How to Go About Setting Up an Online Business

The best way of setting up an online business today is as follows :
1.Choose a niche and then specialize in it. Do not think that you are going to make big bucks by selling everything under the sun (unless you are using Ebay, but even this is getting more competitive today).
2.Choose or create a product. You can either use affiliate products or create your own.
3.Probably one of the most important things to do when setting up an online business is to find a good name. It should be short, easy to remember and reflect what your business actually does. Your domain name is the name by which your online customers will remember you. A good domain name is one that is memorable, short and easy to spell. There are many websites around offering domain names, and prices can star for less than $1.
4.Get your own website. Do not go for a free page on some affiliate site, but get your own. It is much easier to do than you think. Get some hosting (there are plenty of companies on the web today offering their service). Then buy a template system if you can not program (again take a look around the web and you will soon find plenty of companies offering web templates). Now all you have to do is start learning how to use it. However, if you are not technically minded then you will need to hire someone to handle all the technical aspects of your online business. This could include such things as building your website for you, the handling of your website hosting and the setting up of any domain names that you may require.
5.Always look for a secure and reliable host service provider. It is important that you examine tha “uptime guarantee” that each service provider offers. But probably most important af all is that you should scrutinize the hosting providers “Back Up” and “Data Security” systems. This includes calculating how much time would be required to reinstall your online business if there was a complete infrastructure failure on the part of the hosting provider. This will help you to calculate the least possible loss to your business if such a situation arises.
6.Build a list. This is important so that you are able to repeatedly talk with visitors to your site. It is important that you keep the visitors updated as to what is happening with your site. This also enables you to contact them numerous times regarding whatever offer(s) you wish to present them.
7.Look at the ways in which you will handle the payments made by your customers. If you are selling an affiliate product, then this will not be a problem as the affiliate program will handle the payments for you. However, if you are selling your own product, then you will have to set up your own payment processing system. This will be looked at more closely in another chapter of this article.
8.Look at the ways in which you will arrange for goods to be delivered to your customer if selling your awn products. You must look at local courier companies, as well as the postal service and find out which will be more cost effective for sending goods to customers. Also, you will then need to decide on the pricing system for the sending of packages to your customer’s. But it is important that you choose a shipping company who you know is going to be reliable. Look especially at those companies who offer an online tracking system.

One thing often not covered when it comes to starting up a website business is the fact that you can buy an already established website business saving you the hassle of going through the steps we have just covered.

Moh. Ali Albar
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How to Go About Setting Up an Online Business

In this chapter, we will look at some of the more common types of online businesses that people are running. Keep in mind, the decision is really up to you as to what type of business you want to run online.

Marketing Business

This is one of the most common types of online businesses around. You can either run this business by exclusively marketing your own products, or by marketing those of other big budget companies. In order for this business to be successful, it needs to be promoted effectively to potential customers via search engines, email or other sources. We will look at marketing in more depth in another chapter of this book.

Turnkey Internet Business

This is a very trendly type of business to have online. This is where you would purchase a website from an alreadly established sector and then run the business on a web platform that is provided to you by the established business. In order to promote such an online business, there are many different methods that you could use, such as promoting individual products or services to your online customers. Find quality turnkey website at www.Siteoodles.com

Internet Services

This is a business where specific services are provided to online customers at a reasonable price. Such businesses are often set up according to a person’s professional expertise and will provide services to their customers in relation to this. The types of businesses that will come under this umbrella are online consultancies, computer software assistance, and hardware trouble shooting and even such things as how to start an online business.

But besides the ones mentioned above, there are many other kinds of online businesses around, such as entertainment websites, online chat and interaction and email servers are just some. But no matter what type of online business it is you decide to get involved in, it is iportant to plan carefully and have the ability promote the business professionally over the internet.

Moh. Ali Albar
I rewrite this article of E-book “Creating an Online Business 101”
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What Type of Business Can You Have as an Online Business

In this chapter, we will look at some of the more common types of online businesses that people are running. Keep in mind, the decision is really up to you as to what type of business you want to run online.

