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How to Launch a Successful Online Business

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    Lewis Howes walks us through the step-by-step process.

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Joining us now on that list Alex hello -- it is nice to see you thanks for coming on again -- the creator.

Above -- to influence and the author of linked working you know thank you so much for coming on.

And basically you know you I was reading you know -- -- The freelance and it's actually brilliant one of your taxes to businesses for being profitable sell your product before you make your products get it seems so obvious but it's really not.

I think a lot of companies do this in the real world I guess on the online world where they'll.

Say we're coming -- -- product next year pre -- this now -- -- they sell out right.

So a lot of people get worried about launching a product online -- Selling apart from wrong because I think you have to make a perfect with a different design right below the right or something.

Set up right but really -- you should focus on executing sales first right attracting leads and -- and and we'll bring you.

Can't deliver what you.

I think -- to pin number.

It's always good to shell out sort of heat equality not quite that we want it well you know there's a lot of companies that launch.

Online that aren't perfect -- always updating look at FaceBook with the school they start with a small products.

And then as they grow they make it better and improve it.

Seeking some -- all the time out help put potential launch I've really just get their idea going got what can you tell us about that.

You know you gotta find that you got -- critical for yourself from something a lot of people when they wanna sort of business -- like how this passion I had this idea.

And I love doing this thing.

But an honest financial goal so I told of a critical first financially what they wanna have a the end of the year of many can work backwards and throughout how many sales you need to recycle.

Otherwise you're just a hobby.

So what you can do there's three key things -- you folks on this traffic.

Leads and sales once you figure that out the rest easy.

Traffic meaning deep social that every social media person.

Paris -- -- talking about here products.

Well there's a lot of ways to get traffic you can do it through creating content on your own blog and promoting that.

On the social networking sites and other resources online you can -- guest posting you can create videos info graphics lot of these you can do to create content.

On the growing up sorry yeah go ahead -- hasn't us.

The bloggers and I always click on things and NIC links to other things I never heard analyst and guest blogging is being think all of these things that didn't know existed despite being on.

And pictures of the great thing great way to find.

New sites but also river promote your sites especially for women but what's the best way to find the -- say anything.

No you just -- -- Google search really just a -- service type in the keywords for your industry.

You can just being wanted.

-- -- -- -- So what that means what -- -- that.

So -- once you get people to your sites or looking at the page -- your product is hosted you've got to convert those into potential customers.

So it's one -- to get people looking down at another thing to -- people subscribe to you can someone you know list.

Get them get their information -- follow up and connect with them and then sell them on going on some -- I mean there are small businesses that -- phenomenal job but that's money that I just look at the emails I get from certain businesses and they hooked me.

More often than not we felt really good stories you follow up an immensely -- and it's happening I mean you know really but if they didn't have your email address.

You probably -- -- think let me go back -- that website and check out to them not only needs that they need to body and the follow up.

But there's about -- nine onslaught right and I didn't go to religious.

You have fun and light company.

Exactly so when -- you checked that box office says.

Share information with us like -- you know one's gonna buy something -- get a yes you want.

You wanted to do whatever you can to fifty you know -- -- -- the best form of currency on line.

The figure that you know less the more -- you can again if you do the right way but if you have a small email list.

You're limited myself to.

-- best way to promote your product is -- live webinar -- in video.

I like.

Webinars for few reason this is an online seminar for those who don't -- any -- I do have done or 500 -- once couple years how long -- Highlighted if you were on sixty minutes because it's about the attention span we can educate your audience on the problem they have another solution that you give them.

And then you can build a relationship with them you can give them great information policy can solve a problem with your product at the end.

Seeking -- if it's a digital product you can sell out of the for the product sold as well and what is where we find your -- I didn't go to -- house dot com.

Melissa and stuff when -- that are there.

I think well thanks plans for the thank you so much for coming nine.

I website on the screen thank you are you --

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