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How To Develop an Online Business Using Practical Thoughts
Keywords: Marketing, business, advertising, entrepreneur
Description: Starting an online business can be frustrating
and very time consuming. Knowing basic practical thoughts
can help in making the right decisions.
Title:
How To Develop an Online Business Using Practical Thoughts
Author Name: Andy Cooper
Word Count: 743
Format: 60 CPL
Email: owner@marketersemporium.com
How To Develop an Online Business Using Practical Thoughts
By: Andy Cooper
Copyright © 2005
Starting a business to operate on the internet alone can be
a rewarding experience, but it can also be daunting. Many
resources are available to assist you, but information
overload can cause paralysis and keep you from moving
forward.
Keeping it simple is often the best way of maintaining the
momentum necessary to get your business started. Every
year, several thousand people develop an interest in "going
into business." Many of these people have an idea, a
product or a service they hope to promote into an income
producing business which they can operate from their own
homes. If you are one of these people, here are some
practical thoughts to consider before hanging out the
"Open-for-Business" sign on the web.
Whether you're selling products and services or providing
resources and downloads, you need eye-catching content for
your Website. You might run a wonderful advertising
campaign; develop viral marketing tools and attractive
affiliate programs. But unless your Website is rich in
content, the traffic that results from your efforts will
only be transient. Content that is useful, valuable,
informative, educational or just plain entertaining can
attract and retain an audience better than anything else.
Admittedly, designing a web site can be a complex task,
Site aesthetics are important and image and design are
probably the first things to register in consumer
awareness, but content is the most important part of the
online merchandising and sales process.
Write powerful and instructive sales letters by letting it
all flow out. Write down everything that enters your mind
as you are writing your sales letter. You can edit it
later. If you just sit and start writing everything you
know about your product or service and how it will benefit
your customer, you will be amazed at how much information
floods your mind. Write it ALL down. Then read through it -
you'll be able to add a lot more detail to many of the
points. Edit it after you have exhausted all of your ideas.
Establish a marketing method and an advertising campaign.
While it’s agreed that the best e-commerce site in the
world is
worthless if no one can find it, but, too often,
e-commerce start-ups either rely on search engines alone or
use shotgun marketing, simply by advertising everywhere, to
everyone, in the hope that a fraction of a percent of those
who see the ads will respond. Promotion on the Internet has
many methods, is complex, yet as with more traditional
advertising requires that you understand where and how you
will spend your marketing budget and what results are to be
expected, as with any marketing campaign.
Create your own newsletter and start building your
database. To be successful with a newsletter, you have to
specialize. Your best bet will be with new information on a
subject not already covered by an established newsletter.
Regardless of the frustrations involved in launching your
own newsletter, never forget this truth: There are people
from all walks of life, in all parts of the world, many of
them with no writing ability whatsoever, who are making
incredible profits with a simple newsletter. Plan your
newsletter before launching it. Know the basic premise for
its being, your editorial position, the layout, art work,
type styles, subscription price, distribution methods, and
every other detail necessary to make it look, sound and
feel like the end result you have envisioned.
In Conclusion- all successful businesses offer their
customers something of value, but that's not enough.
Customers constantly evaluate what they get against what
they pay, and their criteria for making repeat purchases
are very simple. They want everything: better, faster and
cheaper! Even if you're clever enough to build a perfect
business the first time and your product or service is
ideal for your customers, your position will eventually
erode because the marketplace is not static.
Your product or service may be unique, but it's not as
though someone blew the whistle and stopped innovation.
Sooner or later, and very soon if you're noticeably
successful, other businesses will copy you. If they can
provide a similar product or service better, faster or
cheaper, they're going to surpass you.
Never forget that as a business owner you'll be in a
constant race against an ever-improving marketplace and no
matter where you are in the hunt, making improvements is a
daily necessity.
About the Author
About The Author
Andy Cooper is the owner and operator of a successful
online business. Andy has over 15 years in corporate
business operations which include savvy marketing
skills, customer service and Professional networking
abilities. Copyright © 2004-2005 MarketersEmporium.com
http://www.marketersemporium.com
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