Monday, October 25, 2010

How To Create A Successful Online Buisness - The Imortant First Steps

Online business has made a lot of internet marketers or netpreneurs very rich. As a result many people scramble to have a piece of the huge internet cash pie. Unfortunately a very large percentage of these failed to take off successfully and largely because newcomers ignore the important first steps to get started.

The first step towards creating an a successful  online business is
 building a website.

Does that scare you?
I know it does to a lot of people. Here's where the importance of having  the correct mindset from the very start of your move to create an online business.
Why are you reading this article?

Let me answer that for you - you are thinking of starting an online business, make a lot of money online and use the money for whatever that pleases you. Don't we all!!!

If building a website scares you than this is not the business for you.

A web business is about selling - and to sell you need a shop front - in this case an
 online shop front. If you do not have a shopfront it will be like you are peddling stuff out of a suit case in the real world.
That's not what you want is it?

That's why I mention mindset. You have to have the right mind set to get started and to succeed as an e-marketer running your own
 online business.
What kind of mindset am I talking about?
The right kind of course - serious intent, willingness to learn and do everything necessary to succeed online.
And as I  mentioned earlier the first step is to build a website.

No way you can skip this. Your own website is absolutely a must-have to succeed online. Ignore everything your read about affiliate marketing sales pitch - no website, no product, no promotion - crap - you can add no $$$ to day. That 's the simple truth. 

Lets get back to website. Get into your head -
 building a website is not that difficult. I took only half a day to build my own website -never mind even a basic one.
Of course you can have someone do it for you - it'll cost you some if you can afford it.

No not on your life - not one of those free websites you can get on the net.
 

Next step - buy a domain name and subscribe to a hosting account.

Choose a domain name that relates to the business, product or services your are going to sell. For example if you plan to sell dog accessories then appropriately your domain name could be 'dogboutique.com' or 'caninestore.com' and such like. Use a bit of imagination here. A domain name is the name of your online store or shop.
Your new website

Right,  you now have a website - that's your online shopfront. Make it simple and load fast to show it's content. Speed is of the essence. Visitors are always in a hurry. If you website takes more than ten seconds he's off next "door" looking for what he wants.
So make your web content catchy and attention grabbing. Add in the latest tools - a video for example to make your site live.

Make your website target focussed. What this means is what product or services are you offering and to what kind of customers. Dedicate one webpage to a single product. Don't clutter and confuse potential visitors. Remember your local grocery store? products are neatly arranged by categories on separte shelves to help customers browse conveniently for to find stuff they want to buy withing having to roam the whole store.
 

It will take a whole book or a two hour video to explain the features of an ideal business website. But that is not the object of this article.

You are a newbie  who is thinking about starting an online business. So the first step is build a website. No skipping the steps I mentioned here if you want to succeed and make money online.

This article is only meant to give you an overview of your first steps in starting an online business correctly.  Making it a success is a whole book by itself.

'Ya gotta whole lotta learnin' to do, friend'

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