HOW DO YOU START A ONLINE BUSINESS?

How do you start a online business? Is a common thought for many beginners or newcomers. Well here is a step by step guide which covers the most important question how do you start a online business. This guide is very easy to understand and will teach you a proven successful pathway on how do you start a online business.

The techniques used in this guide are collated from some of the most successful internet marketers of today. In this guide we will cover key elements like the four factors to success, time, education, understanding, implementation, a domain name, a hosting account, autoresponders, choosing a profitable niche and the cost effective way to creating your first website. This may all seem too confusing at first, but don’t worry, because in this guide we will explain each element as detailed as possible to cover the subject on how do you start a online business.

FOUR FACTORS TO SUCCESS:

This section will explain the four key elements needed for success with your online business. These elements are vital to any online business to succeed. Here we will explain it in away so that you can get a better understanding of what each element means. These are the four main factors to having the correct mindset to success.

Time - Creating a work from home business online will take time. Majority of quick rich promises on the internet today are usually myths. A successful online business is not a quick rich scheme. The more time and effort you put into creating your business the better your chances are to success.

Education - Ensure you educate yourself in the skills that you need for your online business. Make sure the skills you are learning relate to your business theme/subject you are creating. Having the correct mindset to educate oneself is essential here.

Understanding - Make sure you fully understand the skills that you are learning and how and when to use them effectively. You should also know that the skills you attain will be the core values of a successful internet business.

Implementation - Now this is where you can put all that you have learnt, and put them into practise. You may need to trial and error when implementing to find the best results. This is the point of success or failure in designing your successful online business.

THE TOOLS THAT ARE NEEDED:

In this section we will describe each tool that is essential to creating your at home business. We will cover its function and reasons why it’s necessary to have them.

Domain Name - Domain name is the right to choose your URL name e.g. "google.com" and use it. A domain name acts as an address on the World Wide Web. You type a domain name in a web browser and you will be directed to that website which is allocated with that domain name. You must have a domain name if you want your website online. You must have a domain name before you can purchase a hosting account. How do you get a domain name? You can usually purchase your domain name from a registrar (company that leases a domain name). Google search “Get A Domain Name” to find a registrar.

Hosting Account – How do you get a hosting account? You can get a hosting account from a web hosting company. Its purpose is to allow you to make your website accessible via the World Wide Web. Basically a hosting company allows internet connectivity to your website. Hosting packages vary in cost, pricing averages around $10/15 monthly for a good host. Creating a hosting account is very easy. Just provide the details asked for and you will have your own hosting package within minutes. You will also receive an email with all your web hosting details. Do Not Lose This Email, it contains important information that you will need later to publish your website. I would suggest you buy your hosting account from the same company you bought your domain name.

So you have two options:

Buy from the same company so that your hosting company will find your domain name automatically without you having to manually do it yourself.

If you do buy your domain name and hosting account from different companies, then your will have to manually tell your web host where your domain name is located. This is called changing your Domain Nameservers.

Autoresponder - This marketing tool is vital because it enable you to build your list (potential customer database). Its business function is to store your current and potential customers. It will give you the ability to add a web form to your website. A web forms function is to save any email address of any person who subscribes to your website offer. That very same email address is sent to your autoresponder account. With your autoresponder account you can create emails that can be delivered to your list subscribers immediately on sign up and then onwards. You have full control on when to send your follow up emails, for example, you’re offering a weekly newsletter through your website that is distributed once a week to your subscribers. From your personal computer and internet connection you can upload all your newsletters to your autoresponder account. Set it up to be distributed weekly and let it run on auto-pilot. Your autoresponder will start sending the newsletters to each of your subscribers upon the date they signed up. It saves you the hassle of sending the newsletters out to each new subscriber individually. The benefits are you will save a lot of valuable time and resources.

HOW TO CHOOSE A PROFITABLE NICHE:

This section will teach you how to choose a profitable niche and the common mistakes made by many. You will learn the correct way to selecting a profitable niche.

Choosing A Niche - A lot of people make a very common mistake of finding a product first to sell, and then try to find a market to sell it within. This process will most definitely fail majority of the times. The effective process should be done in reverse to make money online. The easiest and most logical way is to find a market first where buyers spend a lot of money and then position ourselves within that market. Only then do we promote to that market a product/ service in demand. This principle is simple but yet very effective. Once we have positioned ourselves within that market, we then create a website ideal for our chosen market.

Here are 3 main markets to choose from:

Health Market Niches – Diet, weight loss, vitamin supplements, medical issues, quit smoking, alternative therapies, headache relief, children’s health, keep fit, increase energy and a lot more...

Wealth Market Niches – Working from home, forex, business opportunities, internet marketing, public domain, how to buy foreclosures/repossessions, stay at home moms, starting your own business and a lot more...

Lifestyle Market Niches – Mind, body and spirit, personal development, pets, baby boomers, self improvement, dating, online study courses, computers, alternative energy, home care, going green and a lot more...

Once you have chosen your market, product to sell, it would pay to invest some time into researching other successful online marketers who are promoting the same or similar products. Check out their websites layout and content to get some ideas. Now you have a guideline/blueprint to designing your marketing campaign for your very own online business. Also there are many mentor programmes out there that can guide you to your success. The benefits of joining a mentor programme are that you will save yourself a lot of time and frustration. They will teach you a proven step by step plan(s), in depth, on how to start at home business.

COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO CREATE YOUR FIRST WEBSITE:

How to create your first website has the common perception that only people with IT (information technology) knowledge have the skills to create a website. Well with today’s improvement in user friendly computer software, it’s turning that perception in to a myth. Beginners and newcomers can now use software application that simplifies the task of making a website. A software application that creates webpage’s is called an HTML editor. In this guide we recommend using the software application Kompozer. It’s free to download and use and simple to use. Kompozer is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) html editor. It provides an editing interface which will show how your webpage will look in your web browser (internet). This means you don’t need to understand html (computer) language because the html editor does it for you, excellent.