Buying a Franchise
March 31, 2006 - by Matt Bacak - Franchise business is being part of a successfully proven business that has a name or trademark that is well known and profitable. Franchise businesses are strategically tried and marketable with options to expand by offering products and services that appeal to the consumer.
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Positive PR As a Marketing Tool
March 31, 2006 - by S. Housley - A well written press release can be published increasing brand recognition and exposure. With that in mind, consider distributing press releases for the following.
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Tips For Writing a Good Newsletter
March 30, 2006 - by Ellen LaFleche-Christian - It seems like everyone has a newsletter for their business and it’s a great way to communicate with your customers and potential customers. But are you really getting the most from your newsletter? Here are a few tips to get you started.
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How To Choose A Web Designer
March 30, 2006 - by David Malan - These are some of the things I've been told hold people back when discussing web design with some small businesses.
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Women Coming Full Circle
March 29, 2006 - by Tonya Ramsey - Here are steps that I took to make work at home a better and productive experience for both me and my son.
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Online Marketing: Online Auctions
March 29, 2006 - by Aaron Turpen of Aaronz WebWorkz - Many people have not considered the value of using online auction houses, such as eBay and Yahoo! Auctions, to promote their own businesses. No matter your business, with a little creativity, you can use this tool to market yourself
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How to Make Money Selling Other People's Stuff
March 29, 2006 - by Lee Lister - Affiliate Marketing is one of the easiest and cheapest ways of starting an internet business. We'll show you how to choose the best affiliate marketing program for you.
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Understanding the Terms
March 28, 2006 - by Mark Nenadic - Due to the articulate nature of the Internet, the language associated with ecommerce website design continues to grow at a fast pace. Many visitors whether they possess Internet savvy or not, may find themselves confused the first time they talk to a professional web design company or ecommerce web designer. The following are terms, acronyms and Internet slang that are used in relation to ecommerce website design.
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Small Business Administration SBA Loans for Women
March 28, 2006 - by Rebecca Game - There are a number of options available to women for obtaining small business loans. One of the most well-known types of business loans available for women is through the Small Business Administration (SBA).
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Don't Be Intimidated About Starting An Online Home Based Business
March 28, 2006 - by Kirk Bannerman - Achieving success in an online business is not difficult to comprehend. There is indeed a learning curve, but it's not brain surgery. The process of learning isn't as much the issue as are the personal traits of motivation and determination.
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How to build a PC
March 28, 2006 - by Richard Paley - Do you know what could beat the exciting feeling of having a new computer? Make your own PC.
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Direct Mail - For Small Businesses
March 28, 2006 - by Alan Fairweather - We hear a lot of talk about junk mail nowadays. Many people will tell you that they dump it straight in the trash. But why do you think so many organizations send out so called junk mail - because it works!
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Top 10 Magnetic Sales Copy Tips to Entice Clients
March 28, 2006 - by Judy Cullins - Your web site sales copy matters. Did you know that 95% of small businesses fail because their owners don't pay enough attention to giving their web visitors enough information about their service through magnetic sales copy?
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As a Business Owner do you know how to be a good customer?
March 24, 2006 - by Rebecca White - As business owners have you ever considered how you act as a customer will reflect on your own business?
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Persistence Always Wins
March 24, 2006 - by Chuck Danes - Any great accomplishment that has ever been achieved has been brought about and made possible by an all important trait called persistence.
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Consignment Sellers: Save Time & Money With Automation
March 24, 2006 - by Brendan Coveney - Time is a valuable commodity for eBay Trading Assistants. Therefore, they should deploy business practices that allow them to reduce the time they spend on low-value tasks (administrative), and allowing them to refocus their energy on high-value elements, such as recruiting new business and marketing.
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How You Can Avoid The Three M's Of Drop Shipping
March 24, 2006 - by Brad Beiermann Ph.D. - There are many Website owners trying to find authentic drop shipping companies for their online retail business. Our experience has taught us the do's and don't of identifying authentic drop shippers. Let's now cut to the chase. In finding an authentic drop shipper, it is important to avoid the three M's.
