Title: 
An Internet Business Opportunity Can Lead To Trouble

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505

Summary:
An internet business sounds like the ideal way to make a fortune. We hear all the time about the internet millionaires who became wealthy virtually overnight. In reality many more people have lost a fortune than the few who have succeeded.

There are a lot of people in cyberspace who promise amazing wealth for a few hours of work a week. Some even claim that you can make money whilst you sleep! In reality over ninety percent of these ideas are scams with no hope of the inve...


Keywords:
internet business,web business,online business,seo,targetted traffic


Article Body:
An internet business sounds like the ideal way to make a fortune. We hear all the time about the internet millionaires who became wealthy virtually overnight. In reality many more people have lost a fortune than the few who have succeeded.

There are a lot of people in cyberspace who promise amazing wealth for a few hours of work a week. Some even claim that you can make money whilst you sleep! In reality over ninety percent of these ideas are scams with no hope of the investor ever making any serious money.

There are a few people who have more than one successful internet business but they have achieved this through hard work and learning through experience how to create their own highly targeted traffic.

This skill is an art form in itself and it can take several years to learn how to create pages that are search engine friendly and then make them appear on the first page for several lucrative terms. In the process they learnt all there is to know about link building, sponsored adverts and business directory listings.

One mistake that a lot of new businesses make on the internet is to rely way too much on SEO (search engine optimisation) experts. It is far better to learn these skills yourself even if you have to pay money to an expert to learn than to have little knowledge of the core foundation of your business.

Setting up a new web business is almost like going back to school. The first couple of years will (for the majority) never generate any significant income but the learning curve will be rapid for those who refuse to give up.

You will have to do some serious homework as you learn about this new medium. I have found that those who approach the web with passion and are prepared to read and investigate new ideas in a professional manner are much more likely to succeed.

You will definitely need a plan of action. This is basically a road map that will need to be constantly changed as real life experiences take over from figures and expectations on a chart.

The type of person who will most definitely fail is the one who expects rapid returns and jumps from one idea to another without sticking with one idea long enough to really understand how to make it work.

Persistence is absolutely essential especially if you are a newcomer to business. Each hurdle will be a major learning curve and will improve your confidence if you can deal with it. 

The internet really is the goose that can lay the golden egg but like most new normal business start ups it’s a three to five year project and does demand substantial capital and more importantly a high level of work & time commitment.

For those fortunate enough to make it can lead to a nice cushy lifestyle and the experience of starting one internet business successfully can open the path to having multiple successful internet businesses.