There are a lot of things I've tried, that haven't worked, such as FOREX systems, Penny Stocks and those "copy and paste" online website builder systems. Each time I've tried to buy a system to follow, I've expected turn-key results but never experienced any great success. What I did learn was that if you want to sell goods or services online, you need to offer a product with substance and work on something that interests you. My husband and I owned two brick-and-mortar medical equipment companies. For me, the most fun I had was coming up with all of our proceedures, processes and software requirements to make our business run smooth. Essentially, I learned that I loved setting up small business and finding all the helpful tools to make it run.
Moving my businesses from brick and mortar into online is where things got tricky. Personally, I had to educate myself on several aspects of the business model so I could take my business online. I've read many "Dummie" books and have also purchased a lot of education material to teach myself how to present my products online. Here are some of the products I've actually found USEFUL:
Maverick Money Makers is one of the top online coaching programs available. They offer step-by-step instructions if your goal is to promote and sell products online. It's not a copy and paste system, there's actually a process with detailed instructions for each aspect for the online marketing model.
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SaleHoo is a great resource if you're looking for help to build out an eBay, Amazon or online niche e-commerce store. Many people selling on Ebay and Amazon actually drop ship products from Doba, Worldwide brands or DepotNet so they don't have to hold and ship products themselves. The dropshipping angle for online ecommerce is a solid system. Where you get confused is when you try to figure out what website you actually want to use to build out a system that's compatible with your process.
Try SaleHoo! if you're looking for an easy shopping cart building experience.
Rank Builder is worth a look with their $4.95 trial basis. This company offers a lot of information about search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) which is the backbone of any noticed website. Do not, I repeat, do not, buy a spin-article builder to help you create content in order to rank your site. The search engines are looking for valid, authoritative information that's useful to visitors. Build a site that would make your mamma proud, and stick to good SEO tactics and quality information.