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Table of Contents
Introduction
How to Develop New Products
MP4 Video for Online Delivery
DVDs
EBooks
Slides
How to Get Funding for your Product Development and Marketing
How to Find a Market for Your Products
Finding a hot market
Ask the market what they want
Develop or find a product and sell it to them
How to Sell Your Products Online
How to Conduct Market Testing
Selling digital products
Selling through Affiliates
How to Develop Your Products Website
How to Generate Traffic to Your Products Website
How to Tap into Popular Traffic Sources
Buying an already existing website or URL
How to Outsource Your Common Tasks
How to Market Your Products Website
Targeted Traffic
SEO Marketing
Press Releases
SEO Articles
Videos
Slides
Photos
Online Directories
Auxiliary Sites
Blogs and Forums
Conversions
Site Mechanics
Site Structure
Content value
Do you solve the problem?
Call To Action – CTA
Online Marketing Campaigns
Email Marketing
Advertising
Use of Classified ads
Use of Social Media
Placing your products on online stores
Weekly promotional campaigns
Automated promotion
Conclusion
About the Author
Introduction
The world of eCommerce is grabbing more and more cyberspace, at lightning speed, than ever before. Online businesses are growing in big leaps and bounds. Selling online is increasingly becoming less of an option and more of a mandatory survival requirement. Online business empires are being created even by those who never thought of making a business worth a few hundred dollars. Looking at Forbes list of the top 10 richest people on this planet, you will realize that more than half of them are techpreneurs who have invested in the world of electronic technologies such as those presented by the marvels of the internet.
These days, you can hardly make your global presence be felt without the aid of the internet. Are you wondering how and where to start doing your business on the internet? This book is just the right key to opening that door to the limitless world of internet business. Don’t dwarf yourself to extinction. Grab this opportunity now! Welcome.
We are right here for you. We see you and even before you dare knock, we’ve already laid out the red carpet for you. This book is a whole world of internet knowledge in itself. From this book, unlimited space awaits you to fill it with your adventurous entrepreneurial prowess. Territories await you in cyberspace for you to conquer and you will be king if you dare make that first move.
Once again, WELCOME!
Author
John Davidson
My coauthor John Davidson was a high school teacher for 25 years and volunteered for the Vancouver Crisis Centre. He recently passed away on November 7, 2021.
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How to Start a Business - John Davidson
How to Start a Business
Developing Products and Selling Them Online
Entrepreneur Series
John Davidson
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Read before you begin. These business ideas or plans are intended as a guide only! Read these instructions completely through once and understand what is required.
Table of Contents
Introduction
How to Develop New Products
How to Get Funding for your Product Development and Marketing
How to Find a Market for Your Products
How to Sell Your Products Online
How to Conduct Market Testing
How to Develop Your Products Website
How to Generate Traffic to Your Products Website
How to Tap into Popular Traffic Sources
How to Outsource Your Common Tasks
How to Market Your Products Website
Conclusion
About the Author
Publisher
Introduction
The world of eCommerce is grabbing more and more cyberspace, at lightning speed, than ever before. Online businesses are growing in big leaps and bounds. Selling online is increasingly becoming less of an option and more of a mandatory survival requirement. Online business empires are being created even by those who never thought of making a business worth a few hundred dollars. Looking at Forbes list of the top 10 richest people on this planet, you will realize that more than half of them are techpreneurs who have invested in the world of electronic technologies such as those presented by the marvels of the internet.
These days, you can hardly make your global presence be felt without the aid of the internet. Are you wondering how and where to start doing your business on the internet? This book is just the right key to opening that door to the limitless world of internet business. Don’t dwarf yourself to extinction. Grab this opportunity now! Welcome.
We are right here for you. We see you and even before you dare knock, we’ve already laid out the red carpet for you. This book is a whole world of internet knowledge in itself. From this book, unlimited space awaits you to fill it with your adventurous entrepreneurial prowess. Territories await you in cyberspace for you to conquer and you will be king
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