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Need Help Marketing Podcast
"...my challenge is getting word out about the podcast. I have about 50 subscribers, but would obviously like to grow that list."

Buying and Selling Domain Names
"...has anybody been successful with the buying and selling of domain names?"

Word Of Mouth Marketing
"Positive word of mouth is very possible for new business owners. You just have to be willing to put yourself out there. Not just in the traditional sense of 'networking' but by way of your generosity, both with your time and your expertise."

Need Help Marketing Podcast
"...my challenge is getting word out about the podcast. I have about 50 subscribers, but would obviously like to grow that list."

Buying and Selling Domain Names
"...has anybody been successful with the buying and selling of domain names?"

Word Of Mouth Marketing
"Positive word of mouth is very possible for new business owners. You just have to be willing to put yourself out there. Not just in the traditional sense of 'networking' but by way of your generosity, both with your time and your expertise."

Build A Website and Get Your Feet Wet In Affiliate Marketing
myaffiliateplace.biz - If you want to have a business online, you need to build a website. A website helps to promote your products, as well as, identifies you on the Internet.

Let Your Sales Copy Do the Selling
morebusiness.com - A common technique being used these days is the transmission of sales advertisement copy. Sales ad copy is designed to attract customers and lure them into buying a product. There is no hard selling involved and the customer is very subtly influenced into buying the product. Let Your Sales Copy Do the Selling.

eBay Listings That Draw New and Repeat Customers
entrepreneur.com - Customer service isn't just what happens after the sale. Start by making a good impression with your listing, and take it from there.

Delivering Automated Transactional E-mail
clickz.com - A ClickZ subscription confirmation e-mail recently wound up in a subscriber's spam folder. Regrettably, this is an all too common situation.

Find Your Niche for Fun and Profits
ecommerce-guide.com - It may seem counterintuitive that niche e-commerce sites do so well. After all, who would think a store selling only ball bearings, a Beerbelly beverage container or "Back to The Future" memorabilia would be successful?

Think MySpace, but for Local Businesses
businessweek.com - MerchantCircle provides a search-optimized Web site where business owners can advertise and network free. The company's next task? Figure out how to make it pay.

Bright Builders Launches eBay Listing Tool
auctionbytes.com - Bright Builders has officially released a new eBay listing tool to add to its suite of eBay and ecommerce tools.

What's Your Company Worth Now?
inc.com - The market is flooded with capital, and more investors are putting it into private companies. That's just one reason you need to know the value of your business. Here's how to find it.

Manage Your Customer Relationships or Perish
about.com - With an explosion of choice in product and service selection winning more business is getting tougher each year. Reaching and nurturing customer relations are essential for a small business to survival.

Internet Marketing With blogging
devshed.com - Blogging for your Internet business is one surefire way to boost the visibility of your products and services. Here are a few ways to boost your internet advertising with the help of a blog.

Higher Grounds
businessweek.com - David Schomer's espresso empire is built on an obsession with quality.

Should You Hire a Business Coach?
nfib.com - If you're a small-business owner, you no doubt have felt you could benefit from some solid advice about running your company.

Female Minority Entrepreneurs Take Off
businessweek.com - A new report cites a mushrooming number of businesses, but also finds revenues to be far less than those of male-owned counterparts

Buying advice books, DVDs and applying them are two different things
usatoday.com - I learned about a book and DVD called "The Secret." She had a panel of people on the show who are Secret teachers and according to them once you learn The Secret you can gain all sorts of wonderful things from losing weight to building a successful business.

What Is Your Attitude Toward Customer Complaints?
devshed.com - Customer satisfaction should at the very least be the goal of every business. If it is not, you will not be in business for long.

Tax Help by Email From Uncle Sam
startupjournal.com - You probably don't want the tax man knocking on your door. But you might consider getting an email from him every week.

AskChrisKnight Day- Value of Email List, Ezine Content Flow and List Building 101
emailuniverse.com - Today I dipped into the AskChrisKnight folder to answer the most pressing questions sent in recently... ranging from email subscriber valuation to editorial calendars and ezine list building.

