Many people want to start an internet home business and make money online. Many people also already have a blog. Since the internet is growing very fast and today we can find many homes with a computer and internet connection, the way to start an internet home business is very short.

A blog is a free and easy way to start an internet home business. There are many blog platforms, the most popular ones are blogger.com and wordpress.com, both are very easy to start and use.

You start by registering a new blog. You need a user name, a password and a blog title. When you choose your blog title try to optimize it for the search engines from the start, using your chosen keywords in the blog title.

The next step is to build your profile, write something about yourself, your new business and products, and add a link to your main page.

There are two ways you can earn money from your blog. The first one is by adding content and modifying the blog template by adding banners to your affiliate programs and products. Each blog platform will provide you with a basic blog template. To this template you can add all your links and images, and also add a form to capture subscribers for a newsletter. You can change the header to your own image, and edit the side bar by adding all your important links and promotions.

The other way is behind the scenes. Here you will modify the template by adding Meta tags. The Meta tags are located in the blog header, and they are used by the search engines. When you edit the Meta tags, use your chosen keywords in the blog title, description and write all the keywords which describe your blog.

Now you can start blogging. Use your blog to add useful content on a regular basis. The search engines love new content and when you are using a blog it is also easy. When you log in to your blog account you click on the "add new post" link and you will be directed to an online editor, type your text, modify it, add links and images, and make it your own.

When you are adding new content make sure to make it search engine friendly and optimize it by making it keyword rich.

One more thing you can do to make money from your blog is adding pay per click ads to it, and earn money from people clicking on the links on your blog.

After your blog is all set up, submit it to blog directories to gain backlinks and use social bookmarking to promote it and each of your posts.

If you make a habit and blog on a regular basis your blog will gain traffic and you will see the results and your internet home business will grow.