tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20543857827722348592024-02-20T06:36:30.821-08:00Your Business PartnerA Complete Guide For Your BusinessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-58559974631014091332008-02-20T11:16:00.000-08:002008-02-20T11:18:53.253-08:00Stafford Loan Interest Rates<p>Confused about what the Stafford Loan interest rate is? With all the Congressional bills and crazy news stories, it’s easy to lose site of the fact. Here’s what the situation is currently, for the current and upcoming calendar years:</p> <table style="margin-left: -1.15pt; border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="371"><tbody><tr style="height: 38.25pt;"> <td height="51" valign="bottom" width="64"> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center">Year</p> </td> <td height="51" valign="bottom" width="227"> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center">Interest Rate Subsidized Stafford (Undergrad)</p> </td> <td height="51" valign="bottom" width="199"> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center">Interest Rate Other Stafford (Unsubsidized/Graduate)</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="64"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">2007-08</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="227"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">6.80%</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="199"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">6.80%</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="64"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">2008-09</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="227"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">6.00%</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="199"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">6.80%</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="64"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">2009-10</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="227"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">5.60%</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="199"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">6.80%</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="64"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">2010-11</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="227"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">4.50%</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="199"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">6.80%</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="64"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">2011-12</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="227"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">3.40%</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="199"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">6.80%</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="64"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">2012-13</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="227"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">6.80%</p> </td> <td height="17" valign="bottom" width="199"> <p style="text-align: right;" align="right">6.80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-11712080362263779132008-02-20T11:13:00.000-08:002008-02-20T11:16:02.992-08:00Requirements for Payday loans and small loansHere are some requirements for Payday loans and small loans<br /><ol><li> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"> A current job with a steady income</span></p> </li><li> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">You need to make around $1000 to $1200 per month</span></p> </li><li> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">you need to be at least 18 years of age</span></p> </li><li> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">You need a current checking bank account</span></p> </li><li><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">You must have not more than one <b>outstanding</b> cash advance loan or Payday loan already</span></li></ol> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Also some payday advance loan lenders will require you to be a citizen of the country you are applying for a cash advance loan in.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"> Other requirements may be a photo of identification eg. driver's License or another form of photo ID, a copy of your most recent paye stub, ongoing steady employment for a least 6 months, a copy of your most recent bank statement and proof of residency eg. power bill, telephone bill, mortgage bill, or lease agreement. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Instant online loan lenders and money advance lenders requirements are often quite easy to gain a loan and there are a lot of bad credit loans available from bad credit loan companies that are more than willing to give you a chance to redeem yourself as long as the above five loan cash advance requirements are met.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Generally if all requirements are met you can get your loan really quickly, if it is not a weekend your cash loan can be approved within 24 hours. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Note: </b>Look for low cost interest rates when searching for your cash advance, it really make a difference when it comes time to pay back your loan.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Some payday advance loan lenders require that you have access to a fax machine and or email. Minimum and maximum amounts vary from $100 dollars to $1000, $2000, to $10,000 etc depending on which loan money lending company you choose. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Things that loan lenders money lenders and easy finance lenders consider are what you monthly net income after taxes and bank APs and other outgoings are also other loans and money loans or credit card debt you have and whether you have any loans outstanding and the length of time you have had your bank account for and how many bad debts eg.outstanding payments and overdrafts bounced checks etc that you have inccurred. </span></p> <h1 align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><a name="#smallbusinessloan"></a>Small Business Loans</span></h1> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">There are many types of small business loans and business grants available:</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Merchant advances, micro loans, business credit cards, equity loans, asset lending, purchase order financing, equipment finance, software financing, cash sale leasebacks, economic development loans, start-up loans, equity iInvestments, venture capital, government grants, commercial mortgages, construction loans, franchise loans etc</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">You need to work out what type of loan would work best for you first before beginning the process of applying.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Mirco Loans</b> - Micro Loans are small loans under $5000 - $40,000 normally issued to start-up companies and new small companies under 1 year. </span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Business Credit Cards</b> -Business credit cards and unsecured up to around $30,000. Limits are usually based on your personal credit history. <b>Credit Card Receipt advances</b> are much more than this.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Asset Loan</b> - Producing a security in assets in return for cash.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Expansion Financing</b> - Company has outgrown exiting business demand and needs loan to provide for demand. </span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Equipment Loan</b> - Using equipment as collateral for a business loan</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Franchise financing</b> - Special loans for reputable known franchises. </span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Seed or Start up funding</b> - Company in the first stage of business with not much or no operating history. Loan approval will be based soley on a good business plan and the background/s of the manager or management team along with financial projections and market demographics range etc.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Interim or Bridge Loan</b> - A short term loan around 1-2 years or less.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Sponcers</b> - Have you considered getting a sponcer?</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Applying for a small business loan?</b></span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Take note of how well you present yourself and your business plan to a money lender or investor. </span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Make sure you have a thought through the processes first so you are not caught unaware and whats more make sure you really believe in your business so you show confidence in your business idea and proposed business plan. </span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Make sure you know the exact amount of money you require, have a detailed summary available. Make sure you explain clearly exactly what the loan will be used for and why you need it.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"> Include personal financial statements on yourself and or other owner directors of the business. </span><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Make sure that you state any collateral or assets that you have that could be used as security for the loan. </span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>What will Small Business Loan Lenders look for? </b></span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Firstly a copy of your credit report will probably obtained. You can obtain one of these yourself quite easily online. It is a good idea to get one before you approach a lender and they find any misgivings in your credit report, getting a credit report first will mean that you can clear up any mistakes or inaccuracies present in the report. </span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Your work history and any letters of character references and or recommendations you provide to the loan money lender may be looked into make sure that you have contacted any of the people that you are using as your referral/reference so they are aware that they may be called upon, it is also good to call to make sure that the person giving your referral is still at the telephone numbers you have provided (as even a couple of months can make a difference if you are not close to referrer and they have moved on and you don't know it).</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;"><b>Note:</b> You can get some great tips and advice online with step by step procedures about how to write the best business plans and proposals for small business loans, this also includes writing plans and proposals for sponcership. There are also many small business software applications with wizards that make writing your small business plan very easy.