Internet or online business is a field that has gained a lot of publicity recently. There are great opportunities waiting for all kinds of people, no matter what industry they represent. There's just one question to answer: how to begin? Starting an online business is not that difficult, yet it can be challenging if you don't have some of the basic elements in place.
Nowadays, the point of entry is much easier to reach as new entrepreneurs can start their businesses from a small corner of their homes, having only a computer and an internet connection. This big change from physical to virtual gives a good advantage for wealth seekers to reach multitudes of people with very little effort. It is because of this new resource that starting an online business endeavor is an attractive choice for people searching new ventures.
When starting an online business, one must first be familiar with the internet itself and its business applications. This includes things like doing market research, conducting competition analysis, understanding how various web tools work, and becoming aware of the culture and trend of the internet as a marketplace.
In doing so, it is essential to plan for a good concept, product, services and content. The internet is one fast busy business district, so making the content and concept of the business should mean taking full advantage of its capability. Selling goods to audiences all over the world is often the ultimate goal of many online businesses. Therefore, we should consider an interactive online shopping, a convenient global access, and a perfect showcase for people to obtain information about the company and its products. It is also important to achieve efficient means of communicating with clients and customers.
One of the first pieces of online real estate every entrepreneur needs to have is a website. This basically deals with having a domain and finding a web host. The domain is a unique address on the internet that the business owner chooses. It is usually named after the actual business name of the company (or taken from the product itself) since some customers often type it in the web browser.
The web host, in plain English, is a company that provides you with the service of hosting your website on their servers (nowadays, there's no point in having your own servers sitting in your office). Very often, hosting companies also offer domain registration, which makes the whole undertaking a lot easier because you end up with just one company handling both your domain and your hosting. After you have your domain and hosting set up the next step is to have the website designed.
Despite the fact that this is usually the most expensive part, it is not advisable to design the website yourself if you don't have any knowledge in this field. The safest thing to do is to buy a premium WordPress theme and have it installed on your hosting account.
Once the website is ready there are a couple of things yet to do. One of the most important ones is setting up a payment processing system. Fortunately, this is not that difficult thanks to services like PayPal. It is a highly recommended service due to its popularity around the internet and high safety standards. If you intend to sell digital products it is also advisable to deliver them online via a download link or an email attachment. This makes the whole process a lot quicker, and a customer can enjoy their purchase right away.
Unfortunately the "if you build it they will come" phrase does not apply to online businesses. This means that you have to build the traffic to your website on your own. The purpose is to avoid your website to be wiped out by other websites. In order to don't let that happen you have to learn some basic SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Having your website ranking highly in search engines like Google, Yahoo! and Bing is the best way of attracting a constant stream of new customers.
In order to keep track of the transactions made, it is helpful to install a free and easy traffic analyzing tool such as Google Analytics. The statistics it provides will give you valuable information about what's going on in your business in terms of pure numbers.
Finally, in the business world, online and offline; honesty, credibility and integrity are important values that the consumers always consider. Gaining and keeping their trust is essential for that matter. Let us never forget that success doesn't happen overnight. Starting an online business is never difficult as long as much dedication and hard work is put into it.
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Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Friday, 10 February 2012
Hello To Members
Hi,
Just thought I would take some time to say hello to all the members. I hope I can help you to do whatever it is you have planned to make money online. Please comment and tell me what is on your mind. Good luck in all you do.
All the best.
Just thought I would take some time to say hello to all the members. I hope I can help you to do whatever it is you have planned to make money online. Please comment and tell me what is on your mind. Good luck in all you do.
All the best.
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Past Experience in Home Businesses.
Hi Folks,
As I sit at my computer in my cosy spare room I remember a few years ago when I got started in Amway. There are a few of you out there who have probably tried Amway and there still maybe some people still doing it and I have absolutely no regrets about being involved with the company. Infact I met a lot of lovely friendly new people and also bought some fantastic products from them (and sold too, may I add). Good luck if you are still there.
Anyway what I am going to say is that as it was a multi level marketing concept we had to find people willing to get involved wth us. I remember being so fired up about it at the time and I thought everyone MUST get involved. Was I wrong!!!!
