What do I need to do to start an online business?
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You seem to have thought out your online business. What strikes me though is your statement "earning almost immediately."\n\nSure, you can achieve that -- IF AND ONLY IF you have pre-marketed your site. It means that your target market is aware that your site will be launching so they are ready to go there and order as soon as you have launched. \n\nOne of the realities of the Web is that there is no truth to what they say "If you build it they will come." They won't; unless you are extremely proactive in your marketing. But to expect people flocking to your site as soon as you launch if you did no prior marketing is nothing but foolish hope. It just doesn't happen that way. For one, it takes time for search engines to pick up your site; and it even takes a longer time for your site to be in the top 10 of your keywords.\n\nOne article that I found very useful is "7 Steps to Successful Web Site Development" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol142/website.htm as it takes to you all the decision steps that you need to take when starting an online business. Like any other business, startup period is full of "should I do this" or "should I do that" questions. The article is useful because it helps you think through every step of the way - from why do you want a website to who is your audience to how will you create your website to how you will market your new website.\n\nHere are the steps you need to take when creating your online business:\n\nSTEP 1: Set Your Goals - Why do you want a web site? What is the size of the online market? What are the goals for your website?\n\nSTEP 2: Develop Your Web Site Strategy - Who is your website target audience? What typically appeals to your target audience? How are the other websites (your competition) reaching out to this target audience? How will you measure your performance?\n\nSTEP 3: Set-Up Implementation Plans - What name will you give to your site? How do you envision the design of your web site? How will you create your website? How will you create your content? How will you maintain your website?\n\nSTEP 4: Start the Ball Rolling - Do you have a logo? For e-retailers, do you have the critical components needed to run an e-commerce site? How are you going to host your site?\n\nSTEP 5: Create and Launch Your Web Site - Have you uploaded your site with your chosen web host provider? Are the scripts and application you need for your website functioning well? Have you tested your website? \n\nSTEP 6: Promote Your Web Site and Measure Its Results - Do you have a plan in place to market your website? Do you regularly review your traffic logs and web site performance tracker? How are you going to get sites to link to you? Do you know the search engine keywords that you rank well? If your site is not visible in the search engine results pages for its keywords, what strategies do you intend to do? \n\nSTEP 7: Maintain Your Website and Grow Your Web Business - Continue to find ways to grow your web business. How do you intend to continue your education on web development?\n\nHere are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible: \n\n1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!\n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click).
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Hi there you try toboc.com they are great. Based in canada but they have contacts around the world. It is free to join as well.\nOr you could try out my software that will take you by the hand and show everything you need to start up online. If you can watch a video and click your mouse your on the way to make a lot of money to help your friends out. Hope that helps you. Best Of Luck.
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Start with something you or someone you know already own. \n\nI started a business making leather goods with only $300 investment. I already had most of the tools and supplies but I needed a wider range of leather. My first time selling netted $700 profit and I still had 3/4 of my supplies left. I turned it into a $80G a year business in two years.\n\nOne important factor in creating a business is passion. You have to love what you do.\n\nFrom a cleaning service (everyone has enough supplies to do at least the first house or two..then you reinvest your money to grow), to house painting (more supplies but can be bought at dollar stores for the first house), and the list goes on.\n\nI have built and sold 7 businesses in my life and am on business 8. Don't feel that once you start, thats where your stuck forever. Feel free to learn and grow with life. Get the book "Who moved my cheese" to help you learn how to move through tech changes.\n\nTake a piece of paper and draw a page sized T on it. The right side is cons the left is pros. Write your abilities down on the pro side then pencil in the cons to having a business doing that ability. You will find one or two strengths to work on.\n\nOnce you find what you want to do, find someone who is doing it and ask some questions. You will need to know how long it took to become established. Does the business support them and or their family. Do they like what they do. If not, why.\n\n2 out of three privately owned businesses fail the first year. They tend to work best when you have another job the first year or even two so you can reinvest your money to build the business. Its hard work but worth it if it makes you happy.
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I recommend you to visit www.entrepreneur.com and click on 'Start-up' section. You'll find tons of information on how to start a business.