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:85%;">Given all the above is in order the loan officer should be able to deduce from this material if you have a sound understanding of your new venture and a strong commitment and work ethic to make your new business a success. </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-70388867892094109202008-02-20T11:08:00.000-08:002008-02-20T11:11:09.942-08:00How To Pick The Right Niche For Your Online Business<p>A while back I wrote about <a href="http://www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com/index.php/20070425-7-steps-to-choose-a-niche-for-your-blog/">how to pick the right niche for your blog</a>. The same process can be used to pick the right niche for your online business. Here is a quick outline of the steps you need to take (you can read all the details <a href="http://www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com/index.php/20070425-7-steps-to-choose-a-niche-for-your-blog/">here</a>):</p> <p>1. Make A List Of Your Passions</p> <p>2. Make A List Of Things You Do Well</p> <p>3. Merge The First Two Lists</p> <p>4. Choose Your Favorite 3-5 Niches</p> <p>5. Determine The Traffic Potential</p> <p>6. Determine The Money Making Potential</p> <p>7. Make Sure You Have Time For The Niche</p> <p><strong>The Most Important Things To Remember When Choosing The Right Niche For Your Online Business</strong></p> <p>You should choose a niche in a target market that you <span class="caps">CAN</span> and <span class="caps">WANT</span> to spend a <span class="caps">LONG</span> time serving. While you can have online success by going from one niche to another and you can have online success by creating products in niches that you are not passionate about it is much easier to build a business by sticking with one niche market that you <span class="caps">LOVE</span> and catering to that target market. I am going to say that again , because it is SO important:</p> <blockquote><br /><strong>It is much easier to build a business by sticking with one niche market that you <span class="caps">LOVE</span> and catering to that target market.<br /></strong></blockquote> <p>To help target the right niche, you need to decide who your ideal customer is. You can do this by answering the following question:</p> <p><strong>Who will I enjoy serving?</strong></p> <p>Target your online business for a niche you would <span class="caps">LOVE</span> to serve (<a href="http://www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com/index.php/20071114-how-to-start-your-online-business-on-solid-ground/">click here to read a previous post I wrote about the importance of choosing your customer first)</a>.</p> <p>You want your online business to be enjoyable and easy. One of the best ways to do that is stick with a niche you are passionate about.</p> <p>If you <span class="caps">REALLY</span> want to make big money online <span class="caps">AND</span> enjoy it, then do what you <span class="caps">LOVE</span>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-31405588660305840042008-02-20T10:56:00.000-08:002008-02-20T11:05:17.959-08:00Starting An Internet Business To Profit Online: 4 Common Mistakes To AvoidThere are several mistakes that most of the people make when they just begin to build their internet marketing business to make money online. You just need to remember that you can make them one time, then learn from them and never make the same mistake again. Below are a few of the common mistakes that you will more than likely make when you start building your online business.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Not Spending Time To Educate Yourself </span><br />This is one the biggest mistakes that so many people make. When you first launch your online business, most probably you are in the dark about how to get it to generate income for you.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vpPcP9xSdVE/R7lD5dYOE1I/AAAAAAAABGc/aKpe8Vul01o/s1600-h/computerandbook.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vpPcP9xSdVE/R7lD5dYOE1I/AAAAAAAABGc/aKpe8Vul01o/s200/computerandbook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168236701802173266" border="0" /></a> Some people spend a hard time doing trial and error to figure out how to get their business to make money without any help. That is ok if that is what you want to do but it will take you a long time to achieve success.<br /><br />There are plenty of resources and places on the Internet that you can start your education and learn what you need to know. You can go to a resource site to sign up online business courses or get an internet marketing guide, e-book; visit forums, read articles posted on articles directories, blog entries or anything else that related to online business and internet marketing. One of the effective methods to learn is to look for a online forum that has a lot people who have experience and already achieved success in Internet marketing. One great forum for this is:<br /><a href="http://www.warriorforum.com/"><br />http://www.warriorforum.com</a><br /><br />However you need to be aware that, all forums can become time traps. Stay focused, get in, search for the right info and get out. A quick an easy way to search the information needed for your business in this particular forum is here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.robertplank.com/warriors/search.php">http://www.robertplank.com/warriors/search.php</a><br /><br />Warrior Forum is a large and popular forum that has a lot of internet marketing experts participate in various discussions relevant to Internet marketing and e-businesses. They are friendly and willing to help you with any aspects that you have problem in. You can start new threads to ask them questions, ask their advice on where you can learn what you need to, or find out what resources they would suggest to help you along the way. You need to take the time to educate yourself on every area of internet marketing in order to succeed in your online business. There is no if, ands or buts about it. This is a must if you want to be a successful Internet entrepreneur that make a living from the Internet.<br /><br />Those who have achieved online success have done what you are intending to do now, so they are the best ones to get help and advice from. You will find that most of these successful online marketers are willing to help you get to where they are. You just have to ask for their help and advice. They will inform you that education on all areas of internet marketing is a must for everyone trying to start and grow their online business. Too many people become impatient and think that they can do it all by themselves without any help. They are usually the ones that end up quitting. Don’t make the same mistake that they do. Learn what you need to.<br /><br />As you read above, asking for help is very important for business of any kind to succeed, not just online marketing businesses. You need to be able to tell people know that you are lost and don’t know how to proceed next.<br /><br />There are many Internet marketers would love to give you helps.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Buying Tools And Products That Didn’t Help</span><br />When you just get into the Internet marketing world, You will find yourself bombarded by people who claim that they know exactly how to make your business a success, and they will charge you for price of $XX.XX.<br /><br />They only Interested earn your money. They might know something but probably the information and resources the sell to you can be found free elsewhere on the Internet. So be cautious on what you purchase and how you spend your money for your business growth. Otherwise, you will find yourself in serious debt problem that is hard to get out of it. This has happened to a lot people. If you are not careful on your online business spending, this can easily happen to you. So don’t just buy anything and everything. Take the time to do research and visit forums to find out whether a product is really helpful and useful before spending your money to buy it.<br /><br />Once you have as much information as you can about something, then you can make a wise decision on whether it is worth your time and money.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If You Rush It, You May Wreck It </span><br />When you start an internet marketing business you have to know immediately that it will take time for your business to begin seeing any kind of results. There will be a learning curve you need to go through When you first start your e-business.<br /><br />This is just a fact that you need to accept and deal with. You don’t want to just barrel your way through anything until you know how to do it, especially on the internet. This is very important because if you try and do things too fast and you don’t see the results that you want, it is very easy to become discouraged and start feeling like nothing you do is ever going to work for you to achieve success.<br /><br />This is not true but there are too many people who never take the time to slow down and do things one step at a time. Building your business is just like learning to walk, you have to do it one step at a time or you will end up falling down and failing every time you try. So remember that it will take time and lots of patience to get to where you want your business to be. The faster you realize that, the faster you can move on and start doing the little steps one at a time to make your business successful.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Focus Focus Focus!</span><br />When you are trying to build a business it is very important that you keep yourself focused. There are so many things on the internet that will keep you distracted for a whole day if you let them.<br /><br />You have to ignore everything and do whatever needs to be done that day. When you can’t stay focused you will never be able to achieve success of any kind. You may have to train yourself on how to do this but it can be done.<br /><br />Don’t check your email except in the morning before you start working and again at night when everything is done.<br /><br />Don’t start reading emails or looking at product sales letters that people want you to buy. You have to do the work that needs to be done for that day before you start letting yourself do things that won’t help build your business.<br /><br />This is something that a lot of people have a hard time with because it is so easy to let yourself become distracted. You need to learn to resist this and keep yourself focused on what you are doing. These are all common mistakes that too many people make when they start an internet marketing business.