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Show them ur penis…. Worked 4 me… 🙂

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Http://jonathanleger.com – Jonathan Leger is one of the best SEO experts in internet marketing.

Http://ez-onlinemoney.com/blog – Josh Spaulding is another great internet marketer and has some extremely useful content on his blog

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1. Have a website, either a free blog or your own domain
2. Post at least twice a week in your blog targeted towards one business, whatever it may be. This allows your “website” to be updated regularly which is beneficial in Search Engine Optimization.
3. Most newbies tend to eagerly create a new blog and stop it after 2 months due to lack of sales. The key is consistency and laser targeted goal. Example: Promote only one affiliate product and post anything and everything around the same topic.
4. Simple ways to increase web presence would be to leave comments on other related blogs, having a social network in Facebook or post videos in YouTube which show your website address.

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I love this blog and it’s a dofollow, so you’ll get credit for your comments and it talks about the same subjects as you are.

Http://bit.ly/tni2

Have a good one!

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All of the above !!

Their are millions of people online with various skill levels, so all of the topics
you mentioned are interesting. The most important thing is that you provide
information/tips that work, not just generic fluff.

If you visit my business blog you will find that we cater to all of these topics
and we develop a lot of traffic because we provide how to advice.

What else would you like to learn about?

John Komatsoulis – Business Coach

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For income tax purposes, you are required to use 39 years for the building. Age and prior depreciation makes no difference. Some of the equipment may not qualify for 5 year depreciation. You may need to use 7 years. You can take first yr Sec 179 write off on some of the equipment. You really need to see a local CPA for more advice. With a business purchase of this size, you will have other issues as well.

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I am sure you have gotten a lot of responses, but let me share a quick story. I joined a home business in March. I thought it was a great concept and thought for sure everyone would want it, I knew they all would need it. In making my “pitch” I was missing something. I did not get the business and its real purpose. Now, I could go on and tell you we are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and that some states need a license, so we are legit, but when I heard the founder of this company talk, it made me realize, I was with a company, where the founder was actually in it to help people. All people. His story is incredible and when he spoke, it was right to me. If you do want to find a business where the founder believes in it and truly wants us to be successful and help thousands of people, I will share the information with you!

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If you are interested to work from home with cell phones, check out;

http://work-from-home-training.blogspot.com/

Here you can get the best training course how to work from home with cell phones and make a realistic $3000 a month;

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Fraid not. Ask someone in authority in real life

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200 Newbury ST

http://www.yelp.com/biz/niketown-boston

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I haven’t heard of Yext. If you do a search for Yext reviews though it looks like this company might not be very good.

In my experience, it seems like some of the larger SEO and web design companies are in the business of selling products without caring if they actually are providing a good service.

If you are looking to get your company noticed online, I’d love to chat. Check out my website and see if you’d like to work with me. My prices are fair and I personally see to it that my clients are getting relevant traffic.

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Try something called vista print. They do a lot of custom printing and its cheap.

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I would advice WordPress.
Watch the video’s on my site which will show you how to accomplish this.

If you have any questions let me know by the contact form and I’ll be glad to help!

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You can have a trademark simply by using the name in business with a TM. This common law trademark affords you some protection. To register your trademark (allowing you to use the ® symbol), you have to file with the USPTO and pay $275 or $325 per class of goods/services the trademark will be used for. See the site below for more info.

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You seem to have thought out your online business. What strikes me though is your statement “earning almost immediately.”

Sure, you can achieve that — IF AND ONLY IF you have pre-marketed your site. It means that your target market is aware that your site will be launching so they are ready to go there and order as soon as you have launched.

One of the realities of the Web is that there is no truth to what they say “If you build it they will come.” They won’t; unless you are extremely proactive in your marketing. But to expect people flocking to your site as soon as you launch if you did no prior marketing is nothing but foolish hope. It just doesn’t happen that way. For one, it takes time for search engines to pick up your site; and it even takes a longer time for your site to be in the top 10 of your keywords.

One article that I found very useful is “7 Steps to Successful Web Site Development” http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol142/website.htm as it takes to you all the decision steps that you need to take when starting an online business. Like any other business, startup period is full of “should I do this” or “should I do that” questions. The article is useful because it helps you think through every step of the way – from why do you want a website to who is your audience to how will you create your website to how you will market your new website.

Here are the steps you need to take when creating your online business:

STEP 1: Set Your Goals – Why do you want a web site? What is the size of the online market? What are the goals for your website?

STEP 2: Develop Your Web Site Strategy – Who is your website target audience? What typically appeals to your target audience? How are the other websites (your competition) reaching out to this target audience? How will you measure your performance?

STEP 3: Set-Up Implementation Plans – What name will you give to your site? How do you envision the design of your web site? How will you create your website? How will you create your content? How will you maintain your website?

STEP 4: Start the Ball Rolling – Do you have a logo? For e-retailers, do you have the critical components needed to run an e-commerce site? How are you going to host your site?

STEP 5: Create and Launch Your Web Site – Have you uploaded your site with your chosen web host provider? Are the scripts and application you need for your website functioning well? Have you tested your website?

STEP 6: Promote Your Web Site and Measure Its Results – Do you have a plan in place to market your website? Do you regularly review your traffic logs and web site performance tracker? How are you going to get sites to link to you? Do you know the search engine keywords that you rank well? If your site is not visible in the search engine results pages for its keywords, what strategies do you intend to do?

STEP 7: Maintain Your Website and Grow Your Web Business – Continue to find ways to grow your web business. How do you intend to continue your education on web development?

Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible:

1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement – if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.

2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important — and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more – that’s additional traffic that you get for FREE!

3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.

If you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com’s “Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day.” http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm

4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News. My website (see my profile) accepts free press release submission (no strings attached!)

5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.

6. Improve your conversion. Getting visitors is one thing; getting them to buy your products is a whole different story. Read the article “10 Ways to Convert Visitors to Buyers” http://www.powerhomebiz.com/072005/conversion.htm for tips on how to improve your conversion rates.

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Why would they >you still need the internet

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Ever notice the FreeCreditReport.com commercials always end with “offer applies with enrollment in Triple Advantage” ??

Triple Advantage is a service where they charge $10/month to your credit card… And in return, you get your report from the 3 bureaus each month. I’ll go out on a limb and assume there’s some ridiculous fee for cancelling the service.

The only FREE site is AnnualCreditReport.com (or you can go to each bureau’s site individually). It’s run by one of the bureaus, and allows you to get your credit report from each of the bureaus absolutely free once per year (as mandated by the government).

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I know one that is actually called music renter

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Big music companies could stop trying to ruin the internet and lobbing to change laws that will make a 1984 style world possible.

I wish to have them stop trying to make me believe that I am a fan of some Canadian kid with a bad haircut

They could consider maybe making music that isn’t crap.

I think the internet has done a great deal to improve the music industry giving us global access to performers but it does make us more likely to buy from Jonathon Coulton than Metalica

some things the evil RIAA has done were not bad like licencing youtube videos instead of pulling them

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Have u tried a facebook page?

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There are various types of affiliate marketing “techniques” to make money, but the most common way is to join a company’s affiliate program and start getting people to go to their website through link you may have on either a basic website, blog, or social media site etc… The links that you provide for people click on to go to an affiliate company’s site tell the affiliate vendor’s what web site sent them the customer and will track how much commission the affiliate marketer will get (which usually based on sales) and will send payment to the affiliate who directed the customer to them.
Many affiliates who are profitable at this business will use their websites to harvest emails “legitimately” first. They do this by providing good content on their sites that readers are interested in. They then will ask for an email address to which they might send a free e-book, have a newsletter to subscribe too, or perhaps have a very educational video that can be watched. Many good marketers will then send good legitimate content to their potential customers that is useful to them, then “soft sell” sell them a product that will give them a commission for sending their buyer to the seller’s site.
The Super Basic Steps of Affiliate marketing in 5 steps:
1. Put up a website
2. Sign up for an affiliate program that you feel has products that you have the ability to promote well
3. Add the affiliate links that are provided from the affiliate program you signed up with to your website.
4. Continuously work to Optimize your site to be found in the major search engines and get visitors
5. Find more products and keep promoting and building your site

Affiliate marketing is a REAL business. If you take it seriously and work hard at it, I honestly feel anyone can succeed. It’s hard work, but well worth it. I heard that 99% who attempt internet business of people never make any money, and it’s mostly because they quit too soon.

There are many books you can get at local libraries that can get you educated on the subject. I recommend watching YouTube videos by lisa3876, my wife says she was the easiest for her to understand the concepts and really excited her to try and get started.

By the way, when doing your research, be warned that affiliate marketing “educational” websites are usually trying to sell you something and can be VERY persuasive. Try not to buy anything if you can help it unless you are 100% ready to proceed and the seller has a minimum of a 30 day return policy so you have ample time to really review it. I’ve spent thousands on my education to build my affiliate business and can tell you that if you work at it consistently, it can be done.

Good luck!

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There are so many to choose from but honestly…

Try out Internet Marketing. There are some great products out there that can help you when it comes to marketing over the internet, you can probably find a few on my review site. But please make sure to do your research before just hoping into any random Internet marketing program.

