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Hi. I agree that local banks aren’t too fond of giving individuals doing internet business a merchant account with credit card processing features.

I know, I’ve been there. That’s why I went with paypal when I started my online ventures.

But there comes a point in time when your sales will eventually be large enough to make you want to go with your own merchant account credit card processing.

But it’s not a step that should be taken lightly. There are many things to watch out for and you have to be well informed before choosing a company to go with.

For my company, when it was time to take the leap, I first searched online, like google and yahoo, and found a few companies that had great features, and some offered free merchant accounts.

One in particular is http://www.electronictransferservice.com .. Now I’m not recommending that you go with their service, but at this website, I found a lot of information on credit card processing and companies that provide the service.

You should check out their FAQ page, it’s filled with tons of useful information. Another good thing is you can call them and ask questions and get answers from a real live person. That really helped me learn how all this stuff works.

I eventually went with another company, but at least I had the information I needed so I was able to make the best choice for my business. You will have to look into it yourself and figure out what kind of features you want and need.

But one of the main things is fees. You will want to make sure that you don’t get charged excessively, and that is one of the things you will have to make sure you know about, because there’s a lot of fees involved.

But with the right amount of effort and time that you put into your search for the right company, you should have no problems finding one that fits your internet business.

Hope this helps.

Good luck.

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Prolly a start up

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A few free resources – check out the sources box for links:

1) Create a blog pertaining to your field

2) Use Yahoo! Local & Yahoo! Groups – Be sure to read the TOS for each one!

3) Write articles pertaining to your field and/or expertise.

4) Advertise on Craiglist

Also, consider signing up for an affiliate program. These programs enable you to advertise on other’s sites (your affiliates) and once a sale is made to you, your affiliates & the program are paid a commission.

I listed a few handy sites & articles relating to marketing, promotion & advertising. Here are some book titles that are relevant:

* 301 Do-It-Yourself Marketing Ideas: From America’s Most Innovative Small Companies by Sam Decker
* Off The Wall Marketing Ideas: Jumpstart Your Sales without Busting Your Budget by Nancy Michaels, Debbi J. Karpowicz
* Guerrilla Marketing for Free: Dozens of No-Cost Tactics to Promote Your Business and Energize Your Profits by Jay Conrad Levinson
* Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide: Over 1500 Great Marketing Tricks That Will Drive Your Business Through the Roof by James Stephenson

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

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An MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship

no doubt

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To insure that the state does not get you on fictitious business charges and or tax charges.

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Please get a real job.
This stuff will never pay.

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Nowadays computers are used in all types of jobs. If you are MBA or having any management degree or interest you can go for marketing and promoting a business or brand. SEO and internet marketing are also good career option if you have more interest on doing full time work on computers.

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Article marketing, which is also called bum marketing in the online world, is a great way to drive traffic to your site and get backlinks, which are very important as well. Some people think that simply throwing up a random article onto an article directory will do them good, but there are specific things that you need to do with your articles in order to make them profitable.

First, don’t submit your articles to directories that don’t have some sort of Google juice or it will be a waste of your time. Directories like ezinearticles.com and goarticles.com are a good place to start. A page rank of at least 4 or 5 should be a requirement for the articles.

Next, do your research on your keywords. What keywords do you want to be ranked for? You can use Google Adwords tools and other keyword tools to find the best keywords for your site. Optimize your articles for those keywords but don’t have them used more than 2% of the time, or most directories will reject them.

Also, be sure that your article resource box is filled out properly as this is the way that you get backlinks and have people click through to your money site. If you are not a very good writer or it takes you over an hour to write an article, you may want to consider outsourcing your writing to speed up the process and to make your articles sound professional.

Since you are new to online marketing and want to learn more about article marketing, I suggest that you check out www.mattbacak.com for some great information on marketing. He is a skilled veteran in this field and he has some great tips and tricks that he is willing to share to anyone who asks.

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Reasons;

Many are pyramids which offer no product, or an overpriced product.

Spam

People hounding others to join them.

Companies closing up…..so the loyal marketer who built a business is out of luck.

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Myspace.com

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Try going to zlio.com where u can make your own store and they give u clothes and stuff to put in your online store. All u have to do is advertise the store on yahoo or google or any other place. Maybe even out on the street. Also try this website called wikihow or ehow.com and type what you r looking for in the little type box thing and they should tell u how to start an online clothing store. Wikihow will tell u how to do just about anything.

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Grants aren’t hard to FIND, but they can be extremely difficult and time-consuming to GET.

There are essentially only 5 sources for grants. A little known fact it that you do NOT have to be a non-profit to get a grant, regardless of what others tell you … I’ve helped for-profits apply for grants.

Most of the Federal grants are called Small Business Innovation Research grants. These are given primarily for some new innovation. You can find out what’s available at:
http://www.sbirworld.com
There is also info on this site about how to apply.

Some cities offer grants to small businesses if they will locate in the downtown area, for the purposes of building up downtown traffic. Check with your City Hall for details.

There are some Federal government grants for minority businesses. You can find info at:
http://www.mbda.gov

And, there are some minority organizations that provide grants … La Raza and the NAACP sometimes do.
Http://www.nclr.org
http://www.naacp.org

Private companies sometimes help fund start-ups, especially if they think they will see some benefit from it. These are very difficult to find, but can sometimes be the easiest to get.

Finally, private foundations offer grants. You can get a list of most US Foundations and private grant sources at http://www.foundations.org/grantmakers.html.

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Dream Girl, I’m happy that you’re looking to start your own online business but want to warn you that there are a lot of scams out there. I learned a lot about these scams first hand when I was trying to start my online business back in 2003. I would ask you to visit a few sites and learn all you can about dropshipping businesses before you jump in. I’ll give you a couple sites to get you started. First one is http://FreeDropshipInfo.com… They have tips and even a page full of scams to avoid. Second one is http://BuyatDiscounts.com/Marketing/DD_index.asp. There you will find three different ideas on starting a dropship business… Because you can focus on dropshipping through auction websites or you can start your own website and sell useing dropshipping companies. Good luck to you and email me any questions you might have as you move forward with this. I know it’s never easy trying to get a business going.

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There’s a good guide to increase your traffic here: http://traffic-tips-and-tricks.blogspot.com The tips described there are quite simple but very effective.Check out tip number 5, it will help you rank high on search engines in a relatively small amount of time.

And if you’re willing to invest some time into it you should also consider reading the book “Guerrilla Marketing” by Jay Conrad Levinson, it tells you a lot of practical and effective ways to market your business for very little or no money at all.

Hope this is useful.

—

Read my blog
http://thedencorp.blogspot.com/

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One that focuses on entrepreneurship………..it was its own major at the business school i went to

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Use aweber email marketing for this.

You get 100s of templates + can use your own. Costing $1 for 1 st & then $ 19 per month, but much more worth it

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HTML EMail:

How to Code HTML Email Newsletters: http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/code-html-email-newsletters
How to Test Your HTML Email Newsletter Before You Hit Send: http://designfestival.com/how-to-test-your-html-email-newsletter-before-you-hit-send/

How To Code HTML Email Newsletters (All New Version): http://www.reachcustomersonline.com/2010/01/23/09.27.00/
Coding for GoogleMail, LotusNotes, and Outlook 2007: http://www.reachcustomersonline.com/2010/01/23/09.27.00/#step4

How to Create and Send HTML Email: http://www.addme.com/newsletters/issue293.htm

Email Marketing Articles and Guides: http://mailchimp.com/

Fractal: Validate Your HTML/CSS Email Code: http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/fractal-validate-your-html-css/

20 Email Design Best Practices and Resources for Beginners: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/20-email-design-best-practices-and-resources-for-beginners/

Email Templates: http://www.google.com/search?q=email+templates&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Ron

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If you already have a list of subscribers the best thing to do is signup to a hosted email service such as Aweber (http://customemail.aweber.com/) and import the list into it.

I recommended Aweber to all my clients as it is easy to use, has built in templates and will give you stats on who click what links + way more. It is a very comprehensive service that grows as you do. Another thing is that it will automatically manage your unsubscribe list and you can create forms and put them on your website to automatically add users to your list. Honestly I could talk all-day about how good it is. The best thing to to is signup and give it a try, if its not you cancel and try something else. Just get out there and start playing with it.

Hope this Helps

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That’s probably something that would be better started with a phone call. I don’t know that there are templates of letters like this… I don’t think it’s common enough yet.

You would want to call and ask for the marketing manager, and leave a voice mail stating that you want to discuss the domian and url of the web site. Don’t say what you want to discuss in detail – like the actual purchase, but if you just leave your name and number you won’t get a call back.

After discussing it with them on the phone, you will likely exchange contact information including email addresses. If they’re using the domain for their corporate email, then the likelyhood of them selling the domain is very slight. If they’re not, then you need to figure out what’s in it for them to sell it. It likely won’t be profitable for them unless you’re willing to pay a lot for the site.

The emails can be informal until the actual sale comes about. One of you will need to draft a contract of sale – it’s better if it comes from you, but either way you’ll want legal advice before entering into the agreement.

Good luck!

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Instead of the mega expensive PhotoShop (in UK), get PaintShop Pro .. A fraction of the price for about 95% of the functions you are ever likely to use ..

PS Those FAKE ‘books’ REALLY wind me up .. I totally HATE it when scam artists on eBay try to pretend that you will receive a real paper bound book when in fact all they are offering is a PDF email attachment (which may or may not be riddled with viruses)

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As with many other parts of the world, people in the UAE have embraced social media and adoption is still growing. With more than 2 million Facebook users in the UAE (some 40% of the population) and 0.5 million LinkedIn users, it would be hard to argue that social media is not relevant to doing business and to purchasing in the UAE. Many people routinely look up business and purchasing information on the Internet and seek recommendations and opinions via social media. The last time Spot On PR asked its Twitter followers who Googles business contacts prior to a first meeting, 80% said they always looked up new contacts prior to a meeting. Our September Internet survey with Effective Measure found that 48% of UAE Internet users actually purchased online.

So, with so many people using social media on a daily basis, it would then make sense that B2B and consumer businesses in the UAE are tapping into the social media opportunity, right? Well, the truth is not so straight forward. It is true that many businesses have been experimenting with Facebook pages. An increasing number have moved on from static websites to sites that host more dynamic content. However, a scarce few have a plan or process that integrates and links-up different online and offline activities. Fewer still have done this in a transparent, consumer-centric fashion that social media now demands of business and marketers.

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Idioms are phrases that have a common and different meaning than do the definition of each of the words individually. There are idiom sites and connections online; wikipedia provides an acceptable overview on this topic.

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You can’t. Nigeria is banned. Nigeria is the scam capital of the world. Even mention the name Nigeria and no one will do business with you.

Edit: Thumbs down? Someone doesn’t believe me:

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And here is a more comprehensive article on the subject:

http://www.archipelago.co.uk/blog/explanimation-a-world-beating-format/

Obviously, using an Explanimation is not a ‘strategy’ in itself – but they are an excellent medium to sit within your overall online video strategy.

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Actually, it is a tendency to marketing on SNS. As the exploding development of Internet, it has become an essential part of daily life, especially for the young generations. It appears that the young generation spend a lot of time online. Also, thanks to social networks, the world is getting smaller. Marketing online helps company to radiate larger customer groups. In addition, Many companies target on younger people had already chose SNS as a main marketing method. Indeed, social network do bring business to those companies. For example, facebook has been regarded as one of the best SNS channels. You can visit the facebook page of ikea, amazon, jollyhome, and etc. To see how welcomed these pages by their fans and how hot those products are discussed on under promotion.

