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One Stop Web Support Newsletter #69 Coming
The latest issue of my newsletter will arrive Sunday morning.

The main article is:
Five Simple Ways to Get Visitors to Stay on Your Site and Increase Your Sales

This week's Q & A is:
I have a great idea for a business. Where do I go from here?

If you haven't signed up for my newsletter, you can do so at www.OneStopWebSupport.com/newsletter-signup.htm. And I'll make it worth your while if you do. I'll give you $250 worth of free gifts for signing up!
Jeff

Labels: newsletter

Brainstorming Niche Ideas
Looking for a niche to use as the basis for a new business? Ask yourself these questions to help you find one.

• If you had no need to work for a living, if you were completely financially secure, what would you do with your time?
• What aspects of your previous jobs did you find fulfilling? What were you good at? What were the tasks you did that made the time fly by? What did you learn that others would find helpful?

Often, the things that come most naturally to us are the things on which we can most easily build a business. Ironically, though, because they come to naturally to us, we often completely ignore them.

Try asking yourself those questions and see what hidden business ideas you discover.
Jeff

Labels: niche research

Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grade Piano Student?
What do fifth grade piano students do that many online business owners don't?

They practice.

They don't sit around looking for new tips on how to play the piano before they sit down at the keyboard.

They don't study every piano-playing strategy before they put their fingers on the keys.

They don't wait... wait... wait... for some time when they feel they have learned intellectually everything they feel they need to know before they start to play.

They practice.

We all want to go into business feeling we know everything we need to know. We all want to go into business feeling that we already have the answer in hand to any obstacle that we could ever face. We all want to go into business feeling ensured of effortless success.

But business doesn't work that way. Learning piano doesn't work that way. Life doesn't work that way.

Some of the most important things we learn, we learn by doing.

I know a ton about SEO from reading about it. But the most important things I've learned about SEO have come from trying different strategies and watching how they affect clients' rankings.

So why do we think we can succeed at business by just buying enough ebooks, researching the Internet, and studying up on every new strategy we come across?

It's because we're afraid of failing. We're afraid that our attempts will hit a sour note. So we hide behind ebooks and home study courses, sucking in as much info as we can, but never putting it into practice. We wind up never doing anything that we can REALLY learn from.

There's no better knowledge than the knowledge that comes from trying something, seeing how it works, and keeping on working at it until you do it really well. Ask any successful business owner. Or even ask a fifth-grade piano student.
Jeff

Labels: mindset, start business

One Stop Web Support Newsletter #68 Posted
The latest issue of my newsletter is now posted. You can see it here:
http://www.onestopwebsupport.com/newsletters/nl-2008-08-10.htm

The main article is:
Why Being Both an Optimist and a Pessimist Can Save Your Business

This week's Q & A is:
How can I get more links to my site without spending any money on it?

If you haven't signed up for my newsletter, you can do so at www.OneStopWebSupport.com/newsletter-signup.htm. And I'll make it worth your while if you do. I'll give you $250 worth of free gifts for signing up!
Jeff

Labels: newsletter