Thinking Of Starting An eBay Business - By Anne Milne

Unless you're a hermit tucked away in a cave somewhere and have no contact with the outside world you will know something about eBay - the world wide online auction website.

I love eBay. I can pick up great bargains as a buyer or make some money as a seller without having to get bogged down in all the techno stuff associated with having my own website based business. And as for making money on eBay well, if you get it right then it can be a real income provider. But how do you get it right?

Let's assume you have done a bit of eBay buying and selling but now you fancy having a bigger slice of the action. You want to start making some real money and grow a profitable eBay business. First thing to ask yourself is 'Am I capable and committed enough to devote the time and effort to setting up, maintaining and growing an eBay business?'

Too many people are drawn in to believing that you can make a fortune online doing virtually nothing - put in a couple of hours a week and watch the money roll in! Forget it! It isn't going to happen. If you want to earn a full time income online then you need to be prepared to put in full time hours and more. Sure you can start off slow devoting what time you can to it but somewhere along the line you will need to crank up the hours.

Right your committed, you know it's going to need a lot of work and you know you have the ability so you dive in and give it all you've got and as is often the case you get nowhere! So before you give up your day job or pile a lot of money into an eBay business, sit yourself down and start putting together a robust plan because without one your running on hope and you won't know you've been derailed until its to late!

The first things to get sorted are - How much money do you need to make? How much money can you invest? How much time can you put aside for it? What are you going to sell? You need to be honest with yourself when you are answering these questions as these are key elements of your plan.

When it comes to what your going to sell make sure you're not trying to be an online department store selling anything and everything - much better to be focused on a particular market.

Now that you know what it is you think you will sell it's time to do some market research. You need to get a handle on who will be your customers? What level of interest exists for what your going to sell? What level of demand exists? Is demand constant or seasonal? What's the typical profit margin? Your aim here is to confirm that there is a profitable sustainable business that can be built around what you plan to sell.

Profitable and Sustainable are going to be key things you will need to demonstrate if you plan to get outside investment or financial assistance for your business.

Let's assume you have your outline plan and it holds water. Now you're going to need to start detailing it which is all about defining how you're going to operate. Let's assume you're going to be selling physical goods rather than digital ones. You need to determine where you're going to get your stock? How much stock you need to carry? Where will your stock be stored? How will you package and ship it? What price will you charge? What are your competitors charging? What profit per sale do you need to make? How will you list your products to make what your offering more desirable than your competitors?

You need to start thinking about auction titles which are fundamental to your success - get them wrong and you don't get sales because no one looks at your listing!

Now it's time to step back and re-evaluate your plan. Does it work financially? Does it work from a product perspective? Be honest and if you have to rework your plan to make it work then do it. If your plan works then your set to succeed it doesn't then kiss your eBay business goodbye!

Right we have a viable plan what next? Before you start setting up your auctions make sure you are familiar with eBay (and PayPal) policies, rules and regulations and make sure you are protecting yourself properly from fraud.

What ever it is your looking for information on take a look at what I'm putting together at http://www.need2knowabout.com

Anne Milne

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Make Money Online With Google Adwords - By Bing Zou

More and more people in today's world use the Internet as a tool to get or sell product, service or information.

The trend is that most of those users use keywords search, not directories or categories. Google holds the half market of keywords search.

Meanwhile, PPC (pay per click) campaign has hit the web like a storm. Pay per click campaign attracts much more interest from both advertisers and webmasters.

Keywords or key phrases are terms that a possible client would use to find your product or service. Keywords research is a continuous never-ending process that can help increase traffic and attract targeted visitors.

The best answer for PPC campaign to promote your products (including affiliate programs) is Google AdWords. To select your affiliate programs, the easiest way is to sign up to Click Bank, Commission Junction and LinkShare.

Google has leveraged their market share as the internet's top search engine to deliver their version of the pay per click advertising model. Sign up for the AdWords program is free and they only require a $5 USD deposit before they will start to display your ad. It’s easy to run and control.

Google's AdWords service has brought success to many businesses by providing them with a large amount of highly targeted traffic from as little as 1 cents per visitor. However, there is probably an equal number of webmasters who have paid for AdWords and seen little benefit or have indeed made substantial losses. If the latter applies to you, then the following may be useful to you.

The problem with Google AdWords is that it has become very difficult to find keywords at a reasonable price. Bidding on keywords like "make money online" or something in that range will kill your advertising budget in no time.

In my personal experience, it seems that a good market will be between 40,000 to 100,000 searches for that particular month. Less than that may be a weak market, and more than that could be too competitive. To find out for sure, you can use the Overture bidding tool for a particular word or phrase, and look at the third bid, it should be at least .30 up to $2.00. Again, less than .30 could be weak and more than $2.00 could be too competitive. You know, Overture is similar to Google AdWords, just it shows you the bid list.

For keywords selection, the best one is Ad Word Analyzer 3.0. You can “Discover the Quick and Easy Way to Drive Massive Amounts of Laser-Targeted Traffic to Your Site Today”. Please pay more attention on Targeted Traffic. I want to say “only targeted traffic will soar your sale”.

It seemed not very difficult to make profit online with Google AdWords: just join an affiliate program, promote it on Google Adwords and get commissions.

However, you have to learn more about Google AdWords for your living. But the more you learn, the more you will make. I believe it is your new lifestyle to make money online with Google AdWords.

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