There are several steps to starting a small business but the hardest one is simply starting. Once you are started you will gain momentum and you are well on your way. Advantages of building a business online include you can quite easily sell someone else's product, service or business opportunity and do extremely well.
One rule of thumb in choosing something to do is find something you love and are passionate about. Your service could simply be educating other like minded people about a particular subject. There are more ways to make money online than just providing a product or service.
Next, you will need to register a domain name. Godaddy.com is as good as any. Try to choose a dot com as your customers are more familiar with them. Try to have the name of your business in your domain if possible. For example if you want to sell mason jar candles then try to find a domain name like.masonjarcandles.com or ilikemasonjarcandles.com or masonjarcandlesforyou.com. You may have to enter different domain names until you find one you like that is not taken.
Next you need a website. This can be daunting but I highly recommend it because this becomes your location. You will want a site you can begin linking to and providing content for. You can go to google.com and type in website building or free website creation and you will find several choices. Yahoo has a great service that is very inexpensive and easy to use.
Now that you know what your business is and you have a website you need to drive traffic to it. This is key to your success as an online business owner and for most it is the most difficult. If you go to google.com and type in internet traffic you will be exposed to tens of thousand of websites saying they have cracked the secret code. I know because I have looked at many of them. But let me tell you the best way and the only way to build long term success is through writing articles. You want to get the word out about your product or service anyways and this will also provide important content for your website.
The next step is to get your articles out on the internet and the best way to do this is to use a service I have found called Unique Article Wizard. You can find their link on my website. I cannot say enough about how this will drive traffic to your site. With this service you can submit unlimited articles each month to up to 9,000 different article directories and websites. Let me just tell you that this will create thousands of one way links back to your website which will quickly move you up in the search engine rankings.
The final step I am going to recommend is to try to write an article 2 or 3 times each week and have it submitted. This is the most critical step to ensure long term success.
To summarize the steps to starting a small business online you need to first decide what you are going to do. Next register a domain name and then build a website. After that it is just a matter of driving traffic to your website and the best way I have found is by writing articles and submitting them with Unique Article Wizard. Doing this 2 or three times a week consistently will provide a steady stream of traffic to your website for years to come.
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Zach Alled is a full service tax preparer and is also marketing the Infinite Potential Forum This Forum is fun and free to register with. Also visit Zach Allred's main website which promotes Home Based Businesses.
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