Sunday, August 15, 2010

You Can Make Money Selling Online

Even in a recession you can make money on the net. The principles are simple, and they are similar to starting up any other business. The advantage of creating an on-line business, is that you can start with minimal capital and simply use a lot of hard work.

Hard work is what it takes to start a business, any business. Is this you? Or would you rather just punch a clock and do your time for an employer? It is truly much easier to work for someone else. The downside is that you are being paid for your time. The only way to earn more money is to put in more time.

You are being paid for your time whether you do anything or not. When you own the business, you only get paid when you sell something. Being in business is all about selling things and services. It is a different mindset. There is a learning curve to achieve a business mindset.

The next thing you need to do is find something to sell. It can be anything. It can be your own product, or products created by other people. You can sell anything as long as there is a demand for it, and you know how to market.

But before you market, you have to hang out your shingle. You need a store. In the real world, this means leasing store space. To make money selling on-line, it means creating a web site. 

Creating a website is a technical skill that you will need to acquire or pay someone to do it for you.

Marketing begins with your website. You need to create your site in such a way that people will find your site via the search engines. This means you have to tailor the text on your site to match the words users put in the search engine when they are looking for your product.

But writing search engine friendly text is not enough. You also have to write copy that will make the users want buy from you. People who do this well are know as copywriters.

Finally, setting up a store, or building a website is not enough. You need to tell the world that you are out there. This can be done by word of mouth, or by advertising.

So, the things you need to make money on the web are:
  • Business mindset
  • A product (or products) to sell
  • A web site
  • Marketing know how.
That is quite a few things to know about.

I cannot help you with your business mindset. However, if you have the mindset, and need to know about finding products to sell on-line, setting up web sites and on-line marketing, you can get training to make money online by click the links below.

1 comment:

  1. Selling online is the best medium to make money online. The main advantage of creating online business is that you can start with minimal capital and can have a lot of profits.

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