Hi [[firstname]],

Welcome to all the new members who joined our group during this last week.
During the last two weeks I have received several email messages about starting an Internet business. Today´s article is a reality check for those thinking of starting an online business. Things are not quite as rosy as you would be lead to believe and the article is meant as a marker for what to expect so that you will be better equipped to get started and generate that Internet business.

If the article puts you off this type of business, then you should not even attempt it.

This week's contents:

1. This week's article entitled "A Reality Check Before Starting an Internet Business "
2. This week's tip.
3. Testing and Tracking

1. This week's article

The siren call of starting an Internet business is hard to resist. Work when you want, do it from home, make lots of money (even when you're asleep) - what's not to like, right? You'd be a fool not to jump in and start building that website or writing a blog!

Not so fast. There are more Internet millionaire "wanna-bes" than you might think. And many have spent more than a few years and more than a few thousand dollars in a vain effort to start a profitable Internet business.

It may seem that "everybody" is making money online, but that's simply not the case. And not many people will admit their frustration, partly because no one hates admitting failure but also because perception is everything online. If you are perceived as a failure, no one will buy from you, which makes you fail even faster.

So what are the disadvantages and roadblocks that potential Internet entrepreneurs encounter?

The first is the learning curve - it's steeper than you might think, and there's no single "how-to" process to follow.

Succeeding at an online business requires mastery of several key abilities, not all of which directly correlate to doing business offline. For example, you not only have to build a user-friendly and relevant website or blog, you have to drive traffic to it, all without making any mistakes that cause you to lose credibility in your prospect's mind and cause them to click away from your site.

Not easy!

And though there are countless experts, books, and how-to courses on how to start a business online, it's hard for a beginner to know who to believe, and there are multiple online business models to choose from as well.

The second issue, which was mentioned above but which warrants more attention, is the problem of driving traffic to your website. Novice Internet marketers know they want their site to be found in the search engines, but often vastly underestimate the amount of competition they have for the keywords and search phrases they desire.

The Internet reality is that top-ten rankings for most popular keywords is extraordinarily difficult to achieve - which means that the novice "Entrepreneur" will need to master the art of advertising online, which can become quite costly.

The third and final obstacle mentioned here is that it's very easy to become distracted when building an Internet business.

If you subscribe to Internet ezines or visit Internet discussion forums, which are recommended methods to build knowledge and connect with potential customers or partners, you're bombarded almost daily with new ways to make money. New advertising strategies to try. New top-secret, never-before-revealed-to-the-public ways to get more targeted website visitors than you've ever imagined. And so on.

And while some of these strategies may be an excellent fit for a particular online business, many will not. Since inexperienced Internet marketers find it difficult to make that distinction, they waste time and money delving into new income models before mastering the income method they're using now.

Hopefully, if you're considering starting an Internet business, this article will serve as a "reality check" for you. It's certainly possible to make a substantial secondary or primary income online - but it's much more likely if you have a good grasp of the obstacles you'll probably encounter along the way.

2. This week's tip.

During the past week I read an article about testing your promotional methods. It was very specific in stating that there is a very low chance of success for your promotions if you do not test what is actually working for you. The tests can be as detailed as you want, but the idea is that you find out which keywords are creating the visitors, especially the visitors that buy. Get rid of those that do not work and continue testing to continually improve your sales.

If you are not currently testing your web page headers, or your Adwords ads, etc., then you seriously need to start doing so as it is rare to hit gold with the first shovel-full of dirt.

3. Testing and Tracking

Now, here is a product to test and track your returns on each and every promotion that you make. Covert Conversion Pro is the powerfully profitable new automated tracking software that will put more money in your pockets –FASTER. It is a script to upload to your server and is a complete traffic and conversion tracking tool... designed specifically to help you explode your online business by FULLY maximizing your ROI. With it you'll easily optimize your affiliate promotions, your sales page, your keyword targeting, your various "environments", and more.

I have bought this script and will put it into action on the new updated website. I will in due course issue a full review of the program and later will show the results obtained utilizing it. It is TRULY the holistic approach as it tracks and analyzes your entire online marketing machine... The bottom line here is that CCP tells you where your money is at, and where you need to go to make more of it. There is a reduced pre-launch price for the package, but it will not be available for very long. But you need to act right now – because when I say limited time, I mean it. Check it out at:

I hope that this week's issue was of interest to you, and maybe you found something that would be helpful in your own business. If so, I would appreciate any feedback you may have so that I can align future content to better suit your needs. Send them to newsletter@newbieshelp.com

Sincerely,
Derek Jones
Newbies Help - Editor

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