Building A Business On A Zero Budget

Assuming you already have a computer, it is definitely possible to build an online business with a zero budget! From formulating your plan, to building your website, to promoting your new business. This can all be done for free.

Your first step would be to decide what your business is going to be and write out your busines plan. If you have your plan written out it will help you in the organization and birth of your business.

After your business is decided, you must then learn how to design and build your website. There are many free tutorials and websites to help you with this. A few are:
http://www.bfree.on.ca/HTML/
http://www.bignosebird.com/
http://www.pagetutor.com/

Once you learn how to build your site, and believe me the learning never ends, you will want to find a free web host. There are many places that will host your site for free, but my personal favorite is:
http://www.hypermart.net/index.gsp
Here is a list of others:
http://www.vvm.com/~rsadler/freesites.htm

Once you get your website up, you will want to start promoting your new business. There are many ways to do this for free.

Message Boards: http://www.forumone.com

Announcement Lists - Find announcement lists at:
http://www.egroups.com
http://www.topica.com
http://www.smartgroups.com
http://www.globelists.com

Search Engines - Submit manaully to top engines.
http://www.zdnet.com/searchiq/

Link Exchanges - Exchange links with other webmasters.
http://rlinks.hypermart.net/
http://www.reciprocallink.com/
http://swap.at/TheSwapShop.com

The most effective way to promote your business and webite is by ezine publishing. This is a must for your business success. There are many good sites to help you get started:
http://www.e-zinez.com/
http://www.web-source.net/web/Ezines/
http://www.zinebook.com/publicz.html
http://newslettercoach.com/
http://ezine-tips.com/

After you start your ezine, you can get involved with ad swapping. This is a great way to advertise at no cost.
Ezine-Ad-Swaps-subscribe@topica.com
AdSwapsforYou-subscribe@egroups.com
swap_it-subscribe@listbot.com
EzineAdSwap-subscribe@topica.com
ezineadexchange-subscribe@topica.com
LB-Ad_Swaps-subscribe@egroups.com

You can also get your ezine listed in numerous free directories.
http://www.mjswebularworld.com/ezinesubmit.htm
http://www.freezineweb.com/
http://www.tobewealthy.com/links/listdir.htm

A good way to add to or start your online income is by joining some good affiliate programs.
http://www.associateprograms.com/

Once you get your income started, you can then start using that money to expand your business. To build a business in this way will take time and a lot of effort, so you should be very passionate and determined not to give up. There is a lot to learn and at times it will seem overwhelming. Just remember we have all been there.

There will be many times when you feel like throwing in the towel, but just remember your goals and do NOT give up! YOU WILL SUCCEED!!

(c)2000 Terri Seymour

About the Author

Terri Seymour is the Publisher of Web Success Ezine, a free ezine designed to help people enhance their business success. To subscribe: web-success-subscribe@egroups.com You can find more information and resources at websuccesscentral.com

terri@websuccesscentral.com
http://www.websuccesscentral.com