Your Questions About Business Online Services Group
Daniel asks…
Accountants and Bookkepers: Which online referral services have brought best results?
I’m own an accounting services group specializing in small business bookkeeping and training in the Los Angeles area. I want to advertise my services at some websites dedicated to referral services for accountants and bookkeepers. Some display testimonials from “clients” who indicate the site has brought them up to five clients a month. Which sites have worked best for you?
Jere answers:
Even though this doesn’t directly answser your question, I wanted to give you another option. Take a look at
www.citysearch.com
If you like what you see but have questions, contact me at 866.606.8850 (that’s my direct line) and I will be able to answer all your questions.
Thanks
Ruth asks…
How can I effectively promote & market our services online?
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Jere answers:
Have you thought about pay per click programs? The two biggest, I think, are Yahoo! And Google
A few free resources – check out the sources box for links:
1) Create a blog pertaining to your field
2) Use Yahoo! Local & Yahoo! Groups – Be sure to read the TOS for each one!
3) Write articles pertaining to your field and/or expertise.
4) Advertise on Craiglist
Also, consider signing up for an affiliate program. These programs enable you to advertise on other’s sites (your affiliates) and once a sale is made to you, your affiliates & the program are paid a commission.
I listed a few handy sites & articles relating to marketing, promotion & advertising. Here are some book titles that are relevant:
* 301 Do-It-Yourself Marketing Ideas: From America’s Most Innovative Small Companies by Sam Decker
* Off The Wall Marketing Ideas: Jumpstart Your Sales without Busting Your Budget by Nancy Michaels, Debbi J. Karpowicz
* Guerrilla Marketing for Free: Dozens of No-Cost Tactics to Promote Your Business and Energize Your Profits by Jay Conrad Levinson
* Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide: Over 1500 Great Marketing Tricks That Will Drive Your Business Through the Roof by James Stephenson
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
Maria asks…
What should I name my business?
I am going to start freelancing in online communications, social media, and website development, aimed primarily at small business, individuals and community groups, especially those who are not the most tech savvy, or who are taking their business online for the firs time, or want to start using social media for the first time.
But I’m having a hard time coming up with a name for it. 🙁
I want to communicate the following ideas: trust, reliability, friendly, partnership, making connections online in order to build community / audience
What do you think of:
Adelante
Advance
Dispatch
Drive
Corral
Evolve
Boost
Conquer
Progress
Fetch
Flock
And what about adding one of these to the end, or as a subtitle:
Online Communications
Business Services
Online Engagement Services
Solutions
Services
Do you like any of these? Or would you call it something completely different? Many thanks in advance for your help 🙂
Jere answers:
Suggestions: Try “googling” these names – and see what you get – some may be used already – and you can not duplicate — Also try seeing what is available as a “domain Name” – (like @ Go Daddy or other domain sites) – That may narrow your choices —
Also – don’t make the name so “obscure” that no one will readily know what you are offering —
like – what’s an “online engagement services”? Sounds like a match-making site — or a bridal consultant –
“Boost” is a brand name – etc. – you just have to be careful of things like that —
Using your name makes it less likely to be “copyrighted” already – Like –
“Business Online by Liz” —
Good luck –
Betty asks…
How to find a person/firm in UK to promote my lucrative ONLINE-LIVE-TUTORING business ?
I post this question for the 3rd time now.So far NO one gave me satisfactory answers.I am not offering any jobs here. Dear people, I am based in Srilanka. I have an idea of launching an ONLINE-LIVE-TUTORING service for UK residing students. But, I have NO real contacts in UK to promote this business. Online tutoring delivered from South-Asia(ie,from India & Srilanka) is growing at a rapid rate of 400% per year.Bcoz, south-Asian tutors can deliver the same quality education available in the UK/US via internet for around 1/3rd of the tuition fees in the UK/US. This is a win-win situation. But, we are not a large corporate business to open offices in the UK. Thus I need a firm/person who can promote our services in the UK,and in return, they can earn a lucrative profit. We never charge any franchise fees,upfront fees etc. But, the UK Representer should work well in order to find students by doing some simple activities such as placing news-paper ads,issuing hand bills to libraries etc. There are more than 150000 students in our target group of audience, and if the Rep can find at least 75 of them, they can easily earn approx.GBP 5500/Month. BUT… MY BIG QUESTION IS…HOW CAN I FIND A RESPONSIBLE PERSON ? I can NOT place ads even in sites like Craigs,Gumtree etc., Bcoz,they don’t accept ads from Srilanka,as srilanka is NOT listed on them. Any help much appreciated. my mail ID is: nicetutoring(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
Jere answers:
I’ll do it for you!
Or you should place a simple advert for someone with the job centre here – www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
They will find you a worker who will do it.
Thomas asks…
For a service based travel business, must I collect sales tax on the value of the product or just service?
I’m developing a business plan where my online service will facilitate the group purchase of a product and charge a service fee to each customer. The product will be distributed primarily in NY, NH, VT and ME while my business location is outside of the United States. My question involves sales tax. Is my assumption correct that I would only collect/pay sales tax on the service fee and not the full value of the product? Sales tax would be paid on the product to the primary vendor at the time of purchase. For example, the product cost including sales tax is $90 and the service fee is $10. The customer would pay $100 and my business would be responsible for paying state sales tax on $10 only. Is this correct? Aside from personal income taxes, the business will be a sole proprietorship, are there any other taxes that I should be concerned with? Thanks.
Jere answers:
You will need to check the regulations of each state you want to sell in. In most states, services are NOT taxable, only tangible goods are. If you are not actually selling the goods yourself, you should not have to collect/pay sales tax. Each state probably has a website and a section on doing business with that state, so that would be a good place to start.
You might also want to contact a CPA or accountant in one of those states to find out more specific information. It may be different f you are not a US citizen.
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