RUNNING AN ONLINE BUSINESS
So how easy is it to run an online business and make money from it?
Like any other business starting from scratch it takes motivation, ambition and the will to be successful. Nothing will happen overnight, if it was that easy everyone would be doing it.
If you are under the illusion that you can make a success overnight then setting up an online business is not for you.
If you have the drive to start out with nothing and make something of it then you’re the right person for the job.
Buying a website business is just a small investment compared to what you can achieve on the Internet. We have all heard of the stories of people setting up websites and within 2 years they sell it for millions, well these things do happen and will continue to happen, although not everyone can be that lucky but an average successful online business can be worth thousands in a couple of years, so with lots of hard work it’s a worth while investment. Most people don’t just stop at one business they buy others and keep expanding into different markets.
How much money can I make on the Internet?
How long is a piece of string? That question is hard to answer, I mean we all start of with nothing that’s a fact and what we end up making in two or three months time, can be so different and depending on what your selling or providing on the internet this makes a big difference to turnover. The only answer I can give to this question is, “What you put in to a business, you will get out of a business”, the harder you work at it, marketing, promoting & advertising the bigger the return, so if you just sit there and wait, who’s going to know you exist on the big world wide web.
Think about it this way, would you open a shop in a back street with no window display, no shop sign and no advertising, you may get the odd person accidental walking passed and looking in, just like the internet, but that’s not going to make you a living, you will be bust in no time.
The best thing about the Internet is the cost of setting up an online business is far cheaper than your high street shop; think of the expense there.
For a small investment you can get a big return, but you do have to remember there maybe some marketing cost.
How do I advertise & market my business?
There is really only three ways of doing this,
- Investing lots of money in to advertising and marketing.
Means investing quite a lot of your savings in to advertising and marketing through paid adverts on popular sites, marketing using SEO’s search engine optimisation companies who will use clever tried and tested methods to get you up the google ranks as quick as possible. This method is the faster track to seeing a return for your money, but initially will hurt your pocket, but still 100 times cheaper than opening a shop on a high street, so worth thinking about.
- On a small budget for advertising and marketing.
Doing the same as number 1 but on a smaller budget. Maybe not using the most popular sites to advertise on as they cost more, use the less popular sites but have more adverting space, a popular option on this budget is Google Adwords, paid sponsored advertising on the Google results page fixed to a daily budget.
- Free advertising and marketing.
Paying absolutely nothing for advertising and marketing is possible. This method can work and is the most popular form of advertising and marketing on the Internet today, but how is it done? Well it takes a long time to have an affect and you need to keep up consistency. Unfortunately we cannot reveal what methods we recommend as this advice only comes with the purchase of a website businesses, these are very valuable & secrets hints and tips, ‘ways’ of doing things that are not difficult to implement and are effective. But we must say!, slow it maybe!, but it’s free and does work.
When we sell a business we are always there to help and give advice, we don’t just sell businesses we are website developers who specialise in designing and building online businesses, so we know what’s hot and what’s not.
What type of business you want to run is up to you, we can set you up with a drop ship website selling the most popular hostest products on the internet today for only £199.
Look at just some of the products you can sell… Designer clothes, design watches, jewellery, mobile phones, household products, gadgets & gizmos, boys toys, baby products, pet products, electrical & electronic, audio visual, lingerie, adult products,
What’s included with one of your website businesses
Unless otherwise stated, we normally include a FREE .co.uk domain name registered to you, 12 months professional business hosting paid for the first twelve months; this usually cost £49 per year to continue after twelve months. We give you FREE technical support as well so you will always have an expert on hand.
Also you have full control over your website from a hosting control area where you can create and retrieve personalised to your website domain email, e.g. mail@websiteforsaleuk.co.uk
Some of our website businesses have their own website administration area, this is where you control stock uploads, editing/deleting products and other features of your site.
What other running costs are involved?
None unless you want to include advertising and marketing, but other than that £49 a year for hosting (first year included in the purchase price) and £24 to renew registration of your domain every two years.
Oh yes there is one other thing, electricity costs to run your computer, well you would probably have it on anyway so we can’t count that one!!!
Do I need to be a computer expert to run a business online?
