Thursday, May 31, 2007

Thinking of an Internet Business?

I am a Full time mother with four young children. I gave up my career and decided to be a stay-at-home mum for my children for I know that my children need me more than my job needs me. As my children start attending school, I find myself have a bit more time for myself. However, I do not want to leave them too fast or go back to a full time job, but rather, I would like to set up an Internet Business that enables me to be active in mind and physically be at home.

Internet has made the revolutionary changes in business world, it is now recognized as the Second Industrial Revolution. It also has lowered business entry and removed many of traditional barriers. Bill Gates estimated that the potentiality of E-business is only realised 1%. The vast opportunity and huge potential of e-business are just at our hand. Besides the big players, like Google and Yahoo, there are millions other players are testing water, trying to fish out lucrative profits.

While the real business opportunity and gold mines are truly appealing, there are also tons and tons of SPAM, SCAM and CHEAT online.

You see, I was MBA graduated from a traditional Business school where taught us the basic business chain consists of: - Products, Marketing and Service. I don’t believe that anyone who claims that you can make a fortune without any one of these and or, effortless. I firmly believe, in order to success in any business, you need to equip the right skills, right tools and right investment and bare the risk therein.

First, you need to equip the RIGHT SKILLS:

  • The skill to set up your own website and maintain it; though you can easily find website designer to set up a website for you at a reasonable price, it is always better to master what you are going to do, If you wish to be In the Business.

  • The skill to identify niche market and right products to promote, in other words, you have to find real gem among hips garbage.

  • Affiliate Marketing is the very area I am looking into. I have checked through literally over 100 websites, honestly speaking, 90% of them are garbage.”
  • The skill to manage, like all the other business, you need skill in management, file management, affiliate accounts, profit/loss and marketing strategy. You got to be serious about it and be discipline. You have to learn, learn and keep learning.


  • Secondly, you need the RIGHT TOOLS:

    Very basically, you will need:
  • Website building Authoring Software, like Microsoft Front Pages, or Dreamweaver


    The Best Business Opportunity For Stay at Home Mum


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    Even better, a free software like Bluevoda will allow you to build simple web page with template designs

    Thirdly, you have to make Right INITIAL INVESTMENT. The entry cost of an E-business is extremely low compared to traditional business model, however, you should not hope that you can make money without any investments or effortless. In fact, be prepared to dedicate and make right investments which include your time, energy and money etc.

    I came across such website which claims you will make fortune but do not need to do any one of above things I mentioned. Don’t believe them. Remember the old wisdom says: "Thou shalt not eat, if thou don’t work.”

    o Investment on website building and website hosting, including domain name, will be the biggest part of your whole investment, that will be from US$100 per year or higher. You need to choose the reliable and quality service, not just cheap in price
    o Investment on critical E learning, you need to know some important Internet skills, there are many free resources Online, yet, you need to dig through hips of garbage to find a rare gem-the true and genuine teacher. If you consider your time is one of biggest investments too, you may choose e course like “Newbie Cash Machine”.

    o Investment on further advertising and Searching Engine Optimization etc.

    In summary, Internet Business is one of the most robust industry sectors, its potential will be greatly multiplied. Everyone, include you and me, has opportunity to enter and sail a meaningful journey. Even if you may not be successful at the beginning, so what, “Failure is the mother of Successful”, the key things here are Three Rs: Right Skill, Right Tool and Right Investment.

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