The #1 Thing Every Internet Business Needs
- By Jeff Schuman
- Published 08/20/2009
- Internet
Can you guess what every Internet business needs more the
most? Although I am sure we would get a variety of
different answers many people probably could get this right.
For example some people probably think the product is the
most important thing. I would certainly agree that without
a quality product it is hard to have a successful Internet
business.
However there are plenty of cases where people are making a
lot of money on the Internet selling sub par products.
Other people may think the most important thing is the
design of your website. I can shoot a hole in that pretty
quick because I have come across websites that looke
terrible and yet the owner was making a lot of money.
Certainly selling top quality products on a poorly designed
website will help you earn more. But these two things are
not the number one thing every online business needs.
After seven years of doing Internet marketing I know for a
matter of fact that the number one thing you must have to
succeed online is website traffic. Even if you have the
best website with best products you will never make any
sales without visitors.
This really is no different than an off line business. For
example I have been to restaurants that were little hole in
the walls. These are the type of places that you do not
know about unless someone refers you or you see an ad.
Yet when you get there you are in a waiting line. Chances
are the food is extremely good, but how would you know
unless you came in and ate?
The same thing is true online. You can have a small little
website off in your own little corner of the World Wide Web
and make hundred thousand dollars a year.
You do this through viral marketing, paid advertising, and
free or nearly free promotion methods. This is the only way
your Internet business is going to survive.
If you do not get enough traffic to your website you will
never make any sales. Unless you are doing this as a hobby
not making sales is a sure fire way to go out of business.
There are so many ways to promote an Internet business
today that you really only need to learn a couple of them
really well. Once you do this you will always have traffic
and you can improve your products and website design to
sell more.
most? Although I am sure we would get a variety of
different answers many people probably could get this right.
For example some people probably think the product is the
most important thing. I would certainly agree that without
a quality product it is hard to have a successful Internet
business.
However there are plenty of cases where people are making a
lot of money on the Internet selling sub par products.
Other people may think the most important thing is the
design of your website. I can shoot a hole in that pretty
quick because I have come across websites that looke
terrible and yet the owner was making a lot of money.
Certainly selling top quality products on a poorly designed
website will help you earn more. But these two things are
not the number one thing every online business needs.
After seven years of doing Internet marketing I know for a
matter of fact that the number one thing you must have to
succeed online is website traffic. Even if you have the
best website with best products you will never make any
sales without visitors.
This really is no different than an off line business. For
example I have been to restaurants that were little hole in
the walls. These are the type of places that you do not
know about unless someone refers you or you see an ad.
Yet when you get there you are in a waiting line. Chances
are the food is extremely good, but how would you know
unless you came in and ate?
The same thing is true online. You can have a small little
website off in your own little corner of the World Wide Web
and make hundred thousand dollars a year.
You do this through viral marketing, paid advertising, and
free or nearly free promotion methods. This is the only way
your Internet business is going to survive.
If you do not get enough traffic to your website you will
never make any sales. Unless you are doing this as a hobby
not making sales is a sure fire way to go out of business.
There are so many ways to promote an Internet business
today that you really only need to learn a couple of them
really well. Once you do this you will always have traffic
and you can improve your products and website design to
sell more.