LESSON #2: What is an online business?
Contrary to what some of the so-called guru’s may say, having an online business is not for everyone. But in order to judge whether it’s a good fit for you, we first must define what an online business is and what it isn’t.
Please watch the following video:
Main points:
a) get over your fear
or
b) decide to be happy with your job, and forget about starting a business
Action steps:
1) Answer the following question honestly:
Do I want to run my own business?
As always, you are welcome to post your questions and comments below.
Have a great day!
dear friends on the internet,please take 5min a day to clear your brain,
then you will get every thing you want,try it ! dears
Yes…your statement is very true! It’s important to clear your brain of all the little daily distractions so you can be more present with focusing on your goals
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Schanie
your so right and have an open mind
i took 5 minutes today to clear my brain but did not get what i want.i wanted a business idea for the internet.pls explain how it works
Keep working your way through Eric’s lessons and it will become clearer for you (it worked for me). Sometimes you may need to go through some of the lessons as well. Here is a link to some more free videos that might help provide some ideas. http://preview.tinyurl.com/nitrovideos
Hi,
thank you for this great video.
Pascal.
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Eric,
Could you please tell me how to make a folder using gmail.
Your the greatest
You don’t make folders in GMail. You need to make labels. The labels will be listed at the bottom so you can sort your mail that way. It’s one feature I don’t like about Gmail. I have my Gmail forwarded to the Thunderbird email program and there I can use folders like I am used too. If you need more help is setting up labels, I will be glad to help.
Also if you look in the help tab within Gmail you should be able to get all your questions answered.Best of Luck to you!
I like folders also labels makes it confusing
yes, I am not so common with internet, but though I want to know how useful it is to make a folder using gmail as well.
I have just followed lesson 1 and 2, so I am very curious about the rest of the lessons.
Thank you
Chris-
Once you make your label folder in Gmail you will want to put Erics Tips in it & then you will want to Archive it.(that saves Erics Tips)
Thank you,Erik!
Can you tell me what is the software you’ve used?
Best Regards,
Andy
Hi Andy- I use Camtasia to make the videos. Here is their site: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp
You are very informative . It is expensive to buy the video package. Thanks
The videos don’t show in IE6, but do in Firefox.
what is IE6?
The last part of this lesson really hits home. Family and friends usually have a difficult time understanding and accepting the concept of working from home and running an online business.
Yes…and the funny thing about it all is: a lot of time they don’t suppoet or incourage you but when you start making the money their opinions change real quick! Lol..just a little side note to think about. Best of luck to you!
I have a desire to succeed in the online affiliate genre but don’t really know where to start. I have a website, content (my own), great faith and vision but lack a plan or/and a strategy, I don’t know what to invest in - in regards to marketing ebcause I don’t know what works - any suggestions?
Andrew- as you will see in lesson #3, I actually recommend holding off and do not buy things until you have a better understanding of what you need.
Yes, I certainly do want to have my own business!
After 30 plus years of being at the mercy of the corporate bean counters, it is time for a new direction, and some financial and personal independence.
Yes…Corporate bean counters and working 9am-5pm. There has to be a better way…I agree!
Alex
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You are off to a great start. I am sincerely hoping I can stay with it.
I have a somewhat unique problem that is possibly true for thousands of others. While you in the city are used to unlimited access to high speed internet, that is not the case for us in rural areas.
If you have to use satellite to connect, you have limited access (rather like your server can have limited band width). Even with the top package plus a separate satellite just for downloading, I have to be careful. If you violate access, you are in a mess because the punishment is not fun.
One of the things I have to watch is the use of videos because the amount of time required for streaming. Some are ok and some are incredibly hungry.
Do you have any ideas about solutions for this group of people — especially now that videos are all the thing.
Carol Smith
Hi Carol, I do not have any specific solutions regarding this issue, but I think that the technology will continue to get better and that the bandwidth will eventually become more accessible. Also I will try to keep the file sizes of the videos as small as possible, which will help reduce bandwidth use.
Hi! Eric,
You are doing a great job. Pepople like who dont know any thing about online business are most benefited and feel couraged to start on line business. They have a satisfaction that thye have some one from whom they can take advise any time they want.
