At first the idea of building a home Internet business can be overwhelming and even a scary proposition.
It doesn't have to be that way if you first get a good understanding of what it will take and the key steps that you will need to follow.
In this article we will talk about the three primary steps for building a home Internet business.
Those steps are...
finding a niche, building a web site and getting traffic to your site.
Once you have a clear understanding of these three major pieces of the puzzle, everything else will fall into one of these steps.
Finding a niche: Finding a niche can seem a daunting task at first but it doesn't have to be that way.
The important thing is to look for a niche that you are familiar with and that is spending money.
Being familiar or at least having a lot of interest in your niche is important because you will need to spend a lot of time writing content about that niche.
This task is much easier when you don't need to research everything you write about first.
If you do have to research, then it will be easier for you if you at least have a strong interest in the topic.
The niche also needs to be spending money.
Look at the kinds of products and services that are already being sold.
This can give you valuable insight as you reach the point in your business that you need to create a product.
Build a web Site: Your web site and your domain name are your online real estate and your brand.
After you choose your niche you will want to take your time in picking your domain since this is how your prospects will find you and will be the brand for your business.
The type of web site that you choose will be based on how you decide to monetize your business.
You can have a one page web site that is a simple sales letter or you can have a multi page site or blog and eventually become an authority in your niche.
In the beginning it could be enough to have a single page site that is designed to capture names and emails.
This kind of page is known as a squeeze page.
This is how you build your list and build relationships with your prospects.
Getting traffic: Traffic is the life blood of any Internet business and without it you have no business.
There are many ways to drive traffic to your site and you should investigate all or most of them and pick a method that suits you.
Then focus on that method until you get good at it.
You can use pay per click ads which is the fastest way to get traffic if it's in your budget.
You should also be using search engine optimization tactics to help the search engines find your site and bring you free traffic.
Another method is article marketing.
With article marketing you write articles that have links back to your site and submit them to article directories.
This will build links pointing to your site and over time will drive traffic directly from the articles