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This book was an easy read and provides some basic, but often overlooked, tips to building an online business. The book, for the most part, follows in chronological order and breaks down the process of building a business online. That being said I have to say that this book is not for people who have knowledge in web design/ development or people who have experience in ecommerce. It’s true that the book helps you focus your attention to the important areas of online business but it greatly simplifies the process and doesn’t go deep enough to make you truly successful online. Any person who has spend (even a little) time online doing some research in their niche and following web marketing blogs and forums can easily come up with the same material that is covered in this book.
One major thing in the book that screamed out at me was the author’s suggestion to building a site using tables for your layout. A quick google search or asking a seasoned web developer or search engine marketer will instantly tell you that developing a website using tables will hurt you – especially in the long run. Table-less design has been the standard for at least the last few years. I also discourage the use of MS Frontpage/ Expression of which the author highly recommends. This program is absolutely horrible and I would encourage people to only use dreamweaver or to learn how to hand code your webpages using simple html and css.
Overall, I’m glad I didn’t spend much money on this book. It did serve to help me focus my ‘action plan’ a bit but other than that I can’t say it helped me much. This book is truly only useful to people who are new to online business and website development. The book is simply too general and basic – making it sound like you can make a lot of money online in a very short period of time with ‘just doing the minimum’.
Being someone who has made a great deal of money online, I can tell you that this book oversimplifies every step to making money online – hence my 3 star rating.
Rating: 3 / 5
The book is a bit short but gets to its points quickly and clearly. It is not a programming or technical book; which is a good thing – it covers, instead, only the very important business aspects to starting and growing an e-commerce website. Good tips on how to increase traffic to your site; how to set up the site’s content and headers to optimize it’s visibility and rank on search engines. Gives you the perspective and wisdom from a writer who has created and grown successful website businesses.
Rating: 3 / 5
This book is a “how to” make a business plan for a web business. It does provides some very good information, but I guess I was expecting something more. Perhaps more examples of the different types of web businesses and how to make each one sucessful, and more SEO tactics in the creation of the web site. I feel like it answered some questions and opened the door to a lot more new questions.
Rating: 4 / 5
My interest in book reading is to collect accurate information, straight to the point. I want to be able to put information to use right away and achieve and end result. I know my individual situation is always unique. Most writers usually convey general information and it may not work in every situation. I know from my experience details matter. Nelson Bates is specific with the information he conveys. If you follow his simple detailed steps, this information will work for you. You too will have a successful website business.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is to the point and way easy to understand! I understand the process of launching a website that will make money quickly now. I love that it’s step by step; really like paint by numbers. Nelson Bates distilled the knowledge of a bunch of technical and professional people into a short easy read. He has raised the bar for this industry; I love capitalism! This book will ensure the financial success of my business and my personal life. After reading it, don’t let it’s simplicity fool you. It’s actually brilliant wisdom.
Rating: 5 / 5