subject: Why Starting An Internet Business Is Never A Waste Of Time [print this page] You might have heard recently that starting an internet business is a waste of time and that internet marketing is dying yet another of its many deaths. This claim seems to appear on a regular basis and those that peddle such stories are normally the same suspects who then offer the "solution" to avoiding the pitfalls and the secrets to internet riches.
Whenever you come across such stories the best reaction to have is to ask yourself some precise questions, the answers to which will most likely reassure you that such claims are just nonsense. So how about answering these following questions and ponder for a moment if starting an internet business is really a waste of time or not.
Ask yourself if people are still searching the internet for information. When you last used the internet it is most likely that some of your time was used to search for information. That is one of the principle reasons the vast majority of people use the internet for and this figure runs into the billions. Are people still searching for solutions and answers to problems? This is certainly the case as the internet offers the opportunity for time poor people to find answers to questions very quickly.
Are people still interested in furthering their interests in hobbies? Of course they are and it is the internet that they use as their tool of choice to gather more information to help them progress or overcome challenges. Ask yourself if people are still interested in learning utilizing the vast amount of available content on the internet that is an amazing treasure chest of knowledge and information there to be discovered and used? In addition to this, people are always seeking to contact and communicate with other people that have the same interests? They most certainly are as witnessed with the use of forums and groups, not to mention the rise in popularity of social media. Do people still seek an expert or authority figure that they can learn and take guidance from in particular interests and subjects? It is the old adage of if you don't know something then ask an expert.
The answers to these questions and many more similar ones are really the same. So whilst searching the internet for information continues, the method on which the searching is undertaken and how the information is provided may well be changing as nothing stays still. With internet marketing, if your business is standing still, it is in fact going backwards. The demand to consume information online has boomed in recent times. Yet it is very important to offer information in various formats to satisfy as many searchers as possible. If there is only one means of marketing that is being used such as blog posting or article writing then you will be severely limiting yourself to reaching only a very small slice of what could potentially be a large market that you choose to enter.
The methods that are being used to search for an consume information are ever changing and the platforms used to communicate with other are also changing. Yet the basic fact is that with more people gaining access to the internet and the platforms available to search, communicate and exchange information constantly changing this provides even more opportunity for the online marketer to benefit from. So if anyone states that starting an internet business is a waste of time just remember these questions and the answers you have found for each one.
