Build Your Online Success My name is Bonnie Holscher and as I grow I will be bringing to you resources to help you build your online success. I have been online since 2006 and enjoy a great lifestyle while sharing how I am creating a six figure income and so can you.

Internet marketing has become more popular with the fall of employment in brick and mortar establishments. But as easy as it can be there are a few key points that will make or break your success online. Three particular mistakes will hinder or sabotage your progress online.

The first and foremost mistake being made by newbie marketers is that they do not have opt in box to build a list with. This mistake that internet business owners make is to not have a way to collect information about their visitors and potential customers. There is no way to contact them back and even thank them for the visit or find out if there is something more that you can do to make their experience on you website a win win situation. As the old saying goes in internet marketing is “The money is in the list”. An autoresponder will be one of the best investments you can make for your online business.

Another common mistake that newbie online business people do is to have a website that is too busy. Visually, there is too much going on and the visitor gets lost in all the ads and links and just stuff that they virtually can not find the content readily that they went to the website to read in the first place. They will tend to leave the website before gaining any knowledge of the author or what that author is try to say or even sell. The targeted visitor is no long interested in learning more or even revisiting the website. The key is to Keep it Simple.

One more important element for the newbie internet marketer is understand is that the autoresponder content needs to give valuable info as well as offers. Many times your subscriber is looking for more information to improve their success journey and build whatever your niche is providing information for. Offers are great and affiliate marketing is an outstanding way to create online income, but you have to provide value as well and that comes in the form of tips and information your subscriber can use along the way. When you begin to build your online success, follow those that paved the way before and use proven methods to shortly the time frame it may take you to start reaping the fruits of your labor.

Internet marketing has become one of the widely used avenues for marketing a business. Whether it is a brick and mortar business or one that lives online, owners are turning to the internet for a means to reach the masses. Among the many ways you can market, there are some emerging media markets online business owners are using more regularly.

Video is one of the more common tools being used by marketers today is video broadcasting. Along with YouTube, other websites are cashing in on the widespread use of video. Since most laptop computers have built in webcam with sound, It is easy to create a video and upload it not only to personal websites but to blogs, newsletters and now articles.

Podcasts is a popular audio tools to reach people around the world. It is becoming more popular since many are holding trainings on how to create a podcast. And it is recognized by the search engines as an entity of it’s own.

Teleseminars on the other hand sit somewhere in a file and are not recognized by search engine. However, they are more widely used and there are also several websites created for marketers to become involved with and share their information with listeners who can either listen by phone or by the use of their personal computer.

Webinars are similar to teleseminars but add the ability to see what the host is doing on you’re your own computer screen. The person giving the webinar can speak and show you what they are talking about at the same time.

Internet Radio, although not as widely used is becoming a popular way to give information to a number of listeners and answer questions as well. Many people use this method to do interviews of differently niched online business people to help promote them and their websites.

With such a variety of tools to use to market and promote yourself and others, the possibilities are endless for business and online traffic growth.

Time is something that we all have the same amount of yet some people seem to get a lot more done in that amount of time than others. Is there really a strategy to utilizing your time to the fullest? The answer is yes. There are several things you can do to increase what gets accomplished in the time you have available.

One misconception is that you will be able to get things done in your FREE time. Unfortunately there is no such thing as free time because all time is valuable and your time is precious. One tip to get you started is to find someone successful that you look up to and model after them. They got where they are for a reason. They set their priorities and organized around them to accomplish their objectives. Setting priorities also means that you need to set specific goals. These goals need to be written down so you can see them every day. Do not try to remember everything. When you write down the things that need to be done then your mind is now free to get the task itself done. If it is not worth writing down then it probably is not worth wasting your time on it.  One way to stay on top of the achievement of your goals is to keep a journal and create a celebration each time that you reach that accomplishment. 

Another important tip is to get considerably organized. Many people spend a ton of time looking through things to find the particular items they are needing to get taken care of. Stacking things for later look through or distribution will take up more time than just getting things filed or placed in organized slots to avoid the mountain of material. Lists are also a great way to keep in order the things you wish to accomplish in any given day. By the end of that day you will have a very good idea of where you will need to begin tomorrow.

Most of us have a fair amount of reading to do to stay on top of new developments or just educate ourselves a little fuller on any given subject. A good time saver tip when you read is to underline or highlight important paragraphs or sentences should you need to return to them later. It is advisable to keep those resources you need to refer back to available whenever you need them. Highlighting makes quick and easy access to previously read material. When you have errands to run or places you need to go to for business, find a place or errand in similar proximity to avoid going back and forth several times. This will increase the usability of your time more effect. Keep in mind though, that people or circumstances will keep you waiting from time to time. Do the best you can to utilize that time by having a book or CD handy while you are waiting. Find ways to avoid letting other people waste your time. Learning how to say “No” is very difficult for some people. If you can’t say no, be hard to find for a while. Learn how to say “Thank You” but at this time I am unable or I have another obligation. What ever it is that keeps you from assisting the other person, let them know that you are not available. But make sure you are honest, sincere and firm with your statement. Learn how to let others know exactly where you stand and that your time is very important to you.

