Four Models of Successful Internet Business Sites!
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Four Models of Successful Internet Business Sites:
One of the best methods of learning how to succeed in your
Internet business is to first find a successful site to model
your business on.
Over the years I have studied many successful web sites to try
to find out what it is that is making them a successful Internet
business. And not just in one particular field, but many fields,
from the many different types of websites out there. Next time
you view an Internet site that you know is very successful, stop
for a moment to try and decipher why it is so successful.
You will find successful sites on just about any subject matter
you care to think about. There seems to be no barrier to
developing a successful site in any field. You name it, people
are probably making money out of their website in that
specialized area.
Just about anything, if planned appropriately, can be sold
online. If you want to be successful too, why not look for
examples of businesses which have already achieved the success
you would like, and model your business after that, i.e. play
follow the leader.
It would be too much information to try and describe every
single model of success, but I would like to introduce you to
just four model websites which keep springing up. Sites that are
obviously benefiting from being a successful online business
model.
Look at these models to see if you are on your way to becoming
just like that type of business.
Model No.1 - Opt-In List Builder
This is a good model to build your site around by providing a
free newsletter or ezine. If you are building a mailing list
this way, then you must provide high quality information to your
list on a weekly or monthly basis. Never send just ads or
useless information. If your newsletter is just an excuse to
push ads you can be certain it will not grow. On the contrary,
your subscribers will opt-out quicker than you can replace them,
and you'll probably not make any sales anyway. Learn how to
write effective testimonials instead of blatant ads. These
should be a small part of informative articles. They should fit
in nicely and naturally along with this information, indeed be a
part of it! Once your list gets into the thousands, you should
start to see an almost guaranteed income. Continue to use your
website to build your list up each month and watch your monthly
income grow alongside it.
It can be an effective way to create income, but you have to be
willing and able to write a weekly or monthly newsletter. It
doesn't have to be long, in fact it shouldn't be. But it does
have to be informative. If you hate writing this may not be the
route for you.
Model No.2 - Free Services
There are many services on the Internet that people like to use,
or even desperately need. Examples include such services as
providing an autoresponder service, traffic generating services,
providing free webspace, reciprocal link checking etc. Sites
which provide something valuable for free can often become
extremely popular. Once this popularity is achieved, and you
start getting a lot of daily traffic, then you can start to
charge for allowing advertising on your site. You're probably
thinking something like "how could I possibly provide such a
valuable free service, surely you need lots of programming
knowledge and experience to run such a thing?". In reality it
isn't that difficult. All you need is the right pre-written
script to add to your website. Have a look here:
http://www.cgi-resources.com . This website provides many CGI
programs, many of which are low or NO cost. Some of their
scripts could make great traffic generators for you if you use
them on your site in a highly relevant fashion.
One of the biggest advantages of this web business model is you
don't necessarily have to pay for any advertising. A good press
release might be all you need, particularly if you are providing
something unique. The hard part is coming up with a good idea.
But if you can, because you are providing a valuable free
service, word of mouth can get round very fast.
Model No.3 - One Product Page
If you have a hot product that you want to sell, then create a
good sales page and focus all of your marketing efforts towards
bringing that page to people's attention. When you present just
one choice at your site, you decrease any distraction which may
come from offering multiple alternative pages.
Getting interested people to click through to this web page can
produce excellent profits, but this is also the hard part. You
will probably have to pay for all of your traffic so a well
thought through pay-per-click campaign may be your best choice
for this business model.
Model No.4 - Affiliate Programs
A popular website model for new webmasters is to create a site
that catalogs many different (but hopefully related) products
within their site. To do this you will either need a number of
different affiliate programs to sign up with, or you'll need to
join an affiliate network such as Commission Junction or
Clickbank. These bring a huge number of affiliate programs
together - under one roof as it were (i.e. all available through
the same intermediate provider).
In order to make this work you have to develop a specialized
site. It needs to be an information source primarily, but
definitely not a sales pitch. Your visitors will want to be
provided with up to date information related to their subject of
interest which brought them to your site in the first place.
You have an unlimited array of possible subjects to choose from,
but you should opt for something that interests yourself very
much. This way you'll have no problem deciding what other people
with the same interest will want to read, learn or talk about.
Within this context you can then have recommended products
directly related to whatever you think people will be interested
in, so long as it is genuinely related and of value to your
readers. If your visitors value your site and are interested in
your opinion you will make sales.
The real beauty of developing this kind of site is you can
potentially do very well in the search engines, and that can
provide you with a lot of free traffic. I have provided lots of
information to help you with this at my site;
http://www.websmart-marketing.com . Working your pages around
popular keywords is how its done, and when people type these
words into their favorite engine, you want your site to come out
as close the number one spot as possible.
Each of these website business models represents a possible
online business for you. Can you integrate the one which
interests you the most in with your favorite hobby or pastime?
What do you enjoy doing the most? What do you like to think
about when you have the free time. Whatever this is, there's
probably a wide audience of people with the same interest. Why
not build them a website they can visit. You could find it
relatively easy to make money at the same time.
Best wishes for your future.