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-71932534015982112632008-01-16T05:37:00.000-08:002008-01-16T05:39:30.598-08:00Freelancing For Cash Online<span style="font-family: verdana;">Freelancing refers to the process of offering your services for someone else on a per project basis. The best way to explain this is through an example.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Supposing you possess excellent writing skills. There are tons of webmasters and internet marketers out there who are in need of fresh content and new products on a daily basis. Their demand for digitally written works is so great that even if they are blessed with just as much writing prowess, they won’t have the time to come up with everything that they need. Hence, they resort to outsourcing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">And this is where you enter the picture.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a freelancer offering your writing services for a fee, you could take in some projects they will give you. You will be paid per delivery, and once that’s done, you could take in more clients for consistent earnings.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">But freelancing is not only limited to writing, or ghostwriting as it is technically known. There are other services that you could offer, depending on the area of proficiency you possess. Here are more examples:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">* graphic creation and design</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">* web creation and design</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">* software development</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">* data encoding</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">* translation to specific languages</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">* marketing consultancy</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">* strategic placement consultancy</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">* Admin and Accounting</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you want to dabble in freelancing, here are some splendid places where you could advertise your services and solicit some clients:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.elance.com/">www.elance.com</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.scriptlance.com/">www.scriptlance.com</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.guru.com/">www.guru.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-87720816214991321612008-01-16T05:24:00.000-08:002008-01-16T05:36:08.049-08:006 Ways to Make Money Blogging<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">1) <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Cost-Per-Click (CPC) Advertising Programs</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">CPC advertising programs are the best money making programs for most of the bloggers. They are suitable to all kind of blogs with family-friendly content regardless of their traffic level and age. CPC programs work well on blog because they display contextual ads that are highly relevant to blogs content and bloggers will earn anywhere between 10 cents to 50 cents for each contextual ads click by their visitors. With proper CPC ads optimization and consistent amount of traffic, a blogger can earn a steady amount of money displaying CPC ads on his/her blog. </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.google.com/adsense">Google AdSense</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is no doubt, the undisputed king of CPC advertising programs and </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://publisher.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Publisher Network</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is the closest alternative of AdSense.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">2) Cost-Per-Action (CPA) Advertising Programs</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">CPA programs is quite similar to CPC programs except CPA programs don't pay bloggers for each click on the CPA ads hosted by bloggers. The blogger only makes money when the visitor takes an action on the CPA advertiser website. The action can be a sign up, making a purchase, generating a lead, downloading a product and more. CPA networks pay a lot more than CPC programs, for a visitor sent by the blogger from his/her blog to a CPA advertiser website and the visitor taken an action on the advertiser site, the blogger can earn few dollar to fifty dollar depend on the niche. But CPA ads tend to work well on large traffic blogs only. </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.azoogleads.com/corp/index.php">AzoogleAds.com</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.cj.com/">Commission Junction</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> and </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.advertising.com/">Advertising.com</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> are some of the largest CPA networks.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">3) Promote Affiliate Programs</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marketing affiliate programs is very common nowadays. You sign up with affiliate program of an online company, then decide whether to use the company's text link or banner ads on your blog to promote the company's products or services and earn affiliate commission when a visitor make a purchase through your affiliate link. Affiliate programs can be promoted without a website and blog too.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">4) Pay Per Post Programs</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pay per post programs started last year. The programs pay bloggers to write a blog post about a sponsor's website. The paid blog post can be a review or an introduction on the advertiser's website, products or services. The blogger will be paid a least $5 for each sponsor post. Blogs that have massive traffic, high Google PR and large number of subscribers can charge a few hundred dollar for just writing one sponsor post. Here's are the two most popular Pay per post networks that offer this type of earning opportunities:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.reviewme.com/">www.reviewme.com</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.payperpost.com/">www.payperpost.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The downside of pay per post is that writing too many sponsor posts that are not relevant to your blog content can seriously affect your traffic.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">5) Sell Text Link Ads</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Selling text links on your blog can be a great source of additional online revenue. It is not difficult to get started, just go to </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.text-link-ads.com/?ref=24663">Text-link-ads.com</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> to sign up an account, then decide which part of your pages you want to display paid text links, set your price and you are ready to take order. Text-link-ads.com will handle all the promotional works. Another company that offers the similar services as Text-link-ads.com is </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.reverselinks.com/">Reverselinks.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">6) Hosting Web Poll</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.vizuanswer.com/">Vizu Answer</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> offers a pretty new way to monetize your blog's and website's traffic. The pays the publishers on a cost-per-thousand impression (CPM) basis for hosting targeted web poll. The money a blogger can earn from hosting poll is depending on the page views. The more page views, the higher the earning.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-4836044514851624262008-01-16T05:19:00.000-08:002008-01-16T05:36:08.050-08:00The AdSense AdVantage - Your Guide to Making Money Online with Google AdSense<span style="font-family: verdana;">The AdSense AdVantage was actually a report written by Matt Callen from </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.hypervre.com/">Hypervre.com</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> last year. It is a case study report on how a person went from zero to $15,691 AdSense revenue by building AdSense sites and promoting them using paid advertising. It outlined everything in step-by-step format where you can follow to start profiting online with AdSense</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Few days ago, Matt re-released The AdSense AdVantage with latest updates included in this new edition.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.hypervre.com/Adsense/CaseStudy1/"><br />The AdSense Advantage - New Edition</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">You may have read the original report in 2007, but I think you would be interested to read this new one because there are new strategies, revised 'older methods' that used to work but a year later needed to be changed, Do's and Don'ts, and even a new article series at the end of the report.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-78429745283545197512008-01-16T04:53:00.000-08:002008-01-16T05:44:09.538-08:00How to Choose an Online Business Opportunity Best for You to Earn Money Online<span style="font-family:verdana;">The first thing you need to do prior to starting an online business is to choose a money making</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vpPcP9xSdVE/R4rmgz1vScI/AAAAAAAAA_8/NgTGYePLDEs/s400/bookandglass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155186174824761794" border="0" /></span> idea or a profitable online business opportunity. When selecting an online business idea, there are a number things to think about, including:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >1. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Passions</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Most of the business opportunities on the Internet are just like any small business startup, they take time and effort to become profitable. So when choosing an online business, you should first think about what types of online businesses you have an interest in and what area of business work your are passionate about. Doing what you like and interested will keep you working consistently and avoid getting bored easily when profit is low on the initial stage.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >2. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Skills and abilities</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - It is very difficult to work on something that beyond your abilities. Before starting an online business, you need to make sure that the online business opportunity you have chosen fits well within your abilities and constraints. You may evaluate your abilities, skills and knowledge as an business owner, and ask yourself whether you can handle the record-keeping tasks, online marketing work, and other administrative tasks required of each business opportunity. If you cannot do it all yourself, outsourcing will be a good solution.