Keep going dear. My best wished are with you.
Regards/ Iftekhar Hussain
Hi Iftekhar,
I agree that hope and encouragement are 2 very important ingredients for success! Hang in there and best of luck to you!
Hi Eric. I am a newbie to computers and always hired people to do the work for me. I am now a widower and working from home trying to figure out how to build a business on the internet and ways to drive traffic to websites which I am preparing to create. I don’t believe much of the baloney I see on my emails and all they want is to low ball you with a shipping cost and then add more and more and the material is just junk. I don’t do that any more. What I need is someone who knows how to create business on the net and how to get traffic to the site and how to be positioned up froht on the search engines. If you can mentor me and it really works I will pay for the service if it is not too much. Let me know what you can do. Thanks,
Charles Attal
Charles- right now I am not offering any personal mentoring, but I am providing all of these video lessons for free, so follow along with them and you’ll see how to set up an online business step by step.
Hi
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Suby
Hi Eric,
I see lesson #2 is up and running but I didn’t received an email about it??
Greetings,
Erik, The Netherlands
The emails are all being placed onto my autoresponder system, which may send them out at various times. You should receive the email within 24 hours. If not, check your spam folder, and if you still didn’t get it, let me know.
Also if you bookmark http://www.erictips.com you can check it every morning for new lessons…sometimes it can take over 24hrs to receive a notice by email. Just a tip for consideration.
Hello Everybody! My name is Nico Pisani… some of you may know me from Eric’s show last year….Next Internet Millionaire.
I am one of Eric’s most ardent supporters, and after spending two weeks last summer with him, I know this step by step course is going to be one of the most valuable learning experiences you and I will ever have the opportunity to be a part of.
This being said… I have created a forum that I hope helps provide a solution for ongoing communication, support, and implementation of the 120 Lessons that Eric will be teaching.
Those of you who are reading this are already taking action in making a commitment to following Eric’s 120 Step by Step Lesson Plan!
This is NOT a replacement to posting comments on Eric’s blog! Please Note: I strongly encourage you to leave comments on Eric’s Tips below each lesson before going to the forum and getting involved.
However, I DO hope to create an interactive community there that will serve the following purposes:
An organized forum to review each of Eric’s 120 Lessons. Helping you to better find, ask, or answer questions and provide input for other users.
A MasterMind Platform to Share Ideas and Strategies from what you learn. Encouraging ACTION, SUPPORT, and IMPLEMENTATION of what you will be learning from Eric.
Relationship Building of like minded marketeers. Encouraging JV’s (Joint Venture’s) and Strategic Alliances. Mentoring.
So if you are reading this than Eric has approved this post… and maybe he will also take on a moderation/administrative role in the community:)
The forum can be found at:
http://www.ericstips120forum.com
Hey Nico- nice idea
I will probably not have time to be involved much in the forum, because it is taking all my working hours to make these lessons and reply to comments on the blog. But I think your reviews are cool, and I don’t mind if people discuss the lessons on the forum. And peer-to-peer support is great. The only thing I would say is perhaps make a different header graphic so it is not confused as being my site itself. Pura vida!
Cool:) I will rebrand the logo and I hope the forum helps deliver your vision!
say Hi to the gang for me!
Peace y Pura Vida! Nico
Hi Eric,
Good job. Your delivery and approach will make it easy for people to listen and learn. Can I post links to your video lessons on one of my websites? This should be a excellent set of lessons for people who have been skeptical of “hard-core” marketing but yet want to get the information and understanding.
Akili Kumasi
Sure you can post links. I always appreciate free publicity
Hey!
Can I enter a link on my profile on Digg.com so that people who are interested in MonaVie can benefit from your free info to start an on-line business?
Thank you so much, i am one who did the buy everything than knew nothing. i so want my own business and with your help and God on my side how could i possible fail? Bless you and if you want something to pray about than on July 3 i go in for brain surgery - 1 of 2 tumors to be removed. have a blessed day. see you on lesson 3
Wishing you nothing but the best and a VERY speedy recovery…I’ll say a prayer for you as well.Hang in there…it will get better!
Brenda
How are you feeling?
