It sounds like a bit of a silly question really, doesn't it? The answer is obvious, surely? I mean, if someone could make 'making money online' easy, then everyone would listen, wouldn't they?

The truth is, that there is such a glut of information out there these days that it can be difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to finding someone that will teach you how to make money online without it costing you the earth.

A lot of the courses that teach internet marketing or how to make money on the internet are hugely expensive and lots of newcomers to the internet marketing arena find that, having spent all that money they still can't understand what they should be doing to get started.

Does that sound familiar?

The reason for this is that most of these internet marketing tutorial courses tend to assume that the purchaser already has a modicum of knowledge. i.e. they assume that the purchaser or pupil knows his or her way around a computer and perhaps knows how to build a website etc.

The trouble is that a lot of people are not at that level yet. They don't know how to buy a domain name, or how to build a website, let alone how to get a website uploaded to a server and have it live on the internet.

If you are one of those people, you want a mentor or teacher that will not assume that you already know stuff. You want someone who will take you step-by-step through the whole process of making money online.

In short, you need someone who truly can make the whole process of making money online easy for you. And if they didn't charge the earth, then that would be nice too!

So, here are a few guidelines as to what you should look for in a mentor if you want to learn how to make money online, but you are just starting out with very little knowledge...

1) Make sure your teacher 'walks the walk' and actually earns a full time income online himself.

2) Make sure that he won't charge like a wounded bull for his service!

3) Make sure that your teacher is someone who will not assume that you know certain things when in fact you don't.

4) Make sure you find someone who will literally teach you how to make money online in a step-by-step, simple to follow, method.

5) Make sure that you will be able to have access to your teacher/mentor, so that you can ask questions if you get stuck.

That last one is very important. It simply amazes me how many of the so called 'guru's' of internet marketing will not allow direct access to themselves when people have a question that relates to what they are being taught.

If you are truly interested in supplementing your income or even making a full time income online, then I can tell you that it certainly is not as difficult as most people think. But you do need to find the right teacher.

If you do manage to find a teacher who can offer the five attributes mentioned above, then make sure you hang on to him. He could just change your life!