Ready to begin or ramp up your current online business? With so many tools and one-click promises, it's super easy to get overwhelmed with choices. When that happens, you can either 1) drop money away on things you'll never use or that won't give you great results 2) waste time on activities that drain your energy more than they increase your profits or 3) keep you frozen with inaction for fear of doing the wrong thing or choosing the wrong tool.
Well, sit back and relax. We have an app for that (sort of)! Ever success story you read about today once stood exactly where you are, at the crossroads of overwhelm: what works and what doesn't.
There are four key web properties you need in your online business. James Wedmore, online marketing and video strategist talks about them in his recent YouTube video. And, I can vouch for the fact that he does, in fact, use these exact tools in his six-figure online business.
Build Upon What you Own: Your Blog
There are lots of web platforms to use such as Scribd, Blogger, Weebly, Facebook, and YouTube. How do you know where to plant the flag for your online business? The answer is: Wherever you have the most control!
Why is "control" so important? Just like in the real world, there's always a risk to building a business on someone else's real estate. On someone else's terms. Yes, you can have an "arrangement"...like a lease; however, when the lease runs out or the contract is terminated, you may need to leave...sometimes quickly and without notice. Yikes! You could be out of business overnight unless you've established an active following that will follow you.
If your business is online, then this can happen too. So the best practice is to have an online "home" where you have some control over the future or your company. That means your own blog, with your own domain, that you have hosted on your account.
The main hub and foundation of your business is your blog, your website. And the best tools to use include:
Content Platform: Wordpress.org (not the free hosting version!)
Wordpress Themes: Themeforest.net
www.Bluehost.com
What about Customers?
It's not enough for your online business to get traffic to your site. Once your potential customers click away, you may be forgotten...no matter how awesome you and your content are...UNLESS...
www.LeadPages.com is by far the best tool for this.
This is your virtual guest book and it is a key component to building a business online versus having a really fun and time consuming blogging hobby. www.LeadPages.com is by far the best tool for this.
What about Making Money?
Not long after you start populating your website with content in the form of video, articles, graphics, and trainings you're going to wonder how you can actually make money with all this information you are creating. The answer is:
How you make money depends on your business model and your niche. You may sell a product, a service, or a piece of software that's going to benefit your future customers in some way, shape or fashion.
How you make money depends on your business model and your niche. You may sell a product, a service, or a piece of software that's going to benefit your future customers in some way, shape or fashion.
www.Leadpages.com
www.ThemeForest.net
These tools do double duty! You can use them for opt-ins AND also for Sales Pages and Marketing Landing Pages. They include tons of templates that already look amazing and are optimized to function well on many devices, like mobile, and many browsers.
So how to you set it all up? Don't get stuck here...hire someone to do it for you! The most important thing is to implement and get your ideas to market as quickly as possible. A talented freelancer can help you do that.
Paid Content and Training
Have you considered content on a subscriber-only or paid basis?
Once you decide to offer paid content, you're going to need a way to protect that content so that only those who have paid for the content have access to it. A great freelancer can help you put the moving parts for this together. The tools you can use to put it together are:
Themeforest.net
www.member.wishlistproducts.com
www.member.wishlistproducts.com
Next Step: Build It!
There it is...the best tools for your online business. It doesn't have to be complicated. These four web properties are used by many of the A-listers on the Online Business World.
This information, and the "secret sauce" you bring to your business, is what you need to get everything on track. Enjoy your online business adventure!
Well, sit back and relax. We have an app for that (sort of)! Ever success story you read about today once stood exactly where you are, at the crossroads of overwhelm: what works and what doesn't.
There are four key web properties you need in your online business. James Wedmore, online marketing and video strategist talks about them in his recent YouTube video. And, I can vouch for the fact that he does, in fact, use these exact tools in his six-figure online business.
Build Upon What you Own: Your Blog
There are lots of web platforms to use such as Scribd, Blogger, Weebly, Facebook, and YouTube. How do you know where to plant the flag for your online business? The answer is: Wherever you have the most control!
Why is "control" so important? Just like in the real world, there's always a risk to building a business on someone else's real estate. On someone else's terms. Yes, you can have an "arrangement"...like a lease; however, when the lease runs out or the contract is terminated, you may need to leave...sometimes quickly and without notice. Yikes! You could be out of business overnight unless you've established an active following that will follow you.
If your business is online, then this can happen too. So the best practice is to have an online "home" where you have some control over the future or your company. That means your own blog, with your own domain, that you have hosted on your account.
The main hub and foundation of your business is your blog, your website. And the best tools to use include:
Content Platform: Wordpress.org (not the free hosting version!)
Wordpress Themes: Themeforest.net
www.Bluehost.com
What about Customers?
It's not enough for your online business to get traffic to your site. Once your potential customers click away, you may be forgotten...no matter how awesome you and your content are...UNLESS...
www.LeadPages.com is by far the best tool for this.
This is your virtual guest book and it is a key component to building a business online versus having a really fun and time consuming blogging hobby. www.LeadPages.com is by far the best tool for this.
What about Making Money?
Not long after you start populating your website with content in the form of video, articles, graphics, and trainings you're going to wonder how you can actually make money with all this information you are creating. The answer is:
How you make money depends on your business model and your niche. You may sell a product, a service, or a piece of software that's going to benefit your future customers in some way, shape or fashion.
How you make money depends on your business model and your niche. You may sell a product, a service, or a piece of software that's going to benefit your future customers in some way, shape or fashion.
www.Leadpages.com
www.ThemeForest.net
These tools do double duty! You can use them for opt-ins AND also for Sales Pages and Marketing Landing Pages. They include tons of templates that already look amazing and are optimized to function well on many devices, like mobile, and many browsers.
So how to you set it all up? Don't get stuck here...hire someone to do it for you! The most important thing is to implement and get your ideas to market as quickly as possible. A talented freelancer can help you do that.
Paid Content and Training
Have you considered content on a subscriber-only or paid basis?
Once you decide to offer paid content, you're going to need a way to protect that content so that only those who have paid for the content have access to it. A great freelancer can help you put the moving parts for this together. The tools you can use to put it together are:
Themeforest.net
www.member.wishlistproducts.com
www.member.wishlistproducts.com
Next Step: Build It!
There it is...the best tools for your online business. It doesn't have to be complicated. These four web properties are used by many of the A-listers on the Online Business World.
This information, and the "secret sauce" you bring to your business, is what you need to get everything on track. Enjoy your online business adventure!
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