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >3. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Market demand and competition</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Before going into any opportunity, it is vital to conduct an online market research to identify the market demand for your product, service, or information you will be offering. You would definitely want to start an online business that has high market demand or at least has a reasonable amount of market demand. If the size of your target market is too small, consider looking for another business opportunity. Also think about looking at a narrower market within each business opportunity to find a need that hasn't been filled.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">On the other hand, competition analysis is also needed, you don't want jump into a niche that is crowed with tons of competitors.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >4. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Operating expenses</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Do some calculations to get a general sense of an online business startup budget before deciding a business to pursue. Weed out those business opportunities and ideas that will exceed your predetermined budget.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">When you find an online business opportunity that:</span><br /><ul style="font-family: verdana;"><li>Interests you.</li><li>Is manageable using your skill and knowledge</li><li>has a profitable market with reasonable competition, </li><li>and falls under your budget</li></ul><span style="font-family:verdana;">You have found an online business opportunity that is potentially workable.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Below are several common online business opportunities that you can choose to make money on the net:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >1. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Content-based Websites</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - Websites that are in content-based typically offer some kind of useful content to their targeted audience in the form of articles, e-courses, audio or videos. The </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vpPcP9xSdVE/R4rmzj1vSeI/AAAAAAAABAM/7H33Ca03EJ8/s400/GoogleAdSense.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155186496947309026" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">targeted content will then be monetized in some ways (usually through contextual advertising programs such Google AdSense, YPN, Kontera ads link and many more) to generate revenue. Community websites like online forums and social media sites that have fresh content posted every moment can be also monetized in a similar fashion.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >2. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Online Services</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> - There are plenty of online services you can offer on the Internet through your website. Some examples of services are web design, SEO, Internet marketing, web programming, Java script, web copy and content writing, data entry, account and administrative services, or even Web services such as domain registrations or Web hosting.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >3. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Online Products</span></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> – You can virtually sell anything on the Internet. There are plenty of choices of selling products on the Internet, including creating custom products, promoting affiliate products, reselling others’ products, or developing your own digital products such as e-books, reports, DVD courses, audio and video tutorial, etc to sell online.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Use these basic example of online business opportunities together with the above tips for choosing the most appropriate business idea for your online startup, to aid in creating a manageable and in-demand online business.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-62708156822397742272008-01-12T14:27:00.000-08:002008-01-16T05:36:08.050-08:00Ways to Make Money Online: A Guide<span style="font-family: verdana;">The idea of making money online is attractive to many, primarily because of the benefits it offers. Two main incentives are motivational factors here: The </span><strong style="font-family: verdana;">lucrative potential</strong><strong style="font-family: verdana;"> </strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">of the internet as well as the </span><strong style="font-family: verdana;">personal freedom</strong><span style="font-family: verdana;"> that comes with working without a fixed schedule or geographic location.</span> <p style="font-family: verdana;">One doesn’t need to suffer through monotonous day jobs which offer poor returns for the time invested. </p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">Indeed, why make $7 an hour selling coffee behind a counter when you can easily earn the same amount by spending 10 minutes to write an article on your blog?</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">Even if you’re not looking to work full-time at home, the internet offers a viable source of money which can help to supplement your regular income.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>Cataloging the Different Ways to Make Money Online</strong></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">A basic search on Google will reveal many <a href="http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=ways+to+make+money+online&btnG=Google+Search" title="google search results for ways to make money online">ways to make money online</a> and most of the websites listed in the search results pages all seem to focus on the same methods of making money.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">I thought it’ll be a good idea to categorize and compile a list of the online money making methods available so that future visitors to Dosh Dosh will have a reference point which provides them with all information they need.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">This list uses a rather broad categorization, which I believe covers most of the ways to make money online. More methods and examples of how to make money online will be added to this list, which can be considered a work in progress.<br /><br /><strong>1. Set up a Blog or Website for Profit </strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"> One of the best ways to make money online is to create a website or blog which allows you to earn money from the display of advertisements or the sale of products and services. <p>There are many different <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/how-to-make-money-blogging-seven-strategies/" title="list of various money making blogs you can create">types of money making blogs</a> which will help you to make money and you’ll need to pick a model that suits your interests, schedule and skill levels. A simple no frills blog will allow you to easily pull in at least several hundred dollars in a month through the use of <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/a-definitive-list-of-paid-blogging-websites/" title="list of paid blogging networks">paid blogging websites</a> alone.</p><p>For more information, check out Dosh Dosh’s archive of articles on how to <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/category/blogging-for-money/" title="collection of articles on how to make money blogging">make money blogging</a>. Apart from blogs, other websites can easily help you to generate passive income as well. These can range from e-commerce websites, social communities and information portals to basic landing pages for affiliate programs. </p></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><strong>2. Learn about Affiliate Marketing and The Art of Selling </strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"> This involves promoting a specific product or service and <strong>earning commissions</strong> whenever the referred user makes a purchase based on your recommendations. <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing" title="Wikipedia's introduction to affiliate marketing" rel="nofollow">Affiliate marketing</a> is a big and profitable industry that covers a wide spectrum of topics and fields. If you’ve got an interest in fitness, you can make money promoting fitness videos or courses. In terms of fashion wear, you can earn commissions by recommending friends to clothing or <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/so-you-want-to-make-money-online-an-extensive-guide-to-t-shirt-affiliate-marketing/" title="a list of T-shirt companies with affiliate programs">t-shirt companies with affiliate programs</a>.</p><p>The amount of money you make depends on what you are selling. Done correctly, affiliate marketing is one of the most powerful ways to make money from the web. <a href="http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/join" title="link to Amazon's Associate program" rel="nofollow">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.cj.com/" title="link to Commission Junction" rel="nofollow">Commission Junction</a> and <a href="http://www.clickbank.com/index.html" title="link to Click Bank" rel="nofollow">ClickBank</a> are three of the biggest affiliate marketplaces you can use if you’re branching out into affiliate marketing.</p></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><strong>3. Start an Online Business</strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"> Starting your own online business or company allows you to make money off the provision of specific services or products you may have. Some examples of popular online trades include web design, copywriting and internet marketing. <p>It isn’t difficult to start a business. It’s all about hiring the right people or having enough knowledge and connections within a specific industry. You should do some in depth research before you decide to settle on a specific niche for your business. <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/howto/index.html" title="link to entrepreneur.com">Entrepreneur.com</a> has a good collection of tips on how to start an online business.</p></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><strong>4. Try Out Domaining and the Online Real Estate Trade</strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"> This is the business of buying, selling, developing and <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/how-to-make-money-with-domains-essential-resources-for-beginners/" title="introduction to domaining">making money from domain names</a>. A domainer purchases many domain names and sells them to interested buyers. This is similar to real estate investing offline and domainers also make money by developing websites and reselling it to a buyer. <p>This practice is known as <em>site flipping </em>and can make you a tidy sum of money if you know how to build an attractive and profitable website. For a rough estimate of how much money you can earn from site flipping, check out the <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/marketplace/" title="link to sitepoint marketplace">SitePoint Marketplace</a> to browse through the collection of websites for sale.