Your Questions About Business Online Services Group

William asks…
How to find out if a company is minority owned?
I need to find out if the companys I used are minority owned, 51% owned by African american, Latin, women, gays ect. Is there a site where I can find out information about the owners of a company? I have a long list so I would like to search them online some how.

Jere answers:
I’m going to give the benefit and assume this is for some kind of sociology project. Because of the PC world we live in, it is highly unlikely any company (especially if they are publically traded) would gladly post that info on their business website in fear of being misconstrued as looking racist and loosing customers. You probably wouldn’t get anywhere if you were to contact any customer service reps (that would be info the company wouldn’t give to a minimum wage employee anyway). You’re best bet would be to contact the NAACP or another minority representative group. Good luck.

Joseph asks…
Chemistry Help? What is the best online tutor services that won’t scam?
I am in college in have a differcult time with chemistry.I need someone available 24/7. Any other students have online success?

Jere answers:
If you want to learn a subject like Chemistry then there are many resources you can use
If you are attending a school then you can speak to someone at your school to see if they have any tutoring support or resources such as tutors, study groups, instructional materials, educational software and etc. That could help you to learn and understand the subject a lot better
You can look in your local telephone book under a section like “tutoring” to see if you can hire a good tutor.
You can contact the Department of Education or some other government agency to see if they have any information for free classes and tutoring and etc.
You can stop by a local store, business and etc. And ask them for advice and information
Also you can use a search engine like Google.com to find many free tutorials, forums, videos and other information
For example if you use the search engine like Google.com and you type in “Chemistry tutorial” or “Chemistry note” or “Chemistry forum” or “Chemistry tutoring” then you will find many tutorials, notes, forums and tutors for learning Chemistry
Some of these online tutors are free and most online forums are free so you can ask them for any advice and information
Chemistry forum
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=&q=Chemistry++forum&oq=Chemistry++forum&aq=f&aqi=g2g-s8&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=159110l163141l0l163375l20l17l2l0l0l0l187l1954l4.11l15l0
How balance chemistry equation
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=How+balance+chemistry+equation&oq=How+balance+chemistry+equation&aq=f&aqi=g-v1g-b1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=32500l44985l0l46375l46l39l8l4l1l1l406l4435l4.17.5.0.1l27l0
Free tutoring
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Free+tutoring&oq=Free+tutoring&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=27922l31485l0l31594l19l16l1l3l3l0l250l1704l2.6.3l12l0
A website you might find to be helpful is SparkNotes which has good study guides for various subjects, tests and etc.
Chemistry
http://www.sparknotes.com/chemistry/
Cramster has various homework help for various textbooks and other subjects:
http://www.cramster.com/homework-help.aspx
There are answer engines such as www.wolframalpha.com that will solve almost any math or science problem and has information for almost any subject or topic
Chemistry
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Chemistry
YouTube has videos for learning almost any subject or topic
Chemistry
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Chemistry&oq=Chemistry&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=438l1938l0l2125l9l9l0l2l2l0l187l1047l0.7l7l0
Khanacademy has many free tutorials for Chemistry and other subjects on YouTube
http://www.khanacademy.org/
Good luck and I hope this will help

Michael asks…
How to manage multiple social media accounts?
Are there any useful tools/programs/websites for managing and streamlining all social media accounts (like twitter, facebook, youtube, tumblr, etc.) in ONE place? For instance, I can’t imagine a company or business logs into each individual account in order to mange them . . .

