Breaking eBusiness and Search News Advertise | Newsletter | Sitemap | News Feeds   Part of the iEntry network   Proposed Partnerships: Is the Extra Money Worth It? Every day, sometimes several times a day, I get an email from someone asking if I would like to partner with them. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 Save Time, Make More Money: Automating Your Sales It's going to be another long day. Your heart sinks as you stare at the dozens of emails sitting in your mailbox, awaiting your response. Most of them are asking for approximately the same information, yet you have to answer them all manually. You want to provide excellent customer service - which means no bulk email - and so you also need to respond within the same day. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 The Something-For-Nothing Syndrome You've had a long day. You're tired from working all day long and tired of having to watch every penny you spend. For the millionth time, you wonder what it would be like to work from home and make good money while you're at it. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 Strategies to Make the Most of Free Advertising I gleefully fired up my expensive classified ad submission software and posted hundreds of free ads. What an opportunity! By using this software I was able to post ads automatically - I just started up the software, gave it the ad I wanted to post, and it did all the rest. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 Success Comes in All Forms Money, money, money. It's THE accepted measure of whether or not you are succeeding with your business. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 To Buy or Not to Buy? A Money-Making Tip for Affiliates A few days ago, a member of one of my affiliate program downlines contacted me with this email: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 What Are YOU Doing to Keep Your Customers? Not too long ago I ran a survey on my site asking visitors what their main complaints were about shopping for or finding information online. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 What Ever Happened to Personalized Service? If you've ever written to a company that over-uses automation or form letters, you'll understand the feeling of teeth-gritting *frustration* with canned responses that don't even begin to answer your question. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 What Makes a Top-Earning Affiliate? "Put up our banners on your website or use our pre-written ads ... we'll do the rest!" Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 Freelance Writing on the Internet So, you've decided to take up a freelancing career in writing. You've hooked up the computer, installed the printer, and learnt the nitty-gritty of your word processor. You've maybe even got a couple of published clips. You're all set to conquer the online world of publishing. But wait. Do you know all the options available to you? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 Ideal Marketing Methods for Home-Based Businessess What is the difference between a small business that makes it and one that does not? Most likely, the one that was successful engaged in some effective marketing. Wise marketing is critical for owners of home-based businesses for a number of reasons: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 Dealing with Disgruntled Customers No matter how hard you try, in business you simply can't please everyone. You could have a highly trained customer service squadron and an award-winning product, but still you'd have some buyers who just weren't happy. The bad news is that unhappy customers are more eager to share their experiences than happy ones which could spell disaster for your business. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 Benefits of Ebooks for Your Business No matter what type of home-based business you operate, chances are ebooks are already or should be part of it. Most of us are familiar with the term and probably have seen at least one ebook, but you may not have realized how beneficial they could be for your business. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 Spam and Scams Go Hand in Hand We all know there's been alot of chaos lately about new anti-Spam laws and honest business owners like you and me don't want to have our businesses and ezines shut down due to false complaints. Yet we also know that true Spammers and Scammers will continue to get away with their crap. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 E is for everything?? . . . Just this week, a member of my audience asked me the following: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-26 Wanted: A Dictionary-Perfect Leader Answers are often before our very eyes or in front of our noses - particularly if we read the American Heritage Dictionary! Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Just Do Something There are many keys to success, but they all depend on one thing: action. No one ever experiences success in any area of life without first taking some action. No amount of good training, excellent planning or benevolent intention will ever create success. Not even a little. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 A Simple Way To Dramatically Increase Your Affiliate Earnings Affiliate programs are undoubtedly one of the most powerful systems of business available today. When they first appeared, they were a stunning example of how the powerful traditional strategy of joint-venture marketing, when combined with the power of the internet, created an entire new industry that solved the biggest problems faced by webmasters and web merchants. