The nuts-and-bolts for building your own online business and making it succeed

Is there a fortune in your future? Start your own online business and see what happens. Whether you're adding an online component to your current bricks-and-mortar or hoping to strike it rich with your own online startup, the sixth edition of this popular and practical guide can help.

Find out how to identify a market need, handle promotion, choose Web hosting services, set up strong security, pop up prominently in search engine rankings, and more. The book explores the hottest business phenomenon today--social media marketing--with full coverage of Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and other technologies that are now firmly part of the online business landscape.

• Dives into all aspects of starting and establishing an online business, including the very latest big trends
• Highlights business issues that are of particular concern to online businesses
• Reveals how to identify a market need, handle promotion, choose Web hosting services, set up strong security, pop up prominently in search engine rankings, and more
• Covers the hottest social media marketing opportunities, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and blogs
• Shows you specific types and examples of successful online businesses
• Provides the latest on B2B Web site suppliers, such as AliBaba.com

Build a better online business from the ground up, starting with Starting an Online Business For Dummies, 6th Edition!