I want you to see this video by Dr.Lou Niles, ND. on MonaVie just copy and paste the URL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvS-KA7t5dc
You can contact me at laurier6@gmail.com
Hope you are feeling better and everything is all right with you. Godspeed.
Hey Eric,
Thanks for Lesson #2! I appreciate what you’re doing. Maybe a heads-up on the autoresponder which delivered the same Lesson #1 email both yesterday and today–at least to my box. I found Lesson #2 though and I’m sure others will as well. You might want to check the autoresponder, though. Cheers!
Thanks for the heads up. You are right… aparently Aweber inadvertantly repeated their response to my support request and set all my subscribers back to the first message again.
Eric,
I did get lesson 1 on the 12th; then I got ‘both’
1 “AND” 2 on the 13th and now it’s sent #2 again
on the 14th, so maybe it’s back in sync now.
Bill
Hi Bill,
Just bookmark Erics homepage and check it daily. You’ll see the lessons faster as email can take upwards of 24hrs. It works better if your in a hurry to view them. Best of luck to you!
Np about the double post! Lessons will be useful for my own upcoming project to produce small video spots.
Again Eric,
Sincere and to the point. I think that most people do not realize how much work is involved in creating and maintaining an online Internet business.
Great,
RonnieMarz
Hi Eric,
Want to say thank you for these lessons up front.Im just starting out and you are right about overload.Now Im slowing down on all the info thats out there and going to do things right.There will be mistakes but I will learn and make it.I know with your help with these lessons I will come a long way.
I have not seen anything out there like this offered for free.So Thank you again an god bless.
Eric,
Thanks for the perspectives and the previous personal insights. We have much in common even though I’m much older. I retired from an education system where I worked as a consultant to startups and did entrepreneural classes. My refusal to make the classes easy always got me in trouble! There is a cost to starting ANY business and people have to understsnd that they still have to do the parts they don’t like! I struggle with that still, and I have even taught it. I can’t tell you how important it is that people learn to protect themselves from the negative input around them, but still be willing to ask themselves the tough questions. I always told my classes that prayer was essential to my sucess as a business person and gave examples. The system didn’t like that either. I REALLY am looking forward to these lessons. I have wasted alot of time and money on programs I just did not have time to develop. I work full time for my son in his business and frequently can only find 20-30 minutes a day to work on this. I have almost been overwhelmed with questions and information both.
THANK YOU
Yes…it’s funny how negativity and negative messages we tell ourselves can hold us back from accomplishing things. It sounds like you have a lot of good insight that I could benefit from. Best of luck to you!
Hi Eric,
Great tips. Thanks! I’m ageed with you that we can’t treat online business as a “JOB”.
If we did, we just escape from the low-paying “job prison” to the “potentially higher-paying “self-employment prison”
We need to have “Right Mindset” and treat it as a serious business. We need to have strong “burning desire to success”.
Right Mindset + Right Attitude + A Solid Plan + Proven Techniques + Taking Actions = $$$ Into Your Pocket
Other than that, we need to ask ourself why are we starting an online business?To do whatever you want? when and where you want?Without having to worry about money?
Your internet business ia a “Freedom Machine”
To your success
Bryan Hee
Hi Eric,
Are you familiar with AdSense, and if you are, could you address that subject?
I’ll be talking a bit about adsense, but my friend Joel is the expert on that topic. I recommend grabbing his new ebook for $9.95:
AdSense Secrets
Joels new adsense book is excellent(just read it)…I highly recommend it! Be careful everyone,there is a lot of adsense junk out there so take Erics advice and recommendations.
hi eric..i agree 100% on your comments
cool stuff erik ! I want to grow with this and give to others too! its a great way to make a living and give back to the world at large or small peace out
Hi Eric,
Thanks again. I looked forward to the next lesson. I do want my own business & I am committed to making it happened
True guidances to success, whyn’t, this is what everybody are waiting for. Not every GURUS are committed as you.
Dear Eric, today as we following up your lessons, understanding & committed as all in you.
With you we success
Ths, Regards
Mohd Singapore
Hi Eric
You’ve ask if I do want to run my own business, well my answer is not far fetch which is “yes” a thousand times
Regards
Dola
I love this course. I rules, I can’t wait to get them and when I see it in my inbox I scream and get so excited. It rules!!!
