5 Important Steps to Ensure Online Home Business Success
Copyright 2006 Mal Keenan
There is no shortage of job opportunities, from the high powered
executive jobs to cleaning the windows in the very offices where
the high earners ply their trades. One thing that most jobs DO
have in common is that they have to answer to the "bossman".
I personally, was absolutely inspired by the idea of not having
to answer to anyone ever again to make a living, when setting
out to set up my first home business. The idea of working my own
hours, spending time in the gym or with my kids if and when I
pleased set me on a course of non-stop searching until I found
the perfect online home business.
There are always the basic issues that almost everyone
encounters in starting a new home business. Like deciding on
what kind of business you want to start up.
Here are five important steps to follow to get started with
internet marketing and for you to market your products or
services from your own home.
1. Choose whether you want to start off with marketing your own
products or become an affiliate marketer, as I am, which means
marketing other peoples products for a commission.
2. Whether you start off with your own product or choose to
market others you absolutely need to get your own website which
includes domain name and web hosting.
3. Choose at least two or three internet marketing methods and
incorporate these strategies into your business on a daily
basis. Some examples are Article Marketing, Email Marketing,
Search Engine Optimisation, and Blogging.
4. Budget your money wisely. You may not be a one week wonder
nor an overnight success. Give your online business at least one
year to work out and set out your funds accordingly. It took me
over 5 years to make a significant profit and 6 years to make
Internet Marketing a full-time job. Don't blow your entire
marketing budget on a one-shot media blitz. If it fails you will
plummet into despair and more than likely give up.
5. Be persistent! You MUST do something positive for your
business every single day if you want to succeed. Marketers use
the Rule of Seven. Prospects must see or hear your message seven
times before they consider buying. That means you need to get
your message out their consistently. You will be surprised how
much traffic you can drum up if you just KEEP AT IT.
In conclusion, getting set up is only a beginning. The real
power comes from the marketing of your business. After all, a
website is only a blip on the vast screen of the world wide web
unless you drive visitors to make sales or signups for your
affiliate services.
I can take my laptop anywhere in the world and continue to make
a full-time income whether that is lying on a beach somewhere in
the Bahamas or in a ski chalet in the Alps.
Can you envisage yourself doing this? Are you prepared to
promise never to give up until you achieve your online goals?
You too can make this dream a reality but you must do the right
things to make any progress at all. The above 5 points should at
the very least set you on the right track.