I have made a pretty decent amount of money in the internet marketing business and it’s all with hardly any effort. Of course, I do put effort towards my home-business but… I have enough free time to get out and still ride my motorcycle and spend with friends everyday.

Also to be honest… I finished high school with good grades but did not further myself by even going to college.

I really hope I helped you out and if you have any questions you can email me, my name is Jeremiah Justin Lewis and i’ve listed a link to my review website to help you out 🙂

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There are many ways :
You can participate in discussions , forums
get reviews and ratings on your site,
email marketing,
newsletter marketing,
article marketing,
etc.

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Take a look at these websites for some useful info…
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http://www.mobile-review.com/index-en.shtml

http://www.letstalk.com

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T888,

Your sales wouldn’t make you a breadmaker or breadwinner either way if you don’t have a best seller. Most authors only make about 2.50 to 4.50 per book sold. The money comes in when you have a NY Times Best Seller and a million seller. Do the math in that case.

It sounds to me like you went with a vanity publisher. (I don’t mean any offense if it’s either true or not). This is a big problem with them. I self-published my novel and it’s been on Amazon, B&N, and other websites for sale. I also did a lot of footwork and advertising in magazines and websites. It cost me over $4,000 alone just for that. But, my book also got into bookstores throughout the country.

Check with Blood Moon Rising,

http://www.bloodmoonrisingmagazine.com/

Direct your letter (in email form to) AL Vermette. Mention that an author you happen to know had a story No Laughing Matter in issue #23 and also had his novel advertised on the back page. Spook Rock.

Ask what it would cost to advertise you work. Be aware that the magazine will critique your work (review it) in other words.

I wish you a world of luck. Al will probably know who you’re talking about. Make sure your letter is nice and neat. And be sure to use Dear Mr. Not Dear Al. LOL

I wish you a world of luck in your writing.

PJ M

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MNC managers need to learn how to do business successfully in China without compromising their own codes of ethical conduct and social responsibility. Yahoo was recently in the news because it controversially revealed the identity of a Chinese Yahoo user to the Chinese government, and that user was subsequently arrested and jailed for expressing views online that the government didn’t like. Yahoo’s CEO (who is of Taiwanese decent) was in the hot seat at a congressional hearing taking heat from US congressmen and the family of the jailed “dissident”. He apologized, but the guy is still in the gulag.

Google, which is supposed to “do no evil” is also struggling with the censorship issue in China. It is easy for these companies to argue that they have to “play by China’s rules” when they cooperate with the Chinese government in ways that would be completely illegal and cause a media frenzy here in the US. There are no such things, by US standards, as privacy rights and free speech in China, so internet companies are bound to struggle with these issues as they try to make money in China.

But even business and industry in the broad sense is clearly profiting from China’s lower standards, especially where the environment is concerned. Most environmentally destructive manufacturing has moved to China. Despite the howling from US politicians, nobody really wants that manufacturing to come back and poison OUR environment, and corporations wouldn’t be competitive if they had to build in the costs of environmentally-friendly manufacturing into their products.

MNC managers alone cannot change China’s “unethical practices”. There has to be a combination of factors, from governmental pressure to the work of NGOs to MNC activity, but ultimately the most important factor will be the Chinese people themselves. As their standards of living rise and their basic necessities are provided for, they will begin to demand things like a cleaner environment and better labor rights and protections. These will cause the cost of China-made goods to rise even more, and manufacturing will move to the next cheap labor, low environmental/ethical standard nation (Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Sudan, North Korea – there are plenty of options for the future).

MNCs will hopefully be able to take their lessons learned in China with them when they make the inevitable move.

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Of course Guangzhou is best for clothing ,Shenzhen ,Guangzhou are all good for electrical ,i have ever done business online and have bought clothing in guangzhou,and also know where to buy best and cheapest clothing .these days online shopping is very popular in china,there are many people from all over the country to buy clothing in guangzhou,then selling them online.Shenzhen is adjacent to Guangzhou ,and they are all located in south china, if you have any problems you can contact me through email, and i will spare no effort to help you ,my email address is shaojinm@yahoo.com.cn.

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You can buy them online, china have so many such stores , i know one online shop
http://www.nike2nike.com/Brand-Shoes-c-1624.html

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It’s actually quite pointless to bother with blogs – mostly because any url with the word ‘blog’ in it is blocked by the chinese firewall.

You need to also consider how you will be selling the product and in what currency. Chinese typically do not ever use credit cards. Online purchases are done through online banking.

In terms of currency, a product offered at a price considered cheap in american dollars will likely be out of the range of most in China, who in general only make about 400-500 USD a month at a good job.

Depending on what you are selling, and the impact you want to make here, Be sure also to research the business stylings of the chinese. As a rule, the best way to get ahead is to build a better portfolio of people you know. THe chinese strive for harmony in all dealings and will prefer to do business with a person/company that brings something to the table in social relations. If your company is out to make money to benefit itself only you might have a hard time breaking into the market here, where a family owned business that knows everyone who is anyone would beat you out.

Consider starting out on www.taobao.com the chinese ebay, but be warned, you will likely need to pad your feedback for anyone to even remotely take you seriously. I’ve seen many coworkers immediately dismiss anyone without a 100% positive feedback and thousands of customers to back up the numbers.

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The link to the Australian Customs website below lists your obligations when importing goods over the internet. Scroll down to the section “Imported goods with a value over $1000”.

To comply with Australian Taxation Department requirements, you should register for an ABN number – see the second link below.

Good luck with your new business venture.

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If you read the book and take notes in class then you can really learn this stuff. Just getting the answers instead of learning will lower your ability to succeed at anything.

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I suggest go online first if you have no capital whatsoever. Can you imagine the headache you will have at the end of the month when the lease payment is already due and you’ve got nothing to pay? Or your employees?

Without money, start small and grow slowly

You can get a business loan only if you have collateral, assets, investment in your own business, and strong management experience in running the business. Without these, your chances of getting a loan is nil.

So with grants. Unless your business falls under the technology transfer or research types of businesses, no grants for you.

There are a number of entrepreneur-investor matchup sites.

Here’s a list of these entrepreneur-investor matchup sites. Read the requirements, and before contacting an investor, take note of the industries and types of businesses they are interested in.

Angel List http://angel.co/
Plan Heaven http://www.planheaven.com

More in the source below

Also check out crowdfunding sites – this is where people pool in money to contribute to projects that they like to support. Make a compelling case, and maybe people will want to support you

?Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/
?Indiegogo http://www.indiegogo.com/
?Crowdfunder http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/
?Chipin http://www.chipin.com/
?Citizen Effect http://www.citizeneffect.com

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Yes, I would only suggest one program for it’s ease of use, and flexibility. The best overall program out there is Quickbooks.

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Revenue Quebec doesn’t have an Online calculator… But they do have on that you can download… It’s called WinRAS (WINdows Retenue À la Source). Maybe they (RevQC) will accept a rough estimate in the same way with a written letter explaining the situation.

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I would create an Excel spreadsheet to use, but I would use Excel for everything if I could get away with it! 🙂

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Well first, you’re going to need stockbroking account, either online or direct.
You have to research which stock your going to buy and you can buy books on that for example William J O’Niels books or Peter Lynch’s books. I would not jump in straight away, do your research on which shares to purchase.

Their are different markets in the stock market that contains different stocks, The New York exchange, Nasdaq, ftse etc. Nasdaq mostly consists of small to med cap companies,

After you select your stock, you purchase the quantity you want at a buy price. You go to the stockbroker at place the order and now you are the proud owner of a stock.

You can never predict exactly how the market is going to go, it can vary because of news and company reports, don’t be silly and go and predict it because you will lose money, your playing with luck. Do research on the stock you want, the market is their for you to determine is it the right time to buy the stock. At the moment in europe, the market went down because of the Greek debt crisis but yesterday it recovered and also today. Suply and demand is a key issue in the market. Its commom sense but the more buying there is, the more the market goes up.

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“If you are going to promote your business here are some suggestion that are common and everyone using since last 4/5 decades these are :-
(1) Press Releases (2)Trade Shows (3)E-mail (4)Advertising (5)Direct Mail (6)Yellow Pages
ETC.but above of these one is most important and effective method i gonna tell you that’s “”INTERNET MARKETING THROUGH FACEBOOK”” facebook is tremendous and vast social network where million of net user give attendance every moment that is the single place where you may promote your small business on large scale you may share your product or business with hundreds of people according to your search. It need only a right decision to work..facebook require a only profile to join groups, friends, then you have to Establish a home page for your business is relatively inexpensive and can reach many people. Use newsgroups that focus on areas similar to your line of business to draw attention to the site. Always include a phone number or email address so that interested visitors can contact you. If you are a retailer, consider putting photographs of your products online, even if you’re not ready to let people to order your wares over the Internet. You may use different way to promote and market the business that’s very easy and powerful..you may hire any reliable company who works for internet marketing some time back during net surfing my eyes caught a name that magicsolv.com i read about ’em carefully everything was regarding to business promotion. In my opinion you must try out hope u will get some fruitful i hope so..best of luck.”