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 How Many Subscribers Actually READ Your Email? Would you like to find out exactly how many of your subscribers are opening and reading the emails you send to them? This article describes a very quick and simple method that anyone can use to do this, that you'll be able to implement immediately on all the HTML mail that you send out. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Is Your Web Site Driving Customers Away? It's late at night, you're surfing the web, and you are on a site that promises to provide you with the answer you need. After a few moments you grow frustrated as you click on link, after link, with no end in site. Sound familiar? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Where's My Spam? THIS morning my computer announced, 'You HAD mail,' and then laughed like a dope fiend in a 1940's anti-drug movie. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Four Tips on Tip Sheets Getting newspaper and magazine coverage for your book can be challenging. The book review section has disappeared from many publications; the lifestyle section is very competitive. But a simple tip sheet from your book can get you into almost any publication in America. Here are four tips on writing tip sheets: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 "But They Said the List was Opt-in!" Don't Become an Unwitting SPAMMER. Spam. A dirty word for those on the Internet. Also called UCE, or unsolicited commercial email, spam is when someone sends you their offer without your express consent. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Can You Really Get Rich With No Experience? Visions of dollars bills dance in your head as you focus your starry-eyed gaze on the words before you. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Choosing a Business Opportunity That's Right for YOU Ever thought something like, 'If SHE can make thousands a month with the Super-Duper-Money-Making-Opportunity-of-the- Century, why can't I?' Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Does Hype Really Sell? It's just plain insulting. !!! YOU TOO CAN MAKE $10000 IN JUST 7 DAYS !!! OUR TURN- KEY SYSTEM TRANSFORMS YOUR COMPUTER INTO A 24-HOUR CASH MACHINE! NO SELLING, NO INVENTORY - YOU JUST COLLECT THE CHEQUES! Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Forget The Excuses! JUST DO IT. It's 6:30am. The shrill scream of the alarm awakens you to yet another work day. You sleepily haul yourself out of bed to face another day at the office. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Create Content That Drives Action UIE: In your book, "Content Critical" you describe the web as a medium for publishing content and recommend that designers view their site as a publication. Is the web-publishing model a change in mindset for most designers? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Harnessing the Power of Testimonials Let's say you want to take your spouse out to a nice restaurant. You read the 'dining' column of your local newspaper, and ask family or friends for recommendations. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 How to Choose a Web Host Now that you've got your cool new domain name, the next step is to select a web host that will provide you with the service and features you need. An important thing to remember is not to choose your web host based solely on cost alone! Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 The Evolution of Email, Part II In my last article I began a look at how email marketing is changing. You can take a look at it here: http://www.All-In-One-Business.com/imm/20031114/feature.html Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 How to Run an Effective Ezine Ad Campaign You've faithfully submitted your free ad to dozens of ezines. You've heard that ezines are one of the best ways to get the word out about your business ... Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 How to Select the Right Ezine for Your Ad Campaign I still remember the jittery excitement of placing my first ezine ad. I imagined the riches I'd have if only 1% of the subscribers bought my product ... that would be a profit of - gulp - over $1000! A few of these ads and I'd be able to retire in no time at all! Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 New Year's Resolution: "I QUIT" You indulge in a luxurious stretch as you slowly awaken, refreshed, to a new day. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-25 Assessing the People Factor: Do We Really Know What's Going on in Our Companies? Boards and ‘C' level executives are accountable for policies, people, and practices within their organizations. But how can they take responsibility for people, systems, and initiatives that are managed by people several reporting levels down - who may not, themselves, know what's going on? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 How To Price Your Creative Work How do you put a dollar value on your creative work? Are you charging too much? Too little? In your creative small business, pricing issues will come up again and again. I struggled with them for years, until I managed to get them straight in my own mind. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 Lack of Business Isn't Always the Problem When you're just starting out in business, it's a safe bet that you need more clients. But what if you have been up and running for a while, and you're still not making as much money as you would like? You may be in the habit of thinking that attracting new clients is the answer, but this isn't always the case. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 Monetize Your Web Site with Google AdSense Why would you want to earn a few cents or dollars per click from displaying Google AdSense ads on your web site? Can you really make good money from this source of revenue? Well, multiply those clicks for every page on your web site and you will build a monthly residual income with very little effort. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 3 Magic Ways To Increase Your Sales! 1) Tell your potential customers in your ad copy that you will donate a percentage of their purchase price to a specific charity. This will show them you really care about people. They may just buy your product so their money will go to the charity. For example, you could say, "I will donate .75 cents from each order to the (name) Foundation." Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 Don't Let The Holidays Detour You From Your Financial Goals Do you dread going to your mailbox and finding yet another credit card bill? Do you find yourself worrying about how you'll pay your bills from one month to the next ? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 Breaking the Voice Mail Barrier Even if you never place a cold call, you still have to reach people by phone. That customer who was so interested last month never called you back, and now you must call her. You call once, twice, three times, but you can't get her in person. How can you manage to close a sale if all you ever get is voice mail? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 I'm Guilty Until Proven Innocent No doubt about it. "Spam" (unsolicited commercial email) threatens to paralyze and ultimately destroy the email system as it currently exists on the Internet. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 Empty Your Bag of Excuses for the Last Time It's time for me to take off the kid gloves and give it to you straight. Here goes… Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 Are 'Blinders' Preventing You from Finding Real Opportunity? Not so long ago, I was making my daily rounds to various message boards online that are dedicated to working from home. Alongside the usual, 'Is this a scam?' questions was a disturbing post, which basically said: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 A Quick Guide to Third-Party Credit Card Processors If you've ever looked into getting your own merchant account, you already know how expensive it can be. Application fees, setup fees, standard monthly fees, transaction fees... they all add up fast! It can be too much for a business that's just getting started. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 The Straight Goods on Traffic-Generating Programs It's no wonder that there are so many programs meant to help the online business owner drive traffic to their websites. With billions of web pages on all topics imaginable, most of our sites are just a tiny "blip" on the Internet radar. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 10 Quick Tips on How to Create, Distribute, and Profit from Free eBooks Free eBooks are a powerful viral marketing tool that can literally provide you with an entire network of people who promote your business, absolutely free. Here are a few quick tips on how to benefit from your free eBook ... Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 The 3 'Alternate' Types of Online Selling 'I think I finally found something I can do!', Joanne wrote, 'this company doesn't need me to do any selling at all. All I have to do is advertise a telephone number and their staff handles my sales. I think I finally have a chance!' Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 4 Success Strategies for Ezine Promotion It's your masterpiece. You've worked hard to put together an informative and interesting newsletter. Your current subscribers often write to tell you how much they enjoy it. So why are you having so many problems getting new subscribers? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 4 Tips to a More Visitor-Friendly Website I remember my very first website. I thought it was the most amazing thing ever created; it had Flash, Javascript, an animated graphic I designed all on my own, plus various bits of 'artwork' placed at strategic locations throughout the site. Plus it used frames, something I thought would ease navigation for my visitors. What an astonishing display of talent! Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 "404 Not Found":Don't Let This Be YOU You're all fired up and ready to go. Enthusiasm bubbles over - you're eager to start your online business and want to get going as fast as you can. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 7 Important Tips on Investigating a Business Opportunity !!! Get In On the Ground Floor!!! We'll Build Your Downline Using Our Unique Spillover System that Guarantees an Income of OVER $5000 EVERY WEEK! HURRY! THIS IS A LIMITED TIME OFFER! Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 8 Essential Questions For Aspiring Ezine Editors Online business 'newbies' have no doubt heard that offering a free newsletter is one of the best ways available to build their business and their profits. Some of the benefits include: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 Are You Driving Your Customers to Your Competitors? It makes my teeth ache when I am ignored. How many times have you emailed a business and never received a reply? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 The Basics of Building a Business on the 'Net I remember the first time the idea of starting a business online popped into my head. Pumped and full of enthusiasm, I was scared but also ready to jump right in and make myself a whole load of money. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 Bringing Your New Business Back to Life You drag yourself into the kitchen after a hard day at the office. Staring glumly at the empty fridge, you try to block out the sounds of the kids squabbling, the dog barking to go outside, and the blare of the TV in the background. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-24 The Evolution of Email Email ain't what it used to be. In fact, email ain't what it was last month. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 They Didn't Think I Could Make A Full-Time Income Online, But I Proved Them Wrong When I first attempted to make money online I was so naive just like any newbie. But I learned from the school of hard knocks. I learned by trial and error and by just doing. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 New Year's Revolution No, that's not a typo in the title. Resolutions are easy; most of us make them at least once a year. A revolution, on the other hand, is something you may not have made since you started your business. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 How to Build an Online Business Part 4 Customer service means different things to different people, but we have to remember the bottom line - treat each and every customer with respect and courtesy ( no matter how difficult they may be). Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 Foolproof Customer Service Strategies (that only a fool would try!) Ever notice how customer service varies from store to store? You walk into some stores, and before you can say "Buzz off!" a salesperson asks "May I help you?" Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 Web Blogs Defined, Explained and Understood What are Blogs? Having heard the term previously but not having paid much attention most are just to afraid to show their ignorance and ask the question, what is a blog? Lets face it; the term blog does not conjure pleasant images. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 16 Closely Guarded Secrets to Influence and Win Prospects 1. Reward Example: "If You Order Your "Business-In-A-Box" By The Date Stamped In Red On The "Registration Form", You'll Get These FREE BONUSES Worth $1,469.00!" Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 Excite@Home Surpasses 2 Million Broadband Subscribers Excite@Home, the leader in broadband, today announced that the company surpassed the two million-subscriber mark for the high-speed, always-on @Home service. Excite@Home is the first company to achieve this milestone. This figure does not include subscribers to be contributed by chello broadband to Excite Chello, the formation of which was announced in July. The announcement also underscores strong growth momentum for broadband access and its emergence as a mainstream service for consumers. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 Site Design For New Business Owners Back when people first started creating web pages, sites comprised little more than text, basic tables and an occasional graphic. Design involved writing your content and going back through it adding the appropriate HTML tags to achieve the desired layout. It was very much a manual process. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 Google AdSense Program Review Google AdSense, Google's advertising program that lets webmasters display ads from Google's extensive list of advertisers, has taken the Internet by storm. Through this successful program, unobtrusive text-based ads are served in member sites, who then earn a commission every time someone clicks on the advertisers' links. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-21 Expand Your Sales By Serving The SOHO Sector The small office/home office (SOHO) market is the fastest-growing business sector in the country. Its population has been estimated at more than 25 million businesses, with that number expected to rise to more than 32 million by the end of 2003. The SOHO market's purchasing power already tops $100 billion per year. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-20 American vs. British English: A Webmaster’s Guide When writing content for the World Wide Web, a lot of authors wonder if they should have their pages translated into languages such as French or Spanish in order to widen their audience and to give their sites a more international appearance. It is sensible of web designers to consider this question, but one thing few native English speakers ever consider is: Should I write in British English (BE) or American English (AE)? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-19 Increase Your Sales Through Emotional Connections Emotional connections? Is this one of those cosmic vibration things? Am I asking you to flaunt your aura at people or something? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 Christmas Strategies: Gifting without Charging Before we know it, the shopping season will be upon us. And, just like Santa's little elves will be working feverishly, we've got to get busy saving up our cash for Christmas. The alternative could be to watch helplessly as our credit card balances increase. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 Stress, Fear & Creating a Career/Life You Can Love There is great ongoing interest in the subject of stress. In my work helping people create new career and life paths, stress is the very first issue we embark upon in many cases. It is a huge problem that is overlooked by too many workplaces, as well as individuals. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 Bridging the Chasm from Lead to Loyal Customer : A Step by Step Guide for Developing Awareness, Building Credibility and Acquiring Customers Have you ever watched a documentary about climbing Mount Everest? If so, you will undoubtedly remember one specific segment of the journey where the climbers cross a chasm, one carefully placed step after another, using aluminum ladders strung end to end. For me, just the thought of it is enough to cause an anxiety attack! Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 The Information Publisher's Secret Resource Guide To Blow Customers Away! Have you ever heard the saying, "Give and you shall receive"? Well, with information publishing, this saying is one of the most important you will ever hear. Let me explain: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 Marketers: The Top 5 Things You Can Still Do About Christmas 1. Make Money by Offering Old Friends Something Special. Invite your customer list to take advantage of an exclusive offer, made only to them. Package a collection of your items or combine your items with a premium incentive. Phone, mail or email your offer. Do it now. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 10 Ways To Build Trust and Build Your Business You wouldn't buy a car if you didn't think it could get you home. And you wouldn't purchase it from a dealer you thought was robbing you blind on the price and might not stand behind it if the engine fell out as you drove it off the lot. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 Five Basic and Essential Features of Your Follow up Autoresponder If you are not using a follow up autoresponder until now just buy it. Follow up autoresponders are very valuable tool for online business. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 Five Advanced and Essential Features of Your Follow up Autoresponder 1. Personalization of Your emails: If your subscriber sees his/her name in the subject field, they will stop a second at your email. Well... it's human nature to respond to their names. Once they stop at your email subject, more chances of clicking on your email and go in to the message. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 Domain Name Basics Domain name is like your office name on the internet.It is your online identity.You have full rights on your domain name once it was registered under your name with that particular TLD.(See below) Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 Tips On Choosing Your Domain Name Your domain name comes long way with you and your online success. So follow these tips to make yourself comfortable with domain name selection. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 What Are Subdomains? Are They Necessary For Web Sites? What are subdomains? Subdomains are the third level domains that are used to organise your web site content. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 5 Basic Features You Should Look For In a Web Hosting Service Disk space: Allotment of certain disk space for you means, you are given a folder on web host's server to upload your files.This is same like you create your folder on your own computer. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 5 Essential Features You Should Look For In A Web Hosting Service Password protected directories CGI (Common Gateway Interface) MySQL+PHP SSI (Server Side Includes) Cron Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-18 What Flavor is Your Fear? Reading this article might just change your life. After 15 years of helping hundreds of people start or grow their businesses-both online and off-I have discovered something: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-17 3 Words That Pull Orders Like MAD! 1) Use the word "free" in your ad. People want free incentives before they do business with you. They could be free books, accessories, services, etc. For example, you could say. " Free shipping with every order over $50!" Another example would be, "Order within the next 5 minutes to get 3 extra bonuses free!" Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-17 The Freelance Translator and PayPal A problem most freelance translators are faces with is how to receive payment. In particular: How to receive payment for small jobs. Many translation agencies are reluctant to pay small fees via wire transfer due to the transaction fees; often they will send you a check instead. And I suppose I don't have to tell you: The banks charge an enormous commission when you come and want to cash in your check. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-17 Expect A New Boom In Writing for the Web If you've been keeping your fingers on the economic pulse, you'll have noticed that the worldwide economy is picking up. All indications point to a new Web boom. This means that writers should gear up and get ready for all the work they can handle. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-17 Prosperity Begins Between Your Ears If you're waiting for someone or something to give you what you want in life, you'll wait a long time! Prosperity is something you create. No one gives it to you. So, stop waiting and get on with making it happen. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-17 Choosing an Effective Content Manager Content Management is a term that is not new to IT and marketing organizations. However, this terminology can take on several different meanings. The context discussed in this paper provides ordinary businesses with the ability to build meaningful Web content to author, structure, approve, archive, and publish content to maintain a fresh and pleasing Web presence. This may even prove to be one of the largest projects that an IT department may be facing. If you are looking to accomplish the following tasks then keep reading: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-14 Grow your Business with Emarketplace Part III Increase Company Productivity After years of hard work, finally your business started to pick up. You are selling more products then ever! You have lined up a good number of suppliers and buyers. Things have never been better than now. Except one thing! With rising sales your overhead and supply chain expenses are also sky-rocketing. Your profit margin is no longer the same as it used to be! You feel that you are in a limbo! How to increase productivity? How to cut costs without giving up sales? