Jere answers:

Email marketing is very hard these days because of spam laws. There are lists that you can buy from companies that have opt-in lists. This means that people have opted in or give permission for you to send them advertisements.

If you’re just starting out, this is where I would begin my email marketing campaigns. There are many other ways of marketing but too much to explain in this post.

Do your research and I’m sure you’ll do just fine.

Good Luck,
http://aac.ebusinesswiz.com

Jere answers:

As you know email marketing is very important part for your business to keep in contact with your existing clients.

A lot of people mistaken Email Marketing with Spam. With email marketing you will be sending news, product special etc… To your existing customers or an opt-in email list.

In order to get started you can either find companies online that offer this kind (Constant Contact) of services or contact local web designers. Most of those service will offer pre-designed templates you can chose from and you can simply insert your sales message.

Hope it helps. 🙂

Jere answers:

BLOCK SENDERS LIST – SPAM – FILTERS – REPORT SPAM

NEVER OPEN LINKS IN EMAIL YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT
DO ALL THIS TO HELP TO PREVENT SPAM TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
BLOCKING A SENDER
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/abuse/abuse-119233.html
open email program
top right of page choose options
then choose block senders
type in address
OR JUST CLICK THE SPAM BUTTON IT WILL DO IT FOR YOU
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/abuse/abuse-13.html
YAHOO FILTERS LINK
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/manage/manage-35.html
go to mail page
choose options top right corner of the page
then Filters
set it up
choose words like you see in email in subject line
this seems to work best
BULK MAIL OPTIONS
open mail program
on right side choose options
then General Preferences
Then Special Folders:
check these two boxes
Save your sent messages in the Sent Items folder
Redirect incoming unsolicited mail to the Bulk Mail folder
you will never see bulk email again
YAHOO EMAIL HELP AND CONTACT THEM
http://help.yahoo.com/fast/help/us/mail/cgi_feedback
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REPORT SPAM REPORT ABUSE
spam@uce.gov
abuse@yahoo.com
phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com.
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Jere answers:

30.000+emails is a bit much…

… Most “businesses” with email lists that big are spammers. If you’re not – in other words: your business is legitimate – contact the ISP that is blocking you in person, and explain the situation, so you can have your servers white-listed.

Jere answers:

U.S. Can-spam laws forbid marketing to email addresses you have no prior relationship with, for that reason and to maintain low complaints and high deliver-ability rates Aweber does not allow you to transfer email lists, their provided sign up form insures that you establish a proper voluntary relationship before mailing to them, Aweber prefers and gives a default double-opt-in where by a candidate has to reply to an initial email confirming they had signed up and not someone else misusing the email address.

There was one site offering up to 1 Billion email addresses for a price, sounds like the sort of thing those Russian spammers would utilize. Claiming them to be opt-in emails, I suspect they were scraped, etc.

Some of the email services, maybe Constant Contact allow you to add emails, perhaps a small number at a time.

Jere answers:

The UN and IPCC have the solution for AGW/ACC – we only need to give them absolute totalitarian rule over the US and all other countries, and the problem is solved (in their own words). The IPCC is who are persenting AGW/ACC as being an issue.

If you want to know to know the intent behind AGW/ACC, read the entire answer, and read what they are saying in their own words quoted, so there can be no misunderstandings of their actual intent.

These are a few statements that are legally binding for the countries that surrender their rights to the UN COP. Segments of the expose are shown below, and an expanded expose is at:
http://www.climatechangedispatch.com/images/PDFs/UNFCCC-AWGLCA-objective.pdf
(though not a full list of their demands and aspirations)
(the COP is Conference of Parties, an established organization by the UN for a one world government, and “Convention” is the countries that surrender to the COP through the treaty.)

Page 39, #32
“Funds will be under the control of the COP as the supreme authority of the Convention.”

The COP will have unconditional, unrestricted power over the economy and society. Why is this stated if it is all about science, and nothing to do with a one world government and absolute global rule???

Page 18, #36
“..adoption and carrying out of public policies, as the prevailing instrument, to which the market rules and related dynamics should be subordinate, in order to assure the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention.”

Market rules and dynamics subordinate???? This IS what has caused the current global economic meltdown – Market rules and dynamics subordinate.

Page 7, #3
“a major obstacle to efforts to promote [sustainable] economic and social development [and to [reduce] poverty] [eradication] [promote poverty aliviation,] [which are the first and overriding priorities of all developing countries].”

If it about AGW, why is poverty eradication the primary and overriding priority????

Page 18, #38 (a)
” The government will be ruled by the COP”

Does the US want a foreign dictator to have absolute rule over society and the economy???

Page 29, (q)
“Any lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason to postpone or scale down action on adaptation];”

It is suppose to be about irrefutable science. Why would this be stated if there is any lack of certainty? – because it is all about a lack of science certainty for the claim of Global Warming.

Page 78, #4
“economic and social development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities”

Poverty eradication again?? Stated many times. Isn’t this issue about saving the planet??

Page 87, #77
“A separate pool of funding to finance national coordinating bodies through a direct line item in the secretariat’s budget shall be established. Such support shall not be subject to measurement, reporting and verification.”

Poverty eradication is named numerous times. The COP will have absolute and unconditional authority, and billions of US dollars will be extorted to fund their pet projects and no one will know where the billions will go – i.e. Page 87, #77, second sentence – “Such support shall not be subject to measurement, reporting and verification.”

Check out this publication of exposing only a few segments and statements shown in full so there can be no misunderstanding of their intended objectives in the statements and what the sections translate to mean.
Http://www.climatechangedispatch.com/images/PDFs/UNFCCC-AWGLCA-objective.pdf

The full 181 page document is at:
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2009/awglca7/eng/inf02.pdf
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf

Is it really about AGW/ACC, or is AGW/ACC an invented issue as a means to an end as they have wanted for the last hundred years????? Giving absolute rule to dictators will be the result of signing the Copenhagen Treaty, or whatever name they give it at the time is the whole reason AGW/ACC exists. Actually, the whole reason AGW/ACC exists at all, is to get countries to sign the Copenhagen Treaty (like what the AGW/ACC promoters want), to give the UN COP absolute control over the US economy and society (in their own words below). They have drafted a 181 page document outlining that they will have absolute authority unquestioned and unaccountable to no one but themselves (in their own words).

Whether you like the answer or not, this is the whole reason AGW/ACC exists.

You should read how they will have ownership and absolute unchallenged control over land and all natural resources (oil, coal, gas, trees, minerals, farm lands, lakes, rivers, streams, and everything else). Yes, the UN would own and control your property and tell you what you can and can not do.

Jere answers:

I would advise biochemistry. There are many ideas that are unsolved including the protein folding problem, the exact mechanism of the cell on a biochemical level and the idea behind gene expression. This will aid in Cellular and Molecular research which can be parlayed into Biomedical Engineering.

All I’m saying is that you can use a degree in Biochemistry as leverage to a breadth of fields compared to direct Biomedical Engineering.

With Biomed, you’re looking at creating new technology which could be the next big thing or something that is subject to constant change. I’m not sure you’ll always have a job if this occurs. On the other hand, we know next to nothing about the structure of proteins, and could always use stock solutions in lab 🙂

Jere answers:

A valuable role that marketers play in working with small companies or start-ups is helping them develop their differentiation. What solution they provide that is unique – not great customer service or best price but a separation from the rest of the industry.
Next – finding out if the market wants, needs and can afford this product or service.
Market is everyone who needs you. Target market is everyone who needs you and can afford you.

They then outline what the client delivers and creates marketing pieces that promise to deliver exactly what will be sold.

Marketers then develop a strong laser-focused strategy that taps in that specific target market. They come up with awareness strategy and the material to expose and sell that lead. They also track what is working and meet with the client to assess and re-direct as needed.

Marketers often work with clients developing a consistent client experience, recognizing that much of marketing is about keeping customers and generating referrals.

Jere answers:

When religion ruled the Civilization, it was called, “The Dark Ages.”

When technology ruled the Civilization, it is called “The Aphotic Age.”

Corporations rule civilization…and like religion, they don’t care either about what ethics they use to survive or who they hurt.

Should WW3 happen (doubtful, corporations Worldwide would watch the stocks drop bc of globalizaton that wasn’t in WWI), corporate moguls will just run where it is safe and direct the governments, and therefore the war, from those havens.

And only those corporations that support the supplies or the arms will do their level best to perpetuate a World War…until “the market tires of war.”

Jere answers:

Most local MLS data bases have a direct link to their websites for public view. But not all.

Quite frankly, your Realtor may be the nicest person in the world and your best friend for that matter, but if he/she is not getting you the latest information quickly then they are not doing their job. The data base that they pull their information from most likely has a feature that enables them to set you up as a contact and it will automatically email the agent and you new homes that fit the criteria that has been established. This way, you immediately know any new homes that hit the market.
If your agent is not getting you information on homes till 3 days later they are not doing their job. Chances are the agent does not even know this feature even exists on their MLS system.

I am a real estate trainer on MLS systems and it is surprisingly how many agents that are good agents do not take full advantage of the system they use. With all that said, yes there probably is a local link directly to the MLS system that will give you 95% of all the listing data (owners names and phones for example will not be published to the public). Just ask you agent for the link or even google your city’s Realtor organizaiton and it will come up.

But the best solution is to have a talk with your Realtor. If they can’t give you quick information then get a different agent.

Jere answers:

You probably can’t. The rating models are too complex.

Call your parent’s agent, and ask them to work up numbers for you.

Or post the following answers for each question, and I’ll ballpark it.

What city/state? What type of business?

Bonding: why do you need bonding? What type of bond? Some examples are: fidelity, licensing, performance, payment, erisa. Each of them have their own rating questions. Bonds can range in cost from $250 to 20% of the job cost, so it’s a huge range.

Auto: what type of cars, how old are the cars, how old (on average) are the drivers, and what are the cars used for, where do they go, and how many of each type?

Building – how big is the building (in square feet), what’s it made of, how old is it, how recently updated is the plumbing, heating, electric? Do you own it or rent?

Liability – what type of business? What are the gross sales? What type of product? How much do you pay the employees? How many employees are there?

Workers Comp: What do the employees do, and how much do you pay each category of employee? This is actually the easiest to “guestimate” – as the rating is strictly based on payroll.

Jere answers:

You have lots of options…

Companies outsource work these days. Offer secretarial services and keep accounting and payroll records for them on your home computer. Write promotional materials for them. Learn how to design websites for your local businesses on your computer.

Jere answers:

Surely someone in your family owned business can print out a payroll statement going back 3-6 months to suit your immediate purpose. You should be able to get sample of a payroll statement online that can be modified to fit your situation. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Jere answers:

Bank of America Corp. Has a program that will allow small businesses to manage their payrolls online. The payroll program is free to small business customers who pay their employees by direct deposit with a Bank of America account, The ”Easy Online Payroll” product is part of a series of business applications that the bank has developed in its Business 24/7 portfolio, which is designed to make it easier for the owners of small businesses to operate.
Besides creating paychecks, the program also will set up W-2 tax statements, perform withholding calculations, link to accounting and bookkeeping software, and have the ability to pay and file federal and most state payroll taxes electronically.
Online Banking & Services: Frequently Asked Questions for Online Services from Bank of America
How much does Bank of America Easy Online Payroll cost? Bank of America Easy Online Payroll’s Basic Service allows you to manage payroll for employees paid by direct deposit to a Bank of America account at no cost. For employees that you choose to pay by check or other means, we will charge you only $5 per month for each active employee, and we will limit the aggregate monthly cost to $15. That means, you won’t pay more than $15 per month for our Basic Service, and when your employees are all paid by direct deposit to a Bank of America account, the Basic Service is free. We believe that you will also find the enhanced features of our Plus Service upgrade to be exceptional.
There are other free programs but this seemed a safe way to go.
You can search further on Yahoo with the search phrase, “Free Payroll programs.”

Jere answers:

Deciding whether to use Quicken or QuickBooks is a matter of your accounting needs and abilities. Some accountants suggest clients use QuickBooks; however, not everyone is comfortable with accounting terminology or procedures. The following paragraphs highlight some of the differences in Quicken Deluxe compared to QuickBooks Pro (these versions offer the most features and flexibility).

First, consider your computer and accounting skills. If you can navigate through basic computer programs, know what a file is, can operate a mouse, know the X in the corner of a window closes it, and know how to write a check, then you can learn to use Quicken. QuickBooks is also user-friendly if you understand accounting terminology. However, with QuickBooks, it is important to get the set-up right from the beginning. Quicken is a little more flexible and can grow as you learn to use it.

Consider your accounting needs. What do you expect from the program? If you need to track simple income and expense records on a cash basis then Quicken is easier to set up, simpler to use, and less expensive. QuickBooks can be used for single-entry cash accounting, but it is intended to function as a double-entry system for business.

Some important Quicken features that are not available in QuickBooks:
1. The ability to record and track investments (including the capability to download investment information from the Internet). QuickBooks allows for no investment record-keeping.
2. The capability to create an amortized loan that records principal and interest components of loan payments. This feature makes tracking loan amounts and splitting payments into the correct categories more precise.
3. The ability to easily generate cash flow reports as well as budgets based on past transactions.

QuickBooks has the following features that Quicken does not:
1. The ability to create invoices and track payments received. (If you only need simple and infrequent invoicing features, then you may want to look at the Quicken Home and Business program.)
2. The ability to create accounts payable and track the payments as they are made. Payroll features are provided as a for-fee service, ranging from downloadable payroll table updates to complete payroll services. Other payroll features include the ability to track time for employees and link the time spent with specific projects.
3. Inventory features. However, this feature is of limited value to most farmers and ranchers as it is designed for a retail business. It can be helpful to producers selling certified seed, for instance.
4. The ability to accept credit card payments (with the use of QuickBooks Account Manager).

What Quicken and QuickBooks both offer:
1. The programs are affordable. Quicken Deluxe is about $60 with a $20 rebate for previous users; QuickBooks Pro can be purchased for about $220.
2. Both have class features which allow you to track income and expense information by enterprise for better financial analysis.
3. Both include a variety of reports for tracking income and expenses and tax information. However, the QuickBooks reports are more business oriented and tend to resemble standard accounting statements.

