So how are you going to get the cash into your bank account? The cash you need to build your business without spending a lot of money to “someday” make a lot of money?

Don’t do what I did the first time (and second, truth be told). Don’t max out your credit cards to build a home-based business. If you don’t trust me yet about this, just listen to Suze Ormon!

Here is what you should do – Start building your business by building a marketing system using free and inexpensive tools available to get the word out about you and your business.

How? Begin with these steps (just like I did):

1. Identify your target market.

If you think you have more than one target market, pick one to start.

For example: You might choose to market to people just like you. Who are you? A mom with pre-school children who wants to stay home? A mid-life career woman who wants build a business of her own? Someone with products that are good for the environment? Someone with a passion for exercise? (What kind? Yoga or backpacking?)

2. Decide which product you are going to market to your target market.

Product or business? If you have more than one product or product line, which one?

For example: If you are the mom with a home business, are you going to market a product to other moms at home with young children? Or, are you going to market your business, looking for new people to join your team? If you are the exercise guru, are you going to market information products about exercise, exercise equipment or gym memberships?

3. Pick words and phrases that will help people find you.

Make a list of some of words and phrases. These should be words and phrases you imagine your target market would use to search for someone like you and your business and product. Go to Google and try it out.

For example: If you go to Google and look for “moms working from home” or “exercise equipment for skiers”, do you get the results you expect? Are they the kind of results you want your target market to find when they are looking for you?

4. Choose your first domain name.

Choose a domain name just for this part of your marketing that will help you put yourself out there as a professional and begin to build your brand or image. Use an appropriate phrase from your list. You may have to try more than one, since some great names you will come up with may already be taken. Your domain name needs to clearly communicate your intentions to your target market.

For example: If you are a mom at home starting a business and you will be marketing nutritional products for kids, choose some appropriate like “KidsVitamins.com” and not something like “MomsAtHomeWorking.com”. If you are the exercise guru marketing bikes for old people trying to get into shape, choose something like “BikesForSeniorFitness.com” and not something like “MakeMillionsSellingBikes.com”.

If you can’t decide, why not try using your own name? “http://www.YourNameHere.com”?

5. Capture contact information and start your list.

You need a web page where people are going to sign up for your list. (More about building a list in my next article.) You might feel like you need some technical help with this (and yes, you can find it for free or little cost), but first just imagine what you want to say on that page. Have you signed up for someone’s list recently? To receive a newsletter or to get a free article sent to you with some tips on something of interest to you? How did you get to that page and why did you sign up?

For example: What will you say to moms at home, what value will you offer, that will entice them to sign up for your list? What’s going to make them say, “Yes, that’s like me. I want some of that kind of information. I’ll give you my name and email address in return for what you are offering.” What will be of value to your target market?

6. Get started putting you and your story out there to connect with all your potential new friends, partners and customers.

Get started at a social networking site like Squidoo just like I did. Don’t wait until you feel ready to start. Just do it. Write a short article like this one. Or, even easier, just tell your story about who you are and why you are starting your business. Tell it like you would to a friend in an email about your new business.

For example: If you are a mom at home, “Hi, folks. I’m Mary Mom and I have 3 children under the age of six at home. I’ve decided to start my own business. ARE YOU CRAZY? I hear you yelling back at me. No, I’m not. I use to be/think/wonder how…but now I…and I tried… And then I discovered X (your product, your business) and now I’m..” You are telling your story. No research necessary except the experience of being yourself. No previous writing experience or training necessary because what’s needed is for you to be (you guessed it!) yourself.

7. Expand your article writing to publish an article like this at EzineArticles.

Again, don’t wait until you feel ready to start. Just do it. Start now by making a list of potential topics for a series of articles you can write. Start with what you know and what you are learning right now, as you build your new business.

If you are thinking “there has to be more to it than this” you are right – and also wrong. You do need to understand that you are building a marketing system here. The good news is-it isn’t rocket science and it isn’t expensive. Just take it step-by-step and take steps every day.

Plan a marketing system for your small business that starts with simple marketing strategies that help you bring in a trickle of cash flow. As you learn more, your trickle will increase to a dependable cash flow that will fund additional marketing strategies to grow your business. Good luck – and don’t wait to get started.

Let me assure you now that the process to start your own internet business is simpler than you may think, that’s not to say that it is easy as it can be quite challenging at times but the overall process is simple.

1. Find out what a customer needs and give it to him/her

The thing that you need to remember is that your online business needs to provide a product or service relevant to an intended audience or market. The better you can understand who your potential customer is and how you can help them, the more successful you will be when you start your own internet business.

As you can imagine, there are countless niches that you can set up an internet business. A lot of people choose to get started in an area that they have a personal interest in. The main thing to keep in mind is that you need to do enough significant market research in that area to make sure it is a market where people do actual spend money to buy products and services.

2. Don’t stock anything

Did you know that you don’t even need to stock any products to start your own internet business? One of the more popular internet business models is where you simply refer a customer to a product and when they purchase it, you receive a commission from that product company. This is called affiliate marketing.

3. Sell information

Another very lucrative and popular way to start your own internet business is to sell information. This can be in all sorts of different ways from how-to guides, DVDs, CDs, online videos, home study courses, seminars, etc. It can be a lot more profitable selling information over physical goods as the margins are greater.

As you can see, these are all very important things to work out before you start your own internet business.

4. Establish your online presence

Once you’ve figured all this out, then it’s time to set up a website. If you’re not technically minded, you can always pay or outsource that work to someone else. You’d probably be quite surprised at how cheap you can get a website created for you these days as there are a few places online you can go where you put in a work request and experienced web designers will bid on the job.

5. Website promotion

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- Assess what you can do in the jewelry industry. Of course, competition for jewelry can be tough and you have to make sure that you have what it takes to also beat competition. One of the things that you can do is to decide on a product or a design that are unique. Although you are all selling jewelries, your designs and fine quality are also very important in this business, as this are among the things that people are looking for in their jewelries. If you can offer the jewelry industry something that people are looking for, then you can actually make a good start in this business.

- Make a business plan. Like any other business, you have to put up a good business plan to start your own jewelry business.Your business plan should contain your business name, your vision and mission, your business goals as well as your objectives, how you carry your objectives as well as your budget allocation. Your business plan will also have to include your marketing and advertising plans.

- Build the confidence to start your own jewelry business. To be able to start a good business, may it be a jewelry business or any other businesses, make sure that you have the confidence as well to face competition. You have to make sure that you can indeed break into the market and get your own market share. Confidence in your products can help a lot in trying to make the business successful. Even if you are making them at home, don’t think of it as something inferior from the commercialized ones. In fact, jewelries that are made at home and handcrafted meticulously are among the in-demand jewelries as they can be customized and they can also made according to the liking of the customer.

- Secure permits and licenses for your business. For sure, you may need to secure some permits and licenses to start your business formally. Of course, you have to decide and pick up a location if you want to put up a store in your place, but you can actually easily start your business online as this can help you save a lot from the building costs and space requirements. Handmade jewelries are also easy to ship and they can be good materials for your online store.

Of course, aside from all these, you need to consider your budget in putting up a business. If you think you cannot shoulder all the cost of investment, then you may want to engage into a partnership where you and your partner can split on the cost and the profit as well.

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Another item you will need for your small business guide is to recruit a qualified team of people. When you have people employed in your business, you have a higher chance of your business surviving during the first few years. If you want your business to succeed, you have to have the required training and willingness to expand your knowledge. You have to know your strengths and weakness when it comes to business. Concentrate your efforts on what works well for you and use it to the full advantage.

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