Question 1

How to start an online business with zero dollars and no skills?

Accepted Answer

Freelancing services. You need to focus on 1 thing and 1 thing only – and that is acquiring a skill that you can get 1 client to provide a service with. You can learn these skills for free (and/or very cheap) through free content provided by software companies.

Here is a short 4 minutes video where I give my answer.

I also talk about this in more detail and share the links to some of these software companies on this page.

Click here to read the blog and learn more.

Question 2

What is web hosting? (website hosting)

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Website hosting is simply where your website is housed. Just like a home is housed on a piece of land, a website is hosted (or housed) on computer servers of website hosting companies.

Example of these companies are GoDaddy, SiteGround, Namecheap, HostGator, Domain, and many more.

To make your website visible on the Web, your website’s files and data must be physically stored on a computer that is connected to the Internet. These large, high-powered computers are called web servers.

Website hosts are companies that physically house several web servers in one location, or what is sometimes referred to as a data center.

These companies host websites for us individuals and businesses.

Some companies are so big, like Facebook, Google and Amazon that have their own hosting because they are so large.

Here are a couple of videos from GoDaddy that provide a great explanation on what is Website hosting:

Important note: While I greatly appreciate the wonderful video explainer from GoDaddy, they are not my recommend website hosting company. I recommend you buy your hosting from SiteGround.

Here is a transcript of the first video:

*Website hosting. If you’re not sure what it is, this short video may help.

To make your website visible on the Web, your site’s files and data must be physically stored on a computer that is connected to the Internet.

These large, high-powered computers are called web servers.

It is typical for website hosts to physically house multiple web servers in one secure location, that is commonly referred to as a data center.

In addition to housing the web servers, website hosts provide the software, security, support, and bandwidth that connects your website to the Internet.

To accommodate a wide variety of websites and customer needs, there are a variety of hosting solutions.

Hosting solutions are broadly categorized based on the amount of server space you need for your website files, and the amount of bandwidth your site consumes.

Bandwidth refers to the amount of data being transferred or the amount of resource usage your website requires.

Beyond server space and bandwidth, there are other things to consider when selecting a hosting solution.

Your budget, ease of use, product support, software requirements; the level of flexibility or customization the solution allows; as well as the availability of features such as privacy, security, marketing solutions, and more. *

Here is a transcript of the second video:

*Hi there! In this video, you’ll learn what hosting is and we’ll identify the four types of hosting available at GoDaddy.

To make your website visible on the Web, your website’s files and data must be physically stored on a computer that is connected to the Internet. These large, high-powered computers are called web servers.

Website hosts are companies that physically house several web servers in one location, or what is sometimes referred to as a data center. In addition to housing the web servers, website hosts provide the software, security, support, and bandwidth that connects your website to the Internet.

Think of a website hosting company like a shopping center that contains several individual stores.

If you want to open a store at the shopping center, you can lease space in it and set up shop.

Just like a shopping center, website hosting companies enable you to lease space on their web servers where you can store your website files and make them available for visitors to view on the Internet.

To accommodate a wide variety of websites and customer needs, there are a variety of hosting solutions.

Hosting solutions are broadly categorized based on the amount of server space you need for your website files, and the monthly amount of bandwidth your site consumes. Bandwidth refers to the amount of data being transferred or the amount of resource usage your website requires.

Instead, you could lease a small kiosk in the shopping center that gives you just enough space for your goods and costs far less money.

Between you and your mobile payment device, you have plenty of “bandwidth” to take care of your customers and don’t buy extra technology or hire more employees. Make sense?

Beyond server space and bandwidth, there are other things to consider when selecting a hosting solution. Your budget, ease of use or complexity of solution; the level of flexibility or customization the solution allows; as well as privacy and security features.*

Question 3

What is Deep Web?

Accepted Answer

This video is designed to highlight the major differences between the normal web sites we see in search results and the databases, services and websites that are found in the Hidden or Deep Web. It teaches:

How deep web resources are different than public websites and search results
Why deep web resources often require special permissions or payment
Where to find free access to the deep web
How the deep web is used in research and everyday situations

Video Transcript:

When it comes time to do research, the first step is often search engines. Using a search term, we can find websites, images, videos, blog posts and more that are free to view and can be useful.

But in reality, search engines can only see a small amount of what’s out there. For the best research, we need to find information that doesn’t appear in normal search results.

Think about it like this… Search engines like Google are constantly scanning the web and organizing search results based on what they can see.

The problem is that search engines can’t log into websites or private databases, so all that valuable information remains hidden, just below the surface. This is the deep web and some say it’s up to 500 times bigger than the free web we see in search results.

The question is, how can researchers use the deep web to find information?

Often, using the deep web for research requires payment or special permissions for access.

Thankfully, many libraries and schools provide access to deep web resources for free. To see how this works, imagine that you’re a law student who needs to research legal cases that involve vehicle safety.

To start, you use a search engine to identify a few popular cases and opinions, but the information is not consistent or authoritative. To round out your research, you need the deep web.

Thankfully your university library offers access to a number of online databases that make legal research easier.

Or, imagine you want to rent your house. When someone applies, it’s your job to find out if they are trustworthy.

A search on the free web may show some interesting information. But it’s difficult to find reliable information on their credit or criminal history.

So, with their permission, you might pay a small fee to use a background check website to find the right information via the deep web.

The big idea is that normal search results can only go so far. When you need reliable, authoritative information for research, remember that the deep web is full of useful resources that may come with a fee or be accessed for free from your library or school.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

Question 4

How to create a form on Airtable?

Accepted Answer

Question: How to create a form on Airtable?