Marketing Business

This is one of the most common types of online businesses around. You can either run this business by exclusively marketing your own products, or by marketing those of other big budget companies. In order for this business to be successful, it needs to be promoted effectively to potential customers via search engines, email or other sources. We will look at marketing in more depth in another chapter of this book.

Turnkey Internet Business

This is a very trendly type of business to have online. This is where you would purchase a website from an alreadly established sector and then run the business on a web platform that is provided to you by the established business. In order to promote such an online business, there are many different methods that you could use, such as promoting individual products or services to your online customers. Find quality turnkey website at www.Siteoodles.com

Internet Services

This is a business where specific services are provided to online customers at a reasonable price. Such businesses are often set up according to a person’s professional expertise and will provide services to their customers in relation to this. The types of businesses that will come under this umbrella are online consultancies, computer software assistance, and hardware trouble shooting and even such things as how to start an online business.

But besides the ones mentioned above, there are many other kinds of online businesses around, such as entertainment websites, online chat and interaction and email servers are just some. But no matter what type of online business it is you decide to get involved in, it is iportant to plan carefully and have the ability promote the business professionally over the internet.

Moh. Ali Albar
I rewrite this article of E-book “Creating an Online Business 101”
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How to Set Up a Business Plan for an Online Business

By stting up a business plan, you are road mapping your way to success. It will help you to develop your business goals and strategies, as well as providing you with a better understanding of the marketplace. It will also highlight any business strengths or weakness that you may have, as well as providing you with an opportunity to take a close look at your competitors. If you want, you can also include financial projections, historical data and growth expectations into your business plan.

With any good business plan, it should show who the target audience is, and just how the product or service that is being provided will meet or exceed their needs and expectations. When organizing a business plan it is best if you break it down into sections such us :
1.Business summary – The product or service you want to provide.
2.Market analysis – Research on the product or service and how the competitors are doing.
3.Product positioning – How to make it more prominent compared to your competitors.
4.Market strategy – How are you actually going to market it?
5.Customer analysis – Look at what the customer wants or needs.
6.Financial analysis – What you need to invest in order to set up the business and to keep it going while it is just getting started.
7.Overall business goals – What you hope to achieve in, say, a year’s time.

But what is more important is that once a business plan has been developed, it should not lay in the back of a drawer somewhere. It should be a working plan that you can refer to when you need to. The best way to make a business plan is to keep it simple (one or two pages should be all you need). Certainly one of the best things you can do when starting an online business is to create a plan then stick with it.

Moh. Ali Albar
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Chapter 10 - “The Final Rundown”

Ok, so let’s summarize everything I’ve taught you over the past 9 chapters…
To summarize everything, I want to make sure you know just how important email marketing and increasing your opt-in subscriber list is.
1.It takes a typical Internet customer about seven visits to a single website before they buy anything. If you’re just depending on hits alone, you’re in trouble.
2.Opt-in subscribers are your most loyal customers. Treat them accordingly. Building a trusting relationship with your lists is the #1 thing that will help you profit from them. Remember: “Help them, and they will help you.”
3.You must have an attractive opt-in offer
a.Free Newsletter **
b.Free eBook or eCourse
c.Free article
d.Free series of reports
e.Free Download
f.Run a Contest
g.Have a “Member’s only site”
h.Run a Survey/Poll
4.Creating a Free Newsletter is the best offer and easiest way to increase your sales with opt-ins
5.Determine how to attractively and most effectively present your offer to your visitor – thus maximizing your opt-ins
a.Pop-up Ads ***
b.Increase the value of your offer
c.Sprinkle more opt-in boxes throughout your salesletter
d.Include an email signature
e.Include a “Send To a Friend” option
f.Promote your newsletter in articles, ezines, or industry directories
g.Every time you sell your product, capture your visitors’ email address
6.Write down your plan for increasing your opt-in subscribers. What strategies will you use? How will you use them?
7.Take action! Writing down your goals and plan are great, but it means absolutely nothing if you don’t put those ideas into action. Take responsibility…take action.
8.Pop-up Ads are the most powerful marketing tool for boosting opt-in subscribers. Although the other methods work, they should NOT be your primary means of capturing visitor email addresses. Pop-up ads are researched and proven to be the most effective means of grabbing opt-ins.

