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If I had it to do all over again in my business, I do think would do things a little differently. Of course, I think that we all have things in our lives we wish we had done a little differently.

First, I wouldn’t own 10 domains. It’s a lot to manage. I would buy one domain, preferably my name, (which I do own), and I would build subdomains for anything else I needed. Most web hosting allows you to have unlimited sub domains, so unless you’re doing a lot of different businesses and just want to spend the money, one domain is sufficient.

One thing I want to mention here is that many internet marketing gurus insist you have to buy a domain name that’s related to your topic. That it will help you rank higher in the search engines than a name would. BRAVO SIERRA! I’m not saying this is a lie. What I’m saying is that you can get to the top of the search engines using your name, or some derivation of it, or you can use some other type of general name, and get just as good results. If you don’t believe, go on over to Alexa and take a look at the top sites on the internet, the ones that get the most traffic.

The number one site on the internet is Yahoo. You don’t see search engine in the name, just the name. Same goes for Google, and heck, Microsoft abbreviates to MSN. Microsoft also owns Live, as well as the Microsoft domain, and all of these are names.

Which brings me to my next point. If I had to do it all over again, I would build one website, under my name, and I would set it up on a Wordpress platform, build a blog, and a content rich website. Then I would add subdomains, lots of them, each with an individual product I had created. Straight sales letter, and automate the whole thing.

Which performs better, a content site or a sales letter? Regardless of which one you use, you should be clear what the purpose of the main page is. As for which performs better, I’m in the camp that says content sites do better. Again, look at the list at Alexa. They’re all content sites, and many of them are Web 2.0 sites.

Now, when I first started off, many of the things I’m talking about doing, I couldn’t have done. Therefore my business has evolved. In the beginning I could have spent more time marketing affiliate programs until I built up a base of knowledge to sell my own products. Now that I have that base, you’ll be seeing quite a few new products from me this year, and it will be more about catering to the needs of those who need what I have to offer. It will include lots of stuff that’s short and sweet, as well as stuff that’s low priced so it’s affordable for anyone who wants to get started online.

The most important thing I want to say here is to get started. Choose what you want to do. Stick with it. Have a plan and have a tight focus. Every time you’re offered a new product, ask yourself: “Will this help me get to where I want to go in my business?” If the answer is no, then don’t buy it because it’s a waste of money.

Tomorrow I’ll have a checklist/questionnaire you can download and complete. You can use this to help you decide what kind of business you want to run, how much money you want to make, and then create a plan for getting started, as well as doing all of the tasks you need to do to make money.