Starting
An Internet Business
Anyone
can start an Internet Business, But only a few will succeed. Either
the real lucky ones or those that take the time to plan. If you fit
into either of these categories then lets get started today. YOU will
succeed.
What
It Takes
Initiative:
If you need someone to push you to go to work everyday then you are
probably in the wrong job. If you are starting a business do not make
the same mistake that most of us fall into with our everyday lives.
Choose a business that has potential that you are interested in supporting.
If your hobby has a potential income then you should start with that.
For example, you love fishing. Then you should look at a business that
sells products or services for fisherman. You might just sell fishing
products or you could even look at representing charter fishing trips
on the Internet. There is potential in almost every hobby you can imagine.
If you have a hobby and can not think of a related business then I challenge
you to send it to me to analyze. If I can not find a business for your
hobby then I will give you back your money if you purchased this book
from me.
Common
Sense: An internet business or any business for that matter
requires no MBA to get it started. It especially does not require an
MBA to make money. It only takes common sense and patience. Do not be
afraid to fail. Just get back on the horse again until it works. Most
of the articles I have read about university graduate successful entrepreneurs
admit that their business degree was worthless.
Capital:
Any Kind of business you start requires some money to get started. An
internet business requires less than any other industry. I have listed
here some of the basic tools if you plan on doing all of the work yourself.
These tools can be purchased within this book. The ones we have listed
are the same ones we have used ourselves at American TradUR for many
years now. You can find much cheaper options than the ones we have listed
below but none compare with the ease of use and functionality to the
ones we have listed. Without these tools you will end up paying other
company's to do the work and it will cost you much more over the operation
of your company within the first year. Most of the resources you probably
already have if you are reading this from your own computer.
| Computer |
$1500.00 |
| Color
Printer |
$500.00 |
| Digital
Camera |
$300.00 |
| Web
Site Hosting 1yr |
$100.00 |
| Dream
Weaver |
$399.00 |
| MS
Office |
$499.00 |
| Paint
Shop Pro |
$99.95 |
| Quicken |
$49.95 |
| *
MISC 1 yr Costs |
$2000.00 |
| Total |
$5447.90 |
* Estimated
miscellaneous costs would include advertising and other resources you
may need throughout the first year of operation.
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- Computer with
at least 4Gb hard drive, 96Mg RAM, Pentium II processor and 56K
modem
- Current browser
and email program
- Website design
program if you plan to maintain your own website
- Web host with
secure server for taking credit card information online
- Merchant account
so you can accept credit cards
- Scanner to
copy and publish pictures or documents
- Fax machine/copier/printer
- Graphics program
if you will be designing your own graphics
- Bookkeeping
software to record your transactions
- FTP program
to facilitate uploading files to your website
- Web statistics
program to monitor your Internet visitors
If
anyone says you can start an Internet business for free then they are
deceiving you. Yes you can get a site in your name for free. These sites
are usually part a of pyramid type structure of which you are somewhere
way down inside. The only person making the real money is the one at
the top of the huge pyramid. They do not care if you only make one are
two sales as they have thousands of other people signing up every day
making one are two sales. If you are going to be part of a MLM or pyramid
type business, don't promote someone else's as your primary business,
start your own and make some real money.
Step-By-Step
To Getting Started
Step
1: Ask yourself if you really want to be the BIG boss. Can
you handle the stress required to be the only one solely responsible
whether you and your family have an income and possibly your employees.
and their families. Are you the type of person that comes to an unassailable
wall that is infinite in length and just lies down to die. That is what
you are possibly up against. A successful business person that comes
to this wall ignores what he is told and finds a way over, around, through
or under where there is none.
Step
2: Decide what product or service you wish to represent with
your business. Ideally you should stick with a hobby are something you
like doing and tailor your business around that.
Step
3: Analyze your position of supporting yourself and the business
for at least one year. If you can financially provide for you and your
family for that period of time you may consider putting all your efforts
towards building that successful business full time. Another alternative
but can take longer is to take on the business project as a spare time
job to your existing employment.
If
you choose the latter you should keep in mind not to make these common
mistakes.
-
Spending
time while on your employers payroll towards your personnel business
project
-
Choosing
a competing business to that of your employer
-
Spending
too many hours working and forgetting family life and friends
Step 4:
Do not design our business around the Internet only. Design the Internet
around your business. You should look at your business as having potential
both on and offline. You should utilize resources both on and offline.
Recommended
reading for any kind of investment
Before
Investing any capital you should research ways of making money over
the long haul. If you really want to be successful ignore any potential
business strategy that says you will making huge amounts of money in
1 year or less. Most of these people advertising this finally stumbled
upon a solution that did make them that money overnight, but it was
only after years of trial and error. There is the other group that have
made this money based on their name alone. Both of these groups the
majority are getting rich from other people selling their products.
BUFFETTOLOGY
by Mary Buffett and David Clark. The previously unexplained
techniques that have made Warren Buffett the world's most famous
investor. |
THE
WARREN BUFFETT WAY by Robert G. Hagstrom, Jr. Investment
Strategies of the World's Greatest Investor. |
Brainstorming
-
Make
a list of activity's you enjoy that you know has any income potential
-
Make
another list of real business or opportunities associated with the
first list
-
Below
this list add a category of products or services associated with
each business or opportunity
-
Analyze
this list and do an assessment with common sense as to the potential
market cost versus return there is for each list.
-
Eliminate
any that will cost more than you can make
-
Narrow
down the list to you five most interested options
-
From
there you are ready to start looking into some real research which
will covered in more detail in the planning stage.
Do Not Start A Business If You Have These Characteristics
- Impatience
- Overconfidence
- Dreamer
If
you are not an expert in your chosen business you should spend some
time studying further Ideas to Improve your knowledge in a given field
- Work for someone
already in the business for one year
- Take classes
on the subject at your community college
- Read books
on how other people have made it successful Like these
Talk
to people that are experts and seek advice. Tell them you have a great
idea and set them up to criticize you. The best way to get free information
is to tell someone how great you are and how great your idea is. People
in general can not resist criticizing someone that does this. It is
a low risk way to get some very good free information.
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Now
that you have decided that you do want to get into business it is time
to get a formal business plan together.
Internet Business How To Start Guide Book is written
to help anyone wishing to get started the right way. It includes all
of the information it took to make American TradUR Company a successful
and profitable online business. The programs and product resources listed
are the same ones we are using right now to make money on the Internet
and work at home.
