First Essentials To Achieving Outstanding Success In Online Business

1) Go For The Basics
Take the rudiments. Get organized. Have a strategically and logically mapped-out plan, observe the learning and nurturing stages first! Be humble and unassuming enough to learn from successful entrepreneurs, and keep asking till you get those answers.

Know that this is your foundation, and what you make of it is what it will stand upon. Endeavor to build it solid! Is really of vital importance to your growth in the business.

Remember, "what's in your head determines what's in your hands".

2) Tap From The Source
"For you to get to the sea, you must follow the river" - so says a wise adage.
Research and study the lives and stories of successful entrepreneurs, their strategies; what has made them thick and sure-footed in their pursuit. Emulate, tap from their successes and strategies, and apply same to your case.
And most importantly - avoid their pitfalls.

3) Take The Right Approach
Don't be blown away by the hypes of fast money making schemes; that herald unrealistic online money making systems that's capable of turning you into an overnight success, which wind up devastating the lives of their victims.

Approach things logical (like I will always say), and don't be afraid or discouraged to start-out small.

4) Follow The Path To Success
Relate with people of like minds; those that believe in your kind of dream and vision. "Iron sharpneth iron", like the saying goes. And where and how you can find those people is by participating in forums, joining Optin groups (Focus Groups), etc.

Attend seminars, get your hands on internet money making resources, like e-books/e-manuals, other learning materials and resources, eg. software packages and programs.

Remember this: "education is priceless". Whatever amount you spend in acquiring some quality ones - is never a loss.

Some folks might balk out of investing in the acquisition of knowledge, 'cause they just engulf with that niggling fear that it might not pay off after all. But like the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book puts it: "failure is part of the process of success. People who are afraid to fail also avoid success".

For you to succeed, you ought stay abreast with trends, and staying abreast implies that you have to, at all times - keep your mind updated as much as you can; with online trends in your niche, otherwise, your mind will be outdated!

Yesterday's knowledge is obsolete to today's world.

5) Know Your Competition
One of the integrals of your research towards your business success will be to keenly research also - what your competition are doing, how they are doing what they are doing, and how you can transform that to your optimal advantage.

If you are ignorant of what your competition are doing, how then can you know what at stake, and positioning yourself to achieving greater success!

Knowing your competition base also enables you to know the gravitational force of your market. For instance, if a competitor's site is selling thousands of the same products/services that you are also promoting/selling - that gives you insight to the kind of gravity of your market; how much people value, want, and are willing to pay for such goods and services.
Are you getting the picture here?

6) Know Your Market
It will be an effort in futility if you don't have a vivid picture of the kind of people that needs your products/services and that you will be selling to.

You have to know them (your prospective buyers), study their psychology as it relates to dipping their hands into their wallet to paying for whatever you have to offer them. Like, even if most of them needs what you are offering; do they know that they need it? Will they be willing to pay at first - should they know how much they now need that your product/service in their lives? And so on.

These gives you a head-on clue on how to follow them up till they metamorphose into paying customers.

7) Customer Care And Retention
A successful business is one that has endless list of happy and satisfied customers.

One of the easiest ways to know how to treat your customers right, is to put yourself in their shoes; which should give you an utterly vivid picture of what any customer would expect from doing business with you/your company.

We all love the good things of life, and is no different when it comes to customer satisfaction.

Who wouldn't be happy, when treated nicely; with civility and genuine intention to meet their expectations with your product/service.

When a customer feels valued and cherished, meets a hearing ears when they have some snags with using your products/services, treated with lavished warmth - they get spoilt like babies, and always will come back for business because "they are given top notch customer service", which obviously satisfied them.

Bear in mind that it is only a satisfied customer that will do business with you, when next.

Your customers wants to know and be reassured that you CARE for his/her needs, rather than their money.

Remember, they didn't patronize your goods/services because they have that much money to spill around, but they did to meet and satisfy a NEED. Very important. This is what your product/service should be aiming to achieved.

The least you can offer them is to position yourself to meet that demand, if not hundred percent.

You are not in business if there are no customers to ice the cake, so respect their feelings.

In most cases, they wouldn't ask to be treated nicely or served better, but is up to you to ask smart questions like: "in what better ways can we be of service to you?"