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I use Yahoo Answers to direct people to my services. The key is to give real value to the asker in your answer to their question. If you are a problem solver for them, they will seek you out for more of what you gave them. You don’t necessarily have to even place a link in the answer, as long as you can be contacted through IM or email.

If you are too aggressive and have an obvious agenda….ie: short answer and placing a link for them to click….that’s not so effective….if at all…especially when the link is not really relevant.

In fact I realized the potential of this forum very quickly when 3 weeks into it …it occurred to me to look at my site statistics….just over 600 unique visits…so I realized my answers were effecting or influencing people.
So what started out as just a place to throw my opinions and expertise out there, became a unique tool in my business process.

Direct Mail and marketing are my thing, and part of my overall strategy is to use this forum to help educate people about the effectiveness of direct mail, and that marketing is a businesses top priority. This forum also allows me to “practice” my knowledge. It allows me to perfect my thoughts on a given subject. This makes me that much more effective when I am sitting in front of a live client.

It is also a great way to stay sharp creatively. There are often questions that allow me to craft a unique solution to the question at hand.

As far as the effectiveness of Yahoo Answers, I can see a direct correlation between a batch of unique visitors to my websites to when I may have spent a chunk of a few hours on Yahoo Answers.

Several hits have translated into an actual contact, and this excersize allows me to also tweak web content so that more of those visits turn into contacts.

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Richard Clarke authored a book published by the Council On foreign Relations in June of 2001, stating that the US had to secure the oil resources in central Asia. Now when one does that, they have the ability to shut off the supply of oil to the rest of the world.

The reason the US is not energy independent, and it certainly could be is based in 2 reasons:

First is becaue crude oil is what makes the world go round. All trade among the market economies of the world are conducted in the “Petro-Dollar” due to the efforts of Henry Kissenger in the 1970’s to leverage every country into a market economy if they were not already a market economy. Book “Kissenger: Man of Peace?” This makes the US currency the defacto reserve currency of the world. This is part and parcel of the UNs agenda of “Interdependence.”

Second is because the US uses oil and sometimes coal as means of foreign aid. Direct and indirect is a factor as well. The oppressive regimes of the middle east are kept afloat by initially what were US oil companies, developing the resource and extracting it for export. If it were not for crude oil reserves under the Arab nations, there is nothing there for them to export except olives, camels and sand. There is no industry to speak of, at least not exporting to any significant scale compared to India, Japan or China.

With the recent move to altering the currency basis from the US currency to the SDR, the US currency is facing implossion in the world markets. The wars have staved that off for now, but for how much longer can the US afford to be involved in an intractable war that it will not win?

I am a realist, a paleoconservative. I fully understand there is no exit strategy for the US from Iraq- all that happened there were the “Combat troops” withdrew. The US garrison in Iraq still stands at 50,000 troops. The US never withdrew from Europe after WW2 was done. We are still there even after the Iron Curtain and the Soviet Union collapsed.

I fully understand the real reasons the US went into Iraq and Afghanistan, and I disagree with those moves. I disagree with the propaganda that was used to rationalize those invasions. The evidence Condoleeza Rice promised to be revealed to the American public never was (because it did not exist).

The reason I found out the truth was because I shut off the TV set, shut off mainstream radio, and did my own research. The web is a great tool for finding the truth and sorting it out from the propaganda. I understand the anger of the person asking the question. Just because the US foreign policy is loony, does not mean every American is unaware of what is really going on. The Wikileaks fiasco is a fiasco because largely because the US government does not want the US populace to know what it really is doing around the world, or what a farce the US media is. It is no longer the fourth estate, it is the lap dog of those in the halls of power. Jefferson and Franklin are spinning in their graves.

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Well, with budget of 5,000 pounds, you should start initially with a press release. I use PRWeb, as they are able to offer several press solutions, but I’m not sure if they handle press in the U.K. Contact them to ask them if they do.(However, there are some free ones too!)

Then, there are tons of methods for you to advertise your magazine for free:

1) Create a squidoo lens! – There are tons of readers each and every day that surf through lenses to read, and charity lenses get a lot of traffic. You can tailor your lens to be highly focused upon your charity’s subject matter… As well as include a link to the charity’s website (Hint: make the URL point to page in website which users go to in order to sign up for the magazine). Plus, you can have multiple lenses about several different charity topics, and then cross-promote you lenses within your other lenses. This allows readers to find your lenses a lot easier, and increases the chances of a chained reading experience from users.

2) Social Media – Create a Facebook account, a MySpace account, a Yuwie Account, and a hi5 account. Then, start joining groups within the social networks that are business focused, as well as charity and non-profit focused. You can post bulletins and announcements either on your profile, or within the groups that you joined, instructing your friends to read a blog that you wrote on your profile… So, then you just need to write the blog or blurb on your profile which promotes your magazine. You have to spend 30 minutes to 1 hour each day inviting people to be your friend within the social networks, but they then become your future advertising market.

3) Free Classifieds – There are tons of websites that will allow you to post advertisements without spending money. Now, there are also advertising and marketing firms that you can hire to do a little marketing for you. However, do a lot of research on the firms to ensure that they are professional, and produce results.

4) Write Articles – Article directories allow an author to write specific subject-matter articles, and to get them top ranking within search engines. Ezine Articles is my article directory of choice, as it seems to get the highest ranking within Google, as well as a few other major search engines. Plus, they have an extremely diligent filtering program which ensures that garbage material is left out, so that the included articles are of extremely high quality.

5) Search for other opportunities to promote your charity through businesses and social networks that will promote your charity at no cost to you… This is inclusive of donation programs! Charity awareness applications are taking off within social networks, and usually have a donation feature which allows users to either make a direct donation to your charity, or to earn a donation for them whenever they take advantage of advertisements or online surveys!

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How do you convince yourself that anything manufactured and sold in market has a purpose?

Since nothing is created without a purpose, definitly the most important thing in the universe, our lives are meant for some purpose.

Since we as spirit souls are eternal, it is natural instinct not to accept the death as the end of all, but the problem is that the eternal spirit soul having misidentified the temporary body to be the self does not wish to give up the temporary body at the time of death. But, nothing can avoid the death of the body. The body has to die, because anything that has birth has death.

The solution, therefore, is to revive one’s eternal constitutional position as spirit soul that never takes birth and never dies. Then, you will never have trouble accepting the reallity that the body will die but the spirit soul will survive the death of the body and live on.

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There are diverse types of insects in your home that will hamper your peaceful life. So far, we have discussed natural methods to get rid of many of those insects. However, there are some insects that are mortal threat to your health. Those insects will suck your blood and transmit fatal diseases to you. Those insects are bed bugs, biting midges, body lice, head lice, mosquitoes and red poultry mites. You must be wondering how these insects have damaged your health till date and wish to get rid of their attack. Here are some natural methods to get rid of blood sucking insects from your homes.

Bedbugs and Red Poultry Mites are nocturnal insects that hide in the crevices of your bed during daytime and come out at night to suck blood. They often go undetected and a huge population will be awaiting you by the time you find out what has been biting you. Here are some easy tips to kill the huge population of bed bugs.
Expose the bed insects infested items to hot sun for two or three days. This will drive away the mites and bugs in the infested items.
Vacuuming is very effective to remove insects and eggs from mattresses, carpets, walls and other surfaces. After vacuuming, you have to dispose the vacuum contents in a sealed trash bag.
You can impinge steam wash to your carpets and mattresses to kill the huge population of mites and bugs.
Sticky traps or glue boards can be used to catch the mites and bugs that wander about.
The tea tree spray will drive away the insects as in a charm.
The insects infested areas can be fumigated to drive the insects away. Biting Midges are one of those blood-sucking insects that are difficult to control. They will suck blood all through day and night. You can try these methods to control biting midges
Use low pressure and high-pressure sodium lights for outdoor lighting. These will attract only a fewer number of biting midges to your area.
You have to regulate the moisture around your house. Biting midges lay their eggs in moist places
Vinegar spray will work as a charme to repel bed bugs.
You can try Ivomec to repel large biting midges.
You can prepare the home spray by mixing octagon soap, mouthwash, and warm water to spray on the biting midges infested areas.
Body Lice are always associated with the poor hygiene of a person. So, these insects will not infest people who bath regularly and wear clean clothes. Take these simple ways to get rid of bode lice
A hot shower and regular washing of your clothes and beddings will eliminate body lice.
You have to dry your washed clothes for at least 45 minutes.
You can rub lindane or elemite lotion all around your body to get rid of body lice infestation.
Head Lice are usually found on head and they also appear amongst hair in other parts of the body. Head louses usually like clean hair and infection by these insects is not necessarily to do with poor hygiene. You can take some home remedies to chase away the head lice.
Comb your hair regularly. The combing of your hair with a metal comb will increase the blood circulation in your hair and will chase out the hair lice.
You can apply the natural herbal oils to the scalp and hair to keep the hair lice away.
In addition to direct control of the hair lice, you can soak the combs and brushes in hot ammonia solution for one hour to prevent the hair lice infestation.
Mosquitoes carry various diseases like malaria, flu, etc. The female mosquitoes suck the human beings in order to have enough protein to lay eggs. They are the most dangerous insects in your house. Do stay away from mosquitoes by using these simple preventions.
Do not allow stagnant water to accumulate in your yard, old tires, buckets, unused plastic swimming pools, the base of a flower pot, pet dishes, plastic covers or any container that may collect water for more than two days.
You have to change the water in birdbaths, fountains and wading pools at least once a week.
A thin layer of oil over the mosquito larvaes will kill them.
You can keep the ornamental pools with minnows and goldfishes. They will gobble a huge population of mosquitoes.
You have to keep swimming pools, saunas and hot tubs clean and chlorinated.
You have to fills the unnecessary holes around your home.
You must keep the bushes and hedges trimmed to reduce the hiding shades for mosquitoes.
You can mow your lawn at least once in a week.
You can prevent the indoor infestation of mosquitoes by window screens and netting.
Apart from these natural remedies you can always seek the help of professional pest controllers to make an insect free home. However always remember that insects feed on unhygienic surroundings. If you have a good sanitation; you will be the sole owner of your house and the insects will be jinxed by its charm.

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No. It’s a waste of money.

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If the photo is taken from a public place, like the street or sidewalk, it is totally legal.

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I would go to Wix.com and create my own website

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Hey Sebastian,

http://www.membermoneymagnetreview.net/

I’ve used member money magnet- and all I can say is that it W.O.R.K.S! Don’t waste anymore time, get their info/software and build your member site now! It really is great, I HIGHLY recommend it mate!

-Tristen

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You might want to start by providing a personal service. I would recommend going to:

http://www.50dollarsaday.com-secret.info

The ad says “even an 11 year old can do it”. Watch/listen to the video. Basically this is providing an easy, little known service for a few bucks a day. You won’t make millions but it’s not surveys or ebay and it’s not a scam. It does take a little time to set up, though.

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Here’s a few ideas:

Contact an association in your state that has members that do what you want to do and see if anyone can help you.

Contact your state government and see if anyone has figures that could help (also maybe check the state website).

