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Good places to put your business cards
By Charisse Esmeralde, eHow Contributor
The first step to growing your business is letting people know about the services you provide. Having easily accessible business cards at any given time will optimize your business growth opportunities and expand your industry network. The key to business card placement is utilizing maximum visibility.
Pockets and Purses
No matter which industry you are working in or trying to get into, always carry a stack of business cards on your person. You want to be ready to take advantage of an unscheduled chance introduction to key contacts in your industry outside of a formal one-on-one meeting or group gathering. Do not keep your cards in your back pants pocket, as you want to be able to present a fresh and flat card each time.
Customer Packages or Mailers
Whether you run your own boutique or online store, include your business card with every package you ship to customers. If a customer is pleased with your service, at the very least you gain a loyal customer. You’ll get a bonus of an additional customer when she passes your business card to her friend.
Front Desk
If your job requires you to meet with clients on a regular basis, an efficient area for business cards is right on your office desk. If you are a manager or supervisor in charge of resolving serious customer conflicts or situations, have a stack of your business cards on the receptionist or concierge front desk for easy access.
Personal Space
A good place to keep your business cards if you work in hair or nail salons is in your individual station. As you end each appointment, hand your card to your customer. If she scheduled a walk-in and was pleased with your work, your card will give her the opportunity to schedule her next appointment directly with you.
Checkout Lines
If you are the owner of a small specialty or family store, consider leaving your business cards at each checkout station. If you run a home massage therapy business, leave your cards next to the massage table for clients. They will be able to pick one up after their massage.

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Looks like it!! It is listed in LSE and its website is:
http://www.fireonegroup.ie

FireOne Group is a provider of electronic wallet and credit/debit card payment processing services for the online gaming industry. Since 1997, the FireOne business has operated as a division of a larger diversified payments company and has securely processed in excess of U.S. $3 billion for more than 2.5 million gamblers and approximately 1,500 online gaming web sites worldwide.

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Sell stuffs online.
There are three groups of products you can sell online:
– Tangible / physical products like computers, clothing, or books.
– Services like mortgage or insurance.
– Downloadable products like software, ebooks, and music

You can sell on Amazon, eBay or build your own online store.

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1)Write a press release to announce your business’s latest news then submit it to online press release submission websites and your lcoal media.

2)Engage in article marketing. Submit your articles to numerous article directories, ensuring that your author box includes your business name and URL.

3)Use pay-per-click advertising. Pay-per-click advertising is a fast and easy way to drive traffic to your website, and you have control over how much you spend on each click.

4)If you have an online business, you must build a list of clients and potential clients with whom you can regularly communicate by sending an e-newsletter, for example. Add an opt-in box on your website where, in exchange for something of value such as a free report or a discount on their next purchase, your clients and prospective clients can give you their names and email addresses.

5)Find and join online message boards, discussion groups and lists that are relevant to your product or service then participate in those online discussions. You won’t be able to blatantly promote your product or service in the discussion, but you can promote your online business in your signature lin

Jere answers:

Here are some things to consider when choosing your name:-

Are you starting the business, with the intention of selling the business down the track? It may be easier to sell a generically named business, than one with your own personal name.

You have told us what your business intends to do, in its first year, but from my experience dealing with businesses, what they start doing and what they end up doing may be totally different things, because the opportunity presents itself. Don’t limit your business by your business name.

If you have a passion or an inspiration from somewhere else use it. Explaining why you choose your name can attract people to your business, and your enthusiasm. DR Evils cat, Fluffy chinchilla’s, Tabby Cat, Nine Lives, Purrrrfect are all great names for someone who likes cats.

Make sure that it is easy to spell, and pronounce. If someone hears it on the radio, can they google the name, and find you?

In fact if you do choose a name ~ Google it ~ What comes up, is it already in existence somewhere in the world. If you Google my businesses name the only other entry that comes up is a single entry in the Netherlands.

What are your competitors called? Make a list of all of your competitors…do you want to sound like them or do you want to be distinguished from them?

Here in Australia a company has started called VIRGIN STAR http://www.virginstar.com.au/ ~they are an internet & IT service provider. They have gained a huge amount of exposure, because they have used both the name Virgin, from the Richard Branson empire, and Star, we have a fleet of planes here called Jet Star. The simple choice of their name has gained them a huge amount of exposure.

Another story ~ a client of mine ran a well known business in a county of England. A similar sounding business started up in the next suburb. There business wee not similar the new business sold training infrastructure such as projectors. My clients business used to receive cheques (b.t.w. Correct spelling here in oz?), in his companies name, that were probably intended for the other company. Well of course he would give the money back…but he also received orders that were intended for the other company, purchase orders would come through on his fax machine…he would source the equipment, and sell it to them making a tidy & easy profit.

I always say if you have a product or a service that someone will pay money for then you have a business. Yes there is a market for generating innovative & catchy names. Online you can visit http://www.namingtoolbox.com/ this websites catch phrase is “The Ultimate Online Guide for Naming Your Business or Product” and includes links to a software product they sell called the NameRazor, plus listing details of naming consultants, who can help you out, if your brainstorming sessions fail. (I have no affiliation with this group – just found them thru a search)

Hope that helps a bit.