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Internet Access

If you're looking to start-up a business online, you need

unlimited, fast internet access. You also need an ISP that

allows you to send as much email as you want.

A Professional Email Program

A professional email program will allow you to utilize the

low-cost e-marketing methods that are essential to your

online business success.

Resources: These are the best email programs available on

the internet and they can be downloaded for free at the

following URL's

http://www.eudora.com

http://www.pmail.com

http://www.microsoft.com/outlook

Your Own Domain Name

20 Reasons To Have Your Own Website

1. It improves your credibility as an Internet marketer.

2. Gives you the freedom to present and emphasize the

information you want the way you want to.

3. Makes your training information and tips easily available

to your customers or affiliates... more to come

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Web Design Software: Now there are literally hundreds

of different web authoring programs available to new webmasters.

If you're considering a do-it-yourself web site and don't

know where to start, this will give you a bit of a jump start...

FRONTPAGE or try Download.com for free web design software.

A merchant account and secure credit card ordering.

A smart Business has two merchant accounts:

1. To accept credit cards.

2. To Process prepaid payments from over 260 countries?

More Info:

Research shows that 1/3 (over 250 million). Internet

users are unable to pay online. Are you set up to receive

payment from over 260 countries?

Visit http://www.graphcard.com/?rid=6511

An Online Shopping Cart System

A good shopping cart system gives you control over your

products and services. If you're marketing on the web, you

need to offer secure transactions to your customers. If you

don't, you'll lose more sales than you can imagine.

Free Subscriptions

Subscribing to a constant flow of current information will

keep you informed and on top of the game.

Proprietary Products and Services

The best way to maximize profits, whether in the real world

or online is to offer at least one product or service that

you own the rights to. Either create something that the

market demands or purchase exclusive rights.

Now, perhaps you already have a product or service in mind

for your online business. If not, here's an idea for you

to consider...

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A Reseller or Affiliate Program

This is an arrangement in which a company pays you a

percentage of the sale for every online customer they get

though a link from your website to yours (also an Associate,

Partner, Referral, or Revenue Sharing Program).

Your site needs one! The reason you're seeing

affiliate programs popping up at almost every major

site, is because they work!

Regularly scheduled email releases

E-mail marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses

electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or

fund-raising messages to an audience. In its broadest sense,

every email sent to a potential or current customer could be

considered email marketing.

Whether you "stay in touch" weekly or monthly, the key

is to do it regularly and offer something that people

will want to read!

WEBSITE LINKING

Link Popularity refers to the measure of the quantity and

quality of sites that link to your site from various search

engines such as Google, MSN, HotBot, etc. Search engines use

this data to help determine where your web page will rank

in the search results.

Link Usability

Hyperlinks are corridors that lead your customers from your

website to another destination. Those links don't always

pull them out of your profit vortex, however. Used

strategically, you can continue courting your own customers

using a carefully designed web of links. Check your link

popularity here: www.linkpopularity.com.

Before you try to succeed at online marketing, get the

right tools for the job. There are software titles

available on the internet that will do just about any

task you can imagine. LinkMachine

http://www.linkmachine.net/trk.php'ID=1925

Freebies

Do you have something you can offer to interested parties

who find your website? People like free stuffs as a testing

ground for their ideas. You can offer free e-books,

newsletters, free training etc.

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Advertising and Marketing Resources

Various Advertising Techniques

Tell-A-Friend, Opt-In List Building, Forum Signature Files,

Ezine Solo Ads Google AdWords, Newspaper Classified Ads,

Flyers, Article Distribution, Blogging, Free Brandable e-book

Getting Links, Banner Ads etc.

You can jumpstart your business by getting a web host with

these complete packages and a step by step tutorial to

guide you through your new business.

Not to say the least it is important that you set your goals

and push on with persistence and determination.

Wishing you successful business start-up!

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