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In the US market hours are from 9:30 a.m. To 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. However, the electronic market which represents the aggregation of all ECNs (like ARCA, Instinet, Brut, etc) continue are generally open for trading from 8:00 a.m. Eastern time to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. The time between 8:00 a.m. And 9:30 a.m is called “pre-market hours” and the time between 4:00 p.m. And 8:00 p.m. Is called “after-market hours”.

Because companies are releasing news almost 24 hours/day these days, their stock price reacts to these news releases whenever they become available. Also, the world does not go to sleep at 4 p.m. Eastern time and stocks in general are reacting to all kinds of news being released on a 24 hour basis.

Individuals can participate in these after-hours market activity by having their trading accounts with brokerage companies which offer their customer access to their accounts via Direct Market Access systems. These systems are considered to be electronic trading systems and can be run on your computer at home utilizing high speed internet access like DSL, Cable or fibre-optics.

If you would like to get more information on Direct Market Access systems or open an electronic trading account I would suggest you speak to the guys I use. They can be contacted at:

http://rematatrading.com/contactus.aspx

They have been very professional and helpful to me.

Good luck.

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The best way to target tuxedo customers is to target events where most tuxedos are worn. Proms and Weddings would be my primary targets.

For weddings, do in-store merchandising tradeouts with bridal dress shops (they advertise instore for you, you do the same for them). Advertise in the new bride sections of newspapers. Make sure you have a booth at wedding and bridal consumer trade shows.

For Proms, sponsor high school events. Send direct mail in neighborhoods close to your store. Also, hold a “formal” fashion show with other dress retailers targeting high school kids.

For both, send news releases to newspapers and television stations on the latest designer styles.

And yes, don’t forget the yellow pages.

Hope this helps.

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This is an interesting question, and I shall try and answer it in simple fashion.

In todays time and age, movements in currency exchange rates signify movement of money from one geographical location to another as far as holding that currency is concerned. As far as the stock markets are concerned, it would be the FIIs (or foreign institutional investors) who would need to buy and sell various currencies to be able to buy or sell stocks at and through the local stock exchanges. For instance, if an FII decides that it wants to take a position in the Indian Stock Market, then it would exchange its US Dollars for Indian Rupees to be able to do so; this would cause an increase of the Rupee rate and a countervailing reduction in the Dollar rate in that regard. Now, if this FII were to decide to move from India to the USA as far as its stock holding is concerned; then it would be selling the Rupee to buy the Dollar, which would have the effect of reducing the Rupee and increasing the value of the Dollar. Currency rate fluctuations may be considered by some to be a lead indicator of what the big investors may be planning to do as far as their stock market investments are concerned.

Unemployment and interest rates similarly would have a direct bearing on the performance of the stock market. If both the unemployment rate and interest rate were to be high, then it would be a bearish scenario which would be facing the stock market of the geographical location under study; and vice versa.

It may be prudent to also keep the events occuring in the commodities exchange in perspective; which may also have a similar effect on the stock market you may have under study.

Sincerely,

Akash
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You can set up an easy beginner store easily enough through Yahoo or eBay. The real trick to selling online is getting traffic. That is a business skill of it’s own, and one I’m learning myself. It’s all about ranking in Google search (and to a lesser extent Yahoo). Check the “Catagories” at my friend Lynn’s blog site for tons of great info on how to do this. She pushes a lot of paid products there, too (as you’d expect), but the amount of free info is amazing. You can start a web business for almost nothing if you look around.

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Have you heard of Office Live Small Business? It’s template-based, so you don’t need to know or learn how to code, plus it’s extremely inexpensive. Remember that you get what you pay for with free website building services—someone else’s ads all over your site. Office Live Small Business is ad free. It also supports online commerce, if you’re interested in selling your products through your website.

Check it out at http://www.smallbusiness.officelive.com.

For great tips and conversation about running a small business website, join the community over on the Office Live Page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/officelive.

Cheers,
Kate
MSFT Office Live Outreach Team

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The best way to make money online without spending a penny is through get paid to programs(get paid to read email ,get paid to do surveys etc) A lot of them are scams . But in my blog I have listed the most legitimate and trusted programs . You can contact me for any other question.

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The most effective way to advertise on the Internet is to first set up a website and publish its domain name on major search directories such as Google.com, Yahoo.com [at http://www.google.com/addurl/?… And MSN.com since 85% of Internet shoppers rely on these search directories to provide them with goods and services. In a sense, these search directories are a very large Internet Yellow Pages.

Nevertheless, should your website or opening webpage fail to contain “generic” keywords, then anyone using such “generic” queries will not be able to discover your website. Your domain name [URL] of your website, in a sense, will be invisible, undiscoverable.

You may want to consider some simple algorithms which, when observed and committed in designing of a website with placement of various critical metatags that can surely achieve a high search engine presence and increase Internet traffic to your website. These metatag strategies work well with published webpages at Google and Yahoo.

Design: Should you create an extensive Flash-based website, make sure to fill-in the property entries such as the Title, Description and Keywords. Failing to do so, leaves no hard HTML or ALT resource that can be readily indexed by search robots. Also consider the Internet audience and their incoming setup. For example, if they are on analog/dialup, Flash webpages take too long to load up and therefore analog users will likely lose interest and discontinue entering the Flash site. On the other hand, anyone on hi-speed DSL lines, will welcome Flash pages which load quickly. So before designing a pure Flash websitge, ask the simple question, “Who’s my end user – is he on dialup or DSL?” And if you had to choose between these two users for maximum marketability, then select analog users since 80% of most resident users are still analog Internet subscribers and pure HTML designed webpages is best for them.

A non-Flash-based website which relies on hard text, is far easier to be indexed by search robots. Limit the use of stylized text saved as .gifs since as a graphic, they are not indexable by search robots.

Avoid use of frames since any number of search robots are unable to properly classify textual material.

Placement of Metatags:

A ranking or search order does take place with Google and Yahoo and it begins with the “Title” metag which should consist of no more than 65 characters separated by commas. The “Title” should describe in generic terms, the goods and services, followed by a location from which the resource is located, i.e., city, state. The placement of a domain name which is not generic within the “Title” is not appropriate, unless your domain name is a major recognizable brand name.

The second metatag is the “Description” which is usually 25-30 words to form a complete sentence which best describes one’s goods and services.

And the very last category – “Keywords” are also somewhat limited to 15-16 words which can be plural and compound in nature. Again, avoid multiple entries which could be mistaken as “spamdexed entries” which is defined as the loading, and submission of repetitive words into a particular metatag category. “Spamdexing” when discovered on a webpage and reported to Google’s spamreport.com can result in the elimination of your website from their search directory.

Here’s an example of a very highly-placed website on Yahoo.com: Begin with the search query “pizza downtown los angeles.” It will bring up some 1.4 million+ websites as results. Check out where “Pizza Next Door” is ranked. It’s in the Top Five! Again, Pizza Next Door’s high web presence was achieved by proper web design and placement of relevant metatags according to Yahoo’s publication guidelines.

Good luck!

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One of the simplest ways to do this is by going to www.godaddy.com and doing a domain search.
You will be able to check as many domain names as you like. Some quick tips are that dot com’s are preferred and you should try and keep the domain as short as possible.

Once you find the domain you want you can purchase it right from GoDaddy and they host it there. This is only the first step, you still need an affiliate website to promote or one of your own for the domain you chose to point to.

There are other services out there such as hostgator as you become more advanced and find yourself buying a lot of domains.

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Please find another job interview. That’s HORRIBLE!

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Yessss.. Way too low… I use to do 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 and I was paid $32,000 a year…. I am well beyond that now in another field but you sure expect a lot of organizational skills and management expertise for such a low salary. I wouldn’t even apply.

Good luck

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That “package” is called a “Corporate Identity.”

Depending on the company, this work can cost from tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands.

I don’t know you. I don’t know your work or experience and I certainly don’t know the client.

I wouldn’t start the work for less than ten grand, but this price level may not be appropriate for you or your client. For example, if you have never done a “package” of this extent before and if you client is just some local small business trying to get started. But if this is some huge multinational corporate giant and you have the experience and chops (skills), even if you have never done a complet corporate identity before, they should expect to pay a LOT more. (general rule of thumb: The greater your impact your work has, the more people it is intended to reach, the higher the cost should be to do the work)

Figure out what your “hourly rate” is worth. Then, for this project, estimate how long it will take to do the work. Then DOUBLE it. It ALWAYS takes longer than you think it will. Trust me. The bigger the project, the more that can go wrong. Figure that, even if you only have to DO the logo one time, (in a vector graphic so it can be scaled up or down to any size) you STILL have to place it in the layouts for EACH of those documents and applications. It takes TIME to properly layout a business card. It takes time to place a logo and address and typeset an envelope, letterhead and all those other pieces of paper. It takes TIME to convert the logo and sig to a web version. It takes TIME to layout a brochure an burn a master CD.

And, with all this going on, the client is going to want approval steps, make changes and you’ll have a certain amount of rework to do, based on his changes and to fix some of your own mistakes.

Especially in freelance graphic design, time really DOES equal money. Give yourself a generous time estimate and then, like I said, double it. THAT is how much you quote your client and how you structure your contract. (you BETTER get this down in writing, along with a firm deadline and payment structure, over yours and the client’s signature) That way, if the client makes any MAJOR changes, you renegotiate the contract. (wouldn’t you HATE to be 90% done and then the clients wants to change the logo?)

