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Aside from your house and your children’s education, your car will probably be the most expensive purchase you will make in your lifetime. Depending on what you will use your car for, how much you will drive it, and how long you expect to keep it, there are different financial strategies to consider in obtaining a car.

You might compare leasing versus taking out an auto loan to buy the car. You also should weigh the merits of buying a new versus a used car. You will find more on these, “Getting the Most for Your Money When Buying a Car.” Insurance strategy. A key part of your long-term financial plan is to make sure you, your family, and your major possessions are protected in case something unfortunate happens. That means finding the right kind of auto insurance, disability coverage, liability protection, health plans, homeowners policies, and life insurance.

To accumulate the $50,000 to $100,000 or more that it will take to put your children through four years of a good college over the next few years, you would have had to start planning—and saving—as soon as they were born. This takes a discipline that will pay off as they approach their freshman year. The later you start saving, the more you will need to invest each year to
end up with the same college kitty. In addition, it takes advance planning to understand and qualify for various kinds of student loan programs, both those offered by the government and those offered by individual schools.

A common question that arises is, “How do you plan your Internet strategy in a world where technology is changing constantly?” This is a somewhat valid question. Yes, technology changes, but this does not affect only your Internet strategy; it affects every facet of your business. The best way to answer the question is with the following question: “How do you plan to grow your business?” If you don’t have an answer to this question, you have a bigger issue and probably should be reading a book on developing a business strategy. More importantly, if the Internet (or related technologies) is not a part of how you plan to grow your business, you should definitely keep reading this book.

So how do you typically plan to manage the growth of your business? For starters, you forecast to the best of your ability where your business will be six months, one year, two years from now, and so on, and you develop a strategy to facilitate this growth both from a sales and a delivery point of view. How does this relate to the Internet? Well, your Web site and Internet strategy should be flexible enough to grow with your business without having to start from scratch every time your business reaches a new milestone.

Illustrates what we refer to as “the foundation” for all Web site activities. If you don’t take the foundation into account, then the structure of your entire online marketing strategy will fall to pieces. The key components of your foundation include:

• Understanding your primary online marketing objectives

• Identifying your primary and secondary target market segments

• Having a clear understanding of what you’re promoting on your site.