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Ramit Sethi Offer This Advice For Starting An Online Business
Are you considering starting an online business? Ramit Sethi is The New York Times best-selling author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich. He’s also the founder of a site by the same name as well as Growth Lab.
Sethi’s sites claim more than one million readers each month. He’s worked with over 35,000 students around the world via his online courses like “Earn 1k” and “Zero to Launch.”
His company specializes in helping students start profitable online businesses. For this interview, Sethi revealed three areas every would-be online entrepreneur should focus on if they want to grow a business faster.
1. Get Your First Customer
Starting an online business is challenging and rewarding. Entrepreneurs can pick from a dizzying array of tools to grow their business and sell their products and services.
As an example, many online entrepreneurs sell courses and can pick from providers including Teachable, Kajabi, ClickFunnels, Thinkific and more.
You could even spend all day promoting your course on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. It doesn’t help that these networks proliferate the idea of success lying one click away.