Business Building Ideas

Terri Seymour With this article, I am going to provide you with some of the
best ways to build your online business. There are many ways,
some not so good and some excellent! The ideas I have listed
below are the ones that have helped me the most.

1.Answering email inquiries quickly and efficiently.- I get many
emails asking about how to build a business or where to advertise
and so on. I answer all these emails within a 24 hour period and
I am as helpful as possible. Remember, you were once a newbie
also. More often than not, these people will subscribe to your
ezine and/or add your link to their site or whatever they can do
to help you. I have emailed others with questions and always end
up subscribing to the ones who answer in a helpful and timely
manner. This shows a lot about a person's character and business
practices.

2. Message Boards - Get involved in a few good message boards.
You do not have to just post an ad and forget about it. That is
one way to get people to ignore you. What you want to do is get
involved in the conversations. It doesn't even have to be about
business. The point is to become part of the discussion and
answer questions whenever you can. Establish yourself as
reliable and trustworthy, not a person who spams and runs. This
will provide you with many prospects. I have had many people
email me regarding posts of mine on message boards. Some great
boards are:

http://www.bizymoms.com/discus/
http://www.momsnetwork.com/cgi-bin/webx/WebX
http://www.delphi.com/dir-delphi/

3. Ezine Ad Swapping- If you publish an ezine this is one of the
best business builders available. Find other ezines of similar
content and email the publisher asking if they would be
interested in doing an ad swap. Tell them a little about your
ezine and why you think an ad swap would benefit both of you.
Here are some places to find publishers interested in ad swaps:

http://Ezine-Swap.com/
http://www.adswappers.20m.com/
http://swap.at/TheSwapShop.com
http://www.swap-resources.com/

4. Ezine Publishing- Publishing your own ezine is definitely one
of the best business builder ideas on the net. Ezine publishing
is not as hard as it seems. You update people on your site and
business and you also provide resources and information.Some
sites to help you get started publishing are:

http://www.ezineseek.com/
http://www.e-zinez.com/
http://www.ezineuniversity.com/

5. Building A Good Reputation- It is essential to your business
that you present yourself as honest and trustworthy. You must
then carry out this presentation and be a person of your word and
you must put your customers first. Treat people with respect, the
way you would want somebody to treat you. Your attitude and
personality will show through and people will respond to you as
they see you.

6. Writing and Submitting Articles- Writing articles is a very
effective way of getting your business noticed. By writing
articles you are sharing your knowledge and experience and this
puts stock in your reputation and business. Here are some
articles on how to write and submit your articles:

http://www.soaringprofits.com/writing.htm
http://www.revolutionteam.com/a3/
http://www.marketing-seek.com/articles/data/20000505091258.shtml

7. Reading Other Quality Ezines- I have obtained unlimited
knowledge and information just be subscribing to and reading
other quality ezines. Good ezines contain a wealth of information
and resources. Some of my favorites are:

RIM Digest- mailto:RimDigest-subscribe@topica.com
HomeBizJunction Herald- mailto:hbjherald-on@mail-list.com
WebWorksAtHome Weekly-
mailto:webworksathome-subscribe@listbot.com
AplusBiz News- mailto:aplusbiz@post.com?subject=subscribe

I hope some of these ideas will help you in your business as much
as they helped me in mine. If you have any questions on any of
these ideas or anything else, I will be glad to help. Thank you
for taking the time to read this article.

About the Author

Terri Seymour owns and operates MyOwnEzine.com
MyOwnEzine.com is a website, ezine and service which
provides the resources, tools, guidance and more to help
you start, publish and promote your own ezine. You can
contact Terri at mailto:ter02@newnorth.net Subscribe
at mailto:subscribe@myownezine.com or visit
http://www.myownezine.com for lots more info.