If you are looking to start a net business you have two basic choices, you can piece together your online biz on your own, or you can plug into a proven system and get up and running in a couple of hours. In this article, I’ll show you the basics of setting up your net business both ways.
The Easy Way
If you don’t want to spend your time tinkering with email autoresponders, websites, article marketing and SEO, but instead want to focus on growing your online biz with marketing then you should plug into a system that will handle all this for you. The one I use is called MLSP, and I’ve written about the benefits of it in this article. It’s the way I went and It helped me grow my net business tremendously.
The Hard Way
If you want total control over each element of your net business, you will want to set up your campaigns yourself. This entails the following:
Setting up a website and domain name
I like to keep things simple, so I suggest setting up your domain and website with a single company. The company I use is GoDaddy , they have rock solid hosting and support, and are well known and respected in this field. You may remember their commercials from the superbowl.
Use this link to setup your website: GoDaddy
Setting up an email autoresponder
An email autoresponder is the single most essential piece of software you can use, because it allows you to manage and contact your list automatically. When you setup your web form which you will use to collect your leads (they provide the code), and people fill in their information, this is the program that catalogs them in your database and sends them follow up emails.
Use this link to setup your email autoresponder: http://shaunmackey.aweber.com
Setting up your marketing campaigns
You’ll need to figure out a strategy for generating leads. I suggest picking 1 or 2 strategies (such as 1 paid and 1 free strategy) and working with them until you are profitable. Examples include, PPC, SEO, article marketing, etc. Read this article to learn more about the attraction marketing system I use.
Monitoring and testing your results
Finally, you need to continually monitor and refine your campaigns to keep them as profitable as possible. The net business changes everyday, and you need to keep your online business up to date if you are going to succeed.
Here’s an article I wrote which covers paid search strategy and monitoring in further detail.
This is the basic formula and will get you past a lot of the typical learning curves. It’s not easy to start a net business and there is a lot of competition in the online biz world, but if you are diligent about studying your results, and improving your campaigns, you can make a profit with your net business, there are many others doing exactly the same thing. Don’t give up!
