There is quite a buzz online at the moment surrounding outsourcing. A few heavy weights in the internet marketing world are releasing products and sharing how they run their businesses with the help of outourcers.

You should explore it down the track, but when you’re starting out you need to do the bulk of the work yourself.

Most of us don’t have the luxury, mainly cash that is, to hire outside help, so we have be a jack of all trades when we start to sell websites online. This is a good thing, as it will serve you well to understand the whole process.

Now, you don’t have to be a zen master in any of what I’m about to show you. No snatching of the pebble required, or hours of wax on/wax off Daniel-San style dedication required, just an understanding of how these processes work and how to implement them.

There are only four things you need to get a handle on to be successful at selling websites from scratch.

Drum roll please……

Market Research

It all starts here. You need to know how to quickly asses if a market has potential and is worth you investing in. The key is to find a niche that has enough traffic for you to be competiive in, without having to compete with millions of others just to be heard. The
good news is that there is an endless supply of such niche opportunities online and no, dog training is not one of them!

Website Setup

Once you’re happy with the research, register a domian and setup a site. The key  is speed without forsaking accuracy. You just can’t go past wpdirect here. I love wp direct for two reasons:

1. It’s fast! If I could find a faster way to install a fully SEO optimized blog, I’d use that instead. It really is a dream to use and takes under 2 minutes to install a wordpress blog.

2. It does the heavy lifting for you! As you may have noticed, I’m not big on doing the manual work if there is an easier way. It’s not that I’m lazy or anything, well, maybe it is, but the truth is I make mistakes and lots of them. I’m always “forgetting” to take care of the small detail and this can hurt your site’s performance. Even a simple thing as not including the tittle in your header can cost you ranking against a competing site that has included it.

So, why not take the risk out of it and let wpdirect do all that for you?

Traffic

Traffic is the key to building value into your sites and in turn a higher sell price. Have a look at the  just sold section of flippa and you will see that the best sales all come via sites that have decent traffic and are generating income.

So, invest some time  in building  traffic to your sites in order to maximize returns when it comes time to sell. Patience is important here A  little time and effort  will ensure greater returns than simply listing brand new, zero traffic sites.

Selling

This part is easy and fun. Study flippa’s just sold results and in particular the sales letter people write and you’ll see a pattern. Sellers that are doing really well on a regular basis, write good sales letters.

Now don’t just cut and paste someone’s listing, but rather use it as blueprint and add your own unique voice to it.

The big tip here is to include as much detail as you can. Read listings and take note of recurring questions buyers ask and answer them in your sales letter.

Be very, very, very, clear with what you will do and won’t do as part of the sale. You don’t want to ever have to deal with “but I was expecting…..”

Learn how to move a wordpress blog. It’s just a simple process, especially if you have set the site up correctly in the first place.
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Hey if a drummer can learn this stuff, how easy should it be for you? Unless you are a bass player that is. In which case you’ll need to find a drummer to help you.