9.Entry Pop-ups
10.Exit Pop-ups
11.Delayed-timer pop-ups
12.Opt-In Offer Pop-ups
13.“Special Offer” Pop-ups with creative post-it-note design styles
14.Free Information Pop-ups
15.‘Run a contest’ Pop-ups
16.Survey/Polls Pop-ups
17.The concept of pop-up ads works incredibly well. It is capable of increasing opt-ins by up to 10 times!
18.Pop-up blocking software is available (free) to all Internet users. It’s now capable of stealing most all of your future opt-ins by blocking your pop-up offers…unless you’re ready to adapt.
19.Be ready to adapt to the changing Internet world. Consistently look for innovative ways to market your opt-in offer. Rely on proven concepts, but be adaptable to increased technology.

That’s the basics that you MUST do to maximize your profits through email marketing and opt-ins. Remember, write your goals down, plan action steps to achieving those goals, and then Take Action. Only then will you truly be able to accomplish what you’ve set out to do. Don’t wait for someone else to tell you to get started – be the leader of your business. If you put into action everything that you’ve absorbed from this eBook, you will see an enormous increase in your opt-ins and in turn, your sales – I guarantee you!

It’s as simple as that! And if at any time you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Best of luck!

Moh. Ali Albar
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Chapter 9 - “Do This And Your Lists Will Make You Money…And Lots Of It!”

So assuming you have built your list of targeted prospects - all interested in investing their time into reading your free information and possibly checking out what other services you have to offer – how are you supposed to actually profit from your list? That’s basically what we all want to know how to do, right?
“The money’s in the list.” I think I’ve heard that quote about a gazillion times! Not that I’m tired of hearing it, because it’s short and sweet, and really gets to the point. And what’s so powerful about that quote is that IT’S TRUE.
If the money’s in the list, how do I manage to squeeze it out and get a little bit of it myself? You want to know what to do next - like send free content... then the next message, mix in an ad, etc. basically how to profit from the list, right?
It's really quite simple. Help them profit.
Sounds cliché but it's true. Research your market, and spend some time learning everything you can about the 'passion' of your list. Then share that info w/ them. Don't ram it down their throats, but simply 'share' it with them.
That's how to profit from it.
Some people get it all wrong by sending some free content, and then the next email is a slimy pitch... that's not going to work. Honestly get involved w/ the topic and send them interesting stuff about it. Review some of the other products in your market, cite the pros and cons of buying into it... give your thoughts and then either recommend it or say stay away from it.
What makes me cringe is when I get some email offers from newbies or others that just don't get it... they send these email pitches that reveal the fact that they don’t care at all about the well being or success of the person receiving it.
People can tell when they're being sold and when you're sending them an offer simply because it will make you money. They can smell it from a mile away and it immediately makes them put their guard up and not trust a word in your email.
Just treat them like a friend and share different bits of info and make recommendations as you come across them. Send your list valuable, quality information. Slip in an ad on occasion and track the results. You’ll always get the “un-subscribers”, but don’t fret it. Those worried about losing subscribers shouldn't. Keep building relationships with the subscribers that you still have.
There's lots of ways to approach it, I'm just trying to help you with the mindset portion of it, because there really isn't a formula to follow. Some people are looking for the formula, like... send 3 content messages, then 1 pitch... wait 2 days then send another pitch followed by 3 all content messages, blah blah blah... And you'll never have success like that.
One of the points I want to make is that there are many e-books and other sources that talk about how to build the list and the importance of the list but very few that continue give you a proven formula that works every time.
The closest I’ve gotten to finding that formula is by simply following this concept…

Respect your subscribers and they will return the favor – guaranteed.
Just simply share your research and knowledge with your list and only recommend top-notch goods and services that you've personally checked out and that you honestly believe will help your prospect.
Do that and your lists will make you money…and Lots of It!

Moh. Ali Albar
I rewrite this article of E-book “Email Secrets Exposed”
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