Jere answers:

Start by marketing your online service to your local area first. Then widen the area you serve slowly. If your service is good, word of mouth will help tremendously and business will pick up.

Referrals are the leading way new businesses increase sales on a B2B level.

Jere answers:

There’s not much you can do. Even though shopping online can be convenient and sometimes costs less, it is usually best to buy things in your community whenever possible. If you end up with wrong items, damaged items, items that were never received, etc., it can cost you a lot of money.

Jere answers:

If you paid $7000 for a “franchise” – you better hope you make more than $70-100 a week – that’s peanuts

never heard of an online franchise – you probably won’t make anything

franschises usually give you exclusive territories – online that is impossible – you are competing for the exact same online shoppers as every other online business in the world – you have no protected territory where people can only buy this company’s products from you – some other franchisee on the other side of the world could be selling to your next door neighbor

seems to me the only ones who will make any money with something like that are the ones selling the franchises ($7000 per sale)

Jere answers:

From landscape designer to cartoon artist, from an accountant with special knowledge of tax havens to a trainer (of just about anything), you can use the Web to build your client base.

The possibilities are endless. And whether your clients are “local” (ex., a fitness trainer) or “global” (ex., someone who indexes books) in nature, the Service Sellers Masters Course shows you how to use the Net to build a client base in a fast, cost-effective way.

Anyone can sell a service — you may already be doing so. If not, anyone can delve deep inside themselves — what knowledge or skill set do you have that others would pay for?

I hope this helped.

BEST WISHES!

Jere answers:

It sounds like you need a VoIP service that provides DID (direct inbound dialling) phone numbers with Voice Mail.

There are some VoIP services that you can subscribe to and get a phone number (DID) with Voice Mail. Then have your incoming calls forwarded to your home or cell, or go directly to Voice mail. Voicemail copies can then be forwarded as an attachment to your email address. CallCentric is one VoIP carrier that provides these features – and you can do it without using any VoIP equipment. They provide this service for as little as $1.95/month for incoming calls + 1.5¢/min usage. Voicemail is free. Forwarding your incoming calls to your home or cell is only 1.98¢/min. It is strictly pay-as-you-go – no contracts, no extra charges, no nonsense service.

Jere answers:

First of all, you dont need to be a genius to make extra money from internet. Neway, im a mechanical engineering student and im doing online part timejob that is free to join.. Mail me ok if u’r interested.. I can lead you! Nothin to lose becoz its totally free.. Its kinda easy job actually..but waterver u do, please do not join watever job that ask you to pay before you start to work! They should be paying you!!

Good luck!

Jere answers:

What you need to do is find a passion you have and build on that passion.

You need a low cost and high reward program to build that will benefit the
people who are looking to join up under you.

Jere answers:

Wow…Thats is a tuff question considering all of the internet businesses already in action. Personally I would probably create a Virtual Reality Business in which people could interact completely in a virtual world with economy,money, government, voting etc….The users could create their own world and invite other to join as career people in their world…even conduct interviews. I’m talking a lot of work here for this to become a reality….and a lot of time someone would have to invest in the program. You could get very creative with this concept. (“”MAC””) Nobody can steal my idea now! :p lol I officially claim it as my own! (MAC) VIRTUAL MAC WORLD!

Jere answers:

If you want something that can supplement your income you can try gifting. It doesn’t require selling or anything and can bring in a minimum of an extra 500 – 1000 dollars a month. A lot of new business owners are doing this to help fund their respective businesses

Jere answers:

Internet businesses don’t rely on regional exposure.

Get yourself a business license. They’re cheap.
Incorporate because it provides you with a level of protection.
Create your website and start advertising.
Do all of the white hat things you should do to get traffic.

I suggest going through the 30 Day Challenge with Ed Dale. It’s free and has a ton of great ideas.

Randy

Jere answers:

For the federal income tax, your income, per se, is not relevant in determining if you are your mother’s dependent. You would not be her dependent if you provided more than half of your own support. So you could earn any amount if you saved it all for college, rather than spending it on food, clothes, and music.

Jere answers:

For Federal purposes, the LLC is a “disregarded entity” which means the IRS does not formally recognize the type. It defaults to either a Schedule C (single member) or Partnership/1065 (multiple member) unless you elected to be treated as a corporation.

On the state level, some stats do recognize the type for tax purposes and al require at least an annual filing fee. In CA, the filing fee is something like $800.

Jere answers:

Okay, let’s start over. I think you made serious mistakes on your tax return.

At age 21, you are under 24 and your parents would be expected to claim you. Under IRS rules, you are living temporarily away from their home and unless you can show they are either dead or that you provided more than half of your total support yourself, you are still their dependent and they, not you, would claim the AOC credit.

If your parents aren’t dead, you aren’t married and your support was more than $6058, you CANNOT claim the $1000 refundable part of the AOC because you flunk the tests to claim it. And I’m hardpressed to believe that if your tuition *was* more than $4000 that you lived on less than $2058 for the rest of the year, especially the way housing is figured.

Jere answers:

Helen is the ONLY right answer.

Unless you ran a daycare center for a corporation and got paid by them, you won’t be getting a 1099-Misc since that is ONLY used in a trade or business.

If you babysat at your sister’s house, you were employed by her and SHE should be issuing you a W-2. If the total she paid you was less than $1700, she doesn’t have to–you just list the money as wages and enter HSH and the dollar amount next to it. (HSH stands for HouSeHold Help.)

If you babysat in your house, then you use form 1040 with the schedule C-EZ and SE.

Jere answers:

Well I am not an expert so I dont know the exact answer to your question lol but I do know that going to a tsax service is always a good idea because they can answer you with the correct answer and maybe even help you. Online phone books can give you all sorts of tax services even by their specialty such as business : > There are some in Charlestown, WV that can refer you to a place where you live!

Jere answers:

You have to give us more to go on. What IS the 800 number that you need an address for?

Some company, some 800 number that does direct marketing out of Grants Pass, Oregon really isn’t enough information.

When you get the number, try going to this website to see if you can look it up:

http://www.whitepages.com/9900/reverse_phone

http://www.anywho.com/tf.html

Jere answers:

Well, first you need to look around and see what other companies supply with the same product and do a comparison (analyze your strengths and weakneses as well as advantages you have over other products).

Then, describe your product and decide how you want to position it for your target clients (usually this requires research)
you may want to emphasize on quality of your product, uniquness, or that it is of modern style, or classic, etc.

Then identify the channels through which you are going to outreach your clients: direct marketing, or other channels.

Then describe what kind of marketing materials you will prepare (printed material, website, sometimes wood samples help)

and then attach a budget

Jere answers:

The Marketing Mix is known the elements that make up the marketing process. They include:
Price
Product
Place
Promotion
They are also known as the 4 “P’s.” It is important for an organization to have a good understanding of the marketing mix. Each element is important when developing a marketing plan.
Price: What is the highest amount that the customer will pay for the product or service? Many times setting the incorrect price level is the beginning of the end for an organization. An organization must be sure that the price is not too high or too low. Mistakes either way will hurt the organization’s income. When an organization is starting out, it is important that they focus their price levels on breaking-even. A break-even analysis is necessary to determine the price to set to avoid a loss.
Product: What you are trying to sell to the customer. An organization needs to have an in depth understanding about what it is they are marketing. Development of the product’s size, quality, design, brand name, packaging are important when trying to match with customer’s needs and wants. An organization should explain how their product’s features benefit the customer.
Place: Where the customer meets the product. The question is how does the customer get to that place? An organization needs to make sure the product or service they are offering is in the appropriate location where its target markets can reach it. An obvious example of poor placement is developing a ski resort in Houston, TX. It is also important to look at the transportation that could be necessary to reach its customers and the geographical barriers that might exist. A B&B will not get many visitors if they have to travel on a poorly lit, gravel road.
Promotion: The method in which the customer will gain knowledge about the product and be persuaded to purchase it. There are many different types of promotional activities that can be used to help gain knowledge, exposure, and desire to purchase
Personal Propaganda: creating and distributing your own brochures, newsletters, fliers, posters.
Promotional Activities: coupons, give-aways, sponsorships of community events, trade shows.
Professional Organizations: being involved with a professional organization or association in your field.
Media Relations Campaign: a plan to develop contacts and relationships with the local media.
Advertising: Print ads (newspapers, yellow pages), Outdoor ads (Billboards), Broadcast ads (TV and radio), Direct mailings.
When planning these different activities, it is very important to estimate what they will cost and factor that into the organization’s operating budget. When working from a small budget, it is important to take advantage of all opportunities of free publicity. Having a working relationship with the local media will be very useful when trying to generate publicity. Instead of having to spend money on a print ad in the newspaper, you can have an article written about your organization for no charge. It is also important for small budget organizations to create their own personal promotions. An organization can gain exposure by wearing a T-shirt with their logo on it around town.
A recent trend focuses the marketing mix directly on the customer. Instead of the 4 “P’s”, there is the 4 “C’s.”

Customer value: how much the customer values the product.
Cost to the customer: also includes customer’s time and energy, along with price of the product.
Convenience for the buyer: similar to place.
Communication: similar to promotion.
Many organizations that offer services struggle when trying to apply the 4 “P’s” concept to their marketing plan. They are missing one of the “P’s,” product. Services are intangible, produced and consumed at the same time, rely heavily on the organization’s personnel, and the performance of personnel. Marketing services require a complete dedication to understanding the customer. Everyone on staff in the organization must have a complete understanding of the customer, a relationship with the customer. Relationship marketing is an important concept for service-based organizations, and is discussed in more depth in the Marketing Trends section.

Jere answers:

Hi Spot,
Wow, you’re a very creative person. How about volunteering at a local tv station? I volunteered for a local cable company about 3 years ago. Be willing to do ANY type of work – even if you begin by running out to get coffee. While you’re there SOAK up as much as you can. Be persistent, show you’re strong interest. Go for it!
Best of luck

Jere answers:

Social media marketing is beginning to grow at an astounding rate but keep in mind that social networks are for socializing and networking! The way I market products and services through twitter is well, not one that is observed by everyone but I believe is the best way period. I use platplatforms like Twitter to educate and connect with my audience about my products and services not sell. I explain why they should do business with me. I then direct all traffic to my blog where I begin the pre sell and information collection process. You are building your own list aren’t you?

I would be happy to work with you if you like, just go to http://www.CashFlowTubes.com to get started!

Jere answers:

A lot. See below:

http://www.find-ip-address.org/ip-information.php

Jere answers:

“required’ to fix it?

No, but that would be bad business.

Do they not have a service contct email or phone number? Contact them. If they don’t or won’t fix it, cancel your subscription.

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According to the US Uniform Commercial Code, you must be 18 before any contracts you enter into can be held valid.

Consider going into business with a relative who is over 18. I have a home based business opportunity, but the person signing up must be 18 or over. I am working it with my son, and he is 15. He finds prospects for me and I pay him for that. Write me if you are interested: jstdadd@yahoo.com

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Business Tycoon Online
http://games.bbgsite.com/games/businesst…

Business Tycoon Online is a MMO business simulation browser game. In Business Tycoon Online, a player will act as a CEO and start his business in Liberty City. After severe competitions and challenges, one will finally establish his own business empire.

Dragon’s Call
http://gamelist.bbgsite.com/goto/dragon_00_s_32_call.shtml

The graphics are nice for being pretty much text/java based. The community there is awesome! Everyone is friendly and more than willing to offer a helping hand. There are Game Helpers in game to help all new players with questions and to make sure the players are upholding the rules.

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I assume by saying fibre optic internet, your running your internet over the phone lines or with TV cable?

There are several options available, look and see if you have DSL available locally first.
I always found DSL1 pretty good as long as your only running up to 3 heavy gaming computers on it. It’s only $26/mo from Verizon, assuming it’s available in your area. With 4 computers going on it you start getting, “Hey the game froze!” issues.

I only get DSL1 access in my local area because I’m far rural out in the countryside.

DSL2, only available in major cities, but the connection is better and you can run almost twice as many computers at once.

T1 line $200/mo expensive, $2000 to install but your games will probably never lag and you could host LAN parties at your house as often as you want with 12 or more heavy gaming computers and not have lag issues.

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Taobao Marketplace is a Chinese language web site for online shopping, similar to eBay and Amazon,operated in the People’s Republic of China by Alibaba Group.

Founded by Alibaba Group in May 10, 2003, Taobao Marketplace facilitates consumer-to-consumer (C2C) retail by providing a platform for small businesses and individual entrepreneurs to open online retail stores that mainly cater to consumers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Sellers are able to post new and used goods for sale on the Taobao Marketplace either through a fixed price or by auction. The overwhelming majority of the products on Taobao Marketplace are brand new merchandise sold at a fixed price; auctions make up a very small percentage of transactions. Buyers can judge the sellers’ credit from their selling prestige, or the history of comment and complaint.

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Hi there !
Advertise on facebook is very easy and have lot benefit also . It’s a effective way to promote. You can expand business and product viraly.. The word about yr business may reach to the large number of net user..I think Facebook is a tremendous business promotion tool, Use your personal profile, then make groups and share your view by sending messages about your bluntness, you will get the replies from your friend and groups,it will help your business to promote. But all it takes a lot time to
customize.you may do all in a different ways. Take services through the internet; companies who works in-place, One is magicsolv.com offering quality services for all your business needs. So ask them helping by this way you may advertise your business and product just try it good luck.

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The best free advertising online.

A while back I wrote an article titled, The Top 10 Free Websites to Advertise. This laid out the 10 best websites where it was completely free to advertise on them. They included:

1. Craigslist.com
2. Blogger.com
3. MySpace.com
4. Reference.com
5. EzineArticles.com
6. GoArticles.com
7. Backpage.com
8. Dmoz.org
9. Yahoo Answers and FAQfarm.com

Each of these sites are unique in their own way but effective in providing an outlet to advertise your business free. This is perfect for those who need to advertise on a budget, their products and services. Small business for the most part doesnt lend itself to have big advertising budgets, so finding a place to “get your name out there” without paying for it is important.

