Online Advertising Business in India is in a growth phase!! Let's not perceptionalize it or make presumptions about it!!

Online advertising is using modes of Internet tomore than their net worth value in the market
promote your product or service in the Internetwhich makes them succumb to pressure. So be
but we see that the web space in Indian marketcareful when you hear statements like "Rs 350
is too fragmented and people are not aware of itcrore market" next time. It also means that the
much.  They draw their own perceptions ormarket has full untapped potential of Rs 350
presumptions about it. This is causing the Internetcrore. The way you successfully tap is left on
Industry and the channel of advertising morehow you strategize and implement it.
"Harm than Good". 
 Never take a blind risk Of Ignoring players already
Even Small Businesses hop into the bandwagonpresent in the Industry and try minimizing the
and without realizing they create mistakes jarring"Overlaps" by working on a Unique selling
the channel more. The intention behind thisproposition (USP) of yours over your competitor.
write-up was to display what are the mistakesNever bank on "Big money, Big Pitches" all at once
we usually do and how we can rectify upon it.as people in India, Venture capitalists involved like
 to play safe with their money. We cannot blame
People who jump into Online industry think a lotthem as Indian Internet advertising market is still
can be "Earned through Nothing" as they havein its nascent phases.
heard either through Word of Mouth or in print 
about ad-words, ad-sense and affiliates etc andEntry level barriers are very low and IP
get more people/businesses involved. This not(intellectual property) laws in the Internet space
only spoils the Functioning of the channel but alsoare not strong which makes similar service
the people/businesses involved. It needscopycats pop up in matter of weeks. The
strategizing, implementation and re-workingpayment getaways have a lot of reinforcement
consistently. Hence please tread at your risk orto be done as they are charging too much for
even simple hire a "Professional."online transactions. I definitely feel a goal, SWOT
 plan has to be worked for both companies and
The Indian Internet space is scattered a lot. Thisbusinesses to succeed and position themselves in
needs more free force from ISP providers. Thisthe Indian online space market.
causes players/service providers to push extra 
hard to find, convince, acquire and retain aIf we start working on each of these processes
customer even though they just happen towith a vision, then definitely we can assure that
break-even from it.this mode of advertising will have a lot of traction
 as the next big advertising channel in India!!
They overestimate the market heavily and bank