The Basics Of Being An Online Entrepreneur

Are you interested in becoming an online entrepreneur?
If so, let’s take a look at the basics.

Online Entrepreneur Guide (OEG) Vol. 2

It really is easy peasy!

What Are Membership Sites?

Have You Ever Wondered What A Membership Site Was?
Think Facebook!

Facebook is probably one of the most popular of all membership websites.

Membership Sites have a high learning curve and require a lot of work. Generally a team of people build and promote membership sites.

What Are Digital Products?

Where In The World Would I Find Digital Products To Offer On My Blog?
Amazon Has A Fairly Large Affiliate Program

What Is Drop Shipping?

Drop Shipping Allows You To Sell Products Without Having To Stock And Ship Merchandise

What Is A Blog?

How Would You Like To Learn How To Blog
And Make Money While Doing it?

This entire website is an example of a blog website.

What Is A Forum?

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. Chat rooms, by contrast are usually just one line of text. Forums allow people to post messages. Messages are attached to threads, threads are generally topic specific. Message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible. Threads can be replied to by many people.

Some forums require a sign-in in order to participate and leave messages. Different forums have different rules, for instance promoting in some forums is considered spam. Other forums may have a thread (topic) where people can promote anything they want.

The fact that the messages and replies to it stay in place, people can participate at different times. In other words, people do not all need to be online at the same time to be able to participate. Chats require participants to be online at the same time to participate and generally the chats are not saved offline in order to be accessed later.

The forum owner has the capability to give different people different levels of access. Generally speaking only administration level and/or moderator levels can remove postings. Some forums require a moderator to approve a posting prior to it being visible, others allow visibility immediately.

A good example of an Internet Marketing Forum is the Warrior Forum. This forum does require logging in to be able to post, guests can read through the various threads. This forum has a significant participation. People from all over the world post about a variety of topics having to do with making money online. The forum is recommended for research purposes, however, it is extremely easy to get caught up in buying and buying and buying all the latest and greatest products.

Everything you need to learn you can learn at Wealthy Affiliate. The training is top notch and thorough. Included with the training is access to ask questions and chat with other members.

What Is An E-Commerce Website (B2C)?

B2C, or business-to-consumer, is the type of commerce transaction in which businesses sell products or services to consumers. Traditionally, this could refer to individuals shopping for clothes for themselves at the mall, diners eating in a restaurant, or subscribing to pay-per-view TV at home. More recently, the term B2C refers to the online selling of products, or e-tailing, in which manufacturers or retailers sell their products to consumers over the Internet.

It is one of four categories of e-commerce, along with B2B (business to business), C2B (customer to business) and C2C (customer to customer).

The B2C model is likely the model that most people are familiar with. If you’ve ever purchased an item online for your own use, you’ve e-tailed. Pretty much any product can be sold through e-tailing, also known as virtual storefronts. The concept was first developed in 1979 by Michael Aldrich, an English inventor, who connected a television set to a transaction processing computer with a telephone line and coined the term “teleshopping.”

Generally a B2C E-commerce site has a shopping cart element built in. Affiliate Marketing is providing a service or products via online websites so these are also considered to be B2C.

The next examples are of website I supported for a couple of years.

Here is an example of a B2C Informational Website. This website supports the services and products available at the brick and mortar store. Click on the image to see a larger image.

Here is an example of a B2C Shopping Cart Website. This website supports selling products online. The shopping cart being used is Miva Merchant. There are many other available shopping carts. Click on the image to see a larger image.

What Is A Portal Website (B2B)?

Business-to-business (B2B) are generally websites or instant messaging tools used and developed within corporations. B2B websites would generally be implemented in a consulting role to organizations.

Business-to-business (B2B) describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer. Contrasting terms are business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-government (B2G). B2B branding is a term used in marketing.

The overall volume of B2B (Business-to-Business) transactions is much higher than the volume of B2C transactions. The primary reason for this is that in a typical supply chain there will be many B2B transactions involving sub components or raw materials, and only one B2C transaction, specifically sale of the finished product to the end customer. For example, an automobile manufacturer makes several B2B transactions such as buying tires, glass for windscreens, and rubber hoses for its vehicles. The final transaction, a finished vehicle sold to the consumer, is a single (B2C) transaction.

B2B is also used in the context of communication and collaboration. Many businesses are now using social media to connect with their consumers (B2C); however, they are now using similar tools within the business so employees can connect with one another. When communication is taking place amongst employees, this can be referred to as “B2B” communication.