How to Start an Online Business
Solo Build It!'s Proven Process and How It Works
Ideas, hobbies, passion and knowledge... your business starts with what you know and love.
You have the desire and a lifetime of experiences. In order to turn them into an online business, you need the right guidance and tools. SBI! was built for this.
People often forget that building an online business requires proper research and planning — that somehow these basic business principles do not apply online. In fact, the majority of the website building industry tries to convince you of it!
Consider the countless ads about how you can just put up a website (or blog), and how people are going to magically come to your site. Not true. This is why most folks who are lured by all the “start a business in under 10 mins” ads do not succeed. And with the rapid rollout of AI tools, “start a business in 30 seconds” ads are already popping up.
You wouldn’t rent a storefront before doing the market research to ensure you’ll have the best chance for success. So why would you register a domain name and start building a website before knowing if enough people are looking for your information?
Perfect Preparation "Niching the Niche"
Discovering your niche, then refining it to make sure that it fits your goal, is the key to any successful and sustainable business. This is where the Solo Build It! process starts.
Following SBI!s Action Guide, you will begin by using our exclusive Brainstorm It! module, a comprehensive keyword brainstorming and analysis tool.
Brainstorm It! helps you find potential Site Concepts for profitable niches for your new online business, then it guides you in choosing and refining the best niche to achieve your goals.
If you only have a general idea of your niche, or even if you have no clear idea, Brainstorm It! will help you explore until you know. Pick the one that’s right for you (i.e., according to your passion, knowledge, available time, and intended monetization options). This puts you ahead of 90% of all online content creators.
Step-by-step, the Action Guide and Brainstorm It! will ensure that your idea is both something that works for you, and is in-demand.
With your niche selected, you can now move confidently through the business-building process using Solo Build It’s 80 plkus integrated tools and modules.
The Process Explained
C+T+P+M
Solo Build It! uses a process that’s been proven by thousands of successful online business owners over the last 25+ years. Here’s how it works…
Content
People search for information and solutions using keywords. Searching on Google, social media, news aggregators (Reddit), Q&A sites (Quora), video platforms (YouTube) and visual platforms (Pinterest), they’re looking for an endless variety of knowledge and guidance.
You have information others want. Share it with them! How? Hone in on your knowledge and convert it into Content that people will find as they search.
Traffic
Traffic is the lifeblood of your business. People find your content through search engines like Google or by discovering it on social media. Google remains the largest referrer of website traffic. The social media platforms you use will depend on your topic and audience.
Traffic comes from clicks on your content by visitors seeking information on your topic. As they engage with more of your content, they become presold, leading to eventual purchases.
Presell
Visitors to your website develop trust and confidence in you as you share what they need to know — relevant, original, topical information. We call this Preselling — think of it as building your “brand.”
As you draw people in with your well written, informative niche content, they’ll not only follow you and return for additional content, they will increasingly be more open to clicking on ads, following your recommendations, or buying your products/services.
Monetize
Now that your Content is getting a high volume of people to your site (Traffic), and you begin building their trust (Presell), it’s time to convert their visits into income (Monetize). This is known as “monetizing” — it’s only effective once you have successfully built “ C T P .”
Once you have your own Presold traffic, you’re in control. The next step is to execute a diversified set of income-generating options that maximize income, growth and stability.