Jere answers:
Http://swimwire.com/
Your single Swimwire page can list and link all your online profiles, making it easier to stay connected. Your free profile can automatically connect with sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube to bringing all your social networks together to one place. Help people find you, anytime, anywhere, online. Connect with your friends and make new ones in a vibrant community.
Http://frid.ge/
Fridge enables anyone to instantly create simple and private social networks to share photos, messages, and events with friends and groups.
Ping.fm is a simple service that makes updating your social networks a snap.
Use AIM, GTalk, iGoogle, WAP, iPhone/iPod Touch, SMS or E-mail and let Ping.fm relay your message to a multitude of social networking sites.
Http://www.trigga.me/
Organize all your social networks in groups
Keep track of your friends updates and replies from different sources
Safe storage of your passwords
http://www.familytic.com/
Familytic is a social family data aggregator that helps you to gather all your family’s photos, videos, status updates and more from social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and streams them to your own family social network.
Http://www.socioclean.com/
Take Control: Help manage online profile with advanced monitoring.
Maintain Social Reputation: Drive self-governance with growing social networks.
Expand User Experience: Single portal management for various social networks.
Http://www.yiid.com/
Build a profile of all your communities: Connect all your networks to one single super-profile
Discover networks of your friends: Share your networks with your friends and see what networks they use
Manage your online identity: Keep an eye on all your data in your networks and use yiid to log in everywhere
http://www.meevr.com/
Meevr is a social networking aggregator allowing you to pull your favorite social profiles into one place. Users can interact with each other via the Meevr answers platform.
Http://www.whoopaa.com/
A new open and social platform to connect, integrate and manage your social networks, friends and business relationships.
Www.vinehub.com/
Vinehub is a new application being developed to connect all of your accounts on major social network including Facebook, Google Buzz and Twitter.
Www.kazle.com/
Kazle is a social multi-tasking. To update, view, edit and aggregate all your social networks, blogs and gaming platforms from one place.
Http://yoono.com/
STAY CONNECTED: Connect to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, AIM and more… in one place.
STATUS SYNC: Update your status across all your services at once.
EASY SHARING: Share links, images & videos across all your networks.
REAL-TIME UPDATES: Get all your friend updates wherever you are on the web.
Www.myweboo.com/
Manage your files located on web services, social networks, and computer systems in one place. Works with Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, GoogleDoc, and many other places.
Www.webwalks.com/
Now enjoy all social network and mails in one place/interface. It support Facebook, yahoo, orkut, gmail, myspace, hotmail, rediffmail, aol, linkedin, twitter and many more to go on our list
www.fav20.com/
Fav 2.0 is a modern way to use your most visited websites. Set it as homepage and add your most visited sites.

James asks…
How do you conduct market research?
I am looking in to building an online business and allot of references tell you to conduct market research but I don’t know how to. My business would revolve around making youtube videos and making money through affiliate marketing.

Jere answers:
Step1
Identify your research goal. Ask yourself if do you need to improve customer service or increase sales? Or are you looking for the right market for a new product?
Step2
To determine the demographics of your market use trade journals, marketing magazines, government reports and chamber of commerce market profiles.
These publications are helpful in providing data on purchasing trends that serve you a clue on the buying habits of your target market.
Step3
Be able to conduct mail and telephone surveys using randomly selected addresses and telephone numbers in your local area.
Step4
You should collect information from your existing customers. Using questionnaires, personal interviews and focus groups to get feedback on your products and services are of great help. If you do have a Web site for your business, start a chat room or message board and encourage customers to participate.
Step5
Try to observe customers at various points of contact in your business, including reception, sales, and customer service. Be watchful for glitches in your business operation and at the same time how your employees interact with the customers.
Step6
You should take time to analyze your sales records. If you know your best customers and most profitable products this can help you to better focus your marketing efforts.
Step7
Organizing the research data you have collected and be able to determine – or reevaluate – your marketing strategy based on the results of your research.

Donna asks…
What is a good way to earn money online?
I have a busy schedule with school, school activities, and a Theater group I’m in that runs all year round. Between practices and rehearsals, and everything else that goes on in my life I have no time for a job. What are some good ways to earn money online?
Advice how to avoid scam is greatly appreciated!

Jere answers:
My advice on avoiding a scam would be first to research the company that is offering this product or service. Look them up at the better business bureau and also see if any financial magazines have written about them. How long have they been in business? Are they doing well? Next look at the products and services they are offering. Are they things of any real value? Do they have value to you personally? Would you be willing to spend money on what they are offering today? You say you have no time for a job but to make money on the internet it not only takes hard work, it takes time.
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