</p></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><strong>5. Participate in Get-Paid-to Websites</strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"> There are hundreds of websites out there which you pay you to read emails, do surveys, sign up for trial subscriptions and surf the web. Websites that <strong>pay you to complete offers</strong> are worth examining because they usually include affiliate programs with recurring commissions to be earned. <p>The benefit of <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/category/get-paid-to-websites/" title="link to a category of get paid to websites">get paid to websites</a> is that you don’t need to have your own website or any personal skills at all. The downside is that there are a lot of get-paid-to scams around and finding websites that are legitimate can be fairly difficult. <a href="http://www.scam.com/">Scam.com</a> is a forum you should visit to learn if the get-paid-to website you’re interested in actually pays its members.</p><p>There are also several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0" title="link to Wikipedia's explanation of Web 2.0" rel="nofollow">Web 2.0</a> or social media websites out there that will pay you to participate in their community. This collection of <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/category/earning-with-social-media/" title="category of articles on social media websites">social media websites</a> usually operate via a <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/category/adsense-revenue-sharing-websites/" title="collection of revenue sharing websites">revenue-sharing system</a>, which allows you to earn a share of the overall ad revenue. How much you earn depends on how much your submitted article, video or image is viewed.</p></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><strong>6. Find a Virtual Job or Make Use of Your Expertise</strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"> Not only limited to data entry jobs, online jobs in <a href="http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/02/22/10-new-ways-to-make-money-online/">the new economy</a> include virtual assistants, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_farming" title="Wikipedia's article on gold farming">gold farmers</a>, online life coaching and support for open source software. Mini consultation networks like <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/share-knowledge-for-money-bitwine/" title="Review of bitwine">Bitwine</a> and <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/sell-advice-and-digital-content-with-ether/" title="article on ether">Ether</a> allow you to easily set up shop and offer advice on specific topics through the web. <p>Most of these virtual jobs involve direct communication through electronic mediums like internet telephony, instant messengers and emails. Which means that all you need to get started is a home computer with an steady internet connection.</p><p>If you are an expert in a specific topic, you can offer consultation via websites like <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/make-money-chatting-online-jyve-review/" title="Review of Jyve">Jyve</a> or <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/wanna-make-money-answering-questions/" title="article on just answers">Just Answers</a>. Other skill or knowledge based vocations also include participation in online competitions in areas such as photography, writing, designing and even <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/moola-gaming-pays/" title="a review of a website that pays you to play games">gaming</a>.</p></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><strong>7.</strong> <strong>Freelance and Work on a Contract Basis Online</strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"> If you have a skill such as web design, programming or copywriting you can offer your services online in exchange for money. Traditional freelancing jobs include transcription, proofreading, translation services on top of the ones already mentioned above. <p>Online marketplaces that you can use to offer your services include <a href="http://www.guru.com/" rel="nofollow">Guru.com</a> and <a href="http://www.elance.com/" rel="nofollow">Elance</a>. One of the best ways to find freelance jobs is to visit <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/26-affiliate-marketing-and-webmaster-forums-to-help-you-make-money-online/" title="list of webmaster forums">webmaster forums</a> because webmasters usually require a variety of web-based services, which range from programming and content writing to design work.</p><p>If you’re focusing on writing if don’t own your own blog, you can still make some money by registering for <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/seven-ways-to-sell-your-content-online/" title="list of websites which will pay for your content">websites which will pay for your content</a>. Another alternative is get paid to write for other blogs either as a staff or guest writer.</p></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><strong>8. Create Your Own Product and Sell it</strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"> Products you can create include website templates, sound clips or even your own ebook. Websites like <a href="http://www.lulu.com/" rel="nofollow">Lulu</a> allow you to easily develop and sell your own collection of electronic products like calenders, brochures, artwork, images and ebooks. <p>If your specialty is images and photography, citizen journalism websites like <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/sell-pictures-online-earn-cash/" title="review of spymedia">Spymedia</a> and <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/earn-money-selling-photos-citizen-image/" title="review of Citizen Image">Citizen Image</a> will pay for your images. Other stock photography websites to consider include <a href="http://www.doshdosh.com/making-money-with-images-a-review-of-shutterstock/" title="review of shutterstock">Shutterstock</a> and <a href="http://www.fotolia.com/" rel="nofollow">Fotolia</a>.</p><p>This also ties in with the concept of creating your online business, which will allow you to sell the products you create or own without resorting to a third party website which will usually take a commission of the sale.</p></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><strong>9. Get Involved in the Online Retail Trade </strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://ebay.com/" rel="nofollow">Ebay</a> and <a href="http://craigslist.org/" rel="nofollow">Craigslist</a> are the two of the most popular websites you can use if you are planning to get into the online retail trade. You can purchase products from either website to sell to the other. <p>Alternatively, you can specialize use site-specific methods of participating in the online retail trade. For example, <strong>Ebay dropshipping and arbitrage</strong> is a method whereby you’ll<strong> </strong>with offline retailers or exporters in other countries, or buy from one seller and sell to another.</p></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-77496538645352802372008-01-12T14:10:00.000-08:002008-01-16T05:36:08.051-08:00Making Money from A Blog<p style="font-family: verdana;"> Making money from a blog is an interesting topic for me and among my favorite money making bloggers, I find John Chow as one of the most interesting money makers in the blogosphere, particularly because he posts his revenue details that he makes from his blog - <a href="http://www.johnchow.com/" title="The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul" target="_blank">John Chow Dot Com</a>.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">John has been posting his revenue details ever since he first monetized his blog back in September 2006 and every month I find him beating his own record. Starting with just <a href="http://www.johntp.com/adsense/" title="Earn money by showing relevant ads to your content">Google AdSense</a>, John Chow dot Com made <strong>$352.94</strong> in its first month as a monetized blog.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">John kept adding <strong>more revenue sources</strong> and on October his revenue jumped to <strong>$1,361.64</strong>! Even after that John’s earnings continued to grow - <strong>$2,139.93</strong> in November, <strong>$2,790.05</strong> in December, and <strong>$3,440.66</strong> in January.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">And even though February is the shortest month of the year, it did not stop John Chow’s revenue from increasing. Guess what, he earned <strong>$7,011.05</strong> on February !</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><span id="more-577"></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">John continues to impress me with his earnings, some may say he is boasting, but I disagree. By reading John’s <a href="http://www.johnchow.com/category/making-money-from-a-blog/">making money from a blog series,</a> it helped me find more revenue sources for my blog.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">Following John Chow, I found two bloggers disclosing their revenue details on their blog - <a href="http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2007/03/01/myblogearnings-for-february-2007/">Everton</a> and <a href="http://blogtalks.net/revenue-details-for-february.html">Thilak</a>.