Basics of a Successful Online Business Idea

So what’s with all the hoopla surrounding Internet business ideas or creating a real income online? Starting or growing a successful online business is really not much different than doing the same with an off line business. At the core a successful business concept has to do a few things REAL well.

Any business that is successful has to:

  1. Add Value
  2. Be relevant
  3. Cause money to be exchanged

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The Roots of an Ingenious Business Idea

Have you ever heard of a business, and just thought to yourself, “How in the world did they think of that”? Or maybe you’ve been struck a couple of times with, “Why didn’t I think of that”? Sometimes, you wonder what could have given a person that idea, or how they turned that idea into a multi-million dollar company.

I remember hearing about this one site a couple of years ago. It was called the Million Dollar Homepage. Sound familiar? Alex Tew had the brilliant idea of selling pixels on his web page, displaying ads from different websites. How it worked, was people would buy a certain amount of pixels on his site, and he would display their ad in that space. At first, people laughed at this idea—that is, until they realized that he was cashing in big from this idea.

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