18 Sep 11 Online Business Mistakes that You Should Avoid
Online business is not only seeing growing popularity and aspirant entrepreneurs, but also complete failure when fatal mistakes are not uncommon. Here are some of the common mistakes done in online businesses.
Lack of right niche
Often people commit the mistake of not picking up the right niche. If you end up in a wrong niche you may end up wasting your time, effort, money and lose hope. Do your research, before you jump into the vast pool of Internet business. Read more and more about niches, know which you can handle and there’s no dearth of opportunities and growth. Then finalize. But at the same time after a point you need to stop reading and start doing. Unless you start practicing and commit some mistakes you won’t learn the worth of success. Don’t be afraid of failure. Make sure your niche keeps you interested and passionate about the same, so that you can continue with it for years and never get drained out. It should be your choice, not a liability.
Short-term goal
Online business lures many of us because it appears to be easy money making way, ideal for lazy couch potatoes and introverts. Do not take up an online business just to pay your bills and deciding to leave it the day you secure something bigger and better. Such decisions are miserable and will make you end up in hopeless situation. All advertisements circulating on the web claiming ‘Make money online’ promise instant money. It is a big lie. No one can be successful overnight. Always think in terms of a long-term goal. Only when you have a long-term approach you will invest your 100% effort into it single-mindedly and secure assured success. Be persistent, patient and innovative. Do not expect the flower to blossom overnight. Instead of looking for monetary gain right from the beginning, start focusing on the work and it will lead you to success.
Not tracking the traffic
It’s surprising that many small business entrepreneurs simply overlook the traffic or are found to be complete ignorant about web traffic, its source, traffic behavior and the like. Your web business can be successful only when you have large web traffic. A person comes to your site, looks around, reads, develop an impression and then leave, and if really likes your site; talks about it with friends and family. They may come back again and again, only when they remember you. In this clutter there are chances of forgetting you and you lose them forever. Can you afford to lose them? Ask your visitors to register at your site with their name, contact detail and email address. Ask them to sign up for newsletters for good deals. Keep a track of everything: source of traffic, which link was clicked how many times etc.
Be careful and don’t repeat these common mistakes.
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10 Nov 09 Power of Checklist and Why Should You Have One Handy
It is often impossible for busy freelance writers to keep track of everything that they have to accomplish in order to successfully complete the work at hand. Often times, you end up missing one thing or another, and it is not before you have hit the button send that you realize the mistake you have committed. But by then it is already too late, and the process of sending an apology mail followed by the correct version of the piece that you sent starts. Generally, clients will not say anything, nevertheless, it reflects badly on your reputation and professionalism. Hence, you should work on doing the things right in the first time only, and in that checklists help a great deal.
Benefits of a checklist
A checklist offers many benefits, and unlike its how-to part, it does not require us to invest lots of time reading it. A checklist offers the following benefits:
- It helps us know what we require to accomplish in order to get the work done before we embark upon.
- It works as a guiding post, when we get stuck in the middle of the project and ask now what.
- A checklist helps us verify if we have missed something in the project.
- A checklist is easily scanable, and it should be kept handy when doing some work, as it will help us remember what needs to be done.
- A checklist can help us properly prepare the budget keeping each item in mind.
- It can prove to be a valuable asset when it comes to making a business decision.
Conclusion
One must keep a checklist handy whenever one embarks upon a new job. As said above, it will prove to be a very valuable tool right from the beginning.
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