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Project Based Learning
For
Web Entrepreneurs

The best way to learn is by doing. Therefore, project based learning is the ideal learning mode to adopt when you want to master the art and science of Web business building.

An online learning education program is even available to help you acquire the necessary know-how.

The proposed project, in our case, will consist of building a Web business, with a Web site as the main place of business.

Watch Elad Shippony tell how he went from "not knowing much about the Internet" ... to building five business Web sites, by himself, with the help of Site Build It!

Instead of learning each individual aspect of a Web business separately, out of context, it is much more effective to discover them through live experimentation, under safe conditions.

You will learn how do that with the project based learning resources on this page.

"I vividly remember the "rush" I had at the end of my first physics lab assignment in school. I suddenly realized that algebra could actually be useful for something! That was quite a revelation! Without hands-on experience, I doubt if I would ever have fully understood what all those formulae were used for. It had all seemed very theoretical to me before that day".

All the project based learning resources mentioned on this page are offered at no cost. You can learn to help yourself become a Web entrepreneur. Your costs, at first, will be limited to the time you effectively allocate to your project, and online learning education.

My return on this will, hopefully, be your patronage!

Before going any further, I feel I must apologize for the length of this page. I have a lot of quality learning resources to offer, and I thought it best to group them all together … for your convenience!:-))

The Big Picture

Have you ever watched a hawk hunt? It will start by scanning a large chunk of the countryside. It will glide in circles over it from high up. It will only circle lower if something catches it's attention. It will finally dive hard for the kill when it has gathered enough information about a given prey.

It plans. Then it executes the plan. "Smart bird"! That's what I call a top to bottom approach.

So, instead of learning how to do business on the Web - from the bottom upward - by learning how to:

Program for the Web,
Set up a database,
Do bookkeeping,
Design a Web page,
And other "nitty-gritty" tasks ...

Here is what I suggest. Let's first take a bird's eye view of the project at hand. The objective is, of course, to gather some "high level" information about our prey. I am not referring to our prospective customers, of course! I am rather referring to the intimidating beast … that a business Web site "appears" to be to some of you!

You will be gathering the general information you need
on Web business building,
using the project based learning guides, courses and tutorials
mentioned on this page.

These learning resources are free.
Please help yourself!
(In every sense of the expression!)

My Own Project

For starters, take a look around my Web site. My own Web business, and Web site, began as a "project based learning experiment".

I wanted to test the Web business building services one can find on the Web. I wanted to identify the service provider that went the farthest in helping and supporting you in building a successful Web business.

I also wanted to learn the proper marketing techniques for the Web.

I needed to find out if "anyone" could do it … that is, anyone with enough determination to succeed.

I have found that, indeed, it can be done. More specifically, I have found the service provider that can make it happen! They have developed the project based learning resources that I am offering to you here.

I have more than just built a successful Web business,
by offering my services on my Web site.
I have helped countless others in the process.

You can get a complete overview of
how I did it by reading this .

I did not use my Web programming knowledge to build it. That would not have been fair. However, I do use my technical and business knowledge to evaluate the results. That's only fair to you, because you deserve that my recommendations be based on fully verified facts.

The key to a successful business on the Web is to

Make sure people can find you easily. That's what this free project based learning resource will help you do.
Give them what they are looking for when they do find you! That's your job!

But, first, please make sure you know, or learn, how to write an article to make it marketable .

You too can learn how to give what your Web visitors want. You just have to want to.

Nothing Of Your Own To Sell: a case study

A well designed Web site will attract visitors. The more useful the content, the more traffic you will get.

That traffic is worth money, because you can use all that high visibility to:

Sell someone else's product or service as an affiliate.
Sell add space on your Web pages. Build a highly popular (high traffic) Web site on the subject of your passion and, then, apply for the Google Adsense Program.

You will soon discover that it is quite feasible to become successful as a Web entrepreneur … even when you have nothing of your own to sell. Find out how, right here .

Want to sell your services: a case study

You may already have a service of some kind to offer. You can learn how to expand your reach, and your customer base, significantly.

With a well engineered Web site, you can make your services known to the entire world. With this project based learning resource , you can learn:

How to attract visitors to your site and build up traffic to it.
How to establish your credibility as a dependable service provider.
How to expand and diversify your sources of income.
How to develop an internet marketing plan of your own.

