Expect the Unexpected With Internet Startups

Great Expectations

I have cut, sliced and diced hundreds of onions. So many that when I cut this onion open and saw these funny faces smiling back at me, I had to laugh. I was amazed at how perfect these images seemed. To refresh my memory of what onions normally look like, I cut into another onion and found the look I usually find – one center and concentric circles. This onion produced two smiley faces. Totally unexpected! Sometimes it is better to expect the unexpected.

In any business people try to predict their success and  rely on statistics to back up their predictions. With the Internet this method doesn’t always work.

Many people start Internet businesses and plan to be successful. They’ve got a great business idea and they invest money and time towards building the business. They literally do everything they can do. What sometimes happens is that they don’t get enough traffic to sustain the business and they stop trying. This is not what they expected.

The Unexpected

On the other hand there are people who start an Internet business and have no expectations of being wildly successful, but they enjoy trying new things and testing different methods of getting their business to work. They actual stumble upon little ideas and little tricks that end up making their business earn more money. Repeating this as a regular work habit can make the site profitable.

Think about your expectations of your Internet business. Is it going well or is it a project that you have abandoned?

In a search for “websites that fail” an article was listed called The number 1 Reason Why Most Websites Fail. You would expect this site to tell you about reasons sites fail, however this site was an example of failure. Mistakes on the page were causing major errors that failed to pull in the correct information in five different areas. This is the advice they give.

Websites do fail. Lots of them fail. You will see many of them every day. Some of them fail to inspire or enthuse. Some fail to get found at all. Some fail to get completed. Some fail to understand the needs of the people visiting them. But there is an underlying common reason for all these failings..

This site expected to be an authority on why websites fail, but lost credibility because their own site was failing. That wasn’t what was expected.

Finding Success With Internet Start Ups

In 1969, Honeywell International Inc. developed a computer that sold for $10,600. It was advertised as a kitchen computer because back then, the engineers decided that the only reason people would want to use a personal computer at home was to store recipes. That was what they expected people to wanted to do. Not one of the computers they designed sold. Did they expect that when developing this product? I’m quite sure they didn’t.

When you start your business on the Internet remember to expect the unexpected. It will give you  patience while you work on your site and build it and continue to build it. Success for you may be right around the corner.

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place to-day, it is vain to seek it there to-morrow. You can not lay a trap for it.
~ Alexander Smith, Scottish poet

Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience.
~Masaru Ibuka, co-founder of Sony Corporation

Sometimes it is better to expect the unexpected.

Business Community Review

Internet Advertising

Scott Colley has a new website at GoodVibeBiz, that accentuates the positive aspects of business.  This website is a place where people can post a review of any business they choose. It is designed to help spread the good word about new internet businesses.

If you have a company that you would like to review, just go to his site and fill out a form where you can let people know what you think.  This benefits the business community and webmasters who would like free internet advertising. Word of mouth advertising is fantastic.

Clients submit business reviews, ask their customers to give their testimonials and everybody benefits. It’s a win, win situation.  More traffic for your website and more qualified prospects for your business.

Google likes the GoodVib Biz

GoodVib Biz has been ranked number one by Google site for search term ‘business review community.’ It is starting to get a lot of attention from prominent businesses and will continue to grow.

Internet Advertising

According to Scott Colley, “Advertising in today’s market is like herding 50 cats in a field. You’re never sure what works best. This site gets people what they need in advertising -  ‘page one Google search results’ and it’s FREE, so the price is right!”
 
Benefits of GoodVib Biz

Scott Colley says, “When you look for the good, you tend to find it.  I really do try to live my life finding the good in people and events, so it’s been a natural extension to every aspect of my business.”

”Too many negative sites dominate our eyeballs on the Internet every day. Some of my clients get ‘jammed’ by one bad review from that one ‘never happy’ customer.  This site’s focus is getting folks to speak up about the good they encounter in businesses daily.”

Don’t waste any time. Get over to GoodVib Biz and start listing your Internet businesses now!

Ten Empowering Thoughts for Your Internet Business

Last week, I listened to Brian Campbell, a successful Internet marketer, give a webinar on social media marketing. During that talk he had people think about the belief system they had and whether or not their beliefs where empowering them or limiting them. He pointed out that every action we take begins with a thought.

The audience was asked to identify thoughts that were either empowering or limiting in nature. Here are ten empowering thoughts that were selected.

1. There is an abundance of money.
2. People deserve to be compensated generously for the value they produce.
3. I can spend money freely to enjoy life.
4. I can make money very easily with very little effort.
5. Money flows to me easily.
6. I would like to compensate people for their value because I appreciate them.
7. Money is to be enjoyed.
8. You are priceless.
9. The past is not my future.
10. I can get many people to act on something.

It seems to be human nature to dwell on some very limiting beliefs, which guide our course of action. How often have you told yourself that there is scarcity in your life? Or lately, the economy is so bad, no one is making any money. Recognizing and replacing our limiting beliefs is crucial to our success in any field of business or any area of our lives.

Would you picture yourself as someone who could influence others to take action? And don’t think of the times you’ve asked your children to clean up their rooms.  Think of the times that you’ve recommended a great movie to your friends.

Could you become a person that could influence 100 people to take the action you want them to take?  A 100,000 or 100,000,000?  How would you do it?  What would you say? What could you write?

Mark Zuckerberg influenced over 100 million people to use his website application at www.facebook.com. He is now enjoying the billionaire status as noted in Forbes magazine, The 400 Richest People in America, 2008 edition.

Create your website business plan to get as many people as you can to take the action you would like them to take. There are approximately 6,732,600,000 people in this world to influence!  Keep empowering beliefs in the forefront of your mind as you create a successful website business plan that can move people to take action!