Do you care? they want to know. Like: "how do you find our product/service; did it meet your expectations? we don't mind bearing the cost for amendments'

With statements as this - anybody will be swept off their feet.

Remember, you are not doing this for this single customer alone, but for prospective ones - at large; which your products/services will be marketed to, with the powerful tool of your warmth service that will extend from that one customer and propagate.

Picture this scenario: I am a customer, I walked into your business place, and am accorded top class customer service - regardless of my social status or otherwise. I leave contented and happy; knowing that my time spent at your place was worth the while.

Now, I have friends, family members, associates that wants to go for the same product/service that I have gotten; there is every tendency that I will refer them to your place; thereby giving your business that FREE marketing. You see that!

So what will propel me to do such voluntary publicizing, for your business? Simply because: "I was accorded top class customer service, and I felt satisfied with what I got out of my doing business with you.

This is one crucial part of any business model - be it online or offline. Take cognizance of that.

We can all succeed together.

- K. Joshua.

Online Money Making - What's The Truth?

Undoubtedly, every Netpreneur (Internet Entrepreneur), and those who hope to get a piece of the internet wealth' cake - wants to be a success....at least, "wants" to. On the contrary; most of us wouldn't propel that desire practically.

If you have deemed online money making /wealth creation worth doing (which of course is a reality that has being living with us, and that has been proven beyond myth); it will payoff that you fascinate that goal with a practical approach to the cause.

Internet wealth creation is REAL and always has. It has cut across races - availing wealth to all and sundry; who devote their resources in unveiling its so-called mysteries and demystifying same, whom also blazed the trail for others with like goals - to benefit from it; as they have achieved their among other goals and dreams in life - financial independence also.

John Reese made $1M (One Million Dollars; just in case the arithmetic is dazzling to comprehend), and that's in a single day - online!
You can read that report here

Hearing this, is so overwhelming that you would be tempted to think that making money online is not far from something like using a shovel to dig out the damn cash!
But don't be so quick to start getting any ideas here; it will be a fantasy to con any ignorant mind.

Do you have any idea of how much and how long it really did take him to attain such heights?

The truth is that you can start off yours, from a logical position and grow it to endless heights - so long as you apply those true principles and strategies of those that have stood-out a success, in their online endeavors.

Like the saying goes: there is enough space in the sky atmosphere for all birds to soar!
So don't assume all spots have been taken; therefore it will be another effort in futility, to venture. There is always a growing demand of both services and goods wares online.

You can start small, and grow steadily with commitment of spirit to the cause of online wealth creation, and, financial independence.

There are diverse online ventures to dive into; from the penny ones like GPTs (Get Paid To eg. Read emails, take online surveys, sign up, download stuffs, watch ad rotations, even PTPs (Get Paid To Post forums), Data Entry and basically menial stuffs like that; that sums up to a good pay at the end of the day - all using little or spare time on your side), to bigger better paying ventures like selling physical and digital (virtual, downloadable; that doesn't require any handling and shipping) goods; either as the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) or as an Affiliate of the OEM (which is the part that dominates the online buying and selling marketplace/industry), rendering services on your site (apparently, after you have established yourself as an authority to reckon with) like; Web designing(building and maintaining websites for your diverse businesses, flipping them, or simply building and maintaining for other people), Audio/Video editing, Transcription, Teaching foreign languages, Writing full time for reputable companies, having your own Membership site/forum....the list are endless, and you can also take on these things from a small humble scale with Freelancing (a home self-employed worker; that works for other sites/companies but is not an employee of any).

I would like to admonish you to be logical and apply some caution in choosing any; there are fake, too-good-to-be-true programs out there; that promise you the skies, only to raise your hope and bamboozle you at the end. Ruining your bright future.

What am trying to open up your consciousness to here is: online money making is a reality, that is living with us - with its different testimonials readily available, and, you can always be a beneficiary of this convenient medium of money making that can guarantee your financial independence if and only you learn and apply its rudiments; like emulating the success stories that are available.

In summation: online money making is not a myth, neither is it an already made cake; that you can just walk up to and cut yours. There are works to do, so mount up your apron.....and bake your own cake!

We can all succeed together.

- K. Joshua.

Basics To Internet Wealth And Business Success

It will be a sheer ignorance and misleading to state that the internet is a get-rich-quick scheme; where anyone can stumble on for the first, wave a magic wand and find yourself swimming in millions overnight. Dead wrong! Is not a piece of cake (if you are foraying into it for the first time, at least). Being realistic.