To advertise on a budget effectively you must have a web presence, and preferably a website. If you don’t your small business is only treading water before it goes under. A website is the door that can open your small business to a phenomenal growth track because of the power of search engine optimization (SEO). There is a reason why Google® and Yahoo® have been some of the fastest growing companies of all time, its because search engines work. I personally use Google so much a day I lose track of how many times, and this goes for a majority of its users. For more information about SEO and how powerful a high ranking can be in Google read, How Important is a High Google Ranking to Your Small Business

Now that we have the understanding that SEO is the number one way to get free advertising by a very wide margin lets focus on one of the other ways to work at making free advertising more effective for your small business.

Social networking as a whole are becoming as popular as search engines such as Google and Yahoo. In fact Google bought Youtube® and started their own Myspace® type website called Orkut® and Yahoo attempted to buy Facebook®. Social networking is such a bonanza that doesnt even know their own limits of how large they will grow. Where does your small business fit in? Since they are free there is no money investment to make, but you will have to invest your time, especially in the beginning. You will need to take time to learn the site, set up your profile, and make friends. Remember, you are looking for ways to make the time you spend using this website as an advertising tool as fruitful as possible. Of course set up your profile with the focus of your business objectives and reaching your goals, and always abide within the rules set by the websites. Your investment of time is your efforts to build your network, because it will take trial and error to learn what is best for your business in social networking. Taking the time to build your network is the number one emphasis when it comes to social networking for your small business.

There are other emphasis which I will list below in no particular order:

* Try an individual profile as a representative of your business before you try a group profile for your business to give an idea of the time it will require to build a network
* Dont sign up for too many social networks, you risk diluting your message and emphasis.
* Share the networking responsibility with other employees or business owners once you have a business profile
* Dont be distracted easily, remained focus on what your business objective and building your network to reach your goals. If needed, set goals for building your network.
* Dont be afraid to get a little personable, people do enjoy talking to other people when networking, not just a profile on a website.
* Dont be random when searching for friends for your network. Its a waste of time, choose your friends carefully, and then extend invitations to their friends and their friends and so on.
* Alter your preferences on your profile to reduce spam and unsolicited offers. This will save you time as well.

Remember social networks can be people who are very passionate in one way or another about their cause so you need to be the same way concerning your small business on social networks. If you are its a very easy way to advertise and grow your small business on a budget.

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You can place your advertisements by signing on online business directorys, you will be showing your business to millions of people who rely on the internet for information about business and services. It results in finding your business by search engines. The in http://www.directory.ac having lots of international service providers, marketers, producers, buyers, manufacturers and investors are constantly searching out partners in their businesses. By being enlisted in an online business directory, you stand a far greater chance of being singled out than when you are not. (source ) http://www.directory.ac

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“I found facebook the best online site to promote your business. Whenever you need to market or promote your business, facebook can be helpful, start by making a profile page on facebook, then make groups and offer them valuable input by sending messages about your product, you will get the replies from your friend and groups, but it need regularly eye look and update too. It’s needs a lot of manual attempts and uncounted time consumption, to shun from manual efforts and saving yr precious time you better get services from a reliable internet marketing service provider offering best services to promote business on facebook. Just shoot an email to social networking magicsolv.com. Best of luck “

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Blackberry known for Email, Internet, Keyboard, Camera Quality, Battery life, Phone call quality, Usability (Short Keys)

I would personally recommend you with BlackBerry Torch. Good design, great features. You will surely love it. I am providing you with an actual user review plus I am giving you the link from you can buy it on a good price.

Torch is +160g
Torch has a talk time of 5:30 hrs

Torch is new in the market
Torch is a touch screen phone
Torch has a storage capacity of 4GB nd Upto 32GB
Torch has a great camera (5megapixel)

Here is an article by a user:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R38JAWW7Y77L10/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B003Y8XBRY&nodeID=&linkCode=&tag=fawskl-20

BlackBerry Torch 9800 AT&T ($100)

BlackBerry Torch 9800 Unlocked ($700)
http://www.amazon.com/Blackberry-Torch-Unlocked-Branded-Smartphone/dp/B00408O70C/&tag=fawskl-20

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Deluxe Walkman® phone
Mobile phone and music player for audio connoisseurs. Great sound quality, advanced communication features, sleek style.
Go music
Music on the move with style to spare. Easy-to-use Walkman® phone with fast Web connection for quick downloads.
Compact music kit
Neat, petite phone with music player, management software and accessories to make mobile audio pure pleasure.
Video is the radio star
Make your own fun with still pictures and video clips. Or listen to the FM radio and get into someone else’s groove.

Screen

* 262.144 color TFT
* 176×220 pixel

Memory

* Memory Stick PRO Duo™ support
* Phone memory 20MB*

*Actual free memory may vary due to phone pre-configuration.
Networks

* EDGE
* GSM 850
* GSM 900
* GSM 1800
* GSM 1900

Available colours

* Satin Black
* White

Possible limited market availability.
Sizes

* 100 x 46 x 19.5 mm
* 3.9 x 1.8 x 0.8 inches

Weight

* 99 gr
* 3.5 oz

Sony Ericsson W810i Review

Phone rating:

Launched in April 2006, The Sony Ericsson W810i is the upgraded version of the highly acclaimed and massively popular Sony Ericsson W800i, the first Walkman™ branded mobile phone.

There are a few physical differences between the W810i and the W800i: the W810i is slightly thinner, has raised keys instead of embedded keys, and has a 5-way navigation button instead of the W800i’s slightly awkward joystick. Apart from this external makeover, the differences between the W810i and the W800i are minor. The W810i has the advantage of EDGE (for faster internet access) an is quadband instead of triband. It also has Fast Port – a system connector that enables faster data transfer from phone to PC and PC to phone, and which also serves as a charging port.

The W810i is designed to be an outstanding music player phone, and it succeeds. The media player supports both MP3 and AAC formats and audio quality is superb. Mega Bass™ enhances bass frequencies for a better overall music experience. There’s loads of memory for storing music, as the W810i comes bundled with a 512 Mbyte Memory Stick PRO Duo™ – enough to store up to 20 full-length audio CD’s. The memory stick is expandable to 1 Gbyte. Software for ripping CD’s is supplied. In addition to the MP3 player there’s an FM radio with RDS. A quality headset is included in the sales package, and the W810i can also be connected to an external speaker system via an optional cable.

On the imaging side, the W810i has the same 2-megapixel camera as the W800i. This features autofocus, for sharper images, a 4x digital zoom, camera light and a video recorder. It’s one of the best camera phones available, and has an outstanding screen to accompany it.

Connectivity is excellent too, with support for all types of external connections: Bluetooth, USB, Infra-red, Fast port plus fast internet connectivity using EDGE.

The W810i is a phone that cannot be faulted. Unless you choose 3G or a smartphone, the W810i offers the best that you can possibly get from a phone in the year 2006. The new Sony Ericsson W880i is also worth considering, as is the slide-design W850i.

Features of the Sony Ericsson W810i include:

* 2 megapixel camera with autofocus, 4x digital zoom & photo light
* Video camera & sound recorder
* Display: 262k colours, 176 x 220 pixels
* Music player
* Mega Bass™
* FM radio RDS
* 40-voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 & AAC ringtones
* Polyphonic melody composer (MusicDJ™)
* Speakerphone, voice controls, voice mail
* Messaging: SMS (with predictive text), EMS, MMS, Instant messaging, email
* 3D Java games (embedded & downloadable)
* Animated wallpaper
* Picture editor and effects
* Personal organiser functions
* Picture phonebook
* QuickShare™
* Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB, Infra-red, Fast port
* WAP 2.0, GPRS, EDGE
* Memory: 20 Mbytes plus 512 Mbyte Memory Stick PRO Duo™
* Quadband
* Vibration alert
* Size: 100 x 46 x 19.5 mm
* Weight: 99g
* Talktime: 8 hours
* Battery standby: 350 hours

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If you go back into the Google Play Store (or the Market) go into your “Downloads” and scroll through until you find that app, tap the name of the app and the original download screen should come up. If you scroll down to where the reviews are, there should be a developer information link, and possibly an email for the app developer.

If that doesn’t work, you could Google the name of the app, and the developer may have a website for it.

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How about this?

Assist the senior management and president in marketing and new business developments.

Key Responsibilities include: Research and Analysis: Compile marketing lists for various products and research markets Preparation of Marketing Proposals: review and prepare proposals for management Prepare Marketing Materials: flyers, websites, email newsletters Marketing Campaigns: setup and assist in running Information Systems: Become quickly familiarized Software systems used in our office to track leads and accounts. Customer Relationship Management Product Sales

Responsible for aiding administrators and managers with daily activities, marketing assistants have differing duties depending on each specific place of employment. Assistants must have a thorough knowledge of the marketing industry because of the amount of interaction they have with graphics, layouts, flyers, etc. They must also be organized and creative in order to succeed in these fast passed occupations.

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The Nokia N82 is coming out. You should try that. The reviews seem to be very good for it.

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This day and age, I’d say post something on MYSPACE.

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If you want all-porn, all the time, there are plenty of sites you can visit on the internet and can drown yourself in it, print out pictures and stories and bathe yourself in, and even make clothing out of the images if you want. Nowadays you can even print out edible 3D images to feed yourself with it. Just because there’s a money-making industry behind nearly everything or everything, this doesn’t mean that these commercial markets and products are appropriate for all ages and all peoples across the world at all times to see them.

You must be young, not a parent or take the amoral approach to parenting. Regardless of how “normal” pornography is, it’s not something that belongs in places that are easily-accessible to children where they can stumble upon it accidentally. Or even adults who don’t care to see it, for that matter. Even if these sites are purposely making pornography more difficult to find on their services, it’s not eliminating sexual content in any capacity.

Laws vary depending on where you live, but I suspect in most places it’s not legal to show pornographic images to children. By sites allowing such situations to take place, they’re not only opening themselves up to problems with the law (decency / obscenity laws, for instance), but lawsuits by disgruntled users.

In regards to Google, their change was to make users looking for sexual content be more specific about what they’re looking for. They haven’t hidden anything or removed anything more than normal, rather if you want porn on Google images, you need to spell out what you want in more detail, rather than using generic terms to find sexualized content.

More info on that:

http://thenextweb.com/google/2012/12/12/google-changes-search-image-safesearch-explicit/
http://www.webpronews.com/google-safesearch-changes-hit-the-u-k-australia-new-zealand-and-more-2013-01

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Besides Yahoo, Google and MSN you can try Facebook – it allows you to upload images to your ad. So far it costs relatively less expensive than Google and Yahoo and has some good effects

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I would’ve thought they would have records of past sales to the UK with positive feedback they could perhaps share with you. Most companies have things like this if only for marketing purposes. I’m sure even if you started asking the company questions and put forward your concerns they should be okay, at least if they are a company worth dealing with they will be.

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If you want to learn about affiliate marketing, check out this

http://affiliate-internet-marketing-for-dummies.info

Here, you’ll find the best guide to learn affiliate marketing.

Hope this help,

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There are many web solutions provider that will market your business and bring you to success. Internet marketing has really been the key for major business investors that elevates the performance of their business activities.

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I don’t understand your question right. Do you want to know which is the best internet business information site? Or do you want to know which is the best internet business opportunity web site?…

If you asking about the best internet business information web site, here are a few good ones for small business and entrepreneurs:

– http://www.entrepreneur.com everything on how to start, market, and grow your small or midsize business.
– http://www.sba.gov get free tips and advice about how to start, and finance your business.
– http://www.allbusiness.com this is an excellent web site for small business; free advice, articles, tips, technology, marketing, start-up, and more…
– http://www.bplan.com get free business plans samples and more.
– http://www.marketingtips.com/t.cgi/36177 Free marketing newsletter from a online business expert since 1995.
– http://massbiz.blogspot.com Read articles from top experts about management, customer service, strategy planning, Internet marketing, and more.

NOW! If you want to know about the best Internet Business Opportunity web site the answer is anything that’s legal can make you money, all depends on how you manage, market, and develop your business.

For example, affiliates programs is a good way to make money for free. Those who tell you affiliate programs don’t work, it’s because they never learned the true way to market associate programs. Just putting banners and links in your site doesn’t do it… Specialy if you put a banner on a poor quality design web site, with no more than 5 visits per week.

One of the main things about affiliate marketing is choosing the right affiliate program for you or your site (remember, that you don’t really need a web site to market some of the good partner programs out there).

What’s a good or top quality affiliate program?
Good affiliates partners are those that you can treat as your own business. Your visitors are yours for life, not just for 30-60-90 days, are those that provide you with a 1-800 toll free number with a promotion code to gain phone sales, those that give you good marketing materials like: articles – text ads – blog post – print ads – flyers – all size banners – product links – and more, some even let you co-brand their web site with your own logo and domain name (this is a big plus, but necesary), that track your web visitor – sales – down line affiliates, and give you on going training by email – teleconferences – chats – forums – others…

Yes, there are more stuff online that you can do. Just do the right research, and inform yourself. And keep updating your business and marketing knowledge.

Another thing you should check is making money out of advertising using Adsense (Google, Bidvertiser, AdBrite). Just build an info web site or blog targeting a small or local niche like http://twincitiesnews.blogspot.com this local news company sells their own advertising plus use Google and Bidvertiser Adsense to make money. Also your site can be about Vacations to Europe, US sport cars, car accidents, and more, the list is endless. Just find a good niche market and work on it, the key is good marketing and daily updates…

Good luck!

Yours truly,

Luis Galarza, Business and telecommunication Consultant
I provide free business and marketing tips at http://luisgalarza.blogspot.com/ and telecommunication solution and advice at http://www.cogni360.com/
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The best internet/home based business to get into is one that is centered around your interests/passions. Even though there is a sense of desperation to supplement income, I would suggest you look deep into your options. Don’t get blinded by the false promises/hopes of the get rich quick schemes. True business takes time to build. A honorable business makes money through providing solutions to peoples needs, wants and/or desires. This is done by offering a product, service or information of value. If you struggle to find what you seek, give your own interests some thought. Which niche would you choose. My wife and I have built our own online business around our interests. We had the assistance from our web host of choice. They have some great business examples and ideas. You may visit them to possibly spark some ideas of your own. Http://find.sitesell.com/UnstoppableDreams.html

BEST WISHES!

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Dynamic internet bandwidth. Businesses pay for giant T1 lines but don’t always use its full capacity.