Most of my contracts are written as an hourly rate with my time estimate. Since I double my estimated time, I almost ALWAYS come in on time and under budget. That way, I often give the client the pleasant surprise of an invoice much lower than the price he expected and I still get paid for every hour I work. Everybody’s happy.

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Is this resume to be posted on the internet or printed. On the internet, this is easy to do with CSS.

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A website is a great way to market your product. It’s an awesome way to get exposure and can help you establish your business. Microsoft Office Live Small Business provides low cost websites with a lot of great features including email and shopping carts. Our website builder is template based so you will not have to know any code and hosting can cost as little as $15 a year.

Check out some success stories at http://smallbusiness.officelive.com/en-US/customer-gallery

Good luck!
Andy
MSFT Office Live Outreach Team

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Presumably you’d need a lot of money to get it started, as most computer hardware items are really expensive. Then, you’d need to find a way to get discounted prices or something to make money on sales (marking up item prices won’t let you succeed). That, or you can try selling pre-assembled machines at a slight markup, say 20% over the cost of the individual items. Try doing some research, check Google, AMD, nVidia, Intel, etc. Hopefully you can find some better information than this out there. Also, try posting this in a business-related section. Good luck!

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You have to go to profile and then delete acount and confirm

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It’s called Hot Shot Business. It’s by Disney. Have fun 🙂

http://disney.go.com/hotshot/hsb2/index.html

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Go to the windows firewall. First mark your network as home/office, then opent the ports needed for your games

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I wondered the same thing, lmk if you find somthing

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The IRS and your state websites are good places. You can also try your local SBDC (Small Business Development Council) website. They will hook you up with a councilor that can help you with details specific to your locality.

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All the previous answers are correct. However, here is a move now going through the Federal government to allow each state to collect sales taxes on internet purchases. Right now, you only charge sales tax to residents who live in a state where you have a physical business presence.

If the law goes through, that will change. Most likely, you’ll be paying each state sales tax in relation to the residence of the customer. Customer lives in PA, you’ll have to pay PA sales tax for that customer’s purchase. Customer lives in CA, you’ll have to pay CA for that customer’s purchase.

Creates a real nightmare for online businesses which is why a lot of small business organizations are fighting against it.

Tony

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What kind of show? For most businesses you do need a license. Check out The Small business administration and ask questions there. I work with a company from home and we do not need a license and that is because we are independent contractors WITH THE COMPANY. We work for ourself, but we do not need a license. So, because you are starting your own business outside of a company I would think so.

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1. You must charge PA sales tax to residents of Pennsylvania and anyone who purchases (picks up) goods you sell inside the boundaries of the state.

If you are mailing goods to an address outside of the state you do not have to charge PA sales tax. (In theory the recipient of the goods is supposed to pay a use tax to the state they live in — but that is not your concern.)

You must contact the office of the secretary of state in Harrisburg and obtain a license which will entitle you to collect sales tax on behalf of the state and to conduct a business in the state.

Depending on the laws in the township you will be doing business in you may be required to obtain some kind of license. (Just ask at the township building.)

You do not have to pay sales tax on purchases YOU make in Pennsylvania providing that the goods being purchases are either being used as component parts of what you sell or are being resold by you. (You may be required to show or send in a copy of your license to prove you are legitimate.)

You do not have to pay sales tax on goods you purchase out of state and have shipped or mailed to you in Pennsylvania.

If you personally pick up goods in another state you probably will have to pay their local sales tax.

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Yes you’re legally required to get a sales tax license from CA, collect the tax and remit it to CA.

If you don’t, when you get caught, you’ll have to pay the sales tax out of your own pocket that you should have collected, plus interest and penalties. Don’t go there.

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Proprietorships do not need agents, only corporations do.

What biz do you wish to start? IT “Might” be better to skip the municipal paperwork
for now, and just “open shop” and sell your services……….and when you are
pocketing $2k a mo, then get your license and tell them that you are opening that day.

Can advise further

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There are many reasons why people change their names, including your reason. The Social Security Administration can also provide you with a new ss number if you provide them with evidence showing that you are being harassed or abused or your life is in danger.

The court costs vary from state to state. You can change your entire name or just part of it. You can find the forms for name changes at http://www.legalformsbank.biz/namechange.asp .

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Hey,
I found a great website that sells really good quality clip in hair extensions http://www.hairextensionstore.biz
I got the 21″ clip in human hair extensions and i absolutely adore them…they ship to canada too cause my friend just got some and shes from Toronto. ( i live in USA)
The 21″ is like 120grams of hair…so its ALOT of hair, im sure your gonna love them 🙂
Enjoy, and let me know how you like them…

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Job-search-tips.awardspace.biz – I used this site. You can compare such online job offers here.

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To advertise your site you could get Yahoo ads, Google ads or dannysdirect.co.uk. They cost 10p(20c) per click apart from Danny’s Direct which costs $125 per quarter this targets UK buyers. To have a entire page on dannysdirect.co.uk it will cost $1000 per quarter but you’ll get 1000s of visitors maybe more as they advertise.

Google and Yahoo are the giants in this but they charge more $0.20 per click can easily turn into a few hundred dollars real fast as there are millions of users!

By the way on your homepage you spelt global wrong ‘Welcome to Christian’s Gobal Enterprise’

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A financial services marketing company seeks out prospects for financial services. That could be done through direct mail, researching public records and telephone solicitations. They then sell the “leads” that are developed to providers (sellers) of financial services.

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You are not wrong.

Hire people in Slovakia. 20k per year for a professional hire..

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If you’re in the UK, check out the Direct Marketing Association and use a company that’s registered with them. They also have an annual show usually in Earls Court or Olympia, which is worth going to for shopping around and meeting some of the companies that provide lists.

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Hey True,
I’ve been researching this company for a few weeks now and all I can come up with is good stuff. It’s a relatively new product with new flavors still coming out. It’s an all natural energy drink. What sets this company apart from any other energy drink company out there is their marketing. They have an unusual comp plan than will make it easier for more people to make money and they are going to be teaming up with Facebook. So, as far as I can tell: good product, good comp plan, excellent endorsement by Facebook. Sounds like a winner to me. It will be key to get on a winning team though. For more info:
http://www.efusjonenergyclub/flv/overview.html
http://www.efusjontrain.com

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You will need to fill out a schedule c. That is where you report the cost of goods sold, the income you made and how much product you have left. I would claim the income on my 1099 and anymore that you might have from this business. All a 1099 is what they(the co.) has pd you. They do not know what you spent or made elsewhere. You can look up instructions for a schedule c on IRS.gov. Type schedule c in the key words box.

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I use Vista Print for all of my business needs. They always offer free products, you just pay for shipping. I have always had a great experience with the company. Check them out

http://www.vistaprint.com/frf?frf=117047566194

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Yes, there are sites that will do that, but if the cost is significantly less than a local print shop, chances are there will be advertising on the back of the card. Check it out carefully … Nothing says “cheap” more than passing out a card that has advertising for someone else on it.

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You may want to look into an online company called Nebs. They do raised print business cards. Or, you may have to try a local print shop.

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It depends on whether the card is completely tied to the business. Most business credit card contracts have some small print where the owner of the company signs personal resposibility if the card is defaulted on. The payments themselves are not reflected on your personal credit rating however if you default it could hit your personal rating. Check your original contract to see if they had a personal clause.

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Vista print has the best
I bought 1000 for under 50 dollars.

Jeff
referring travel agent
www.sailortravel.com

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It is a very important question: The Market Research.

Most people start a product before knowing their targeted market problems.

I’ll be looking for questions, problems, wants, needs and topics that
show a lot of activity.

To find people’s problems, here are the main resources you should use:

– Search Engines
– Forums
– Newsgroups

Identify the problems that people have in your niche, then create a product.

You must search for questions like:

* How do I ____

* Where can I ____

* Why the heck cant I ____?

Once you find an answer, you can start brainstorming a product creation idea.

I would suggest you to create an info product (Audi, video or Ebook).

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Well posting this question my attract people haha. I would say word to mouth is the best thing though. If someone joins and likes it, they will tell people they know.

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Make a list of sites that attract would-be entrepreneurs and those looking to make money from home. Search for keywords such as “home business” or “business opportunities” or “business ideas” — then make a list of those sites. My site for example attracts a lot of bizopp advertisers because my site attracts the type of customers they want

Then check with Adwords and other pay per click marketing. Be careful though as it can get expensive.

Check print publications such as Entrepreneur Magazine, as they always have bizopp ads because they reach the type of customers you want.

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There’s an excellent marketing forum called the Warrior Forum (warriorforum.com). It’s free and it’s a gold mine of information and helpful people.

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Join the warrior forum at warriorforum.com and post a joint venture request.

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It’s always easier to sell to a pre-warmed customer, that is, someone who’s ready to buy. Prospecting is much harder. However, there are one or two things that can make it easier.

Referrals from existing customers are good. Ask who they know who’d also benefit from what you provide. One of the best times to ask is when they’ve just taken delivery of their software. Always ask for 3 referrals. That way you should get at least one.

