Get rich quick on the internet.  How many times do you see that phrase or something like it as you surf the web?  There are so many schemes out there to accomplish that goal.  But how many people actually get to that dream?

Very few.  And why is that?  The biggest mistake that most beginning internet marketers make is not going into their project with a “business mindset”.  They’re looking at an internet business as a “get rich” scheme.  They doom their success from the get go.

To start an internet business you first need a plan.  With a brick and mortar business this business plan is usually made to attract investors or secure a bank loan for start up money.  But the internet is different territory.  An internet business still needs a plan to focus its efforts.

The business plan in this sense is to subject your ideas of selling online to a vigorous scrutiny and see if your plans meet the test of what you will need to actually make it online.  Your business plan is your game plan.

Without a true business plan or a true plan of attack, all the software, product development and marketing strategies are just hit and miss exercises. That’s why you need a good business plan from the start.  Without a business plan your chances of failure are greatly increased.  Your business plan should include what you are going to do to succeed as well as what you will do if things fail miserably.  All angles should be covered.

Business plans force you to do the research that most internet businesses fail to do before they start.  This is vital to the success of your business.  If you already have a product, then you’re one step ahead of the game.  Most of us don’t though.  Here’s where making a business plan will allow you to think about your interests and passions that might make good niches to market products in.

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