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12 Steps to Creating a Business Online - by Jim Edwards (c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved ===================================== "E-commerce" A word pervading our society, making headlines around the world, andcausing the stock market to rise and fall with startling ease. It seems every business news story centers on some technologycompany’s "DOT-com" or "DOT-bomb"! With all the positive and negative hoopla, business owners of anysize company can throw up their hands and feel the "E" world hasleft them behind. Every business owner, salesperson, or professional asked one of twoquestions in the past year, either "Am I using e-commercecorrectly?" or "How do I effectively get involved in e-commerce?" You can buy hundreds of books and pay thousands in consulting feesto analyze and debate the answer to the first question. To answer to the second question just follow these 12 steps. Step 1 - Buy a domain name (your own DOT-com). Go towww.NetworkSolutions.com and research names. Can a customer easilyspell and remember it? Step 2 - Write down your online goals and prepare a time and moneybudget. How soon do you want your e-commerce site up and running? How much will you spend? How many hours will you devote to the site and when? Step 3 - Surf the web to find other sites you like and dislike.Learn from others’ successes and mistakes by taking the best of whattheir sites offer and adapting it for your own use. Step 4 - Design your site on paper. Define elements, look, feel,colors etc. Step 5 - Hire a professional to set up the graphics and navigation,but with the intention of you or your staff maintaining the site’sday to day operations, communication and updates. Step 6 - Invest in a digital camera and web publishing software suchas Microsoft Front Page or Adobe Acrobat to keep up with the site’smaintenance. Step 7 - Maintain, change, and update your site at least once amonth. (The one exception to this rule are those one-page, salesletter websites. Once you have one of those that performs well andmakes sales, don't change it!!) Step 8 - Promote your site at every opportunity. Tell people aboutit. Put your web address on your business cards and in all your ads.Some companies even advertise their web address when they put you onhold on the telephone. Step 9 - Give people a self-serving reason to visit your site.Coupon savings, discounts, special incentives, free information, andfree newsletters represent excellent enticements for attractingvisitors to your site. Step 10 - Concentrate on obtaining an email address from everycustomer and potential customer. Obtain permission to send periodic, value-added malings to yourdatabase. Use a list server to organize and maintain your mailing list. Step 11 - Always look for and use the simplest solution or option. Whether adding a shopping cart, database or other option to your e-commerce operation, seek out and use the simplest answer for yourneeds. Step 12 - Become educated and stay current in the world of e-commerce. Learn the marketing and sales techniques of the online world. ---- Jim Edwards is the co-author of a "paint by numbers" guide withstep-by-step VIDEO that guarantees to teach you how to go from zeroto making real money online in about a month! "33 Days to Online Profits" ============================================="Finally – a Simple, Video-Based Training System on CD-ROMthat Teaches You Step-By-Step How to Make Real Money Online...100% Guaranteed!" You can start with a few bucks and a goodidea to make lots of money online! I did, and I'll teach youhow no matter what product or service you sell... Click Here
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