How to start an Internet business? How to start a business with no money?

For people in the Internet industry, there is a crisis, that is, they face being eliminated by the company after the age of 35. Many people begin to start their own businesses and do their own things, but starting a business is not that easy. So how do you get started in the Internet industry? How to start a business with no money? Let’s follow Feng Chao from Dongguan to find out more!

How to start an Internet business? How to start a business with no money?

01 Short, flat and fast

When a newcomer enters the industry, he doesn’t need to think too much. He only needs to think about one thing - what can he do to make some money the fastest? Many big guys advocate building personal IP. IP needs to be built, but it is not something that should be done by newcomers. Before Dongguan's Feng Chao started working on IP, he was selling movie resources and making Taobao coupons. He was an unknown soldier. Only after I gained experience did I consider the IP route.

So what should a newbie do? Newbies are more suitable for short, quick projects. Simply determine a selling point and start selling directly by attracting traffic.

What is a short-term, fast-return project? Don’t understand it as “part-time typing”, “faking orders for good reviews”, “download tasks” and the like. There is no selling point, it is not worthy of being called a project, and most of these are scams.

Any project with a clear selling point and low average customer spending can be called a "short, flat and fast" project. For example, the 9.9 emoticon community (selling the community), old photo restoration (selling technology), promoting novels (selling novels), selling movie tickets, etc. Because the average order value is low and the audience is wide, it is easy to place orders. As long as there is traffic, you can make money quickly.

02 General steps

A few days ago, a group member shared a list of common steps for grassroots Internet entrepreneurship. The summary was very precise and was shared directly.

①Register accounts on major platforms, starting with text platforms, then audio platforms, and finally video platforms.

② Choose a product with a profit of 60+, such as courses, communities, clothes...

③ Output product-related content to major content platforms, including soft advertising + story-telling copywriting.

④Continue to output every day, spend more time in the early stage to spend 2-4 hours a day to generate traffic.

⑤ The platform provides consultation and diversion through WeChat communication and transaction.

⑥ Output and select professional content related to the product on WeChat Moments, and create a persona that helps users solve problems with products.

⑦ Repeat the operation, the more customers you accumulate, the better.

If you follow the above steps for three months, you can basically make money. If you do it for more than a year, your monthly income will not be less than 10,000 yuan! It is recommended to save it and read it repeatedly when your thoughts are not clear!

Give an example to deepen the impression.

Use "old photo restoration" as the selling point and choose to go to Douyin/Kuaishou to obtain traffic. Steps ① and ② are completed. You can shoot videos just like your peers do. Basically, you don’t need to show your face or use your real voice. There is no IP attribute. It is purely for traffic and can be operated in batches. Repeat steps ③-④. Leave your WeChat ID on your homepage and step ⑤ is completed. Show cases of old photo restoration on your Moments and share customers’ positive reviews. Step ⑥ is completed. If you are lucky and it becomes popular, you can make money on the same day by operating it on the same day. Those who are less lucky may not be able to become popular for a long time, but if you operate in the same month, you can still make money in the same month.
If you really don’t know how to do it, go directly to the review section of peers who are doing well to find clients. Specifically look for those who want repairs. These are potential customers, just send them private messages directly. Remember to look for the comments section on the most recently posted videos. This is the fastest way to cash out!

If you really follow this idea, you will definitely make money; how much you make depends on your personal ability. As long as you start to monetize and have financial income, and can persist for 1 month, you can consider creating a personal IP. It is difficult for a personal IP to have a high income in the early stage. It requires a long period of time to polish the content, so you need to have a short-term and fast source of income to support you to keep going. In the long run, the value of personal IP is enormous and will be an asset worth striving for throughout your life.

03 Be brave to try and fail

But if you don’t know what to do yet and are still struggling with what project to choose.

My advice is - don’t be picky, just do whatever makes money! It doesn’t matter if you make a mistake, it’s quick and easy, and starting over again will only take a few minutes. If a project is not suitable, switch to the next one immediately. Through repeated trial and error, you will always find something that works well for you.

But I can't recommend it to you because everyone has different strengths and interests. If you really want me to recommend something, I would recommend creating a public account. Would you do it? 90% of people would not, so my recommendation is meaningless at all. You still have to keep trying on your own. Open your eyes first, then take action; try and fail first, then dig deeper!

Final Words

In fact, the cost of starting a business on the Internet is very low, so try not to touch startups that require large investments. Don't imagine yourself as a boss, and even more don't imagine yourself as an employee; instead, imagine yourself as a self-employed person, imagine yourself as someone setting up a roadside stall, where passers-by buy things and leave after buying. At this time, you don’t have to worry about reputation, the goal is to survive!