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Home Based Business - Make Money Online with Turnkey Websites
So you want to make a living online?
Or maybe just as an additional supplement to your current
income?
Or perhaps you are a stay at home mom who would like to be able
to earn money while staying at home?
The internet is full of opportunities to allow anyone to earn
money online. All it takes is an idea, a website and a bit of
motivation to succeed. Now you may have an idea, and you may
have the motivation, but what you dont have is a website. You
might feel like you dont have the techincal knowledge or
financial commitment to build a website or have one custom
built. Lucky for you, there is a little thing called Turnkey
Websites.
Turnkey Websites are one of the hottest ways people are
capitalizing on the internet. People who have no idea about
programming, coding, designing are earning are living on the
internet everyday by using Turnkey Websites. The beauty of
turnkey websites is that it costs a fraction of what a custom
built website would cost. Since the websites are pre-built you
are not paying hourly fees for a programmer to build a site for
you..and best of all, the quality of a turnkey website can be as
good if not better than a custom designed site! It is perfect
for those who would like to try making money online without a
big financial committment!
A turnkey website is a fully functional website featuring
everything that you will need to begin your new business. The
purchase of the package should include a domain, website, and
hosting. Depending on the nature of your business, the only fees
involved are the purchase of the site itself and a low monthly
hosting fee which covers support.
However when purchasing a turnkey website, do not fall under the
false assumption that you will immediately start seeing money
flow into your bank account from day 1. As with any business,
online or not, promotion and advertising are the keys to
success. If you have never ran a website before then you want
make sure the company you are buying from will provide help
along the way. This includes advertising and promotional
advice/tips as well as being available to answer any questions
you have along the way. The last thing you want is to buy a site
and be left hanging without any idea how to promote or advertise
it. TurnkeyNation.com is an example of where one can go to
purchase a turnkey website complete with domain, hosting, and
full support.
Many times people who purchase turnkey websites do not have a
large budget set aside for advertising and promotion. Luckily,
there are many low cost methods available that can immediately
begin making an impact, and even some of the methods are FREE!
Below are my opinions of what I feel are the best and most cost
effective methods to promote your site and obtain targeted
traffic:
1) Forums - This is perhaps the best and most effective FREE
method to obtain targeted traffic. You can sign up for forums
related to your website and add your URL to your signature. Then
start posting and commenting with useful advice in the forum.
Dont sell yourself, just post with friendly advice and people
will see your URL in your signature. The traffic will come
automatically. This is one of the best free
ways to gain
targeted traffic online.
2) Press Releases - Write a press release and submit it to all
FREE online press release websites. As your press release
gradually begins to be aggregated throughout other press sites
and search engines, visitors will naturally begin visiting your
site.
3) Ebay - Yes ebay may cost a little to post a listing or two,
but if you can sell anything at all related to your website
(even related ebooks) you can obtain a large amount of quality
targeted traffic from eBay. You can begin by creating an "About
Me" page on Ebay which directs customers to your website. You
will then begin recieving instant targetted traffic and this can
convert into sales!
4) Link Building - This is another very effective and free
method to obtain targeted traffic. When you trade links with
other similar sites, you are inevitably going to receive more
targeted traffic. The important thing here is to trade links
with sites which are closely related to yours. Not only does it
help the visitor, it also helps your organic search engine
results.
5) Search Engines - You should submit your website to all search
engines and free directories. At the very least manually submit
to the top 3 - Google, Yahoo, and MSN. But its best to submit to
as many as possible. There are many resouces online where you
can pay a small fee to be submitted to 50+ search engines and
150+ directories.
6) Google Adwords - This is a bit more costly than the above
methods, however can be immensely successful when done properly.
You essentially bid on keywords and then your ad will be
displayed throughout the Google network. However, choosing
proper keywords and budgets greatly affects your rate of success
without draining your bank account.
7) Traditional Advertising - Dont underestimate traditional
advertising methods. Even though your business/website is
online, that doesnt mean you cant attract potential customers
from offline advertising. Although advertising via this method
is not free - Classified Ads, local radio spots, tv commercials,
billboards, etc. can all drive traffic to your website. And best
is if you can advertise to a targeted market where you can cater
to the needs of indivduals looking for a service or product your
website offers.
I recommend purchasing a turnkey website that interests you, and
then promoting/advertising it using free methods. Then once you
are generating a profit, you can switch over to paid advertising
and invest more money into your business.
The last bit of advice is to not expect overnight results.
Granted, you can begin making money from day 1. However, just as
a real world business thrives over time, the same applies to
online businesses. Once you website has been saturated into the
search engines, and once customers begin advertising for you via
"word of mouth" is when your business will begin to really take
off.
About the author:
Bradley Hayes is owner of TurnkeyNation.com. We specialize in
offering turnkey websites and online business solutions. You can
view these dropship websites and turnkey businesses at
www.TurnkeyNation.com We also offer excellent webhosting
packages at OvisHosting.com
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