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">I have listed out these three blogger’s February revenue details in the order of their earnings</p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"><li><strong>AdSense</strong> - $2,775.5 (Everton), $977.60 (John Chow), $493.32 (Thilak)</li><li><strong> Text Link Ads</strong> - $1,162.50 (John Chow), $319.37 (Everton), $109.9 (Thilak)</li><li><strong>FeedBurner Ads</strong> - $373.62 (Thilak), $240.77 (Everton), $99.80 (John Chow)</li><li><strong>Direct Ad Sales</strong> - $400.00 (John Chow), $150.00 (Everton), $75 (Thilak)</li><li><strong>ReviewMe</strong> - $2,250.00 (John Chow), $200 (Thilak), $125.00 (Everton)</li><li><strong>IntelliTXT</strong> - 728.24$ (Thilak), $516.98 (John Chow), $75.82 (Everton)</li><li><strong>Blogads</strong> - $200 (Thilak), $100.42 (Everton)</li><li><strong>Vizu Answers</strong> - $118.96 (Everton), $48.10 (Thilak)</li><li><strong>Affiliate Sales</strong> - $1,005.00 (John Chow)</li><li><strong>AdVolcano</strong> - $375.00 (John Chow)</li><li><strong>TTZ Media</strong> - $224.17 (John Chow)</li><li><strong>Adbrite</strong> - $1.83 (Everton)</li><li><strong>TribalFusion</strong> – $420.68 (Thilak)</li><li><strong>Chitika</strong> – $77.46 (Thilak)</li><li><em><strong>Grand Total</strong></em> - $7011.05 (John Chow), $3,907.67 (Everton), $2524.74 (Thilak)</li></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><strong>Blog Traffic and Page Views</strong></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"><li><strong>Everton:</strong> <span id="nointelliTXT"></span><span id="intelliTXT">220K visits and 452K page views</span></li><li><strong> John Chow:</strong> 127,614 visits and 266,641 page views</li><li><strong>Thilak:</strong> 232,120 page views</li></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="center"><img src="http://www.johntp.com/wp-content/uploads/moneygraph.jpg" alt="Earnings Graph" border="0" height="409" width="550" /></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">As you can see, Everton has done very well in Adsense when compared to John Chow and Thilak, but when you compare the overall earnings, John Chow earns a lot more.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">John has been successful with <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2ud2zl">Text Link Ads</a>, Direct Sales and Affiliate sales and had got a lot of <a href="http://www.reviewme.com/Technology-C111/JohnTPcom-15921.html?ref=11679">ReviewMe</a> orders last month which helped him to beat his old record of <strong>$3,440.66</strong>.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">Thilak somehow manages to earn more in Feedburner Ads even though John Chow and Everton has more traffic and RSS readers than him. He has also done well with Intellitxt. Good going !</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">The reason Everton earned so low with IntelliTXT is that he has been trying it for only 1 week. Perhaps by next month IntelliTXT will be his biggest money maker.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">Congrats all of you, and I hope you continue disclosing your monthly earnings. It helps us find more revenue sources worth trying out. Now if only Darren Rowse could disclose his earnings like this <img src="http://www.johntp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">These are the <strong>revenue sources I currently depend on</strong> - <a href="http://www.johntp.com/adsense/" title="Earn money by showing relevant ads to your content">AdSense</a>, <a href="http://www.johntp.com/2007/02/03/tribal-fusion/" title="Tribal Fusion">Tribal Fusion</a>, <a href="http://www.johntp.com/2007/03/01/text-link-ads-review/" title="Text Link Ads review">Text Link Ads</a>, Blog Ads, <a href="http://www.johntp.com/2007/01/04/chitika-eminimalls/" title="Chitika eMinimalls">Chitika eMiniMalls</a>, <a href="http://www.reviewme.com/Technology-C111/JohnTPcom-15921.html?ref=11679">ReviewMe</a>, Feedburner Ads and <a href="http://www.johntp.com/2007/02/07/vizu-answers-monetizing-your-site-with-polls/" title="Vizu Answers review">Vizu Answers</a>. What I wish to try out next is IntelliTXT. A few days back, I even tried out <a href="http://www.agloco.com/r/BBCF3973" title="Get payed to surf!">AGLOCO</a>.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">I hope this post makes bloggers realize that they should not depend on just Google AdSense. May be in the beginning stage of a blog AdSense will do enough, but as your blog grows you should <strong>keep adding more revenue sources </strong>if you really want to earn from your blog. But also keep in mind that overloading your blog with Ads can make you lose readers.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-37456957943815178122008-01-12T14:01:00.000-08:002008-02-18T12:10:06.013-08:0014 Character Traits of a Good Businessperson<h1 style="font-family: verdana;">Good Business People Have Certain Traits, Here Are Fourteen of Them<!-- InstanceEndEditable --></h1> <table style="font-family: verdana;" id="ad-top-startup" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="0"> <tbody><tr> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" width="0"><br /></th> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="top-content" --> <p style="font-family:verdana;"> When you own and operate your own business, it's YOU that 's in charge, it's YOU that's in control, and it's YOU that takes the credit for the failure or success of the business.<br /><br />Some people are so caught up in the day-to-day tasks of running their businesses that they fail to realize they're in charge and should be controlling the direction of the business the business or circumstances should not be controlling them.<br /><br />Jennie was so busy with her business, taking on a much as she could handle, that after a while, she waited for events to happen and then responded. She had turned into an employee of the business, and the events around her had become her boss.<br />Don't let this happen to you. Keep in mind that you're in charge and if you feel that you aren't, then do something about it.<br /><br /> Here are some of the traits you can build on to ensure your happiness and business success. </p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="subheads">1. Be Persistent</span>:<br /> A persistent drive is an asset; it will help you get through tough times and slumps. Practice being persistent. It pays off!<br /><br /> <span class="subheads">2. Learn to Easily Adapt to Change</span>:<br />The business world, among other things, is in constant fluctuation. You have to be able to adapt to change quickly, without modifying your main goal or mission. You may need to change the way you do things or adapt to changes in the market. Adapting to change is a positive for you and your business.<br /> <br /> <span class="subheads">3. Assess Risks</span>:<br />The better you are at assessing risk, the better your outcome. You'll be able to make intelligent decisions, and you'll avoid making decisions that could put you out of business and this will allow you to easily pick up good opportunities.<br /> <br /> <span class="subheads">4. Continue to Learn</span>:<br />Learning is an ongoing process in all aspects of life, whether or not you're aware of it. Since you're learning anyway, you might as well put into your mind positive thoughts that you can use as much as possible.<br /> <br /> <span class="subheads">5. Learn to Welcome Responsibility</span>:<br />When you avoid your responsibilities, you're breaking down your self-esteem, slowly and silently telling yourself that you can't handle it. When you welcome your responsibilities, you're building your self-esteem and becoming a stronger person.</p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="subheads">6. Be Creative</span>:<br />In business, being creative in the right places can give you the edge you need to stand out and offer something special. Practice creativity in small steps. Ask questions like: What can I do to improve this? Try our brainstorming exercise to help you come up with remarkable ideas.</p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="subheads">7. Take Charge</span>:<br />Successful business people take charge and hit the pavement running. Move ahead FEELING powerful, FEELING you can do it and move ahead doing what you do best! Note: This is not to say that you should move blindly and ignore common sense. It's a mere comparison of moving ahead by walking on a tightrope as opposed to walking on a sidewalk. </p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="subheads">8. Know Your Numbers</span>:<br />Numbers and business go hand in hand if you don't know much about numbers, you're going to need to. You don't need become a financial wizard, knowing the ins and outs of multinational companies and how they operate, nor do you need to become an accountant, but you need to know the basics. </p> <p face="verdana">You need to know if you're profitable, how to manage money, how to hold onto your money, etc. Even if you hire an accountant/bookkeeper, you still need to know what's going on in your business. You can find out more about this from your accountant/bookkeeper, from your banker, online, or at your library.<br /> <br /> <span class="subheads">9. You Must Market Your Business</span>:<br />Whatever business you're in, without marketing, you won't have much of a business. You need to develop skills in marketing. This can be as simple as placing ads, creating promotions, creating enticing signs, etc. anything that gets the right people to know about your business and do business with you is a form of marketing. It must be done. It's the lifeline of the business.<br /> <br /> <span class="subheads">10. You Must Avoid Procrastination</span><br />If you're a seasoned procrastinator, then you're going to have a hard time finding success. You may be doing okay, but it takes so much longer to become the success you really want. You're just moving along slowly, and you're probably missing out on a lot of opportunities. Get things done quickly. Don't start something else, something new, until you complete all you can with the current task.<br /> <br /> <span class="subheads">11. Become Self-Reliant</span>:<br />When you're on your own, you have no one pushing you, no one telling you what needs to be done, and it's hard to stay on track. It's essential that you keep yourself on track. The first step is knowing what to do, then you may want to create a list in priority order of what needs to be done and how to do each step.<br /> <br />You may want to simply follow the list or have someone check up on you to see how you're doing. I, myself, like to follow the list. I keep it with me at all times on my pocket PC, checking off what's been completed and adding new items when necessary.<br /></p> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <table style="font-family: verdana;" id="ad-middle-Start-up" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="0"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="row"><br /></th> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Middle-content" --> <p face="verdana"><span class="subheads">12. Create a Balance Between Work and Play</span><br />Successful people usually have a balance between their business and personal lives. They feel a sense of accomplishment and feel good about themselves. Their self-esteem is high, and they feel confident. A balance between your work and your personal life is an absolute must. Keep this balance at all times and you'll perform much better as well as be happier in your personal life.<br /> <br />The traits that were just presented to you are just some of the traits for a good businessperson. I'm sure the list can be expanded to fill books on this topic. There are two more important issues that I've left until the end because I feel they can accelerate your becoming an excellent businessperson.