Go to business networking events and build relationships with your fellow networkers. Tell them about the sort of companies you’d like to be put in touch with and ask who they have in their network that fulfils those criteria. You can also join online networking groups like Linked In and Ecademy.

When you’re cold calling and they say that it’s not the right timing, ask when they’re likely to be thinking about doing something about it. Make a note to call them back and make sure you follow up. Even when people say they’re going to buy something in the next 6 months, they often haven’t done anything within a year. By being in regular contact, your company will be the one that they think of when they’re ready.

Does your website capture people’s names and e-mail? Offer them a free report in exchange for their details. That way you build a database of potential customers. You can send them further e-mails and follow those up with telephone calls. Your free report should be something that gives them useful information. Avoid making it a plug for what you do.

Good luck!

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Some should be a separate schedule C such as peform sitting services OK.
Online sales surveys etc.should be another schedule C.
Scrap metal sales might need to be a separate schedule C depending on how big of business operation it would be OK.
Or just choose to combine them all on one schedule C and call it what ever you would choose to at that time in your life OK.
Miscellaneous income from all sources of income from my daily written receipt book and all of my 1099s combimed and added together for this tax year OK.
That should take care of all of them RIGHT.
Only one schedule SE would be required to report the NET PROFIT from all of the different types of your buisness operations and determine the total amount on your self employment taxes social security taxes for the tax year during the tax filing season for that pupose and time in your life.
Hope that you find the above enclosed information useful. 05/04/2013

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How effective this will be depends a great deal on the nature of the product or service. I’ve been in several “plans” and my dad was in Amway, always having meetings. I’ve still got a firm belief that there are GREAT benefits to this type of structure and that it is not necessarily a “scheme”. For example, isn’t it better to reward distributors instead of giving millions of dollars to advertising companies? I’d rather see the “underdog” rewarded for loyalty to a brand or product, than billions going to the next thing about to interrupt my favorite TV program.

The key, and the greatest potential flaw, is that the distributors/affiliates have proper training, especially in what sales techniques to avoid. For example, a potential downfall to an online business would be your website becoming a well-known source of SPAM as money-hungry affiates start promoting the product in all the most inappropriate, off-topic places.

This is true in the real world too. How many people have gone to Amway or Tupperware parties just to support their friend, and then avoid future contact because you know it will end in some sort of sales pitch? Word of mouth is great, but not if it turns distributors into some sort of social paria. I’ve actually seen Amway leaders telling new distributors that if their friend isn’t interested in a better life through their business opportunity, then they shouldn’t waste time with that friend anymore. Sounds more like a cult than a business to me.

So on to some actual TIPS…

Make sure that, after all the commissions and multi-level rewards, you still have a product that, at the stated retail price, is something viable that a consumer would buy even if they were not interested in “joining the business”. Because this is one area where many MLM plans have a bad reputation.

Then there’s the promise of income. People join because they see this neat structure where they tell 5 friends and THEY tell five friends and they tell THEIR five friends, then wow! That’s 5 x 5 x 5 or 125 customers already! When THEY tell 5 friends that makes 625. Pretty soon if you go down deep enough in the structure you’re getting commissions on millions of sales.

There is only one problem with that economic model… Pretty soon you will run out of people, because (thankfully) we don’t breed that fast.

One solution to this, which I plan on implementing in an affiliate system (I’m a web programmer) is a way to turn the structure on it’s head. Have release dates for new products, and when a new product comes out, the LAST people to join are given the FIRST opportunity to sign on to the new product. In effect, each product has it’s own unique MLM plan attached. I’m not sure how workable this will be, but the complexity should not be too much to handle when the whole thing is computer-automated.

So to sum up (for now), it seems that the ideal product for this would be one that had an extremely low production and distribution cost (downloadable online software or web access for example), something that could generate REPEAT as opposed to ONE-TIME sales, and that could still be sold at a competitive, even bargain, price, such that closing a sale would be almost a no-brainer.

I’d love to expand on this already somewhat-lengthy answer with anyone who has an interest. See my Yahoo Group, MLM Strategies…

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Here are some common jobs that a CIS (or equivalent) graduate could apply and qualify for:

Computer Technician – Works on computer hardware at user location or in service center. (entry level IT Job)
Service Center Coordinator – Schedules the repair of user community computers, orders spare parts, schedules staff, establishes priorities, maintains loaner laptops and non-US laptops for travel outside of US.
Help Desk Staff – answer questions and resolve problems for the user community. (entry level IT Job – Tier 1 support)
Storage Administrator – in charge of mass storage servers and devices.
Network Administrator – Works on routers, switches, hubs, cables, load balancers and all the other hardware that handles LAN and WAN network traffic. Also, may be responsible for IP phone service.
Systems Administrator or Systems Engineer- Works with servers, laptops and desktop computers to keep them free of problems and secure the data they contain. Responsible for Security group creation and memberships, server patching, anti-virus protection updates, password changes and any automated mechanisms that make these changes. These positions may be divided into server and desktop teams. Tier 2 support.
Enterprise Administrator – Handles Enterprise support and design issues. Tier 3 support.
Active Directory Administrator – Designs and administers Active Directory infrastructure, AD policies, access permissions, roles, group policies, separation of duties.
Exchange and Messaging Administrator – maintains mail systems servers, other mail related devices and the company messaging infrastructure.
Backup Administrator – Maintains backup devices and determines backup strategies so data that was deleted accidentally or intentionally can be recovered. Design and control how and when data is backed up, where the backups are stored and how long the backups are retained. They will test to be sure backups are valid and usable.
Disaster Recovery Specialist – Plans for disaster events so the company data and infrastructure can be brought back online as quickly as possible after a fire, flood, earthquake, terrorism or other disaster event. Plans for failover of services to alternate locations, if the primary location is not available.
Database Administrator – Maintains the company databases which may include customer and sales records, billing information, inventory and other data.
Computing Security Specialist – A company’s biggest asset is its data and the Computing Security Specialist will work to try to keep that data protected from loss. They may be dealing with and defending against viruses, hoaxes, malware, keyloggers, phishing attacks, internal attacks and domestic and foreign intrusion. Develops monitoring and interception systems, filters and strategies and works with appropriate government agencies.
Ethical Hacker – performs intrusion and vulnerability testing of systems. Works with Computing Security to insure intrusion prevention systems are working correctly.
Corporate IT Acquisition Specialist – Works with acquired outside companies to establish migration into the corporate computing infrastructure.
Data Center Administrator – Maintains the data center facilities where the company’s servers and other devices reside. They are responsible for physical security and may review badge reader and camera information to be sure that only individuals with proper access are getting close to the company’s servers and other critical devices. Also, maintain backup power devices (UPS or generators).

In a small business the list of jobs above might be performed by one or two people doing all these jobs. In a large Enterprise environment this could be hundreds of people.

Best wishes!

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The consulting companies noted in other responder answers aren’t necessarily innovative, but they do help companies market and strategize products and service offerings. In terms of “revolutionizing” an industry or how a product is brought to market, the following entities come to mind:

Applied Minds (Glendale, CA)
A think tank and innovention company, noted for their speech scrambler product (Babble), an online search and collaborative system (Metaweb), and other innovations.
Http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67951,00.html?tw=wn_story_top5
http://www.appliedminds.com

idealab (Pasadena, CA)
These people are best known as a startup incubator and venture capitalist firm. You might be familiar with some of their current and previous holdings such as: Commission Junction, Cooking.com, Tickets.com, NetZero/United Online, WeddingChannel.com, ClearMesh Networks, or Evolution Robotics.
Http://www.idealab.com

General Electric (multi-industry, diversified products)
http://www.ge.com/en/company/companyinfo/innovation/index.htm

3M (also known for product innovation)
http://www.3m.com/about3M/pioneers/innovChron.jhtml

Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
http://web.mit.edu/deshpandecenter/about.html

NASA Commercial Technology Program
This focuses on the transfer of NASA technology to the private sector, benefiting global competition and the economy. The resulting commercialization has contributed to the development of commercial products and services in the fields of health and medicine, industry, consumer goods, transportation, public health, computer technology, and environmental resources.
Http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/

Reader’s Digest runs a story every year about the 100 best innovations. You can read more about this here:
http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=26486

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It might have to with who you use for phone service. I suggest you get a small ad in the yellow pages. You design it once and can renew forever. Plus people will be able to find you on the Internet yellowpages aswell.

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At&t has a 800 number plan. I have heard it works for overseas customers too. But you could check it out at www.at&tplans.com

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So they can ensure a customer for the time agreed to, and they create consequences for stopping the contract. Even homeowners/property managers will do that with leases. It’s for business security I suppose. Like, If AT&T had a bunch of towers in a certain area down, month to month individuals would be more likely to bail and find a carrier that has better service, that contracted customers, who will likely wait the problem out.

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Currently, the best way to do that is to use a VoIP phone service like packet8 or Phonepower. But, you need a decent internet connection for that, and you need to make sure you hook the phones into the router ahead of the computers, so that they get access to the bandwidth they need first.

If you don’t have access to high speed internet service, then you are going to want to buy into a service like eVoice, that lets you manage your office through virtual numbers. They are currently offering a free 6 month trial.

I currently run my office with multiple MagicJack accounts that have tollf ree numbers ringing to them. It’s dirt cheap, and the service is great.