Find competitors and see if someone not in your immediate area would take you under his/her wing and help you out with figures.

Good luck! 🙂

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The business plan writing service is an exciting business that demands a combination of writing skill, business expertise, and creativity. Your task is to help new or existing businesses develop an overall blueprint that includes medium-term and long-term strategies, market positioning, financial requirements and start-up costs. This business is ideal for areas where many new businesses are starting and existing businesses are expanding.

However, not all new entrepreneurs prepare a business plan: many find the process too tedious or they lack the knowledge to make one. Your most probable clients will be those entrepreneurs who are seeking loans, attracting investors, looking for franchises, or businesses at the point of being acquired.
To start in this business, you need a strong business background, good knowledge of financial statements, good business writing style and the ability to see a business both from the perspective of the owner and the financial source. It would help if you have already put together business plans before so you know what questions to ask and what information to find. Study the various business plan software available in the market, but learn to adopt it to your client’s particular situation.

Start-up costs for this business can be low particularly if you already have equipment like computer, fax, and Internet access. Your biggest cost may be professional liability insurance to help protect you when your recommendations for the future direction of the business turn south. Earnings, on the other hand, can range from $2,500 to $5,000 per project depending on the time it takes to write the plan (usually three to four weeks) and the amount of research you need to do. Your price can increase to as much as $25,000 per project, particularly for big corporations seeking new funding. You can also supplement your income through business editing and revising existing plans because of the change in your client’s circumstance.

Like any new business, finding the first client is the hardest. Networking and referrals are the most effective ways of finding clients. Join chambers of commerce and economic development groups. Make contacts with bankers, venture capitalists, angel investors and organizations that offer business mentor programs or entrepreneurship centers. Hone your skills by preparing business plans free of charge at the beginning, in order to have a portfolio of plans you can show to prospective clients.

Recommended Books:

How to Write a Business Plan (5th Ed) by Mike P. McKeever
The Prentice Hall Encyclopedia of Model Business Plans by Wilbur Cross, Alice M. Richey
The Complete Book of Business Plans : Simple Steps to Writing a Powerful Business Plan (Small Business Sourcebooks) by Joseph A. Covello, Brian J. Hazelgren

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Market Research – Planning- Create a site, advertising, etc..

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There are a number of free sample business plans on the Web. I suggest you check them out to see how to make one, and analyze the elements specific to the restaurant industry.

Here are some business plans:

Steak Buffet Restaurant Business Plan http://www.bplans.com/spv/3228/index.cfm?affiliate=powerhomeb
Restaurant Business Plan 1 http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/business-plans/Business-Plans-Volume-01/Restaurant-v1.html
Restaurant Business Plan 2 http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/business-plans/Business-Plans-Volume-01/Restaurant-v2.html

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.

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Market research and business plan are key points to consider when you are going to setup your own business. Market research will give an idea of potential business growth in your selected business stream and help you out to finalize a fruitful business plan.

Apart from these basic home work prior to setting up your own business, advertising and marketing plays a vital role to generate business leads and revenues.

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You are the only one that can figure that out. You need to think about something you like to do, complete a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis and write a business plan to prove that the business idea is viable. Go to http://sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/index.html or http://www.score.org/template_gallery.html for instructions on how to write a business plan and sample business plans.

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Find a virtual assistant by using Odesk, Guru or some other service where people are offering the kinds of services you want to hire them for. As for chatting with online marketers, you have to do this on an individual basis.

Think you may be a bit confused also. Internet marketers are normally business owners and not looking for a job.

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My dobes have all been imported into Malaysia but I managed to find a dobe puppy online for a friend not too long ago from a kennel called Wolfverin K9. The kennel owns beautiful dobermans for show of quite renowned Russian lineages for show and I particularly liked them very much because of their well built body structure and more “squarish” type of jaw shape (as oppose to the more pointy jaw structure seen commonly).

Also, one thing I liked about the kennel is that their website is very comprehensive and professional in providing the lineages, photos and videos and other essential information of their dogs for visitors (useful for people like me who purchase dogs online).

You can find it at www.wolfverin.com and you’ll know what I mean.

I bought the pup for 4k and I guess the price is reasonable given the good bloodline without having the need to import directly from overseas and we are satisfied with how the pup is growing now. But the breeder does ask quite a few questions to ensure that you are the right type of owner for their puppies before getting into “business”, so be prepared for that.

In any case, it’s important that you get to check out the bloodline of the pups well with some research (important to look at the parents of the litter) to ensure that it’s a consistent one so that you know you are getting a good dobe yourself too. This is one of the good things of buying from a kennel- the breeder would know the dogs well. Make sure you ask the breeder questions about the parents so that you buy a pup you know that would share any similar good qualities.

Good luck!

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You can apply online free of charge for an Electronic System Travel Authorization (ESTA) to travel to the United States on the Visa Waiver Program and stay as tourist for up to 90 days.
Http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html#countries ..
Http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_visa/esta/ ..

Your wife as Malaysian passport holder needs to apply for a B-2 tourist visa at the U.S. Embassy in SIngapore. The new fee effective June 4th is S$196.00. Apply early in advance; the current waiting time for a visa interview takes 23 calender days and that is subject to increase in the holiday periiod.
Http://singapore.usembassy.gov/tourist_business.html ..

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Hi,

I must commend you for your thought of opening a small business in your locality. I know that it boils down to money and you need start up capital to complement your objective. I must not fail to let you know that the best thing is for you to start and give yourself a target and make reasonable money to meet your target.

However, there are many ways you can make money on your own working from the comfort of your home or you may be doing it as part time and you will make money that will take care of your project.

I was like you some years back when i want to open a business but later i joined a mentor. Since I came accross this website out there where this Multi Millionaire shared his secret of wealth. Infact the video alone is mind blowing and you can never be disappointed after listening and watching his video. Everything about his online money making is simple and even a lay man will understand it very well.

I have joined his coaching club and after following the step by step guide, i have started making money online. I gave myself target and with his skill and coaching/video tutorial i will make more than my target.

Here is his website http://bit.ly/8HnApD. Just click and read more about him and you will gain a lot from him. I was thinking that making money is vague but when i came across his mentoring, everything became easier. All the best.

Solution.

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I am an expert in guiding people in starting businesses. I am also
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while I wait for your response; visit any web site that has
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I will guide you free for 1 hour spread over 3 days.

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You can get everything you need to legally change your name and use it on all your documents at – http://www.legalformsbank.biz/namechange.asp – they also have more information on the process.

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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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There is no relationship with the illuminati and rap. Stupid teens try to incorporate the two because it makes the conspiracy theory more fun. If there is a secret society that affects the world events, it certainly wouldn’t be comprised of people like Gaga and Kanye West. It would be real important people like Presidents of Countries, Ben Bernanke, Bill Gates, etc.
Not people that run up on stage and make spectacles of themselves. Teens just throw celebrities into the mix to spicen it up because to teens, people like Justin Bieber and Kanye are real important people since everyone in school talks about them and all the teen outlets like MTV and social sites with mostly teens like Youtube talk about them. Teens have also embraced the whole devil worshipping thing. Satanism has nothing to do with the Illuminati. Might as well throw some Twilight vampires into the mix to make things more fun. I guess the original modern day conspiracy theory about it being a one world government was too boring to teens so they decided to throw some devil worshipping and celebrities in there.

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Sure you can but you hafto get it legaley done.

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The best way to promote your website(s) online is to use a mix of the many different strategies now available. There really is no single “best” strategy.

You will get the best results by implementing, testing and tweaking different strategies in order to see which ones work best for you.

Video marketing, article marketing and social media are a few that come to mind if you’re looking for free or cheap channels and there are others as well.

If you don’t want to lose your shirt, you should stay away from Google paid advertising. However getting your website ranked high in Google’s Organic listings using search engine optimization can be very effective, but it is Very competitive these days depending on the niche you are in.

Because the are so many ways to market online these days and so many “Gurus” bombarding us with with their “make money systems”, it’s very easy to get information overload and find yourself not making the money or getting the traffic you should, because you’re being pulled in so many different directions at once.

One of the best programs I’ve used to learn effective Internet Marketing strategies and keep my focus through it all was Chris Farrell’s Program.

I’ve gone through it myself and it also comes highly recommended.

Hope this helps Angel.

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Trends are just data put onto a graph. Example: increases in consumer spending from one month to another.
If you can predict what direction the industry is going in, you have a greatly increased chance of making a profit.

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You don’t really find too many articles on ‘marketing strategies’ unless it’s by chance and it’s briefly stated since most of it is part of trade secrets anyway.

To do your project, first get a clear definition of what marketing actually is. A lot people think it’s just selling but it goes way beyond that. Basically, you can just simplify and that there are the “5 P’s” to remember:

Product – What are they selling?
Place – Where will they distribute?
Promotion – How you communicate your features and benefits to your customers and getting it out.
People – The value your people bring to your customers
Price – How much to make a decent profit?

With those questions in mind it gives you a solid idea of what it is. My apologies if you already know. I’m assuming you don’t since most people are clueless. 🙂

What you can do next is find a website of a company that interests you and simply figure out the answers as a that will spell it out for you anyway. Don’t make it a dull Question & Answer report of what I just wrote either. You need to grasp what it means and write in your own words what the main points are in your research. Put some heart into it. I’ll even give you a sample:

Lets say, Walmart’s marketing strategy. They sell every household item you could think of that people need at a very low cost. Thats how they appeal to people. They are able to do that thru cheap labor in China which workers there earn less than $3 per day. Without China’s slave labor (or anybody else’s), Walmart’s current lucrative money making system would not be possible.

From overseas, vessels arrive daily with thousands of containers of products to be picked up and distributed to the warehouses which are enormous in size, about the length of 3-4 city blocks long and a football field or two, wide. Planners create work orders for the warehouse workers to load up trailers with specific items needed that are automatically updated in the computer instantly (after a cashier scans a purchased item that goes thru their network) then full trailers are delivered out to their locations on schedule.

One good incentive to buying from them is you are constantly getting new products and name brands since even the store manager doesn’t know what they’re getting ever.

Walmart promotes themselves thru the radio, tv, newspaper, and the internet ad + website. (walmart.com) and junk mailers.

The workers are people of all walks of life ranging from young teens to senior citizens and disabled. Workers are not customer service oriented, don’t like to be bothered and lack training & skills with proper etiquette but that’s the trade off if you want low prices. Prices vary as low as pennies on the dollar to picking a flat screen tv for $1500

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To market in terms of quality rather than price, and in order to differentiate accordingly, you need to follow the standard format of the 4 P’s marketing plan. That is, Price, Product, Place and Promotion – obviously you know the main attributes of the product, and the price, but for ‘place’ you should think about the type of people who are willing to pay over 4x price of competing product – whereas the cheap option may be sold where emphasis is on cost, your product will be suited to places/distributors where the customers will be willing to pay for quality. Promotion needs to concentrate on the unique selling point / differentiator of the product you are selling, so this would be promotion through media (the choice of which depends on place – ie internet, leaflets, direct sales force, tv etc etc) with a strong emphasis on the reliability, durability and quality of the desk drawer slide – heavily focussing on the life of the product compared to cheaper ones; a ‘lifespan’ comparison could show the cheaper one to be a false economy both in cost and effort of replacement, so this could communicate it quite well.
Hope this helps 🙂

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I would really recommend that you check out www.mattbacak.com. He has made millions of dollars doing Internet marketing and really does give you inside information on what has worked for him and how you can be successful. You can definitely learn a great niche marketing strategy from him.

