subject: How Not To Start An Internet Business [print this page] Here is the number one lesson for how not to start an internet business. Lots of newcomers are still guilty of it, thinking that money will start to appear in their bank account almost immediately from the steady stream of customers eager and hungry to buy whatever is recommended. So what is wrong with this scenario that appears to happen on a consistent basis?
Too many people, when starting an internet business, head straight into the "how to do internet marketing" field. It may not seem so at the time yet this is actually a huge and damaging mistake to make. A beginner, starting out and finding their way is no more than a little minnow within such a vast how to do internet marketing niche ocean which is crammed full of fish, some very big indeed that will dominate each and every corner of it. They will have a beginner for the proverbial breakfast. To put it frankly, there is no way a beginner can compete with these guys and should not even attempt to.
What you should do is ask yourself truthfully what can a beginner to internet marketing teach others about how to do internet marketing? Is this not a bit of a fraud don't you think? The only truthful way to go down this path is to declare yourself a complete novice and then continually update your progress via a blog, detailing all the challenges that you are facing and how you are overcoming them.
Many of the big and successful internet marketers do nothing more than sell their products telling you how to do internet marketing. They do nothing else such as marketing to and providing in demand information and help for small, tightly defined niche markets. Is it not the case that there would be greater respect for an online marketer who offers information for how to start an internet business by offering their personal experience that has been established through undertaking just that over a period of time? Would you find that being able to use such experience which is gained for actually marketing into defined niches far more valuable than so called solutions that are offered by someone selling how to do it information without having actually done it themselves?
What you need to do is stay well away from the huge internet marketing niche and take one of your passions, interests or what you have experience of and identify a niche or sub niche that is looking for the exact information that you personally can supply. That way, you will not be a fraud, but in fact something of an expert, an authority figure even, which others in the niche will be willing to listen to what you have to say.
It is always much easier to start an internet business that is based upon a subject or topic that you have knowledge of and an interest in. By doing it this way you will find that content creation is rather easy and when the inevitable challenges arise, you will still have the enthusiasm to press ahead and overcome such hurdles. It is essential to get the actual experience of starting an internet business, just accpet there will be callenges to confront and mistakes made which will have the effect of building up your experience and confidence. And maybe one day you could even offer to show others how to start an internet business.