Considering the fact that you might have been fed with misconceptions, on how swift it is and a no-brainer to rake in cash online and hit it big overnight, soaring in roaring success - it will be only rational that you dismiss those.

Like I will usually prescribe: start your adventure from a "logic" position; which guarantees a sure-footed success at the long run. Your logical point is that position you find yourself at present - without any attempt of distorting the realities as they present themselves. Upon this perspective will you now work upon to further enhance your present state; which at the end makes a whole lot of sense and appeals to your rational mind.

Ok, lets get down to the basics. Knowing what to do, how to do it , and when to do it.

Knowing What To Do:
There are several online businesses to venture into - as you must have heard already, but the big question still will be: how do I find the good ones?

Asking questions such as this, is a positive determining factor that might launch you to your success. "Might", not just yet; you will need to apply some other factors to assess yourself, to be sure-footed on your success adventure - online.

So, how do you find the good bankable ones; that guarantees revenue to you with convenience?
0ne way to find the bankable ones is by not heeding to the hypes; too-good-to-be-true kind of programs that con its victims to believing that online riches is a piece of cake, so don't be thrilled by those hype-screaming words. You really ought to put some practical efforts to see results.

Just like with all things that culminate to success at the end of the day - there has to be that gradualism of process that yields logical results. Thus, you must adjust your mind to acknowledge the fact that there are processes to go through, and that to everything - there is always that stipulated time for materialization.

In summation to this context: orientating your mind with acknowledging the rudiments of online business success.


Next, start from a logical position, like we said earlier on. From experience, having your own site or blog, at least, is a good approach - aside other ventures, but isn't a MUST.

If you are starting out internet business as a newbie; and have that ambition of being an internet entrepreneur (Netpreneur), being your own boss, and deciding your fate - you can still achieve those goals, taking one step at a time.
There are the menial to better paying online ventures you can start right away; from anywhere in the world, and be earning a steady stream of income doing them.

You can venture into;
1) GPTs (Get Paid To): these are sites that pay you for taking little actions on their site or that of their partner's. There are the Paid To Click(PTC), Paid To Read (PTR), Paid To Sign up(PTS), etc. You get both cash and other incentives, for taking any of these actions. The pay usually ranges from cents.

2) Survey: these are sites that pay you for contributing your "honest" opinion about a product or service in the market already, or that is yet to get into the market. These sites could be Survey directories (that provide links to other sites/companies/organizations that provides you with the actual survey) or Survey sites - directly.

These honest opinions (which are the survey that you have participated in) are used to analyze the consumers' take on that particular product or service; which will then be used as one determining factor for that product' or service' existence.

3) There's the Blogging approach: like we said earlier: "having your own site or blog, at least, is a good approach".Blogs or sites are your virtual office as well as your virtual Real Estate that gives you that sense of authority as boss. Sites are quite a bigger branch of this virtual real estate, blogs are logs or periodical inputs of events around your personal, business, social, etc. live, and are easier to operate and manage,as updates are easier and faster. But both play a vital role in your virtual Real Estate.

Have to keep it at these numbers, since we are concerning ourselves here with the "basics". You can move on to bigger stuffs when you must have absorbed these ones - the basics. And, that keeps you prepared for the greater future with online business.

We will deal with all of these comprehensively in relative posts.

How To Do It:
how to do it? Will still be to do it the right way. Yes. So we should be dealing with "how to start an internet business - the right way", right?
Venturing into diverse online ventures (that most likely should revolve around your niche) and be earning multiple streams of income, is a thoughtful way to living up your online dream right!

Another is: commitment. I have being heralding how true internet wealth creation is; thus, you should demonstrate every sense of commitment - to your online business.

Learning; as the wise adage puts it - is the key to success. Have that craving for learning, more and more every other day (be it in your online business or otherwise). The passion to know more in what you already know, and to learn new ones, without relying on your sole knowledge - will definitely take you places.

Should you observe carefully, from folks that are great and successful, you will find among many similar qualities - that they all humble their pride enough to learn more. No wonder they know and achieve more.

Relying on your own sole knowledge and concepts will only get your into more pitfalls. There is no man that has made it solely in life; without the support of others. Besides, you will grow faster working together with others.