And last but certainly not least is to “Do It Right The First Time” How many time have you cut corners to get something done quicker only to have to do it a second time? So how much time did you save by cutting the corner? Exactly! None, as a matter of fact it cost you twice as much time in the long run.

Time can be utilized to its fullest if you take only a few steps to get started.

When I got started on the internet in 2007, I had a lot of learning to do. Some was trial and error. Some was proven methods I learned from my mentors. But for the most part, I studied many of the already successful people who had built their businesses on the internet. What they did, how they did it and why they did what they did. There was one area that I did not grasp at first but learned the extreme importance within the past year.

How do I attract visitors to my websites is a question asked by so many trying to become successful in internet marketing. The answer was in how to build link popularity to your website. I thought, as most newbies do, that once you put a website or blog up, it will automatically bring visitors and they will easily find you. That is far from the truth and a disappointment to the beginner just getting started. The internet is a vastness that need to be utilized by linking your website or blog with inbound links. There are millions of websites out there in cyberspace and the more you have linking to your website the more you will be found and visited by the millions of people that use the internet today.

One of the most important things to remember when building your website or blog is keywords. Find out what people are searching for and use those words to attract visitors to your site. Use them in your titles, on your pages and everywhere there is a place to insert keywords for your work. This makes it easier for the search engines to find you and drive traffic to you.

Another way to drive traffic to your site is to write articles. This is a very effective way to increase traffic to your site. Make sure at the bottom of each of your articles you have an author biography and the link back to your website. Submit to several article directories and watch you popularity rise. Be patient because it will take a little time to become noticed so be persistent. Don’t stop at one or two, write articles on a regular basis. Two article directories you can started with are EzineArticles.com and GoArticles.com.

One more thing you can do to get more recognition for the search engines is to comment on other peoples’ blogs and include a link to your website. Make sure they are relevant to you niche or topic. If you have a website, you must make sure that all your pages are linked to the homepage so the search engines can assign a popularity to each of the pages in your website.

The internet is being used more and more by the average person. It has become a major source of advertising for people who would not step into the world of products and services as easily. Individuals have so much to offer yet in the past would forgo pursuing because of the costs and difficulty of getting things advertised. Then along came cyberspace. And with cyberspace came an incredible power to reach millions of people. This opened up a whole new world for a person to not only explore but to get themselves and their products and/or services seen in homes and businesses around the world. There are numerous ways to utilize the internet to market to others.

One way is to set up a website for either information or to include shopping pages with a shopping cart. Just recently the ease of one page websites has made it easier and more cost effective to advertise a product for purchase. With newer programs in place the average person can develop a simple website that will speak effectively and efficiently. Your product could be a virtual product such as an e-book or e-course. The page could also advertise items for purchase that need to be shipped which could be just about anything you can imagine.

The second way that you can become known on the internet is to create a blog.  Blogging has become a huge way to get information out to thousands of people. Although there is an etiquette as to how you can advertise in your blog, people connect and pass information along with simple entries on their blogs. With ways to get updates, your reader can just sign up to get those updates without having to go out to your blog, your blog comes to them via email. This is an easy way to network with others and gain internet recognition as well. A blog is a website and when it is done well can prove to be an asset to your business.

A third way to attract others to you and/or your website is to write articles. These articles become an information source to the readers. As you become more known by writing articles the chances are that people will be more likely to visit your website or websites that you recommend. Make sure that your articles are not blatant advertising because that is likely to turn people away after a time. Articles offer information and assistance to your reader. Even if your reader does not go to your website, they have gained valuable information and are more likely to past that along to others. These others could then be those people who do visit your website.

As with anything, it takes time to become proficient with using the internet to connect with people no matter where they are. These are only a few simple ways to reach people on the internet. But if you keep at it and find other people who have gone before you to become successful, you too will grow and create your own success. There are a lot of resources available to help you in whatever direction you decide to go. There are also many other directions you can take to get known or make money using the internet.

There is no real secret to building any business when you start with a foundation of principles. Every online business owner has learned from someone who has paved a way. But the most successful entrepreneurs have always understood these important principles when building their businesses.

Be careful what you promise

So many new entrepreneurs whether online or offline, get caught up in the excitement of starting a new business that they promise the world to their visitors. But unfortunately, when it get to hard tacks, they find that much of what they promised was not conceivable for them to give at the time. Their reputation takes a fall and it takes awhile to rebuild credibility with past and future consumers.

Do everything you promise

When you do promise something, make sure that it is something that you can deliver and deliver it. Your consumer is basing their opinion on what you promise and the delivery of that promise. Whether it is a product, service or anything else, fulfill your promises and you will see your business grow. Your consumers will recommend your business to others when they receive what they expect to receive.

Do something extra than what you promise.

Going above and beyond the call of duty will build great business rapport faster than any general forms of advertising. Customer service is a form of going the extra mile. When your customer service is top notch your customer base will increase with quality consumers. The after sale is sometimes more important than the sale itself. Repeat customers are happy customers and referring customers as well.

When you implement these principles to building your business online you will experience the benefits of building that online business also. Once you set your mind on being successful there is nothing that will stop you. You will find ways to be disciplined…create time… come up with new ideas and enjoy sharing what you know. Put in the effort and you will reap the results.