3 Common Online Business Mistakes

Starting My Own Business: Top 3 Mistakes I Regret
By Dawn Marchant

In this article I want to share with you the top 3 mistakes I made and now regret when I was looking to start my own business online. So this article is aimed at you if you are considering starting up your own internet-based business. I really hope that by publishing this that it will help you to avoid making similar mistakes and find a quicker and more successful route to building your own business online. These mistakes of mine aren't in any particular order.

Trying to do it alone

There are several ways in which I've lost out by trying to build up my business on my own. Specifically I've lost time and potential income as well as money spent on unhelpful resources and programmes. Now to be clear I don't mean that I literally just tried to figure out and start up a business without doing any research. I have read books, attended workshops and seminars online and off and listened and learned much from many great leaders in the field of internet marketing, people who are great and successful entrepreneurs. What I was very slow to do was to engage with these leaders or at least one of them on a more direct level i.e. getting involved with a coaching programme where I could get personal help, answers to my specific questions, etc.

Catching the shiny object syndrome

Instead I found myself up caught up in what is often referred to as the shiny object syndrome. The shiny object syndrome is when you are constantly chasing after the latest scheme or programme that promises to give you great results with minimum effort overnight. You probably know what I'm talking about. You buy it only to find that it either isn't as straightforward as they say or else it involves activities and ways of marketing that would leave you feeling tacky and slimy because they go against your core values. Some of them might actually work but usually you don't stick at them long enough to find out before you are off chasing the next craze.

Being caught in the headlights of fear

Fear of making the right choice of business. Fear of wasting your time and effort setting up another website, creating another product that might not bring you the income you want and often need. This fear can lead you, as it did for me, to take no action at all and that, of course, is a guaranteed way to fail. It kept me from seeing the opportunities right under my nose and having the courage to discover how my purpose and passion could lead to a successful business.

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