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Cingular has at least 3 different types of cellular modem cards:
http://business.cingular.com/businesscenter/solutions/wireless-laptop/modem-cards.jsp
I think two of them are regular PCMCIA cards (for somewhat older laptops) and the last is the new PCI-Express type. (I think it’s called an ExpressCard.)

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Every site owner wants SEO, and it’s a pretty complex topic that site owners don’t understand, so I think a lot of SEO specialists overcharge (because they can get away with it). Check out MadBeeTech SEO at http://seo.madbeetech.com/. They’ve got some of the lowest priced packages that I’ve seen. Check out their home page for a good explanation of SEO in general.

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Expect that you will be asked questions about real estate and be sure to read news and articles about the trends in the market as well.

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Good for u

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Why you need a webhosting company with Internet Marketing expertise

You don’t! You need a webhosting company that is legit, not offshore, fast speed, reliable service, limited downage, 24/7 support. These are requirements, asking a webhost about Internet Marketing is like going to the dentist to have your blood taken….If you could elaborate a bit more on this vauge question, I would be happy to tell you more.

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It is always difficult to find SEO for really small businesses because good SEO companies are very costly – the SEO consultants are no lesser. You can definitely find a lot of people claiming themselves as “SEO Experts” and would probably be ready to work for peanuts but in most cases these people would do more harm to your site than any good.

I worked with a guy in Kolkata who taught me some good SEO stuff, you can try contacting him. He is a professional SEO consultant and works for various big companies but do provide some free tips if you would request. Also his blog is well rated among SEO consultants in India and has good stuff that might be helpful. Check his blog http://seo-kolkata.blogspot.com and request for some tips or you can try to hire him ( not sure of affordability though) that might be of help.

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I think the best thing to do is to consult a lawyer dealing in cyber business. To my knowledge there is no legal formalities to be done just to get started. I say this because when you start selling something on the net you will have to get a platform for yourself, i.e. Either through a blog or through some auction sites like ebay. So you will be registering your information about yourself there. However it would always be good to register a firm / company to protect yourself from unnecessary hassles later on.

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Online business is tough all over the world..
Best to study your own country and market and see what people could do online ..

Good luck and have a great day ..
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Online advertising. :] And talk to you people you know who might be interested, or in a position where they could help you.

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You may need to check with the laws and regulations in Australia particularly since you are a student who are going in with a student visa. Websites cited below for your reference. Then again, what’s stopping you from running an online business in your home country but controlling it in Australia? Hope this helps.

Tyler

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Hi

Yes, you need a license.
Why, cause when you ship the product to the customer you will have to mention the name. You can’t always send with a personal name. You have to have a business name, to have a business name you need to register.

You can start with a proprietor registration.

If you need any help on you online clothes website, I would be glad to help you.
Www.etss.in I have a very strong technical team to get the work done right.

For free consultation email me at nayeemsiddiqui@yahoo.com
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Regards
Nayeem

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Create aq blog and publisize your adds in social networking sites fr that u can read myblog http://trafficmakingways.blogspot.in/

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They sent me the same thing and I received a call from a lady named Wendy she told me I should hear from a a&r soon so I’m just waiting to see what happens.

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Whats this game? Where can i find it? Please send me the link.

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Cost free are always the best….

Here’s a few ideas:
1)Write articles and submit them to article directories
2)Learn SEO (online and offline)
3)Exchange links with other people in your same niche
4)Start building a list and email them regularly
5)Write a free report and make it rebrandable
6)Create a myspace profile and join as many groups as possible and start adding friends then you can post bulletins, and make comments on high profile myspace sites (actors, bands,etc)….
7)Pick one of these and do it until you see results or you’ll see minimul results all the way around
8)Use PLR articles in your niche, or other niches and inadverently [sic] add your links within either articles or blog posts (make it make sense)

That should keep you busy and I should charge you for all that actually……
Enjoy!

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Who is your web audience?
Before you create a single web site design THINK about your audience. Who will come to this site? Once there, what do you want them to achieve. Why will their life be better because they found your great web site? There are some important general truths any web designer must recognize such as:

No one has any time any more.
Simple is better than complex.
Everything you do influences your visitors (EVERYTHING).
Occam’s Razor can’t be used too much (when in doubt cut again).
You have seconds to capture attention possibly for a lifetime or five seconds.

Prework is important. Think about beautiful things you like and who will be visiting your site.

Http://scenttrail.blogspot.com/2009/07/five-web-site-design-tips-golden.html

Jere answers:

I really like the flame top. That’s just my personal preference. Some of the cheaper Epi Les Pauls don’t have an arched top. Also the cheaper models have low end pickups. I’d probably spend the extra money because it sounds like that’s what you want.
Here’s a site that has a bunch of Les Pauls new and used: http://www.meanstreak.biz

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A; there is no such thing as a wresting biz; I think you mean wresting school And there are
2 types of wresting [from an old expert of the Greek type], GREEK and TV –which
have nothing to do with each other.

B; if you wish to just have people wrestle in a building, you have to figure out if you can
draw –ticket paying viewers. IF you can afford to pay rent or buy a building and
you have no desire to earn any profit, no problem. BUT few people try to open a TV type
wresting school cause it is both fake and fixed. It is pure entertainment…….and not
every wrestler makes it beyond 1 or 2 matches……..

I can guide you but i need more data

Jere answers:

Hello. I’ll give you two pieces of advice for starting an online business.

1. You can check out this great blog that offers tons of useful advice on the subject. It doesn’t sell anything, it doesn’t cost anything… It’s just free information:
http://www.runningonlinebusiness.com/

2. Check out this online business opportunity where you can sell your own health and beauty products: http://www.mlnks.com/biz.php

Hope this helps!

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Jere answers:

Try out Hibachi San in Atlantic City. Read the reviews here:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/hibachi-san-atlantic-city

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It is professional and covers most things. It is a bit “formal”. Like you used a Resume Service to guide you.
If this doesn’t work, try a more personal cover letter that sounds just like a real letter that you would write to a friend … To remind them of your qualifications if they were opening a business..

Jere answers:

Seems pretty straightforward…I recommend googling each segment and learning what they mean..then just provide examples…its seems like they want you to create a focus test group..possibly surveys etc..but you must segment them..into pricing…or type..and then ofcourse demographic…email me if you need more help.

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Parties That Swing (Rock)
Not Just A Party…An Event
Drop Dead Fabulous
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Jere answers:

I would say that’s a great idea – especiallly if you’re in a college town – where lots of laundry customers will be college-aged kids (who are also the demo who’d be drawn to “green” thing)

I would make sure your marketing directly hits to that demo – and don’t fall into the trap many other companies do with their advertising: trying to hit on lots of topics (ex: low price, good location, great service, etc).

Keep your marketing focused on your “green” aspect – and find creative ways of doing it. Plus, direct your marketing to places your demo audience will see it – student newspapers, flyers on campus, etc.

Jere answers:

Hi there,

When planning your Marketing strategy you have to decide on a combination of strategies considering Product, Price, Place, Promotion and direct marketing issues.

When planning your Promotional Strategy you concentrate only in promotional issues i.e. How to introduce and position your product in the minds of your potential customers via Advertising, Sales Promotions, Personal Selling and by creating Publicity.

Theocharis Katranis

http://theos-taekwondo.blogspot.com

Jere answers:

There are two ways onsite SEO and offsite SEO. Onsite is getting your website updated with all your business products and making the keyword title and description of every page relevant to each page. Second is Offsite you can you use social media for that like facebook fanpage and a twitter page and connect it with your main site and products online.

Jere answers:

By CAD I assume you mean Computer Aided Design. The best way to start is dong an apprentiship with a local architect. There are many online training materials for AutoCAD.

Good luck.

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The gov. Web site is www.gov.on.ca then go to start a business at the bottom of the page and just keep on going until you reach the part you want. The cost is 60.00 good luck

Jere answers:

I think that would probably be called wholesaling and a lot of people already do that. You would have to do a lot to get people to know more about your business and sell it at an affordable price for the mass consumers. You should probably get others to help out with your business too. Make sure your merchandise is good quality and not cheap and defective, otherwise that will only hurt you.

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Maybe u can try craigslist.com

Jere answers:

At the risk of sounding flippant, it sounds like you have an internet business IDEA, not a PLAN. If you had a business plan, it would include the actions steps to implement your idea. If you look in my answer Source, you will see the program I used to get a complete A-Z internet marketing education and start one of my online businesses in just one month while working in my spare time.

Good luck!

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Try the following sites.

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According to the book “The ABC’s of Writing Winning Business Plans: How to Prepare a Business Plan That Others Will Want to Read — and Invest In” http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446694150/powerhomebizguid by Garrett Sutton, below are some tips to make a winning business plan that can get funding:

– Money follows management. Investors look first at the people involved in the company. If you are just starting out and don’t have relevant experience, investors expect to see that you have an experienced team of advisors and employees helping you in the business.

– Make sure you “sell” the one reason your business will become profitable.

– State clearly the strategies you will employ to get the word out about your business. Your business plan must show how you will leverage the Internet, public relations, viral marketing, and other strategies to attract customers.

