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Oct 31, 2015
Starting an online business is neither easy and nor extremely tough. It needs hard work, dedication and a predefined fixed goal. To start an online business, first of all find a need in the market and research how to fulfill it. Create easy to use website and promote it through search engine, social media, advertisement, and content marketing. Also, invest in the branding of your business to gain trust of buyers or users. Follow up with your customers and subscribers with e-mail. Get feedback from your product buyers or service user. Increase your income through back-end sales and upselling.
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Mar 27, 2014
Determine your target audience, how you intend to reach out to them, your budget, and what kind of websites you intend to have. Make a marketing plan and stick to it.
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Mar 27, 2014
- Source your market place, gather the knowledge of the buyers and competitors.
- Build your on-line network and be active in it.
- Learn from others, find a mentor that has a understanding of the industry.
- Be eye catching and different - find and value your USP!
- Then go for it!
Mar 27, 2014
1) Understand why someone would ever want to buy your product / service.
2) Understand what benefits you provide.
3) Answer from the customers position "What's in it for me"
4) Check out the competition.
5) Seek a identify your sustainable advantage.
6) Check out the market pricing and understand it's elasticity.
7) Decide if this is a market / business that you want to be in.
8) Decide if you can survive in this market.
9) Develop a business plan based around the Intel gathered.
10) Workout the answers to Where, When, Who, Why and How,
Mar 27, 2014
Hi Mouna
Lets just assume you know your market and you have a product or service that has the potential to really capture the need belief system of your target.
It would be fair to say that nearly every market is surrounded in noise in an online world.
So as a start,
understand what motivates your ideal customer to prick their ears and focus,
understand what forums these people are most likely to exist in
design your communication around these motivation triggers
ensure your communication reflects what you can deliver on
identify people or businesses of influence, whom can act as a recommendations, sharers, validators.
and get communicating, get networking, and deliver.
If you want to get into more detail find a dream startup navigator.
Your purpose is to offer something valuable to your customer, that is a no brainer selection and which can be validated through independence.
Mar 26, 2014
Before you launch any business, whether online or offline think about why you want to do what you do. Make sure you research your market, find out who your target audience is and how they communicate. As Imanuel said a blog is a great starting point for people to 'buy into' you and what you have to offer. Join social media platforms where your potential customers are 'talking' and get involved to build a rapport, not sell. One step at a time and always keep your focus on delivering a excellent service to your customer. Have fun!
Mar 26, 2014
Be clear who your avatar (ideal customer) is - then stop diluting your message / value by trying to be all things to all people.
And learn how to talk to him / her ..because it's a process, and tools / technologies change so will their habits, e.g. before it was MySpace, now it's Facebook..
Once you have a dialogue, identify their pain points and offer solutions your competitors haven't even thought of.
Mar 26, 2014
Find out the GAAP and offer them the same through ON line if your customer segment could be reached through on line.
Mar 26, 2014
really don't know, too many online business ... from merely blogging to a online magazine or to Saas to other Cloud solutions ... or simple web presence with outsource services.
However a quick, cheap, and simple way is to just do it in the cheapest form as possible and test the reaction of the market, than decide the next step .... "shoot" and "target" - very little loss incurred if the activities are small but huge return as you can realize how the market react.
Mar 26, 2014
1 Write a Business Plan
2 look at the market
3 look at your target clients
4 find out who is your competition
5 Decide which type of company is best for you (ltd, sole trader)
6 Register a domain name
7 Open a Facebook page
8 Open a Google + page
That is step 1
Mar 26, 2014
The best steps to launching a business in my mind, would be social media. Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Twitter. Another way to launch your business would be to join the Chambers of Commerce to speak with other business owners about your company.
Mar 26, 2014
Well the best steps to Launch an online business :_
1. First step is an idea with all details .
2.work Procedure .
3.Tools of work .
4.Markets .
5.Targeted clients .
6.work experience .
All these steps need to be explained very well , work procedure is very important from different points because the work should be done systematically in order to get smooth work without any delay , same thing with tools of work . the main work is the targeted markets & clients by asking WHO IS MY CLIENT .
Mar 26, 2014
Get Online and create a disruption that sends ripples throughout the social network
create curiosity and mystery and value of your product or service but make it exclusive for only a few and millions will come to buy...
Mar 26, 2014
Mouna,
Unless you are on some kind of a mission - or think you are the next Steve Jobs (who was on a mission) - find a market first.
Let me be a little clearer about this, find a market before you choose a product/service. Be sure that market is large enough, has need(s) you can satisify, and that they have money to spend.
Sure, you can have great ideas but it is best to know your market and then select those things that people want but aren't getting or aren't getting the way they would like.
Once you've found you market and product, it's time to consider where do they hang out online. Look for forums, specific and complementary to their interests where they talk about their needs, wants, desires, and COMPLAINTS! Generally, it is important to discover their "pains" so you can write your sales copy in the their "native language." Get active on those forums or social spaces, ask and answer questions so people will see you are genuinely interested and have some authority.
Now put out a website with your offer (store) and a blog. Start creating other assets such as G+ pages, YouTube channels and other social network properties. Post helpful content and point back to your site for "more help" and "valuable information." When people come to your site, give them more in depth info on how to solve their problems with you product and give them eBooks etc. with the info in exchange for their email address.
Start sending them emails about their interest area, asking them how they are getting along with the eBook(s) and suggest they go to your offer page(s), offer them extra value/discounts for being on your email list, and keep them happy. Don't forget to ask them if there's something they would like to know or some product you can get them.
Have fun and good luck!
Mar 26, 2014
If you have an existing business or organization and need to expand online, the best way to start is to inform & talk about your products & services. You can incorporate blogging with a Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress. Blog about topics that are relevant to your product or service. "Online Business" is kind of open-ended, so you can start further defining your web goals, once you know what you want to do, online. If you need some further help, you can me reach via http://www.nabwd.com
Mar 26, 2014
Mouna,
Great advice from all. I would add that each component of your proposed business is simply a hypothesis right now. You need to test each to validate or invalidate. Start with your Customer Segments. Do you really have a customer type that is worthwhile to pursue? What is their problem? What solution do you bring? And then do the analysis if you do deliver a solution to this customer base are there enough of them willing to buy/participate and how much is it gong to cost you to acquire them vs. their life time value? Answer these questions and then you will know whether to move forward or not.
Mar 26, 2014
Don't beat this to death thinking about it. Set up a website for your product or service. The real learning will follow. Steve Blank's "Lean Launchpad" can be very instructive, particularly his "business canvas."
Mar 26, 2014
Launching an online business is more than setting up a website and following the "if you build it, they will come" there has to be a point-of-contact that will drive customers to the website. What that point of contact is can only be determined by the type of business you're developing. It could be via email, blog posts, joining discussion groups in your industry, meet-up events, passing out your card ... the 'online' part of your business is secondary to making contact some other way.
Mar 26, 2014
An online business is the same as any other business. Your first step should be a competitive analysis, a business plan, a technical plan, plus a digital marketing and sales plan.
The plans do not need to be fancy, but they should highlight all the key points to help you work through the details before you jump into action, spending real money on implementation.
You can skip any of these steps at your peril. We get would be e-business entrepreneurs looking for help after the fact and the majority of their challenges are things that could have easily been avoided by developing detailed plans in the first place.