Thanks Eric
Hi, Eric!
Nice start! Keep on going!
Thank you
Hi Eric
Listened tp both lessons 1 and 2, refreshing content so far I have been on the net for about 6 months now and slowly moving forward.
Yes there is a lot of BS out there and it takes a discerning mind to sort it out
Which I am starting to do now, like most people I looked at everything and tried most things and got confused.
I retired and decided to start an internet business,to keep the ‘old’ brain cells active. Concerning health wealth and happiness, plus animal care articles. This is exciting for me to be involved with the net.
Are you planning an internet business involving animal care? What a great idea! I love animals…I have a huge black and white cat..his name is Stanley…lol Best of luck to you!
Wow Eric!
This is a totally new perspective of what is an online business. I think some so-called gurus have to hear from you.
Happy you took-off right from scratch. I see that many people have problem from the concepts and definitions.
Thanks millions
Braveheart
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Hi,
I think it is absolutely BRILLIANT in what you are trying to achieve. In this over hyped world, more power to your elbow.
All the best, Allen
yes and I’m going to one way or the other!!!!
With the economy in decline and jobs at risk you need to look at alternatives to earn a living before your job is axed. But like anything you do in life, success is a result of effort. What Eric is providing is a means of olearning the skills to start looking at an online business without the sweat. self employment does have significant benefits
Yes…Eric can provide all the information but I agree that success only comes with effort and determination!You must step up to the plate and put your knowledge into practice!
Hi Eric:
Just a quick note. I have been attempting to start an online business for quite some time and made a lot of mistakes. Information overload is a gross understatement.
The point of this post is to thank you for your efforts and also note that your vids and teaching style are much appreciated.
I look forward to the remainder of the series.
Thanks
Hal
Eric,
This is great. I have often felt I have all the tools and info to build a successful business. My hard drive is filled with it.
I just haven’t known the steps, or even how to put it all together so it makes sense and actually makes a business.
This looks like my answer. Thanks a lot!
Scott
Yes, I agree with family members having a difficult time understanding about online businesses. My husband has even went as far to tell me that there is no money to be made on the internet and if there was he would be doing so himself. And no my husband has no clue of what is involved.
Eric, even though you are starting at the beginning it is still sometimes good to still go over the basic (even for someone who is past the basics) because sometimes it can generate new ideas that you never would have gotten otherwise. But keep up the great work
Heidi
Hi Hedi,
Stay positive and hang in there…you can do it!
this is the best time to start an online business
Thanks Eric, you started to make it very interesting , looking forward for the next lesson.
Hi Eric,
I would add a point to your point a) in your two points above relating if one is afraid to start a business. And that is “Get over your fear by learning what running an online business involves.” That includes learning about the risks as wall as the rewards - and the hard work it entails. Plus, I hope you will talk about the desire to provide a useful service should be a key driver running/having a business. There are a lot of “have an internet business become an instant millionaire…” promos out there (and of course, buying their products will ensure that will happen for you), and it seems many now believe that having an internet business is the door to instant overnight money riches. I believe one has to provide something that someone wants and values AND know how to market in order to have success. OK, now I gonna watch the vid.
Good sound advice!
I agree partially: Owning a business is not for everyone. And a website, by itself is not an online business on its own. However, if you really want to have personal wealth and security, then you need to own a business, period. A business builds equity and equity is the only source of true wealth.
And I agree partially
A business is one of the best sources of equity, but I would not say it’s the only way. There is another way, and that is to be an investor (which is not necessarily a business in itself). I will be mentioning it in lesson #6
Wow is all I can say Eric. This lesson hit home for me….Thanks for being a giver and I look forward to the next lesson.
Hi Eric:
I am enjoying the lessons and trying to wait patiently for the next one!
Raymond
Hi Eric,
Can you tell me what plugin you are using to get comment replys right below the original comment?
Thanks,
Fermin
It’s pretty sweet isn’t it? It’s called Ajax comments reply: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ajaxcomment/
Yeah, I love it. No more searching through tons of comments to see if you have gotten a repy.
Thanks much,
Fermin
FerminSuero.com
Thanks Eric…I wondering this myself! I made a tag of it so I can come back to it later!