If you are reading this then you know how to use a computer, you don’t need big qualifications or lots of knowledge, just basic knowledge to do this, just a good understanding of how the internet works and be able to use email services and use general software such as a photo package for manipulating image sizes from your cameras/internet pictures to your computer as most of the drop ship businesses involve uploading pictures of stock and filling in the descriptions and prices.
How do I get to the top of Google search results page?
This is a slow and very difficult thing to achieve, very few manage it, and most have been around on the Internet for a few years now so Google likes older more established sites especially when they are updated regularly.
Relevance of content is always something to remember, what you sell or do matters when Google’s robot is choosing who to show for a particular keyword, that brings me nicely to keywords, most of the time the keywords in your site are not the ones you put in the source code meta tags, it’s the actual source code itself, in the actual website. Google reads your website text and considers the relevance of your site to the search keyword so getting your website text is important.
Choosing a good domain name is also important, but again we can only reveal so much to potential purchases of our businesses, all this information is worth a lot of money so its not just a business your buying its knowledge to.
Who are we ?
We are a professional website design company known as AGTC Business Websolutions Ltd and are Certified Corporate members of the United Kingdom Web Design Association. To qualify for this membership category our web site has been evaluated and the UKWDA have conducted an independent customer satisfaction survey of five clients. Additionally, we are committed to compliance with the UKWDA code of professional conduct including fair-trading and customer service issues.
We invite you to look at our impressive extensive portfolio of clients, here you can see all the different types of businesses people are choosing to adopt.
For further information about starting a website business please visit http://www.websiteforsaleuk.co.uk
Andy Greenhalgh
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18 Responses to “So How Easy is it to Run an Online Business and Make Money From It?”
What about making money online? How to make big money online?
I’m asking about easy ways to make money online. Are there people which get big money from internet business? Selling eBooks it can be a way?
By sinela on Mar 8, 2010
ebay
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By anaheimducksfan30 on Mar 9, 2010
Selling ebooks are a good way to begin with. But there are many more ways to make money online. You can try forex and ebay if you are looking for a business. There are adsense, paid surveys, paid to read email etc if you are looking for genuine opportunities that require no investment. You can now learn for free.
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By ebay seller on Mar 9, 2010
Try this…its a great affiliate program:
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By rgh127 on Mar 9, 2010
unfortunately there are an abundance of scams that turn people off from the whole process of making money online… especially paid surveys…… however, there are still a few legit sites that exist, and I have finally found the perfect guide informing people of these sites… the site is flushed with video tutorials, that can help you make a few extra bucks online.. they also have proof of payment pictures to show that these sites are not scams.
http://guide-online-surveys.com/
*the key is not to just sign up for one site and expect loads of riches, but to sign up for a few and have the smaller checks add up*
*be mindful of the sites you sign up for… check out reviews of the site in yahoo answers before wasting your time*
*if you ever have to pull out a credit card, its not worth it*
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By knowledge on Mar 9, 2010
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please click on this link it gives you the same exact website but i get a little bonus for getting you to join
http://www.centsports.com/?opcode=136796
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By Jeff D on Mar 9, 2010
It is possible to make money online. I do strongly suggest you throughly research everything first, then go on and decide what is best for you
Try reading http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933596708?ie=UTF8&tag=michaelchance-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1933596708 which is "The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense" by Joel Comm. And http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0979192706?ie=UTF8&tag=michaelchance-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0979192706 which is "A Practical Guide to Affiliate Marketing: Quick Reference for Affiliate Managers & Merchants" by Evgenii Prussakov. And http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071508570?ie=UTF8&tag=michaelchance-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0071508570 which is How to Make Money with Your Blog: The Ultimate Reference Guide for Building, Optimizing, and Monetizing Your Blog (How to Make . . .)" by Duane Forrester & Gavin Powell…
There is a little more info on part of my site – http://www.strange-frontier.com/money.html – which you might find useful…
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By M C on Mar 9, 2010
I’ve done surveys for a long time and I created a whole blog about free surveys. I posted tutorial videos, proof of payment (checks), legit survey sites, and contact info if you want more guidance or have questions.
http://lefty13.tk/
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By lefty on Mar 9, 2010
Hi
I’m gradually developing an income promoting online club memberships. I’m not a big earner at this stage but I know in time with perseverance that I will make good money at what I’m doing. There are certainly some big earners working online affiliate programs like Rosalind Gardner, just as one example.
