I would like to dispel a common myth I read on more than a few forums, and that is that people think that the Internet is just too saturated for new online business owners to be successful -- and that if you didn't get in on the ground floor, you're out of luck.
Let me tell you this: Nothing could be further from the truth!*
NOW is the best time in Internet history to start your own online business.
Yes, there are more websites on the 'Net these days. In 1998, there were only 130 million web pages... now there are well over 313 billion.
But there are also a LOT more people shopping online, too -- 1,022,863,307 of them in fact! (Neilson/Net ratings March 2006.)
The number of people who are shopping online is also increasing. According to Forrester Research, online sales reached a $172 billion in 2005 -- a number they predict will rise to $329 billion by 2010!
The principles of Internet marketing have remained unchanged
There are tried and tested basics of Internet marketing
The key strategies for marketing your business online have always been effective, but are now much easier to apply.
Things like...
* The Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on The Internet -- Version 2006" system , make it a breeze for you to create a good-looking, fully functioning business web site.
Provide solutions to a problem for a targeted niche market is still number one, even more so with the increased competition.
But now, advanced tools such as Yahoo! Search Marketing's Keyword Tool
http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/rc/srch/ and Wordtracker
http://www.wordtracker.com can help you pinpoint exactly who your market is and what they're hungry for.
Combine several revenue streams.
The host of e-commerce opportunities that are now available mean that you have an almost limitless selection of these profit-boosters including:
- moving merchandise on eBay
http://www.ebay.com
An affiliate program can balloon your income.
Attract "affiliates who will be responsible for generating most of your sales.
These super affiliates are persuaded by good JV structures and payouts for sales generated long after an affiliate's referral.
The search engine’s have changed their listing criteria dramatically I recommend getting listed on eight major search engines: Altavista, Excite, HotBot, InfoSeek, Lycos, Northern Light,WebCrawler, and Yahoo.
GOOGLE
http://www.google.com The most important of the three, Google has a 49% share of the search market.
YAHOO!
http://www.yahoo.com A distant second, Yahoo has a 22% market share.
MSN
http://www.msn.com With 11% of the market, MSN is still worth focusing on.
Drive free traffic to your site by writing short articles around your niches(s) and post them on e-zine article directories such as EzineArticles.com
http://www.ezinearticles.com.
Take advantage of as many FREE sources of traffic as you can to drive tons of targeted traffic to your site!
BLOGGING:
Some Blogs are free to set up and use, and so simple that they can be created in minutes using sites such as Blogger
http://www.blogger.com
As a result blogging has exploded in popularity over the last few years.
With a blog you can reach a wider audience, generate better search engine rankings, boost your revenue, and most important create and maintain relationships with your readers and customers. Hopefully turning them into affiliates and/or repeat customers
And because a blogs content is added to frequently, search engines LOVE them. For an in-depth, step-by-step guide to using blogs to explode your income.
Ordinary people achieving extraordinary success... the making of Internet millionaires
NOw is the right time start an internet business
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