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Online Business Tips for Beginners: How to Get Started Online Business
Posted by B2B on: 2006-05-18 09:36:45
Online Business Tips for Beginners: How to Get Started Online Business
Nophea Kim Phat (PhD)
Copyright В© Dr. Nophea Kim Phat http://www.ActNowForProfits.com
(Note: This article is intended for beginners or newbie)
According to comScore, internet users (age 15+) reach 694 millions in March 2006. The number of internet users keeps increasing. As the internet booms, anyone who can write and read the content of any website can start earning the living. As long as you have a strong and sustained commitment, your internet business would be successful. You must be committed to learning and taking action. There are many top internet marketers who are wiling to be your teachers or mentors because if your business grows, their businesses also grow.
Getting Started: Decide What You Want to Do
You may think thoroughly what you can do and what you want to do. A good idea would be to start from what you know the most. For example, if you are a soccer player you may want to offer your free regular advice or training on how to select the best shoes, uniforms, to improve the play, to avoid injuries, to heal injuries, etc as a means to keep your visitors coming back to your site. You won't earn any money if your site has no visitor. You will earn profits from contextual advertising program (such as those offering by Yahoo, Chitika or AdSense). Or you can earn money by joining the Affiliate Programs to promote the soccer shoes, clothes and other products. You know about the this sport better than the general public, so write reviews or make recommendations of the products. Or you can sell your used clothes, shoes etc. through an action website or your own auction site. Or you can publish training manuals (such as Soccer Training Manual for Children, for Women ...).
Get Started: Getting Your Website Setup
Although you can do business online without a website, it is better to have your own one. However, do not buy any domain or hosting plan yet. You should start with a free website first just to have a feeling of what's all about internet and internet marketing. There are techniques, tricks and even scams out there. I' m very sure you'll make a lot of mistakes, especially at the beginning and so did almost every internet marketer. But, you won't lose any dime. You will learn from your mistakes, and that will lead to your success. The mistakes would include choosing wrong domain (unpopular domain or funny domain), using bad services for site promotion or getting traffic (visitors) to your site, incidentally clicking on your own ads, unprofessional website design that scare your visitors, etc. There are many top internet marketers offering their tips for doing online business. You can get them free; don't buy just yet. Of course, their tips are excellent but as a beginner or newbie to the internet world, we would not follow perfectly what they mean. That's why the mistakes are common for newbie. I made a lot of mistakes, but enjoy learning from the mistakes. Who cares as long as we do not violate any laws or any rights. Well, the best place to get a free website and domain is Microsoft Office Live (http://officelive.microsoft.com/). It's still a Beta version (testing version), but its Live Basic membership will remain free even after the Beta version. Try to build your site here first. Only after you made the mistakes and learned from the past, you may want to upgrade your membership or purchase a domain and an affordable web hosting (you need a domain and hosting for Online Business). Again, do not buy any product just yet.
Get Marketing Tips for Promoting Your Business
Do not buy any product until you know more or feel convenient about what you are doing. Many companies or individuals are offering their products for free as part of their marketing campaigns or in exchange for your name (usually first name) and your email address. Just give your name, and address and you'll get the offers. With the spam laws, most websites offer an option for removing your data (name and address) at the bottom of their messages sent to you. If you don't feel comfortable with their offers, just click on the link to download the offers, and remove yourself. That's it. You can complain if they keep sending to you the spam mails.
You Need Visitors to Your Site
First step would be to submit your site to search engines. You can use either paid submission services or free submission services or both. Again, if you just want to have a feeling of what's all about internet marketing, try free services. Free submission services are offered in exchange for your name and email address. However, it may take up to several weeks before your site is indexed by the search engines. If you want to have visitors immediately, you may consider using paid submission services, and paid advertising programs. Even with paid services, some companies offer a two-week or 30-day trial for your site promotion. If you don't like their services, just cancel it. Attention: as far as cancellation is concerned, I would choose an advertising company that accept payment through Paypal. Because with Paypal, you can log in to your paypal account and cancel your order directly by yourself if you don't like the service the company is offering. Or you should read their (companies) terms of service if they offer any online cancellation option; so you have full control of your order. Some companies require that you call for cancellation. At this point, you should know which company to choose. I would say 'calling to cancel your free trail subscription is not a good option'. As far as site traffic is concerned, one thing to remember is that you should get REAL visitors because only real visitors would buy your products. Do not buy any Robot generated visitors. Be careful! Other tips for promoting your site is to join forums and groups (the best is to be active member of the forums), to write and post free articles or to exchange your link with popular website.
Final word for this article: To learn more about a company, its business history, and its services go to search engine, and write the "company name" and "reviews or scam". You will find a lot of reviews and discussions about the company in concern.
Summary
No one is perfect, no business is perfect! Unlike other businesses, online business produces results quickly (negative or positive). Learning from these results could change your life. Top marketers say "knowledge is a power, but taking action is a MUST". You can get internet marketing and business tips easily online. That's your knowledge. It is you, yourself whether to apply it (take action) or not. You won't get anything if you don't take action.
If you would like to know where to get the free tips such as ebooks, audios, videos clips, lessons, newsletters etc., or if you want to have a professional site setup for you right away, please visit my website. I am happy to answer your questions.
Disclaimer: This article is written based on my own experience. Your action after having read this article is at your own risk. I am not responsible for any action you take.
About the author:
To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.ActNowForProfits.com. To learn more about site setup for home business, go directly here http://www.actnowforprofits.com/pips.html
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