7 Steps to a Profitable Online Business

1) First and foremost, find a hot niche marketbring in traffic:
Make use of free and available resources on the1.Pay-per-click (best for starters): Google Adwords or
internet. Test your keywords to see how manyYahoo Search Marketing
searches were done on it per day. The number of2.Organic (takes more skill, but still possible)
searches done on that keyword is an indication of theThe most powerful and FOC techniques to drive a ton
popularity of that topic on the internet.of traffic to your sites are:
2) Create a product which gives your market what1. Articles: write original articles and submit them to
they wantsites such as articlecity, EzineArticles
Start off with an information product like an ebook,2. Press Releases
audio program or online video. Ask the audience what3. Adding your comments to online forums (of course,
they want. Simply answer the needs that yourremember to mention your link)
research revealed and make your product unique.6. Use email to turn even more people into customers
Overdeliver and surprise your customers so that they82% of online buyers have made at least one
will come back again and again.purchase in response to an email promotion. Buying is
3) Create a powerful, compelling sales messageall about trust - so you should use email to build this
You will need a great sales letter to compel visitors totrust account up. In your email campaign, educate
buy. Overall, you need to talk in BENEFITS ... what's in itpeople to your value and your product's value.
for the customer. You can search for copywritingIncrease your profits by selling new products to
software (it shouldn't cost you more than a hundredexisting customers. Statistics show that 1/3rd of your
bucks) or save the money and learn how to do itcustomers will buy from you again if you just ask
yourself.them. Best part is, there are no marketing costs
4) Design a simple website that converts prospectsinvolved on the 2nd purchase, so more profit. You can
into buyersalso sell other people's products that relate to what
Which is the Number One website in the world? Thinkyou're selling and profit from there. To find other
Google. Follow Google's lead and keep it simple, that is,people's products to sell, try clickbank.
plain black text on a white background! Leave out the7. Have an army of people sell your product for you
fancy technology that distracts your visitors. KeepOnce you have a website that is working... the smart
photos small so that it is fast to load the page. Andthing to do is to grow it before you move on to
most importantly, give visitors an opportunity to opt-inanother project. Launch your own Affiliate Program.
to your database so that you can communicate withAffiliates are people who will promote your website on
them later.the internet and take a commission on the sales they
5. Bring traffic to your site using the internet's bestproduce. Hence, they are paid only when a sale is
search enginesmade. This means that there are no up-front costs
Over 90% of internet users start with free searchinvolved.
engines when they're looking for information online.Here's to your success! Cheers!
There are 2 basic ways to use search engines to