Internet marketing is like every other business, except that internet marketing is done strictly online without the need for any physical transactions or physical contacts with buyers.
As the internet marketing business is now thriving like never before, more people wish to establish themselves. Internet marketing involves the buying, selling, and distribution of a product or service on the Internet. Over the years, Internet marketing has become one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing businesses throughout the world. The main reason for this growth is its availability to millions (if not billions) of people. It is not easy to learn the basics of Internet marketing. However, it is also not beyond the beginners’ ability to learn rapidly: anyone with a passion for doing successful business on the internet can do this. Basically, there are four areas we need to look at:
Website Design
Designing a website is one of the basic skills you must possess before becoming an internet marketer. It used to be a requirement to know HTML, CSS, XML, and other web design software languages. If you do possess these skills, you can create websites according to your precise specifications. Besides having these skills, you can join a website design platform (of which there are too many to go into here). These often have “drag and drop” templates. This will allow you to put up a beautiful website in almost no time at all.
These website templates are straightforward, and most have been designed for people who do not have the technical “computer language” skills to do their own programming. If a website’s design is not something you are good at, you can hire a good web designer to do the job for you.
Software Development
The development of software is another category in the Internet marketing business. In this category, you develop a tool (or software) according to a customers’ specifications and preferences. This is a difficult task because it requires complex inputs (and something simple like a single comma instead of a period will actually stop the software from working)! The development of websites is an easier skill to master than this. Some blog or website owners do require the service of software/apps developers from time to time. If you have this skill set, you can make good money by offering this service to customers across the globe. Such development may also include setting up the contents of websites, helping people with affiliate marketing, blogging, etc.
Advertising of Products or Services
This is arguably the easiest of all internet marketing techniques. Advertising uses techniques such as search engine optimization and the use of popular blogs/websites to improve ad visibility. The ads are usually posted on websites that have greater use and get a lot of traffic. Examples of advertisements are visible on both Google and Facebook. The skills to do this are easy to learn and even easier to set up. This type of marketing is preferred by many internet marketers over the website design and software development styles of marketing.
Truly, all you need do is learn how to set up a blog or website and begin to send traffic to it. Once you begin to receive a substantial amount of traffic, you apply to an Ads Company to advertise on your website. Google AdSense, Facebook ads, and propeller ads are good examples for you to look into. Search engine optimization and the placement of banner ads are excellent examples of internet advertising.
Selling of Products and Services
The largest and most popular way to begin a career in Internet Marketing is by selling a product or service. Selling on the Internet is the most searchable opportunity and is a precondition for any internet marketing business. Most direct sales companies are now tending towards using the Internet as well. You will find that most of my articles, blog posts, and YouTube videos are centered around this niche of Internet Marketing. Although there are many, many marketers in this niche (and you may think there is “too much competition”- but you would be wrong!), the opportunities are truly endless. Selling products or services is basically a strategy that can reach a larger audience with fewer expenses.
Sales are made using email marketing, social media, and websites. The selling method depends on the company and the type of business or products you are trying to sell, and the different methods of approaching your prospective clients. You can sign up to offer products through one of the auction sites on the internet (such as Amazon or E-bay) and earn smaller commissions with less overhead. Or, you can offer products directly and cut out the middle man! You can develop your own products very easily and keep all the profits. Or sign up affiliates to market and sell your products for you and pay them a commission, and you keep the profits from that! (We will get into this in later articles).
Anyone planning on entering the internet marketing niche should learn at least one of the skills listed above and offer a product or service for sale. Internet business is just like every other business. To be successful, you must look at this as a job and not just fun. Make your business plan, plan your business, earn your money – but more importantly, offer a product or service that will leave the world a better place!