<br /><br /> <span class="subheads">13. Focus on the Business, Not Your Needs</span>:<br />Focus on what's best for the business. What can you do better for your customer? How can you make your customers happy? Questions like these help you become an excellent businessperson. When you focus on yourself, then you tend to cut corners, finding the simpler ways that may be less effective. They may do the job, but they may not create great outcomes.<br /> <br /> <span class="subheads">14. Focus on Your Performance</span>:<br />When you're doing something important, ask yourself, Am I doing the best I can? If the answer is yes, that 's great. If you have doubts, then push yourself to do a better job. No one can expect more than your best, not even you.<br /> <br /> Be the best businessperson you can be, and you'll do great!<br /></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="sig"><strong>That's the way I see it. </strong><br /> <strong>To Your Success!</strong><br /> <strong>Acey Gaspard</strong></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"> </p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="subheads">Action Steps to Becoming a Good Business Person</span></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"><li>Take a look at the 14 characteristics above and see which ones already apply to you and which ones don't.</li><li>Make an 'action plan' on how you can apply the ones that don't or how you can improve.</li></ul> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="subheads">Important Questions to Becoming a Good Business Person</span></p> <ul style="font-family: verdana;"><li>Do you think you're a good business person? WHY?</li><li>After you reply to the WHY question above, evaluate your answers. Are you a good business person because you are a good boss? A good product/service provider? A good client (for others) Now What do you need to do to improve?</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-19858973447053097572008-01-12T13:26:00.000-08:002008-01-16T05:36:08.051-08:00How to make money online<table style="font-family: verdana;" class="Table-UpDown" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%"><tbody><tr><td class="style4" align="left" valign="top"><li>How to become successful in your Work from home business? </li> <li>Are you searching for success in your online business?</li> <li>Always wanted to be your own boss? </li> <li>Need to make money at home while you stay with the kids?</li></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nowadays this type of business ideas and opportunities have great scope on internet. It is difficult to find out which sites are helpful. This small article will give you some outlines how to start. Here are some business ideas and opportunities to become successful in online business.</span><p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify"><br /></p><p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify">First idea is to take Online Surveys. There are lots of companies which need your response to pull on their businesses. They will pay huge amount to the people who take their online surveys. It is so simple to earn livelihood by taking online surveys. But once you start putting your effort then it will become easy and enjoyable. </p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify">You can go for online auction or public sale. There are many mega-auction companies. E-bay is one of the biggest of all such companies which will show you unquestionable success because you can figure out how to make money online from home by selling your item on auction sites.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify"> Get ready to invest a small, probably make a lot, and have loads of enjoyment in the progression.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify">Are you an excellent, terse writer? You can go for freelance writing. You can advertise your talent online by printing internet periodicals, bulletins and anthologies.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify">Data entry work and job has now happened to be more popular nowadays. See how it works? Usually you will be given a set of data in paper and you will have to enter it data in to computer. It’s very simple for you if you only know computer a basic.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify">Are you an inventive kind of person? If you are planning to advertise online then you need to invest a little but you don’t require any inventory. Excellent ideas which truly work are precious commodities, and it can be moved digitally at no cost! </p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify"> You can also think about affiliate programs and marketing. This has a great importance in online success. The associates who put their effort in affiliate marketing make great use of the Internet to earn a small amount of money from lots of people. </p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify">The person who is engaged in affiliate marketing can become successful by being rewarded for issuing links to other sites on internet. The business partner can become successful by means of advertising associate to spread his business across the whole world.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify">It is obvious that before you decide anything, you need to think and study a lot deeper than examining this short explanation, Take your own time to make inquiries and to do research. Your decision should be from your brain and not from the heart.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" align="justify"> An intention and practical approach will take you to the way of success. Remember that with devotion and imagination, you can achieve your goal.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-44360386676259527532007-12-28T00:16:00.000-08:002008-02-18T12:07:54.087-08:00How To Get A Small Business Loan<h2 style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Part 1: Documents Needed For A Small Business Loan</h2><br /><p style="font-family: verdana;">Sooner or later most small businesses need to get a small business loan, whether to get the operating capital for business startup or to finance an expansion. But whether you're approaching a bank or a friend for a small business loan, the lender will have the same expectations.</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">You can greatly increase your chances of successfully securing a small business loan by being prepared to meet those expectations.</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">Put yourself on the other side of the desk for a moment. If someone asked you for a small business loan, you'd want to know exactly why he or she wanted the money and what the chances were that he or she would repay the loan in full and on time.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">So the key to getting a small business loan is preparation. First, gather together the documents that will help persuade the lender that a small business loan is necessary and that you are a good risk.<br /></p><p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> You will need:</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">A business plan - The business plan show the lender not only why you want a small business loan but what you plan to do with the money.</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">Cash flow projections - What's the first question any lender has? Will you be able to repay the loan. Your business's cash flow projections give lenders concrete financial data that they can use to assess this risk.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">A statement of your personal financial status</b> - A list of your personal assets and debts to give the lender a fuller financial picture.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">To get a small business loan, you may also need these documents:</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Past business tax returns</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span>- If your business is established and you have past business tax returns, it's a good idea to take them with you. They'll give the lender a better idea of how your business is doing financially.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">A credit rating report</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span>- Basically, you establish a credit rating by buying things on credit and paying back the money you owe. Your loan repayment history plays a big part in establishing your credit rating, but all your "credit" dealings make up the history that's used to determine your credit rating.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">It's not necessary that you include a credit report with your small business loan application; it's easy enough for potential lenders to check your credit rating. But if you don't know what your credit rating is or suspect your credit rating is tarnished, you may want to get one.</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">You can get a credit report by contacting one of the three credit reporting agencies in Canada, TransUnion, EquiFax Canada, or Northern Credit Bureaus. To receive your free credit report, you will need to mail or fax one of these companies a request along with copies of two pieces of I.D.</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">The credit report you receive several weels later will include information on what to do if you find errors in the report. If you have a poor credit rating, you will want to take steps to repair your credit rating before trying to get a small business loan.</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">Now that you have all the documents you need to get a small business loan in order, how do you actually persuade the lender to give you a small business loan? Continue on to the next page for tips on making a winning small business loan presentation.</p><br /><p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></p><h2 style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Part 2: Making A Winning Business Loan Presentation</h2><p style="font-family: verdana;">The next step in getting a small business loan is to persuade the lender to give you a small business loan. You need to prepare in advance to make a winning small business loan presentation.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">Start by considering the lender's point of view. You want money. But he or she is most interested in the answers to these two questions: "What are you going to do with the money?" and "Are you a good risk?", and to make a winning small business loan presentation, you need to come up with the "right" answers to these two questions.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">Answering the first question means being fully conversant with all the details of your business plan and being able to point to the relevant financial statements, charts or graphs that will help convince the lender that you need the amount of money you're asking for to do what you want to do.