Monday, June 25, 2007

Why Online business?


It is comparatively easy to set up compared to brick and tar business

  1. Low start-up capital
  2. Require you to work only 3-4 hrs per day
  3. Earning USD, and almost instantenously
  4. Internet having an average of 935 million surfers per day, imagine that you just capture on 2% of the whole market, and each is giving you USD 1/ month
  5. Join Affiliate Marketing; a good affliate marketer can earn over few thousand dollars per month; by selling other's products
  6. Generate PASSIVE INCOME, good for those who have no interest in joining MLM
  7. In Internet, your shop is opening 24hrs a days, 7 days a week






Creating a Website


Create A Free Website - Funny bloopers R us
1. Register a Domain Name as little as >USD 10/yr
http://www.namesecure.com/
http://www.godaddy.com/

2. Purchase a Web Hosting
Web Hosting is of crucial important to your business. You need this to store your files so that other people can see your products online.
www.IMSupportHub.com/host

3. Link your Domain Name to your Web Host.

4. Use free template offers online to create contents; should you have difficulties in setting up your website, you can hire a freelancer to work for you, it is more time- saving & fast.
http://www.elance.com/
http://www.rentacoder.com/
http://www.freetemplates.com/

5. A good website should include the following elements:-
a. Powerful Headline & Sales Copy
b. Contact Us Page
c. A clear Navigation Bar
d. Appropriate Displayed Photos & Grahics
e. An Opt-in Box
f. Order Page - via paypal
https://www.paypal.com/row/mrb/pal=SRY5EBN3UNNAE

Additional tips...

  1. interactive photograhs
  2. Audio
  3. Video http://www.rovion.com/

What can I sell ???



1. Physical Products
a. Antique
b. Books Click Here!
c. Wines
d. CD
e. Auctioneed cars Click Here!
f. Games, MP3 Click Here!

2. Digital products
The most lucrative business, as the start-up cost is minimal
a. E Book Click Here!
b. Home- study Courses
c. Templates
(e.g. How to write a succeessful Business Plan; cut & paste)
d. Software;
e. Games,etc...

* Please note that you need not be a good writer in order to write a book, or a excellent programmer to create a software. All you need is craetive ideas. You can actually hire a freelancer to write it with as little as USD 500

Freelancers list
http://www.elance.com/
http://www.guru.com/
http://www.rentacoder.com/

3. Others' products (Affliate Marketing)
If you don't have any resources to start with, try this. Selling other company's products on your website, and earning a commission as high as 75%.
http://www.clickbank.com/
http://www.cj.com/
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.buy.com/

4. Join Google Adsense Programme
Ever wondered why some website are giving away music, videos & other good stuff for free, their strategy is to attract a steady strem of surfers into their site and get paid everytime you click into their Ads and Banners- ranging from $0.05 to $5 per click.
Here is one of it http://goldtips.blogspot.com/
ACTION NOW!!! Join Google Adsense as a Web Publisher; Google will place ads on your website which are related to your products. www.google.com/adsense

5. Selling consultation services
a. Offer Medical Consultation Online
http://www.e-homoepathy.com/
b. Legal Advices
c. Business Consultancy service etc...

6. Combine 2-3 of the business models to multiply your income

7. Sell advertising space





Text Link Ads

NOW WHAT...

It is pointless to have all the best products in the world but not even a visitor knows you. You need to let the whole world knows you existence, you need to generate traffics. Yes, Online Business needs traffic that bring pool of people to their site, the higher the number of traffics generated, the higher the conversion rate. So, what are you waiting for, start submit & advertise your ad on all search engine you could think of...
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.altavista.com/
http://www.ask.com/
www.Google.com/ads (pay-per click) Adwords require you to pay only when someone is clicking on your Ad.
etc...

Other Form of Ads

  • Classified Ad
  • Flyers
  • Name Card
  • Niche Magazine (targeted customers)
  • Signboard, Posters
  • Write Powerful Articles and submit it to Ezine/ Press Releases (most effective & Free)
  • http://www.ezinearticles.com/
  • http://www.prweb.com/
  • www.prworld.com/add
  • join discussion groups provided by Blogger, click dashboard then click on the title DISCUSS at bottom centre next to language, join one of my interest group 'share your blog'
  • Use Blog Like This http://blogpower-stanley.blogspot.com/


Again, should you have difficulties in writing a good article, hire a freelancer to write for you for as little as USD 10

http://www.elance.com/

http://www.guru.com/