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| After two weeks of surveying my visitors, I am | | | | - How to make their web site to sell on the first |
| finallymaking an attempt to draw some | | | | visit |
| conclusions. Reading myvisitors replies to the | | | | (direct marketing) |
| survey questions, I sense onecommon concern in | | | | - Lack of time and how to overcome it |
| one way or another: lack of moneyand lack of | | | | (efficient use of time spent online) |
| profits. One person even said, "help memake | | | | - Not enough customers |
| money first then i'll send you a payment". | | | | (finding and selling to a target customer) |
| Another theme dominating in people's replies is | | | | - Lack of money to start a business and |
| theconfusion about too many details involved in | | | | advertise it |
| startinga web business. If you already have a | | | | - Fear of technology (general Internet knowledge) |
| web site, youknow what this means. Just step | | | | - How to automate some time-consuming tasks |
| aside for a secondand take a look at your | | | | - Making a web site look more professional |
| business from a newbie'sprospective. | | | | Most of the people who filled out the survey are |
| You had to design a web site, put it online, | | | | eitherstay-at-home moms or people with full-time |
| figureout a way of accepting online payments, | | | | jobs whodesperately want to make enough |
| find out whereand how to advertise, how to | | | | money with their businessto quit their jobs. |
| capture your visitors'e-mail address and how to | | | | Nothing new there, all right. Thewords "fast" and |
| contact them later to remindabout your products. | | | | "easy" were mentioned in the repliesquite |
| The list can go on and on, andif you are not web | | | | frequently which tells me that most people who |
| savvy, you might find yourselfscratching behind | | | | arestarting an online business still don't have a |
| your ear not knowing where tostart. | | | | realisticidea of how much time and energy is |
| Here are some of the common concerns my | | | | involved in making ita success. |
| visitors had: | | | | They say, the first million is the hardest. So, |
| - How to reach target audience | | | | please,do me a favor: the next time you see a |
| (creating a flow of target traffic) | | | | "make money whileyou sleep" ad, pass it by. |
| - How to focus their online efforts better | | | | |