But what is an eBusiness and why do I need one?
EBusiness is a very good way for beginners to start making some money online for very little cost. It involves no website costs and requires either no web site or just a free one. When you need to choose a hosting company for your website, you can go to popular search engines and type in website and a variety of options should show up.
So what is a website?
When I thought of the phrase website it gave me visions of a two dimensional space on the internet. The first website I thought of was Freewebs.com. I had no idea what I was doing. the website being a transparent browser window.
I decided the first thing I needed to do was have my own site and once I decided that this wasn’t a small exercise I turned it over to the computer experts. I had my domain name, a hosting company and an FTP program that I used very successfully to put the site on the internet.
I learned that the hosting company was almost definitely not free for me. For some reason there always seemed to be a price tag and as such I decided it was better to pay that than spend a few more dollars and get a free host site.
In fact there are many hosting companies and quite a few are free to join. You just have to keep in mind that many hosting sites are offered free and charge a monthly fee which may or may not cost you any money at all. I have had almost every site on the internet I made for free… one exception being a photo gallery which had to be paid for. I do suggest making your site in a Word or spreadsheet and then finish it with a graphics program.
The advantage of free is that you can have a website up for nothing and get traffic to the site and learn as you travel along the road. Learn to use the site or program interface for more information.
What is Blogging?
Blogging is basically an online diary, or more accurately a blog. I have a friend who does Plant Appraisal and just started doing a blog and loves it, and it’s increased his business by 30%. You start with a web log and then you add items to it to create a home for yourself. It can be a mixture of personal to business information and in some cases news and links to other services.
But blogging is also used to make money. If you choose a blog that is in a high traffic area like the home of TV station or the New York Times, blogs can be a very lucrative way to make money. For example a good blog for a home entertainment could charge a monthly fee. For example mtv.com.
For all of this to work, you need to repeat a certain number of articles every couple of days. In turn, you can make money on the AdSense program, which enables you to display ads on your site. When visitors to your site click the ads, you will make a few cents per click.