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-13 How to Build an Online Business Part 3 In Part 3 of this series, I would like to discuss online networking as a way of building your business. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-13 Dissecting Search Engine Result Pages Reader question: I have never paid for a listing in any search engine and want to know why my site appears in both LookSmart and Mamma. I have also never submitted to AOL and MSN but notice it is also included? My question is how come? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-13 Marketing Tip: Posting to Forums Does it pay to cruise the forums and make the occasional post? It might, here are the results we got... Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-13 A Business Guide To Patents: Protect Your Tech! After an economic boom rivaling the Gold Rush in the mid-to-late 1990s, a severe downturn has left many technology companies who overspent and expanded too fast during the boom clambering for survival. As a result, such companies have fallen back on the very thing that embodies their ingenuity - and made them successful to begin with - the patents that protect their innovative technologies. While some companies profit from lice nsing patents, others make money by pursuing judgments against those who infringe on these patents. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-13 Phishing - For You! They call it "phishing" - trolling for information using spam, trying to catch -- you, or rather, your identity. A recent survey estimated that 7 million adults in the U.S. were victims of identity theft, a 79% increase over last year. Although identity theft is mostly practiced off-line the online world is experiencing this crime at an increased rate. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-13 How to Create a Web Site That Makes the Sale Nothing can be more frustrating than visiting a web site and not being able to find what you are looking for. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-12 Review of Ezine Article Creator V2.0 By now most entrepreneurs realize that the most cost effective method of promoting their business and services is writing and distributing articles to e-zines, newsletters, magazines and web sites. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-12 Dynamic Websites Make Your Life Easy Looking to have your website content generated dynamically? Why would you want a dynamic website? Well for one it sounds cool, but beyond that you can achieve great benefits by utilizing a database to generate your online content. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-12 How to Start Right Almost everyone who succeeds online does so with their SECOND site, not their first. Most people start out with a site, make a ton of mistakes, learn by doing and--once they have figured out the ropes--get it right the SECOND time. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-12 Celebrate! Create Your Very Own WOW List What in the world is a "WOW List"? It's a tool (a reminder we humans sometimes need) to help us put the joy back in our lives. Maybe it's a tool to help us realize how much we really have, or to remember what brings a big smile to our faces. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-11 How My Friend Bob Went From Being A Failure To A Winner By Taking Intelligent Action! Let me tell you story about a friend of mine who used to be a complete failure. His name was Bob. My friend Bob was the type of guy who always was looking for instant riches, but never could seem to find them. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-11 How To Recover Your 'Almost Customers' You'll always need to find new prospects for your business. But don't overlook the prospects you already attracted. Many are close to buying. Use these four simple procedures to convert those "almost customers" into paying customers. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-11 8 Simple Rules for Web Writing Writing for the web is different than writing for print. People read differently on the web. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-11 Tips to Protect Your Downloads or Products 1. Upload robots.txt file in to your root directory and include the folder name where you set your downloads. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-11 Make Your Complaint Heard And Get Results ! At some point in time you will be faced with the need to register a complaint because of a poor product or poor service, or maybe even both ! Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Rank and File Server redirects are not exactly an enthralling subject, until you realise just how POWERFUL and useful these things are. Reasons including; easier site management, professional looking links to use in email, nearly fool-proof affiliate link cloaking and preserving your search engine ranking should convince you that it's worth five minutes to grasp this very simple technique. There's nothing to buy: your site's web server already has this facility. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Marketing Conversations, and Conversation Stoppers Where many marketing conversations get off-track are the ones you have with yourself, before you even pick up the phone or initiate the handshake. As independent professionals, usually at the helm of solo businesses, we sometimes find ourselves facing daunting internal obstacles as we try to begin our day's marketing activity. With no one in our office-of-one to help with a confidence booster, an important resource to have in our self-management toolbox is a means of submitting the negative self-talk for an internal Second Opinion. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Are You Ignoring These Marketing Principles? In marketing as in science there are basic principles that govern the movement of bodies in space, or prospects and clients. Just as people instinctively know the law of gravity, they are aware of the fundamental principles of marketing. Unlike the law of gravity which is hard to deny, many small business owners often neglect to apply core marketing principles to attract clients. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 7 Questions Home Business Owners MUST Answer There are a few items any home business owner must address if their business is to properly function and turn a consistent profit. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Keep On Keeping On "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all." -- Dale Carnegie Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 How to succeed in Online Multilevel Marketing Are you feeling down? Is your online marketing campaign for your Multi-level marketing business not going on as well as you would like it to do? Here are some long term strategies to grow your business: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Search the Web More Efficiently: Tips, Techniques and Strategies Studies show that after email, searching the Web is the most popular activity on the Internet. Searching is easy; finding what you're looking for can sometimes be difficult. Hopefully the advice below will make your next Web search a breeze. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Meaningful Gifts You Can Give Your Clients for the Holidays We're always looking for unique, personal ways to remember our clients for the holidays. Coaching is a relationship field, and somewhere the Honey-baked Ham just doesn't fit. Here are some ideas that will work for whatever your client is celebrating, whether it's Eid al Fitr, Hanukkah, Christmas, or Dewali. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Folks, Let's Lighten Up A Little! I am not naive. I know what kind of shape the world's in. I wish many things were different, but as the saying goes, if wishes were candy... Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Understanding Search Engines Part Two: Five tips to improve your chances with Google et al. "Dear David: I just created a website on baby toy safety. What should I do to make sure gazillions of people find me through the search engines?" Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 The Truth About Info Business Let me save you, at least, several hundreds of dollars you would have spent on different business guides and tutorials, claiming to bring you online wealth. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 How To Sell Anything To Your Prospect list on The Internet Do you like fishing? I'm going to tell you a fisherman's secret. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Jealously Guarded Secret of One Overlooked Hidden Selling Technique "Just who's Mr. Q?" I bet you've asked this question now. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 How To Exploit The Articles You Write And Milk It like Cash Cow Instantly Can you create many articles related to your products? If you do, this marketing strategy is for you. You can easily move ahead of any competition. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 How to Make Money From Your Book And Get Massive Profit Before You Finish Writing It You can generate instant income from your book instead of waiting till you complete it. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 A Sad Truth That Makes You Rich Have you ever faced this situation before? Imagine this. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 How to Use the Office Christmas Party to Enhance Your Career Use your Emotional Intelligence and Interpersonal skills and you can get a lot of mileage out of the holiday party. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 3 Fast Opt-In List Building Ideas! 1) Product Discounts You could offer your visitors a discount on all the products you sell if they subscribe to your free e-zine. For example, you could say, "Subscribe to our free e-zine and get 50% off all our products!" Another example, "Subscribe to our free e-zine and get $8 off our brand new e-book!" Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-10 Two High-ROI Methods for Increasing Your Brand’s Visibility on the Web There was a time you could expect your brand's site to appear in the top position for at least its own name on any search engine. But even that isn't a guarantee anymore as competition for precious Top 5 positions becomes fiercer. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-07 Who Are You Marketing To On the Internet? "Dear Friend, My name is JANG DOO-HWAN, The brother of Mr. Chun DOO-HWAN, former President of South Korea who seized power ..." Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-07 Is Your Domain Name Secure? Interview With a Domain Appraiser Denise Hoyle is a certified real estate appraiser. She is also an expert in the field of internet domain names. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-07 Always Do the Hardest Thing First "In the time you spent complaining about this, Susan, you could've had it done." Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-07 Autoresponders : Ease Your Life What every small business operator always lacks is time. Sometimes lack of time leads to inefficiency, what in its turn, leads to business failure even if you have plenty of financial resources. