If you’re busy learning about SEO, remember that it is just one way to promote your business. You’ll also need to understand other promotional methods; you’ll need to learn how to write and update a business plan, and you’ll need to learn how to write a blog, preferably one with a distinctive voice and personality which can promote your business or personal brand online.
There are a lot of businesses out on the web; the only way to be noticed is to do something noticeable or be something noticeable. As Oscar Wilde once said, ‘The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about’ and in business terms, this is very true. In some ways, the only bad publicity is no publicity, so don’be afraid to give your business a very distinctive personality, a strong personal brand plus a well targeted niche is the recipe for success online.