{"product_id":"2940013516618","title":"One Month To Your Own Online Business","description":"In the 1990s, the nascent internet was commonly referred to as the\u003cbr\u003e“information superhighway”, a phrase that was coined by Senator Al\u003cbr\u003eGore in 1978 according to most reports.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe funny thing is, even though it seems to be a very dated phrase to\u003cbr\u003emodern ears, it is still essentially true. The vast majority of people still\u003cbr\u003euse the internet as a source of information first and foremost, and this\u003cbr\u003ein itself should be no surprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough this is open to debate, there is probably not a library or\u003cbr\u003emuseum where there is more information available than there is on the\u003cbr\u003einternet, and of course, the internet has the vast advantage over every\u003cbr\u003elibrary and museum of being accessible at your fingertips - but there is\u003cbr\u003eno doubt that the nature of the internet is changing, and doing so at a\u003cbr\u003epace that almost defies belief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor example, while some brave and hardy souls had tried to publish\u003cbr\u003evideo materials on the internet previously, it was really only with the\u003cbr\u003eadvent of YouTube that video took off, and that is less than four years\u003cbr\u003eago as I write (YouTube was launched in February 2005).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet video is now such an integral part of the everyday internet\u003cbr\u003eexperience that it is hard to believe that there was a time BV (before\u003cbr\u003evideo), a time when the internet was all about providing information\u003cbr\u003eonly in written format accompanied by static images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnother huge change that has become increasingly evident over the last\u003cbr\u003e3 or 4 years is the boom in business that is being transacted solely\u003cbr\u003ethrough the medium of the internet. From massive monolithic global\u003cbr\u003ecorporations like Google to people spending their evenings working\u003cbr\u003eaway in their back bedroom, there are now millions of companies and\u003cbr\u003eindividuals who are operating a business where they make money from\u003cbr\u003ethe internet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not new. There were companies making money on the internet\u003cbr\u003eback in the ‘information superhighway’ days, which helped to fuel the\u003cbr\u003e.com boom and subsequent implosion at the end of the 90s.\u003cbr\u003eBut what is new and different is the fact that anyone who has an\u003cbr\u003einternet connection and a computer can now start their own internet\u003cbr\u003emarketing business quickly, easily and with very little capital outlay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndeed, it is the latter fact that is one of the primary attractions of\u003cbr\u003estarting a business online, particularly in comparison to starting a ‘real\u003cbr\u003eworld’ business where you would need offices, computers, telephones\u003cbr\u003eand staff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll of this is before you even start talking about investing money in\u003cbr\u003einventory or stock, training costs and the like. To start your own online business, all you need is a computer and a connection. Well, actually, that’s not strictly true .....","brand":"M\u0026M Pubs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152721002736,"sku":"2940013516618","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013516618_p0.jpg?v=1763582450","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013516618","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}