Work At Home Mothers: a case study

It is very difficult to succeed in two career-like activities at the same time.

In my view, mothers who stay at home, and succeed both as a mother and as a business person, illustrate such a case perfectly.

Fortunately, you can learn how to, at your own pace … and you don't even have to be a mother!

A few successful "mom entrepreneurs" got together and produced a comprehensive project based learning course to help others avoid the inevitable mistakes one makes when attempting to build a business from home, without knowledgeable help.

With this "down to earth" course , you can:

Learn how to build a successful Web business while being a mother.
Learn from successful work-at-home-moms as they share their experiences.
Learn how to get organized at home to successfully manage both a business and a household simultaneously!

Their project based learning course is offered free!

The Specific Skills

No, you do not need to know how to program for the Web. You do not need to be skilled in Web design either. The service provider I found takes care of those aspects.

Communicate In Writing: the "obvious" skill

You do need to know how to write if you want to become a Web entrepreneur. Now, that is usually enough to scare people off! But don't run away just yet! I have a project based learning solution for you.

First, take a serious look at this article .
Then try to convince me you can't write for the Web!

You know! You communicate with people every day. You can even convince and persuade them, when necessary. Sometimes - perhaps often - you let your passion run away with you, and you can talk for hours about your favorite topic.

Well, you can use a Web site to do just that.
Just put all that passion, and all that talk
… in writing, on your Web pages!

Go ahead! Find out for yourself. Just take the time to read the project based learning resources offered for free download here . You will soon discover that … you can indeed write for your Web site visitors … just as if you were talking to them … well, almost.

You just needed to learn how … easy it is! That's all.

Pricing Your Offer: the often ignored skill

This skill is not as obvious as writing. That is probably why it is often ignored as a requirement for success in business.

It is almost considered as a black art by many "non-initiated"! Well, let me initiate you to it by project based learning! Pricing your products and services correctly is not rocket science. Far from it.

Rather, it is applied common sense. You just have to:

know what the issues are,
and get to know your target clientele well.

The techniques are simple. That is probably the single most important cause behind … the fact that most people do not learn about the basic guiding principles. Many believe that you need a university degree in marketing to acquire that knowledge.

Well you don't. See for yourself. Take the time to look at this free project based learning resource .

Help yourself! Download the files. They are free. You will be pleasantly surprised to learn … what most people continue to ignore because they believe it is beyond them.

See for yourself that there is nothing "magical" about finding the "right price" for your products or services!

Business Research: a skill requiring a special tool

When you limit yourself to the better known search engines, you are seriously short-changing your business.

Your business needs more effective Web searching tools than the ones that are designed for "general use". You need to be able to narrow down the results to the more significant ones. Learn how, with project based learning. Here is why.

You cannot afford:

The time to sift through all the irrelevant "junk" that search engines burp up.
The probability of error increases because you cannot find what you need … or worse … because you are led to believe that the information is not there!

In addition, you could use some expert guidance on:

What to focus on, and research, to build and maintain your Web business.
Which tool is best for a particular search.
How to interpret the results of your searches, to get the most out of them.

I have written a special report on this vital issue .

The report contains tips that will help support your project based learning efforts.

With the online interactive learning tool described in the report, you will learn how to extract highly focused, and relevant information from the Web.

Give my recommendations a try. You will be glad you did. Believe me, you can really enhance your project based learning efforts with this tool.

Decision Making: a skill to acquire and hone

You always have decisions to make, in business as well as in life. The best decisions are well informed decisions, taken unemotionally.

Sometimes, though, the situation is very complex, and circumstances put a lot of pressure on you. That's when you need to be at your best. You need to be in control.

I have given this a lot of thought over the years. My clients often call upon me to solve problems that they could have solved themselves, had they given it some serious, structured thought.

Planning to become a Web entrepreneur, using the project based learning resources mentioned above, eventually requires that you make the right decisions, because they will have a significant impact on your future.

I have written a free special report on this matter .

I believe it will help shed some light on the decision making process, per se, and give you the tools and techniques that you can use to arrive at better decisions.

The report mentions an online interactive learning tool that will prove invaluable in your decision making process.