– Present realistic estimates of the time, energy and costs of building a successful business. Do not underestimate or overestimate revenues. While investors know your numbers are simply guesses, they want to see that your numbers are within the “range of reality.” Be careful of your financial statements: this is one area where you can easily lose credibility if presented poorly.

– Benchmark similar companies to show that you’ve done your homework and researched the market.

– Your Executive Summary is your calling card. If it is not a winner, investors may not even read your entire plan. Emphasize your own as well as your team’s track record in the Executive Summary.

– Before sending your business plan to lenders and investors, send it out first to a few in order to get feedback. You’d want to correct your plan if someone tells you that you’re way off mark, rather than have a potential investor tell it to you and lose the chance to get the funding you need.

Here are some resources that can help you write your business plan:

– SBA Business Plan Basics http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
– PowerHomeBiz.com Creating a Business Plan section http://www.powerhomebiz.com/startup/businessplan.htm
– Entrepreneur.com Writing a Business Plan section http://www.entrepreneur.com/bizplan/0,7253,,00.html

You may also want to review some sample business plans to see how it actually looks like:

– Bplans.com http://www.bplans.com/sp/businessplans.cfm
– MOOT Corp Business Plan competition winners
http://www.businessplans.org/businessplans.html
– VFinance – View hundreds of real business plans in pdf format. Http://www.vfinance.com/home.asp?bps=1&ToolPage=bps_main.asp
– Business Owners Toolkit Sample business plans and information on how to create a plan. Http://www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/buspln_m.asp
– PlanWare Planning software and information. Http://www.planware.org/
– Virtual Business Plan Walk through the design of a business plan. Http://www.bizplanit.com/vplan.html
-SBA Business Planning Guide http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
– Small Business Advancement Center http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/business_plan/businessPlan.pdf
– Sample Business Plan General planning guide created by the Canadian Business Service Center. Http://www.cbsc.org/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=CBSC_FE/display&c=GuideFactSheet&cid
– Business Plans Index – A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Http://216.183.184.20/subject/business/bplansindex.html

Some recommended books are :

– Business Plans Kit for Dummies
– The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan
– Writing Business Plans That Get Results : A Step-By-Step Guide
– Business Plans For Dummies®
– Your First Business Plan : A Simple Question and Answer Format Designed to Help You Write Your Own Plan

Jere answers:

As a computer business consultant, I have had the privilege of helping quite a few online companies go through the business plan phase of start up. I recommend this software package from Palo Alto as it does a great job for a do it yourself-er. It has 500 templates to choose from.

They even have state and county wide market research on marinas in your area. Http://www.paloalto.com/market_research/?affiliate=sequimpc

I am making the assumption that if you are going to put out the money to open a marina, $300 is within your budget.

TOP TEN DO’S

1. Prepare a complete business plan for any business you are considering.
2. Use the business plan templates furnished in each session.
3. Complete sections of your business plan as you proceed through the course.
4. Research (use search engines) to find business plans that are available on the Internet.
5. Package your business plan in an attractive kit as a selling tool.
6. Submit your business plan to experts in your intended business for their advice.
7. Spell out your strategies on how you intend to handle adversities.
8. Spell out the strengths and weaknesses of your management team.
9. Include a monthly one-year cash flow projection.
10. Freely and frequently modify your business plans to account for changing conditions.

TOP TEN DON’TS

1. Be optimistic (on the high side) in estimating future sales.
2. Be optimistic (on the low side) in estimating future costs.
3. Disregard or discount weaknesses in your plan. Spell them out.
4. Stress long-term projections. Better to focus on projections for your first year.
5. Depend entirely on the uniqueness of your business or the success of an invention.
6. Project yourself as someone you’re not. Be brutally realistic.
7. Be everything to everybody. Highly focused specialists usually do best.
8. Proceed without adequate financial and accounting know-how.
9. Base your business plan on a wonderful concept. Test it first.
10. Skip the step of preparing a business plan before starting.

Jere answers:

It’s easy. Ffind a bunch of trial lawers that can drive fast. Tell them they get 10 bucks for every person they pick up and drive to the hospital. Watch the money roll in!

Seriously, here is a site that has free business plans you can look at to get an idea.

Http://www.allbusiness.com/business-planning-structures/business-plans/2976247-1.html?yahoo=free+sample+business+plans&OVRAW=free%20business%20plan%20samples&OVKEY=free%20sample%20business%20plan&OVMTC=standard

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Unfortunately the first stap of overthinking your website is often missed. A domain-name is very important but if you want a good service you first need to know what technical demands you’ve got. And to know your technical demands, you have to consider your site thoroughly.

A site idea is how you want your site to be. Consider the groups you target (make a short demographic description including computer skills) for each group. Ask yourself what they want from your site. Next ask yourself what you want from your site: entertain, get them to go to a shop and buy your book or even have an online bookshop. This is very important for how your site is going to be, so take enough time to consider all this.

Once you know how you want your site to be, you start thinking about content. Shortly write the main pages down in keywords: home, about us, downloads etc.

Having an insight in your content it’s time to make up your navigation. Always think of how navigation would be the most logical to you. Ask some friends to check it. They can tell you what is unclear and could be better.

So, you’ve got your idea and content based on your goals and target groups. Here comes te designing process. No need to call a designer yet, just go to globally designing it yourself: how would you like to be your site, from a graphical view. Should the site be a graveyard with the gravestones as navigation or do you prefer a very mysterious site. It depends on your product and information. Check some sites of other companies to get an idea and discuss your own idea’s again with friends (preferebly those who share your interest) as a focus-group. A creative site stays in the mind, so be creative without losing your goals.

Afer you’ve done all this, it is time to find a designer. You’ve prepared yourself, so you can tell him what you want. Ask him/her for an opinion of your thoughts. Maybe your designer comes up with some points you didn’t think about. On base of what you want you designer can tell you what technical demands there are for your site. Most designers can also tell you where you should register or offer hosting themselves.

It’s time for the designer to design and for you to write the actual texts (or if you’re very lucky that’s up to a copywriter). Biggest hint here: people read poorly on the internet. Write down what you want to tell and make a summarized text out of this. No complicated grammar constructions; try to keep the number of words down to 7 per sentence and use as less sentences as possible (be reasonable here though). Note that this is a general pointer. An article from a magazine is something very different ofcourse.

Some other general pointers:
* Don’t go online to hasty. If you do, you’ll encounter big problems or your site needs rebuilds every 2 months.
* Nothing as irritating as an ‘under construction’ message.
* Look into the future: how do you expect your site to grow.
* Forbid your designer to use flash. It’s fancy, but not everyone has got it. Only use it if it’s /really/ needed for your site.
* Make sure your site is readable to everyone.
* Don’t forget to tell search engines where to find you
* Update your site on a regular base and make sure never to have got really outdated information on your site.

Luckily my answer to your second question is shorter: there’s no need to get your designer to update your site, you can do this yourself if you learn some basic html-codes. I would suggest you ask your designer to make a combination mysql/php-site for you, which is easy maintainable. For big changes on your site a designer is needed though.

Jere answers:

The Government has created a portal to help individuals who need benefits because of life events. Visit http://www.govbenefits.gov

Use the drop down button
DO YOU NEED BENEFITS BECAUSE OF A LIFE EVENT?
Choose the life situation best applicable to you and then see if you qualify for the available government assistance.

It is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK – lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.

Nonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov – these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.

Even if you buy books on “how to get grants” or list that supposedly has information on grants — all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same – hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.

Even SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html…

“The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments.”

Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. Minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT – Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women’s Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women’s business center that will train women entrepreneurs

For private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center’s Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It’s a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for “students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices.” Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don’t have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.

Jere answers:

Check out
http://www.digital-women.com

Rebecca’s site is chock full of information – including an amazing resource book filled with wholesaling resources – where you can find just about everything under the sun to buy at wholesale and then sell retail.

Also, don’t forget to check with your local business licensing department, to find out if there is a special license or other regulations you’ll need to follow – and they can give you solid advice about how to get started.

Check out your local Chamber of Commerce – not only can they be a great asset for getting started and getting the word out, but they can probably point you in the right direction of other sources.

If you have more questions, the SBA is a great resource – and you can even get answers to your questions from the website, find samples of business plans and much, much more. ( http://www.sba.gov )

Need the advice of an experienced clothing store exec? Check out SCORE – you can find an expert who was in your line of work, and they’ll answer your questions and help you for free. ( http://www.score.org )

MicroMentor is another great resource that offers free mentors to small business people. ( http://www.micromentor.com )

Check out the resources available at your local library – especially in the reference section. You’ll find trade and special industry magazines, catalogs and much, much more.

Your local Small Business Development Center, Women’s Small Business Development Center or local Economic Development Office can offer advice, information, resources, training and much more.

The U.S. Goverment Federal Trade Commission does much more than protect consumers from fraud. Check out their Website.

Join online and offline industry or networking groups in your field. They can provide valuable advice, information and share insider’s tips for your success – plus it helps not to feel like you’re alone!

Your local Job Service or Workforce Development office can provide information about demographics, plus answer all your questions about hiring employees, taxes and insurance you’ll have to pay.

Talk to an insurance agent who specializes in your type of business. They are often “in the know” and can be a fountain of great information.

Good luck!

