May 12th, 2007 at 05:35pm
Under Basics
Starting a home business is the dream of millions of budding entrepreneurs. Maybe you have also thought of starting a home business but for one reason or another you never got around to it. Now, perhaps you are laid off or ‘down-sized’ and must ‘do something’ to survive. Maybe you are retired or perhaps you need extra money, whatever your motives are for wanting to become more independent financially or mentally, here are some step by step tips on how you can get started in a home business of your own.
This is a Beginners Guide for Starting and Running a Profitable Online Business. A Reference Guide for Making Money on the Internet, which includes a Complete Index for Designing Websites, Generating Income, Search Engine Placement, Advertising, Promotion and Much More. We will Show you Ways you can Start a Business and Promote that Business for Free. We Offer Informative, Useful Articles, Tips and Resources on the Internet.
By Terri
May 17th, 2007 at 05:00am
Under Creating Websites
The Internet is exploding and a lot of companies are thinking about placing a “home page” on the World Wide Web. For maximum impact and user friendliness, keep the following guidelines in mind when designing your web presence.
LOADING TIME. Users will not wait. You have about 10-seconds to catch and keep a visitor. Your home page should load quickly. Ensure this by keeping graphics small and backgrounds simple and by…
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May 12th, 2007 at 06:13pm
Under Basics of Starting an Online Business
1. WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ENTREPRENEURIt has often been stated that an entrepreneur is a risk taker. Although that is true to some extent, my definition of an entrepreneur follows: “Entrepreneurs are not risk takers, rather, they see opportunities and seize them!” You will have to be a self starter and not depend on others…
By Terri
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May 12th, 2007 at 06:14pm
Under Basics of Starting an Online Business
Whether you have a Web Site or not, you should choose products or services you’re interested in and have a common theme. If you were initially impressed, so might others. Know your products and services well in order to answer questions in a timely, efficient way. Having your own product or service is actually most profitable…
By Terri
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May 12th, 2007 at 06:15pm
Under Basics of Starting an Online Business
This guide is a checklist for the owner/manager of a business enterprise or for one contemplating going into business for the first time. The questions concentrate on areas you must consider seriously to determine if your idea represents a real business opportunity and if you can really know what you are getting into…
By Terri
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May 13th, 2007 at 03:16pm
Under Basics of Starting an Online Business
These traps/mistakes are common to many entrepreneurs:
1. Getting Wedded To an Idea And Sticking With It Too Long.
Don’t marry a single idea. Remember, ideas are the currency of entrepreneurs. Play with many ideas and see which ones bring money and success.
2. No Marketing Plan.
A marketing plan creates the kind of attention you need to get…
By Terri
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May 13th, 2007 at 03:21pm
Under Basics of Starting an Online Business
Owning a business is the dream of many people … starting that business converts your dream into reality. But there is a gap between your dream and reality that can only be filled with careful planning. As a business owner, you will need a plan to avoid pitfalls, to achieve your goals and to build…
By Terri
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May 13th, 2007 at 03:31pm
Under Basics of Starting an Online Business
1. Attitude
If there is one thing more important than any other when it comes to being successful in anything you do, it is attitude. I would go as far as to say that attitude is 99% of what succeeding or failing relies on.
You must have a positive attitude about everything you do, if you are…
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May 13th, 2007 at 03:49pm
Under Basics of Starting an Online Business
One statistic that I’ve often heard rallied about is that a whopping 95 to 99 percent of all Internet businesses fail within their first year.
Opportunities are everywhere you care to look online. Tempting promises of easy riches and instant millionaires stare us in the face. People fall for the hype, discover that it’s much more work than they’d thought, and dump the ‘business’.
On the Internet, it’s ‘easy come, easy go’.
Half-hearted…
By Terri
Continue Reading 5 Tips for Overcoming Obstacles to an Online Business
May 13th, 2007 at 04:05pm
Under Selling on the Internet
More and more people are catching the fever. Dreams of a mansion in the hills, early retirement, or just being able to supplement the regular income…everyone wants to sell on the Internet. There are pundits out there who claim that the ECommerce wave is over. That “dot-coms” are crashing.
What they don’t mention is that it’s the over-capitalized, top-heavy dot-coms that are dropping out. The ones that raised millions of dollars,…
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May 13th, 2007 at 04:52pm
Under Selling on the Internet
HTML. DHTML. Bulk Upload. Database Integration. DSL, Email Campaign, Search Engine Positioning, URL Redirection, Gateway Pages, Hosting Company.
Most people are familiar enough with their computers to use them effectively. Play some games, write a few letters, surf the ‘Net, send and receive email, maybe do the household accounting. Then there are the famous (infamous?) stories about those who will use their CD tray as a coffee cup holder, not knowing…
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May 13th, 2007 at 04:57pm
Under Selling on the Internet
You want to open a retail store on the Internet. You have to have products to sell, right? Let’s also imagine that you like to suffer. Mental anguish is your favorite pastime. You aspire to financial ruin. In that case, you will want to stock products for your Internet retail store. To stock products for your store, you will have to rent warehouse space, or at least clean out your garage….
By Terri
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May 13th, 2007 at 05:03pm
Under Selling on the Internet
The Internet is loaded with “distributors”. Everyone who has a couple of wooden birdhouses or glass figurines to sell wants you to think they are a real, live wholesale distributor. They use phrases like “Your Wholesale Source”, “Direct To You”, and “This is YOUR road to Internet Riches!” If you let them huff and puff at you, they’ll blow your house down. I often am not sure whether I should be amused…
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May 13th, 2007 at 05:07pm
Under Selling on the Internet
In the course of marketing our Drop Ship Source Directory, I get a lot of email from people who wonder if it’s possible to use drop shippers to sell products via Internet Auctions. Sure it is! Real drop ship wholesalers don’t really care where you make your sale; they just want to know who to send the product to!
Internet auctions, in case you don’t know, are another way to sell on…
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Continue Reading Websites vs. Auctions
May 13th, 2007 at 05:14pm
Under Selling on the Internet
A Merchant Account is not the same thing as a business bank account. It is, however, a very valuable thing to your business.
As I’ve said before, Internet shoppers are instant gratification junkies. They don’t want to mess around sending you checks or money orders in the mail. They want it NOW, and if you can’t make that sale right at that moment when they are interested, they WILL go somewhere…
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