Understanding the concepts of online business is not that much challenging. However, with huge information avilable, it's easy to get confused about the right step to start online business. Here is the power point presentation that will help how to do online business easily.

1. Business Start-up-How to Start An Online
Business
DELIVERED BY:
Sheila Elliott FCCA, MBA
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2. Key Objectives
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Overview of the online market space
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What types of business are you interested in
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Researching business opportunity for profit
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Planning for your business- a business plan
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The importance of website for effective online marketing
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Selling own Vs other people’s products
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Drop-shipping – does it really work
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Online marketing tips
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3. Overview of the online marketing
space
E-commerce sales are growing by over 19% per annum and
estimated to be $1.4 trillion by 2015
More than 80% of online population has used the internet
for purchasing goods or services.
Over 50% of the online population shop regularly online
Benefits of internet shopping abound
Are you a spectator or are you a seller online?
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4. What can you sell online & benefits
You can sell almost everything online.
Goods and services of all types can be marketed online
The
benefits are significant and you don’t want to miss out.
Think of any type of business and check it on Google and
there is a good chance a site will be there selling a related
product or service.
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5. Researching your market for
profitability
Is there a market for your business, online?
How big is the market?
Can you compete
in this market?
Can you make profit in the business?
How do you get objective answers?
How do you make your decisions?
https://adwords.google.com
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6. Business Planning- you cannot go
without this
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What is your product
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Who is your target market
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What is the price range for the market
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What is the resources required for you to start a businesswebsite, human, suppliers (merchant account, utilities, PC,
telephone, other resources etc).
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How would you market and sell to your customers
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What is your financial projections
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7. Tips for setting up your website store
Simple and easy
to navigate with
online shop
facility
Search engine
friendly- meta
tags and
descriptions,
keywords, meta
titles, contents
for optimisation
an
Cheap to
maintain- you
Reliable hosting
have control over
service provider
access and editing
with no downtime
contents without
as far as possible
the need for too
much expenditure
Testimonials in
videos and words
to persuade
customers
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8. Selling your products versus affiliate
marketing
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You can sell your products on you own websites or other
peoples website (E-bay, Amazon and other market places).
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Selling on your website and other peoples website is another
option
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You can find other peoples products from market places and
sell them for commission – affiliate marketing
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Commission junction, Link Share, Amazon and many affiliate
programmes exist- watch out for scammers.
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9. Selling your products versus Dropshipping
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You can sell other peoples products on your own website and
get the suppliers to drop ship to your customers.
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Drop-shipping should save you a lot in inventory costs and
capital investment
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Drop-shipping requires reliable suppliers that ship
anonymously
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Some working capital is required and there is still some risk of
charge back for fraud.
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Strong supplier relationship management is required for
timely delivery and returns
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10. Online Marketing Tips & Our
Training Courses
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11. Our training Courses & Coaching
Programmes
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Digital Marketing by renowned internet marketing expertsshort courses online plus qualification courses- internet
markteting fundamentals, social media marketing, per per click
advertising, youtube and video marketing, SEO fundamentals
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Online courses in starting your own business, starting your own blog
site, business planning, financial management, sales and marketing, time
management, communication – live training plus videos and templates
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ILM Business Enterprise Training Course- qualification based course
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Books- My Business Is My Business & various other resources
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12. Conclusion – The End
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