Your solution could rent out their unused capacity or allow them to immediately expand or contract to their needs.

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For the latest Business Intelligence Solution out there in the market today, check out http://www.wareprise.com/content/business-intelligence-software.html
It has a good listing of BI Solutions.

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My suggestion is to sign up an online “mock” trading acount. Once you undestand the buy & sell mechanism and the various settlement cycle & rule, then u invest with your own $$

there are plenty of online trading website which allow u to setup a mock portfolio to learn .

Http://www.etrade.com is a good start

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If you want to make money online, you need something of value to sell. For example:

Use your real job skills to get a telecommuting job
Sell stuff on eBay
Start your own online business, and sell ads on your website or charge people money to join

These are the same ways people make money in the “real” world, just doing it over the computer.

Any promise of making money online with no required skills is a scam.

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There are several things needed to be done.

You would need a website and a merchant account to start the process. The website should include an individual domain name and hosting which will cost money. However, it is worth having your own domain name because the search engine spiders will index it. An easy to get merchant account can be located at Paypal.com, Google.com, Amazon.com, and Yahoo.com. An idea is to get involved with Geocities.com’s Website Hosting Starter due to a lot of features needed by a new business.

Search engine submission is an important part of getting known. However, it needs to be done after your web page is completed along with the meta tags.

It is always an idea to have a voluntary newsletter or blog. The blog will keep people coming to your website to find out the latest deals or stories. It could be sharing your wisdom about the products in the store, but the ideas are endless for topics really. If done right, it can enhance credibility which will attract repeat customers.

The Small Business Administration has loads of information about becoming a business owner.

Good luck!

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Hi Tonic

As a online business owner my self I can tell you what i do, as you need to make sure every task in the business is taken care of, and is getting done on time, the problem is if you need to be busy with that everyday it takes away all your time, and you can be busy just with that all day long.

What we do, is start the process right, meaning we use managing tools that keep track of everything we do or outsource, so we can use our minds for better stuff and not worry for the process and procedures to get done.

Every time a new task comes up I will enter it into the system and the rest is history, it will remind me and keep track of anything and everything I or my team needs to do, I will also see the status of the task if its due, done, or any other stats needed, so you get your daily tasks from the system itself.

Its not hard to set up at all. You can find many free tools for starters, I can share the one I use and are happy with, see the link below.

I hope that answers your question, if you need any other help feel free to ask.

J

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How to do ecommerce overseas is one of the topics that will be covered at the Internet Retailer 2006 Conference and Exhibition to be held from June 5-7, 2006 in Chicago. If you can attend only 1 conference this year, make it this show as you can learn a lot from this conference if you are seriously planning to do ecommerce. You can find information about the conference here http://www.internetretailer.com/IR2006/

One of the conference topics is:

Mastering the Subtleties of Global Sales
http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=18401

“We’re international,” David Dwek boasted to Internet Retailer after Etronics announced its ability to ship globally. What he didn’t realize was that operational challenges were the least of his problems. Dwek will share his experiences in cracking the international market: To what extent do U.S. Experiences apply elsewhere? Is language translation necessary? Can you dip your toe in the global water? Where do you start?

You may want to read the following articles to help you launch your venture:

It`s a small world http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=18102
How Keynote captures the online experience of consumers outside the U.S. Http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=17558

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I think you are too focused on music marketing. Think of it as any business. Do you have a website for people to visit if they are interested? You can put some of your best music on the website for trail. It is easier to show people a website than have them sit down and listen. I hope this helps.

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There are alot of factors that depends on. First, you need to be more specific, What type of company are you starting, and what will you be promoting?

It’s hard to understand your question, because of the typo’s.

Email Marketing can be tricky. But you mentioned, that some were existing customers. So, I’m assuming this list, is one that has been established by you, or this company.

As, I said, the response rate all depends, On the product or service, the cost of the product or service.

And, than the email, The subject is very important. You want it to grab their attention, so they OPEN the email, which you can use a ‘link tracker” or something, if your promoting thru email, this service may be an option already for your software your using.

And, the email contents has to be just as powerful as the subject.

So, you need to ask your question again, and be more specific, with what type of products your offering, to what list, and how much they cost, and how many people are opt-in subscribers, ect.

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I think I know what you are talking about. If you are thinking about these companies that guarantee you a certain number of visitors I would avoid them.

I’m not sure how they do it and I think a lot of it is popups etc… But the visitors you get will not be relevant to your site and would be a complete waste of time and money.

Stick to good quality SEO and paid advertising which is legitimate.

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Hello. I am a part of a great home business. Email me if you want more information: emilymomexec@hotmail.com Thanks.

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Superman/girl.
No one person could fulfill all these functions

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One would usually advise someone with a small online store to use SEO to gradually bring traffic to their site.

For your business, demographically targeted paid ads might make sense, if you setup a Facebook fanpage (free) you can direct Facebook ads to it for a relatively low cost per click, Facebook ads use the member profile information to allow targeting age, gender, marriage status, location and interests that might mention, you can also target employees of larger companies who have disclosed that information.
Facebook ads are ‘interrupting’ the user, the ad style needs to be a bit more soft sell there, one can expect about one click per 1000 ad impressions.

Google PPC ads are not cheap, but may still prove more cost effective than cheaper media, keyword targeted ads on search results pages can be shown only in specific geographical areas.

Google network ads as well as other ad networks allow you to target specific sites or individual pages where prospects are most likely to be hanging out. You can buy banner ad space on

There are a number of sites that reproduce job ads, I frankly don’t know what channels they go through, they might just be scraping monster.com.

You can place banner ads on specific geekie sites through buysellads.com, a search for “programming” turned up 160 candidates, (CPM is the price for 1000 ad impressions) paying for ad impressions, rather than clicks may be ideal for branding exposure.

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I understand your delimna and have found several things that are working for me to generate extra cash and have flexibility in my schedule.

First, I must say that direct sales is a great part time option. The delimna is finding a good product you can stand behind and a marketing plan that has the potential to pay you today, not 2 years from now.

Second, I am also involved (about 6 days in) in some online marketing options and finding them to be very lucrative for the time commitment. BEWARE, of the program you choose and your upfront investment.

I hope that helps,

Andy

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A DSE has to sell LIC policies directly.No lead would be provided to you by the company.You will have to generate your own market and make good relationships with your clients.If you create one satisfied customer,they will give you references.By this your market and your earning opportunities will grow.

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After the horrific tradegies of Sept 11 and Katrina, many companies were forced to develop DR/BC plans. I suspect the investment they made is aligned with the potential economic loss (both short and long term) should they be unable to conduct business. Many small to mid-sized non-profits lack the funding to implement such extensive plans and while they provide crucial services, overall economic loss due to inability to operate is in relative terms a lesser consideration. I suspect that most of them not involved in providing direct service in a disaster situation are not well prepared so your suggestion sounds like a marketable service.

I would seek a job in a DR business and once in, try to sell your idea of apporaching the non=profit sector. Trying to sell the idea before hired may risk them stealing the idea. OR

try to freelance with it-get the company you completed the plan for to agree to use their name and referral in your “pitch”. I am no expert on DR or NP’s, but the general marketing of the service would entail muck of the same as for any service. One good referral will help somewhat.

Look at www.ncna.org for info on the sector (national council of non=profit associations).

If you don’t already have it, look into certification-i believe it exists. It will give you added credibility. NPO’s rely on donations and gov’t funding, and tend to reduce risk by seeking formal certification in vendors/providers-can’t afford the “scandal” of mis-spent funds.

Good luck-i think it’s a good idea!

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Auto industry is going through a slow down. Job prospects should be very rough.

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Many employers toss job applications listing an online degree directly into the trash. This is why online students are so paranoid about the dreaded word “online” showing up on their transcript or sheepskin.

Your choice of Bellevue illustrates one of the pitfalls of online education. Bellevue has a poor reputation to start with. Bellevue is a low-quality “completion” school that is not ranked by USN&WR. The school’s Business degrees do not have AACSB accreditation (Bellevue carries the much less prestigious IACBE accreditation).

A degree from Bellevue would embarrass you your entire career, like a bad smell.

Jere answers:

From what I have heard, Kaplan has gotten mostly favorable reviews. With technology becoming more integral in daily life the prominence and acceptance of distance learning programs has increased dramatically. The important thing is just like with any college decision you need to look at several schools and carefully weigh your options. I would do some searches online for associate degrees in business or accounting to find other schools. I found this site that has some of the info you mentioned and a couple other colleges for you to consider.
Http://www.ecollegefinder.org/business-administration-associates-degree.aspx

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Online schools – real ones, not diploma mills – tend to be more expensive than campus based programs, not less. Your least expensive option in terms of any sort of reputable degree is to first go to your local community college, get your associates, and then transfer to one of your state’s public universities to complete your bachelors. You get a lower price on tuition at these schools because you’re from the state.

U of Phoenix is very expensive (nearly as much as Harvard), and some employers really dislike it. It is appropriately accredited, though. It is a real school. It’s just not considered academically very strong, and it’s so famous for being kind of sucky that some employers refuse to hire its graduates.

If you must go to school online, first check to see if any of your state’s community colleges and public universities have online degrees. A lot of them do, and that’s often a relatively inexpensive option. But remember, their online tuition may be more expensive than if you went to the campus based class, so check both before you decide.

In general, you’ll do best re: employment options if you go to a school that is knwon for its campus based programs, and isn’t known either for being online or for-profit. So skip U of Phoenix, Kaplan, Capella, Devry, ITT Tech and things like that. Instead, look at UMass Amherst, U Maryland, Penn State, Northeastern, Bentley, U Florida, Ball State, U Nebraska Kearney, Iowa State, Upper Iowa University, Tiffin University, and the other decent schools that offer online degrees.

In fact, a private school that is reputable that offers online degrees at fairly low cost (compared to most online schools) is Southern New Hampshire University. Nothing wrong with them.

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University of Phoenix is regionally accredited, but it lacks program accreditation. For example, Mississippi State University is regionally accredited but it’s business programs are accredited by the AACSB. This is an additional accreditation over and above regional. This would be considered best. INTEL recently changed it’s employee reimbursement policy to only pay for business degrees that have AACSB accreditation. This is an indication that a University of Phoenix degree isn’t quite considered as good as a degree from most big state universities.

There are plenty of state schools where you can get a BA degree online. They will be considerably cheaper too. University of Phoenix charges $494 per semester credit hour. The schools listed below charge between $130 and $250 per semester credit hour.

Fort Hays State University – http://www.fhsu.edu/virtualcollege/
Peru State University – http://www.peru.edu/offuttafb/degreeprograms/onlinelearning.htm
University of Wyoming – http://outreach.uwyo.edu/ocp/
American Public University – http://www.apu.apus.edu/index.htm
University of Florida – http://www.distancelearning.ufl.edu/degrees.aspx
Mississippi State University – http://www.distance.msstate.edu/

No matter what school you choose, you should always check on accreditation. You can do that at the U.S. Department of Education website at http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.asp
At a minimum, you will want regional accreditation by one of the six regional accreditors. Preferrably, you want the program you are in to be accredited also. AACSB for business, ABET for electronics and technology, APA for psychology, etc.

Good luck

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While I didn’t get my degree from online studies, I do know many people who have completed their studies, both undergraduate and graduate studies, through online courses. They all have jobs.

What is important is that the school you choose is a reputable and accredited college or university. Most universities offer online programs and the degrees are no different from the ones received from attending the classes on campus. Again, THEY ARE THE SAME, and they do not mention it on the diploma.

Now if you chose a program from the back of a magazine from something to the effect of “Bubba’s School of Business Management”, then expect to only get laughs when you submit your resume.

Good luck!

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You are lucky. I only made $0.85 over a 6 month period of time. Cancel the rest of your advertisting campaigns you already have going and save that $20 for something else you might need like food, gas, etc.

I wrote a blog on advice for working from home. Link can be found in the second paragraph of my profile. I think you will find it worth the read; however, scroll down through the comments and you will find a link to a free ebook called success in 10 steps. Download that ebook if you would like.

I am involved in a free mentoring group. Yes, we ALL do it for free and it is not an affiliate program where you resell and resell information. We offer various trainings on how to advertise for FREE on the internet. I have seen other people advertising the same information for a fee that we share and give away freely.

It is all generic and a ‘no recruit, no product, company or services allowed to be mentioned’ organization of people helping other people to become successful in marketing THEIR own business.

That’s what I offer to you in your situation. It’s there if you want the help, no big deal if you don’t
~good luck
~jennifer

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Create a home office. This is not as difficult as one would think. Every home office’s needs are different, but there are some fundamental staples that all require. You will want to have a clean, noise-free environment that has good lighting and is free from distractions. This will help keep you more focused and productive.

You will need a desk and chair. The size of your desk will depend on what its function is.

You will want a place to store all your information about your customers such as a computer and/or a filing cabinet.

You will also want a phone, fax/scanner/copier, Internet connection, and any other communication tools you might need at hand. Since most home-based businesses focus on services or affiliate products, there will be no need for storage.

If you are planning to sell your own products and ship them yourself, then make sure you have room to store them all. If you plan on doing meetings outside of your home, there will be no need for a conference room either.

If you are going to be seeing clients in your home, and don’t have a conference room, then be sure to keep your place clean and neat at all times. First impressions say a lot.

Create a website.

Keep things simple. You don’t need to have tons of graphics and bright colors plastered all over. The clean, simple design is the best and attracts the most people. Too many things going on throughout a site can be overwhelming to the viewer and drive them away, not get them to stay and come back.

Stay away from playing annoying music of any kind on your site. This a sure fire way to drive away business.

You also want to stay away from things that require time to load. This slows down the viewer’s access to immediate information.

Just because you can put it on a site, it does not mean you have to or should. You want to have value to your site.

Include good content. This will make the viewer linger and become more interested in what you have. There are tons of ways to accomplish this and you will to use and decide what works for you.

Pick a few tools of the trade use them and apply them to your site and monitor the response and traffic. If you notice that some are not producing, remove them and try something else.

You will have to be diligent but remember that simple is better.

You don’t want to implement every tool at once, it can make your viewers feel uncomfortable, so use a few and ditch the rest.

