How to Start and Build an Internet Business for Beginners
Have you been thinking about starting and building an Internet business? Even though you’ve found yourself overwhelmed with information on starting and building an Internet business you still don’t know exactly how to do it or where to begin. First, let’s find out where you’re at.In which of the following categories do you fit best?a) you’re totally new to looking into starting an Internet business, orb) you’ve done enough research to recognize the long process involved in reading all the materials that go on and on, rambling and repeating the same things from web site to web site, but not getting you to the meat fast enough orc) you’ve done a lot of research, have gone through the above long process on how to start and build an internet business but you still don’t know where to begin ord) you already have a web site but are not making any money ore) you already have a web site and are making money.If you are e) then you probably don’t need help on how to start and build an Internet business. You may still need help on how to continuously improve marketing and traffic building, getting to the next level or opening other income streams. That’s beyond the scope of this article.If you are d) then you will need to learn why you’re not making money and be able to take corrective actions.If you are c) or b) you need to find an easy to work with, all-in-one, web site hosting-building-marketing service that will finally get you up and running now.If you are a) it helps to see the big picture first. I know what it’s like to begin the exciting but sometimes overwhelming journey of getting into the internet business. If you don’t have an organized idea in your head of where the pieces go in all of that process of starting and building an Internet business, it will be hard to see where you are along the way and what next needs to be worked on.So, here’s the basic process to starting and building an internet business:1. finding your niche2. finding your domain name3. finding a hosting service for your web site4. building your web site5. marketing your web site on search engines6. getting the traffic to your web siteOf course, there’s all the other activities that go in-between these steps, like brainstorming the niche — that is the type of business you’ll settle on after checking what best options there are for you — writing the content of the pages, setting up your blueprint for the marketing and traffic building, etc.And it helps also to make yourself a financial business plan that will tell you what you’ll need in order to ultimately make money.Although all of the above steps are important, the most critical is getting the traffic. Because even if you did all of the other steps, if you have no traffic to your site, you’re dead. Traffic is everything. Then the next most important is your marketing which is how you will go about to get the traffic to your site.There are many web sites and web marketers out there on the internet highway that sell tools and programs, each telling their own version. And many are excellent. But it has been my experience that most readings on the web and in e-courses tell you the “what” about all of this, but not the “how” to actually do it. It can be quite time-consuming and costly.The danger for a lot of beginners is that you end up buying a lot of programs from different people that you keep adding to your arsenal thinking that “this one” will give you the final piece that you’ve been missing.Many have found themselves starting as best they can with the bits and pieces accumulated, only to discover they’ve put the cart before the horse. That’s why 90% of folks who start this way end up failing.The best thing to do is find one good web site service that has everything, including the guide from concept to traffic, and then stick to it. How do you find such a service? Check around and ask if they have all of the six steps mentioned above in one package./dmh