Hi Eric,
It is so great that someone has started doing this I have felt so lost. I have been try to start for the last six month with no success.
All the best,
Hugh
Thanks Eric,
I know from experience, you might not even know you have fears about doing something different.
You might fool yourself by continuing to “learn” about how to do something, while you already possess all you need to get started. You just don’t get started. And you don’t get anything done. And you don’t make any money.
Once you do anything a few times,it will be like second nature before you know it.
Ted
I love the new tips Eric. I agree that having a website is not a business, but can be. I have worked at my own business off and on since I was 15, and I have worked for others in the wage-slave world. Which I am doing now to earn the money to set up the new business that I am starting. I appreciate that you give real advise and not hype. Working for yourself means that you are the one that has to get up and do it, all without someone there to say you have to. You are your own boss, but that means really doing WORK! OMG! That can be hard! That is why they always say find your passion! That means that you will enjoy getting up to do the hard stuff! Keep up the great lessons! Raven
I’ve got Carol Smith’s problem, Eric - limited access to highspeed service (for now). Everybody has gone to videos & I feel as if I’ve been locked out of the library! Is there any chance you could share the transcript (ie - a pdf file?) with us that you use to prepare each video?
Kathy
http://www.delaneyvineyards.org
for now i’m not going to have time to make PDF’s, but I’ll try to beef up the points after the lessons when I can.
Hi Kat,
I also saw it mentioned somewhere that Eric may release the training course on DVD or CD-Rom once the lessons are completed. Best of luck to you!
Eric,
Thanks, To say the least.
I hope to get my site started soon and follow your lead - to help others.
Hi Eric,
Great Tips!
I am looking forward to the remaining lessons.
Thanks for sharing.
Best Wishes,
Kannan
http://www.growing-self.blogspot.com
Hi Erics,
Now you come forward to introduce ‘the online Business’. Let everybody knows the concept of online in the Internet. What is ‘offline’ business? These terminologies are very important if we need to understand fluently in the internet marketing.
If we go further, some other things coming across and we should be happy to face all these without any unsatisfied complain.
That’s why these basics are very important to be acquired as a beginner, and thus help us to really understand and succeed in this virtually internet marketing world.
I hope we can follow all what is going to be exposed by Erics, and everybody must be patient
to wait till the ends of the course.
Thank you for your organized intro,Erics.
Hi,
I have been slaving for others for quite some time now but would like to be liberated through internet business - ebooks business.
However, I have encountered countless problems and deceits and therefore feel terribly betrayed and discouraged to continue.
They tell me internet business is easy, very easy but immediately I part with my money, they start singing a different tune, asking me to build the website myself using their tools, draw traffic myself to my website yourself, etc, etc until I give up since I do not know how to do these things. I have lost out countless times in this manner. The cycle of deceit continues. I wish I had one truthful person who can really help set me up thoroughly ( set up the website for me, including affilliate programs, draw traffic etc and hand the business over to me, and tell me in advance the cost. I recently paid a company to draw traffice to my ebooks website. According to their own records, they are sending thousands of visitors to my website but there is not even one visitor or customer or activity recorded in this website.
Can anyone help please. Mike
Hi Mike
I understand the way you feel, and I used to feel the same way until I discovered my coach and mentor who taught me how to:
1, Build and maintain websites and Blogs
2, Drive massive traffic to my websites easily
3, Convert traffic to customers
You need to focus on your goals and consistently work at it.
Internet/Niche marketing is not child’s play especially if you want your “Ebook website” to have good rank listing in the search engines (Google, Yahoo, & Msn)
I have watched my traffic and rankings improved
drastically by applying what I learned from the best free 67 page guide on social marketing. It is called the Authority Black Book, http://contentdesk.com/cmd.php?af=794301
You’ve also enquired about Affiliate programs. You can easily apply for Affiliate programs; here are the 3 I’d suggest you start off with
1, https://www.clickbank.com/index.html
2, http://www.cj.com/
3, http://www.amazon.com/
I hope this puts you in the right direction
Regards
Dola
http://contentdesk.com/cmd.php?af=794301
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So what the definition of business on line, if we have make website and want to make money from that website by referring affiliate is it business online ?