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My Mistakes as a Web Design Newbie
March 24, 2006 - by Paul Lewis - Approaching retirement age I was made redundant last year and decided to create my first web site, initially knowing little about it. I hope that, by reading about my experiences, I may save you both time and money if you ever find yourself in the position of wanting to build a site with little initial knowledge.
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No Easy Road to Financial Freedom
March 23, 2006 - by Usiere Uko - Achieving financial freedom is not a hundred meters dash. It is a marathon. Financial freedom is much more than quitting your day job. It involves living in a realm above financial worries. If you are still grappling with personal financial issues or still working for money, it does not matter whether you are an employer or self employed, you are yet to attain financial freedom.
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How To Make Just $200 Per Week Online
March 23, 2006 - byWillie Crawford - The whole key to online success is finding a pressing problem and filling it. People go online seeking solutions to painful, nagging problems, and if you offer those solutions, they will gladly pay you for your assistance.
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Warehousing Wholesale Inventory
March 23, 2006 - by Aaron Turpen of Aaronz WebWorkz - A lot has been written online regarding the magic of drop-shipping. It's true that drop-shipping has a lot of advantages for the retailer or online auction seller on the Internet. It's biggest disadvantages, however, are such that many consider keeping an inventory of products instead.
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Make Money Tearing Up Old Books and Magazines and Selling Them on eBay
March 23, 2006 - by Avril Harper - Vintage books and magazines were packed with prints and advertisements and other paper items which are not only interesting, but very collectable, and profitable, too. So many things derived from these old publications are hot sellers on eBay including: prints, advertisements, knitting and other craftwork patterns, recipes, how to articles, historical articles, music scores, stories and other out of copyright material … etc., etc, etc.Let me introduce you to just a few of these easy to find items.
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Improving Conversion Rates
March 22, 2006 - by David Smith - Now you are getting hundreds of visitors a day to your website. Unfortunately very few are staying to browse your site and even fewer are purchasing your products or enquiring after the services you offer.
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Blogs, Podcasting, And RSS Within Ecommerce
March 22, 2006 - by Craig Smith - You probably have heard all these terms an awful lot lately. You wonder about what these technologies do? What value to they provide? If you aren't up to speed on these new applications and how they are impacting retail online interaction then read this brief further.
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How To Start Your Own Nursing Agency
March 22, 2006 - by nursingbizguide.com - Entrepreneurs have made lucrative business in nursing agency, nursing registry, homecare business, medical recruiter recruiting, or as independent nurse contractor in their own field.
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Creating a Brand Name for your Company
March 22, 2006 - by Viojieley Gurrobat - Developing a brand is a difficult challenge even for the most experienced executives.
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The Definition of a Work at Home Call Center Agent
March 21, 2006 - At the present time there is an estimated "100,000 home-based phone representatives" employed throughout the United States. According to predictions made by the Gartner Group, it is believed that by the end of 2006 approximately ten percent of all call centers scattered throughout the United States will be relying on the skills and services of work at home call center agents for the widespread success of their businesses.
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Web Design that is Screen Resolution Friendly
March 21, 2006 - by Mark Nenadic - Surfing the web always brings up a swath of different problems all based on the different settings implemented by the web designers in their signature web designs. Among these problems is a major one that has to do with the screen resolution settings of all the different visitors who may visit any given web design.
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Starting A Lucrative Business Teaching What You Know To Kids? Important Questions To Answer...
March 21, 2006 - by Stephanie Quinn - A business teaching what you know to kids is a great way to make money doing something you love. But, whether you will teach private singing or sewing lessons or group dance or karate classes, there are a few questions you should answer before taking the plunge into this type of business.
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How to install and use phpList
March 21, 2006 - by Bedrich Omacka - I will explain how to install phpList and how to use this great PHP script. First, let's answer the question what is phpList good for.
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An Auto Response System - Handling Names, Newsletters, and Information
March 20, 2006 - by Aaron Turpen - There are two ways of dealing with information, commonly asked questions, and other repetitive communications via email. They both can be called an "Auto Response System" even though they aren't both automatic.
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Don't Sell Your Services; That's Not What People Buy
March 20, 2006 - by Tessa Stowe - Believe it or not, no one actually buys your service. No one buys coaching. No one buys consulting. No one buys financial planning. So what do people buy? Well, there are, in fact, two things people buy.