I recommend his IM Gold membership or the Internet Marketing Dirt newsletter. His blog and free newsletter has some great info, but if you want a real strategy to follow, then I suggest you spend the money on his product.

I have learned a great deal from him. No, I am not a millionaire but I only do IM part-time as I have a full-time job as a teacher. I started this summer doing Internet marketing while I was off from school and am already seeing some pretty decent money come in. The best thing about niche marketing is that you don’t have to work on it every day. I usually only spend 2 nights a week and the weekends doing it now since school started. Definitely check him out.

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My boss is trying to do the same think for his tax business you can use something called mailchimp http://mailchimp.com/pricing/ does what you are want to do it free for the frist 2,000 emaill accounts you send it to and up to 12,000 per month then after that you have to start paying that link i gave you is the priceing for them

hope this helps

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That depends on many other factors, what is your product/service; who’s your target group (and how many people, where etc.)and moreover what’s your budget? Guerillia marketing can be effective if your brand has some followers and some marketshare. Usally it doesnt work for starters.

Try to define the basics first, then refine to media .

Http://managementhelp.org/marketing/

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You will have diffculty to be accepted by a decent emailing company if you purchased a list from a third party. I did the same thing and no one would accept a bought list as they are afraid of being labelled as a spam company.
The best you can hope for is to have a single opt-in, as opposed to a double opt-in which all good emailing copmanies now recommend.
A possible solution is to start sending out emails to each individual from your own email address, don’t just blind copy everyone because you will be accused to spamming, and ask them to opt-in to your auto-responder.
I recommend aweber :http://www.genericmoneymaker.com/Weber

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There are a lot of great email marketing services on the web. They help you manage your email lists, provide templates for great looking emails, and help you avoid getting caught in the spam filter. Yes, some email marketing can be spam, but when done right, it’s a very legitimate and effective marketing practice.

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Yahoo!, Hotmail, and Gmail all have Spam Filters to prevent people from mass sending Spam with their servers/clients.

You won’t be able to spam with any of those Emails.

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Going online simply means establishing a presence by offering your products or services globally. It does not require another business but set up a website and start to add your web address to your business cards and other promotional materials, register with search engines, and get your company out there with a reason for customers to visit your website and pass the address to others. Don’t waste your webspace with fancy graphics and free games. Make your offerings related to your specialty so others will visit and refer their friends. Check out your competition online to see what they are doing right and wrong. Don’t just set up a website and leave it… Update, ask for feedback, develop a mailing list, ask for referrals, but mainly give people a reason not only to visit your site but a reason to return.

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Get the phone book. Find the section on lawyers. Call and ask how much they charge to help set up an online business. A lot depends on the nature of the business, and what exactly you would need the lawyer to do.

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Indexing is relatively easy. Depending on the type of site you have I would advise you submit relevant sitemaps to Google, Yahoo etc. This is very easy and if you need help there are plug ins and scripts that can do the job for you. Also, to get quickly indexed you can use social bookmarking eg, yahoo Buzz, Google Bookmarks, Stumbleupon, once you have created some content.

To elevate your website in the indexes is the tricky part. Search Engine Optimization techniques need to be used which include article marketing, more social bookmarking, backlink creation, directory submissions and the like. It is also useful to find forums that specialize in your market and create profiles on those forums with links to your website in your signature/profile.

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I work with clients in the travel industry. Here’s a sequence I take them through, that you might consider too:

1. Participate in travel forums, with links to your website in your posts (if allowed) and your profile.
2. Same as #1 with travel blogs
3. Article marketing.
4. PPC content network campaign.
5. PPC search network campaign.

Make sure your landing page or home page has a defined call to action, i.e. Sign up for the next tour, give us a call, etc.

Hope this helps,

Roger

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1/ Decide what type of book you wish to publish. Technical / fiction?
2/ look at books already published – @ for sale on Amazon.
3/ if you have a particular sphere of interest/expertise consider writing a book yourself. (There is an enormous amount to be learned about book production: typography / layout ./ printing & binding – and then selling / marketing..)
4/ It’s a long haul, but absorbing / interesting.
5/ Once you have written / acquired the text of a book / decided to publish it / look at the services of a company called Lulu (ridiculous name but one of the best online methods of putting a boom into print)
5 DO NOT have anything to do with Vanity Publishing!

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I wasn’t aware they now charge for this – that small fee is probably just a nuisance charge since it costs them a lot more than that to process it.

We did this several years ago and definitely noticed a dramatic reduction in junk mail.

There was also a central credit agency number (for all 3 agencies) we contacted to block ‘marketing inquiries’ on our credit report. This completely stopped *all* those stupid credit card applications. Now we do sometimes get ‘affinity’ credit card apps since we already have relationships with those places – University of Michigan, my fraternity, etc…

The credit card companies do a pre-check on your credit file before deciding whether to send you an application. They don’t get any specific financial info back from the agency – only name & address for customers fitting the profile they asked for in their inquiry. (income over $50,000, etc…)

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DMA or Direct Marketing Association offered that publication before. Check out their bookstore page (though it is expensive)

https://imis.the-dma.org/bookstore/index.cfm

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If the position is as high level as you suggest, it is worth investing in a good executive recruiting firm. You might also post ads in relevant trade journals and network at trade shows. The DMA (Direct Marketers Association) would be a good place to start. If you want someone with heavy online experience you could also try AdTech, Shop.org and SES.

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You might try joining an industry association, with which you could obtain a list of other members, including their specialty. I’m not sure which association but look for something similar to a furniture wholesalers association.

Good luck!

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Have a search for data sales companies, the ones that are registered with the DMA (Direct Marketing Association) are the ones that play by the rules, of which there are many. The DMA website has all the rules you’ll need, I suggest reading them first and working out what you actually need. Then call a couple of the companies to get quotes and go for the best! Always get it tps/fps/mps or emps cross referenced (depending on what you’re using it for) to cover your own back (this will make sense when you’ve read the DMA website).

There are people that will give away free data, but generally the rule is if it’s free, there’s a reason. Good quality data costs but it’s worth the investment if you get multiple use of it.

When you speak to the sales people try to be as precise as possible with your requirements and ask for a sample of 20 records to check yourself and see what you’re actually getting. Any good company will send you a sample with no problems.

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I mean, you don’t *need* to — if you’re comfortable with trusting a company or bank with your only access to your records.

Personally, I would absolutely keep a backup for myself in case of any potential issues with retrieving the information later. Your computer could explode. Anonymous could attack. The company could go bankrupt. Yes, your records are likely safe and retrievable. But this time last year, it was also likely that I could look forward to football season right around now. Strange things happen, and it’s usually best to be prepared for any contingency. ESPECIALLY in business. It’s easier to save copies as you go than have to track everything down later.

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Use an accredited online agency who will broadcast the emails for you via a registered server. This will make it less likely that your potential clients servers will consider the email as as spam.

However, their firewalls could be picking up keywords in the subject line of your email which are also having them listed as spam.

If this continues to be a problem, you might want to consider using another backup medium e.g. Sending a brochure by post.

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Depending on what type of Visa card you have; whether prepaid debit, ATM through your bank account, and/or credit card; the following would apply:

ATM Visa Debit Cards, would post immediately as CASH into your bank ATM checking account as long as you made the deposit before Friday it would post at midnight if it were CASH.

Regular Revolving Credit Cads, would post anywhere from 3-4 business days, and/or 5-7 if mailed to your account if you were not associated with a bank that granted the card to you so that you could make the payment in person. If in person, the funds would post to your account any business day, the same day; but would not be available for 2-3 posting days.

If Visa Prepaid Card, you would be able to login on to your account online and see the funds immediately and you would not have to worry about waiting for the bank to clear the funds. Your Mom was almost right, but what she’s failing to realize here is that Visa Corporation is not the one clearing the payment, but it’s your bank that the Visa Card is issued from. Visa Corporation is the owner of the copyright logo, Visa; but they do not have anything to do with your payments and what goes on with your payments once you pay your bank.

In the future, as a backup, get a Visa Prepaid Card, load funds worldwide using your same CASH by purchasing a Money Pack and you can purchase them 24/7 through CVS and other local pharmacies, activate your Money Pack, and place funds quickly on your Visa or Mastercard ATM Debit Card and immediately have funds available in 2 seconds! It’s awesome and I personally use it as a backup and you get a virtual checking account with them also. If you would have chosen this route, had this type of card already setup and activated; you would be able right now this second to login to Ebay and make your purchase online for whatever it is you wish to purchase. If you ever wish to apply for one of our prepaid Visa or Mastercard ATM Debit Cards, please contact us at our website for more information! ( www.thecreditfilesmistress.com/ContactUs.html ) Good Luck!

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When backing up files, you want to exclude anything that you can. In the event of the corruption of some of your data by a malicious user, the more files that you backup the more likely that you back up corrupted data. You should backup business files with customer data, financial records, and other similarly important things. Personal backups should include files that are very difficult for you to get back, or time consuming to do so, what type of files this includes is different for every user so it is up to you to decide. From a business standpoint it is critical to have theft protection as well as disaster protection, so you definitely want to use an online service to do your backups. I do this as well for my personal use with http://www.backupspace.com/ trial is one dollar for 25 GB so its definitely worth checking out. Really fast and easy install too by the way.

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Tutorial: Move a Website to a New Server – The Seamless Way: http://www.elated.com/articles/move-website-to-new-server-the-seamless-way/

Unzip it into a common folder on your hard drive. Log into your new hosting server and upload the entire site with one drag and drop via FTP. If done correctly, the site should work fine. You need to keep a MIRRORED image of your online site on your hard drive anyway. Next time you will not have to have it zipped. Plus, it’s easier to edit locally and upload/overwrite the pages.

FileZilla FTP Tutorial – How to Upload Your Site with FileZilla

In this tutorial you learn how to upload your website using FileZilla, the popular free FTP application. FileZilla is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Read the full article here:

http://www.elated.com/articles/filezilla-tutorial/

Homepage of FileZilla: http://filezilla-project.org/

Ron

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This is significant. It seems to me you need to concern yourself at least as much with legal protection as with technical security measures. Having held a similar position of trust for an elderly relative, I know how easy it would have been for a criminally-minded person to run off with all of my relative’s money. And, don’t think “nice” people can’t do this. A trusted aide ran off with a huge sum by counterfeiting checks she found in the home.

It is worth spending a couple hundred dollars getting solid legal advice on this.

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If you need a street address, the easy thing to do is get a private mail box. You can rent them from many places around Houston, including The UPS Store, Postal Annex, Mailbox Depot and others. There are probably several in your neighborhood.

If you only need a mailing address, you may be able to use a P.O. Box from your local post office.

Another possibility is a business identity program (usually available from executive suites) but that may be more service than you need.

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Emotional abuse IS abuse. Call the child protective services hotline in your state and report your own parents. CPS can get involved, hear your side of the story, and can decide certain things based on how willing your parents are to co-operate.