Here are just a few possibilities.
Start an e-mail list. They’re great to allow customers to talk about your products and services. Yahoo! Groups offer this service free. Members can post comments and questions to you or each other and an e-mail is generated to all users. The group can be private, subject to approval, or public.

You will want to see daily traffic and post frequently in the beginning to get things going. Eventually your customers will start talking to each other. These lists are a great tool and keep people active and coming back.

Create some polls for viewers so they can vote on a specific issue related to the site’s content. You want to keep people interactive so they don’t get bored. Writing a poll from scratch can be tricky but they make great templates today that can be of great help. You would fill in the blanks and then copy and paste the code to your site.

Create a weblog or “blog”. This is like an online journal that is frequently updated. You will add some good links into it to advertise your business, of course. It is also a form of communication that allows people to stay updated on what is going on with your business and what they can expect in the future. Today, blogs have taken on a life of their own and are sweeping through cyber land.

Tips:
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Computers, printers, and software are a lot more inexpensive these days. You can also find great plans for telephone and internet service today that are very reasonable. These services will allow you to make long distance phone calls for free. If you shop around wisely, you can find some really good deals on computers and office supplies and furniture.
Computer: you can expect to pay anywhere from $500 to $1000 for a computer that has all the latest features. You will want to make sure that it has at least a Pentium 4 processor speed and 60 GB hard drive. You will also want a 17″ monitor to make your life easier especially if you need to be on the computer often. Make sire that you have 256 MB of memory at least and a CD-ROM read and write drive. This is pretty standard for most computers today, but you will always want to double check.
Multifunctional Machine: you will want to invest in a fax, printer, copier, and scanning machine. Many places sell them for great prices. You are looking at about $100 an up. Make sure that if you do a lot of printing you check out the price of the ink cartridge refills. If they are very expensive you might want to consider paying a bit more for the machine itself to be able to get the more inexpensive refills.
Office Furniture: This can vary tremendously. If you want nice but affordable try office supply stores. They have the packages that are relatively inexpensive and easy to assemble. Get a good chair though. Never skimp on something you will be sitting for hours.
For better penetration, use ads to targeted groups. Take advantage of free online classified ads as well.
Write articles and submit to major article directories, with a link to your website.
Do a lot of linking, link your pages to the major directories and search engines – this will pay off in the medium and long term.
Use autoresponders to generate your own opt-in lists and email campaign.

Warnings:
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Spend more time promoting your page than building it up; a good web page is useless if no one knows about it.
Do not send unsolicited sales email to those who do not ask for it, this is considered spam. Avoid sending email to so-called safelists that send to millions of email accounts.
Do not be stingy on advertisement. Use of all forms of ads is recomended, especially during startup of business.
Do not join too many affiliate programs early on, start slow and concentrate on building each program singly.
Do not be easily scammed, research each program and potential returns first before committing.
Do not burst your advertising budget. Continuous flow of advertising is better than a one off full blown ad campaign.

Good Luck 😉

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Yes, there is online volunteering! There are thousands of organizations that involve online volunteers. These volunteers are:
– translating documents
– researching subjects
– creating web pages
– editing or writing proposals, press releases, newsletter articles, etc.
– developing material for a curriculum
– designing a database
– designing graphics
– providing legal, business, medical, agricultural or any other expertise
– counseling people
– tutoring or mentoring students
– moderating online discussion groups
– creating podcasts
– editing videos
– monitoring the news
– answering questions
– tagging photos and files
– managing blogs, Facebook accounts and other social media sites
– managing other online volunteers

Note that for most of these jobs, you need to already have expertise — you can’t translate text from English into Spanish unless you are fluent in both languages, you can’t design web sites unless you have already done so and have a portfolio to prove your skills, etc.

You can find online volunteering opportunities at VolunteerMatch, http://www.volunteermatch.org (however, note that many opportunities are mislabeled as “virtual” when, in fact, you have to be onsite to do the task) and Idealist, http://www.idealist.org (keyword search: virtual). You can also try the UN’s Online Volunteering servce, http://www.onlinevolunteering.org, though note that most of these opportunities require an area of expertise. You can also try Project Gutenberg, where online volunteers transcribe books with expired copyrights.

Jere answers:

Here are 5 very useful tips before you start to open and run an online business:-

1. Write down your objectives and goals – Include who are your target group / market. Be passionate of what you do. Improvise along the way.

2. List down your supplies of products or services – eg. Manufacturers, wholesalers, drop shipping (delivery matters, lead time)

3. Create an advertising budget – use High-Traffic-Classifieds.blogspot.com, Professional Webmasters Advice is there. Other methods should include Adwords, Social Networking, Videos, Article, Blogs, Forum, etc.

4. Create a website – Starting out any (online) business can be tough and challenging. Need to be cost effective. Therefore, best to Professional Webmasters Recommendations to purchase domain and web hosting eg. CheapestDomainHosting.Org

5. How do you process your orders? – Arrange payment gateway such as
Authorize.Net
PayPal
FirstData
WellsFargo
CyberSource
TransFirst
Merchant-Pay
PayJunction
AcceptPay
PaySimple
Payleap

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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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Www.sba.gov

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Are you talking about a traditional business or a home based business? I found that a home based business was economically better and less to start up. The income opportunity in home based businesses, are the same as traditional businesses. Same tax write offs, except in home based, almost everything you use daily becomes a tax write off and you don’t have all the over head expenses to dish out as well. So your profit margin is higher.
Here’s one idea for you:
My husband and I started a business out of our home over six years ago. We got involved in an International telecommunications service provider that was started back in 1993. It’s a 15 year old, world wide company that’s in numerous countries. It’s the largest direct selling telecommunications service provider in the world. With headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Charlotte, Amsterdam, Sydney and Montreal.
They have been featured in several magazines like USA Today, Success, Fortune etc. Inc 500 rated them the 22nd fastest growing company in revenue in it’s first five years. They are registered with the BBB as well.
They market in services people use every day and pay for anyway. Services like Local and Long Distance telephones, Internet, Digital, video phones, Satellite TV, and all the major cellular phone companies like T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Nextell, Altell etc with the latest plans and most popular equipment. You help put them on a new 2 year contract plan or upgrading and extending an existing contracts through all the major cellular phone providers. You also help them save money on all their other telecommunication needs as well as Satellite TV. Every single month these people pay their bills, you make a percentage over and over again each month.
How many people do you know, or know of around the world that uses one or more of these services or products? . A lot of money involved in this industry.
A few more ideas to take a look at, located on my 360 page on home based business opportunities. Your more then welcome to take a look. There are over half a dozen different ones to look at for some ideas.

Hope this gives you some ideas!

Tiffany

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The only way that your wife will be able to access the Internet on the plane is if wi-fi is offered. Keep in mind that not all airlines offer wi-fi on their planes, and even among those that do offer it, they may not offer it on all of their planes. Also, keep in mind that it is not free — there is going to be a cost of anywhere between about $5 and $15, depending upon the airline and the length of the flight.

If the airplane does not have wi-fi capability, she will not be able to access the Internet through any other means. Federal regulations in the US disallow the usage of any electronic device that sends and receives a signal, unless that device has a specific airplane mode setting. This means that the phone could be used in airplane mode, for example, to play games (since no signal will be sent or received), but using a cell phone as a hot spot is prohibited on the plane.

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I have Magic Jack too my second year and like it. The call quality is good and the features like getting your voicemails send to your email is great.
Magic Jack offers now free conference calling as well. A feature that comes in handy when you have a business. Overall I would recommend Magic Jack. In terms of the internet service, we have DSL, some prefer cable (like Comcast). I would recommend to shop around, DSL is more stable, with cable you might run into outages and then your phone would not work. I don’t think you would find a free internet service nowadays.

Jere answers:

The IRS treats phone lines and Internet service the same — the first one of each is treated as personal non-deductible use.

For phone service you can only deduct the separately billed business long distance calls on the first line. If you have a 2nd business-rate line used exclusively for business use you can deduct that completely.

For Internet service, if you have a business class service you can deduct the price difference between the business class connection and the normal non-business class service rate for the first line.

There’s no way that the IRS is going to believe that an IT pro does not use the Internet for personal use as well as business use. If you have 2 separately billed connections you can deduct the cost of the line connected to your machine that is used exclusively for business use.

Jere answers:

There are many internet systems that can be purchased . However the important issue is to thoroughly research the products that you are interested in before investing.
Ideally the preferred system should show full details of the products supplied to increase sales and assist you in maximizing your business.
I recently found maverick money maker maximiser a useful area for research and i am sure others will have checked this out.
Best of luck .

Jere answers:

Attach a discount code for every marketing campaign. So customers will enter this code while ordering online. Then you can compute the sales figures. Out daily sales how many people got discount and under which code? This way you can measure the extent of effectiveness of every online marketing campaign.

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Amazon

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I found out that these guys that “get rich” by figuring out how to get traffic to whatever site you have that you are either selling something of your own or and affiliate product. They figure out what simply works. There is NOT one “secret method”, which every guru is trying to sell you for $997..

I came across someone who had success with their online business and retired at 40.. He started sharing what he and every other successful online business person does.. And I can genuinely tell you it helped me to see how I can seriously be successful myself online. There is VALUE in his info not HYPE..

You can check the videos out for FREE

http://greatblogtraining.com

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Why go through a company when he can do it himself wayyyy cheaper and actually very easy? If you want to make alot of money with your website with very low out of pocket expenses, (and im talking about as low as $9 for $195 worth of ad space) then email me, I have all the answers, the best programs and i can even help you choose the right business and plan it so you will make top dollars. I do charge a fair price but it is very worth it. You will be 100% satisfied email me @ jamesluvzshanice@yahoo.com for more details and pricing. And keep in touch because my website will be up soon.

Jere answers:

Any time you start something new, you need to have a plan in place to guide you in what you should be doing. Search the internet for this type of customer and contact them directly, letting them know that you would like to work for them. This is a time consuming process, but it will lead to more sales and a happy customer base. Maintain a good customer relationship with your visitors is crucial to building trust which is the basis for any potential sales. Always be on the lookout for new developments and technologies that can improve your business. Online traffic is the building block of success, thus you should always be striving to increase it. In these days, Online advertising is one of the best platforms for getting the good results of traffic for our business. In this sector, Many kind of methods are involved, Poster services is one of the among them. My family friend gained the good and instant results with the providing services also with good and valuable tips. May be, These kind of websites useful for getting the best position and gaining quality traffic with in a very short period of time.

Jere answers:

The biggest downside is that there is so much competition online. The negatives can be greatly outweighed by the positives but you really have to set yourself apart from the other million businesses online. There are a few ways to do this:

1) An eye-catching web page. This is the most important thing because you want people to be attracted to your business. It should suit whatever product you are selling but also be unique and fun. It should give the appearance of professionalism.

2) Carry products that other stores in the same business don’t. I can’t say how many times I’ve found multiple stores online with identical inventories. There’s no incentive to stick with one store since they’re all virtually interchangeable.

3) Get a toll free number. A catchy 1-800 number is something any business should have. There’s a reason EVERY Fortune 500 company has one. A toll free gives customers easy access to contact you without paying long distance charges. It also adds to the appearance of professionalism. And a customer will remember the number and be more likely to find you later. It’s a fact that a toll free number can increase business by as much as 600%. I recommend going with www.tollfreenumber.org. They cater to small businesses so they’ve got the lowest prices out there.

Hope this helps =)

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“Advertising and marketing make the business very successful..If you need to advertise your jewelry business online in indianapolis so I suggest you that you should use the Facebook have a large and wide social network, you may expand your follower by using your profile…Here are some web marketing tips. All web marketing needs to do something in possitve way to get more. Aside from website submissions, there are a number of things that web marketers can do that is useful, though they may be rather time-consuming. Other marketing tactics are relatively expensive, and are often need to spend more but here is other way to advertise and promote your jewelry business you may take help from experts..I heared a name like magicsolv.com who offer their services on low price, they can do your work professionaly to advertise your jewelry business on social media marketing network. Follow these basic tips to market your website and business.hope you’ll get more to pay few.”

Jere answers:

Check out the website http://www.startupnation.com , and their “10 Steps to Start a Business”. Also ask for advice in their forums. The people are very helpful.

Wishing you success!

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Hi Gail
Selling a business can be very profitable and it can be done through a business broker, just do a Google search and you can get one, However sometimes the business is more worth to you then it will be worth through the brokers appraisal, there is a lot of aspects to take in count when appraising a business for sell, much more then the yearly revenue, so before you do the sale you need to take in consideration all options possible not only selling.

A good tip you probably know, but need to be remembered all the time, never ask just one broker,

I hope that helps.
J

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USA TODAY Internet 50

The USA TODAY Internet 50 is a capitalization-weighted index that consists of the e-Consumer 25 and e-Business 25. The indexes are benchmarked at 100 as of Dec. 31, 2001. The components are updated quarterly.

Click on stock symbol for current market data.

E-Consumer 25
Company Symbol Description

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Aether Systems AETH Wireless equipment
Amazon.com AMZN Books, music
Ameritrade AMTD Securities broker
Charles Schwab SCH Securities broker
Checkfree Holdings CKFR Internet security
Cnet CNET Technology content
Earthlink ELNK Net access
eBay EBAY Auctions
E*Trade ET Securities broker
Expedia.com EXPE Net travel agent
FTD.com EFTD Net retailer
Global Sports GSIC E-commerce systems
Hotel Reservations Network ROOM Online hotel bookings
Intuit INTU Financial software
Lending Tree TREE Online mortgage exchange
McAfee.com MCAF PC utilities
Net2Phone NTOP Net communications
Net.Bank NTBK Consumer banking
Overture Servicesk OVER Net search service
Priceline.com PCLN Travel reservations
SkillSoft SKIL Web-based training
Terra Networks TRLY Web content
University of Phoenix-Online UOPX Education content
WebEx WEBX Multimedia communications
Yahoo! YHOO Web guide
e-Business 25
BEA Systems BEAS Software/aps
Broadcom BRCM Integrated circuits
Checkpoint Software CHKP Software/apps
Cisco Systems CSCO Switches, routers
Corning GLW Fiber-optic equipment
Dell Computer DELL Web hosting, PC manufacturer
DoubleClick DCLK Advertising
EMC EMC Networking
Internet Security Systems ISSX Security
JDS Uniphase JDSU Network equipment
Juniper Networks JNPR Switches, routers
Level 3 LVLT Telephone-integrated
Macromedia MACR Software/apps
Mercury Interactive MERQ Software/apps
NetIQ NTIQ Software/apps
NetRatings NTRT User measurement
Network Appliance NTAP Networking products
Network Associates NET Software/apps
Openwave Systems OPWV Networking software/apps
Oracle ORCL Software/apps
RealNetworks RNWK Audio/video
Siebel Systems SEBL Software/apps
Sun Microsystems SUNW Network equipment
Tibco Software TIBX Infrastructure
Verisign VRSN Software/apps

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Jere answers:

Don’t waste your money.

