Business 250 - Reflections

Reflections - Week 3 This week has been a great week learning about Drop-Shipping and Affiliate Marketing. I have found that I like the idea of Affiliate Marketing better, however, I think it will be a lot more work. I can make that work fun if I have a website that I am passionate about and enjoy posting things to it. I have seen blogs that have really taken off, but the owner of the blog has to keep it up-to-date and have posts that make people want to return often. In the case that we have been studying (guitars) this week, I don't think they could be successful with affiliate marketing. I don't know if they are really excited and passionate about guitars or not - if they are, then maybe it will work. We also studied brokers, wholesalers and manufacturers. There is a lot out there and it will take lots of time to find the right wholesaler to use for my future business. I did find that Alibaba has items that I am thinking about selling on a website.

It's the 2nd week of this class and I am super excited to get started in creating a business on the web. This class has been inspiring so far yet somewhat confusing. I had a hard time understanding the Keyword Planner in Google. I had to watch a few videos online to understand it better. Google has a lot of features that can help a business owner. Hopefully I can learn and understand all they have to offer. I've learned that unless you know exactly what you want to sell online, then you must create your business model first. I wish I had a talent that I was passionate about that I could turn into a business. If that were the case it would be easier to decide how I want the business to run. My husband is an artist and also an avid outdoorsman. He has 100’s of flies for fishing that I would like to sale online. As of right now that is what I am planning to do for this class. We will see what happens.