First steps to building an online business

Hi,
I wanted to share what I have been doing to build my online business with anyone who has just started out and wants to know the basics.

For anyone starting a new career, even the simple stuff can seem quite daunting so I thought I'd document every stage to date of my own business and what I have done to get the foundations in place.

So what did I do first??

The first thing to do is to get your mindset right. You need to be conscious of the fact that if you're going to make any money online, you need to treat this as a REAL business. Anything less just wont work!

It's no good going into this thinking that some magic "system" is going to do it all for you. We've all bought into those at some point and let's be honest...they simply DON'T work.

So you need to roll your sleeves up and be prepared for some WORK! This is a new career like any other and learning is all part of the process.

You don't however want to get stuck in the info overload stage and gain no momentum to your business, as this will very quickly get you down and seeing no results can and very often does end with people giving up.

Is there any wonder why the % rate for people failing online is so high!!

It's all too easy to get despondent, go back to those glossy emails and sales pages and start looking for the answers to all your problems in yet another shiny new product or system!

It's like we have this NEED to purge what we have been trying to do and failing at with some false "High" from buying something else that will fix it all!

And so the endless loop of buying, trying, failing and buying again continues!

I'm not going to write much more in this post but I will conclude with a few words and a simple action plan for you to do before you do anything else!

Remember, those so called "do it all for you systems" DON'T exist!
Treat your new online business as EXACTLY that....a BUSINESS!
Be prepared for some hard work.

And as for an action plan to help you start off on the right foot, I want you to do ONE simple thing over the next couple of days....

Go into your Inbox and "Unsubscribe" from all the endless emails you get that provide you with NO value or help with your goals to build your own online business!

This may take a while, but trust me it's worth it and will help you regain some focus and stop you wasting hours of valuable time that could be spent on actually starting something worthwhile!

Next time I will go onto how to plan your time effectively and become super productive so that you start to see results FAST!

All the best,

Andy Benson

 

Hey Andy, great start to your series. I am noticing a slower start than promised with the affiliate program I am learning to work with so I thought I would get to work on my online self sufficiency skills. Looking forward to your posts here.

 

I like your post, I been trying this Online Marketing Thing off and on for Years!
I agree that there are so many ripoff emails and all it does is make it harder
for honest people to earn a living. I would like to share my best find and the
only thing that I feel comfortable promoting these days. For more Free info
you can check out my Blog

 

It takes patience, work and dedication to make money online.

People think because this is the internet, they will make millions overnight which is not the case.

 

Hey Andy, Thanks for this great stuff. Online business is a game of patience.

 

Great Stuff andy, Really helpful post for the beginner in online business.

 

Thanks for the posts, it's really helpful in encouraging us more :0
It really needs more investment of time plus effort and patience in reaching success!