When To Do It:
there is no better time to start off, after you must have applied the above principles in your business carrier, than at once!

Believing this article should be a good resource in guiding you make an informed decision with your online money making venture. Forget procrastination and get your hands wet at once, with something; because there is as I have illustrated above - something for any and everyone who wants to venture into online business.

We can all succeed together.

- K. Joshua.

Proven Strategies To Increasing Your Blog Income Using Traffic Generation

With the many ways to generating traffic to your virtual office/online presence (like your site/blog), there has always being that concern for a cost-effective medium to increasing not just more traffic, but, "traffic that converts to sells".

And, a very cost-effective, easy-to-execute way to drive this traffic to your business (virtual real estate) that also converts - is the infusion of a blog approach. Even big companies; both online and offline based, these days uses the blog approach, to drive more traffic to their businesses.

With its easy-to-update nature; helps with keeping clients and prospects abreast with happenings in and around your company and/or organisation.The relevance of Blogging can't be overemphasized.

In today's business world, it has become an essential tool and a methodology for enhancing effective customer relationship and retaintion.

Having had that noted; that Blogging is an effective, easy-to-update, cost-effective medium to driving more traffic that converts - to your business, it is also imperative to note that: imploying every possible effort to driving more traffic to your site/blog will be incomplete, and as a matter of fact - a futility, intoto; if all you are doing is exposing your business to the wrong prospects, and generating traffic that doesn't convert at the end of the day.

How then do you use your blog in driving the right traffic that works?

1) Your consistency with regular posts to your blog, as an effective marketing methodology to driving traffic to your business - is a rudiment.

2) Bearing in mind that not all traffic are good for your business, if these traffic are not coming from the right prospects or marketplace, where you market your wares. Thus, the need to market to the right prospects should be your priority.

Wouldn't you be rather happy if out of 150 visitors to your blog/site, 100 happens to make a purchase, than when over 10, 000 visits to your site/blog, and no purchase was made.

In essence, traffic is not all that really matters, by itself - but the ones that "converts" for your business niche.

3) Focus on what the prospects in your niche NEEDS rather than what you feel like marketing and that you "assume" should be good for your prospects, simply because it really converts for others (out of your niche).

4) Make every effort on your part to market to your prospects with every high sense of commitment; bearing in mind that internet wealth creation is real 'cause it works!

In summation: knowing the right things to do, and doing them timely enough - saves everyone the pain in the neck, that instinctively metamorphosis into disbelieve - for online wealth generation, and blog revenue in particular.

5) Getting backlinks that increases your Search Engine Optimization (SEO), which enhances your search engine rank/position is another way to

We can all succeed together.

- K. Joshua.

Developing That Right Mentality For Your Business Success

Aside your suckling baby who wouldn't know - we should all be realistic enough to know that 'struggling' by itself does not guarantee financial freedom, but, a strategic organization infused into diligence does.

Apparently, every successful results in life was preceded by a well laid out plan.

Business success invariably depends hugely on a strategic, well laid out plan too.

Your passionate indulgence into your business growth with the intent of developing more innovative concepts, from time to time, and persistently striving to learn new ways, strategies, etc. - is an irrefutable approach to actualizing your overall business success.

Deficiency in acknowledging and applying these principles, is what will pave the path to a plummeted success.

You should as an entrepreneur; have a clear structuring of how your revenues comes in and how expenditures go out. Having a clear structuring of how your revenues comes in and how your expenditures go out in your day to day running of your business is a brilliant way of building a durable and sustainable foundation, for your business success. Thus budgeting comes to mind.

Starting and nurturing a business from its humble beginnings to its progressive stages, is no doubt with its throes and successes alike. But one quality that if you must be a business success is: the tenacity to stand the times; the challenges that comes with venturing and managing a business. Especially, one like entrepreneurship.

In the circuit of business dealings, challenges cannot be isolated with success, as is one nature of business, neither can successful people balk at challenges.

Successful business people are those who readily confront their business challenges, and are not afraid to fail. They are the doggedly daring hearts that effect phenomenal changes in their strives and endeavors, in the cause of their business.

You must be tenacious to fit into the business arena. Need I say is a hot spot; compatible with only the daring, tenacious-minded business folks.