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i guess research for idea's on what kind of online business will you do.. coz its not hard, its cheap and extra income..\n\nbut if just bord i guess just answering here and sharing knowladge or watching funny video's
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1. Start by thinking of your business model and how will you make money (if you plan to make money from the website). Will you earn by selling your own greeting cards? Will you offer your greeting cards for free but earn from advertising? Will you earn by making people pay for using your greeting cards?\n\n2. Decide on where to get the products. Where are you going to get greeting card designs - will you be making them all, or will you license other people's creations? If and when the business grows, do you think you can keep up with the pace in terms of creating the designs?\n\nOne article that I found very useful in helping people start an online business is "7 Steps to Successful Web Site Development" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol142/website.htm as it takes to you all the decision steps that you need to take when starting an online business. \n\nLike any other business, startup period is full of "should I do this" or "should I do that" questions. The article is useful because it helps you think through every step of the way - from why do you want a website to who is your audience to how will you create your website to how you will market your new website.\n\nAside from the questions above, here are the steps you need to take when creating your online business:\n\nSTEP 1: Set Your Goals - Why do you want a web site? What is the size of the online market? What are the goals for your website?\n\nSTEP 2: Develop Your Web Site Strategy - Who is your website target audience? What typically appeals to your target audience? How are the other websites (your competition) reaching out to this target audience? How will you measure your performance?\n\nSTEP 3: Set-Up Implementation Plans - What name will you give to your site? How do you envision the design of your web site? How will you create your website? How will you create your content? How will you maintain your website?\n\nSTEP 4: Start the Ball Rolling - Do you have a logo? For e-retailers, do you have the critical components needed to run an e-commerce site? How are you going to host your site?\n\nSTEP 5: Create and Launch Your Web Site - Have you uploaded your site with your chosen web host provider? Are the scripts and application you need for your website functioning well? Have you tested your website? \n\nSTEP 6: Promote Your Web Site and Measure Its Results - Do you have a plan in place to market your website? Do you regularly review your traffic logs and web site performance tracker? How are you going to get sites to link to you? Do you know the search engine keywords that you rank well? If your site is not visible in the search engine results pages for its keywords, what strategies do you intend to do? \n\nSTEP 7: Maintain Your Website and Grow Your Web Business - Continue to find ways to grow your web business. How do you intend to continue your education on web development?
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Hi.,\nI will take a look at it for you. Chck my site friday.\n\nWhen starting an online business there are many things to consider. Do you have a product you would like to sell or are you planning on selling an existing product as an affiliate marketer? Do you have a budget or will you be raising capital later? You will nedd to spend money in order to make money. Are you someone who would like to spend a lot of time at home or do you prefer the commute. Some people really do, I know it sounds nuts but they do. These are all things you will need to ask and answer as you begin. Plenty of people are making money online, working at home, running an online business. So you probably can as well. But be careful!! There are lots of scams out there!  Dont pay for anything untill you have read the free ebook Dotcomology !!\n\nHere is the link to the free download:\nhttp://www.bizoppreview.com/dotcomology.html\n\nGood Luck
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Im 14 too. nice to meet ya!\n\nThe best and easiest way to start a online business is by going thru ebay, I been using to sell stuff for the past 3 years and its worked great for me! \n\nAlso try BBS and Forums to pitch stuff too.\n\nalso, if you want to run a website selling stuff, Get Dreamweaver or the Freeware Sourceforge Opensouce Alternative (forget the name now.....I know it comes with Red Hat..) and start learning Basic HTML code, then start learning PHP/ASP and SQL to make a active directory website.\n\nAny questions, fell free to contact me.
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Think of all your interests & ask yourself if any of those could be expanded into a business. Just keep in mind...what's your expertise? What are your interests? What could you imagine yourself doing?\n\nBy researching the prospect of starting your own business -- what it entails, what you need to know, helpful hints, etc -- you'll feel better prepared to take that plunge.\n\nI found some book titles that are relevant to your specific question:\n\n* 101 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home by Susan Sweeney\n* The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century by Paul Edwards\n* Selling Online: How to Become a Successful E-Commerce Merchant by Jim Carroll\n* I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It by Barbara Sher\n* I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work by Julie Jansen\n\nI also posted some article links in the source box.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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you may need to spend a little money. try an online busines.\nbut read this first.\n\nHi.\n\nWhen starting an online business there are many things to consider. Do you have a product you would like to sell or are you planning on selling an existing product as an affiliate marketer? Do you have a budget or will you be raising capital later? You will nedd to spend money in order to make money. Are you someone who would like to spend a lot of time at home or do you prefer the commute. Some people really do, I know it sounds nuts but they do. These are all things you will need to ask and answer as you begin. Plenty of people are making money online, working at home, running an online business. So you probably can as well. But be careful!! There are lots of scams out there!  Dont pay for anything untill you have read the free ebook Dotcomology !!\n\nHere is the link to the free download:\nhttp://www.bizoppreview.com/dotcomology.html\n\nGood Luck
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Do you mean what does it mean to do an online business? If so, it means setting up your business on the internet so that you have a larger audience. \n\nFind what you're passionate about and create a website on it.\n\nFind a step-by-step guide at http://www.getyourebook.com If you're not technical and do not want to get involved in HTML the best web host I can suggest is \nhttp://www.getyourebook.com/sitesell \n\nWith them, they do all the technical stuff for you while you concentrate on building content for your website.\n\nOn the other hand, if you don't want a website and the responsibility that comes with it then try \n\nhttp://www.getyourebook.com/typehome
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I think the most important thing is YOU. Think of all your interests & ask yourself if any of those could be expanded into a business. Just keep in mind...what's your expertise? What are your interests? What could you imagine yourself doing?\n\nThen, once you have some ideas, research, research, research. Check out the competition -- their business practices, pricing, customer service, etc. And also think about what you could offer to set yourself apart from these other companies.\n\nCheck the sources for some handy sites.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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http://online-internet-business-opportunity.net/ free step by step guide to start an internet business.  I wish I would have started when I was a teenager.