I have considered selling ebooks but the Internet is saturated with them and trying find stuff that is good quality and not a scam is a lot of work.
I’ve started my business on a very low budget and I’m starting to see some results. I’m now in profit after working at it for about six weeks.
I searched the Internet for months for stable, well established and well paying online businesses. So far I have only found one that I am sure is honest, is simple and straight forward and which pays well. It’s different and people are really interested in it.
There are a lot of scams around and a some programs make great claims but don’t really pay much. Be very careful of anything you go into in online businesses. Do a proper scam search on anything you look at before joining.
The business I’m in costs me $50 per month to participate in, but I’m already making that back and I’m in profit. I’m no marketing guru, so if I can do this anyone can.
If you want to join I’ll help you with everything I know about online promotion. You really need to know about promotion to succeed with any online business.
My email address is at the website so you can contact me if you have any questions and if you join contact me and I will help you to start earning.
All the best and good luck in your search.
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http://www.go2u.biz/control/redirect.php?id=6638
By Bruce M on Mar 9, 2010
Making money online could be tough sometimes.
If you really want to take 50$ daily, read this review and tutorial here
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By Igor I on Mar 9, 2010
I would advise you to visit my personal site listed in the source below. These are 100% legit and free ways to make money online internationally. Without any investments. Let me cover some things first here. Is it easy to make money on the internet? The answer is yes. Can you rely 100% on this income always being there? The answer is no. You need to understand that these are are jobs. They may be around for a long time, they may not. But, if you do it right you can get paid monthly and use it to support yourself. Whether it be extra money to save up for something or to help with bills you can make it work. After a short amount of time you’ll be able to develope your own way of handling things so you can keep the money rolling in. My site reflects 4 months of my own research and experience. It’s continually updated with new ways I’ve found personally to make more money online. I make the majority of my monthly online income from surveys. Usually it’s at least $100 a month. Don’t go searching for "work at home" opportunites that claim to pay you to complete surveys. You’ll find they charge you a membership fee before giving you any information, and they’re scams. The survey sites that I have listed on my site are 100% legit and pay me every month WITHOUT a membership fee. The second biggest way I make money online is through Paid-To-Click sites. It might sound ridiculous but it isn’t, believe me. I make over $300 a month from TWO sites. The secret to making that much without any investment is that I use some of the money from surveys. I have plenty of tips on my site and if you follow them it will be very easy for you. And yes, you can make even more money than I do. Visit my site and please read all of the information, and have a look at my Top PTC list. Join one of the sites and see how you like it. I would personally suggest joining Earn3 if you want to get paid quickly. If you’ve got any other questions shoot me an email or check out the PTC Talk forum link. I really hope this helps you out!
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By maximuspaynimus on Mar 9, 2010
Here is a site that helps a lot for the beginers to make money online. They provide free training for online money making
http://find-urdreamjob.blogspot.com
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By Ashok G on Mar 9, 2010
check my profile, the link under "about me", it provides useful info how to make money, check reading email tactics
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By greency on Mar 9, 2010
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By Ms Anderson on Mar 9, 2010
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By liv66 on Mar 9, 2010
You can make money online by searching youtube, lots of people have lots of sites that they want to show you. If I was you, I would start a blog and go and search for a good site.
If you want safe ones go to:
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http://www.cashcrate.com
http://www.dailyclicks.com and they are any more………………….. just keep searching.
By Sidekick Lover 4 life! on Mar 9, 2010
It is possible, but just be careful. Any site that promises QUICK income is a scam. I recently joined this site:
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It is a membership site, but what you get back is amazing….you can pay for the membership AND then some…
You can sell ebooks, or use clickbank, but without these tutorials, you’ll likely fail. I didn’t realize what thought and actions went into this until I failed first.
You have to study a bit, but they do give you step by step instructions on how to make money with little, or no investment. You just need to dedicate some time. But it’s legit! I am loving it there. There’s a great community of people that are very willing to give you some mentorship. Everything you need is there, the rest is up to you.
Many members are reporting income of $300 a day! I would definitely give it a try.
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By athena0616 on Mar 9, 2010
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By GregoryNell on Apr 2, 2010