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You can only send to a maximum of 100 addresses at a time and no more than 50 to the same domain IE: @yahoo.com…. This is to prevent SPAMMERS from overdoing it… This includes any CATEGORY you formulate to make it easier sending to multiple addresses. If more than one CATEGORY the total of BOTH cannot exceed the restrictions.

If you want to hide all addresses from one another put 100 in the BCC line and put NOTHING in the TO line … Recipients will see UNDISCLOSED RECIPIENT in the TO line which does not effect anything…

You will know when you have reached your limit when you receive notification from Yahoo advising you have reached your limit…When this happens you may have to wait a half hour or so before you can continue sending messages with many email addresses…Normally, after receiving this notification you can still send emails with messages containing only a few email addresses..
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Without knowing more about your specific situation, my general recommendation would be to get your 1,200 people to join a Yahoo group. They have to join, but once they’re on, then a) you won’t be accused of spamming, and b) you’ll know that they actually want to get whatever it is you’re sending.

If you absolutely cannot ask them to take action to “sign up” for your email, then you should check with your ISP for mailing solutions, or look for mailing list providers that don’t require double opt in. You do run the risk of being labeled a spammer, though, if you go this route.

Or, of course, you could send a lot of individual emails, by hand.

Though you’ll still run the risk of being called a spammer.

Jere answers:

It is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business (they perpetuate the myth so you will buy their books or pay for their grant application services – even if they know you won’t qualify).

Nonetheless, you can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov – these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support a for-profit venture.

Even if you buy books on “how to get grants” or list that supposedly has information on grants — all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently. But still the info is the same – hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.

Even SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html…

“The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments.”

Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. Minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT – Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women’s Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women’s business center that will train women entrepreneurs

For private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center’s Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It’s a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for “students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices.” Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don’t have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.

Jere answers:

Hello Cliff

You can run your business as a sole trader, which makes you personally liable for everything that happens in your company. It may be worth thinking about setting up a limited company. It doesn’t cost a lot – under £100 – and gives you more protection.

As Grandad Jim says, you need to notify HMRC within 3 months of setting up.

Think carefully about the terms and conditions of your supplier in China. What’s the minimum quantity they supply – usually it’s a container load? How and when do you have to pay them – this affects your cashflow? What happens if there’s any faulty merchandise? What’s the order lead time? If you’re running low on stocks, how quickly can you restock?

Business Link is definitely worth talking to. They have a lot of free information on imports and exports and usually have an advisor who specialises in it. The UK Trade and Investment people are helpful, too.

Good luck!

Rosemary

Jere answers:

It can be ranged from US$0.5 – $0.50 dending to the quality and quanity. Wholesale bulk are much cheaper. Do some research first by checking out some companies locally or from China. Ebay or Amazon are good places for research as well.

Hope this helps.

Jere answers:

You also need import/export licence ,marketing licence and foreign beneficiary application form.
Your national Internal Affairs or Consumer Advice Office should be able to help.
Try also www.customerled.com

Jere answers:

Any goods that remain in your country will be subject to any duties and taxes. Goods that are just transshipped should not be dutiable IF you have a bonded Customs warehouse. Check with your Customs office to see how to set that up. That would generally be cheaper than setting one up in a different country.

Jere answers:

The easiest way to do this is to simply buy and sell goods that people are selling on ebay, kijiji, craigslist, etc and try to sell them yourself. You just need to do some research and become good at valuing items, so you know when you’ve found a bargain. You can even specialise in a particular type of product – especially products where you already have a hobby or interest.
The other thing you can do is buy whole lots of goods at local (in-real-life) Surplus Auctions – a lot of companies and most municipal governments sell off whole batches of things; e.g. 10 LCD Monitors. You then sell them off individually at a profit.
Good luck

Jere answers:

Actually, you can import or export Excel spreadsheets with most of the major autoresponder companies such as Aweber, Get Response of Email Aces. One problem though is that with Aweber or Get Response you cannot start sending mail to these people unless they re-optin and accept receiving mail from you once again. So if you are a marketer it can be somewhat of a hindrance after already building a list of subscribers else where. But the good news is that Email Aces allows you to import without those repercussions.

You might also check out a company called GoldMail. I’m sure you would find it in a search. It’s a very professional business Email service that could help set you apart from most other companies. Hope that helps.

The Davinator
Viral Marketing Maniac
http://www.luvcomputers.com/blog/

Jere answers:

I’m not exactly sure what you are looking for.

A web-based system that I use is called Vertical Response. It’s not free, but it is very affordable. Vertical Response is a very robust program that allows you to create, distribute, and track the response rates of e-mail campaigns.

Another nice thing about the program, is that it allows you to maintain the look and feel of your current advertising and/or company brand image rather easily.

Vertical Response charges a modest amount per month, plus a set amount for each 100 (I believe) e-mail messages you distribute.

If you are serious about adopting a reliable, robust, easy-to-use program for e-mail marketing, Vertical Response has my highest endorsement.

And, no, I do not work for the company.

Jere answers:

Campaign Monitor is great – easy to use, great analytics and you only pay when you send e-mail out ($5 + $0.01c per e-mail).

Jere answers:

There is no e-mail registry that makes spamming (or marketing) legal.

Jere answers:

The same stuff everyone else uses for that type of stuff.

Office Suite (OpenOffice or MS Office) – Emails

Photoshop/Illustrator/Fireworks/GIMP – Logos, Postcards, other graphics

Jere answers:

No responses here.

Either people are really scared of this firm.
Or, they are so ashamed of their mistake, that they don’t want to have anything to do with this company.

Or, they are not a bogus firm after all.

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Go with the 30 and pay extra principal each month as you are able.

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Here’s one:

“Calif. Slams PacifiCare for alleged claims violations
Posted On: Jan. 29, 2008
By Gloria Gonzalez
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California regulators have assessed a record $3.5 million fine and are seeking up to $1.3 billion in penalties against a UnitedHealth Group Inc. Unit for allegedly violating state regulations governing claims payments.

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has launched an enforcement action against UnitedHealth’s PacifiCare unit in response to market conduct examinations that identified 130,000 alleged violations in the company’s handling of claims and provider data.

Each violation has a statutory penalty up to $5,000 for a nonwillful violation and up to $10,000 for a willful violation—meaning that if all the violations are shown to be willful, the penalty could be as high as $1.3 billion.

The California Department of Managed Health Care assessed a $3.5 million fine, which it said is a state record, and outlined steps PacifiCare must take to correct the claims payment problems, including an independent monitor to oversee changes and additional staff.

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PacifiCare is accused of numerous violations, including: wrongful denial of covered claims, incorrect payment of claims, lost documents including certificates of creditable coverage and medical records, failure to timely acknowledge receipt of claims, multiple requests for documentation that was previously provided, failure to address all issues and respond timely to member appeals and provider disputes, and failure to manage provider network contracts and resolve provider disputes.

The two regulatory organizations launched a joint investigation last year after receiving hundreds of consumer and provider complaints about claims payment problems by PacifiCare, particularly after its December 2005 acquisition by Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth.

In a statement, UnitedHealthcare said the issues were largely administrative- and provider-related and that most have no direct effect on PacifiCare members. The company also attributed some of the issues to a provider network transition that had to be completed six months earlier than anticipated due to the acquisition.

In addition, the company said it has largely resolved processing errors involving point-of-service claims, which were the primary focus on the DMHC examination, and is making good progress on ensuring the timely and accurate resolution of provider disputes.

The company also said it has resolved the majority of the claims payment issues identified by the California Department of Insurance and made systemic changes to help avoid them in the future. It also said it has hired additional staff, including a newly appointed vp of transactions oversight, to oversee its performance.

Meanwhile, the CDI is considering similar broad reviews of other health insurers, although a spokesman declined to identify any insurers. ”
http://www.businessinsurance.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?post_date=2008-01-29&id=12118

Jere answers:

You sound self funded so this will be kind of hard for you.
First you need to analyze your demographic. I don’t know what your book is other than it’s non-fiction and maybe a DIY so it’s hard to help you figure out who to try to sell it to. From there it is easier to figure out your outlets. Lets just say your book is about how to be a better runner. You would probably want to search free demographics online, there are some mediocre sites but you will get a general idea of where to target locally for advertising.
Facebook has a very dynamic advertising system but like all online advertising it is pay by click which can get costly.
Locally, I would recommend placing an ad in you news paper, possibly direct mail (more people read them than you think), and maybe a radio ad since those are relatively cheap and 2 of the 3 deal with print which is obviously a trait of your target market.
I would then suggest trying to get someone (i.e. Newspaper columnist) to review you book and write about it.
Also, you can talk to you local book store owners about advertising, selling through them, and maybe having a book reading or some kind of promotion in the store.
Good Luck!

Jere answers:

Join professional trade organizations, chambers of commerce, BBB, etc.

Build a website and update it frequently.

Market your services online with pay-per-click campaigns.

Use social media, facebook, twitter, etc.

Create a referral program and let your previous/existing customers sell your services and send you leads.

Direct mail still works, buy a targeted list of potential customers and send out a postcard mailer.

Cold call.

Go door to door handing out fliers and business cards.

Use news releases.

Provide free demonstrations.

Use before/after photos of your work in your advertising.