2009 – The Time to Open your Website Business

2009 – The Time to Open your Website Business

The news is full of news about worldwide recession, banking crisis and mass redundancies. Doom and gloom is all around and your instinct may be to hold on to what you have, reduce your outgoings and wait for a better day.

An alternative to consider is to be brave and to open your own internet based business. A website business can be as complicated or as simple as you like. It can cost the earth or cost virtually nothing. It can be a full time income or a part time income. It can replace your existing offline business or it can supplement it.

On top of everything, the internet is a great leveller because it is blind to the person behind the website. Whether you are old or young, black or white, gay or straight, disabled or able bodied, rich or poor, university educated or not: you can succeed online.

So why is 2009 a great time to open a website?

• According to Forrester research, over 70% of people looking for a new product or service start by searching online.
• It’s cheaper to buy online and we are in a world recession.
• Green issues have dictated that people travel less.
• It’s cheaper to open than almost any business.

Having helped dozens of people get going online I have two pieces of advice to give you based on my experience. Firstly, that the internet is not a route to instant riches. Just like any business, it takes time, effort and knowledge to succeed. Secondly, there are many businesses online that make money by selling you the latest ‘get rich quick’ scheme. Don’t spend your money unless you are sure that what you are buying is what you need to succeed.

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