Some of the best income opportunities online today are using some type of automation. The more automation you use, the less hours you need to spend in front of your computer doing tedious repetitive work. Not everything can be automated, but there are many tasks that can be.

Some things will almost always need to be done manually. Directory submissions, for example, are best done manually. Each directory may require different information. Article submission, when done correctly, should also be done manually.

Setting up an autoresponder to constantly send your prospect or customer information is an example of automation. If you plan ahead, you autoresponder can send messages on a set schedule to continuously inform your prospect or customer about your home based business opportunity.

Always check and double check your automation once it is set up. Be sure to add yourself to the autoresponder to make sure that it is working the way you had planned and that the messages look as you expected them. Better to tweak it now than before you start sending out messages.

Then all you need to do is drive traffic to your opt-in page and let your autoresponder messages act as your salesmen.