POS Gives Small Retailers Big Boost
smallbusinesscomputing.com - Most big retail chains have long since made the move to computer-based point of sale (POS) terminals that integrate tightly with accounting and inventory control systems. Now Microsoft, with its recently released Microsoft Dynamics Point of Sale (POS) 2.0 is making it possible for small independent retailers, to realize the same benefits.

Rev Up Your Local Web Marketing
msnbc.msn.com - Need to drive more business to your door? Use our practical guide to rev up your local web strategy.

Creating Selling Headlines for your Direct Mail Campaign
businessknowhow.com - The heartbeat of a direct mail campaign starts with super strong headline. If you don't have it, the direct mail piece--and your money--end up in the trash can.

Business Startup Show - Free event for budding entrepreneurs
bytestart.co.uk - If you’re serious about starting a business visit the Business Startup Show at the NEC, Birmingham on 23-24 February. 100 exhibitors, 80 seminars, 14 in-show events – and it’s all free!

Spot the Latest Trends
entrepreneur.com - Spotting trends can put your business in the money for the long haul.

Opting In to E-Mail List Marketing
ecommerce-guide.com - E-mail marketing is one of the most effective ways to increase sales, but if you haven't started yet, where do you begin?

What's An Appropriate Web Site for Your Business?
ducttapemarketing.com - Web design and features are a lot like fashion in a way - trends and looks come in out of style with the changing seasons.

Study: Smallest Businesses Are Heaviest Web Users
clickz.com - "Micro-business" executives spend more time online than other small business executives and overall Internet users, according to a recent survey by Jupiter Research.

Fourteen Tips to Reduce eBay Fees
auctionbytes.com - 14 easy-to-implement ways to reduce eBay fees and improve the profitability of your eBay business.

The base is solid
bizjournals.com - Buffalo firm specializes in wood products made to supply the trophy and awards industry.

Manage Your Customer Relationships or Perish
about.com - Reaching and nurturing customer relations are essential for a small business to survival.

Research for Better Web Copywriting
devshed.com - Web copy requires its own unique approach in order to be as successful as possible.

Pre-Employment Tests
nfib.com - Many employers use pre-employment tests to weed out unsuitable applicants. These tests may include skills tests, aptitude tests, psychological tests, personality tests, honesty tests, medical tests and drug tests.

OSHA Releases New It's the Law Poster
businessknowhow.com - The US Department of Labor released a new OSHA "It's the Law" poster this week. The new poster reminds employers of their two most basic responsibilities-furnishing a place of employment free from recognized hazards, and complying with OSHA's hazard-specific health and safety standards.

I Have an Idea for a New Product, but Now What?
businesstoolchest.com - Do you have an idea for an electronic product, the next must-have gadget, music or video system, time saver, or the greatest problem-solving device that was ever invented? Before you begin designing the product, there are a number of tasks that you must complete and issues that you must resolve before you have an actual product design that can be produced, marketed, and sold.

How To Determine What's Really Selling On Ebay
smallbusinessbrief.com - If you want to make the most money you can on eBay, then you need to know what sells. But how can you find that out?

The Truth About Bum Marketing
smallbusinessbrief.com - One of the hottest marketing trends going on right now is something called "Bum Marketing."

Advice And Tips When Starting Your Home Based Business
smallbusinessbrief.com - I never cease to be amazed at the number of people that seem to think that some magic is somehow created when you put the words "home based" in front of the word "business". It's still business...it just happens to be based in the home.

Top Eight Reasons Why Holding Teleclasses Is The Best Way To Grow Your Business
smallbusinessbrief.com - Let's take a look at some of the benefits to growing your business by holding seminars or classes over the phone.

Surprise Your Clients Once In A While
ducttapemarketing.com - Most everyone loves surprises. That's what wrapping paper is all about. Unveiling the unknown and fully appreciating the unexpected.

We Tried That Already
clickz.com - We often spot a conversion leak on clients' sites and suggest clients test a new page element or two. Time after time, we get the same confident reply, "We tried that already, it didn't work."

