After the success of the Interview Series on Off the Top of My Head, I decided to branch out a bit in several directions. I have already launched the Website Review Series and started gauging interest for an interview series which asks well known webmasters non webmaster questions about their hobbies, etc. Off of those successes I have now decided to start a tutorial series on starting an online business.

In my mind there are four main areas of online business which all ventures can be lumped into. They are Physical Product Sales, Affiliate Sales, Advertising Driven Communities and Services. Although I have had experience with all of these, my strongest area by far is in Physical Product Sales. Therefore this tutorial will deal with that aspect of online business.

Now to do it right, I have decided to split it up quite extensively. Right now it is shaping up to be a 21 part series due to the amount of detail but like all things could grow quite quickly. I had also originally thought about writing an ebook but instead settled on adding it to the blog to get as much exposure as possible. This will influence the type of guide I write and ensure it is always about information, not revenue.

I plan to start right from the beginning with my first published post being titled ¡°Starting a Business Tutorial Series: Choosing Your Product¡±. I will then use that same format so that each section can be followed in sequential order. By linking to the older chapters, it will also bind them all together via the comments of older ones.

This series began on Monday March 6th and should run straight through to May, with a new chapter being published each Monday/Thursday. You can view the Table Of Contents to get started. 

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