Coping With Frustration While Operating A Home Based Business
September 26, 2007 - by Kirk Bannerman - Regardless of whether it is online, or offline, operating any type of business will present challenges and periods of frustration. The source of frustration addressed in this article may be all too familiar if you happen to work at an Internet-based home business which relies on personal relationships and/or teamwork.
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Do You Need A Niche?
September 21, 2007 - by Jenn Givler - Here are three reasons a target market will help your business operate more effectively.
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A Home Based Business Won't Make You An Overnite Success
September 21, 2007 - by Kirk Bannerman - Believe it or not, it takes a long time to become an overnite success! Once you have chosen your particular home based business, the two most important things to remember are to stay focused and not to get discouraged.
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Moms Going Back to Work for Financial Security
September 20, 2007 - by Heather Eagar - What are some ways to successfully get you back into the working world? Take a look.
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Why You Should Archive Your Ezines and Newsletters Online
September 20, 2007 - by Trey Pennewell - As a publisher of ezines and newsletters, you know that customers always want more from your services. One way to provide customers a good service while increasing your search engine rankings is to place your ezine archives online.
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Copy write a Sales Letter for your Products and Your Services-Part 1
September 20, 2007 - by Judy Cullins - If your web site or emails are not attracting buyers, you need this sales letter checklist.
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Business Marketing Mistakes: 3 Marketing Mistakes Every Business Manager Makes
September 19, 2007 - by Terri Langhans - Here are important marketing mistakes that just about every business manager out there makes, along with a recommended fix that will help you attract more business and get better results from your marketing, regardless of how big or small your marketing budget is.
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What Makes a Good Logo?
September 18, 2007 - by Sharon Housley - A logo is a design, graphical representation, image or symbol that represents a business or organization.
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Find Your Marketing Strength Part 1
September 14, 2007 - by Kara Kelso & Anita DeFrank - There are hundreds of different ways to market your business both online and offline. While it's good in the beginning to test out various types of marketing, you'll eventually going to want to focus on how you market best.
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5 Mistakes to Avoid When Writing an Online Sales Page
September 14, 2007 - by Alex Edevane - Your sales page is vital to the success of your internet marketing business but how do you get the best results from it and what mistakes should you avoid when writing your sales page?
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Using Ads Metrics To Boost Your Site's Ratings
September 13, 2007 - by Sam Miller - The idea of using ads metrics to boost your site's ratings is nothing new, as this is the very reason that ads metrics were designed and put into use.
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Your eBay Lifeblood: Customer Service
September 13, 2007 - by Charles Hammer - So, you've put up your eBay listings and now it's time to sit back and let the cash flow grow. Sorry, being a successful seller on eBay isn't that easy. Selling merchandise on eBay is a business. While your choice of product is fundamental to the success of that business, customer service can be the make or break factor.
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Call-Killing Phrases
September 13, 2007 - by Wendy Weiss - Because "How are you?" is so commonly used, how often have you started your introductory calls with this phrase? If you do use this phrase as an opening for your introductory call, please stop immediately. It's an introductory call-killer, and this is why.
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5 Warning Signs of a Scam Business
September 12, 2007 - by Sandra Stammberger - For years now the rush has been on to mine the Internet and find "gold." Just like miners in the old U.S. west, people flock to the Web hoping to strike it rich. Is it possible? Sure it is! However, those miners of old had to watch out for "fool's gold." You -in the days of the Internet - have to watch out for scam businesses.
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Are You Chasing Away Your Visitors?
September 12, 2007 - by Terri Seymour - To keep your visitors coming back, the main goals of your website are for visitor participation and benefits. Provide an interesting, beneficial and useful website and they will come back.
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Don't Write That Proposal Until You Ask The 'Magic Question"
September 12, 2007 - by Tessa Stowe - Have you ever had a potential client ask you to write a proposal or give a presentation only to respond with "Thank you for doing this and we'll get back to you at some time in the future if we decide to do something"? All that wasted time for nothing.
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Create Winning eBay Auction Titles
September 11, 2007 - by Chris Vendilli - It’s probably fair to say that one of the key reasons why many auctions end unsuccessfully on eBay is because people have got their auction title wrong.
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Banner Advertising - The Importance Of Ad Placement In Increasing Web Site Traffic
September 11, 2007 - by Said Issilam - Increasing web site traffic can be done effectively and somewhat inexpensively through online marketing methods like banner advertising. The key to successful banner advertising is to learn and understand the most effective methods and track what produces the best results and directs the most useful web site traffic to your web site.
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How To Create Offers People Act On
September 10, 2007 - by Judy Murdoch - A marketing issue that baffles and frustrates many small business owners is when they make an offer to sample a product or service they sell and there are no takers.
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How to Find Balance In Your Work At Home Career And Your Personal Life
September 10, 2007 - by Aurelia Williams - It can be difficult for a work at home mom to balance home, family, and career. Even if you are not a parent it is hard to find time for a personal life when you operate a home-based business.
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Procrastination And Your Success - Facing The Challenge
September 07, 2007 - by Sylviane Nuccio - Procrastination is usually the result of emotional issues. It is an emotional reaction. Most of the times, people suffering from it are NOT aware of it, and if they are, they feel stuck and don’t know what to do about it.
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Word Of Mouth Publicity
September 07, 2007 - by Sue Currie - All of you would know that word of mouth is a very powerful public relations weapon. But not everyone realises that one of the best ways of generating it is through publicity.
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What Every Small Business Owner Must Know About Marketing
September 07, 2007 - by Shonda Miles - When it comes to marketing a small business, you have probably made the same mistakes as others, which means you claim to offer the same benefits and services as others in the industry. Here are some tips and ideas for small business marketing.
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What is an Acceptable Response?
September 06, 2007 - by Sharon Housley - Many online marketers work odd hours, with no beginning of the day and no real end. How does this impact support and customer service inquiries? Some small businesses are afraid to reply to customer queries off-hours, fearful that the message time-stamp will betray them as a small business.
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Are You Sabotaging Your Reputation and Business Online?
September 06, 2007 - by S. McIntyre - How you conduct yourself online can adversely affect you as a business person, professional or employee/employer. No one wants to be seen in a negative light so how you handle yourself online is very important.
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Profiting from RSS
September 06, 2007 - by Gabriel Clyde - RSS opens a new gateway to ever-flooding effective business strategies, never existed before, and creates a new dimension in the way you reach out to the public.
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Link Building: Promote Your Content As Link Bait
September 06, 2007 - by Moe Tamani - One of the toughest aspects of online promotion is creating compelling content. But the job doesn’t really end with the creation of compelling content, it actually begins from there. The next and the most vital stage for is enhancing and selling the content to create online visibility through link building.
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How to Prepare Your First I-Pod TV Broadcast
September 05, 2007 - by TJ Walker - Video and television are coming to a phone and I-Pod near you. It seems like I see a new story every single day in major business press about this video phenomenon. If you or your company is considering producing video to be seen on the phones or I-Pods of employees, clients and customers, you need to keep the following tips in mind.
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Listen to What Your Customers Are Saying
September 04, 2007 - by Sharon Housley - Mastering the art of managing customer complaints can seem like a thankless job, but keep in mind that for every customer that shares their worries, concerns or complaints, there are likely more that did not express their dissatisfaction, and instead simply moved on to a competitor. Customer complaints can, and should be treated as opportunities.
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Website Navigation Some Tips
September 04, 2007 - by Richard Hill - The navigation scheme you set up for your web site acts as its road map so it needs to be clear, structured and intuitive. No matter how good a site looks or how much useful information it has, if it does not have sensible navigation it will confuse visitors or drive them away.
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