How to Succeed at Online Business

Having worked with 100’s of businesses across the country with the creation, growth, nurturing of their site, if you removed the “technology” aspects that makes all of their heads swim, the one issue that always seems to be missing in one form or another is the fact that having a Web site is having a business. A real business – if you want to succeed.

All too often entrepreneurs with little to no experience in the business world, or the basics of how to plan, run, and evolve a successful enterprise appear to be under the impression that these staples are not necessary in lieu of a good idea. Just as often, unfortunately, they choose technology partners that have little more experience and expertise in these areas then they do. Hence, they are doomed to fail.

You’ve heard of all those dot coms crashing? Poor business ideas, little or no planning, and greedy investors – all looking for that quick buck to millionairdom. The fact is they crashed because these concepts were not born of solid business methodology, little to no planning, lack of experienced direction moving forward.

I’ve even heard of deals being agreed to simply based on sketches on cocktail napkins! How could anyone be surprised when these “businesses” failed or as they say in the online world “crashed”?

Having an idea is not enough. Having the financial backing isn’t enough either (although that’s a huge plus). Then it should go without saying that having a Web site alone does not make a successful business, right? So why is it that so many potential Netrepreneurs (some who are actually successful off-line) jump online, and think that their Web site whether it be home-brewed or professionally developed, is all it takes to hit the jackpot? I can vouch for the fact that many think that to be the case. I hear it every day in e-mail and on the phone.
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Are We Having Fun Yet?

You’d better be!

If you want your online business to survive and thrive, you need to be having fun! At least several times each week, potential clients call me for business ideas or suggestions for “things to sell” online. They don’t have a business concept or a product they believe in. They are just looking for some way to jump on the online bandwagon and get their hands on the supposed riches everyone else is making. Read more

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