Simple Online Business Ideas

There are many different things you can do which will increase the success of your online business.  The goal of this article will be to help you find a way to improve your business as it sits right now.  My personal expertise is search engine optimization so the majority of this article will be making sure you have a corelation between what you sale and what you are attempting to rank your website or blog for.  Online business has three main properties to it the first being creation which is when you set up your website or blog, next is internet marketing and this consists of everything from social networking to ranking your presence at the top of the major search engines, finally there is monetization which is when you earn money from the traffic you get to your website.  Some of the common monetization methods include ppc publising, affiliate marketing, and product creation/selling.
The first thing when creating an online business or running an online business is understanding what the web traffic coming to your website wants.  To get this understanding you much keep track of where and how the traffic is coming to your website.  This is why online business owners install a website counter.  The two top counters which will help evaluate the incoming traffic sources include statcounter.com and Google Analytics which you will find in your Google Account Settings.  Both of these two will allow you to tell exactly what is bringing in the traffic.  One of the most important incoming sources to check is keywords.  These websites will let you know what keywords searching for to find your website.  Make sure you check to see what position you are at for these keywords and if you are not number one start building links to reach the top.
The final topic I would like to discuss is testing and utilizing monetization techniques when trying to become a successful online business professional.  Many think you throw Google Adsense up and begin making thousands, but this is rarely the case.  A much more usual circumstance is barely making anything with adsense and having to test many different monetization techniques.  One of the monetization techniques which I use is the affiliate programs on get paid to websites.  These are extremely easy to market because people sign up and make money for free.  Some other websites that are worth testing out if you are trying to make money from your traffic are amazon and clickbank.  These two websites have many different affiliate products in every niche imaginable.
You must remember that if you decide to open and run an online business it is important to be ready for years of work.  No one makes it online overnight it is a long and tedious process.  The main thing you should worry about in the first year is learning everything you can about online business especially internet marketing.  Some of the places I recommend learning online business includes webmaster forums such as v7n.com/forums and blogs such as problogger.com.