CPS might decide that your father is the more appropriate guardian and take you out of your mother’s custody. CPS might decide that neither of your parents are appropriate guardians and place you in their custody while your parents have a chance to go to therapy, make life adjustments, and follow the rules of the “case plan” CPS creates for them to be able to get you back. If CPS determines that it is not in your best interests to be in either of your parent’s homes, they will place you in a foster home or with a willing relative until you are 18. In some places you are able to voluntarily extend your stay in foster care until you are 20, so that you have more time to get on your feet as an adult.

If you work a stable job, can obtain stable housing on your own, you can skip CPS and file for status as an emancipated minor with the courts. This status will not be granted to you unless you are already able to support yourself as an adult.

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Q: I want to reach people who 1. Want to establish their own companies and create a success with them, 2. Are looking for success business ideas, and franchises (which they know will cost some money for them, ofcourse, so no “free riders”) and 3. Are already in business (especially online) and need to advertise.
Try following captive generic sites for business news:-
1. Businessweek-small biz section gets approx 3min page views a month
2. Economist – ideal resource for business news
3. Inc
4. Smartmoney
5. Redherring.com – small biz section

Hope u were more specific on the markets ur interested to target; each of these on line mags offers newsletters as an option to reach out to discerning audiences.

While on line advertising certainly gets u targeted audience, viral applications would also help u spread your word across the hi-profile surfers. We can consider a referral program that can ideally aid in getting more registrations for your product/ service. Further, being a b2b initiative there are lots of sites across specialized, niche areas such as : IT, Fashion, Travel et al. Look at the growth sectors that web2.0 has to offer, namely,: Travel, On line Trading, Merchant Banking, Technology Solutions and similar industries. You could search for AC Nielsen Top Growth industries and consider options therein.

Go Ahead…Indulge!

]vibes[

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I may actually know further and higher education institutions that may be interested to partner with you.
Why interested, cause i seen various trainers going to them for partnership programs to grant their awards and that institutions awards and certificates! So it could be a good idea to try your luck.

Write me on spoon@doctor.lt
and i may be able to help , not sure if ill can but its worth trying.

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I do not use my website for on-line sales but I know yahoo has the option to register your domain name, create a website and complete online transactions. You also get a template to choose from and it is pretty affordable. Also, intuit has several options available for small business owners including the ability ot accept credit cards, websites and lots of other stuff. If you google it and buy them seperatley you will get amazing deals.

Website-
http://www.intuit.com/website-building-software/

Accepting Credit Cards-
http://payments.intuit.com/products/basic-payment-solutions/credit-card-processing-equipment.jsp

Payroll-
http://payroll.intuit.com/payroll_services/online_payroll.jsp

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We have a product that might work for you, it uses a small finger print scanner and is web based. Roughly $15 a month for up to 5 users. You can schedule your employees, they punch in and out and you can approve the time sheet at the end of the week. It also is compatible with Quick books if wish to use that for payroll. If you are interested and wish a demo please contact us webclocker@diversecg.com.

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Use the IRS’ withholding calculator. That should tell you how much federal tax to have withheld from your remaining paychecks in the year. (http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96196,00.html)

I don’t know what state you live in, but some states’ departments of revenue have a similar withholding calculator online.

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Payroll-software | payroll-services | payroll-online | payroll:
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The easiest and most efficient way is to outsource your payroll. If you don’t complete your payroll correctly or on time, you’ll be penalized and these fines can be hefty.

Our company uses online-business-payroll.com. Your first month is free, so you’ll be able to see that it’s super easy to use. It only takes us a few minutes to do our payroll each time.

Once you have all four of your employees, you’re looking at spending $52.35/ mo (if you pay once a month). Anyway, it’s definitely a lot cheaper than if you were to try and learn how to do payroll yourself. It usually takes someone who knows what they are doing about 4 hours per payroll to do it if they were doing it themselves, so it’s totally worth the time you save.

Also, the company is paperless, so you can pay your employees with direct deposit (free) or print the checks at your office. Super easy.

Good luck!

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If you want high speed internet, where I live at&t lets you get just internet about 3.5 MBPS for only $25.00 a month, but I do know that they may not offer that in many places. I live in a somewhat technology enhanced place so maybe not.

You can look at these.

Verizon
DSL Starter Package – $14.99 Per Month for life with a two-year commitment.
DSL Power Package – $27.99 Per Month for life with a two-year commitment.
Home Networking – DSL connections for multiple computers within your home.

Covad
Business DSL – Speeds up to 15Mbps. 24/7/365 dedicated support.
Business T1 – Speeds up to 3.0Mpbs. 30-day no risk guarantee.

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Unwise. Here’s what you do.
-Answer the phone.
-Let them get thier memorized shpeel out…
-Tell them no thank you and ‘Please take me off your call list”

Once you do that, they are legally not allowed to call you anymore and if they do, then it is harassment.

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Yup, its absolutely real because I know someone who does this ACN “business”. ACN belongs to Donald Trump. They have everything: wireless phones, internet, satellite tv, and even digital phones. I don’t use their services personally, but the person I know uses their internet and phone service and she is satisfied. So yeah anyone can do this business. I don’t know how much money u get per client but it’s a good source of income. You first have to use their services in order to get other people to sign up for ACN’s services, which is how u make money. The person I know asked me to take it but I didn’t because their rates weren’t better than the ones I have for my Internet and phone. I don’t think u’ll be wasting ur time by working for ACN because it is an interesting way to earn money. Just go to www.myacn.com and you’ll find everything you need to know before you can make your decision.

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Could you connect ot internet ? Why still use phone line for phone contact ? Use ip phone of skype to connect your customers ! Use mobile texting to reach your customers or mobile text messages system to promote your products or service.Why not vist localmobiz.webs.com for more tips !

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I use Cox cable for everything except phone. (I have an ATT wireless business phone setup.) I’ve found that cable internet is the fastest you’ll find in the valley. Cable television beats satellite hands down here too. Many in the valley use cell phones for their home phone. I find ATT has the best coverage. (Important if you ever break down in the desert outside of town.)

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You can learn introductory level maybe even intermediate level programming for several languages (Including VBScript, Ajax, PHP, Javascript, and ASP) at W3Schools. Their tutorials have try it yourself editors so no compilor or webhost is needed!

The big programming languages such as C/C++ all have big websites as well.

Decide on what you think you’ll be programming for the most. Web and Internet use scripting at W3Schools.

CS Degree or small biz jobs C/C++ or Java

A big company like Lucas Films try “Python”

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You can join your local REIA club (Real Estate Investment Club), where you will find many investors and rehabbers you can partner with. They usually have a meeting once a month.

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Find your answer at my web…
You can search at the categories

here is the link
http://izfree.biz

good luck

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Search out your old bosses and get written references from them…

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Phentermine was ok. Were pretty good results. I have switched to Acomplia since it is hard to get good Phentermine these days. Also It shows

much better results. Been taking it for 2 months now. Ordered from this site – http://www.1rx.biz/generic_acomplia.html . Took 10 days to

receive the stuff.

“Acomplia (Rimonabant) is an anorectic anti obesity drug. It is a CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist. Rimonabant has been found to stop food

craving enough to help people lose weight, and could also help curb other unhealthy urges, such as smoking.

This is a non-control weightloss solution that in one study, helped people who were overweight drop an average of 20 pounds, and was found to

be very useful for patients who suffer from obesity. “

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Naming your service probably will be limited by either your domain or hosting options.
If you are interested then you might have a look at a new service on PhotoAlbum.com where you can create scrapbooking event groups. With these groups – either public or private, you can invite your clients to join your group. You can start a group with any project – for example a sample of your work, then your clients can select the kind of book they want and join with this project. From here you can work together in a live online fashion.
This same tool can be used for your scraobooking classes which will enable you to have a live class regardless of where your clients live.

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The notion that government “offers grants for everything else” is false perpetuated by those who stand to gain most – those selling CDRoms, service to “help” people win grants and other unscrupulous individuals

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.”

Here is a listing of federal grants for small businesses. See if there is any available for individuals for starting a business — THERE’S NONE.
Http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.BROWSE_BENEF_RPT.show

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.

Http://www.cfda.gov
http://www.grants.gov
http://gtionline.fdncenter.org
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol66/grants.htm
http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html

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 starting a for-profit business.

One possible exception is for companies developing or exporting agricultural goods, including food and forest product. Another exception could be the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/sbir/index.html , which fund the research and development of technological innovation that meets specific government needs.

Your best bet actually will be from the states if they offer grant programs for business startups (or any other special interest groups — minorities, women, disabled, veterans, etc). Or check with non profit organizations, particularly women organizations (if you’re a woman) if they offer grants.

Even SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/starting-managing-business/starting-business/loans-grants-funding/grants

” The federal government does NOT provide grants for starting and expanding a business. Government grants are funded by your tax dollars and therefore require very stringent compliance and reporting measures to ensure the money is well spent. As you can imagine, grants are not given away indiscriminately.

Grants from the federal government are only available to non-commercial organizations, such as non-profits and educational institutions in areas such as, medicine, education, scientific research and technology development. The federal government also provides grants to state and local governments to assist them with economic development.”

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 (you’d barely see any).

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

For private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center’s Foundation Grants for Individuals Online http://gtionline.fdncenter.org . 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.

Another option for you that can help you raise funds (though I doubt the full capitalization) is through crowd funding sites, where other people can give you funds for your business. Some supports creative endeavors while some are for businesses. Make sure to make your story compelling. Some examples of these sites are (for the complete list, see in the source)

– Kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/
– Indiegogo http://www.indiegogo.com/
– Chipin http://www.chipin.com/
– Citizen Effect http://www.citizeneffect.org
– Cofundit http://www.cofundit.com/

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A true business credit card is a line of credit that is taken in the name of the business, under the business’ credit. Activity, whether good or bad, is reflected on your business’ credit report through D&B and other financial institutions, and the liability for any debts incurred and bills owed is with the business.However, some companies out there offer “business” credit cards which they require a person guarantee for. These institutions will often ask for a personal guarantee, and will almost always ask for a social security number from the person applying for the card. If this is the case, the credit card is not a business credit card, but is simply a personal credit card which is used for the business. The business is not liable for bills and debts – you are.When applying for a credit card for your business, watch out for areas asking for your SSN (and not your TaxID or EIN) and be wary of any credit card that asks for a personal guarantee. By ensuring that your credit card is in the name of your business, you can help to build your business’ credit, while avoiding creating problems with your own.

Many companies offer a list of credit cards that are issued under the business name only. Those lists typically run $300-$900, depending on the quality of the information inquiring. I would suggest starting your search online via google or yahoo. Search for “strong business credit” (just like that in quotes) to find services that sell the information.

Good luck,

Ilya Bodner

Small Business Owner

Initial Underwriting Group

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The Capital Hill Hotel & Suites is the perfect combination of location, facilities, experience and value. Located in the heart of the Nation’s Capital, we are situated in the midst of the city’s business & tourist district.

With 150 oversize guest rooms in a twelve story building, we are known for our friendly service and excellent location. Guests will find convenient our meeting and banquet facilities, main floor business centre, fitness room, comedy club and on-site restaurant.

The Capital Hill Hotel & Suites is the ideal downtown location, situated two blocks from Parliament Hill, Sparks Street Pedestrian Mall and Rideau Shopping Centre, one block from the Rideau Canal & National Arts Centre and only three blocks from the Byward Market; one of Canada’s oldest and largest outdoor markets. To experience casual and fine dining, you need only walk down Elgin Street to the city’s restaurant district, or take a stroll to the Byward Market to find the latest fashion trends, local artisans and market fresh vegetables and flowers.

