{"id":1125,"date":"2017-03-28T14:33:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T13:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/?p=1125"},"modified":"2017-03-28T14:33:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T13:33:48","slug":"is-your-online-business-like-a-3d-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/is-your-online-business-like-a-3d-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Online Business Like a 3D Puzzle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Fotolia_35020598_XS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>Most people decide to start an online business the wrong way. They start with a product or an idea, slap up a website and sit back to wait for the hordes of traffic to come in.<\/p>\n<p>They shortsightedly see their business in a one dimensional way and so the business flops.<\/p>\n<p>A successful business is like a 3D puzzle that has all of the pieces put in place from every angle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level One: Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are several questions you must ask before building your business:<\/p>\n<p>1. What niche are you going into?<br \/>\n2. Is there pain in that niche? Are people desperate for a solution and willing to pull out their wallets.<br \/>\n3. Who exactly is your target audience?<br \/>\na) Male, Female or Both<br \/>\nb) Age group<br \/>\nc) Income Level<br \/>\nd) Education Level<br \/>\ne) Where do they hang out online<br \/>\n4. What are their main concerns? This can be determined by surveying them and getting the answers straight from them.<br \/>\n5. What products are already on the market to help them?<br \/>\n6. Can you create a better product that is better than what is out there or will you market someone else&#8217;s products with a great reputation?<br \/>\n7. How much competition is there in the market?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level Two: Building the Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Create a siloed site around the questions and keywords they use<br \/>\n2. Create a product that solves their problems or get permission to market someone else&#8217;s products.<br \/>\n3. Create a sales funnel, including sales letters, upsells and downsells<br \/>\n4. Create an autoresponder with follow up messages and a free report for list building<br \/>\n5. Create you social media accounts \u2013 Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, etc&#8230;.<br \/>\n6. Link your social media accounts to your website<br \/>\n7. Create an IFTT account or syndwire account to syndicate content.<br \/>\n8. Join Forums, groups that these people congregate in and build a relationship before you market to them<br \/>\n9. Form JV alliances, if you are marketing your own product<\/p>\n<p><strong>Level Three: Launch and Market<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Create Marketing materials for your affiliates and any JV partners<br \/>\n2. Announce your launch, if your own product, on sites like Muncheye<br \/>\n3. Launch<br \/>\n4. Promote on Facebook Twitter, Linked in, Youtube, Forums, etc..<br \/>\n5. Create PPC and Retargeting Campaigns<br \/>\n6. Continue to interact with your target audience, continue building relationships, along with selling your product<br \/>\nThat is the basic framework of your 3 Dimensional Business Model. Go through these steps and you will be 90 percent ahead of your competition.<\/p>\n<p>*Want a completely done for you business, where all you have to do is market? Go to:* <a href=\"http:\/\/www.AffiliateMentor.org\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.AffiliateMentor.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a guest post written by Caterina Christakos.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people decide to start an online business the wrong way. They start with a product or an idea, slap up a website and sit back to wait for the hordes of traffic to come in. They shortsightedly see their business in a one dimensional way and so the business flops. 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