Http://www.raysahelian.com/vigorelle.html

“There are several so called sexual product review sites on the internet that make it appear that they are independent but are actually a front for the company that sells the top listed product. Vigorelle sellers claim that their product is number 1 from a list of 55 products. Now, how would they know this. Did they hire a group of sex experts at an academic center and tested 55 products in thousands of people with a double blind placebo trial? Of course not. Therefore, just the fact that these Vigorelle sellers are making these kinds of claims immediately says a lot about their integrity, or lack thereof.”

“We are not aware of any published studies with Vigorelle to back up the claim that Vigorelle is any better than the hundreds of other sexual enhancement products on the market. Hence, Leading Edge Herbals Inc. Owe the public an apology for making misstatements of fact. The integrity of Leading Edge Herbals, Inc. And the promoters of Vigorelle is seriously damaged. If their marketing is misleading, how can anyone trust the quality of the Vigorelle product?”

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Customer Service Job Sites
The companies or websites listed below are known to hire home based workers. Visit each site to determine if there are any work at home jobs currently available. If there are no current customer service positions available be sure to check the site again at a later date.

1-800-Flowers.com – Customer Service Representatives

Must live in one of the following states – Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio, New York, Texas, or Virginia. Candidates must have a reliable high-speed internet connection, dedicated land line telephone for incoming calls and a typing speed of at least 35 wpm. Prior call center experience preferred. See the website for more information.

Alpine Access – Customer Service Representatives

Must have high speed internet via Cable or DSL, ability to be online and on a phone call simultaneously via a landline, reliably-quiet home work environment during scheduled work periods, and a reliable personal computer running Windows 98 or later with Internet Explorer 6.0. More details and online application at the website.

Arise – Customer Service Reps

Formerly Willow CSN. Accept and service inbound customer service / sales calls from clients, from home, using a computer, a telephone line and a broadband access connection. Training usually takes between one and four weeks. See website for details and application.

Beyond Marketing Online – Customer Service Reps

Customer Service Reps are located across Canada and the United States. Must have excellent customer service and communication skills with at least 5 years experience. Must have Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel installed on your home computer, along with an email program and current anti-virus program.

Cloud 10 – Customer Service Representatives

CSR’s must be available to work 20 hours or more per week. Must have high speed internet access, corded traditional phone and hands-free headset, professional and articulate phone voice, and a quiet work environment. See the website for futher information and online application.

Convergys – Remote Agent

Remote Agents receive incoming calls from customers. Must have Cable or DSL Internet access. Other requirements include a quiet place in your home to work, noise-canceling USB headset, and a PC that meets their minimum standards. See the website for more information and to apply online.

Customer Loyalty Concepts – Customer Service Reps

Minimum qualifications include proficiency in moving files, installing software and accessing directories on your PC and Windows XP SP 2 or better. Must be familiar with the Internet, including downloading files, modems and email. Need a telephone with headset or headset with keypad attached to your computer. See the site for further information.

ECallogy – Customer Service – Utah Only

Applicants must have an Internet connection and an extra phone line that will be used to receive calls while connected to the Internet. This means two active telephone lines OR DSL. Must have Windows 98 or higher and Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. Work area must be free from home noises during shifts.

Live Ops – Home-Based Telephone Reps

Previous sales and teleservices experience is a huge plus although not necessary. Must have high-speed Internet connection – DSL or Cable and a separate phone line. Complete the online application to get started.

MicahTek, Inc – Customer Service Reps

Requirements include a Land-Based phone line (without call-waiting), PC with Windows XP, internet browser experience, high-speed cable or DSL internet service, quiet and business-like work environment, polite and friendly attitude, dedicated work ethic and excellent customer service skills.

Service 800 – Customer Service Reps

Previous customer service experience, computer knowledge and telephone skills are mandatory. Must have high speed internet connection and separate dedicated voice phone line. See the website for more information and online application.

TeleTech@Home – Customer Service

TeleTech@Home work involves inbound customer service inquiries. Must have high speed internet (Cable or DSL) as well as an analog land-line telephone and a quiet work area that is free from background noises. See the website for further information.

Time Communications – Customer Service Representatives

Currently accepting applications for customer service representatives who live in the greater Minneapolis, St. Paul area. See the website for online application form.

Ver-A-Fast – Customer Service Reps

Customer service representatives work from their homes making calls for clients. Must have good communiciation skills plus basic typing and computer skills. See the website for further information on how to apply.

VIPdesk – Home-based Brand Ambassador – Customer Support

Brand Ambassadors are independent contractors that provide inbound call-taking services

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There are a few things you will need to consider.

The cost of delivery going up.
A reliable delivery service.
The shipping from out of the country may be a problem for some American customers who prefer supporting the domestic market.

But theres no better place than home 🙂

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What type of work from home business are you in? Why would you have to buy leads? Why not use word of mouth, keep meeting different people and promote your business and products? If you already have a base with your business, why would you want to give it up? Building a business takes time, no matter what the product is. It’s not going to happen over night. Keep working your business. If you beleive in the product or services, then keep at it. But if you want to change businesses or add another business,
Here’s an idea for you.
My husband and I started our home based business over six years ago. We both work out of our home around our children’s school and sports activities. We got involved in an International telecommunications service provider that was started back in 1993. It’s a 15 year old, world wide company that’s in numerous countries. It’s the largest direct selling telecommunications service provider in the world. With headquarters in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Charlotte, Amsterdam, Sydney and Montreal.
They have been featured in several magazines like USA Today, Success, Fortune etc. Inc 500 rated them the 22nd fastest growing company in revenue in it’s first five years. They are registered with the BBB as well.
They market in services people use every day and pay for anyway. Services like Local and Long Distance telephones, Internet, Digital, video phones, Satellite TV, and all the major cellular phone companies like T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Nextell, Altell etc with the latest plans and most popular equipment. You help put them on a new 2 year contract plan or upgrading and extending an existing contracts through all the major cellular phone providers. You also help them save money on all their other telecommunication needs as well as Satellite TV. Every single month these people pay their bills, you make a percentage over and over again each month.
How many people do you know, or know of around the world that uses one or more of these services or products? . A lot of money involved in this industry.
It’s also becoming a major funding source for non profit organizations.
If you’d like more ideas, I have created a blog on my 360 yahoo page on home based businesses. Most home based businesses cost under $500. Some more, depending on what it is that you want to do.

Hope this gives you a few ideas.

Tiffany

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You can use pay per click advertising in the search engines to reach audiences looking for your products. You can use Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com

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

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

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

Recommend Site Scripts (various) http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/
Big Nose Bird Recommend this Site http://bignosebird.com/carchive/birdcast.shtml
CGI Resource Index http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/
Hostscripts http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Site_Recommendation/index.html

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

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

4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.

Http://www.prleap.com/sign_up.html
http://i-newswire.com/
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/
http://www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/add.cgi
http://www.pr.com/press-releases
http://www.prfree.com/
http://www.clickpress.com/releases/index.shtml
http://www.theopenpress.com/
http://www.przoom.com/
http://www.prweb.com
http://www.newswiretoday.com/
http://www.free-press-release.com/

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

Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AhzreGmnCUicOoyedqypscUjzKIX?qid=1006022407481

6. Improve your conversion. Getting visitors is one thing; getting them to buy your products is a whole different story. Read the article ” How To Sell More on the Web: 30 Tips To Increase Conversion Rates For An Ecommerce Site ” http://www.powerhomebiz.com/092006/ecommerce.htm for tips on how to improve your conversion rates.

7. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:

Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com
Google Base http://base.google.com
Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/…
Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/
Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/
Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/
US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/
Kijiji http://www.kijiji.com/
Local.com http://www.local.com/

Jere answers:

We always make our entire backdrop and table cloth black with little decoration so that our items stand out (this is great especially if you are selling something jewelry related). A spotlight to make your product sparkle or stand out. Also two signs- one with your website or business name and one that says FREE GIFT in bright simple letters.

We give out free tote bags with our logo on it in crystals or for those that purchase over a certain amount and for the non purchasers- a small gift when they fill in a form so that we can add their name, email and address to our newsletter list.

Don’t forget something to secure your money, calculator, a way to provide a receipt, pens, business cards, LOTS of drinking water if you will be outside.

Jere answers:

Some of the ways you can advertise your business are:
1. Post an article about your business on related blogs and get free visitors and back links
2. Submitting to directories
3. Free classifieds
4. Forums

Send an email with more information about your business to e@culx.net for free help on finding new customers and increasing sales.

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Sounds like this email newsletter on e-commerce tips might be useful for you.

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The First poster shows why he has not been able to keep a Job at any of the 4 dealerships he has worked at….if his advice shows his skills of helping customers…that tells it all.

Your best bet is to figure out what cars are going for like what you are interested in for your area.

The dealership is not going to tell you what they paid for it…and not give you a real number anyway….so go in prepared with information and research to back up whatever number you plan on giving them or paying for the car.

The market for cars like what you are interested in is very GOOD right now…and they are selling quicker than anything anyone who has been in the business for a while has ever seen….so use sites like KBB / Autotrader / Cars.com and research what is a fair price for that vehicle.

To use as a Benchmark….I have an Used 08 Nissan Sentra on my lot right now that has 19k mIles and is selling for 13,990.00 so depending on what year model the one is you are looking at will tell the tale of how much lower you can go if any on the one you are looking to buy.

Ask them to give you as much info and pricing itemized to the penny by phone and email before you step FOOT in the dealership…so that way once you do…all you have to do is sign and drive so to speak.

Good Luck!

C. Bond

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*UK information*

You must have produced the foods you are selling.

The market operator decide on what can and can not be sold at their market. Other stallholders do like like direct competition. Many operators have a set distance, only allowing people to attend from a 50 mile radius. Often there is a waiting list.

As soon as you decide to sell food, Environmental Health and Trading Standards officers need to be involved. Environmental Health deals with hygiene Trading Standards deals with weights, measures and labelling. You need to have knowledge of Food safety, health and safety, trades descriptions, weights and measures etc and stay within the law. The Environmental Health Officer may insist that you have a basic food hygiene certificate or an advanced food hygiene certificate if you are selling added value products. Your kitchen at home will be subjected to an Environmental Health Officer’s inspection and approval, before you can produce anything to sell.

Some foods have to be kept at certain temperatures and only for short periods of time. If you haven’t sold them in that time then, you must throw them away. .

All food businesses must have a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) manual.

You will have to make your stall comply with food hygiene regulations and pay for food appropriate clothing for handling foods (overalls, hats, gloves etc). You will also have to spend money on dressing the stall with display shelves, cloths, labels etc.

Depends on the location (ie town centre or auction house) the situation of the pitch (some pitches get much more passing trade than others, the best you won’t get a chance at). The size of the stall. Anything from £25 to £80 a week. Some charge extra for the ‘stall’ and you bring your own awning, others charge extra for electricity, even if you don’t need it, you still have to pay for it! Make sure you check with EACH market operator for every market you attend.

You will not be allowed to trade if you do not have a valid public liability insurance at least £5m for public liability, product liability (also employer’s liability if you employ staff). Many market traders associations include public liability insurance in their benefits, so it is often better to join the market trader’s association than it is to try to buy individual insurance policies and much cheaper too.

Http://www.nmtf.co.uk/index.php?id_cpg=6

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Yes. Why you should clean up your names and addresses: I’ve read enough horror stories of nasty collection agencies that match a common name like Jane Smith to the wrong Jane Smith and start trying to collect from her. The fewer misspellings on your report, the fewer chances.

Go back to anyone with whom you do business who reports to the Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs), and try to correct your name to your legal name, and correct your address to your US Postal Service standard address. You can get your standard address from www.usps.gov Use “find a zip code”, and it will show your standard address. Note how there’s NO punctuation except for the dash in the middle of the 9 digit zip code. Then ask, in writing, that these businesses report the change to the CRAs.

After that, you’ll have to dispute the info with the CRAs.

You probably need to slow down the junk mail because companies are selling and reselling your names and addresses.

First contact the Direct Marketing Association and go to the Mail Preference Service. Costs $1.00 http://www.the-dma.org/
Second, every time you get a catalog you don’t need, call the toll free sales number and ask to be removed.
Third, read your Privacy Notices and take action to keep your name from being circulated.

Please vote: Did this help?

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Usually what they are actually sending you is a solicitation that appears like a bill.

They have received your name and address from another source and they are hoping you will subscribe to their publication at the special price they have noted in the offer. Making it look like a bill does cause some people to pay without actually reading the information.

To stop getting these type of mailers, you need to opt out. The Direct Marketing Association’s (DMA) Mail Preference Service lets you opt out of receiving unsolicited commercial mail from many national companies for five years. When you register with this service (for a $1 fee), your name will be put on a “delete” file and made available to direct-mail marketers. However, your registration will not stop mailings from organizations that do not use the DMA’s Mail Preference Service. To register with DMA’s Mail Preference Service, go to www.dmachoice.org.

The FTC publishes a free brochure, Unsolicited Mail, Telemarketing and Email: Where to Go to “Just Say No,” that provides information on how you can cut down on the number of unsolicited mailings, calls and emails you receive by learning where to go to “just say no.”

Be watchful of any new accounts you open (including banks and grocery store shopping discount cards), contests you enter and certain product websites you visit. Many times they have a box that is already checked or a paragraph of fine print that says they will share your information with their affiliates and partners unless you tell them in writing to stop.

