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An Introduction - Where Are We Today? Providing instant value to very many people online has never been easier than it is today. This has also been compounded by social media platforms which have literally introduced us to new kingdoms almost overnight. The result, many millionaires being made every day. You've probably heard of the terms 'new money', 'new rich', 'digital economy' etc. As an example, when I really started understanding the power of Instagram, I was blown away. In 5 minutes, just by putting up 1 engaging post with entrepreneurial speak and targeted hashtags, I was able to converse instantly with other entrepreneurs in 3 different continents! But how do YOU and I become self-sufficient in starting a profitable online business in the first place?
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We must first understand the requirements and then get the right education. Self-sufficient to me means my skills for being profitable online are future-proof. Think about all-weather paint...or an all-weather road :). Plan to play a big game. It is also necessary to think expansively as Robert Kiyosaki puts it. That said, here are 7 steps that I discovered to ensure sustainable business success online. Excited?! Ok, So…
7 Steps To Starting A Profitable Online Business 1.
Passion & Clarity
We must be driven by passion. We need to know WHY we want to start the online business in the first place. As for me, I am extremely passionate about freedom and choice. I really needed a way to make money without having to report to a job that required me to work inside a brain numbing routine. I was in between boarding schools for 10 years when I was growing up and that was enough for me to find out I didn’t do routines very well. Then I started my work life and realized how much control I DID NOT have about what I wanted to DO. Become very clear about what is driving you towards starting a business online.
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Goals
The online space can compare to a noisy street marketplace; lots of people, all wanting to be seen and heard. Define your goals clearly i.e. passive income, time freedom, geographical freedom or even one of my personal favorites, financial freedom. Then go in and start creating a business with those clear goals in mind.
3. Re - Think What You Know About Being Online Being profitable online can create a lot of freedom but it's not an instant success. There’s a lot of learning and re-skilling that needs to happen. For me, this was a lot more like learning a new ‘language’. I knew the Internet very casually. It was a place to spend my free time browsing music videos, posting random Facebook posts and watching news that I did not need to know about. I had to change my beliefs and the mindset that was driving whatever I thought I knew about being online. Every time I saw an ad I thought it was a scam. Sure enough, there are a lot of scams out there but we live in a society where ‘good’ and ‘bad’ must exist in the same space. The mindset that is driving you to the online space must be one that sees the vast opportunity that exists on that platform.
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A chance for you to create a life that up to this point was only a DREAM!
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Focus On Providing Value
People buy from people they think they know, like and trust. As much as it is tempting to think that people are online waiting to be told what they need or don’t need, most people are online looking to solve real problems, and sometimes very painful ones. If you can understand this fact, then your focus must be genuine interest in wanting to help people, a lot of people. This focus becomes your guide for providing high-quality solutions that will fix their problems and reduce or eliminate their 'pain'.
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Master The Art Of Marketing With All Your Heart
Find a way to reach as many people as you can who have big problems that need to be fixed with your proven high-quality product or service on the Internet. With so many options available today, creativity is key. Pick 2 strategies (e.g. Instagram and facebook) that you have the patience to run with for the long haul. Don't stop until you have MASTERED the tactics! Think about Amazon today. They started with selling books. In fact, selling books is their core business! Think about that for a minute. That said, today Amazon sells everything under the sun. Why? Because they are in the business of fixing peoples’ everyday problems using the Internet.
6. Power Of Belief Have the belief that it’s possible for you. Before I started online, all I had ever sold was personal electronics I wanted to dispose of using the ebays and gumtrees. However, I had heard about people making millions of dollars online…But then came the day I was contemplating my first online business. I had to face my own self-doubt. I needed to answer the following question very honestly: Eddie, “DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE YOU CAN MAKE MONEY ONLINE?” If you are reading this today, this will be without a doubt the most important question you will ever ask yourself as an online entrepreneur. It’s impossible to achieve before we believe. When the hard times visit, this is the only one thing that will push this 'unwanted' guest out the front door! I had to believe I could make it online and that it would change how I lived, worked and played period.
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Mentorship and Master Mind Groups
You’ve heard the saying, “we become what we think about all day”. Thoughts make us act in a certain way, which then bring a certain type of results in our lives. To be successful we must think in a certain way and act in a certain way so that we can get the results we want. With that in mind, we must spend a lot of time with people who want the same results and those who have already created these results. The people who have already created the results then become your mentors. If I was
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going to create a lifestyle of freedom and choice using an online business, I needed to spend time with people who had already created one. I also needed to have mentors as part of this process. So that is exactly what I did. It really is that simple.
Final Thought In the end, all we really want is a better more fulďŹ lling life experience right? Money is good, very good indeed because it creates choice. Oh, how beautiful that word is! CHOICE. With Money being a non-issue, we can freely choose an experience we want and go for it! When money is not an issue, I can choose to have a bucket of chicken at a local KFC (a personal favorite delicacy) or have a plate of honey glazed chicken dinner served at The Hilton, where service is absolutely top notch. In both cases, I get to have my favorite food, chicken but the experience is Worlds apart! Wishing you heaps of success; Go ahead & take action every day and make the decision to keep going until you get there. It's impossible to fail if giving up is not on the cards. Wishing you success.
E.G.
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Eddie Guchu is a Digital Marketing and Lifestyle Brand Entrepreneur based mostly in Perth, Australia & Nairobi, Kenya. He is the founder of the Batian Lifestyle Brand. He Works From Anywhere And Teaches Others How To Start A Lifestyle Business Of Their Own Using a Laptop and An Internet Connection He Can Show You How To Become Fully Expressed and Live In Your Own Terms. Eddie is Also a Professional Entertainer Branded as DJ Guche Grande (old school hip-hop fanatic). Former: He was a Consultant Network Engineer in IT outsourcing and Mining Resources Industries in Western Australia. Holds an MSc in Information Systems Management From Curtin University, Western Australia. "It Always Seems Impossible Until It is Done - Nelson Mandela"
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