The Top 10 Things you should know before starting an online businessWritten by Gary Nelson
Before starting an online business, consider following. Especially if you are new to internet marketing and online homebased business. There is so much to learn in this business and potential to make alot of money. 1. You will not get rich quick. Contrary to what you read in hyped up websites and sales copy that are trying to sell you a business opportunity of some sort, it will take time to sell your product or service. Your customers need to find you, so make sure you have a plan so that they find you. Once they are interested in your offer, make sure it is persuasive and you have credibility. Fill your pipeline, keep advertising and know that it will take time to get sales rolling in. Once sales start coming in continue your marketing campaign. Just like saying goes a force in motion, remains in motion! 2. Setting up your website might be time consuming... If you have to create a website, you will have to learn html, find a web host and use templates to creat your website. To save time (but not money) you could contact a web designer to build website for you. Otherwise get ready to learn a new skill, like I did. The good news is it to less than a week for me to learn basics and get a website going. There are many web hosts that offer website templates. Just fill in your info. But, what are you going to say? I reccomend that you write out your web design on paper or in microsoft word. Then fill in your template. Have your friends and family check it out to make sure it looks ok. Then publish and your in business. 3. Does affiliate program provide your considering provide a free website? Your in luck if they do. Now it is just a matter of marketing. Double check with person in charge of your affiliate program to see if there might be a hosting fee in future. With affiliate programs I suggest you learn about cloaking your affiliate URL. This will protect your profits. You can learn about cloaking by search term in Google. If your an experienced webmaster ask if you can customize you affiliate website. Sometimes, depending on program, they will not tell you about that. 4. Set a budget. Know up front how much you are prepared to invest in your online business venture. Be prepared to lose that money if business fails. Use money that you can afford to lose and will not affect your needs. Don't borrow money to fund your project if possible. But working online I know it will be necessary to use your credit card to get things going, but be sure to pay it back. If you have excel, setup a budget/accounting program. Don't take chances or over spend. 5. Have realistic earnings expectations. If you learn about a fabulous business opportunity that will make you so much money... don't believe hype. Wait until tomorrow or next day before you make your decision about opportunity presented to you. If your presented with opportunity to make extemely large amounts of money follow, decide if claim is over stated. Don't think that you can wake up in morning in your underwear, check your email and see you have made tons of sales, like they want you to beleive. Think about what your real earning potential is going to be with your new business. Ask others what they think about it.
| | Aim2gainWritten by Renetta Kriel
ARTICLE AIM2GAIN.BIZFor 20 years my actual job was working on a computer, then I decided to buy a personal computer to work from home. This was best decision I have ever made. Obviously I got myself Internet and one day while I was surfing Net, I accidentally came across affiliated programmes and subscribed to one of newsletters. After that I have never looked back. At that stage I wondered how many people out there knew about all money one can make on Net working from home? As I am a very nosy person, all letters I received after that, tickled me pink. I started to find out what this was all about. Then I realized that there are people out there waiting for me to start a new beginning. Needless to say I was sick of my current job. Working for 20 years without any promotion, salary ain’t getting better, things getting more hectic by day! That is when I decided to take a break. The best of it all is that once you get started on your own home business, help is available everywhere, even if you are a total newbie on Internet as well as a computer. Actually to become a home entrepreneur is extremely easy. I would like to inform you that at this stage in time I am still working full day, married with 2 young kids and that did not stop me at all! If you do not know anything about Internet marketing, how to advertise etc. that is no problem! Like I have said before, help is just a click away! The whole home-entrepreneurs-thing on Internet is a family thing. I gathered that after just a few weeks that everybody seems to help everybody. That is just fantastic. Please remember that only some of things you have to do to let your business run smoothly, is for free. But you must bear in mind that a small budget is of utmost importance. Nobody can operate without money. You do need a small budget. When you have a website and are signed up with one or more affiliate programmes, let all your friends in your address book know what your plan of action is so that they also can benefit from what you are doing. This home business of yours depends entirely on you at what pace you want to move.
|
