According to PRWeb, e-commerce “has continued to rocket” its way forward.  Holiday consumer e-commerce spending was over $25 billion, close to a 4 percent rise over year prior, even in this tough retail environment.  November 30 “Cyber Monday” showed sales adding up to $887 million dollars.  Based on U.S. Census Bureau e-commerce sales  information for 2009,  businesses not considering starting an online business in 2010 are not taking advantage of  a 100+ billion marketplace  that is expanding by the day.

If you already have a brick-and-mortar business, but not a “working” Web site, or you want to start an online business, read over the articles in this online-business-guide and get going.  Also, you can find more information in my books about making a sizeable income with an Amazon.com business or leveraging the power of Yahoo! to build your business in my published books with Atlantic.  If you want ideas about the type of business to start, check out my 199 online business ideas.

According to John Furrier, a Silicon Valley technology blogger,  the American Internet of 2015, alone, will be at least 50 times larger than it was in 2006. This bodes well for anyone wanting to start an online business. So, if you think it is too late to get your piece of the online business equity, think again.

 The Internet started in 1969 by linking together 1,000 scientists, who exchanged data and information. Then, in the middle of the 1990s,  the Web took off and began delivering data and information to millions of consumers through e-mail and browsers.

Now, the third phase is on its way with the addition of multimedia. Video is streaming from the online business world into the homes and offices of people worldwide, providing entrepreneurs like yourself great opportunities. Video has already transformed the way people are learning and acquiring new information online.  Consumers are calling for more “how tos” and “step-by-step lessons.” These can be a natural part of your online business whether you have a service or product.

You can use this third online business phase for both services and products, either commercial or nonprofit, in scores of different ways.  The world radically changed with the arrival of the television sets in the 1950s. Now the same thing is happening with the use of Internet videos.