The Top 10 Things you should know before starting an online
business
Before starting an online business, consider the following.
Especially if you are new to internet marketing and online
homebased business. There is so much to learn in this business
and the potential to make alot of money. 1. You will not get
rich quick. Contrary to what you read in the 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 the sales rolling in. Once the sales start coming in
continue your marketing campaign. Just like the 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 the person
in charge of your affiliate program to see if there might be a
hosting fee in the 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 the term in
Google. If your an experienced webmaster ask if you can
customize you affiliate website. Sometimes, depending on the
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 the 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 the hype. Wait until
tomorrow or the next day before you make your decision about the
opportunity presented to you. If your presented with the
opportunity to make extemely large amounts of money follow,
decide if the claim is over stated. Don't think that you can
wake up in the 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. 6. Start
small and make sure that this business is for you. Find a small
online business that you can start that has a product many
people can use. With this new business, see how you like doing
business on the internet. It's not for everybody. But if you
like it and want to continue in your new found career, then
invest more into your company. If you discover it was not for
you, you did not lose to much. 7. Learn online marketing skills
Now when you are sure about getting serios about online
marketing, you will need to improve your marketing skills. There
is alot to learn. Find out where you can market and use it to
your best advantage. This includes the correct way to get listed
in search engines, Google adwords, ezines and ezine advertising,
email marketing and don't send spam. Learn to write articles and
keep your website fresh, should help you in the search engines.
Be ready to spend hours and hours learning all the techniques
for online marketing. Use the easier techniques first. 8.
Automate your online business. When everything is setup and
ready to go, your online busines hopefully will be automatic.
When a customer comes to your website, they make thier purchase,
credit card processor processes it, and if it is a digital
product, it's delivered automatically! Otherwise you will have
just a little work to do in shipping your product, check email,
and make sure everything is running smoothly. There is even a
software program that can answer emails automatically. The more
automated your online business is, the more free time for you.
9. Write your plan on paper and follow the plan. You know, Im
also a pilot. Before I fly an airplane, I have a flight plan and
I follow the flight plan, which leads me to my destination. It
works every time! You should do the same with your business.
Write out a business plan, it does not have to be fancy, but
write something and follow it. If you don't you will fail. Make
changes or add to it later, but you must do this in writing.
Refer to your plan as you move along in your business to make
sure your on the right course to sucess. 10. Why settle for a
meager 50-60% commision when you can get 100% and keep
everything you earn on the product you sell. This is called
Royalty-free. There is a software program that you can easily
sell and make incredible amounts of money with a good marketing
plan. How can they do this and how will they make any money?
Well you can explore further at http://www.spy-snooper.com