Your determination must be that of the readiness to go through the roughest paths - to make proof your toughness, because that's where lies the nectar of your business success.

We can all succeed together.

- K. Joshua.

Essentials To Know Prior Opening And Using A Paypal Account

There are too many pitfalls when using any Paypal account, which Paypal account users fall victim of.

I had to come up with some tips to help users understand and assimilate the usage of their accounts successfully.
Here they are. Love to get your comments.

* You can't use a debit card to verify a Paypal account opened using a U. S. address.
This is because a debitcard is not linked to a (most preferrably, a U. S. )
bank account; which if it were - would have your sensitive informations like your real billing address,residential address, name,etc. This is to prove that you're reliable, genuine, and a reputable Paypal account holder, thus every other Paypal account holders can comfortably do business with you without fear of any kind ie. defrauding.

* Be acutely conscious also that Paypal "Because of the way that World Wide Web communication standards work, when you arrive at or leave the Paypal website "we automatically receive the web address of the site that you came from or are going to". With this, Paypal is/can study your web behaviour/activity with the site that you came from and are going to after you leave their site. More like spying than surveillance.

* As a registered Paypal account user, your account information such as "your name, e-mail address, Skype ID (if applicable), phone number (if applicable) date of sign-up, the number of payments you have received from verified PayPal users, and whether you have been verified to have control of a bank
account may are made available to other PayPal customers whom you have paid or who are attempting to pay you through PayPal". So as you can see - virtually nothing is hidden, thus is imperative that your dealings are transparent enough to depict a reputable image of you not only on Paypal, but also online. Generally!

* Your account' financial information such as your Credit Card number, Bank Account, etc. are however, not going to be revealed to other Paypal account users, except where/if you indicate so, or, if these informations are demanded and/required by a lawsuit or other legal process.

* If you're buying anything using Paypal, your shipping address for where the goods will be sent to and your Billing address (in your account) are both provided to the seller. Should there also be any decline in the transaction, Paypal will also provide the seller with the details of the unfruitful transaction. In this case, the seller's address may also be provided to the buyer; to return the goods - if already delivered to the buyer. This is ofcourse with the intent to quickly resolving physical goods transaction disputes with members.

* About fraudulent tendencies/activities: Paypal will not for any reason - ask for you password. If you get such message; asking you for your password, forward it to spoof@paypal. com.

* You can close your Paypal account at any time. But your account will still be in their database; just incase is linked to a case of fraud - thus, you can be traced using the informations in your "closed" account. Besides, your remaining account balance as at when closing the account remains locked until the expiration of 180 days; to ensure there are no lapses eg. returning uncompleted, disputed transactions that you may have with your buyers.

Thank you and good luck to you all, with your 'legit' online endeavours.

Breaking Grounds Online – Offshore Bank Account

There are several forms of accepting/making payments online : Check, Money Order, Virtual Bank Account/Online Payment Processors , Credit/Debit Card , Wire Transfer.
Some of these methods culminate with (offshore) banks .

Offshore Bank Account :
An offshore bank account is a bank account opened/operated outside your country of residence.
For internet business folks , this offshore bank account literally refers to such accounts with a U.K./U.S. bank, that offer such account; as these are the two major concentrations when it comes to online business activities.

Why You Need One :
* Doing online business – an (U.K. /U.S.) offshore bank account is essential , for a broad and efficient transaction, in online experience. 

* A U.S./U.K. drawn check received , takes two weeks or more to reach your destination – if you’re outside these shores , and another 2-3weeks to clear, plus anything from $20 - $30 bank charges (from your local bank) . lf you were to have an account with any of these offshore banks ; you would bypass all these processes and fees. 

* You can easily get your paypal account verified . you can fund/withdraw with your offshore bank account , to/from your paypal account . 

* Some sites offer direct bank deposits, as an option , too. To this , you’re at advantage if you have an offshore account.
In online business, offshore bank account cannot be dispensed.

Still Other Advantages, Attach With An Offshore Bank Account :
* You get a boost to your online reputation , with an offshore account. Is one necessity, for any aspiring netpreneur (internet entrepreneur) .

* You can open and operate this account online . You get a usual check book, deposit slips - to run your account efficiently ; just like your typical brick and mortar bank , with added advantages .


* You get an ATM (Automated Teller Machine) card ; to withdrawing your account balance – right from any ATM located around the world . 

