Product DescriptionHere are the questions you need to answer, to be able to create a web site and make money from it: 1. What to sell (products, services, advertisements or a brand)? 2. How to sell (web design, copy writing, technology, getting paid online)? 3. How to get visitors to your web site (generating traffic: free and paid)? 4. How to get them to buy your stuff (conversion: creating something remarkable, pre-selling, branding, trust building, give-aways)? 5. How to keep them and their friends coming back for more (upselling, cross-selling, affiliate program, joint ventures, self-sustaining lead generation)? Master these 5 areas, one item at a time, and you are golden. But the real secrets lie in knowing not just what to do, but more importantly, how to do it. The web is full of information, but the problem is, the web is full of information! No, that was not a misprint – half of what is in this book is probably out there somewhere on the web, distributed among millions of pages. The problem is that the good information is hiding out there along with the bad information, and there is no easy way to find it. All of that information is of absolutely no use unless someone collects it, reviews it, filters it and validates it. Yes, that last part – validating it – is the most important one. It is so easy to publish your thoughts online, that it has become almost impossible to cut through the clutter and get to the good stuff. For instance, if you did a Yahoo! or Google search on “Yahoo SEO” or “Google SEO”, you will get millions of web pages that supposedly have information about optimizing your web site for Yahoo! or Google. That information is buried within thousands of blog posts, forum postings, newsletters, reports, and niche sites. If it is all sitting out there for free, then why is it that there people pay Yahoo a one time fee $299, and an ongoing yearly fee of $299 (forever) to get their web site listed in Yahoo’s index (on top of that, if you stop paying them, and they will remove your site from their database)? And then there are others who pay hundreds, if not thousands, to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) companies or to buy high-priced commercial tools, in order to get top rankings on Google. Are these people crazy to pay so much money to others to get their sites ranked on these search engines, when all of that information is available for free? Or are they just too lazy to do it themselves? The truth is they are neither crazy, nor lazy. The problem is one of validation. There is no practical way of finding out whether all that information available for free is any good at all, unless someone puts them all together in context, in a meaningful, consumable way – someone who can be trusted as a source, someone who is an authority on the subject, and someone who has done it all themselves – someone like yours truly. In this book, you will learn spectacularly simple and completely free ways to get a spanking new web site (with absolutely no PageRank, no incoming links, no visitors) not just listed on Yahoo! and Google within days, but also get a top ranking on both these search engines (along with the rest) without spending a single dime on SEO, without exchanging a single link, without building a single list, without sending out a single email, without buying a single piece of software that promises “top rankings”. In fact, you will learn how to use the very same techniques to get not one, not two, but three top Google listings for the same web site, without using even one black-hat or gray-hat technique. Just the two chapters on Traffic Generation and Link Popularity alone will be worth 10 times the price of this book. But I’ll let you be the judge.
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No Business Like E-Business: The Spectacularly Simple Secrets Behind How You Can Create A Web Site And Make Money With It
Average Ratings 4.5 out of 5
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This book gives you all the elements on what you need to know to start your own e-business. Even if you will not be actually designing the business yourself, this book gives you knowledge on what to ask your web developers and what to focus on in your business. I also love the bonus features of being able to communicate with the author, Ravi, through his website. If you need some direction and have a great idea for an e-business, pick this book up and start reading. Also, don’t forget about the part where Ravi recommends what services to use for the various parts in creating a website. This can be very helpful in finding the best services for the money!!
Rating: 5 / 5
As the title of my review states, “No Business Like E-Business” is a great starting point for the would be internet entrepreneur. Where NBLEB is not a step-by-step e-business start-up guide, it will give you a good overview of creating a successful website. I really enjoyed the authors straight forward language. If you are thinking of starting an e-business, bring your ideas, and read this book. It will definitely help focus your online business plan, and help planning your future web presence. Thanks Ravi!
Rating: 4 / 5
When I found this book, I was actually looking for books strictly about building websites and wordpress blogs. This one caught my eye and I had to research a little before I decided to buy it. I checked out the author’s website and liked what I saw.
I have to say that the book gives a good overview of doing business on the internet. It also includes some finer details to consider when designing and building your website, that many people wouldn’t think of.
As one other reviewer stated, I am sure that much of the information from the book can be found elsewhere. However, it is extremely helpful to have one book that you can keep next to your computer and refer back to on a number of topics. Obviously, it is not the last book you will ever need, but it definately a good one to start with, and I do not regret this purchase!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book was exactly what I was looking for. I have a personal blog on IT topics [. . . ] that I was interested in optimising through SEO techniques and potentially generating a small revenue stream so that it paid for itself. This book has been a great help.
NBLEB doesn’t tell you how to generate good product/service ideas, you’d need to buy a different book for that, but from the point of having a product/service it will tell you how to do everything you can to make it as successful as possible.
It’s not a slick book but the content is great. It’s worth buying for the content on SEO alone.
Rating: 5 / 5
I consider myself fairly Internet savvy! Like many others, I *google* and find information about things like website creation/hosting/e-business/blogging etc. When I *chanced* upon this book while browsing, what interested me was the *one stop shop* nature of this book with all the information I was looking for in one place! I just had a chance to read it today on a long flight! In one word I just loved this book! It’s hard to keep a balance to address needs of a novice and a seasoned user. The author has made a sincere attempt to address both these needs (in my opinion). Here some of the information I found useful:
- What it takes design/host/run e-business website AND make money from it.
- email clients/improve browsing productivity this is for you!
- Want to know what blogging is check this book out?
- Wanted a list of all cool websites for internet e-business/blogging etc. this book lists some of these great websites!
The best part I liked was you don’t have to start from the first page and go through the entire book. You can just pick a section which interests you and read that
Rating: 5 / 5
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