| Why You Should Start an Internet Business Today According to the Federal
Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances for 2001, the average net worth of
a self-employed business owner's household was $1.3 million, almost 6 times
that of an employee-led household, which was $225,000.
That difference is set to increase in coming years. Combined with a
business's incomparably higher growth potential and the delightful prospect
of financial independence, business in the USA is a very lucrative career
choice. It is thus unsurprising that a large and ever-rising number of
people espouse the ideal of some day abandoning their full-time job and
setting up shop for themselves. If you are or have ever been one of these
people, now is a very good time to closely consider that option.
Since 2001, e-commerce has been experiencing unprecedented growth. Each
year sees substantial increases in online sales - there was a 25% increase
in 2004, and a nearly 30% increase in 2005. Today, there is no other field
that can boast the same levels of growth, and analysts expect that this
trend will continue for at least the next 4-5 years. And small wonder:
the Internet offers possibilities that are undreamt-of in other areas.
Many people are deterred from going into business for themselves, because
they perceive that a substantial investment is required to start-up. This
is true to some extent, but usually to a lesser degree than people think.
A key advantage is the low cost of starting up an Internet business as
opposed to a brick-and-mortar. Setting up a webstore costs only a few thousand
dollars, as compared to the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars needed
to outfit a real storefront. The monthly upkeep costs are also incomparable:
a website costs a few hundred dollars to maintain, at best, while a real-life
store would cost several thousand in rent alone.
Online stores are also much more flexible logistically. They are not
tied to any one spot geographically: they can operate from anywhere that
has an Internet connection, whether it’s a penthouse in Manhattan, a seaside
villa in Los Angeles, a cabin in the Rockies, or a yacht in the Caribbean.
There are no fixed hours: the computer does the tedious work of serving
customers for you, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with no days off, without
calling in sick and, most importantly, without receiving any salary whatsoever.
There is also no need to maintain a stable inventory. Since you display
the photographs of items, rather than actual items, you don’t need to have
them in stock at all times. Online buyers do not expect instant gratification,
so delays, while unpleasant, are not lethal. Furthermore, a large and ever-increasing
number of wholesalers and manufacturers nowadays are willing to drop-ship,
that is, to send products directly to customers, charging retailers the
wholesale price and a small fee for shipping and handling. This eliminates
the need for a warehouse altogether.
In fact, the only thing an online business owner really needs to focus
on are marketing and customer service.
The marketing aspect is where e-commerce truly shines over conventional
business.
A website inherently has the potential to sell to a global market; more
realistically, to sell to a national market, which is vastly greater coverage
than a brick-and-mortar could ever hope for. Advertising is cheaper too,
at least at the moment of writing, and much more effective, since specific
demographic groups can be targeted much more accurately than in most other
media. In fact, if you have the know-how it is possible to promote a website
to greater extents with negligible investments. Conversely, if the knowledge
and skills are lacking, even colossal investments will lead to only modest
returns. Thus, online, a single individual can challenge the greatest multi-national
corporation – as far as marketing goes – and walk away the victor.
Marketing on the Internet is very much an intellectual task.
Where, however, is such knowledge available?
Fortunately for the beginning online entrepreneur, in very few places.
E-commerce as a field is barely 12 years old, and has been in a state of
constant evolution throughout its brief history. The knowledge has not
been systematized and institutionalized to any great degree. The material
taught in e-commerce course in colleges is outdated on the day it is first
set in print. I say that this state of affairs is fortunate, because this
gives the active and intelligent individual the edge over less flexible
competitive.
Our company, Join2day.com Inc, has been working in the field of e-commerce
and e-commerce training for over 6 years now – a venerable age in a field
this young.
The company’s history starts in 1999, with the launching of the website
Olga’s
Gallery (http://www.abcgallery.com/) by the company’s founders-to-be.
At the time of writing, this site is one of the most popular in the world
in its field, Art History, and dozens of universities recommend the website
to their students as a valuable resource. More than a million unique visitors
from all around the world come monthly to browse through the gallery's
substantial collection of paintings and other works of art, and over 15,000
links point to the website from all over the web.
The valuable knowledge and experience that was gained from this and
other projects was passed on to other people -- at first, friends and associates.
The results were very encouraging. The students created dozens of popular
and profitable websites, many ranking top in relevant search engine requests.
In 2001, Join2day.com
E-Commerce Training Institute's educational program was recognized
by the Institute of Certified E-Commerce Consultants (ICECC)
as fulfilling (and in some ways exceeding) the requirements set by the
E-Commerce Board of Standards. The Join2day.com Institute was endorsed
to train and certify online marketing specialists as CEC™ (Certified E-Commerce
Consultant™), and also to assess and certify other educational institutions
in its turn.
The main difference between us and more traditional institutions is
that all of our instructors are people who have attained tangible results
in their own commercial online projects. This practice, almost never seen
in the academic world, was established as one of the company's main principles
from the outset.
Join2day.com
E-Commerce Training Institute's mission is to set and keep up high
standards of education in the area of e-commerce, as well as to provide
professional online marketing and management consulting.
For the private individual, we offer the skills you need to set up
your own home-based online business, providing you with a steady income,
allowing you to work comfortably from home and giving you the opportunity
to work in a field that interests you.
If you are interested, feel free to contact Mr. Yuri Mataev, the company’s
sales representative and instructor,
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by phone at (607) 287-1942,
Today Internet is an integral part of our life. I can’t put my finger on
something that isn’t in the Internet already. I think that in the USA it
is almost impossible to find a business, an organization or a specialist
that doesn’t have a web site.
What is the purpose of web sites?
In some cases to earn money for their owners, in some cases to bring
customers to the business, in some cases just to be popular. But what do
all these goals have in common?
In order to achieve these goals the web site has to be well known and
have a good rating in the popular search engines. People, who are interested
in particular ideas, products or information, ought to find the web site,
which is offering that on the web.
So for example, if your site is about fishing, your visitors ought
to find YOUR site, among thousands of other sites, on the net.
Building a web site is so simple that even a child can do it. The main
problem is to make this site popular, well known and profitable.
The choice of the right strategy for your site is the way to success.
A consultant, who holds a CEC™ (Certified E-Commerce Consultant) certificate,
will help you to achieve this goal.
He will:
- draw up a budget for your ebusiness.
- develop a strategic concept for your site.
- help select a team of specialists and check their qualifications.
- put together a business plan for constructing your site, filling
it with content and correctly promoting your project.
As a result you will save a lot of time, money and end up with a working
project with a detailed business plan, for the next several years.
On these occasions experienced corporations hire e-commerce consultants
spending billions of dollars annually. To find specialists of this kind
and check their qualifications, a board of standards for ecommerce was
created in the USA.
Our company has researched a unique technology that allows the users
to achieve outstanding results in a short period of time. As a result,
the company was honored to be a member of the board of standards for ecommerce.
- The company is on the same list as Intel, Microsoft, Netscape, DMOZ,
Yahoo and others in this area of expertise.
- Our company Join2Day.com Inc is one of several elite educational
colleges and universities that have the right to endow their graduates
with the CEC™ (Certified E-Commerce Consultant) certification, give away
correspondent diplomas and the right to use the CEC™ title.
- Our teachers prepare and certify specialists in Russian, Hebrew and
English.
At the moment it’s possible to take the e-commerce course in USA, New
York
(347) 733-8783 Anna in russian
Brooklyn, NY
For more information contact me at: info@annalevinson.com
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