Allow us the opportunity to show you why individual, corporate and group travellers have selected the Capital Hill Hotel & Suites as their Ottawa hotel of choice.

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Direct Mail Marketing can provide benefits because you will be gathering information from your current customers and potential customers. This will help you to better understand your best customers.

One helpful website is ReferenceUSA.com which you need a subscription to in order to access it. I’ve found that many libraries have subscriptions and you can use it through them if you have a library card.

There are 3 components to direct mail marketing: 1) the Creative 2) the Offer and 3) the LIST.
Everyone spends a lot of time writing the creative and editing the letter. You’ll put hours into the brochure, changing photos, revising each word. In general, you’ll spend just a small portion of time working on the offer (think coupon or promotion). Surprisingly, most people don’t even think about the list until the brochure is printed and they try to mail merge the word document letter. So they rush out and buy any old list.

Unfortunately, that’s all backwards. The most important part of a direct mail program is your list. You should be creating your own in house list. One that you OWN. It should be your best customers, your “hot” leads, your potential customers and acquaintances of your business. A house list is the best list and an investment in your business. Using a rented list that was compiled from a phone company list or even a chamber of commerce will not provide a good return on investment (in general). You’ll want to work to get a strong list of your customers and potential customers for marketing.

The least important is the creative. I’m not implying that it can be sloppy but most people spend an inordinate amount of time on creating what you’ll send out. True direct marketing professionals test everything. They’ll switch headlines around and experiment to see which gets the best results. But that’s after they know what results they normally get. Your best bet is to spend more time refining the mailing list.

Best of luck to you.

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I’ve tried a good few herbal detox/diet teas in the past and have never seen any big difference in weight loss.
They do give me a bit more energy but normal tea would do that too.

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You have to choose a positioning : for e.g.” we r best at providing comfort” & base your entire campaign around it.

Short term ideas may help to jump up the sales, but you need sound positioning to build the brand

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Yes, any job that you take whether it be direct sales or not will cancel your unemployment because you are making an income. Not sure how much you are making with unemployment, but you could make about $800-$1000 a month with Pampered Chef doing 2 shows a week.

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Safed musli is also known as Dholi musli and khiruva

This herb is used for treating impotence and anti aging process
In India this farm is in Indore, Madya Pradesh

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License and permit requirements are determined by the type of business (what you’re selling, the fact that it’s online), the structure of the business (LLC, corporation, sole proprietorship), and your state, county, and city requirements.

There are many different types of business licenses and permits. To determine your needs, try checking with your state, county, and city governments.

Hope this helps!

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You cannot enter and look for work
you need the visa before you enter

There are basically NINE ways that you can get a visa to live and work in the US:

(1) Marriage (or engagement in anticipation of marriage) to a US citizen.

(2) You have skills that are in short supply in the US e.g. Scientific or medical training. A degree is normally a must. Or you have superior specialist skills with at least 12 years experience. (H visas)

(3) You have an Employer who is willing to transfer you – but even the employer has to make a good case for you – so you have to be a manager unless you fall under category (2) above.(L visas)

(4) You may get a Green card in the diversity lottery (UK citizens, except N.Ireland, are not generally eligible unless you, your spouse or parents were born abroad or held a different citizenship.

(5)You own or buy business (does not get you permanent resident status i.e. No green card)You must be a national of a qualifying Treaty countries. The business must have a minimum value of around $150k (more the better) bearing in mind you will need somewhere to live and with any startup business you will need at least 2 years living money as back up. So a figure of $350k would be a nearer minimum (E-2 visas)

(6)You are an “investor” i.e. You have at least US $1m in assets to bring with you. Half of that in a few areas. And your background will be investigated to the hilt. (EB-5 visas)

(7)You have a close relative (mother, father, brother, sister and no further) who is an US citizen who would sponsor you, approx time this take 2-12 years?

(8.The R1 visa is available to foreign members of religious denominations, having bona fide non-profit religious organizations in the U.S., for entering the U.S. To carry on the activities of a minister or religious worker as a profession, occupation or vocation

(9)THE UNUSUAL You are in a position to claim refugee status/political asylum. Or You get a member of Congress to sponsor a private bill with legislation that applies just to you.
The S visa issued to persons who assist US law enforcement to investigate and prosecute crimes and terrorist activities such as money laundering and organized crime

Recruitment agent will not take you seriously if you are not already in the US. Writing for jobs is really a waste of time; likewise US employers have no idea what foreign qualification are or mean (except Degrees) it may pay you to get your qualification translated into a US equivalent, there are Companies that do this (www.wes.org) ..
But if you are getting a visa under (2) above then you need a job offer before you can get the visa. Your Employer will be your sponsor this will cost them upward of $5k. So you can see you have to be offering something really special to get considered They may also have to prove to the Dept of labor that there is no American who can do the job if the position is to be permanent ©
DO NOT USE VISA CONSULTANTS

follow the flow chart
http://immigrationroad.com/green-card/immigration-flowchart-roadmap-to-green-card.pdf

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I totally agree with you! Want to do something about it? If you want to send out anonymous emails to your friends to avoid the “White House Snitch Squad” and you can copy the following message as well and send it to your friends anonymously and I will tell you how. Go to Gmail and open yourself an account, Use a made up name that sounds real and put no other email address. Send out your emails to friends without identifying yourself in these emails. Then go to http://groups.google.com/support/bin/ans… for directions to completely delete the account and do it right after you have sent out your emails. Also remember when sending mass emails the proper way is ,, if you don’t put the , only the first email in line will get sent.

So now you know how to get around the big brother White House Free Speech Intimidation tactic you can send your friends anonymously the following email.

ARE YOU READY FOR CONGRESS TO HEAR YOU?

IF our members of congress won’t listen to the outcry at the Town-halls and insist on bring the Nationalizing/ Federal Option Healthcare bill to the floor for a vote then we the people need to send a message that they will hear – silence. The GREAT AMERICAN SICKOUT, when they don’t hear the people at work, the construction site sounds, the taxi on the road, the stores and restaurants empty and/or closed. The silence of economic activity as we the people send the message to congress that they work for us. If they won’t get that then we won’t work at all. This is about the private sector and not Government. If you work for government, vital services and emergency services DO NOT call in sick, but participate by not buying anything that whole day. Bring your lunch from home. The first business day before the full floor vote in either the house or senate which ever comes first will be the day we send our message of silence in the GREAT AMERICAN SICKOUT. You can participate by doing the following things:

1) If you own a business don’t open your doors for business
2) If your boss didn’t close call in sick to your private sector job
3) DO NOT BUY ANYTHING AT ALL THAT DAY
a) Shop the day before or after
b) gas up your car the day before or after
c) don’t buy anything online either
d) don’t sell anything
Lastly – Stay Home or go to a free park have a barbecue or do any other activity that is FREE and involves not buying anything.

Congress is dismissing us as manufactured mobs and paid protesters. The White House is asking your fellow citizens to send your email to the whitehouse.gov email if they think your email is “fishy” which must be code for opposed to their healthcare agenda. Isn’t that intimidation of our free speech 1st amendment rights? If they won’t listen to us roar then let them hear the silence. Let them hear the silence in the streets and in the stores as we call in sick as one giant cry to our representatives that we do NOT want Federal Options, end of life counseling, pain pills instead of needed operations and we do not want a Washington Bureaucrat between our doctors and us.

What can you do to help. Copy this message and email it to every email address you can. Put your own personal message to friends then a copy of this message or just post the copied message. Go to the message boards and answers.yahoo and others and post the message in forms of questions and answers no matter the topic. Send this message out in every way you can. Don’t want to have your contacts know it is you sending the message or are you afraid of White House “fishy” email snitches then set up free email accounts with yahoo or gmail and give fake name and no other email address and send it out anonymously

The GREAT AMERICAN SICK OUT will once again be the first business day BEFORE the house or senate which ever is first sends the healthcare bill out for a full floor vote. If they pass it anyways regardless of the sickout then when the next house of congress Senate or Representatives sends it version of the bill out for a full floor vote we will have a second GREAT AMERICAN SICKOUT day the first business day before it goes to a full floor vote. IF again the congress won’t listen to us then we will continue the sick out till they do. Even when passed by both houses of congress they must go to a committee to reconcile the two bills into one saying the same exact things and it returns for up or down votes in both House and Senate. We will continue the sickout till they declare the bill dead. SO COME TOGETHER AMERICA AND LET THEM HEAR OUR SILENCE AS WE TELL CONGRESS NO WAY, NO HOW ON NATIONALIZED/FEDERAL OPTION HEALTHCARE.

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The legal age for you to start a business is 18. The law doesn’t permit anyone any younger. Having said that, you could do all your planning and research beforehand, I think; better ask someone with legal experience to help you with this and do not take my word without consultation. This is irrespective if it’s online or offline.

In the meantime, the government has set up a programme for people to experiment running a mock business for fun. It’s called Young Enterprise; something you can ask your school to look into. For me, it didn’t really helped me with employment as such, but it was fun and it was something to do whilst it lasted.

Start up costs can be an issue with many people. There are ways of funding your enterprise, but you may want to speak to successful people who have done the sort of business you want to do and look to people who can offer professional and specialised advice on the subject matter.

You can say online business is probably one of the cheapest avenues to do business, with low start up costs, but you have to look whether it’s suitable for your business as oppose to just trusting anybody’s advice, even mine.

Becoming a billionaire is not easy. If you look at the many billionaires out there, they have spent a lot of time and dedication to get where they are now. Becoming a millionaire is much more achievable, but hitting the next milestone will be a challenge.

In any case, the first thing if I was to start a business is to examine the market I want to go into first. If it’s viable, I would look for an accountant to help register and seek financial advice. I would also have a team of legal advisers, people who can help fund your business, mentors, access to consultants, access to a customer base, be able to find the right people to hire, find the right premises, find the right suppliers, etc. There is a lot of relationship building and you need to know your stuff inside and out. You will also need to be wary of everything in your business and outside your business. Of course, this is a rough outline, as there should be more to it, but it can serve as a starting point.

Hope this helps

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If you plan to incorporate then yes you need to register with the federal,state and city government. If you plan to run the business as a sole proprietor then all you need is a business license from your local city government.

Steps for getting started:
1. Forming the business either through incorporating or as a sole proprietor. If you plan to incorporate then you need to get with your states Secretary of State to do this.
2. Find your SIC and NAICS code you will need either one or both for your business formation with the government entities.
3. Getting an EIN if required
4. Setting up a Franchise and Excise Tax and Sales and Use Tax account with the Dept of Revenue in the state you are in. You need to determine if you need one or both of these accounts. Just call the Dept of Revenue in your state and they are usually pretty helpful in answering all your questions.
5. Set up a business bank account or bank account with a DBA attached to it.
6. Set up a merchant and or pay pal account.
7. Build a website and get a domain name and hosting.
8. Get inventory.
9. Figure out how you plan to ship product. This all comes down to how you plan to handle inventory. Some people have their own and some get involved with companies that have the product and you sell it and they drop ship the product for you. This saves on you having to carry the product yourself and having unsold inventory in your possession.
10. Marketing your website. Just because you publish a website doesn’t mean it’s visible to the search engines and the public at large so you need to submit the site to the 3 top search engines at the least and start marketing the site.

