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Listen, creating wealth with an online business is very possible, but if you're looking to just plug in some system and forget about it; think again. If you have the entrepreneurial spirit and are committed to learning the skills necessary for success chances are you'll do terrific.

Success online is really not that difficult, for those willing to learn a few skills. The particular opportunity you choose is not even that important. Find a product or service that you believe in, that also has a decent demand for it, and you'll do fine.

Success for every online business always comes down to just two things; traffic and conversions.

Having the nicest website on the planet is useless if nobody visits it. You must work on the skills required to generate traffic to your site.

There are many ways to generate traffic to your site including the traditional methods of search engine optimization, online ads, classified ads and pay per click advertising. Today, the trend is clearly with web 2.0 strategies. Web 2.0 methods of traffic generation relies on relationship marketing techniques such as using blogs, forums and social networking sites to build large prospect lists.

Learning these various techniques is actually quite simple, but you must be committed to taking the time to master them. Once you understand what needs to be done on a daily basis to drive traffic to your site, I would seriously suggest you consider outsourcing that work. Smart online business owners realize their time is too valuable to be spent doing something that they can cheaply hire someone else to do.

I understand, in the beginning outsourcing may not be an option, but you should try to get there as soon as possible. Make sure you keep the big picture in mind. Eventually, you want to have other people doing most of the work so you can enjoy your life.

Conversions happen when your site visitors take the action you desire of them. That may be to buy your product or service, support your cause, or join your business opportunity.