* You can , as an offshore account holder – request checks that are sent to you - online/offline , to be sent to your bank . Your offshore bank then credit them to your account.

* There are several options to withdrawing your account balance i.e. (1) request for a wire transfer (2) ATM withdrawal, etc. 

* You needn’t travel and spend expensive air fares to open an account , as everything can be done online , and by phone.

Some of these banks you can open an account with , without necessarily having to tender a tax ID/social security number , or a high-profile guarantor or a guarantor of any sort . ls that easy !
There are several , l mean , easy-to-open offshore banks that are ready to open an offshore bank account for you in a matter of days .

Online Payments ? Everyone Needs This Pal

What Is Online Payment?
Is the making of payment(s) virtually, via the internet, basically – with your virtual bank account Online payment(s) can be done also – with a credit /debit card We will discuss that in subsequent posts . Online payment is popular, and a convenient medium of payment; for goods and services; both online and offline .

What Is Paypal ?

Paypal is an online payment processor; a virtual bank; that provides you with a virtual bank account; for making and receiving payments . Just like your typical (offline) bank .

Paypal is one of the major virtual banks/payment processors, online today . With majority of internet users that have account with them.

They have three types of account: 1) Personal 2) Premier 3) Business

1) Personal
The Personal account is basically for those ‘who shop online’ . ls for those who don’t do heavy/much transaction with their Paypal account .
To receive/send payment, with this account is free . But receiving of credit/debit card payment with this account attracts a fee . Which means you can actually receive notonly Paypal to Paypal payments, but also- credit/debit card payments !
There are limitations, to the sending, receiving and withdrawal to/from this type of account .

To view your account limits: log in to your account,click on "view limits" at the right top of your 'account balance' box.

“ Receiving limit: The maximum amount you can receive before you must upgrade to a Business or Premier account This limit is reset every month. Receiving limits apply only to the following payment types: eBay Items, Auction Goods (non-eBay), and other Goods. No other payment types affect your receiving limit. ”

NB: This implies, you can receive any amount from a Paypal account holder, aside the payment types listed above – which there are limits to receiving such eg. Receiving payments for an eBay item(s), auction goods (that’s non-eBay), and other goods .

2) Premier
Is basically for those who ‘ buy and sell online’ ( merchants ) .
This type of account attracts fee, as is not a free account, unlike the Personal account . Premier and Business accounts offer the following premium services:
· All the core features of a Personal account
· Unlimited credit or debit card payment acceptance
· Recurring payments
· PayPal Debit Card
· Mass Payment
· PayPal Shops
· Customizable Transaction History Logs
· 7-day-a-week toll-free customer service
· Multi-user access
· Ability to do business under a corporate or group name

For a list of Paypal’s comprehensive account fees list Go Here

3) Business
The business account is the same as the Premier, except that is for merchants who use company or group name . More of a defined and organized entity/body .

Why You Need Paypal .
* With Paypal, you can pay for goods/items and services online, without sharing your sensitive and vital information’s, such as your credit card/debit card or bank account information . Just simply with your (Paypal) email ( which serves as your account ) address.
* You can conveniently receive/send payments, to the millions of Paypal account holders, worldwide .

* With Paypal, is safe, secure and easy to pay/sell items/goods –
on eBay ( which is one of the biggest auction sites online, and the owners of Paypal ) .
* Paypal does not charge a fee for account to account transfers See More Here

* You can easily integrate/link (add) your bank account to your Paypal account; for funding/withdrawing to/from it .
* You can receive credit/debit card payments with your account . You don’t need a separate credit card processor, to do that .
* Paypal is a universal/worldwide payment processor/virtual bank .

How To Fund & Withdraw With Your Paypal Account
Funding
You can fund your Paypal account with these mediums:
* Your bank account ; you first add your bank account details to your Paypal account ( which also gets your account ‘verified’ ). Then you can now add funds directly from your bank account, to your Paypal account .
* Account to account funding ; a Paypal account holder can transfer funds from one account to another .

Withdrawal
You can withdraw from your Paypal account with these mediums:

* You can withdraw to your bank account
* You can request for a check, to be sent to you .
* You can withdraw using the Paypal Debit Card .
To start using Paypal today, and partake in the benefits that abounds, Go to their site