Good luck

Jere answers:

I’ve looked very carefully at your question: “Since I began my own pet care business at a young age, with exceptional success and have enjoyed it so thoroughly, I intend to continue it later in life. However, in order to achieve my long term goal of expanding my business and opening a fully functioning pet care facility, I need to make the money to do so. So, in the mean time, I wish to take courses and earn a degree online so I can get a steady full time job and have a reliable foundation for my future.”

If I’m understanding the question correctly, it doesn’t seem that you really want to (or need to) pursue an advanced degree. It seems that you want to earn more money and expand your business. If that’s the case, an advanced degree will not necessarily help you accomplish this. Furthermore, you could find yourself very frustrated after spending many years and much money in getting a degree, working a full-time job, and not enjoying it as much as having your own pet care business.

If you really have enjoyed your pet care business, I would suggest that you learn how to expand your business by studying principles of business and marketing. If you go to college to study marketing, you will get a lot of theory, but you won’t necessarily learn how to get new and keep old customers and how to expand a small business. There are exceptions, but your typical college or university business school does NOT teach the small business owner (in a practical way) how to grow a business.

Instead, I’d recommend networking with other small business owners who have done what you want to do. They don’t have to be in the same business as you. Simply duplicate the fundamentals of what they’ve done as it relates to business and marketing. Go to networking events, trade shows; join an association. Also, ask business owners what business/marketing books they read/recommend. Good luck…

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Internet-based consumer purchases will reach $37.1 billion this year, up 32.5% from $28 billion last year, the Direct Marketing Association projects. The DMA released its numbers today at the 18th Annual Catalog Conference taking place in Boston. Catalog sales will reach $120 billion, up 8.9% from $110.2 billion last year. The DMA projects overall retail sales to grow to $3.3 trillion in 2001, up 3.1% from $3.2 trillion in 2000. Internet sales in 2002 will reach $61.3 billion, then triple to 2006, when they will hit $181.4 billion. Internet sales will eclipse catalogs in that, when the DMA is expecting sales of $160.2 billion.

Jere answers:

A little tough on Mae there, “backup”!

I believe you will find quite a few of the things you are looking for if you check the source location listed below. I would be very interested to learn how you compiled your criteria list – it looks like a direct match.

As for your competitive rate question, this would depend on your volume. MasterCard and Visa charge ALL merchant processors the exact same interchange rates. What these merchant processors charge you usually depends on what your expected volume is. The higher your volume, the lower rate they can charge and still have an acceptable margin. Check out greensheet.com, the merchant processing industry news source, for more info about this.

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Business Plan Executive Summary for Mind Chemistry, Inc.
Mission and Vision:

Mind Chemistry introduces the “Graphical Learning Interface”, the revolution in learning and education. This innovative technology is developed from years of research, effective learning methodologies, and advanced memorization techniques. The environment intelligently adapts to the learner in regards to individual learning styles, preferences, and abilities. The digitally enhanced stimulus system will replace traditional and unidirectional learning patterns with an interactive, 3D experience, transferring the learning responsibility from the individual to the material. Mind Chemistry products empower learners as well as curriculum providers.

Target Markets:

Learners
Curriculum Developers
Publishers
Corporate Training Programs
Professional Development Programs

Corporate Objectives:

Address the growing educational challenges in our society with innovation and technology.
Alleviate the pressure in the education industry posed between the decreased funding and the accountability mandates of student achievement from Federal and State government.
Facilitate the further movement of “textbook-fee” learning in schools.
(See http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-07-11-wirless-high-school_x.htm)

Products and Services:

Mind OS Learning Center
. Mind OS Facilitations – graphical representation of information.
. Mind OS Sensations – the sensory-based, visual, colorful, and mnemonic learning devices.
. Adaptable Themes
. Multimedia – Sound and Video, 3D Animations, and Text Effects for better memory impact
. 3D Games, Interactive Games, Quizzes, Flash Cards
. Online Resources and Collaboration
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Mind OS Curriculum Designer Studio
. Designers, wizards, and tools to build learning material into the Mind OS Intelli-Struct, portable, and copyright managed format.
. Team Collaboration
. Version and Backup control
. Standards Incorporation and Content Tagging
. Global, Public , and Private Galleries for reusable learning material
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Mind Chemistry Corporate Edition
(Learning Center and Designer)
. Content Management
. Course Management
. Student Management and Enrollment
. Assignment Management
. Digital Locker
. Test Management
. Online Instruction
. Grading, Report Card, and Certificate Generation
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Mind OS Curriculum Public Lab
The Amazon.com of learning material both for paper-based copies and immediate download available in the Mind OS Intelli-Struct format. Access and managed ownership of learning products all acquired directly from within the Learning Center. Eliminate heavy backpacks, lost books, endless searching for availability, aging paper, and out of date editions.
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MindChemistry.edu
An educational program that provides “zero-cost” training for assignments on Mind Chemistry related projects. You gain much more than just an opportunity to move higher up on that great big ladder, you gain “Mind Capital.” This program is open to everyone to enhance their individual participation in culture and society. We encourage anyone who wishes to further their education in mind nurturing classes to become involved.
There is no age, skill, or educational level restrictions so there will be no reason to feel inferior, only empowered. All courses can be conducted online for flexibility. Everyone is expected to participate to the fullest of their ability. Courses are conducted in self-initiative aspect by hands on training in a boot camp style setting.
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MindChemistry – Joint Professional Development (JPD)
A pilot program developed to leverage the Mind Chemistry products and gain mileage and exposure in the learning industry as well as provide services to professionals with a desire for personal and professional growth. JPD provides a low-budget alternative to executive coaching through collaboration, role-playing games and exercises, and feedback discussions.

Business Plan Milestones:

– Continue pilot project for Grace Bible College in Evansville Indiana for taking curriculum online.
– Establish Phoenix chapter of Mind Chemistry – Joint Professional Development.
– Develop JPD franchising framework for chapter expansion in other major cities.
– Finish working prototypes for all future products.
– Develop investor relations and networking program.
– Penetrate the corporate training market and establish a product base and presence in a fast-growing industry.
– Market products to learning publishers and curriculum developers.

Ultimate Milestone: Globally market new versions of “branded” and licensed publisher products to learners, with “Mind Chemistry Inside”.

How’s that?

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Points to consider when Sizing This sizing questionnaire is designed to collect enough information to allow us to configure and characterize an appropriate SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) landscape.
 
1. Customer Information-This includes customer contact information, in case the sizing engineer needs further input to process the sizing. Here we also ask about the number, version and software of OLTP source systems as well as certain operational issues important to the overall system design.
 
2. Landscape Configuration      and  DW Design Planning-This section covers all information around the planned system and DW landscape as well as the Data Model design.
 
3. User Activity and Workload-There are three basic components to size for a SAP BW system:  number of users/processes, query mix and quantity of data stored in the DW.  This section will gather the information necessary to perform this process.
 
4. Data Quantity-In this section we ask for the amount of data you have planned to store in your DW and the data model you have planned to use.
 
5. Technical Requirements-Here we gather information regarding certain technical requirements, such as clustering or backup technology, that may influence the sizing of the system.
 

Jere answers:

Not sure on what you could use online, but if your a business you should use a NAS (Network Attached Storage) which will be the most secure and safest.

Something like a Drobo, although they might seem expensive, and adding to them the HDD’s will add to the cost, they are going to work out the cheapest when you see online storage subscription costs.

And you have to remember that online storage can be stopped at any time without warning, they can even have servers go down, loose your data or loose access to your data for some time.

Https://mega.co.nz gives 50GB of free online storage that is encrypted from your computer, so they do not know what the data is, no one can download from it without you posting a link to the files. But probably not as secure as you might want it depending on the data you will be uploading, (encrypt it first into an archive to be double safe)

Jere answers:

I may be wrong but looking at your post you could probably use a consumer backup solution too. If your in the UK we offer one that you may be interested in as its a live backup. We do also offer full business solutions if you want to talk to us for each employee having their own cloud space. See the link below for details of the consumer edition which you can free trial.

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There are many services out there. I would recommend that you do your own search. Many web hosts will assist you in building your own site and a few great ones will even do the work for you. It is critical to find a web designer or web host that will solve your traffic needs as well. Without targeted traffic, your website will do no justice.
While comparing options, first compare feature-by-feature then dollar-for-dollar. This will ensure that you get the best fit for your needs and the most for your money. I went through this process and found great services. I would be happy to share my experience and show you the web host I use, if you choose to contact me through my profile. In my profile page here, I also have an example of my recent website project.

BEST WISHES!

Jere answers:

Having an online business is one thing, having one that stands a good chance of earning
one more money than being a clock punching grunt is rare. Forrester Research, and
business professors across the US [I am one] have deduced via EXTENSIVE research, that
pure on line businesses that sell goods and single company services stand a very poor
chance of earning a profit.

Key words are of no value if there is no UNMET demand for the services.

All traffic is organic. It is not something handed off to others.

If you have read several books on small biz management, and on entrepreneurship
and have written a biz plan……..I will guide you at no cost.

I hate to see “just another” on line biz start that has nothing to provide that
is innovative.

Jere answers:

What kind of online business? Is it Ecommerce? If so what are you selling? Give Superior Customer Service and the word will spread. Become a trusted voice in the community of buyers. If you’re selling gardening products, start a blog with gardening advice. If you’re selling calendars…create a list of important dates. You get the idea. Create a reason for potential buyers to visit your website.

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A couple ways I just thought of now… Most involve local, so they will NOT be online. You can help some of the stuff via online research, the primary contact would be offline.

1) Mail some cover letters and resume to child care centers. They usually are too busy to train, but they may be able to refer some candidates to you, that they want to hire, but have no certification (yet).

2) Same, but offer yourself as a “consultant” to look over their operation, offer suggestions, that will benefit their existing business (i.e. Present as win-win situation)

3) Do the same, but to local job boards, job centers, school career centers, and so on, as a trainer, certifier

4) Teach classes in local community college or such. If your training cert is still current, they’d love to have someone like you teach classes. How much they’ll pay I have no idea. At least you’ll get your name out there.

5) Write articles (squidoo, hubpages, etc.) online, on how to search for child care centers in your area, what to look for, what to run away from, etc. Any specific tidbits about childcare you care to share. Obviously you’re not going to reveal ALL your secrets. It’s basically teaser bits for them to contact you for your full services.

It won’t happen overnight, but then a Rome is not built overnight. It’s a marketing campaign, and it will take months or years for it to bear full fruit.

—
Kasey C, PC guru since Apple II days
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

Jere answers:

You can opt for GET Merchant Accounts that offers the facility to accept credit and debit cards at an affordable rate. You can customize a plan that best suits your business needs and start your business instantly.

Jere answers:

Hi,

It is possible. I just read a story of a teenager who built a very successful online business. Very inspiring indeed:

http://case-studies.sitesell.com/home-made-websites.html#NORI

Good luck to you!

Jere answers:

There certainly are business oriented forums, etc. Some that can be specifically targeted from Adwords or direct banner space buys. Whether a businessman has time to kill on these sites may be an issue.

The higher potential return from BtoB might justify more expensive campaigns, like direct mailing physical literature or calendars that stick around as reminders.

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Personally, for someone just starting out, I would recommend going with a free blog and a marketplace like Etsy or ArtFire.

If you join a marketplace, you have the chance that someone will find your crafts just by browsing and searching the main site. You can also find support in their forums. If you need something free, ArtFire does offer a limited basic membership.

The free blog is where you will do some of your marketing for your shops at the bigger marketplaces. I do recommend getting your own domain name for use with your blog. It gives your customers something easy to remember; and, it establishes a better identity for your new business. As you grow, you already have the domain and can build on it, eventually opening your own storefront if desired.

Keep in mind that even though you are using an online marketplace, you still need to market yourself just as much. The marketplaces help to speed things up a little, since they make it easier to get listed with Google Shopping, for instance. But, they are not a miracle solution. You will still need to find ways of advertising yourself both online and off.

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Would like to know what is going to sell.

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Just say that you took a look at it, but that there is nothing you need at this point, but you will continue to keep your eye out and visit regularly. Your relative should understand. That’s the way business goes. Some people will buy from you, some will not. They should be very aware of the fact, and it shouldn’t hurt their feelings at all. (assuming that’s what you’re worried about).
Tell your friends and people you know to give it a chance and look at it though. That’s the best thing for you to do.

Good Luck

Jere answers:

Economically speaking, there aren’t any bad ways. The Internet removes transaction costs and broadens markets, making them more efficient.

Jere answers:

You can surf the internet, I know there are sites that offer “templates” to help you but you have to pay for them. They are very hard work and time consuming to create one. I’ve done 2 of them.

Jere answers:

It needs to be a product that people have a track record of buying, that you are able to reach those buyers easily and that has lots of repeat business and referral potential.

It can cost a very small amount to set up the back bedroom operation – computer with internet connection and a domain name with web hosting.

If you’re running it as an internet business do you really need lots of offices? It may be more viable to outsource some things and do the rest from your “headquarters”.

The first thing to do is your research into your potential market and then to put together a plan for how you’re going to run the business.

Good luck!

Jere answers:

There’s probably a book in the “For Dummies” series you can pick up, much of one’s real world education happens online, hanging around Internet Marketing Forums, one popular with beginners that has a lot of training titles, some good, some not, that are reasonably priced, on their WSO section is WarriorForum.com.

Many people start with affiliate marketing, which has virtually no startup cost, although realistically if you planned to make a living at it, it might take at least 6 months to learn the ropes and setup the means to get lost of eyes on your ads.

An online store will require some inventory and if self hosted, some cost for the facilities. An eBay or Amazon store are the easy way to get started. It’s a highly competitive world, the winning stores seem to buy in volume and sell with razor thin margins in some areas like electronics.

Jere answers:

Wow some more specifics would be good.

How about
EntreManures (like entrepreneur and composting?) The mascot can be a cute worm.

Or maybe GreenMinds. The logo/mascot can be a brain colored green.

VirtualAlternatives? (green and internet)
DeeplyGreen
Greeneration
greenhorn (a pun since the word means newbie on the subject)
greenealogist
greenies (the mascot can be a green colored genie in a bottle)
greenius (maybe a green colored Einstein?)

Jere answers:

I just used this website www.onspotprinting.com It was my first time using this site and they produced great quality on both my business cards and postcards that I ordered. They even have this new print to press printer driver called PDF JobReady. I was able to print a PDF file off this driver or print directly to them while choosing my specs for my product. Thought that’s was pretty cool…anyways good luck.