This is a basic order and some of these may overlap each other during the process but I hope this helps out. I’ve been through the routine and had to figure it all out myself. Just ask a lot of questions with the people you are dealing with to get things in order.

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I was going to suggest Forbes magazine and Wall Street Journal; however if you’re living in Singapore, those publications might be hard to come by. If you cannot get ahold of them, perhaps you could contact the advertising or marketing department of Nissan there in Singapore. I suspect the company would be called, “Nissan, Ltd”, over there. Hope this helps. Good luck!

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The impact of tha internet on markets

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For one thing marketing research on the internet requires less people which means less wages and overhead or lower cost. In the past larger groups were needed to pour over sales records and invoices to gather information at a fast pace. With the internet companies are now linked to Point of Sale devices which store their information on databases or servers across different continents. In the past a research analyst in New York would have spent a great deal of time and money trying to demographic data or sales data from towns or stores in Texas, thanks to the internet that information is readily available at a fraction of what it once cost. Thanks to the digital archiving of records and information human error has been greatly reduced, this increases the validity of data used in carrying out research. Marketing research is important due to the fact that people (Even those in the same country) have different tastes and needs, for each sub group in a target market or location marketing research is used in order to increase the potency or efficiency of the marketing campaign and in order to ensure that the resources such as manpower and finances are not mismanaged.

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I prefer this strategy by Mack Michael.

Here is the link if you want to check about internet marketing strategy.

Good Luck 🙂

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It just so happens that I found a website catering specifically to the marketing needs of small business owners like ourselves. Having spent countless hours researching online for educational resources and internet marketing techniques that I could implement myself, I was delighted to have stumbled upon this website.

I was reluctant to watch the video that you have to watch before signing up, but I am very glad I did. I believe that they have an agreement with other internet marketing experts to host their content. So basically, it is a hub of all kinds of programs and courses, very well organized and easy to navigate, that you would normally have to pay for individually.

Also, I was hesitant about the monthly membership fee, but because of their affiliate program, I am already making more money every month in residual commissions than what the membership fee is. To tell you the truth, I am more excited about the commissions I am making then actually implementing the strategies I am learning for my business. I ran some numbers and I figure I can make far more money in commissions than I can in my current business.

Actually, now that I think about it, they also teach a way to hire a five person full time marketing team comprised of foreign employees that you hire, manage, and pay via the internet for a fraction of what it would cost you normally. They have access to the membership site so that they can learn and implement the strategies. And with the residual commissions that you can make, even this becomes free.

So, by referring people to the site, you can not only have five full time employees dedicated to marketing your small business on the internet, but you can actually make much more money than what your salaries and membership costs are.

Http://www.small-businesses-marketing.com/education.php

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It is in the best interest of new novelists to spend some of their advance money in basic marketing of their first novel. Until a writer is established, a publisher is unlikely to spend more than a standard minimal amount on marketing a first novel.

There are a few inexpensive/free things you can do to get the word out about your book:
Set up a website. Spend a little money to have a professional design it. The more professional and attractive it looks, the better. Update it frequently.
Set up an email list (on your web page or blog) for readers to “subscribe” for news.
Conduct contests and give away copies of your book. Word of mouth is a great way to advertise.
Set up a blog and/or a Myspace page for your book. Update frequently.
There are TONS of small book groups and review sites online. TONS at Yahoo. Contact their moderators and ask if you may post a brief synopsis of your story or if they’d like to review it (this will involve giving them a free copy of your novel.)
Send press releases to your local/community newspaper. Totally free!
Buy ad space in writers publications to publicize the novel.
Contact local bookstores and set up book signings.
I know many authors who have bookmarks made up with the cover design of their book jacket. They give them away whenever they can to whomever wants them. It’s a good way to get your name in front of the reader constantly.
Attend conferences where authors sign books. Bring your books and your bookmarks.

These are just a few ideas. You’ll have to be very proactive in marketing your first novel. Don’t assume you’ll be able to sit back and let the publisher do it all and then the money will start rolling in. Your work doesn’t end with the writing when you’re starting out, I’m afraid.

Best of luck.

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Don’t use any of the links in the emails that you get–in fact, block that sender right now. Go directly to the website (www.angieslist.com) and get the information directly from the website. I was able to find membership pricing for my area just by entering my zip code. (Detroit area is $78/yr, plus $10 signup fee, for the Contractor & Doctor bundle). As far as the service itself, I don’t use it because I don’t shop for services that often, but I take all online reviews with a grain of salt. There is always a way for the service/product provider to either submit false positive reviews, or pay off the review service with advertising or kickbacks. On the flip side there are dummies out there submitting a negative review because they didn’t understand the service/product before they bought it.

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Alison:

There is not really anything called a “patent review”… I know some AWESOME patent attorneys that will draft an ENTIRE non-provisional for less than $3,500 but getting them is tricky.. PM me if you are serious!

Perhaps you have written up something?

Do you know about the Provisional Patent Application? It only costs $125 and was designed by Congress to give individual inventors a chance at bringing their inventive ideas to market easily. It is SUPER EASY to do..

To see the top 10 reasons to file a Provisional Patent Application please watch the second video in this blog.
Http://www.filepatentapplications.com/blog/

If a provisional patent application looks like the right thing for you to do then take a look at another website that shows EXACTLY how to file one using a video format.
Http://provisionalpatentvideo.com/

If you need to know how to get your product sold on TV or to Costco, or Home Depot, or Target and the like then you might also enjoy reading this information by the Ginsu Knife guy! It is pretty cool. He gives you all his contacts and personal email!
Http://bit.ly/GinsuKnifeGuy1

Of course you could ALSO just go to the US Patent Office and figure out how to file a patent yourself. Here is the link..
Http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/index.jsp
The flow chart there is pretty nice to give you an idea how to do what you want to do!

Their patent search is hard to use and you need special programs to look at the patents… Instead, consider using Google Patent Search!

Here is how you can use Google Patent Search to search for an “Oscillating inertial microbalance”
http://www.google.com/patents?id=M5GRAAAAEBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=Oscillating+inertial+microbalance&hl=en&ei=vrbGTvGeDoXhiAKWpfXxDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Just type the term you want to search for in the search box. Play with MANY variants of your inventive idea.

Also, for a more global patent search look here:
http://worldwide.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=en_EP

Remember… Patents are MOSTLY “Improvements” on other inventions.. So, while you may see something SIMILAR to your inventive idea it does not mean that you cannot patent your IMPROVEMENT.. Example… A tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a wagon wheel. A radial biased ply tire is an IMPROVEMENT on a non radial biased tire. There are over 10,000 patents on tires… Nearly every single one is an improvement!

And… a special gift for you is a sample Non Disclosure (also called an NDA) that you would have folks sign when you show them your inventive idea. You can change it up and use others but if you have NOTHING now it is a very good start written by my lawyer who charged me a TON for it!
Http://www.4lowprice.info/images/NDA_GeneralMutual.doc

For EXTRA credit take a look at getting a free website widget here. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING. Just use the FREE widget thing..
Http://CBproAds.com/refer.asp?id=50245 It will allow you to put adverts to eBooks on nearly ANY subject. If you had a store that sells horse blankets then you would include a widget that featured an eBook on how to stop horses from biting! You get 50% of whatever book folks buy. Pretty nice!

If you like my answer can you vote on it?

Thanks,

Dave

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Hello Annie, firstly there’s no point in getting the new 3G Kindle now as they limit what web sites you can access (only Amazon store and Wikipedia are allowed.) Then, you need to understand that Kindle Touch ($139 without ads) or Nook Simple Touch ($99 without ads) are e-Ink devices for reading and not video/web/apps while Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet are LCD/IPS screen devices for video/web/apps but not too much for reading.
Non-touch screen Kindle models are such basic stone age devices (with page turn lag, buttons, and black blinks/flashes on each page turn) that I would not even speak about them – when you read a book do you flip pages or press buttons? Nook (unlike Kindle) supports eBooks in ePub format that is the universal format most used in the world. Current e-Ink Nook Simple Touch has the latest generation touch screen display, no page turn lag, it weights less, its battery lasts twice as long (two months on one charge), it has microSD slot and it doesn’t blink on each page turn – much better than current Kindle 3 or Kindle Keyboard. Nook Touch is still better designed than even the new Kindle Touch with battery lasting two months with ONE hour reading a day with Wi-Fi off thus it’s still twice as long as new Kindle’s two months with HALF and hour a day with Wi-Fi off. Nook Touch and Nook Color and Tablet (unlike Kindle) have microSD card slot to take a card (class 6 or above) up to 32 GB.

For entertainment, Nook Tablet is $224 if sign up for Barnes & Noble membership or $250 without signup. Nook Tablet is clearly the superior device over Kindle Fire. Not just 11.5 hours battery life but 9 hours of video playback time – that’s vs. 8 hours for reading and 7.5 hours of video playback on Kindle Fire. 1.0 GB RAM Vs. 512 MB RAM of Kindle Fire, 16 GB content capacity plus 32 GB via microSD card vs. 8 GB capacity of Kindle Fire with no expansion slot. Fully laminated HD screen for reduced glare vs. No lamination of Kindle Fire. Bulit-in and optimized Netflix and Hulu plus with millions of movies/shows vs. 100K movies/shows of Amazon store. Nook Tablet has built-in mic for Skype voice conferencing and dictations to speech recognition software and physical volume controls on the side (Not on Kindle), very smooth video playback with excellent screen, and very fast apps load. Nook already has Cloud as all eBooks in your online library are stored there as well as downloaded to your device.
Also, If you walk in with the Nook to Barnes & Noble store, you’re allowed to read ANY available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi and you get free technical support in case of issues in any of the store.
You can buy Nook’s at Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Millon, Walmart, BestBuy, Staples, OfficeMax, Fred Mayer, P.C. Richard, Radio Shack, Target, Fry’s, Kmart, Sears etc. Stores and web sites.
Sample pro review:
PCWORLD:
The Nook Tablet’s unique display has less reflectivity than the Kindle Fire’s, and so is easier to read. In addition, some fonts and videos render more sharply on it than on the Fire. The dual-core 1GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4 CPU and 1GB of RAM made switching from app to app a breeze, with little lag or stuttering. Movies played smoothly and stutter-free in Netflix, and the high-definition images re-rendered for Nook’s 1024-by-600-pixel display looked lovely, with terrific contrast.
The Nook Tablet’s display was dazzling overall. The screen’s glare was minimal, thanks to what Barnes & Noble calls its VividView display. The IPS display is laminated and bonded; so unlike on other tablets’s displays–including the Kindle Fire’s–there’s no annoying, visible air gap between the glass screen and the LCD beneath.

Jere answers:

Maybe you should try something a little different than just promoting the link. Maybe you should try promoting yourself first. You know, as someone people can go to when they need help or information. Instead of placing an affiliate link, try promoting a webpage with a product review for your affiliate product. Then give them a chance to join your mailing list by adding a contact form, requiring there name and email address. This take’s a little while , but once you get a nice list of people, then you can earn there trust by delivering some solid info, and I promise they will by whatever product that you are selling.

