Your Questions About Business Online Services

Paul asks…

What is the best way to promote your products and services online?

I’m new to advertising online.

I understand that nowadays more and more people are moving online to look for products and services

I recently just took over my dad’s apparel business selling formal men fashion and looking to expand online hopefully in search of more customers.

I got a friend to create an online store to display our products. My friend told me that i can either look for an SEO company or do my own SEO campaigns online.

I’ve been looking for a couple of weeks and have met with some SEO companies who i think got my contact off my website.

My friend have advised me to make careful selections before deciding on an SEO company.

He also said that while i’m still in the midst of looking for a good SEO company, perhaps i can do my own advertising and campaigns for my products and services first.

Wonder if anyone has been in the sort of situation and have manage to achieve some sort of success in advertising their businesses online. What did you all do and how did you get your customers online?

Did you all post on classified ads website? Marketplaces like ebay and Alibaba? Advertise on google? Post ad videos on youtube/vimeo?

Perhaps some insights would be good for my reference.

Thanks for the help guys.

Jere answers:

Firstly, do understand that doing marketing and advertising online is not as simple and easy as it look. Despite saying that, the internet is a great place for people to look for what they need and require, be it for personal or business purposes. Over the years, the internet has become a fast and efficient way to look for products or services and networking with customers out of your normal social circle. Especially, with the current incorporation of search engines, it has been even easier to search for what you need online.

It can take a lot of time and effort and results might be mini-scale in the short-run. But that also helps define and filter out the sort of hit-and run businesses to businesses that are truly genuine in providing value to their customers. So be mentally prepared for it but the results will be good in the long run if you can continue sustaining your business.

Personally, I will recommend doing your own SEO campaigns yourself and not outsource them to the “experts”. You know best what your own business requires and who your target market is. You and only you yourself will be concern with the “how is my business doing?” question and not these SEO companies. I’ve been to too many to be afraid to hire another.

That being said, SEO can be a really tiring job or topic to handle for most online businesses and outsourcing might not be such a bad idea after all if you do not have the time to do it yourself and have the money to spend for these jobs. If you are looking to outsource, my recommendations is to look for the best companies with an impressive track-record of satisfying clients and not one which doesn’t. I’ld rather pay more to get the results than to pay for something of lesser quality which doesn’t achieve what i’m trying to achieve.

If you are thinking of doing your own SEO campaigns online, the following are some of the methods you can try to take for a new business online.

1) Classified ads Posting – There are quite a number of good quality classified ads websites out there with good quality traffic that can help to advertise your products and reach the masses. Websites like craigslist.com, classifiedads4free.com, locanto, gumtree are places where you can start.

Spamming is never a good idea. Find some of the more reputable ones as mentioned in the above paragraph and spent some time thinking about good quality content on these ad pages. Try not to duplicate post. Think about unique content and titles to post to achieve high reliability for your ads on search engines. They can help in boosting your businesses if you have an attractive title and great sales pitch to attract the right customers to your ad pages.

2) If you are dealing with products, selling on marketplaces like ebay and alibaba can be a great place to start for achieving another source of sales.

3) Video marketing can be another great way to advertise to the masses. Creating video introductions about your latest products or services or a simple introduction about your business can have incredible results. It need not be a very sophisticated video. Something simple with a couple of photos in it that helps explain what your message is can be more than sufficient to gain the results and attention required.

Some classified ads portal even provide you with the ability to link video urls to your classified ads. Do not waste these opportunities. It will make your ad look even better and expose your videos to more people all around the world.

Of course, if your video actually turns viral and everyone goes sharing around in facebook and twitter, that would then be a huge bonus.

Besides the above mentioned couple of ways, of course! There are still lots of other ways to market your products and advertise your new site. But since you just started, i do not want to confuse you. Perhaps starting with the above few points can get you started and keep you busy for at least the next couple of weeks.

The above are some of the more effective methods if you can fully utilize each of their potential. Do spend some time digesting what i’ve said above. They’ve worked for me and hopefully will work for you as well.

If there is any problems or any more knowledge you would like to know, feel free to contact pm me and i’ll try to help.

Richard asks…

Iam from chennai iam going to start a online business which involves premium service.?

Iam from chennai iam going to start a online business which involves premium service. how do i start the business ? where should i register my online company since it involves premium service.
For example : selling accessories in my own website.

Please help me with the checklist and steps involved in registering my company.

Jere answers:

You don’t need anything to start an online business other than a domain and a website.

That being said you _do_ need to follow your local laws, tax codes, import exports, and any other business guidelines set out by your government.

I would check into what is needed to start a brick and mortar store as a starting point for the bulk of the legalities, then get into the specifics of online business laws and regulations.

Linda asks…

How long until I get my tax refunds from provincial and federal government ( canada)?

My taxes were JUST filed by someone through Efile, or whatever that online service is called, so its sent directly to the provincial and federal governments. How long till I get my refund? I have direct deposite.

Jere answers:

Its typically 8-10 business days on an efile with direct deposit.

Joseph asks…

Will there be fees to form a non-profit organization with out of state members?

I know how much it costs to file to form a non-profit LLC in my state, but if some of the members are out of state, will we run into additional fees?

We will be conducting most of our business online; fundraising, and selling tickets for an event.
None of the members will be paid for their time or services.

Jere answers:

I deal with every state in the country, and I can assure you that out of state members will not effect the price of the filing fee of your Nonprofit Articles of Incorporation. Every jurisdiction has a set filing fee for their nonprofit articles that doesn’t vary for any reason.
Be sure to do your homework and research relating to the operation of a nonprofit organization. Depending on the type, (mutual benefit or public benefit) nonprofits can be more complicated than profit corporations. A good place to begin your research would be the corporation division’s website of the secretary of state, wherever you are going to operate.
Good luck.

James asks…

I have a small business for which i want to design a site ?

I have a small business for which i want to design website pages for that so that i can do my business online also and also want to earn from google . I also want to know what is google adsense and SEO services ? can anybody tell me any good comapny whic can give me this service ?

Jere answers:

It’s a good thing you want to bring your business on the internet.

Now remember Google adsense is for content sites, which means if you interested, then you must focus on building content around your site concept.

But before I give you the link to the site about tell you, let list what they will help you accomplished.

Their system is structured in 10 Days step-by-step Action plan, which begins with:

1. Build the foundation of your business
2. Develop Best Site Concept – The rest of your business rides on this decision

3. Brainstorm Profitable Topics
4. Investigate & Plan Monetization Options
5. Refine Concept & Register Domain Name
6. Build a Site… That Gets The Click!
7. Build Free Traffic
8. Build Relationships
9. Know Your Visitors
10. Monetize & Monetize It! – which includes Google Adsense

The company is site sell and their system is built on content and value first.

Here is a link for you to check it out yourself:
http://buildit.sitesell.com/webdesign125.html

or if you want to know how others i have success with this system check out this link as well:
http://ilovesbi.sitesell.com/webdesign125.html

Wish you great success with your quest

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