Archive for February, 2008

Progress report Sunday 10th February, 2008

Just a quick post about the novel writing project:
I’ve been a bit variable in how much time I’ve been spending each day, which isn’t ideal! Yesterday I did manage to write nearly 6,000 words! But I was at it most of the day, probably spending about 8 hours at it. Some time was spent looking […]

Picking a Product

(First check Why an online business?)
At some point, probably early on, you will need to decide what product(s) you are going to sell online. This may be your own product or someone else’s.
For example, if you have your own product, then you will need to have a website to sell it on, and if several […]

Basics - Step 1

OK – the first step of ALL is just some advice, and you’ll find this repeated many times in many books and programs…
So the very first thing you should do, once you decide what area you want to operate in (Your Strategy: eBooks, Pay Pre Click, Affiliate marketing etc.), is pick ONE plan to follow. […]

Picking a Strategy

Assuming you have already got a product (if not, see Picking a Product), decide on a budget and a business strategy:

Do you want quick results, with absolutely minimum investment?

The usual route for minimum investment is by becoming an affiliate marketer for someone else’s product – but you’ll probably need to use their product […]

Before you start!

What is your attitude to online/internet/email marketing of products, whether your own or someone else’s product that you might be selling to make yourself money? i.e. do you have lots of scruples or few scruples when it comes to selling this product?
This is a very important question, as it will affect not only the method […]

My Novel Writing Project

Having been ‘between jobs’ since 1st January, 2008, and after nearly a month of not doing much more than pottering around online… I have to write a novel! It’ something I have wanted to do before, but in previous attempts I never got beyond a few pages. So at the end of January I […]

Initial Post

Hi, This is a a blog started initially as part of the John Thornhill Coaching Program. As I progress along my way, learning more about setting up my internet business I will be posting progress reports, useful information, product links, other useful links and at some point there will be some details of income earned!
I […]