It started out with a few friends getting started and we thought this was great. I started to go to people's houses and show THE PLAN as it was called. This was to get everyone together and show them how it worked just as I had been shown. I thought I was great!!!.
We liked the products and we started to sell some of them. They even started to let us sell mobile phones. This was in 1997 though.We got to 12%level and I thought this was even better.
There were a lot of meetings and follow ups and it took quite a lot of your time in the evenings. I remember being out most evenings doing something.
I saw a lot of people come and go (most went) from our group anyway. To cut a long story short we eventually came out of Amway. Whether this was right or wrong I don't know but it felt like a lot of hard work. Perhaps I wasn't focussed enough or had my goals sorted out.Who Knows. Maybe IF eh!!!!
Me sitting here at my desk seems to be a lot easier than going out every night.I dont actually have to be anywhere at a given time. I don't have to sell loads of physical products.It all seems so much easier with the internet.
I have tried a lot of ideas to make money online and also some offline with no success, but when I look back and see how much effort I put in doing Amway, i have to reflect and say if I put as much effort in now I will be successful.
There are a lot of business ideas out there.I know all I have to do is keep doing the things that successful people do and I will become successful.You will to.
Just get a mentor who is WALKING THE WALK. If you do and you follow them and stick with it you WILL become successful too.
Hope you have enjoyed this experience. Please comment and let me know your stories. Let me know how you are going to become successful or maybe you are already (Hope so)!!1
Thanks
As I sit at my computer in my cosy spare room I remember a few years ago when I got started in Amway. There are a few of you out there who have probably tried Amway and there still maybe some people still doing it and I have absolutely no regrets about being involved with the company. Infact I met a lot of lovely friendly new people and also bought some fantastic products from them (and sold too, may I add). Good luck if you are still there.
Anyway what I am going to say is that as it was a multi level marketing concept we had to find people willing to get involved wth us. I remember being so fired up about it at the time and I thought everyone MUST get involved. Was I wrong!!!!
It started out with a few friends getting started and we thought this was great. I started to go to people's houses and show THE PLAN as it was called. This was to get everyone together and show them how it worked just as I had been shown. I thought I was great!!!.
We liked the products and we started to sell some of them. They even started to let us sell mobile phones. This was in 1997 though.We got to 12%level and I thought this was even better.
There were a lot of meetings and follow ups and it took quite a lot of your time in the evenings. I remember being out most evenings doing something.
I saw a lot of people come and go (most went) from our group anyway. To cut a long story short we eventually came out of Amway. Whether this was right or wrong I don't know but it felt like a lot of hard work. Perhaps I wasn't focussed enough or had my goals sorted out.Who Knows. Maybe IF eh!!!!
Me sitting here at my desk seems to be a lot easier than going out every night.I dont actually have to be anywhere at a given time. I don't have to sell loads of physical products.It all seems so much easier with the internet.
I have tried a lot of ideas to make money online and also some offline with no success, but when I look back and see how much effort I put in doing Amway, i have to reflect and say if I put as much effort in now I will be successful.
There are a lot of business ideas out there.I know all I have to do is keep doing the things that successful people do and I will become successful.You will to.
Just get a mentor who is WALKING THE WALK. If you do and you follow them and stick with it you WILL become successful too.
Hope you have enjoyed this experience. Please comment and let me know your stories. Let me know how you are going to become successful or maybe you are already (Hope so)!!1
Thanks
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Inspirational quotes
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
“Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You’re the only one who can do it permanently.” – Zig Ziglar
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson
Hi everyone.
These quotes are so right. It is now the end of January and one month gone of the new year already. When I am feeling a bit down and unmotivated I look at inspirational speakers and what sense they make. All it takes for us to become successful is NOT GIVE UP. Keep going and you will eventually win.
If you are looking to start a money making project online then you have made the first step in coming and looking here. All you have to do is enter your name and e-mail address in the box on the right and four free products will be on there way to your inbox to help you get started.Go on take the first step.
Good luck in all you do.
“Other people and things can stop you temporarily. You’re the only one who can do it permanently.” – Zig Ziglar
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson
Hi everyone.
