Wednesday 28 May 2008

Internet Options for Business-minded Persons

Internet Options for Business-minded Persons


The internet is a great place to do business in if you know your way around. Millions of people surf the net every minute of the day and night looking for informtion on thousands of different topics that interest them and if you succeed in pulling the attention of a small percentage of them and sell them something, you are in business. This is easier said than done, however.

Beginners are scammed and ripped-off more than once. Usually they go for Affiliate Programs to wet their feet. They are taken in by elaborate sales pages that promise them: their own website, their own autoresponder, build their own subscriber-list, cloaked links so that no one can steal their commission and even Traffic during their initial few months to get them started immediately. As soon as their payment is effected they discover to their dismay that the Autoresponder is managed by the Website owner, they cannot connect with their subscribers (if any), that only certain links are cloaked and in fact after a week or so they are invited to buy the Link Cloaking Software, an autoresponder and other tools as well.

Sad experiences of this sort erode the moral of the newcomers and once bitten they shy away from further purchases even from the genuine ones. They start looking for freebies and build Blogs and Lenses and Free Pages. They subscribe to FFA sites, post a free Ad here and there but get NOWHERE, a few clicks on their counters perhaps, but no real Traffic, let alone Sales. So what is a beginner to do?

She can choose between 2 Options. Either (1) forget the whole thing Or (2) determine to start her OWN business and be prepared to invest a little in a complete suite of tools, even if (this is important) she does not yet know what line of business she is taking. The tools include personal mentoring and a Guide both Text and Video to walk her step by step through the WHOLE process of:

i) finding her niche market that has healthy Demand but not too stiff a Competition;

ii) choosing a Domain Name after serious study and consideration that best fits her business;

iii) Hosting which is also included in the price;

iv) building 'content' Pages full of keywords that people click upon;

v) submitting to the Search Engines and ensuring a good ranking position;

vi) pulling visitors and Traffic;

v) how to MONETIZE and many other 'cannot-do-without' features, which is too long a list to enumerate here.

Starting a REAL business, takes time, dedication and some investment. Do you know of any successful business both online and offline which sprang up overnight, which is not seriously run and which did not require an initial capital investment, however small? Quick-Cash schemes demanding no work on your part are Scams and are all-out to take your money. On the other hand some affiliate programs are good and you can promote them along with your OWN prime business thus creating several income streams

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