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How and Why to Publish an Ezine
March 17, 2006 - by Terri Seymour - Publishing an ezine is important to any online business. With an ezine, you can keep in contact with your customers and promote yourself and your business. You do this by building a relationship of trust and respect with your readers.
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It's Easy To Use Ebay Auction Templates
March 17, 2006 - by Monster Internet Empire - For many ebay sellers it makes sense to use auction templates to list their items, instead of having no design at all. Using a pre-designed ebay auction template allows you to present your product in a professional way.
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Where Should You Host Your Blog?
March 17, 2006 - by Lynette Chandler - Should you host your blog yourself or pay someone to host it? It doesn't matter if you're a newbie or a veteran this question always comes up when creating a new blog.
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How To Identify A Virus Infected E-mail Message?
March 17, 2006 - by Eric Koshinsky - Most infected messages are being automatically sent by another infected machine who has no idea their machine even has a problem. Since the virus or worm pretend to be the owner of the infected computer it can be hard for you when you get unexpected email messages from them. Here are a few important things to watch for.
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Are You Covered? Health Insurance For Small Businesses
March 16, 2006 - by Lisa Ip - If you are a sole proprietor or small business owner and require health insurance for you or your employees, there are many options available that will provide coverage for a reasonable premium.
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Success - Character is Higher Than Intellect - Empower Yourself With This Realization
March 16, 2006 - by Marie Gervacio - We all know how easy it is to follow the majority, to do as everyone else seems to be doing, to do only that which is considered average. It takes a strong individual to live a life based on his or her own ideals. Such a person shows strength simply in ability to remain on a chosen path regardless of the inevitable counter forces.
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Making a Living as a Web Writer
March 16, 2006 - by Brandi Rhoades - Getting your start in web writing is not a difficult process. The first step is getting together samples of your work. If you have published samples, then get them out. You also can write your own samples that have not been published. You just have to be honest with potential clients if they ask.
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Unusual Marketing Ideas
March 16, 2006 - by AnnaLaura Brown - If you have a home-based business and sell products or services the following are some ways to promote your business that are a bit unusual and out of the ordinary.
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Why is Optimizing Your Site For Speed is Important? Tips on How to do so!
March 15, 2006 - Anthony Jewell - If there is one thing we have all suffered through is waiting for a site to download online.
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How a Personal Firewall Helps to Protect Your Home Computer From Hackers
March 15, 2006 - by Richard Rogers - There are two types of firewall available to the home computer user.
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Should You Buy Text Links?
March 15, 2006 - by Matt Colyer - You can rank number one (Or at least in the top ten) for just about any search phrase by just buying text link ads, even if the web site isn't related to the search phrase in anyway, it can still rank in the top ten of the search results. Some web site owners see this as the only true way to the top ten. So, should you buy your way to the top? Or should you play it safe?
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Three Brand Identity Myths That Will Bring Your Business Down
March 15, 2006 - Erin Ferree - "Brand identity" is the combination of consistent visual elements that are used in your marketing materials. A basic brand identity kit consists of a logo, business card, letterhead, and envelope. It can be extended to include a Web site, brochure, folder, flyer, or any other professionally designed pieces.
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5 Simple Ways To Increase Your Computer Speed
March 14, 2006 - by Kris Bickell - If you're a computer expert, you'll probably already know about these tips (hopefully this will provide you with a little reminder). If you're not an expert, don't worry - these tips are simple, and don't require a lot of computer experience.
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How To Start a Business Selling on eBay
March 14, 2006 - by Jose Valdez - Selling on eBay is gives you an opportunity to start a home based business. Many people have already started a home based business selling on eBay and many more will do the same. Virtually anyone can do it.
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Marketing – The Never Ending Story
March 14, 2006 - by Nancy Fraser - When we hear from business people who ask about changes to their website, usually the conversation goes like this. "Can you take a look at my website? I want to increase the traffic. I don’t seem to be getting many people to the site and don’t get any business from it." I look at the site, get back to them with suggested changes and additions, and talk about what it takes to drive traffic and sales on the web.
