If you are a small business owner, then it goes without saying that you must have a business website. These days, a lot of web savvy customers tend to consult a business' website before making a purchase decision, for directions, for store hours, or to even send an email with some query. If you don't have a website, you are definitely missing out on a lot of customers - not the best thing to do in the current economy.

This not only keeps them coming back for more, but also shows that you value their business. Be prompt on delivery. Make sure you have autoresponders set up to deliver the product as soon as your customers make a purchase. The last thing you want is someone waiting around for your response. If you are busy, you may overlook the sale and lose a valuable client.
 

 

The answer is simple: contacts. With time, I have managed to build contacts, which is far more easier in the internet than in reality. Contacts in designers, webhosting, marketing and search engines worlds. Contacts, that open doors. Contacts that brought me offers that seemed insane. That saved me over 80% of money simultaneously driving my profits to levels I have never dreamt of.

Another aspect of web hosting you should be paying attention to is their uptime. A reliable web host is, in fact, more important than the cost of the host. If your site isn't being loaded, then you are not earning any money. A hosting company with over 99% uptime isn't a fantasy. Most companies, especially like IMHosted, have almost 100% uptime. No company will ever achieve this level of reliability, but anything below 99% should not be acceptable anymore.

Going about this is pretty simple. Purchase your podcast domain from a place like DreamHost or NameCheap. Then more info host it on one of these sites as well. If your podcast attracts heavy traffic, you may also want to consider storing it with Amazon S3 or another storage service.

 

 

The other site alternative is to get a free Weblog and use that to make money. Since you don't need to know how the codes work, just type and submit updates become much easier. It's at a cost of versatility even if the blog service allows for everything to be changed. The purpose of getting the blog is typically to promote an affiliate's product while starting out, until you are comfortable enough with the process to start selling your own things or moving into other avenues of Internet Marketing. Blogs are probably the cheapest way to go in the beginning. MoneyForBlogging provides a more detailed course and ways to go that I won't cover here.

A contact form is a must. Make it easy for your customers to get in touch with you by including your email address or putting up a simple form. Same goes for a privacy policy. Have a well written privacy policy that tells your customers about any information that you collect. It will put them at ease and save you a lot of trouble later.