Starting an Online Business For Dummies

The nuts-and-bolts for building your own online business and making it succeedIs there a fortune in your future? Start your own online business and see what happens. Whether you're adding an online component to your current bricks-and-mortar or hoping to strike it rich with your own online startup, the sixth edition of this popular and practical guide can help.Find out how to identify a market need, handle promotion, choose Web hosting services, set up strong security, pop up prominently in search engine rankings, and more. The book explores the hottest business phenomenon today—social media marketing—with full coverage of Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other technologies that are now firmly part of the online business landscape.Dives into all aspects of starting and establishing an online business, including the very latest big trendsHighlights business issues that are of particular concern to online businessesReveals how to identify a market need, handle promotion, choose Web hosting services, set up strong security, pop up prominently in search engine rankings, and moreCovers the hottest social media marketing opportunities, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and blogsShows you specific types and examples of successful online businessesProvides the latest on B2B Web site suppliers, such as AliBaba.