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Best Be Real and Start a Home Based Business Based on YOUR OWN Know-How\n\nFind the type of business on the link below that best describes what it is that YOU do (or want to do). Then see how to truly use the Net to make your specific business (or business idea) thrive.  http://www.wotsnext.com
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I will need more information about the kind of knowledge that you have about anything that can be turn into a business. But, let think you don't know anything about business, I will recommend to start a online business if you have access to the Internet, at least 3 or 4 days a week or 1 or 2 hours per day. \n\nNow, is a few different thingf that you can do. but I going to talk about only 1.\n\n- Niche Information Blog -\nSetting up a blog is absolutely free, just go to http://www.blogger.com (you will need some HTML background), if you don't know anything about HTML go to http://www.efx2.com These two services are really easy to use. \n\nBlogger.com have a easy sign up form for Google adsence (text ad network) which will post ads related to your content and you make money every time qualify visitors click on them.\n\nHow you make money? Simple, is all about the content. Make it niche, make it original, and current, meaning you need to post a blog at least once a day. Don't make the information for general view, because it will take longer to get clicks. Make it as niche as you can. Example: An automobile blog site is general, but a corvette lovers blog site is niche.\n\nMore free money making opportunities with your niche blog: Set up a free online store at http://www.vstore.com and promoted on your blog. Also set up a free seller account with http://www.cafepress.com (Only if you can design graphics or pictures, that can be pinted on t-shirts, mugs, hats, and others) make it funny, unique, and related to your content. Another thing you can sign up with some affiliate programs that are related to your content, and market them on your blog site. Also sign p for the Amazon.com affiliate network to sell related books on your site (http://www.amazon.com ), set up an account with http://hop.clickbank.net/?ecomdeals/ and sell downloadable products on your site.\n\nAnother good free blog service is http://Multiply.com (excellent community blog network), they even give you a marketplace where you can set up classified ads for you products or services. But to have your own adsence you need to upgrade to their paid service.\n\nNEW! visit http://www.BlogCharm.com they pay you part of the advertising profits and is free.... (must check this one).\n\nHow to market your blog site for free?\nFirst after you have at least 10 to 15 blogs submit the site the search engines for free at http://www.submitexpress.com also you can use some of their web tools to set up your Meta Tags (special code to help you on your search engine possition).\n\nThen open a free account with http://www.blogexplosion.com this is a free traffic genetator, works pretty good. You can spend at least 30 to 45 minutes per day on promoting your site with this system...\n\nNow is time to promote even more just go to my site at http://luisgalarza.blogspot.com I have a list of free blog and RSS submission services and directories that you can use to submit your blog... I can post the list here, because is to long.\n\nGenerate your own mailing list for free: Go to http://www.feedblitz.com this service is will send your blog post to your subscribers automatic. Another free way to increase your mailing list for free (no spam) is http://www.thunderlist.com/register/?rid=c1622267a128d48813161 this service will increase your mailing list like crazy...\n\nSome other stuff that you can do:\n- Promote Affiliate Programs as your own business http://www.linkshare.com\n- Resell Satellite TV service online or offline http://www.buymydish.co.nr pays $120.00 per sale.\n\nGood luck! I hope I helped a little...\n\nYours truly,\n\nLuis Galarza, Business and Telecommunication Consultant\nFree business tips at http://luisgalarza.blogspot.com and free communication tips at http://www.cogni360blog.co.nr
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One of the minimum legal requirements for all businesses is that the company owner / creater is of legal adult age, which you are not, however you can legally contract your services out by freelance as a self employed minor, given that you do not need to have a separate legal entity (company) to work self employed. The first and most important thing to all business ventures is to establish an income, and keep cashflow coming in as greater in volume than the cashflow going out. If one of these fails, you end up in debt and can spend your life climbing out. In order to establish income, you must have people paying you, in exchange for goods or services, in your case web design. Web design clients can be aquired by advertising your services as available to the public, particularly targeting your audience, namely people who either do not have a web page, or have an old, pathetic web page. One way to advertise for free is to create a really good (your best ever) web page, and send a link in an email to organisation email addresses. This is called SPAM, and there are some laws against it, but it is so accepted in todays society that unless you SPAM the antiSPAM squad at the police department, with your name, address and phone number on the email, your probably going to be ok. you can also buy bulk (1000s) of current email addys for $10 on the net, but I suggest you use PayPal or something.\nRemember, the less of your income you spend on yourself, the more you can spend on increasing the amount you make in any given period, so be smart about where you apply your capital, and you could be the next Bill Gates in 20 years easy.
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If you want to be up and running ASAP:\n\nhttp://smallbusiness.yahoo.com