Online Business Ideas: Ways To Start And Run A Business For Less Money

Sep 1
17:15

2011

Cynthia Minnaar

Cynthia Minnaar

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Whilst there are many online business ideas to choose from, it is not hard to find cheap ways to start and run an online business, thanks to the internet. In this article we look at some of those ways which are easy to start and will increase your profit margin.

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Although there are many online business ideas to choose from,Online Business Ideas:  Ways To Start And Run A Business For Less Money Articles thanks to the internet it is not hard to find cheap ways to start and run an online business.   Here we take a look at some of those ways which will increase your bottom line.

1.  Make use of an auto-responder. For less than $20 a month you can use this marketing tool, which is a good way to keep in touch with customers and prospects on a regular basis.

An auto-responder is also an excellent way to build your list and no online business should be without one.  You can load it with pre-written email messages to send out to your new subscribers at pre-determined intervals as well as broadcast special messages and offers to all your subscribers.

2. Choosing a website hosting company. You do not need to spend much on hosting as you can join a good hosting company for around $10 a month. Also what is great is that you can host as many domain names as you want for this very reasonable price. 

Some online business owners have dozens of websites and they host them all for just $10 a month. This is certainly a great way to reduce the running costs of an online business.

There are still some small businesses that do not have a website. It is easy to start one using a Word Press blog theme, which can be installed with the click of a button and is easy to customize.

If you are technically challenged it is easy to find people at the Warrior Forum and eLance, who will do this for you for a very reasonable price.

3. Affiliate marketing is one of the top online business ideas. You can complement your product offerings by adding affiliate products to it.   Even if you already are promoting products, affiliate marketing offers many advantages.

Affiliate programs are free to join and you can find products on just about any niche. There is no need to create a website as you just need to link to the one provided by the affiliate merchant.

Consider creating your own ebook and selling it on ClickBank. The advantage here is that you can use their affiliates and make even more sales while letting them run the affiliate program for you.

4. Make use of ready made home business websites. There are programs that will set you up with a ready made website and an auto-responder with a prewritten newsletter for a very reasonable price.

The advantage of this is you do not have to do all the work and research to get started in the home business niche as it has already all be done for you.  You will never run out of prospects due to the high demand for this niche.

Consider these online business ideas which are cheap ways to start and run an online business and will certainly increase your bottom line.