subject: Importance Of Online Marketing [print this page] Most of the people who want to know how to make money from an online business go about it in the wrong way, which is why they fail. Stats show that nearly 80% of newly opened online businesses in a matter of months. However if you take the right steps and go ahead with planning and preparation you can make a stand of yourself in online business industry. There are specific rules in internet marketing that can lead to success if you follow them correctly. Your first step is to decide which type of business you would like to run. Do you have a product to sell? Or do you have a service which you would like to provide? It can be anything, such as article writing, tutoring, and teaching them how to play specific instruments, online business lectures etc. there are numerous services to choose from or you can even try your luck with internet marketing.
It is possible for you to choose one or even all of these services and products for sale. Thats the main question, what type of business do you actually want to run online? There are certain steps which you can take which will lead you to success. After you have decided on which type of business you want to go with, the next step is to make your own website. Its not possible to start your own business without a website or a blog, thats a must.
The next step is to promote your product and website. That you can achieve with internet marketing, there are many internet marketers for hire. You can use their services to get the best results in search engines like Google. Its a fact that each and every individual who is looking for a product to buy or for a service provider start their search with the help of a search engine. If you are able to reach in the first page of a search engine for your business targeted keywords, literally means that you will start making sales and if you are able to get first rank for certain keywords means your business is dominating the market.
Stats show that 60% of the people who browse online click the first link in Google and 95% of the traffic stays in the first page alone. The rest 5% of people go to second page and less than 1% bothers to go in 3rd page. If your website is in 3rd or 4th page in a search engine means you are not getting any traffic at all, no traffic mean no business sales. Thats where internet marketing comes, it helps you promote your website and make it known to people. Well it is hard to makes sales online without internet marketing if people dont even know you exist.
Online world is really competitive, as it provides such a good opportunity to sell their product or services all across the globe, no limit whatsoever, and way better than a real life business and the cost to set up an online business is nearly negligible when compared to real life.