These quotes are so right. It is now the end of January and one month gone of the new year already. When I am feeling a bit down and unmotivated I look at inspirational speakers and what sense they make. All it takes for us to become successful is NOT GIVE UP. Keep going and you will eventually win.
If you are looking to start a money making project online then you have made the first step in coming and looking here. All you have to do is enter your name and e-mail address in the box on the right and four free products will be on there way to your inbox to help you get started.Go on take the first step.
Good luck in all you do.
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Have A Laugh - Funny Jokes Blog: RECESSION UPDATES
Thought we could have a laugh and chill out. I think we have to remember to do this when we are so busy trying to make a better life for us all. Good luck in whatever you are doing. Just click on the heading for more jokes.
Funny Jokes Blog: RECESSION UPDATES: 1. Ali Baba and the forty thieves are now Ali Baba and the thirty thieves. Ten were laid off. 2. Batman and Robin are now Batman and Ped...
Funny Jokes Blog: RECESSION UPDATES: 1. Ali Baba and the forty thieves are now Ali Baba and the thirty thieves. Ten were laid off. 2. Batman and Robin are now Batman and Ped...
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Tips on Starting an Online Business From Home
More and more people are turning to the internet as a way to earn a living, can it really work? Lets take a look and see for ourselves. To anyone starting up, even the thought of setting up a business online working from home is daunting, after all, you will have no work mates, no supervisor to guide you, no boss saying when you should start and when to stop, so the very first thing you will need is...
Self Discipline. By this I do not mean simply setting your start and finish times of working, though this can be hard enough as there are numerous distractions when working from home, but also being disciplined with things like cost, so the next thing you will need to establish is a budget. Of course your size of budget, will greatly determine the amount of work required to be done by you personally, outsourcing some of the work will obviously lighten your workload, but there will be costs involved, so decide what your budget is and stick to it. However, as I stated in my opening statement, more people are turning to the internet to start an online business from home due to redundancy or job loss so have no budget, don, t worry, it is still possible to start a business from home with very little startup money.
Next I strongly advise setting goals. This is important as it is your road map and structure to your progress. It is important to not just dream about your goals, but write them down, time frame them, set out where you want to be in one months time, in six months time, and where you want to be twelve months from now. Do you want a part time business, that ticks over nicely, or do you want a fulltime business to replace your previous income, and more.
Finally, everything we have talked about so far is all well and good, but if you are new to online marketing, Where do you start? So the third thing you will need is knowledge. This can be the most precarious of all, because there is SO much out there, and it is so easy to swiftly become overloaded with advice, ebooks, courses, etc, etc, again this is another example of where discipline is needed, choose a course of action, and stick to it. There are so many ways to start a business online from home that they cannot all be covered in one article, but it is important to find a path of knowledge and guidance that suits you, and stick to it. There will be times, as in any business, when you get frustrated and down, we all do, but stick with it, accept that you will make mistakes, learn from them, and you will succeed.
Self Discipline. By this I do not mean simply setting your start and finish times of working, though this can be hard enough as there are numerous distractions when working from home, but also being disciplined with things like cost, so the next thing you will need to establish is a budget. Of course your size of budget, will greatly determine the amount of work required to be done by you personally, outsourcing some of the work will obviously lighten your workload, but there will be costs involved, so decide what your budget is and stick to it. However, as I stated in my opening statement, more people are turning to the internet to start an online business from home due to redundancy or job loss so have no budget, don, t worry, it is still possible to start a business from home with very little startup money.
Next I strongly advise setting goals. This is important as it is your road map and structure to your progress. It is important to not just dream about your goals, but write them down, time frame them, set out where you want to be in one months time, in six months time, and where you want to be twelve months from now. Do you want a part time business, that ticks over nicely, or do you want a fulltime business to replace your previous income, and more.
Finally, everything we have talked about so far is all well and good, but if you are new to online marketing, Where do you start? So the third thing you will need is knowledge. This can be the most precarious of all, because there is SO much out there, and it is so easy to swiftly become overloaded with advice, ebooks, courses, etc, etc, again this is another example of where discipline is needed, choose a course of action, and stick to it. There are so many ways to start a business online from home that they cannot all be covered in one article, but it is important to find a path of knowledge and guidance that suits you, and stick to it. There will be times, as in any business, when you get frustrated and down, we all do, but stick with it, accept that you will make mistakes, learn from them, and you will succeed.
