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.
Recently, the top video and online marketing strategist revealed some of his favorite websites and website properties which he uses to successfully (and easily) run his 6-figure online business. Yes, these are those "keys" everyone is always talking about!
Your Blog: Your Main Web Property
Free, Paid, and Social Platforms. There are no shortage of options so which one should you use as the foundation for your business? The answer is: somewhere that you have the most control.
Just like in the real world, the more control you have in your business the better. There's always some risk when you build your online empire using on someone else's real estate. Yes, you can have an "arrangement"...like a lease; but when that contract comes to an end, you can be left scrambling for a new home. And unless you've established an active following or customer base that will follow you, you can literally be out of business overnight.
If your business is online, then this can happen too. So the best practice is to have a "home" online that you own or have the most control. That means a blog, but not just any blog. This is a blog (ie...website) that you own, with a domain name you've purchased, and where you have paid for hosting.
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!)
www.Themeforest.net
www.Bluehost.com
Build Your Customer Base
Traffic isn't enough. Seeing people walk into your store is exciting...but that's where it ends. When people click away from your site they could be gone forever unless you do this:
You provide a simple way to join your community. This is achieved partly through an opt-in page (the mechanics of list building) and partly by content (the art of list building). They need a "why" and a "way" for opting in!
The website tool you can use to quickly incorporate great looking and multi-device compatible squeeze pages is www.LeadPages.com.
What about Making Money?
Selling!
Selling SOMETHING online. But what?
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
Yes, those same tools already mentioned also include options for Sales Pages and Marketing Landing Pages. They include tons of templates. The design is amazing and also functional. Many are optimized to work with different devices and different browsers.
With templates in hand, don't let the coding stop you. Don't be afraid to hire someone to help you that do this sort of thing for a living!
Paid Content and Training
Have you considered content on a subscriber and membership only or paid basis? If you decide to add paid content to your business plan, then you need to protect it behind a "wall." Here's what you need to put this sytem together:
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:
Wordpress.org
Themeforest.net
www.member.wishlistproducts.com
There it is...the best tools for your online business.
It doesn't have to be complicated. While you may use other tools, these are four of the basics for building an online business.
Start now to put your own online business system in place. This could be the beginning of a better business!
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.
Recently, the top video and online marketing strategist revealed some of his favorite websites and website properties which he uses to successfully (and easily) run his 6-figure online business. Yes, these are those "keys" everyone is always talking about!
Your Blog: Your Main Web Property
Free, Paid, and Social Platforms. There are no shortage of options so which one should you use as the foundation for your business? The answer is: somewhere that you have the most control.
Just like in the real world, the more control you have in your business the better. There's always some risk when you build your online empire using on someone else's real estate. Yes, you can have an "arrangement"...like a lease; but when that contract comes to an end, you can be left scrambling for a new home. And unless you've established an active following or customer base that will follow you, you can literally be out of business overnight.
If your business is online, then this can happen too. So the best practice is to have a "home" online that you own or have the most control. That means a blog, but not just any blog. This is a blog (ie...website) that you own, with a domain name you've purchased, and where you have paid for hosting.
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!)
www.Themeforest.net
www.Bluehost.com
Build Your Customer Base
Traffic isn't enough. Seeing people walk into your store is exciting...but that's where it ends. When people click away from your site they could be gone forever unless you do this:
You provide a simple way to join your community. This is achieved partly through an opt-in page (the mechanics of list building) and partly by content (the art of list building). They need a "why" and a "way" for opting in!
The website tool you can use to quickly incorporate great looking and multi-device compatible squeeze pages is www.LeadPages.com.
What about Making Money?
Selling!
Selling SOMETHING online. But what?
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
Yes, those same tools already mentioned also include options for Sales Pages and Marketing Landing Pages. They include tons of templates. The design is amazing and also functional. Many are optimized to work with different devices and different browsers.
With templates in hand, don't let the coding stop you. Don't be afraid to hire someone to help you that do this sort of thing for a living!
Paid Content and Training
Have you considered content on a subscriber and membership only or paid basis? If you decide to add paid content to your business plan, then you need to protect it behind a "wall." Here's what you need to put this sytem together:
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:
Wordpress.org
Themeforest.net
www.member.wishlistproducts.com
There it is...the best tools for your online business.
It doesn't have to be complicated. While you may use other tools, these are four of the basics for building an online business.
Start now to put your own online business system in place. This could be the beginning of a better business!
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