Hi There,
Yes….affiliate marketing can very much so be considered an online business and there are many people who make a lot from doing this. However I beleive you can make even more if your able to develop your own products and sell them yourself.This way your item is unique and one of a kind.Best of luck to you!
Q. How do you eat an elephant?
A. One bite at a time.
Two lessons in and I am truly appreciating the bite size servings. These few minutes with you are clarifying and focused. I have time to digest what you are saying and relate to it before moving on to the next step. Super great pace for someone working a JOB and trying to get a business going at the same time.
Thanks, again.
Thanks a lot Eric, very nice video.
Stef
http://stefgrandgi.com/
Thanks for this. You must have read my mind or else there are a lot of people out there just like me.
Everything happens at the right time.
About a fortnight ago I pulled by website down that I paid a designer to do and have relaunched it one step at a time.
I have been doing so much reading and research that I have hundreds of bits that I should do someday. And of course I am getting very confused.
I WILL make it work this time.
Hi Eric,I am a newbie and am following your tips closely.i am not making any progress,could you kindly log in to my site http//onlinedatingcode.com to comment on my site.
Thanking you in advance
hs
Thanks Eric. Great advice. You’re right about not asking family they can really be negative and end up pulling you down. I guess they only want to protect you.
Lyn
Hi Lyn,
Hang in there and remain positive. If you take some time and read other peoples posts you’ll see that your not alone. Best of luck to you!
Hi Eric,
Thanks for your hasty answer!
But for a free one?…
Best Regards,Andy
Hey, Eric, Good Video. I have joined Justin Brookes SiteFlipAcademy.com and am interested in websiteflipping. I have a website for a while, but I am learning to drive traffic to hit with various methods: article, blogs, forums, and I will work on USFreeAds.com and PPC. My website has Google Pr Rank of 0. Do you have any suggestion of getting traffic. I am just starting out and have a hard time with webdesign. So I have hired someone out to do that. Any suggestion for good blogs or forums to go in. I think one of the most effective ways to gain traffic is post YouTube, MySpace, Digg and other social bookmarking sites. I have a camcorder, but I am going to start using Camtasia with Powerpoint and create my own products that way. So I think online Business is great if you are dedicated and motivated. I think the hardest is to decide what to do. I guess I should try to write out a schedule and be more organized. I think an online business, so be treated like a business. Most people think of it as a hobby. That is why they fail. But if you think of it as a businesss, good things will come. I guess I am just rattling off. But have a good day, Looking forward to lesson 3. Thanks alot, Eric, Ray
Check out my websites, Let me know what you think, Ray.
http://officialinternetmarketingexpert.com
http://ebooksforsale.blogspot.com
http://martialartsandnutrition.weebly.com
Michael , you just got scammed by junk traffic
provider. Its one of the longest running scams.
Also everyone who tells you internet marketing/business is easy, is well, bluffing.
Its low cost way to set up your business but it takes lots of time effort and money to consistently drive targetted traffic to make money. And you have to find ways to keep ahead of competition which if you don’t know is in the 100 millions !
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Thanks, you do a excelant job as a teacher. I appreciate your clear no BS style and your subject task breakdown, I wish I found you three years ago. The web can suck money faster than a rigged casino.
Hi Eric Id being about 6 months trying to understand what an online business is all about, to my deception I found out that most programs are selling just a lot to read, where they explain what to do, but not how to do it. For example buy a website, pay for hosting,autoresponder,email lists, ebooks,manage PPC, subscribe to affiliates that you never know if are working or steeling your comissions since there’s no reliable way to proof if someone is reading or not your articles, and some more things that looks like tools that are useless. I’ll be honest to you I haven’t make a penney yet, I don’t invest much is true, but is like you said. If I don’t understand what Im buying I hasitate, unfortunatelly you won’t know what you are buying until you pay for it. This days knowing who to trust is more difficult, it seems like everybody got scamed and everyone has a solution for it. “Which seems like scamming forward”. When they offer you a money back guarantee they make sure you have so much to read that by the time you finish understanding, the cancellation time will be due and you end up overwhelmed and frustrated. So I hope your lessons are quite different, because I really want my own business since a very long time ago.
