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Exceptional Leadership Inspires the Best Effort in Others 
 
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Why The Future Will Always Be Digital Products 
Everywhere you go on the Internet, you will find some type of "digital 
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are any products that you buy and then download to your computer 
or print to paper. 
 
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			Six Simple Steps To Starting Your Business Without Spending a Fortune
  
				 Starting and running any type of business takes dedication, 
perseverence, effort and most of all a good knowledge about 
the business you are setting up. You wouldn't start a motor 
repair business without the training and knowledge required. 
Starting any business requires knowledge of the product and 
market place. 
 
The following points I found to be of great importance when 
starting my businesses. 
 
1. READ AND RESEARCH 
 
Ensure you have all the necessary information to start 
building your home business. Research the demand for your 
product.  Do all the checks on legal requirements in your 
area. Prepare a budget and stick to it.  But most of all, 
ask yourself are you prepared to commit time and effort to 
your business. Don't for one moment think you can put your 
site on the web and sit back and wait for a miracle. This 
is when the work really starts. 
 
2. CHOOSING A DOMAIN NAME AND HOST 
 
Choose your Domain Name and your Domain Host. Ideally the 
Domain Name should reflect the type of business, service or 
product you are selling.  Make the name as short as 
possible,long names are difficult to remember and are often 
misspelt. 
 
There are some great web hosting companies, I use two, but 
for my main site I chose Third Sphere because they offer so 
much more than just hosting and when I was just starting 
out, I needed all the help I could get my hands on. 
 
3. WEBSITE DESIGN 
 
If you are not a web designer and would like to do your own 
website, there are some great tutorials, guides and 
programs that can make the task a lot easier. 
 
For example: "Site Build It" offer a wonderful product that 
really guides you every step of the way. 
 
There are also tutorials such as "eBusiness Mastery" 
by Paul Barrs 
 
You may prefer a book such as "Website Design Made Easy" 
by Dennis Gaskill, this book is widely used in colleges 
throughout America. 
 
Whatever you decide, make sure your site loads quickly and 
check that it loads correctly on a couple of different web 
browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and 
Netscape. 
 
4. SUBMITTING YOUR SITE 
 
Before you actually submit your site to the Search Engines, 
please check and recheck your content for spelling errors 
and ensure all your links work. 
 
Ensure you have the best possible keywords and content 
description to ensure maximum Search Engine optimization. 
There are many reports and ebooks on this topic alone, you 
will find free information on this subject so don't pay for 
something unless you really have to.  Search the web for 
freebies first. 
 
 
A lot of Web Hosting Companies such as Third Sphere have 
a Search Engine Submission service, this makes the task 
quick and easy. 
 
You will also need to decide whether or not you are going 
to pay for submitting your site to some Search Engines such 
as Yahoo. This can be quite costly, so do your homework 
first, before spending any money. 
 
5. ADVERTISING AND PROMOTING YOUR SITE 
 
There are some great ways to promote your site. You can use 
the pay per click type of advertising with Google, for 
				
				
 
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example. Advertising in ezines using either free or paid 
ads is another very good way to get your site and products 
promoted. 
 
Also, do not overlook the "power of the press", it is still 
a great way to get your message out there. Local papers, 
magazines relating to your product are worth a try.  But, 
keep a close check on results - track where your customers 
are coming from - then you can decide which advertising 
method is best for your business. 
 
Another very effective way is to write your own articles. 
I use "submityourarticle.com", this is one of Steve Shaw's 
marketing systems. 
 
And - add your signature to all your emails! and don't 
forget to include your URL. 
 
6. DON'T BE FOOLED! 
 
You have no doubt read that once your website is up and 
running you can sit back and your business will run on its 
own, automatically, like magic!  Not true!  A good 
Autoresponder can certainly make life easier, but you have 
to feed it with prospects first! 
 
You have to start building your subscriber list.  I've used 
subscriber list generating companies, but in all honesty if 
you want really good subscribers who are interested in your 
products, you have to do the work. 
 
Another thing I found with buying subscriber lists, you 
really are fooling yourself into thinking you have a list 
of people who have subscribed to your list because they are 
truly interested in your product only. This is usually not 
the case. Certainly use these types of lists to get 
started, but keep in mind that a large percentage will opt 
out.  (And you have paid for them!!) 
 
So as I mentioned previously, you have options - 
 
Advertising, writing articles, or strategies such as Link 
Exchanging and joining in on Forums will all help. 
 
So, No you can't sit back and wait for the dollars to roll 
in, you have to put in the effort first. 
 
Finally, the best advice I would give anyone starting an 
online (or offline) business is this: 
 
Read all you can on your topic of interest - DO NOT get 
your credit card out unless you are convinced the product/ 
information you are buying is what YOU need, not what 
someone else tells you you want. 
 
In the words of Jim Rohn ... 
 
"Let the views of others educate and inform 
you, but let your decisions be a product of your own 
conclusions" 
 
Follow these simple tips and advice and you are bound to 
reap the rewards. 
 
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Her website and newsletter provide this and the website is 
regularly updated as new and up-to-date information comes 
to hand: 
 
http://www.joanmaughan.com 
 
 Joan Maughan
CEO of Summerset Global Marketing.
Joan's previous experience in business has been in the
accounting and secretarial fields.  Deciding to setup a
business from home led her to research fields of interest.
As part of this research she discovered the many pitfalls,
but also found that there are a lot of people looking for
good honest, reliable products and advice.
Her website and newsletter provide this and the website is
regularly updated as new and up-to-date information comes
to hand:
http://www.joanmaughan.com
 
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