the ability to work anywhere I can log onto the internet is the true American dream. No bosses, no employees, overhead. Of course that means no building to rent, no secretary to answer the phone, no phone, no monthly advertising costs, no warehouse space needed, no office furniture, no 8 to 5, no, no, no.

What do you need?

1. You need a computer. I use my HP Pavilion dv5000 notebook I can take with me anywhere at anytime.

2. You need an internet connection.

3. You need a valuable product or program that gives you a website and email marketing follow-up campaign.

4. You need to learn how to drive traffic to the website they give you.

Basically if you have these 4 things you have the best small business opportunity. As long as you are getting traffic to your website and following up with them you can make a lot of money and be free to set your own hours doing it. The internet is open 24 hours a day all over the world. It never sleeps even when you are.

My small business involves programs and products that are informational in nature. "How To" type of products are great because they are always in demand. People go online everyday searching for information. Your new small business can be the one to give them what they are looking for.

Another way to make money is to leverage your time by having people working under you selling the same products as you. When they make a sale you make a commission. Network marketing is a perfect small business because the opportunity to make money on the efforts of others without hiring them as employees. They are running their own small business just like you! You can do this in virtually any market and once you get one business set up you can start another one.

Anyone with drive and desire can start their own small business online thanks to the opportunities available today. I encourage you to find the best small business for you and get started today.