Hi Eric,
Great video. I especially appreciated the part about not asking family & friends. I began looking into internet marketing a couple of years ago and have gotten back into it pretty seriously the last 6 months. I didn’t mention anything to anyone about what I was doing until I got a couple of sites up and started working a little with Adsense. Now my family is interested in how I can help them do the same!
I appreciate your integrity- looking forward to the rest of the tips.
Kim
Hi Eric
Very well done! I would love to bring you in as a guest speaker to my network at http://www.kiosk.ws
Joel Therien
President
Kiosk.ws
Hotconference.com
hey Joel- Thanks! I’m not taking on any speaking engagements right now… but I know who you are and I take it as a huge compliment. Keep up the good work.
My answer is a resounding YES!! I’ve been an “offline” business owner and I know the freedom that comes from it. All I need is now is a product or service and some knowledge, which I’m getting thanks to Eric!
Good luck everyone and thank you Eric.
Mary
I know the answer to the action step right off the bat…I’ve thought about it long and hard over the past year, and the answer is most assuredly yes! Though I know I was not required to comment on my answer here, it felt good to do it;)
Hi! yes, i am passionate about what i am doing as a personal performance coach and definitely want to have my own business.
I have not yet developed a website but do you have any suggestions as to how to do a questionaire specifically to health professionals online now? Thanks
Hi There,
Your post caught my attention as I’ve been in the medical field now for 14 years. My internet business has been a great hobby on the side for the past 5 years. Best of luck to you!
First and foremost i want to appreciate ur effort for ur several mails u have sent so far, pleae Eric i’ll like to know the risk so to say about this online business and also how to go about executing the business. thanks
Love This site. I like for eric to visit my site and maybe join. I like for him to send tips to my members.
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Hi Eric,
You didn’t replyed to my posting from Lesson #1 but I found out the answer to my question to you from the other comments.I’m sorry you aren’t going to have time to make your videos into .PDF files.
I’m sure into your videos will be the most important details as to how to start an online business from A to Z.I don’t like videos just if they are the most modern method and because I less understand audio files.
But I’ll follow your lessons because I still will learn more skills from you in the long run.
Of course, I do want to run my own online business if this is the single action step of Lesson #2.
I ask you:
May I use a link to your lessons on my blog,website to send it to my online friends to help me to understand your speach from your videos?
I look forward to your next lessons.
Hello Eric,
I read up to lesson 6 and it will not let me go further. Do I have to wait till I get the e-mail from you?
I’m looking forward to the future. I’M a rep for a Health and Wellness Company and have my own web site but not doing well in it. I do not have traffic going through. I do love the product line and been using it for 2 years. I also have a Cleaning business right now but I’m very slow. I’m always willing to learn.
[…] LESSON #2: What is an online business? Contrary to what some of the so-called guru’s may say, having an online business is not for everyone. But in order to judge whether it’s a good fit for you, we first must define what an online business is and what it isn’t. […]
Wow Eric,
These courses have been absolutely wonderful so far. Thanks for providing such a down to earth experience…it’s so refreshing after seeing all the other alternatives out there!
yes i want online business
my question is this, for some of us that live here in Nigeria, how can we earn our pay?
Rommy
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great stuff Eric keep it up
hi Eric i paid a large sum of money to a company to train me internet marketing but i find i am not getting it . is there recourse i can take to get my money back ..just a thought .thanks Eric
Hi Eric,
First, let me say thanks for the great tips, advice and frank discussion about the in’s and out’s of having an internet business.
Second, I could use some help. I am in the business of life coaching. I had a web designer create my website about 16 months ago and I’ve been painfully reminded that everytime I need to make a change to the website, I have to pay her to do it.
I’d like to make my own changes so it won’t be so costly. I don’t even have my coaching prices up on my webstie which actually makes my website a high dollar business card.
Of course, I didn’t know any of this until recently. Should I ditch my current website and buy XSitePro so I can start over and actually make changes myself? I will be adding eBooks and other products shortly.
Also, I send out a newsletter every two weeks with Constant Contact. CC doesn’t have autoresponder capability. I’m thinking about switching to IContact because they send out newsletters and have autoresponder capability. Should I make the switch or wait it out for now?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Kathleen