Five Basic Things An eBay Store Must Do Right
smallbusinessbrief.com - Having a store on eBay is an exciting venture, at least at the outset. You have visions of millions of eBay buyers who will be visiting your store, buy from you, and the money will just pour in. Anyone who has had an eBay store knows better. Competition is very tough.

Speeding it up
bizjournals.com - Birmingham's Proxsys LLC is using technology to fight the tedium of filling out those medical forms

Guest Speaker: What You Need to Succeed
inc.com - Treat people right and they will eat nails for you, and other lessons I learned building Staples into a giant company.

How Effective Is Your Sales & Marketing? 10 Tips for Quickly Assessing Whether
smallbusinessbrief.com - Here are ten tips on keeping yourself up-to-date on just how effective your company is at its sales and marketing.

Stop Employee Dissatisfaction Before Problems Start
nfib.com - Employee dissatisfaction is the forerunner to a number of problems that can be quite serious to a small business.

3 Simple Rules for Creating an Effective USP
businessknowhow.com - You have one, whether you know it or not. Everybody does. There is something unique about your business; you just have to discover what it is. And therein lies the problem. Most business owners and managers don't understand how to create a truly unique selling proposition (USP). There are specific criteria to consider in order to get your message across clearly and succinctly.

Top 10 Online Marketing Predictions for 2007
marketingprofs.com - With 2007 in full swing, here are our predictions for the rest of the year to come. In prior years we have given you a mix of business and personal lifestyle predictions, but this year we're sticking to just the online marketing world.

A Guide to Acquiring Expired Domain Traffic
businesstoolchest.com - Expired domain traffic denotes visitors that come from sites with expired domains. Expired domains refer to those domains whose registration their owners either forgot or intentionally neglected to renew.

DIY PR Tips - How to get your company in the news
bytestart.co.uk - Shrouded in mystery, PR is often considered an unknown science, untouchable by small businesses and best left to the experts and bigger players. But getting good media coverage needn’t be scary or complex. Here are some simple tips for dealing with the media, writing press releases and getting your business in the news.

Starting a Biz Expands Deduction Possibilities
startupjournal.com - If you are an employee, you have little control over your tax destiny. Starting your own small business could change that a lot.

eBay Changes UK Listings Exposure on eBay.com
auctionbytes.com - eBay is changing the way British listings appear on the US eBay.com website.

Bottom line: Get out there and sell
http://www.usatoday.com - For most business problems, there's an obvious solution: make more sales. Need a new website? Need more staff? Need new products or services? The answer: get out there and make sales.

Understanding the True Value of a Resource Library for Your Website
sitepronews.com - Many websites currently offer a resource library for visitors - an area filled with articles covering relevant topics to the industry with which the site is connected. The articles may cover how to do something or define a particular aspect of the industry, but they do not usually directly sell the company's products or services.

Make the Competition Irrelevant
businessknowhow.com - Is there an easy way to make the competition irrelevant? In an age with so much access to information, bombarded by advertisements and commercials, is it possible to keep the attention of your potential customers? What is the secret to help customers make an easy decision to buy?

Six Classic Mistakes... Email Newsletters Make
marketingprofs.com - In the rush to the virtual printing presses, marketers are making a lot of mistakes in email newsletters. Eliminate those mistakes and the true potential of newsletters unfolds. Here are six of the best.

The Inside Story on Earning in eBay
businesstoolchest.com - If you've been considering starting and eBay business, or struggling with an existing effort, this may be the most important report you'll ever read.

eBay sellers - are you liable for tax?
bytestart.co.uk - Given the exponential growth of eBay and other auction sites, HM Revenue & Customs have taken note and have published a tax guide for "e-traders".

Look Big, Sell Big
msn.com - Use these branding tactics to give your small company a big, professional image.

Should You Deduct That Home Office?
forbes.com - Taking a home-office tax deduction always seemed to be a no-brainer for entrepreneurs who run businesses out of their homes. But with the rise of telecommuters comes an increasing complexity in defining who exactly qualifies for the deduction.

Hot New Market: Online Worlds
entrepreneur.com - Should you take your business to the virtual world?