The economy is beating up a lot of people right now, and they are turning to the Internet to make money. The problem is, how do you start an Internet business if you have no money?

There are so many programs that you can earn from, but they require start up costs. it gets a bit frustrating if you are in need of extra money, that you need money. It doesn't quite compute.

The good news is there are options. There are Internet companies that don't require you to spend any start up costs.One such company is SFI.

Now you need a plan of action to promote your new venture, but not spend any money.

1) Join SFI, which stands for "Strong Future International". SFI is a division of a company called Carson Services, which was founded in 1985. SFI itself has been around since 1998 and is thought to be one of the largest affiliate networks in the world, with tens of thousands of affiliates in over 200 countries worldwide.

There are a number of different ways to make money from SFI:

a) Promote SFI Products and receive commissions - SFI has hundreds of products including vitamins, cleaning products, magazines, books, memberships to the International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs (IAHBE), domain name registration, pet care products, coffee and tea.

b) Promote the SFI opportunity and receive a percentage of commissions from sales generated by people in your downline.

c) Promote Triple Clicks, a website that sells all sorts of products and services. You can sell your own stuff on this website and make money or you can refer other people to the site and make a commission if the purchase something.

d) Eye Earn is also a part of SFI, where you are paid to advertise on your vehicle, T-shirt or coffee mugs. There is a fee for the promotional products, and I recommend waiting until you have an income from SFI, then re-invest to promote Eye earn.

SFI is a good place to start an online business as it provides a lot of good training and there are many possibilities for you to generate an income. It's also free, so you've got nothing to lose if you change your mind!

2) Join Blogger which is a free blog service that Google offers. Although you will want to go to paid service eventually, this is a great way to start your business promotion. Blogging can be one of the most powerful tools to market your business.

3) Join Ezine Articles, your goal is to write two articles a week and post them on the above sites.

4) Join Traffic Swarm a free traffic service.

5) Join Soaring for Traffic another free advertising service

6) Join Warrior Forum, Home based business forum, Conquer your niche forum and 24 hour wealth forum. These are all free and are full of information on how to be successful on the Internet.

7) Google the search term free advertising, there are a lot of methods to advertise your business for free. Write an ad and use this method. It is a very competitive market with free ads, so don't expect a lot of sales, but each one does add up.

8) As soon as you can join a hosting company such as Host4Profit, you will eventually want to move away from all free web hosting such as blogger, because you do not have any real protection of people using your blog name and getting your customers.

This is a great method to start an online business for no money, as you gain experience and an income, you will want to get involved in other programs. But for now, instead of spending a lot of money up front, allow SFI Action Plan to fund your next venture.