Online Success Series Part One: Find Your Customers First

There are MILLIONS of businesses active on the Web today. But the number of businesses that are aiming directly at a market is FAR fewer. And of those, how many have done research to ensure that the market they’re targeting actually EXISTS?

Well, the number just got MUCH smaller!

The true secret to creating a successful business is to find a market to target BEFORE you build a business. That way, you know from the beginning that you have a potential customer base out there looking for exactly what you have to offer.

So how would we define a niche market? A niche market…

Is Your Site a Keyword Flea Market?

Don’t turn your site into a "keyword flea market!"

A friend of mine recently asked me to review the search optimization work he’d just done on his business website.

I clicked on "View Page Source" in Firefox to see the keywords he’d included in his HTML code…

… And I almost had a heart attack!

Turns out he’d included more than 60 different keywords in his keyword metatags… and most of them had no connection to what his site was actually selling.

You probably know that one thing we here at IMC preach is, "Don’t turn your site into a flea market!"

In other words, don’t…

The Fastest Way To A Profitable Online Niche

These 3 critical steps will guarantee your success…

In a recent survey, we asked blog readers to answer the question, "Where do you most need help with your Internet business?"

And the number one answer was, "Finding my niche."

Surprise, surprise.

Finding a profitable niche is the most important step you’ll take in your entire online business career. And it’s one a lot of our readers have problems with.

So over the next couple weeks, we’re going to do a series of blog posts focusing on finding a niche, so we can help you through this fundamental stage of building your business.

But before we get…