Building an Online Business

By Dianne Salmon
Posted Thursday, December 23, 2004

You don?t realize it but in the next few minutes you are going to learn how to build an online business. If you?re like me you have probably found building an online business can be confusing and frustrating. Here?s a fact for you, any woman, man or child can build an online business. Hey you can follow Terry Dean?s 101 High Profit Businesses You Can Start Online! Stop by and get your free copy from mailto:choiceresources@getresponse.com

Think about making use of this material and you will begin to see how you can build an online business. You have the drive and ambition, but you need the right information. Don?t believe me? You?ve already tried to build an online business and failed? Let me confess, so did I.

I joined traffic exchange programs to promote my web site. I tried FFA pages and free classified ad sites. All to my dismay. Hey you probably did the same thing. I was angry, frustrated, and confused at first. Remember when you were in school and you failed that exam? Admit it. You did it at least once. Well you still learned the lesson ? you just didn?t pass the exam.

Have you noticed yet that I began with no idea of how to promote a business? I learned lessons from the failed attempts that I made. You don?t realize it but you have learned lessons from the failed attempts that you have made. If you?re like me then you have probably changed strategies. I joined Subscription Rocket and Listfire to generate leads. Hey think about making use of these services yourself (http://www.subscriptionrocket.com/cgi-bin/r.cgi?r=3456) (http://www.ListFire.com/13686)

I also started optimizing my web site for the search engines. By the time you finish reading this article you?ll be optimizing your web site for the search engines ?cause it will get you noticed. And you?ll be spreading the word about your web site, both offline and online. Think about writing articles as an addition to your online promotion. Hey spread the word offline about your web site with business cards and flyers.

Stop! Note by the time you finish reading this article you?ll be optimizing your web site for the search engines. Start researching search engine optimization! And you?ll be spreading the word about your web site, both offline and online.
Think about leaving business cards and flyers in restaurants and businesses that you frequent. Put a sign up in your car window advertising your URL.

So here you are with new ideas on promoting your business. What are you going to do, leave them sitting on the table, or make use of them? The choice is yours, struggle along as you have been. Or make use of the resources available to you.

About the Author
Dianne Salmon is the author of Building an Online Business and owner of Choice Resources (http://www.choiceresources.com) She offers free tips, advice and information on starting, growing and expanding your internet business. Subscribe to the Choice Resources newsletter and receive your free tips by sending an email to mailto:Dianne@choiceresources.com with subscribe me in the subject line.