When you make the decision to start an Internet business or for that matter any business you must have a plan (strategy). This is essential in order to succeed.

Business is once again thriving in the online scene. It has successfully rebounded from the tragedy of the dotcom bubble burst during the millennium’s turn. This renaissance of promising opportunities has lured many souls to pursue their dreams of electronic prominence by setting sail on the vast seas of cyberspace. They fear neither the turbulent waters nor the ferocious sharks. They have goals to fulfill, and they feel that this desire is enough to make them prosper in this brave new world.

When I first had the idea of the business I had no business plan, I hadn't designed a website before, and I'd certainly never heard of the term SEO, never mind what is stood for. All I did know was that I would submit this website to Google, and within days thousands of visitors would be visiting my site.. (I'm being serious!) that's how innocent I was.

It will happen! TV and the Internet will eventually merge into one giant multi-media “melting pot” that includes everything from live footage and old reruns to garage videos posted by your next door neighbor’s kid. Just like cable TV fractured network TV, the Internet will enable everyone with a voice, a video camera, and something to say to fracture cable TV even more. But the real TV revolution on the Internet will only happen when marketers stop trying to copy TV, with its commercials and outdated modes of revenue generation, and start copying the “pay-per-view” and “infomercial” models.

Despite any failures or slow starts you may be experiencing or rebounding from right now, don't focus too much on the people you listened to who may have contributed to your current state.