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Someone Stole My Site: How To Defend Yourself When Someone Plagiarizes Your Website Text
March 13, 2006 - by Karyn Greenstreet - Here are some ways to discover which sites have stolen your text.
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Monetizing RSS Feeds
March 10, 2006 - by Sharon Housley - Publishers are evaluating options and determining how they can profit from RSS feeds. The two obvious contenders that publishers are considering to profit from their RSS feeds are: subscription RSS feeds and RSS feed advertisements.
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How To Convert Hits Into Sales
March 10, 2006 - by Kevin Sinclair - One of the common questions asked by web site owners is: "I'm getting plenty of hits but no sales - what is going on?" This article will give you some tips on how to address this issue.
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What a difference an hour makes
March 10, 2006 - by Donna Kai Wilson - An hour that can make all the difference. I know what you’re thinking – where am I going to find an hour? A whole 60 minutes…I mean, that’s just….unthinkable. But if you can spare an hour every few days, I guarantee that you will see some sort of increase in your traffic.
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What You Must Know About A Drop Shipping Directory And It's Company...
March 10, 2006 - by Brad Beiermann - There are a handful key parameters you should take into account when considering a drop ship directory:
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Does Your Telephone Sound Like Donald Duck?
March 09, 2006 - by BIG Mike McDaniel - In business, what you say on the phone is important, sure, but how that telephone conveys your thoughts can be a deal breaker.
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Are You Living the Life You Imagined?
March 09, 2006 - by Kathryn Beach - Do you feel strong, healthy, financially secure? Are you too busy working to take the time to make more money than you need just to 'get by'? Will you be in the same position five years from now? So you've scoured the internet for a home business and are now totally confused, how do you separate the real diamonds from the fake?
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What SEO Copywriting Is… and Isn't
March 09, 2006 - by Karon Thackston - I've been frustrated lately. It seems people just don't get it. There's lots of talk about SEO copywriting these days, but hardly any of it is on target. The majority of the conversations, posts and articles I've seen deal with topics like keyword density, allowable limits, over optimization and such. These people are making search engine copywriting all about the search engines. They are forgetting the fact that SEO copywriting is still copywriting.
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How To Get Meetings With Decision Makers
March 08, 2006 - by Bernadette Doyle - Getting in front of the decision maker' seems to be the holy grail of the sales world. Most people think that the only way to secure meetings is through luck or cold calling. Yet there is an easier way.
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Top Ten Checklist to Design Each Part of your Book to Sell More Copies
March 08, 2006 - by Judy Cullins - Whether you are an ebook author/publisher or a print book author/publisher, you can get your unique, helpful information. out to make other people's lives better.
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Ezines and newsletters-How to get started….
March 02, 2006 - Rebecca White - SO you are thinking about starting an ezine or maybe contemplating a mail newsletter. How do you get started?
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5 Ways To Promote Your Business Online
March 02, 2006 - by Mark J Flavin - It is important to promote your business online, and to get your name out there so people will come to your site and buy. Here are some ways you can do it
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Home Wireless Network Security Issues
March 02, 2006 - by Greg Lietz - Running a business from home using a home wireless local area network (WLAN) with your computer may lead to thievery of confidential information and hacker or virus penetration unless proper actions are taken.
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Small Home Business: Keys To Finding A Great Business!
March 01, 2006 - by Kim Beardsmore - With many home business opportunities available today, how do you find a truly great business? Rather than take a gamble with your future financial security, read on to find out exactly what to look for when choosing a home business.
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The Email Marketer's Three Best Friends
March 01, 2006 - by Barry G. Swenson - Whether you are an experienced ezine/newsletter editor or a newbie trying to build a mailing list, there is one thing you all must strive for. That one thing is a professional looking end product.
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Here’s Why You Need To Use Landing Pages
March 01, 2006 - by the Affiliate Voice - Landing pages are simply web pages where visitors are directed to whenever they click a result in a web search or whenever they click a web ad.
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Ensure a Repeat Buyer with a Little Something Extra
March 01, 2006 - by Stephanie Madison - There are many different ways to obtain a customer base, but I'd like to share the 2 I find most successful.
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