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Archive for February, 2009
Why you might still be stuck starting your internet business despite buying courses on how to do it
Maybe you’ve bought books or programs on how to market online, gone to live events or even part of a coaching program, and yet are still stuck, meaning you haven’t made any money, chosen your niche and business model, or haven’t started altogether.
That happens to quite a few people actually, even if they’ve been taught [...]
Questions to ask yourself if you are starting an internet business
The main questions are the same for both off line and online businesses:
Why do you exist; who are you serving and what are you doing for them?
What is unique about your offerings?
How do you plan to deliver them? You won’t know all of it yet, but you should at least have a general [...]
Most people don’t ask themselves the right questions when they start their online businesses
Using a gross over simplification, people come from one of two points of view when they are considering doing business on line:
They want to make money to pay the bills and/or escape their jobs
They want to tell a wider audience about the services they provide
Continuing to indulge my mood for grossly over simplifying:
Many people in [...]
The internet allows really nice people who provide valuable services to thrive…if they do it right
That’s why I’ve been devoting time lately to helping people succeed online.
Now at first glance, I don’t look like I’m an internet mentor. My mission is to:
Help entrepreneurs start and run successful businesses that reflect who they really are
Provide the tools to allow people to make money while doing meaningful, satisfying work
Contribute in creating [...]
Why do you want to start an online business?
Some people would answer this by saying…to make money of course, what else.
Others would talk about how they want to bring their service to the world and can use the internet to reach out.
Both types of people would do well to spend more time pondering the question.
Why you start the business may not be directly [...]
Do internet businesses fail more than offline startups?
My work is about building businesses from the inside out, but once in a while my traditional business background surfaces. That happened recently when someone quoted the frightening statistic that 97% of online businesses fail within 5 years.
Hum…is that true, I wondered? I know that the US Small Business Administration quotes a new business survival [...]