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I’ve finally finished my marketing plan for 2009 and before I start posting about it, I need to update my progress so far, so that no one misses out on information.

Note: I’ll be adding all my Internet Business Building posts to my “Categories”, (on the right side of screen), under the category Internet Business Building, so clicking on that will list all of my Internet Business Building posts.

OK, to get started with your Internet Business you need;

1. A researched idea for your business
2. A Domain Name, (which is basically your business address on the Internet)
3. A Hosting account. (To store your web pages etc.)
4. Software to build your web pages.
5. Software to build your mailing List

1. A researched idea for your business

I’ve already researched my business idea, I’m going to pass on my Internet Business knowledge to people interested in starting an online business.

If you don’t have a business idea yet, be sure to sign up for my updates, as I will be covering how to research Internet business ideas and what Internet business work.

2. A Domain Name

As you can see, I already have my domain name, which is my own name, and I suggest that you do the same.
Even if you decide later that a different domain name is better, you can use this to get to grips with everything.

Some rules for Domain names.

• Always get a .com domain name.
• Never use a dash, (-) in your domain name
• If yourname .com is taken, get a domain name with another word included, like yournameblog .com

3. A Hosting account

A hosting account is needed to store your web pages, images etc., and no matter what business you are going to be starting, a blog is a nessassity.

Therefore is is best to use a web hosting company that uses software called cPanel, to manage your hosting, as cPanel makes it easy to install a blog, make e-mail addresses and makes hosting your business far easier.

I’ve been using HostGator for many years and I highly recommend them.

4. Software to build your web pages

If I was building web pages, I’d need software like Dreamweaver or NVU, but I would recommend that you use Blog software called Wordpress.

The main reasons for this is that Wordpress is far easier to learn to use, it’s easy to use and the search engines seem to like it.

If you follow my advice, and get hosting that uses cPanel, installing Wordpress is as simple as a few click of your mouse.
I’ll be making a video of how to install Wordpress using cPanel, so if you are having problems, just wait for the video.

5. Software to build your mailing List

By far, the best software to use to build your mailing list in Aweber. The web site actually walkes you throught the process, so you can easily be set up in a few hours.

So there you have it, this is where I am at the moment, and I’m just about to start to get visitors (generate traffic) to my Blog.

Any questions?

Feel free to comment below

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