Ive used this trick and alot of others to to convert prospects and traffic into solid sale’s , sale’s that turn into repeat customers. I learned most of what I know from Ewen, http://tinyurl.com/4cop6z

Jere answers:

My personal experience is that don’t go any particular city for best web design companies.There are lots of best web design companies across india.So go for best web design company Go the Web Design Companies sites and Check it out Portfolio list and Designs.Then you judgment yourself which is best or not.I have worked with satisnet technologies.They are perfomed well in the web design and development.Go to their website: http://www.satisnet.com

Jere answers:

I’m sure this is possible. I would contact a credit card adviser in India for more information. The answers you receive may not apply to the regulations in India.

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I think almost more than 90% business sstart their business online in shape of website also targeting social websites

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You should look in this search engine there are plenty of sites where you can watch movies for free

http://www.fnuz.com

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Hi
my name is ali i m working in dubai in a trading company for digital printing materials,my co has a large w/h of 4000 sq foot and i m in search of good quality discounted products which can find buyer in the market if u have some good offer let me know we can cooperated for a profitable business relationship,i also have a database of around 40000+ companies so i will try hard to market the products in the local market, i m born in mumbai india and work and live in dubai my email is aliasgar_munira@yahoo.com my mobile is 00971505091186 thanxs bye and waiting for your reply

Jere answers:

You can download it here absolutely free: bee4(.)biz/v/igIRx

I love this site! I download it from there for free. You have to do a short survey, but it’s free and more than worth it.

Enjoy 🙂

Jere answers:

The best home business idea is to start your own legitimate home based small business. You need to consider your skills, interests and resources to decide which home business opportunity is right for you.
If you enjoy working with animals you could look at a dog walking or pet sitter business. If you are good at crafts then handmade candles, soaps and greeting cards are all potentially profitable home businesses. A home gift basket business is another idea.
Do you want to work with your home computer then what about starting a content rich website and earning money from advertising? Or start your own secretarial business. The website below offers ideas and information on home businesses. Good luck.

Jere answers:

No, you don’t need a lawyer for an uncontested divorce. Lawyers are NOT involved at all in an uncontested divorce. You can learn more about uncontested divorce at { http://www.legalformsbank.biz/uncontesteddivorceforms.asp }.

Jere answers:

Unfortunately, you’re too young for legal work in the States. Your best bet will be to start your own side business by offering lawn/babysitting services to your neighbors. Try and come up with a service that would be useful and valuable to those around you and promote your new biz.

Jere answers:

Go to forbes.com and look under lists.

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There is a large gap between the proficient end user, which is what it sounds like you are, and an IT professional. Another thing working against you is many employers use a 4yr degree as the basic qualifier on job applications. They toss anything where the person does not have a degree. Sometimes even a 2yr degree is not enough.

As far as what you need to get a job: The Holy Grail for IT employment is a 4 year degree, some industry certs and experience. If you have all three of those you should be good. If you have none of them you will be competing with other people who have two elements or perhaps all three.

Jere answers:

Here a some:

Unversity of Texas, Dallas
http://som.utdallas.edu/
Online program
http://som.utdallas.edu/online_mba/index.htm

SMU-Cox
http://www.cox.smu.edu/home

Dallas Baptist University
http://www.dbu.edu/graduate/mba.asp

Online MBA program guide for Texas:
http://www.onlinembaprograms.org/texas.html

Good Luck!!!

Jere answers:

Hey Dion,

I think you are searching http://www.selftestengine.com/

Cause Self Test Engine is the largest privately held provider of training, enterprise learning services, and software solutions for information technology (IT) and management professionals. They offer a broad array of hands-on IT, project management, and professional skills training featuring proprietary core and custom curriculum as well as content from leading companies, including Cisco, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle, and Red Hat.

I hope you will be helped.

Best
Solo

Jere answers:

You have a wrong assumption here. A lot of marketing positions don’t involve making presentations to the customer anymore. With a lot of companies have a rigid organizational structure, all the presentation to the customer is handled by the Sales people. Marketing communicates and prepares the presentation to the sales people, who may have more questions for you. The sales people go on and present to the customer. I have been doing marketing for 7 yrs and I am yet to make a presentation to any customer. It is after you get to a certain level that you would be expected to present to a customer.

About whether to do marketing or Finance? Do whichever one you are most interested in. It is easier to do better at something you are interested in. There will be tough days whichever one you choose, and when those tough days come, you will be willing to work harder at the one you are interested in. If you are doing the other one, when those tough days come, you will be telling yourself. I wish I was not doing this one and doing the other one, which is what I really wanted anyhow.

Jere answers:

This job requires someone to help make a website easily found by search engines, so that when someone types keywords into Google, for example, that website is at the top of the search results list.

To do this job well you need to understand how search engines work and how websites are built.

You would need to be able to demonstrate to your manager that you have made changes to the website that are driving more visitor traffic from search engines.

This is usually a job done by someone with a marketing background who understands what potential business customers are searching for, what website design and content changes are most effective and who can stay on top of search engine technology.

Jere answers:

All real businesses require some sort of startup cost if you do not already have certain things. So a minimal startup cost is more realistic

Before you get a barrage of links to a bunch of businesses you can start keep these 5 points in mind when looking over them:

1- Look for a turnkey business solution that you can get going within one day
2- Make sure you are targeting a big under explored market on the internet
3- Make sure you have the advice of someone who is currently using this business solution to generate the money you are looking for
4- Keep it simple and if its your very first venture look for a small startup cost
5- Make sure the business can produce income where ever you are.

The real deal is not difficult to find if you know what you are looking for.

The link below is good example. Use it as a reference when reviewing your options

good luck

Jere answers:

You must try www.snapsurveys.com, provider of Survey Software and Feedback Management Solutions with offices in the UK & US. Snap Surveys offeres a suite of integrated survey solutions for survey design, administration, data collection, and analysis used across all modes of survey research (online, paper for scanning, mobile (iPhone/iPad), phone & kiosk surveys), in ANY language. Industries include, but not limited to: government, healthcare, education, market research, human resources, financial, media, tourism, charities, etc

You can also visit kellywarnerlaw.com, an internet lawyer.

Jere answers:

If you are just looking to have wireless internet access in your home you need to get a wireless router from your local business supplies store.

If you are looking to have wireless access when you are out and about in the city etc. Then you need a wireless broadband solution. There are a number of providers available depending on where you live.

Check out http://www.wirelessinternetreviews.com for detail info on each provider and some customer reviews as well.

Jere answers:

Its a broad question to start up an internet company but let me tell you this. You can do bsiness and employ yourself with the use of internet. Many people practice this internet marketing. Its the new trend. You can earn more with just small investment. It just take patience and a little work and you profit more than those working in an office.

In the field of internet marketing, there is one business solution that helps many people in the industry expand their operation as well as generates income faster than the old practice. This is the Article Marketing Robot which has been recently updated to further work for you better.

There are many tools already in the market that claims that it can submit articles to many directories but only Article marketing robot has been recommended by popular internet marketing operators.

Everything is simple with the instruction and how the software function.

Jere answers:

For internet marketing and web solutions you should be always of a lot of scams. What have helped me start up my online business is http://www.sitesource101.com/seo/seorankingingoogle.html

Jere answers:

Step 1 would be to use some other operating system than Windows (you may already have taken this step — I don’t know).
Step 2: disable any guest accounts.
Step 3: make sure no regular user accounts have administrative privileges. Create a separate administrator account with its own password. Check through your user accounts to make sure your father doesn’t have an account he can use.
Step 4: disable file sharing and any other similar services, or at least figure out how to restrict them to authorized users (generally not terribly difficult).

However, if you’re on the same network with your father, he’s likely to be able to monitor network traffic and deduce some of what you’re doing. Whether he has the technical skills to do this is another question, but you should be aware that it is possible.

(Note: the steps I enumerated above are not actually in a strict order. You can do any subset of them in any order and still get some benefit.)

Jere answers:

There are many groups of this sort on Facebook.

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I would look at ETF’s Emerging Country Indexes to start with.
If you need more help, click my picture.

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Call or visit five potential customers each day and ask them to register for your upcoming beauty news newsletter or entry into a contest for a $50 Amex gift card. That will give you up to 100 email addresses per month (1200 per year). Your mission needs to be getting sales not getting clicks on your website so make sure you have the right products at the right price at the right time. Offer samples. Let the products sell themselves. Ask if you can set up a folding table in their stores for 4 hours on one day to give samples and demonstrate your products to their customers. Create buzz. There’s alot of competition in the industry. Get to know the buyers personally through frequent contact without stalking. When you see an article of interest make a copy and mail it with a little post it note saying, “thought you’d appreciate this” and sign your name and phone # or attach a business card. You may want to write an article of your own and make it look published. Relate it back to your company. Write about a new product or some kind of press release. Have you taken on any new clients worth bragging about??? Follow up with buyers… A no today could be a yes in 3 months. Get some postcards printed (vistaprint) and mail out quarterly. Your marketing efforts are tax deductible. Take a buyer to lunch once in awhile and ask about their business, trends, fears, joys, etc. Partner with comparable businesses to share leads. Talk to dermatologists and fitness clubs to get your product name to the end users who in turn will ask for your products by name. Imagine when a couple people a day go to the drug store asking for XYZ brand cosmetics??? Get your name out there. Be the “go to” person for the industry. Don’t work hard… Work smart.

Jere answers:

From reading your question, I think you would excel in marketing directly to human beings in the real world. You appear to a good energy level and an understanding of the importance of action to accomplish a goal. I would look for products to market targeted groups such as outside of large office buildings. The flaw in the thinking of the online marketing crowd is that they largely see a free lunch and are not coming to the job with a strong work ethic. Just the way you describe your circumstance as being the general economy and not “I am a victim” says a great deal about you as person. I would search for products of which you are knowledgeable and market those in person. I just do not like buying from a website or even from a tv infomercial. Now, if you are marketing financial products, including, insurance, you may be able to accomplish that via online. Just offer the customer that you are in compliance with state regulations to sell the product. Another approach, would be sell specialty baked goods to select restaurants in your market area.

Jere answers:

Well if you just want to send email to members of the forum then provided if you are an admin you should be able to do it via Admin control panel

1) You’ll need an email sending software and autoresponder
Autoresponders are messages that are automatically sent when subscribers sign up to receive information from you. You can schedule a whole series of messages to go out at the daily intervals you set.

2) yes
3)yes
4) A good Vps with moderate specs.
5) Can be done through home connection
6) Makes things easier refer 1 for autoresponder

Jere answers:

Nope. Your best option is to just start pounding the phones. As people start to use your product it will catch on by word of mouth.

Jere answers:

Google “email marketing” and see how many results you get. Email Marketing is definitely not dead, actually, it is still said to be one of the marketing tools with the highest ROI. Though it seems that Social Media is taking all people’s attention over, you still cannot deny that email marketing is still more powerful for business!

Social networks are like the old square where people used to get together and listen to a lecture. It’s good for making you a “celebrity” over one night if you know how to speak there. However, how many salesman have you seen that succeeded in selling things in the square? Not so many… Email Marketing is more targeted and cost-effective, and as long as emails don’t die out, email marketing will still be alive.

Jere answers:

Just what the world needs… More SPAM.

I have to hope against hope that there are fewer and fewer opportunities for success in your chosen field.

Jere answers:

There are many options online…

Google your keyword
search some good webmaster forums, and discuss it there

for the rest of others
www.simplycast.com
www.officialemailmarketing.com
www.sendblaster.com
www.dotmailer.co.uk