Posted by Apptivo Business Advisory Team

An internet marketing business can be an excellent choice in online businesses, but the learning curve can be a bit daunting. But don’t worry because we’re going to give you a step-by-step guide to starting an online business. In no time, you’ll be running a successful online business.

Choose What Kind of Business You Want to Run

This is the first step. Until you make this decision, you can’t move forward.

Decide on a Domain Name

Once you have determined what your online marketing is going to involve, you can pick a suitable domain name. You will then have to check whether the domain name is available. If it’s available, you buy it. If it’s not, you choose another name and the process repeats until you find one that will work for you.

Design the Website

Your website needs to be designed so that it compels visitors to your site to take action and make a purchase. It also needs to be search engine optimized to place well in the search engines. It should be easy to navigate and easy to read.

Launch Your Site

You need to launch your site. That’s the equivalent of posting an “open” sign. Once your website is launched, it’s ready to have visitors. Your site is the equivalent of your storefront. There are many companies that host sites. Some are even free. However, be warned that the free ones often restrict how much traffic and space you can use. For just a few bucks a month, you can lose all those restrictions.

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Autoresponder

Once your site is up and running it’s time to setup an autoresponder. This is a method that makes it easy to automatically stay in touch with subscribers. You create your messages, and then predetermine how and when messages are sent to subscribers. There are free autoresponder providers as well as paid services.

Drive Traffic to Your Website

Once your website is up and running and you have your autoresponder setup, you need to start to drive traffic to your site. This is where most of your energy will go. Article writing is the easiest way to bring traffic to your site. It costs nothing to post articles to the article banks.

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That’s all there is to it. Now that you know how to start an internet marketing business there’s little left for you to do except begin to enjoy your online internet marketing business.