How to start a business online? My full story

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 If you are looking for a push to start changing your entire life or are just curious about how millions of people make millions, if not billions, of cash every day with their online businesses, you are in the right place. 

This post will detail my year-long experiences while launching my business online.

How to start a business online? My Story

I am going to put myself in your shoes and imagine how tempting it would be to have your own online business and how satisfying it would be to travel across the world holding your laptop or camera and enjoying your tours without even thinking about the time you want to spend or worrying about a boss waiting for you to return. You certainly seek financial freedom.

If you think that making money online is lucrative and life-changing, then you are right. But if you think it is easily obtainable, think twice. 

Starting an online business is not what 90% of YouTubers tell you. The majority of them cheat you to drive traffic (audience) to their channels and thus make money. Video thumbnails can easily fool you, showing you that you can earn thousands of dollars without any effort or skills. Believe me, those videos have nothing to do with making money.

Furthermore, building an online business also needs to lay the foundations of the building in the most appropriate place with the most reliable building materials.  

To sum up, nothing comes easily. But to be honest, if anybody can do it, you can as well. That’s it.

Which online business should you consider?

As I have mentioned before, starting a business online requires building your foundations. These foundations are made of the skills you need to survive in this challenging world where billions of sites, applications, and platforms do exist.

The first mistake I made is that I quit my job before preparing myself and with low knowledge of all aspects of the internet. I thought I could do anything by learning fast and making a leap into it.

My second mistake was wasting a lot of time searching for what was more suitable for me to start with, what works and what doesn’t. I tried everything and failed with almost everything. 

Joblessness and the passing of time demotivated me, especially when I tried to find an online payment method like PayPal, which was restricted in my country.

This was another mistake you should avoid: putting the cart in front of the horse. Keep in mind that building a business rather than thinking about revenues is the key to success. Start building, do your homework, and the money will come, eventually.

Despite making unrivaled mistakes and wasting months without any clear vision of what I wanted and what suited me the best, I was gaining a lot of knowledge in many fields, especially in digital marketing. I kept learning, and I took many certificates from both Google and Coursera until I made my decision.

Now it’s your turn to avoid wasting time and consider my results.

Plan, Plan, Plan then Plan

Planning is half the job, if not more. First, you need to know what business suits you the best because it is impracticable to do something that you have no idea about. There are hundreds of business types to do. Let me mention some, then we will dive into practical advice.

1. Freelancing
2. Drop shipping
3. Print On Demand
4. Doing surveys
5. Micro jobs
6. Selling E-books
7. YouTube
8. Affiliate Marketing
9. Translation
10. E-commerce
11. Cryptocurrencies
12. Blogging

Guess what? I have thought of and tried them all and have been a miserable failure until I made up my mind and started on Picoworkers, then chose to be a blogger.

How to choose your business?

As I mentioned before, it took me months of uncertainty to decide what to choose. But what things have I taken into consideration that made me focus on one title only? What do you need to start?

Start now

Stop saying I am going to start when I do this or that. Just start after reading this post. Take a pen and paper and do the following steps.

Review the list once more and identify something you either have a passion for, possess knowledge of, or are open to acquiring knowledge about. Then start NOW.

I was totally unaware of any subject matter and eventually, ideas flowed naturally and my venture is gaining traction every day.

1. Freelancing
2. Drop shipping
3. Print On Demand
4. Doing surveys
5. Micro jobs
6. Selling E-books
7. YouTube
8. Affiliate Marketing
9. Translation
10. E-commerce
11. Cryptocurrencies
12. Blogging

Plan your work

Always remember that you may at any time make mistakes and that the first things you are going to do are always the worst. Planning will definitely help you avoid making many mistakes, and things will get better.

Also, keep in mind that your business will depend enormously on the audience that will buy, upvote, read, and ask for a service. The more traffic you have, the more likely you are to succeed. 

Driving traffic to your business should be on top of your planning sheet. Try to find a solution that converts into more views and sales depending on your niche. Knowing about your audience, and what they like, or ask for, lets you target them directly and save a lot of time.

Stay away from negative people

Many people, like relatives or some friends, will tell you that you are wasting your time and that those who have online businesses took years and years to be successful. The same happens when compared to Youtubers who say that running a YouTube channel is not lucrative. The more they demotivate you, the more you have to persist, and the more you succeed.

I told you how many failures I have encountered, but you are reading my post right now. Isn’t it amazing?

Keep persisting and always be on time.

The word “building” means building your blocks one by one. In real life, building a house will eventually come to an end, while building a virtual business needs to be consistent and never has an end. The more you add blocks, the more your construction is rigid and attractive.

Always do your job on time; otherwise, your audience will leave you. It is going to take some time, but I believe it will pay off.

conclusion

To sum up, if you are looking to be an independent person, you have a bunch of tasks to deliver. It will always be about whether you succeed or fail. No one else will do the job better than you do even if you hire someone to do it for you. 

The key to success is obvious and simple: plan, work, and grow. When you think positively, identify people’s needs, and work to resolve them, your life changes and the revenue you can generate will amaze you.

 I have hoped that my contribution to this post, which is truly based on case studies, would make someone’s life better and I have dedicated it to everyone who needs to achieve his/her financial freedom.

Feel free to write any comments or queries, or even write about your story to make others motivated to start their own journey.

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