Starting Your Internet Business Online
This is not meant to convince you to start your own internet business! That is the decision You have to make! We are not trying to talk you into it, I want to help you to avoid making the same mistakes others & myself have made in the past. Our goal is to give you the REAL information you will need To achieve Online Business Success .I am not trying to tell you to do it the way I did. I fact I am doing the exact opposite ! I don’t want you to start the way I did! This is to help you be in the proper mindset to make the correct decisions! The information in this section has come from , Hard Learned Experience & Many Hours Of Research on our part to be sure you get the real picture. Anyone with a home computer can start a successful internet business for very little money! Your Online success fully depends on you making the correct decisions at the right time in your business building process. There are many excellent choices out there! Cheap Domains, Low Cost Hosting, Internet Malls & more. The list goes on and on.There are many successful online business opportunities available ! But that’s not the hard part ! We will get into what types of choices you have later on! The main objective is to make the right decision the first time, To keep yourself from falling for some scam or falling for one of those get rich Quick schemes that will never get you anywhere! They are professionals at what they do. They will tie you up until until your pockets are empty! Then hang you out to dry like yesterdays laundry. The key to avoiding these obstacles is having the right information. More and more people are turning to the internet for, Another source of income, A Career change, Fulfilling their dreams ! Early retirement, The big house on the hill, To live the life of leisure, Supplement their regular income. Whatever your reason may be everyone wants to sell on the internet. Every economic indicator, Independent report & Government statistic proves the fact that E Commerce is growing by leaps & bounds every year. This is a good thing for you and me! The enormous growth of E Commerce is partly because of small , home based internet businesses taking a big chunk out of the multi – billion E Commerce pie. There is money to be made & plenty to go around. HOW DO YOU START ? Can you start your own internet business even though you may not know how to get past the start button on your computer! Even if you are an experienced computer user most people don’t know what a merchant account is, or how to build a store front, what is the starting point? Where can you go to find out the first thing you have to do to start your own internet business? These are questions that have run thru all of our minds at one time or another. I say be very careful ! There are many companies out there that will offer to help you set up your online business. Even though some are legitimate there are many who are hoping you don’t know where to start ! They will prey on you ! They will tell you! You don’t have to know anything. They will tell you for some kind of minimal fee that all you need to know will be magically revealed. Your new business is going to appear like some kind of miracle and they will handle everything ,from your website to your bank accounts. Some will even supply you with your own products to sell. IT HAS BEEN MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT ANYONE WHO OFFERS YOU A PACKAGE WITH A WEBSITE & PRODUCTS TO SELL SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COST ! This is (PART ONE) of a series of articles to be written on this subject ! I could keep going on about what not to do forever ! But at this point I think you get the picture.The key to Online business success is Education,Devotion & Research. I Will get more involved as we move along in this series of articles I hope to build a long & successful relationship with you ! So stay tuned ! We have much to learn ! Bookmark us so you can come back! Don’t forget to subscribe to our site it is free. Feel free to leave comments, or suggestions. If you have your own, Online Business ,Or are an expert on any of our subjects and would like to become a contributor please contact us ! Thanks for visiting, David @The Fortunesaver
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Starting Your Internet Business Online
SOCIAL MEDIA REVISITED
SOCIAL MEDIA REVISITED
Business understanding of and expectations for social media are changing. Corporate Marketing Officers are increasing pressure on their marketers to demonstrate a positive ROI for social media investment. They have heard the rhetoric that social media is too different from other media options to be quantitatively measured. However, CMOs are no longer accepting that excuse (http://www.mutualmind.com/blog/2011/06/ceo-cmo-guide-social-media-roi/). There is mounting pressure in the Executive Suite to prove the value. As a consequence, you can expect that a flood of new measurement methodologies will be created in the private sector to address the challenge.
Here are several key learning’s being developed on how to deliver a positive ROI from social media. These learning’s should shape your strategies for use of social media.
EMERGING KEY LEARNING’S
- Go where the people you want to connect with are already congregating. It is hard, expensive and time consuming to create a sustainable community. It is far more cost effective to participate in communities that exist already. For example, having an active blog is definitely important. Having a proactive approach to commenting on blogs the people you want to connect with already read gets you to a positive ROI faster.
- Social media metrics begin with a clear understanding of a business objective. Jay Baer, founder of Convince & Convert, has a great visual that illustrates the point (http://www.convinceandconvert.com/jason-baer/).
GOOD PRESENTATIONS
Mark Schaefer – Schaefer Marketing Solutions
http://www.slideshare.net/Rialta/social-media-best-practices-for-economic-development
Derek Pillie – cirrus abs
http://www.slideshare.net/LEDOsuite/introduction-to-social-media-marketing-for-edos
Rick Burnes
Measuring the Impact of Facebook
http://www.slideshare.net/tthompson/measuring-the-impact-of-facebook
Developing a Social Media Strategy
http://www.slideshare.net/jaybaer/developing-a-social-media-strategy-in-7-steps
GET STARTED MEASURING
Remember Jay Baer? Here is a Facebook valuation tool he created to help you better understand what the potential return you may be getting from your efforts.
Facebook Valuation Tool
http://www.slideshare.net/jaybaer/facebook-valuation-worksheet-convince-and-convert
MORE ADVICE
The author of this post, Ed Burghard, is a retired Procter & Gamble executive and Founder and CEO of the Strengthening Brand America Project (www.strengtheningbrandamerica.com). The Project is focused on providing economic development professionals insight into reapplication of product and corporate branding principles to market communities for capital investment. You can find more information on effective use of social media on the Strengthening Brand America website (www.strengtheningbrandamerica.com/blog/?cat=8)
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