Joel Elad

With so many different website pages and options for what and when (or where) a visitor first sees on your site, it’s critical to help define the path you want visitors to take through the website for your online business. Just as you want a profitability plan for your site, you need to map out and control, or heavily influence, how traffic flows through the pages of your website.

Starting an online business or growing an existing e-commerce business doesn’t have to be hard. Lots of resources are available to help you do everything from creating content for your website to building a long list of loyal customers. Being a savvy online entrepreneur also means learning to use social media to promote your business.

LinkedIn makes it easy to create a group. Groups are helpful for networking and job searching, so if you know of a reason you should have a group, don’t hesitate to get one going. When you're ready to create your own LinkedIn group, just follow these simple steps:From the top navigation bar, hover your mouse over the Interests link and then click the Groups link in the drop-down list that appears.

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In the offline world, the mantra of success for business is “Location, location, location!” It’s not much different for your online business. Rather than use a numerical address on a building, though, you now use a virtual address or domain name. Usually, your online address includes your company’s name or initials or some other derivation.

Every successful business begins with that first idea, and the Internet has continued to make it easier than ever to launch a successful business. Maybe you have several unique concepts to choose from or are firmly set on a single one. Either way, how do you decide whether you should quit your day job and focus on your brilliant idea for starting an online business?

Starting an online business is more affordable than ever. You no longer have to invest several thousand dollars in big, clunky pieces of equipment because both the size and the price of these items have dropped tremendously.For example, cloud-based offerings are readily available, which provide access to web-based products and services at low monthly (or annual) rates.