An internet business sounds like the ideal way to make a fortune. We hear all the time about the internet millionaires who became wealthy virtually overnight. In reality many more people have lost a fortune than the few who have succeeded.
There are a lot of people in cyberspace who promise amazing wealth for a few hours of work a week. Some even claim that you can make money whilst you sleep! In reality over ninety percent of these ideas are scams with no hope of the investor ever making any serious money.
There are a few people who have more than one successful internet business but they have achieved this through hard work and learning through experience how to create their own highly targeted traffic.
This skill is an art form in itself and it can take several years to learn how to create pages that are search engine friendly and then make them appear on the first page for several lucrative terms. In the process they learnt all there is to know about link building, sponsored adverts and business directory listings.
One mistake that a lot of new businesses make on the internet is to rely way too much on SEO (search engine optimisation) experts. It...