Remember that every expense for your business is tax deductible. Your new business can generate thousands of dollars in deductible expenses every year whether your business is profitable or not. Keep receipts and a record of your income and expenses. This can be easily accomplished with any spreadsheet software and is probably already on your computer.

Once your website is up and running and your autoresponder is ready to send prewritten articles to all your potential customers, your next step is to begin your advertising campaign. You have several advertising options to choose from. If you desire to get off to a quick start then you will have to pay for advertising. This can be in form of purchasing leads from a reputable lead generating company, buying key word phrases from places like Google or Overture, ad placement on various websites, and traffic generating sites. Success in your new online business venture depends on your marketing effort. Online business success is 90% marketing and only 10% dependent on products or services you offer. The key to your success is marketing!

One of best advertising options for tight budgets is free traffic generating sites. Go to any search engine and type in “free web traffic” and visit several of listings. The best sites will enable you to generate free traffic at no cost. These “free sites” allow you to surf for credits. These credits are then used to promote your website. Another free option is linking your website to another website. This is called reciprocal linking and can generate a steady flow of potential customers to your website.

How old is company? - a company that is completely new is susceptible to disappearing from radar. Be cautious of businesses claiming to be in pre-launch for 2 reasons. 1. that means they are new and may have no idea what they are doing and 2. these companies always claim to be in pre-launch even though they launched (started doing business) months ago. Of course every great company was new once so there are times when a new company can be a great opportunity. Check to see what word is, do some searches and try to find out what people are saying about company and about leaders. If leadership is good than you maybe onto a good thing.

How experienced is leadership? - once or twice a year a new company will come on scene and people will be climbing over each other to come on board. The reason is usually because it is another brain child of a team with a proven record of success. They have experience to get it right from start.

Does company provide training? - two pages about how to post free classifieds is not training (that was extent of it on one of earliest companies I joined). Training should be comprehensive, covering how to advertise, where to advertise, what to say in your advertisement, where to find business, how to talk to people, how to stay motivated, how to increase your business, how to train new team members and more. Very importantly it should include at least weekly phone conferences from company experts and leaders for you to learn how they do it and have your questions answered.

Will you get adequate support? - if you have questions or concerns it's nice to know that there is someone to answer them. The top notch businesses will actually have a support department available to answer any questions you may have.

If you find a business meeting all these criteria then you are off to a good start. But remember this is only first step in a longer haul. You must have persistence if you are going to make it.

Keep learning, keep at it and don't give up.

Written by Murray Hughes 007WorkFromHome.com

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