Monday, 2 January 2012
Why Goal Setting Can Make a Difference in the Way You Live Your Life
Goal setting is one of the most fundamental philosophies in life that you should give importance to if you want to give your life a purpose and direction. The world is full of infinite possibilities. You can design your life in any way you want and it all starts in creating a plan and establishing your goals. Your goals can determine the degree of success that you can experience when you have achieved them. What is your goal? There are short-term goals and long term goals. Whether it is a career goal, a relationship goal or a weight loss goal, setting your goals deliberately will yield more positive results.
A lot of people are caught up in the hullaballoo of everyday activities that they miss out on the opportunities that are only achieved with careful goal setting. Sure, a lot of people have big dreams in life. However, most of these dreams will become just that - pipe dreams. The problem is most people do not take serious action to achieve their dreams and goals in life. They leave it all up to lady luck to do the job and blame it on bad fate later on when things go wrong. If only people make concrete goals and follow through it no matter how difficult and sometimes impossible it may seem, there would be more happy people in the world.
So why is goal setting important? How can it make a difference in your life?
For one, it can give your life a purpose. Your life will become more meaningful when you are driven with passion into achieving something that will add value to your life. The way to achieving your goals may not be easy, but with great faith and determination you will get there. You can create your own roadmap towards your goals. This will help you to stay focus and conscious of the road you are treading on. Without a goal, you can easily get off track and before you know it you are lost in the web of life.
Secondly, goal setting can save you precious time. When you have already mapped up your goals, you know which direction you want to take. Hence, you will spend your time wisely and allot most of your time doing the things that are in line with your goal. Most people are living in regrets because of the wrong choices and actions they made in the past. While it is true that people learn from their mistakes, a time lost is gone forever. Hence, we need to spend our time wisely.
Goal setting also promotes self-development, creativity and brings out your potential. When you want to achieve something, it will motivate you to think smartly and creatively. You will devise and find a way to achieve it. Your goals will enable you to get out from your comfort zone and explore opportunities. Hence, one of the greatest rewards of having a goal is also acquiring values in life during the process which will help shape your personality and attitude for the better.
Goal setting is therefore a great way to add purpose, direction and meaning to your life and bring out your fullest potential while helping you achieve satisfaction and success.
A lot of people are caught up in the hullaballoo of everyday activities that they miss out on the opportunities that are only achieved with careful goal setting. Sure, a lot of people have big dreams in life. However, most of these dreams will become just that - pipe dreams. The problem is most people do not take serious action to achieve their dreams and goals in life. They leave it all up to lady luck to do the job and blame it on bad fate later on when things go wrong. If only people make concrete goals and follow through it no matter how difficult and sometimes impossible it may seem, there would be more happy people in the world.
So why is goal setting important? How can it make a difference in your life?
For one, it can give your life a purpose. Your life will become more meaningful when you are driven with passion into achieving something that will add value to your life. The way to achieving your goals may not be easy, but with great faith and determination you will get there. You can create your own roadmap towards your goals. This will help you to stay focus and conscious of the road you are treading on. Without a goal, you can easily get off track and before you know it you are lost in the web of life.
Secondly, goal setting can save you precious time. When you have already mapped up your goals, you know which direction you want to take. Hence, you will spend your time wisely and allot most of your time doing the things that are in line with your goal. Most people are living in regrets because of the wrong choices and actions they made in the past. While it is true that people learn from their mistakes, a time lost is gone forever. Hence, we need to spend our time wisely.
Goal setting also promotes self-development, creativity and brings out your potential. When you want to achieve something, it will motivate you to think smartly and creatively. You will devise and find a way to achieve it. Your goals will enable you to get out from your comfort zone and explore opportunities. Hence, one of the greatest rewards of having a goal is also acquiring values in life during the process which will help shape your personality and attitude for the better.
Goal setting is therefore a great way to add purpose, direction and meaning to your life and bring out your fullest potential while helping you achieve satisfaction and success.
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