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Did you know that, on the Internet, 75% of online internet based small businesses fail in the first twelve months? For those of us who would like to start an online internet business -- maybe even work from home -- that's a very discouraging figures.

Does that mean that your business aim is doomed to failure? Far from it! There are steps you can take that greatly improve your chances of success. With a minor time and some serious research you can hit the ground running. Let's start from the beginning I

The bright idea

Originally, of course, you need to come up with an idea. Typically, business opportunities can be divided into four groups:

1. Offering an existing product/service in an existing market.
2. Introducing an existing product/service to a new market.
3. Offering a new product/service in an existing market
4. Introducing a new product/service to a new market.

At this stage of the game the only limit is your imagination. Inspiration can come from anywhere -- maybe you have a hobby that you'd like to turn into a full-time job; you may be on the receiving end of bad ...
... service one day and decide to try doing it better yourself; or you could have a talent that you'd like to capitalized on.

Once you've come across something that you'd like to do, it's time to take a look at the market and see what's on offer.

Passing the test

So you've had a good thought and you're keen to roll with it; now it's time to put it through its paces. For the purpose of the exercise, let's say that you have a passion for healthy living, and that you want to distribute a range of lifestyle accessories that promote healthy living with a do-it-yourself approach.

Ask around: Is there a market for products that promote healthy living? What sorts of products are available? Who would you be competing with and what do your competitors offer? Do you have the essential skills to run such a business and -- more to the point -- what would those skills be? Where would your business be located?

Once you've answered those questions you should have a fairly clear picture of what your business will look like.

You source various products and decide to do some more research into the range of lifestyle products offered by a company called Vitality 4 Life. Your own life experience plus some work you've finished as a dietician has given you the vital skill sets, and you think that you all be able to work from home, giving you extra time for family. There is an existing bazaar, but there's room for development. Now it's time to take a closer look.

To be or not to be

It's time to get down to the nuts and bolts. You don to want to skip into something feet first and find out the powerful way that the budget just doesn't work.

To get started, sit down and work out if you need to hire staff, which means paying wages.

If you lease a premises you all need to be able to pay the rent, and your location will have to be suitable for your business and target bazaar (which also means that you all have to think carefully about just what that target market is). You all also need to work out the likely demand for your product/service.

O.k. you've worked out that there is adequate demand for fine quality juicers, sprinters, water filters and other superior end accessories to take a shot at a distributorship as a work at home business opportunity. Now you need to make some marketing decisions.

Look at me! Look at me!

Advertising can be costly so you all want to be sure that your advertising budget is spent wisely. That means more market research, this time one-on-one. Profile your customer groups so you can aim your marketing at the right group/s of people.

Draw up a questionnaire (a short questionnaire -- people run out patience if you ramble for too long) and hang around outside a few of the local gyms (for our particular example). Come up with a mixture of open questions (What do you think of me..?) and closed questions (Do you have a gym membership? Yes/No.); sliding scales can be useful too.

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