If you’re wondering how to start an online business we have a few tips for you. Whether it’s a new online venture or diversifying into a new niche, you need to seize the opportunity and start off well. Here are the tips designed to help you hit the ground running.
Your Online Venture Needs A Unique Selling Proposition
What differentiates you from the rest and what is it that makes you stand out? Don’t say price or quality because everyone says that. Identify something that makes you stand out from the crowd and by so doing you will find it easier to succeed in your new online venture.
Have a Clear Goal
Decide precisely what your objectives are in your online presence. You will not reach your goals if you don’t know exactly what they are. Make your chief objective very clear. Do you intend to become a trusted expert in your field? Do you intend to build a loyal list? Decide what you want to accomplish and come up with a good plan.
Identify Your Target Customer
One big mistake beginner marketers make is targeting the masses – you can’t market to everyone. Therefore, profile your ideal customer and create content that suits them. And then market your product through channels that they can relate to.
Consider Partnering With Someone
Partners will vary depending on your goals whether it is list building, affiliate marketing blogging, etc. They also vary according to your target audience so choose a partner who will help you reach your goals at a faster rate. Build a relationship with them by asking them what you can offer in return. You can offer to come up with articles, emails, blog posts, etc. for them. The best way is to offer it upfront.
An alternative approach would be to approach them with a clear, exciting goal of raising money for a charitable event. Potential JV partners will not ignore a potential opportunity that seems profitable. They will want to be part of something newsworthy.
Make Use of Social Media
Social media marketing is now an essential part of establishing any online venture. But one can get distracted by attempting to harness too many social media platforms all at once. I suggest focusing on two social networks where most of your audience are and create new profiles exclusive to your online venture. Start reaching out to them. Offer incentives to people who share your content or run a contest to attract more people to your audience.
Create Valuable Content
Create captivating and interesting content for your website or blog. You must establish an authoritative presence through your content. Ensure you employ images and/or videos on your social sites. Make it informative and enjoyable to read or view. And make it shareable by using “controversial” content and humor, controversial in the sense that it stirs debate.
Share Your Content
Don’t just write content and post it on social sites. Find other ways to reach people. Email it, use guest blog posting, and any other methods that will make your content reach potential customers.
Give Them Small Bits
There is a notion that if you disclose all your secrets to your customers, they will buy your products in bulk. However, that’s not normally the case and why then would they buy your guides if they are getting the best advice for free?
Instead of disclosing all the best tricks simply tell them what to do but don’t disclose how to do it. Let the “how to do it” part be in the product you want them to purchase. People will appreciate your products because they will find them more valuable.
Conclusion
So there are your 8 tips for launching your new online venture in order to hit the ground running and remember you don’t need to reinvent anything. What you need is to use the solid basics that have been proven to work time and time again.
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D. Brahim
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This is some solid advice.
Some of it seems obvious once reading it but I often forget these things and need reminding of them.
Particularly keeping things short, I’m still finding myself struggling to keep things concise and not overload the audience.
Thanks for the fantastic article, I’ll be saving it for future reference!
Regards,
Tony
Tony, thanks for the comment. I hope you will find other postings helpful and don’t hesitate to ask questions if you have any. Thanks again.
D. Brahim
Hello there! this is an amazing review you have got here. I am sure this quality information will be of great help to anyone who come across this post as it is to me. I totally agree with everything you’ve said here especially the fact one can’t market to everyone; the goals must be defined.
Thanks for sharing this with me.
Hi Joy,
Thanks for your positive comment on my article. Please feel free to look around my blog for other helpful postings and don’t hesitate to contact me if you have questions or require more information on a particular topic. I am updating the site because I was unable to do much the past two years because I had a close relative who had battled and sadly lost a battle with cancer. That was very rough and sidetracked me for quite a while. But here I am using WA and rebuilding my online presence to realize my goal of helping others succeed online.
Thanks,
David Brahim