An Online eBiz Tutorial

What is this all about? It's an online tutorial of what you will need to know and do to successfully start your own online business. It will also warn you of the different types of scammers running loose on the Internet trying to sell you the ultimate online business automation machine that makes you riches without you having to work more than 2 hours a week maximum, guaranteed :)

Two years ago I and my wife started an online store, Byholm - Original Clothing and Gift Items, with the purpose of making some money out of her artistic talents. This turned out to be a lot harder than initially expected, mainly due to our total lack of online marketing experience.

The hard work is not making the artwork and the products, that's just fun work, but to get anyone to buy or even just look at your products can be a real challenge. To make things more interesting, the market for t-shirts and printed wares is one of the most overcrowded markets on the Internet.

A Warning to the Reader

Warning! You are now taking advice from someone who only sells 2-4 products a month in their own online shop. After considering this fact you may either run for your life or maybe read along and see if there is something to learn from one who have tried but not yet succeeded.

What do I Need to Start my Online Business?

Now to the interesting part. What really do you need in order to successfully start your own online business? Well actually there is never any guarantee that you will succeed. But history tells us that if there is any one factor that makes or brakes your business (online or offline) it's how subborn you are. If you continue trying long enough you will learn and you will succeed in business, but it can be a trying experience both for yourself and your family.

Below I have gathered the main things you will need to start an ebiz, in order of importance. The items farther down in the list are more likely to be available as services from other entrepreneurs on the Internet. I have even gathered a list of services down in the end of this tutorial with

1. A Product and an Idea
2. Determination
3. Investment of Time and Money
4. Knowledge of Internet Marketing
5. Knowledge of Internet Technology

• Globalcon.net - This is the hosting company that we use
• Registerfly - Get your domain name here

How To Find Keywords For Your Marketing and SEO

• Keyword Generator at Miva.com
• The well known Overture Keyword Selector Tool
• NicheBOT, a keyword tool using both Overture and Wordtracket with Thesaurus, Lateralus, Keyword Analysis and Google Ranking

More Information

And while we are working to make this tutorial the nr 1 resource you can check out more ebiz information from these resources.

• eBiz.enable - An ebiz resource by the Canadian government

The Golden Rules of eBiz

• It's like any business, but on the Internet.
• It requires hard work and commitment.
• You have to invest (time or money or both) to get returns.
• Give the your best and they will start to trust you

How to Prevent Your Visitors from Delaying to Buy

Give the a real deadline, with a reward for action.

Answer their objections. (no time, no money, no interest, no proof, no guarantee.)

Give plenty of bonuses (With high value to them while costing you little).

My Desktop
Now you can try and use my desktop where I run my online business.