When you get started online, either you have a budget for
advertising and product development or you do not. If you have a
budget, you purchase a few online manuals, you learn how to
develop a product, you start advertising, and you are in
business, hopefully making money in a short period of time.
If you are starting on a shoestring, it may feel like there is
just no way at all to get started online and really create a
profit. In the next ten minutes, I will show you how to get
started online on a shoestring, and how to really make it
profitable.
One important thing about starting on a shoestring is that you
cannot take any money out of the internet for personal use.
Anything that you might earn online should be reinvested right
back into your business. I am going to show you a series of
steps to take that involve free advertising, free products and
tools, and free methods of traffic generation. Although they
don't cost any money, they will cost time, so you will have to
be willing to spend a considerable amount of time online at
first. Once you begin to develop an income online, you must
reinvest that money into paid versions of the services you use.
If you do not, you will become burnt out on the time you have to
spend online, and you will never really get ahead.
The first thing you need to do is determine exactly what kind
of an online business you will become involved in. You can
develop a product of your own, although if you are just starting
out online, I do not recommend it. If you are just starting out,
you are much better off promoting someone else's product while
you learn all the other aspects of online business.
Next, you need a website. There are several free web site
hosting companies that include free site builder software. Just
type in "free web hosting" into a search engine and you will
have lots of choices. Now, with free, you will usually have
limited space, and the site will have advertising on it to
support the company. Keep in mind, you are just getting started,
so you won't need a lot of space; once you need it you can
upgrade to the paid version. Also, having the advertising is
just another price you pay for starting out on a shoestring.
The next thing you need is an auto responder, so you can keep
in touch with your client list. There are several free versions
of paid auto responder services available. Again, they will be
limited and have advertising, but again, once you are making
money, you can upgrade.
Once you have your website and an auto responder service set
up, you need to drive traffic to your site. This is where you
will spend most of your time. My favorite form of free marketing
is article writing and submission.
With article writing and submission, you write articles that
are related to the product you are selling or promoting, and
submit them to the various article directories. In exchange for
the content you allow them to use on their web site, they
promote your articles for free. With article marketing, you will
get out of it what you put into it. You must write nice quality
articles, and write every day. One thing to remember online is
that if you want traffic and business everyday, you must work
everyday.
Westly Lager: Is a success mentor and coach
helping teach people how to work online. With Westly's
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