What Is 20MinuteWebBusiness.com?

Do you want your own web business? Perhaps you'd like a stream of income to supplement what you get from your job. Or maybe you have a passion you want to share while earning money at the same time.

20MinuteWebBusiness.com guides you step-by-step through planning, creating, and building your web business.. Each step takes about 20 minutes. With 20MinuteWebBusiness.com, you can count on it that you'll do the right things in the right order on your schedule.

Why Should I Use It?

20MinuteWebBusiness.com gives you three huge benefits:

1. It fits your schedule. You make progress whenever you have 20 minutes. Squeeze it in between classes at school, while the baby is napping, on your lunch hour at work, in the evening instead of watching a sitcom, or whenever you have time. With 20MinuteWebBusiness.com, you can build your own web business while still living your life.
2. You know you'll be doing the right things. Experienced web business experts guide you through the steps. You don't have to wonder if you're doing the right thing. Every 20 minutes you spend advances your business toward an important milestone.
3. You'll do things in the right order. In business, doing the right thing in the right order is called sequencing. 20MinuteWebBusiness.com puts things in the right order so you don't have to worry about it.

How Much Does It Cost?

20MinuteWebBusiness.com is mostly FREE, at least, for now. (That may change in the future.)

That's not to say that starting your own web business is free, though. You will need money for business licenses, web hosting, advertising and many other things. Benjamin Franklin, a key player in America's fight to become a country, once said, "He that would catch fish must venture his bait." That doesn't just mean you have to dangle a worm to entice a fish, it means you have to buy the worm and face the possibility of losing it without ever hooking a fish. With your own business, you'll need to "venture" some cash in the hope of making plenty more back. Following the program at 20MinuteWebBusiness.com will reduce your risk enormously. But there's still a risk you could lose your time and money. Are you willing to take that risk?

In the beginning, when you're planning your web business, you'll need little if any money. But by the time you're ready to actually launch your web site, you'll need two or three hundred dollars or euros (or whatever your currency is). Later on you'll want still more cash for advertising and other needs. Do yourself a favor and start setting some aside.

How Does 20MinuteWebBusiness.com Make Money?

20MinuteWebBusiness.com is here to make money just like you are. To do so, it uses the same techniques you'll learn as you do the 20 minute tasks. They include advertising, affiliate programs, product sales and subscriptions. For your own success you need to master these methods and you'll learn better if you see how someone else--in this case, 20MinuteWebBusiness.com--uses them.

As a matter of ethics, 20MinuteWebBusiness.com will never suggest any purchase just so we'll make money. We believe that you should bootstrap your business and conserve your cash. In cases where you're going to have to spend money anyway, or where it will be a substantial benefit to you to spend some money, we may recommend purchases where we'll get a commission. It won't cost you anything extra and it will help assure that you can continue using 20MinuteWebBusiness.com to grow your business. But you'll never have to follow our recommendations.

What's My Commitment?

If you want to succeed, you'll have to "venture" not only a little money but also your time. At the very least, commit to 20 minutes a day, six days a week. If you can manage it, consider committing to eleven hours a week or some other figure that will work for you. The more time you spend on your business, the faster it will grow, but even 20 minutes a day will get you ahead. As your business starts making money, you'll automatically start committing more time to it.

You also need to commit yourself to your business for years to come. This is no get-rich-quick scheme. It's building a solid, reputable business that will serve your customers and help support you and your family. It takes time and love and sweat.

A business is not just about you. It affects your family and friends. Are they willing to let you make the commitment? Check with the most important ones because they'll be making a commitment to let you have the time and money to build your business. It's only fair to make them a part of your decision.

Right now, you may only be exploring the possibility of starting your own web business. That's fine. Stick your toe in the water and see if you want to immerse yourself further. But be forewarned that eventually you'll have to plunge in and make a serious commitment.

How Do I Use It?

If you decide to go ahead, start with the 20 minute task below. Then continue on, as you have time, with the ones in the menu on the left side of the screen. For best results, do each of them in sequence because they build on each other. The tasks are grouped together to help you achieve milestones. For example, the first milestone is "Find Your Niche Market." It takes eleven 20 minute tasks to reach that milestone. Even if you think you don't need a particular task, do it anyway. It only takes about 20 minutes and you may be surprised at how helpful it turns out to be. (If you have a special need, go ahead and do something out of sequence. But then come back and resume where you left off.)

Each task consists of an introduction that helps you understand what you need to do. It concludes with a section entitled Your 20 Minute Task. Read the introduction, then do the task. Simple.

You'll need some supplies. So, here's your first 20 minute task.

Your 20 Minute Task

Get some empty file folders--ten should be enough to start. Grab a pencil and a pad of paper or notebook, too. (You can do many of the tasks on your computer, but sometimes you'll need paper and pencil.) Finally, locate some space in a file drawer, a bankers box, on a book shelf or somewhere else where you can store your file folders, pencil and paper.

This is your first test. If you're going to start a web business, you have to DO something. You have to take action. Even if you don't know yet whether you'll keep using 20MinuteWebBusiness.com, get the folders, pencil and paper and find a place to keep them. Go ahead. As the folks at Nike say, "Just do it!"

[20 minutes later.]
Did you do it? Congratulations! You're on your way to a profitable web business. Now go on to the next task and discover What Is a Niche?.