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DISCLAIMER: This is not meant as legal advice. For proper legal advice, consult an attorney in your jurisdiction.
There might be several ways:
Enter under a student visa. Go to school. Find a job training program with employers that will petition you. Many software/Net companies used to this. Find an employer that will sponsor you. Once you finish the educational program, you switch from the student visa to the sponsored employee visa (H1B). At this point, you put in more time and eventually ask your sponsor to file for an employment certification for you. The employment cert will qualify you for Permanent Residence (Green Card) status.
Other variations of the steps above apply to the tourist visa as well.
Other possibilities: If you are a BIG TIME webmaster, there's the E visa which gives you a green card if you are able to start a business in the US that employs X number of people over X number of years.
I know you're self-employed BUT if you become employed with an adult company that wants to open a branch in the US, you might be able to enter under an L visa provided they set up a branch in the US and your position is managerial/executive, etc.
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