Choosing An Internet Business
Those who are not rich, and even some who are, fall into two classes. They either work for themselves or they work for someone else. It is not important to the world's inhabitants which method you choose. It is only important to you and your peace of mind. Home businesses have been around for a long time; just think of Avon, Tupperware and Betterware, for instance.
These business models entail the worker selling the products and recruiting new members to sell as well. The recruiter gets a percentage of the seller's income. These jobs were historically the domain of women, who did the job while the kids were in school or after the kids had flown the coop. There is a real opportunity for the worker to make good money in these sorts of business, although the fact of the matter is that most people do not make more than pin or beer money.
The hook, with which to lure individuals into these businesses is frequently the promise of easy money. It is a very efficacious lure. It has proven itself to work for decades and it is still working these days, on the Internet. All the old quasi-business opportunities and scams have been put online so as to hit a bigger audience and new so-called business 'opportunities' have been invented as well. This makes it very tricky for new-comers to the Internet to pick an online business, if they want to earn money online.
Before you go looking for an online business, it is a good idea to look at yourself analytically and come to a decision whether you are the type of individual who can work unsupervised online. Are you disciplined enough? Do you know enough about anything? You frequently read people boasting that they manage their online business in their underwear, but what is so good about that?
So, they are slobs, so what? That is no role model. Working at home suits me because I like to work, when I like to work. I frequently work at night when there is no-one about and my Internet connection is faster. I still work 12-15 hours a day fully dressed - OK, without a shirt in the summer.
You have to have something to sell. I do not only mean a product. I mean that you have to be able to put something of yourself into the product too. You have to be passionate about it. You have to know something about it and you have to be able to want to communicate about it. If you do not believe in whatever you are trying to sell, you will have a well-nigh hopeless job persuading others about its benefits also.
Once you have found a product that you have respect for in an industry that you know something about, look for a reputable company that can provide it. If you can, have it drop-shipped by that company, so that you do not have to hold any stock. Some of these businesses will provide you with a website as a sales page, others will not. It is usually better to have a website, so learn how to make one and upload it. For this you will need hosting too.
Therefore, once you have selected your product, if not before, you should study some HTML editing (writing websites) and learn how to upload a website (FTP it). These are not difficult practices to become skilled at, really, even if you know absolutely nothing about them right now. You will also have to have a domain name and somewhere to store it. This is the URL or website address of your website and where it is physically stored - on which computer and in which country.
While or after you are doing that, you should immerse yourself in knowledge of the product you are about to sell and that sector in general. As you can see, there is a great deal to do in the beginning. A very great deal, and that is one of the major causes of failure, they are not well prepared and give up.
I personally would not sign up to any company that asks for any kind or registration fee. No matter what fancy excuses they give for the fee. Sometimes they will say that the fee is for registration on their database or for constructing and hosting your website. This is all nonsense. There are thousands of marketers who pay for names to go on their database (or list); the website is computer generated (yours is just one of hundreds) and hosting space and costs for this would be dollars a year.
Why should you pay to work selling their goods? Run a mile from any firm like that. Also ones that offer to pay for your registration if you pay for people who sign up under you - it is the same old rubbish wrapped up in a different way.
Working online requires continuous work and review and I have only touched on some of the jobs that a budding Internet marketer needs to know and be able to do. Good luck choosing an Internet business.
These business models entail the worker selling the products and recruiting new members to sell as well. The recruiter gets a percentage of the seller's income. These jobs were historically the domain of women, who did the job while the kids were in school or after the kids had flown the coop. There is a real opportunity for the worker to make good money in these sorts of business, although the fact of the matter is that most people do not make more than pin or beer money.
The hook, with which to lure individuals into these businesses is frequently the promise of easy money. It is a very efficacious lure. It has proven itself to work for decades and it is still working these days, on the Internet. All the old quasi-business opportunities and scams have been put online so as to hit a bigger audience and new so-called business 'opportunities' have been invented as well. This makes it very tricky for new-comers to the Internet to pick an online business, if they want to earn money online.
Before you go looking for an online business, it is a good idea to look at yourself analytically and come to a decision whether you are the type of individual who can work unsupervised online. Are you disciplined enough? Do you know enough about anything? You frequently read people boasting that they manage their online business in their underwear, but what is so good about that?
So, they are slobs, so what? That is no role model. Working at home suits me because I like to work, when I like to work. I frequently work at night when there is no-one about and my Internet connection is faster. I still work 12-15 hours a day fully dressed - OK, without a shirt in the summer.
You have to have something to sell. I do not only mean a product. I mean that you have to be able to put something of yourself into the product too. You have to be passionate about it. You have to know something about it and you have to be able to want to communicate about it. If you do not believe in whatever you are trying to sell, you will have a well-nigh hopeless job persuading others about its benefits also.
Once you have found a product that you have respect for in an industry that you know something about, look for a reputable company that can provide it. If you can, have it drop-shipped by that company, so that you do not have to hold any stock. Some of these businesses will provide you with a website as a sales page, others will not. It is usually better to have a website, so learn how to make one and upload it. For this you will need hosting too.
Therefore, once you have selected your product, if not before, you should study some HTML editing (writing websites) and learn how to upload a website (FTP it). These are not difficult practices to become skilled at, really, even if you know absolutely nothing about them right now. You will also have to have a domain name and somewhere to store it. This is the URL or website address of your website and where it is physically stored - on which computer and in which country.
While or after you are doing that, you should immerse yourself in knowledge of the product you are about to sell and that sector in general. As you can see, there is a great deal to do in the beginning. A very great deal, and that is one of the major causes of failure, they are not well prepared and give up.
I personally would not sign up to any company that asks for any kind or registration fee. No matter what fancy excuses they give for the fee. Sometimes they will say that the fee is for registration on their database or for constructing and hosting your website. This is all nonsense. There are thousands of marketers who pay for names to go on their database (or list); the website is computer generated (yours is just one of hundreds) and hosting space and costs for this would be dollars a year.
Why should you pay to work selling their goods? Run a mile from any firm like that. Also ones that offer to pay for your registration if you pay for people who sign up under you - it is the same old rubbish wrapped up in a different way.
Working online requires continuous work and review and I have only touched on some of the jobs that a budding Internet marketer needs to know and be able to do. Good luck choosing an Internet business.
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