Is it possible to be successful in online business?
I guess everyone who tried to run their own online business many
times have asked themselves questions: ?Jeez! What am I doing???
Is it really worth my time and my money? Are all these promises
a truth? Do ?Mary and John, who earned 3 750$ in their first
month? exist??
When I started my first online business I?ve spent about 100$ in
first 3 months and earned just 5$ (It was my only sale during
the period of 3 months!). And I really wasn?t lazy! I worked
about 25 hours per week placing ads, participating in
discussions, submitting to search engines and directories,
studying various promotion tutorials and so on. Now I?m in
online business for 2 years. I?ve tried a huge amount of
different programs, and now my income varies from 2 000$ to 5
000$ depending on how many hours I work. In this article I?m
going to give you some advise how to start your online business
and don?t fail because of common mistakes.
First of all let?s figure out what online business really is.
It?s selling. It doesn?t matter what to sell: some service, some
product or an opportunity to earn money. Mostly what you need to
do is to find customers. And it?s not so easy as it seems. Here
I?ve got some tips how to be successful in finding potential
customers:
1. BE ORGANIZED Operating a business requires a certain amount
of discipline. You may not want to hear that!! It's true though
and we all need to accept it. Discipline means building your
business schedule into the schedule of your life. Most common
tools that you have to have in your arsenal are To Do Lists and
the Next Day Plan. Everyone knows what a To Do List is all about
but how many plan for the next day at the end of the current
day. 2. FIND OUT WHO IS YOUR CUSTOMER Why it is so important to
know who are your customers? Because then you can predict where
to find them! Close your eyes and try to imagine who might be
interested in your product. Is it a man or a woman? How old are
they? Where are they working? What are the things that they ate
interested in? Write down the portrait of your customer and try
to conclude what web sites they might be visiting, what
newsgroups are they participating in, what ezines are they
reading. So you?ll know where to place your ad in order to get
as many responses as possible.
3. WORK HARD If you think that working for yourself means you
won?t have to work as hard or as long, think again. Most likely
it will mean more of both. It isn?t possible to earn full
monthly income working 10-15 hours per week. Home business
requires a lot of self-motivation and self-discipline. Your
success depends only on your willingness to work. There is no
boss to wave a carrot under your nose to get you moving. You
must be able to motivate yourself to do what needs to be done
and that includes the stuff you don?t particularly enjoy doing.
4. KEEP STUDYNG If you want to be successful, seek more
knowledge. This is a rule for every part of life and it is no
different in the Internet Marketing world. There are some great
sources of knowledge floating around. With a little time and
effort, you can get a lot of useful information. The more
knowledge you acquire, the more successful you will be.
I hope these tips will help you in your online business!!!