Whether it’s product feedback, a job application, or new project requests—there’s important information you need to collect from others that’s essential to your work. With Airtable forms, you can collect information from anyone with a custom form that plugs directly into your workflow.

Steps:

Create your form
Customize your form
Share your form & collect submissions

This tutorial was recorded in answer to a question from one of my members who asked about creating surveys to collect informations.

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Question 5

How do I redirect pages with systeme.io to a different page?

Accepted Answer

How to redirect pages with systeme.io to a different page?

I use an HTML code to do that, but thankfully you don't need to know coding!

Because I created a software tool that lets you generate the code you need in a couple of clicks, and all you need is to copy and paste it into an HTML block in systeme.io

Go to https://linkredirect.io/ and do the following:

Enter your name and email.

It'll take you to the code generator page.

Paste the link to want to send people to.

Click enter and grab the HTML code.

Go back to your systeme.io page, the one that you want people to not see and be redirected away from.

Drag a "section" to the top of the page.

Then drag an HTML element to that section.

Click "edit code" and paste the HTML code you got from https://linkredirect.io/

That's it!

Why would you need to do that?

I explained my use-case in the video.

If you are interested in other use-cases this would be useful, you can check out my other videos on LinkRedirect.iohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsXNBCekM8w&t=0s

If you're new to systeme.io, I have checklists to help you with your journey of using it. Go to https://www.websitediycourse.com/

If you have not used systeme.io, you're missing out.

Go to https://systeme.io/new1 and create a free account and email me once you have and I'll help you make the most out of it.

Systeme.io is an all in one business software for your online business.

Systeme.io has email marketing features including up to 5000 contacts on their lowest plan of $27/month

Systeme.io has funnels, including landing page, sales page, order pages, upsells, downsells, etc.

Systeme.io has membership sites / courses (basically the same thing in systeme.io)

systeme.io has the functionality to create blogs.

systeme.io has a deadline funnel feature (huge plus!) which I've not seen any other funnel software having that in-built.

systeme.io has an evergreen webinar features.

Systeme.io lets you sell your products and services online using all the above features.

What is missing/lacking from systeme.io? at the time of uploading this video, there is no live feature (you still need Zoom), there is no calendar (you still need Keap or Calendly), there is no community feature (you still need Facebook group, Circle or Mighty Networks), systeme.io does not have a live webinar feature you'll still need StreamYard or Zoom or EverWebinar.

But besides these, systeme.io literally has everything you need to start and grow an online business.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai' team. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

If you need help getting your website done, grab the free resources available by visiting https://www.websitediycourse.com/

Question 6

How to create a segmented email list in New Zenler?

Accepted Answer

Unfortunately, this needs to be done manually in New Zenler.

However, it is a very simple process.

I recorded a short video for my YouTube channel to show you.

In summary:

(1) Go to Email Broadcasts

(2) Create a new list

(3) Go to "all contacts"

(4) Filter the exact contacts you want (you can do it by course, plan, role, tag, and lots more)

(5) Once you filtered the contacts correctly, check them all

(6) Click "add to email list"

(7) Choose the email list you want to add them to

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New to Zenler? Sign up for a free trial.

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Question 7

What is Affiliate Marketing?

Accepted Answer

Affiliate marketing can help individuals earn a living by promoting products and services they love online. But how the system works is complicated and comes with important best practices. It teaches:

Why affiliate marketing is like word-of-mouth marketing
How affiliate programs provide links and graphics to affiliates
How affiliate links and graphics are used in promotions
How revenue is shared when a website visitor buys from an affiliate link
Why it is important to disclose affiliate program participation

Video Transcript:

Companies always need ways to reach new customers. Some may buy expensive TV commercials, pay to have ads on websites or even hire someone to dance at intersections.

But many companies know that nothing beats a friend telling another friend about a product they love.

It’s this kind of person-to-person connection that helped a new marketing idea become popular. It’s called affiliate marketing.

Meet Shauna, who has a popular blog about books. Among her friends and fans, she is known for great book advice and has started looking for a way to earn money for all the time she spends on the site.

Recently she learned that her favorite online bookseller offers an affiliate program. By becoming an affiliate, she could earn money by promoting books on her site. Here’s how it works.

Once Shauna joins the program, she gets special links, or even graphics, to use whenever she writes about books online. These links are unique to her as an affiliate. If one of her readers buys the book using the affiliate link, Shauna earns a percentage of the purchase price.

Over time, these small payments can add up and she can earn money by simply writing about and linking-to her favorite books.

Before using affiliate links, she did research and learned about best practices. Her fans love her website because she’s honest and authentic. They trust her advice. Because she earns money from their purchases, she has the responsibility to be clear about her participation in the program. This could mean adding a disclosure to her site or labeling affiliate links differently. Her fans don’t mind - they just want to know.

Affiliate programs are popular because they give businesses a way to reach potential customers, through people like Shauna. And when an affiliate helps someone discover something new, they can earn a little money that helps support their passion.

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This FAQ library was created by Eran Bucai. Eran is an online entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people find success building a profitable business online without the high ticket prices and without the marketing hype.

Eran has a tech support membership which you can learn more about here: DotComTruths.com

Eran helps people choose the best software for their business which you can find out more by visiting EranFunnels.com/software.

Question 8

What is affiliate marketing?

Accepted Answer

Affiliate marketing can help individuals earn a living by promoting products and services they love online. But how the system works is complicated and comes with important best practices. It teaches:

Why affiliate marketing is like word-of-mouth marketing
How affiliate programs provide links and graphics to affiliates
How affiliate links and graphics are used in promotions
How revenue is shared when a website visitor buys from an affiliate link
Why it is important to disclose affiliate program participation