Run a Successful Online Business

Posted by Leo on April 23rd, 2008 at 02:41pm

How can you be successful at running an online business? How do you earn a lot out of your website / blog?

1. Affiliate Programmes
It is not a myth that affiliate program, if you have joined the right one, is the most lucrative. However, there are a lot of them on the market, and many of them are saturated already. To earn more, get into an affiliate program as early as you can. Click2Sell is a new affiliate program that I have recently joined. I will write a detailed review about this later.

2. Ads on the site
Many are saying that Google Adsense is not paying enough. You may want to consider other ad network. Some even provide other ad format rather than the traditional contextual ads. Eg. AdToll provides a peel-away ad, illustrated on the right top corner of this site.

3. Build your Network
Attending conferences of related niche, talk to other bloggers… You got the idea. MyBlogLog, SocialSpark, Technorati etc provide a platform for you to communicate with other bloggers.

4. Grow traffic onto your site
The ultimate way is to have fresh, good content posted frequently. If you buy traffic, it is only going to last a while. People revisit your site because you have provided them the content that they want.

5. Consistently post & Frequently post
Make sure you keep posting to your blog, and frequently post to it as well. That way, visitors know everytime they visit your site, they would see something new.

6. RSS
Host some contest, provide incentive, and encourage people to subscribe to your RSS feed. The RSS list is where you can communicate with your existing readers.

7. Google Adwords
If you want to promote, consider Google Adwords. So far it still covers the most of the target market, whichever it is. Bear in mind it is getting more and more expensive, so you might as well grab it while it is still relatively cheap.

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