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The low security of the credit card system presents countless opportunities for fraud. This opportunity has created a huge black market in stolen credit card numbers, which are generally used quickly before the cards are reported stolen.

The goal of the credit card companies, as they say, is not to eliminate fraud, but to “reduce it to manageable levels”, such that the total cost of both fraud and fraud prevention is minimized. This implies that high-cost low-return fraud prevention measures will not be used if their cost exceeds the potential gains from fraud reduction.

Most Internet fraud is done through the use of stolen credit card information which is obtained in many ways, the simplest being copying information from retailers, either online or offline. There have been many cases of crackers obtaining huge quantities of credit card information from company databases. It is not unusual for employees of companies that deal with millions of customers to sell credit card information to criminals[citation needed].

Despite efforts to improve security for remote purchases using credit cards, systems with security holes are usually the result of poor implementations of card acquisition by merchants. For example, a website that uses SSL to encrypt card numbers from a client may simply email the number from the webserver to someone who manually processes the card details at a card terminal. Naturally, anywhere card details become human-readable before being processed at the acquiring bank is a security risk. However, many banks offer systems such as ClearCommerce, where encrypted card details captured on a merchant’s webserver can be sent directly to the payment processor.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the agency responsible for prosecuting criminals who engage in credit card fraud in the United States, but they do not have the resources to pursue all criminals. In general, they only prosecute in cases exceeding US$5,000 in value. Three improvements to card security have been introduced to the more common credit card networks but none has proven to help reduce credit card fraud so far. First, the on-line verification system used by merchants is being enhanced to require a 4 digit Personal Identification Number (PIN) known only to the card holder. Second, the cards themselves are being replaced with similar-looking tamper-resistant smart cards which are intended to make forgery more difficult. The majority of smartcard (IC card) based credit cards comply with the EMV (Europay MasterCard Visa) standard. Third, an additional 3 or 4 digit code is now present on the back of most cards, for use in “card not present” transactions. See CVV2 for more information.

Jere answers:

Debit cards with Visa logo, for example, can be used as credit card payment online. And yes, online businesses accept those

For the side of the seller, however, transaction fees are higher for debit cards so they don’t really advertise that they accept debit cards

From the buyer’s perspective, debit cards don’t offer the same protection as credit cards such as dispute charges in the case the online retailer did not send the item, or item is not described

Jere answers:

Well for printing my business cards i only trust http://www.imageshoponline.com the got really great stuff and its quite professional 🙂

Jere answers:

You probably can’t get a business card with a “unique” background for free. Any online place that does them will charge you for shipping, probably several times the actual shipping cost, and will include somewhere on the front or back of the card their own information to try to drive more business to their website.

Since you have access to a computer, you CAN create your own cards with a word processing program (MS Word, Open Office) or a graphics program (Print Shop, Print Master, MS Publisher). All of them have templates for cards that will print on Avery 8371 or 28877 business card blank stock. The stock is prescored so all you do is bend them at the score, and they will come apart with virtually no perf marks. The card stock is available at any office supply store, or WalMart and similar stores.

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G’day Kathy N,

I had a direct market campaign sent out recently for my company.

I’ll give you several suggestions and it’s up to use if you would like to use them. It’s a small list, but it should serve as a base of ideas for you to work from, beside I do not know what you actually do so any of this advice could be useless?

For the name:

Dear Associate/s
Dear Friend
Dear Business Owner
Dear Company Owner/Director

To My Potential Customer (very cheeky!)
To the Business Owner

ATTN: Marketing Director
ATTN: Business Owner

For the details:

For a more personalised approach, hand write everything and stick on a stamp, it’s more time consuming and more expensive (55cents), but the opening rate is increased by 60% as opposed to a typed letter and an electronic postage paid stamp(36.5cents non-essential mail delivery).

Good Luck.

Jean (Johnny) Warwick
OZ-E-Advertising – Director
www.isuggest.com.au

Disclaimer: Please seek legal advice before undertaking any plans, I’m just advising from personal experience only.

Jere answers:

So basically…..you want a model who’s excellent in marketing and operations??

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There are some obvious tools that have been used or decades, one is a newsprint circular stuffed inside another newspaper; perhaps less costly, but doesn’t stand out on its own. Then, there is the same circular that is available inside the market; less costly, but more effective as you have that person inside the Market. TV, though not “direct” is a shotgun attempt to get someone’s attention to make purchases, but no retention of details are possible because it is virtual, nothing physical in hand.

Mail is expensive, even as Bulk Standard Mail; let’s say a newsprint circular; costing somewhere between 20 and 35 cents per piece mailed, perhaps more if letter size or flat size, where weight and thickness are real issues. The good part is that these are addressed to individuals; adding personalization. However, are you interested in seeing your name on the piece or the “Deals” inside that will result in savings or get you to purchase those wild truffles at $150 per pound? For me, it’s all about what’s inside.

Though around for quite some time, Saturation Mail could be the ultimate answer. About one year ago, the USPS made Saturation Mail available to most everyone and called it Every Door Direct Mail, or EDDM. For a flat size piece of mail, with some minor restrictions, following directions issued by the USPS, one can mail that flat size piece for less than 15 cents each. The major restriction is that an entire carrier route needs to be mailed, not portions of it. You can target neighborhoods or just around where the Market is and target consumers only if desired and skip the businesses or, target both. For a Supermarket, EDDM is an answer to a prayer. Targeted and Cost Effective.

For research on EDDM, do an online search for EDDM or Every Door Direct Mail. The USPS will provide you with enough material on the subject to keep you busy for a week.

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Contact me via email for the answer.

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3 times a month seems like way too much, they’ll start getting annoyed. That’s 36 times per year, way too much, they’ll start seeing it and just closing it, or worse putting it through a spam filter as junk mail.

If you do it, do it the classy way. Make sure to ask them if they’d like to sign up for free e-coupons, never assume that just because they’re customers that they will want them automatically, and you don’t want to become a nuisance or they’ll find someone who isn’t.

Then I suggest doing it once per month. Not only is this easier for your customers, and makes it more likely for them to pay attention to each one, but it’s also easier for you to draft up and send.

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Hi there,

If you are looking for the online college route here are a few things to consider…
When looking into an online college make sure you consider the following:

1) are the “for-profit” or “non-profit”? – Typically you would want to look for a “non-profit” college. For-profit college (like Ashford, UOP, Everst, Devry, Kaplan, etc) are all about making money and less about the student’s futures and education. For-profit colleges are those that have given online education a bad name. Most for-profit colleges their admissions department is constantly changing and hiring is like a revolving door. Non-profit colleges are focused on making sure the students are a right match for the college. They don’t enroll just anyone – they want to make sure they accept students who will succeed and want what the college has to offer. Also a lot of the schools that have ground campuses and are non-profit still hold a positive reputation. On your diploma once you graduate it won’t say “Graduated from University of California, Davis Online” it will say “Graduated from University of California, Davis”. If you go to schools like Kaplan and graduate – employers do look down on the for-profit colleges and it will state “Kaplan” on your diploma.

2) are they regionally or nationally accredited? – You would want a college that is regionally accredited. That means your degree and credits are valid in other states and at other schools. This would be important if you decided you wanted to go to grad school, transfer schools, or when you are applying for jobs showing you have a legitimate bachelors degree.

Here are a few non-profit regionally accredited colleges that offer degrees online:

Urbana University:
Business Administration
Business Administration with an emphasis in Health Care Management
Masters in Criminal Justice
elearning.urbana.edu

San Diego Christian College (faith based)
Christian Ministries
Business Administration
Human Development
elearning.sdcc.edu

Southwestern Christian College (faith based)
Business Management
Business Leadership
Biblical Leadership
Human and Family Services
elearning.swcu.edu

I hope that helps!

Jere answers:

To a certain extent, yes. If your degree was from University of Phoenix, your application would likely be placed in the trash. If you graduated from Stanford, it might get a longer review. However, if two applicants from State Schools both apply, both would be given equal opportunities. So, if you choose a Cal State over a UC, it would not negatively affect your chances of employment.

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Yes. See the list below. Call them (or check online) to see what is playing.

Best San Diego Movie Theaters | Reviews of Movie Theaters in …
Find movie theater businesses in San Diego, CA by reviews of movie theaters, IMAX, 3D movies … I love this theater. It has an old charm to it but the theaters are pretty …
Www.discoversd.com/san-diego-movie-theaters

Play Back: Vintage Movie Theaters – Our San Diego Blog by …
… Theatre in North Park, it’s time to head back in time to the age-old resplendence of movie theaters of the past. Discover the top vintage movie theatres in San Diego.
Blog.discoversd.com/san-diego…movie…in-san-diego.html

Puttin’ on the Glitz at Coronado’s Classic Movie Theater …
San Diego Magazine recently spotlighted the remarkable transformation of Coronado’s historic Village Theatre (located on Orange Ave.) in their March issue. It’s …
Blog.sandiego.org/2011/02/coronado’s-classic-movie… .

Movie theaters in Old Town San Diego, CA Results 1-30 of 49. List View Map View
www.yellowpages.com/old-town-san-diego-ca/movie-theaters

Cinema Under The Stars, San Diego’s Unique Open Air Movie …
… Schedule for current season of Cinema Under The Stars San Diego’s unique outdoor movie theater … Under the Stars affords film lovers the chance to enjoy classic movies …
Www.topspresents.com/news.htm

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Online

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Congrats on your venture! 🙂 Starting a new business is always exciting. Online businesses must comply with the regulations of their states as well as federally. Each state has different laws so definitely check your state’s website for more details.
( http://www.pa.gov/portal/server.pt/community/doing_business_in_pa/3017 and http://www.pasbdc.org/index/default.asp)

The type of business you operate will determine your course of action in regards to taxes. Will you be accepting payments online nationally or just locally?

In regards to your business taxes you usually need to file every quarter in order to comply, so make certain to save a percentage of your revenue.

I hope that helps

–Dani Marie, San Diego, CA–
( http://www.danimariedesigns.com )

Jere answers:

You stand a better chance of getting grants if you are planning to start a non-profit business.

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.

You can start your business with no money — but it will not be easy. But if you’re willing to work hard, and be creative and willing to learn, you can surely do it.

With poor credit, getting a low-cost loan from the Small Business Administration will not be an option. In SBA’s document “CREDIT FACTORS A POTENTIAL BORROWER SHOULD KNOW” http://www.sba.gov/financing/preparation/qualify.html you can qualify for an SBA loan if you have equity investment and collateral — which both means money. SBA wants to see that you yourself is invested in your business, so they want to make sure that you have money in your business as well. Without money, then you cannot be approved.

Here are some articles that can give you ideas of what to do when you want to start a business yet you do not have capital:

Starting a Business with Little Cash? Http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol30/nocash.htm
10 Rules for Starting A Business on a Shoestring Budget http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol70/shoestringrules.htm
No Money? No Problem! Http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,288954,00.html
Seth Godin’s Bootstrapper Bible http://www.changethis.com/8.BootstrappersBible
How to Start a Business With No Money http://www.smbtrendwire.com/start-business-no-money/

I suggest you read the following books as well. Borrow them from your library or buy them from your favorite bookstore

– No Cash, No Fear: Entrepreneurial Secrets to Starting Any Business with No Money by Terry Allen
– Starting on a Shoestring: Building a Business Without a Bankroll by Arnold S. Goldstein
– The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything by Guy Kawasaki

Jere answers:

Starting a small business takes a lot of courage. But, as they say, courage does not pay the bills. To be successful – to stay in business – you need more than courage. You need a combination of hard work, skill, perseverance, and lots of luck.

Some things you need to consider:
– “How can I support my family while I build up by business?”
– “What are my abilities?”
– “Is there a market for the product or service I have chosen?”
– “How long will it take this business to reach the financial goal I have?”

You may want to read the article “How to Start a New Business Successfully” http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol51/launch.htm , which lists six steps to launch a new business successfully:

1. Provide a benefit.
2. Determine the fit with your market.
3. Right timing is everything
4. Be ready to support your business
5. Develop a blueprint for success
6. Market, market, market

To give you ideas on what exactly do you need to start your own business, here are ten things you need to know before launching your own business “10 Things You Need to Know When Starting Your Own Home Business” http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/startingbiz.htm .

I recommend that you read the following books:

– What No One Ever Tells You About Starting Your Own Business : Real Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs
– Starting From Scratch: How To Start A Business When You Don’t Have Money
– If You’re Clueless About Starting Your Own Business and Want to Know More
– On the Move : How to Succeed and Survive As an Entrepreneur
– How to Make 1000 Mistakes in Business and Still Succeed

Sometimes, you would need advice and help as you navigate the process of starting a business. There are several places where you may be able to find a mentor:

Government Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local business development councils to offer mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html ; or the Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wnet_roundtables.html
Volunteer programs such as SCORE http://www.score.org which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs
Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.org/programs/globallinks.html , Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/HEMP/ , or The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program http://www.micromentor.org
Professional organizations such as the National Women’s Business Council http://www.nwbc.gov/Mentoring/programs.html
Industry and trade associations
Local business groups, such as the chamber of commerce
Local chapters of business groups

Also, you may want to avail of low-cost courses that SBA or local counties offer in starting a business. SBA has free online courses that you may want to take on starting a business http://www.sba.gov/training/courses.html

Jere answers:

Most “businesses” of this type are scams. If they ask you for money to “join” their exclusive group of home mailers or to prove that you are “serious about wanting to succeed”, etc., then run away at top speed. Businesses that need legit help with mailing will pay YOU to help THEM; they won’t want you to pay them for the privilege of working with them. There are legit mail order businesses out there but you’ll need to do some research to weed out the scams. Good Luck.

Jere answers:

An online business should accept credit cards or even paypal. Does this business have that option? If they don’t i would be concerned. Also most online business have a customer service number, ask them for it. Ask them to provide an address a phone number, or even a business license number that you can check with a consumer watch group. Good luck!

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What you want is called Business Bartering. Here is a web site that lists 10 web sites that do this. You can also search online and find many sites offering this service. Http://www.toptenlinks.com/cat.php/Business:Barter