Setting your Online Business Up for Success! – Domain Name
Setting your Online Business Up for Success!
Charles & Susan Truett
"Six Essentials you MUST have in place for your online business"
There is a common misconception that an "online business" requires no investment...that you can make money online without spending any.
When we hear this from people who are desparately trying to build a successful online business it makes us angry!
We believe the misconception is primarily due to all of the hype and false promises that arrive daily in our inboxes. Emails promising us that we can make millions of dollars with no financial output while we sit at home and do nothing. Its insane and its not the truth.
The truth is that you must treat an online business just as you would a business in the conventional world. You must plan on investing time, money and effort to ensure your success. The good news is that your investment in an online business will be MUCH, MUCH less than that of a business in the conventional world.
With an online business, there are essentials that you must have in order for your business to run smoothly and become successful. You can literally run an effective online business for $100-$200 a month. Later in this article, we will show you how you can access many of these essentials in one place for less that $10.00 a month!
But first...
Here are six essentials that you MUST have to run your online business.
1. Your Own Website
This includes a domain name and web hosting for your site. You must have a central place to send your customers, even if you are selling multiple products or services.
2. A Professional Autoresponder
An absolute MUST for any online business. If youre not using an autoresponder, youre losing money! Thats the bottom line. Your autoresponder should have the ability to create subscriptions via email and web form and should be a professional one with no ads! Fr~e autoresponders look unprofessional and they are not reliable.
3. Ad Tracker
This is probably the most underused tool that we know of. Consider this - most people who are NOT making money on the Net have never used an Ad Tracker. Yet, ALL of the people that we know who ARE making money on the Net - use one daily. It makes no sense to spend money and time on advertising if youre not going to be able to determine which ads are producing and which ones are not. An Ad Tracker will solve this problem and save you time and money in the long run.
4. Products or Services
You must have something to sell! This can be a service such as web or graphic design, an mlm/affiliate program or products, tangible or digital. If you dont have a specific product or service in mind, there are thousands of profitable digital products that come with resell rights. This means you can resell them and keep 100% of the profit! 5. You must know HOW and WHERE to advertise to bring targeted prospects to your Website!
You can save yourself a tremendous amount of time, money and frustration by learning the effective advertising methods that are available online. There are countless worthless ones that are simply a waste of time. If youre new online, you wont know this unless you find someone who is successful online and follow their lead. Find a mentor or a membership site that offers step by step Tutorials on online promotion. Make sure that the tutorials are updated frequently to keep up with the changing times of the Internet!
6. Leads
The lifeline of any online business! Just because you have a website and products to sell, that doesnt mean youre going to make money! To make money, you must drive targeted visitors to your website. There are THOUSANDS of companies on the web that sell Leads but if you just pick one out of the blue, its trial and error. Do some research and find a good source for leads. Again, you can achieve this by finding someone who is succcessful and following their lead. Or join a membership site that includes Leads as a part of their package.
We promised wed tell you about a membership site that includes many of these essential items in one place. Have a look at http://www.viralprofits.com With your membership, you get a professional autoresponder, ad tracking, Leads, Digital Products with resell rights, step by step training tutorials AND you can earn money by referring others to the site. The tutorials are updated frequently and NEW products are added each month so that you always have something new to offer your customers!
So there you have it. With these six essentials, youve got the foundation for a successful online business. Without them, its going to be a tough road ahead. Use them as a "checklist" and make sure your online business is armed for success!
About The Author
Charles & Susan Truett are experienced internet marketers who have built a successful online business and are now teaching others how to achieve the same success. For money making ideas and their simple system for success visit: http://www.partnersinsuccess.net
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How to Earn More by Visualizing Your Marketing Success – Marketing
How to Earn More by Visualizing Your Marketing Success
Charlie Cook
Did you ever imagine yourself lying on a beach enjoying the sun or spending the holidays relaxing with relatives We all daydream and picture ourselves in places wed like to go to, or doing things we enjoy or have always wanted to try.
What do you do next if you want to make your daydream real If you want to take a vacation you make plans, buy your plane tickets and reserve a hotel room. When the date arrives you head off to enjoy the rewards of your daydreaming and planning.
Olympic athletes do a similar thing before a competition. They imagine themselves skiing a course or moving through their sequence of gymnastic moves. As they prepare, they see themselves doing each move to perfection and then standing on the podium with a medal around their necks.
Visualization may apply to planning a great vacation and to winning athletic competitions, but can it help you succeed in business
You may remember the Harvard Business School study where recent graduates were surveyed about their goals and then ten years later. The result of visualizing their success Graduates who had had clear goals in mind were making two to ten times as much money as their classmates.
Put this strategy to work; do some directed daydreaming.
Visualize Your Goals -
Create a vivid image in your mind of what success means to you. Write down the answers to the following questions about your image of success:
What would you be doing with your time
Who would your clients and customers be
How many clients and customers would you have
How much money would you be making
How much could you afford to give away to your favorite causes
What would your lifestyle be
Visualize Your Objectives -
To reach your lofty goals, youll need to identify specific marketing goals:
How many clients or customers do you want or will you need to be working with each month
How many new clients do you want to add per month In order to bring in new clients, youll need to generate qualified prospects. How many prospects do you want to target each month How will you find them
Visualize Your Marketing Strategy -
You need a plan. Most small businesses owners struggle with this part. Begin by asking yourself:
What can I do to attract attention and prompt interest by prospects
What can I do to increase the number of qualified leads I generate each month
How can I build the credibility of my firm so prospects trust that we deliver
How can I ensure that prospects remember my firm when they have a need and are ready to buy
What is the sequence of decisions prospects need to make to become clients
Visualize Your Marketing Tasks -
Just having a marketing message, or an advertising campaign or a web site doesnt ensure you of anything. Each of these needs to achieve the specific goals and objectives you have set. The best way to evaluate these efforts is from your prospects perspective. Ask yourself:
What are my prospects primary concerns
Are my marketing messages interesting to prospects What would my response be to my own marketing calls Without mentioning the name of the company, its credentials or products, is the value of what I provide clear to prospects What do I want prospects to do when they visit my web site
Just visualizing success wont get you there, but it is an effective way to begin planning. Develop your marketing goals, strategy, objectives, and tasks from this big picture, and youll create a plan that will lead you to become wildly successful.
About The Author
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The author, Charlie Cook, helps service professionals and small business owners attract more clients and be more successful. Sign up for the Free Marketing Plan eBook, 7 Steps to get more clients and grow your business at http://www.marketingforsuccess.com
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