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-07 How to Build an Online Business If you recently started an online business, you are finding out that it is different than owning a brick and mortar business. Although the basic strategies are the same: Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-06 Building New Business Through Referrals One of the most effective ways to generate new business is to encourage customer referrals. That is, you can use the influence of happy customers to help your business continue to grow without having to rely on constant advertising. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-06 Cause-Related Marketing Altruism. Corporate responsibility. Philanthropy. These are often used to describe cause-related marketing, an activity in which businesses join with charities or causes to market an image, product, or service for mutual benefit. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-06 Bill Collecting Q & A Jim: When I work up the nerve to call someone about an overdue bill I always seem to fold or lose my cool as soon as the other guy throws a reason at me for why the bill hasn't been paid. Do you have any suggestions? Patrick, NJ Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-06 How Small Companies Can Survive on the Publicity Island So you're not the industry leader. Maybe you don't have a whiz-bang product and your CEO (alas) is not charismatic. Does the media basically ignore you? Are you a "survivor" or have you been voted off the publicity island? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-06 5 Zero-Cost Spam Prevention Tools For All Situations! Anyone who uses email knows what Spam is! It's annoying and time consuming to wade through volumes of fraud, con and obscene emails to filter out the really important ones. And I am sure you are affected by this menace in some form or other. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-06 Are You A Leader? In this world there are two kinds of people. You find leaders, who are few and far in between, and then there are followers who make up the vast majority of people in the world. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-06 ZIP IT!! If your first impulse is to speak up when you see or feel something is wrong in your workplace, zip it! Yes, just zip it! Why? Most folks' initial responses are impulsive, emotional, subjective and void of thought. But, you already knew that, didn't you? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-06 The Fundamental Laws Of Marketing In marketing as in science there are basic principles that govern the movement of bodies in space, or prospects and clients. Just as people instinctively know the law of gravity, they are aware of the fundamental principles of marketing. Unlike the law of gravity which is hard to deny, many small business owners often neglect to apply core marketing principles to attract clients. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-05 How Search Engines Connect Sellers and Buyers Maggie knows how to find what she wants. She lets her fingers do the walking - not in the Yellow Pages, but at Google.com. She wants to learn about bread baking, and you have just written Bread Baking Made Simple, and you sell some great baking tools. The good news is the Google and other search engines exist for one simple reason: to help Maggie find your website. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-05 Overcoming Your Biggest Marketing Obstacle At times, no matter what you do your marketing is stuck and you're not attracting new clients quickly enough. It doesn't seem to make a difference how much time or money you put into it, its like you are driving in slow motion. You just seem to be spinning your wheels and not getting any traction to move your business forward as quickly as you'd like. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-04 Autoresponders: Ease Your Life What every small business operator always lacks is time. Sometimes lack of time leads to inefficiency, what in its turn, leads to business failure even if you have plenty of financial resources. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-04 586% Sales Growth: Lessons From Vitacost.com While most dot com companies have gone the way of stock options, a few shining stars remind us that there are still real, living, growing dot com companies. One such company is Vitacost.com. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-03 6 Tips for Dealing with Angry Callers There's no avoiding it: sooner or later the voice at the other end of the phone call will get nasty. Here are some simple tips to help defuse the situation. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-03 How Many Ways Can I Market Thee? Let Me Count the Ways What does it take to be a good marketer? Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-03 3 Profitable Marketing Plans! 1) Use reward programs to keep people revisiting your web site and buying your products. You could reward them with gifts or discounts for revisiting or buying. For example, you could say "Buy Over ($) Worth Of Products And Get (product) Free!" Another example, "Buy (no.) E-books And Get A 50% Discount!" Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-03 And You Thought Popularity Only Mattered in High School Remember the most popular kids in High School? Everyone wanted to be around them, date them or be friends with them. Being seen with the "in crowd" you look good. Popularity has its advantages. Turn the clock forward a few years and throw in the Internet, and even though you might be long past your school days, being popular still has its perks. Directory: > eBusiness > Small Business Date: 2003-11-03 Advertisement TOP NEWS WebProBlog The official blog of WebProNews. 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