7 Ultimate Steps to Your Online Business Success
Starting a internet business is very easy but keeping it running is difficult.
Hundreds of bloggers either loose interest in blogging or quit blogging altogether.
The most common reasons for this are: 1) no readers 2) no income.
Read the tips here and find the corner you need to improve.
1) If you are technically challenged, then you might find it more difficult.
Most often, you will get the hang of it with time, but till then you could out-source tech stuff.
If you can afford professional service, that's the best thing to do.
If you are on a tight budget, you could ask for help in exchange for a service you are good at (ex: writing blog posts/articles) etc.
2) Don't think about the competition: This is going to scare you away from blogging.
While it is inevitable to browse around for similar blogs (for content ideas, hot news or others), don't start competitive analysis at the initial stages.
The very good thing about blogging is, if your content is unique and you are able to cover hot news in lucid style, you are bound to catch the eye of your target market.
People are browsing for best information with keywords, but not with author's name.
3) Do it with passion: While this is not a prerequisite, if you are not interested in your blog subject even after an year of blogging, you are doing your readers an injustice.
Your blog posts will speak about your disinterest.
Avoid this.
4) Try to help others by teaching what you know: If you think that nobody is searching for the info you are writing about, then you must be writing a subject like "how to manufacture tea-pots on mars, that are suitable for aliens".
Kiddin'.
Its most likely that people are using different keywords, than the keywords you optimized your site for.
Consider changing your keywords to more powerful search words.
Use Google AdWords tool https://adwords.
google.
com/select/KeywordToolExternal for finding better keywords.
5) Don't expect to get rich overnight: Internet marekting, like a brick & mortar business, needs strategies and planning.
Chalk down your goals for the year (long-term goals) and work your way with smaller monthly goals (short-term goals) to achieve that long-term goal.
6) Don't deviate attention: Avoid preconceived notion about the potential of your niche.
Stick to one niche and work as hard as you can on that.
Most often, i've seen many bloggers changing niches overnight and totally neglect previous ones.
7) Consistency, persistence, quality + marketing mix = is the ultimate formula for internet marketing success.
Consistency in posting blog posts, their quality, relevance to your niche Persistance to stick to one niche Quality of your writing that will build regular readers.
Marketing mix: Forum marketing, blog commenting, article marketing, social bookmarking, social media marketing ...
there are so many ways you can market your blog.
Find the right marketing mix for your blog.
You can read my post "Marketing strategies that are working for me" for an example.
Hundreds of bloggers either loose interest in blogging or quit blogging altogether.
The most common reasons for this are: 1) no readers 2) no income.
Read the tips here and find the corner you need to improve.
1) If you are technically challenged, then you might find it more difficult.
Most often, you will get the hang of it with time, but till then you could out-source tech stuff.
If you can afford professional service, that's the best thing to do.
If you are on a tight budget, you could ask for help in exchange for a service you are good at (ex: writing blog posts/articles) etc.
2) Don't think about the competition: This is going to scare you away from blogging.
While it is inevitable to browse around for similar blogs (for content ideas, hot news or others), don't start competitive analysis at the initial stages.
The very good thing about blogging is, if your content is unique and you are able to cover hot news in lucid style, you are bound to catch the eye of your target market.
People are browsing for best information with keywords, but not with author's name.
3) Do it with passion: While this is not a prerequisite, if you are not interested in your blog subject even after an year of blogging, you are doing your readers an injustice.
Your blog posts will speak about your disinterest.
Avoid this.
4) Try to help others by teaching what you know: If you think that nobody is searching for the info you are writing about, then you must be writing a subject like "how to manufacture tea-pots on mars, that are suitable for aliens".
Kiddin'.
Its most likely that people are using different keywords, than the keywords you optimized your site for.
Consider changing your keywords to more powerful search words.
Use Google AdWords tool https://adwords.
google.
com/select/KeywordToolExternal for finding better keywords.
5) Don't expect to get rich overnight: Internet marekting, like a brick & mortar business, needs strategies and planning.
Chalk down your goals for the year (long-term goals) and work your way with smaller monthly goals (short-term goals) to achieve that long-term goal.
6) Don't deviate attention: Avoid preconceived notion about the potential of your niche.
Stick to one niche and work as hard as you can on that.
Most often, i've seen many bloggers changing niches overnight and totally neglect previous ones.
7) Consistency, persistence, quality + marketing mix = is the ultimate formula for internet marketing success.
Consistency in posting blog posts, their quality, relevance to your niche Persistance to stick to one niche Quality of your writing that will build regular readers.
Marketing mix: Forum marketing, blog commenting, article marketing, social bookmarking, social media marketing ...
there are so many ways you can market your blog.
Find the right marketing mix for your blog.
You can read my post "Marketing strategies that are working for me" for an example.