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">Answering the second question means having already given some thought to the credit risk you represent to the lender and being ready to address his or her concerns.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">To get a small business loan, be prepared to tell your potential lender:</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">What collateral you have</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span>- Collateral refers to the tangible assets that you are willing to put up to secure the loan.<br /></p><p style="font-family: verdana;">These assets might be equipment, a house, a car - something of value that you own. If you fail to repay the loan, then the proceeds from the sale of the assets is used for repayment.</p><p style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">How much money you're personally willing to put into the business</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span>- Being willing to risk your own money shows the lender that you're committed to the enterprise.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Your expertise and/or experience in your chosen field</b><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">-</span></span> Because the success of your business is dependent on this to some degree, any potential lender will want to know more about you. Be prepared to talk about yourself when you apply for a small business loan - your background, your expertise, and even your aspirations.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">Your chances of getting a small business loan will be greatly improved if you have all your documents in order and are prepared to assuage the lender's concerns about loaning you the money. Think of it as a presentation to an important client or customer, and you'll have a better chance of success.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-25299319650351723832007-12-28T00:07:00.000-08:002008-02-18T12:09:14.864-08:00Top 10 Tips For Starting A Business That Will Succeed<h2 style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Business Start Up Advice To Ensure Success</h2><p style="font-family:verdana;"><b>1)<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> Do what you love.</span></b> You’re going to devote a lot of time and energy to starting a business and building it into a successful enterprise, so it’s really important that you truly deeply enjoy what you do, whether it be running fishing charters, creating pottery or providing financial advice.</p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><b>2) <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Start your business while you’re still employed.</span></b> How long can most people live without money? Not long. And it may be a long time before your new business actually makes any profits. Being employed while you’re starting your business means money in your pocket while you’re going through the business start up process.</p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><b>3) <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Don’t do it alone.</span></b> You NEED a support system while you’re starting a business (and afterwards). A family member or friend that you can bounce ideas off and who will listen sympathetically to the latest businses start up crisis is invaluable.<br /></p><p style="font-family:verdana;">Even better, find a mentor or, if you qualify, apply for a business start up program. Experienced guidance is the best support sytem of all. </p><p style="font-family:verdana;"><b>4)<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> Get clients or customers first.</span></b> Don’t wait until you’ve offically started your business to line these up, because your business can’t survive without them. Do the networking. Make the contacts. Sell or even give away your products or services. You can’t start marketing too soon.</p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><b>5) <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Write a business plan.</span></b> The main reason for doing a business plan first is that it can help you avoid sinking your time and money into starting a business that will NOT succeed. (See “Why You Need A Business Plan” for other good reasons.)</p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><b>6) <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Do the research.</span></b> You’ll do a lot of research working through a business plan, but that’s just a start. You need to become an expert on your industry, products and services, if you’re not already. Joining related industry or professional associations before you start your business is a great idea.</p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><b>7) <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Get professional help.</span></b> On the other hand, just because you run a small business, doesn’t mean you have to be an expert on everything. If you’re not an accountant or bookkeeper, hire one (or both). If you need to write up a contract, and you’re not a lawyer, hire one. You will waste more time and possibly money in the long run trying to do things yourself that you’re not qualifed to do.</p> <p style="font-family:verdana;"><b>8) <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Get the money lined up.</span></b> Save up if you have to. Approach potential investors and lenders. Figure our your financial fall-back plan. Don’t expect to start a business and then walk into a bank and get money. Traditional lenders don’t like new ideas and don’t like businesses without proven track records.</p> <p face="verdana"><b>9) <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Be professional from the get-go.</span></b> Everything about you and the way you do business needs to let people know that you are a professional running a serious business. That means getting all the accoutrements such as professional business cards, a business phone and a business email address, and treating people in a professional, courteous manner.</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;"><b>10) <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Get the legal and tax issues right the first time.</span></b> It’s much more difficult and expensive to unsnarl a mess afterwards. Does your business need to be registered? Will you have to charge GST or PST? Will you have to have Workers’ Compensation Insurance or deal with payroll taxes? How will the form of business you choose affect your income tax situation? Learn what your legal and tax responsibilities are before you start your business and operate accordingly.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2054385782772234859.post-53629393935368267242007-12-27T23:56:00.001-08:002008-02-18T12:08:38.719-08:00What Type of Business Should You Start ?<h2 style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">To Choose The Right Type of Business</h2><p style="font-family: verdana;">You've made the decision to start a business. Now you're asking yourself, "What type of business should I start?"</p> <p style="font-family: verdana;">You already know that there's a world of possibilities out there for anyone who wants to start a business. How can you possibly winnow them down to find the type of business that's right for you? The approach outlined in this article will help. Once you've worked your way through these five decisions, you will have a much better idea of exactly what type of business you want to start.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b>1) Retail or wholesale type of business?</b></p><p style="font-family: verdana;">Where do you want to be positioned on the supply chain? Retail businesses sell goods directly to consumers, usually in small quantities. Wholesalers buy goods (often in large quantities) from manufacturers or importers and then sell them to retailers and other distributors.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b>2) Franchise or independent type of business?</b></p><p style="font-family: verdana;">Many established companies offer franchises, which are basically copies of their companies. If you buy a franchise, you are buying the right to sell the parent company's goods and/or services in a specific area. Besides paying a franchise fee, you will also have to pay royalties and perhaps additional fees to the franchisor. You will also be expected to abide by the terms of the franchise agreement, which will often lay out exactly the way you will do business. Buying A Franchise explains the advantages and disadvantages of franchises and what to expect.</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">An independent business is one that you create and nurture on your own. Starting a independent business allows you the control and freedom that you won't get from a franchise operation.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b>3) Product or service (or mix of both) type of business?</b></p><p style="font-family: verdana;">If you are a trained professional, such as a dentist, accountant or realtor, your business is going to revolve around the professional services you can provide. But there are many professionals that also have the opportunity to offer related products, if they choose to do so. If you're a photographer, for example, you may decide to sell cameras, picture frames, and photo paper.</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">If you're not a trained professional, the key to deciding whether to focus on products or services when you're thinking about starting a business is determining where your true talents lie and what you most enjoy doing. Would you be happiest telling someone how to do something, doing something for them or offering them the products they would need to do the job themselves?</p><p style="font-family: verdana;">DO NOT base this decision on whether or not you enjoy selling or are good at it. No matter what type of business you start, you will be involved in sales.</p><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now you've made three decisions about the type of business that you actually want to start. There are two more decisions to make that will make choosing a business to start much easier.</span><p>Winnowing through business opportunities and finding the right business to start becomes much easier when you know exactly what you're looking for. The previous page of this article led you through three decisions to narrow down your choices. Two more decisions you need to make to determine what type of business is the most suitable for you are:</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b><br /></b></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b>4) Storefront or non-storefront type of business operation?</b></p> <p>If you have decided to start a business selling products, you need a storefront of some kind, whether bricks-and-mortar, such as a retail store, or virtual, such as an e-commerce site. Many successful businesses have both, expanding their customers beyond their locale. Others "borrow" a storefront, so to speak, by getting their products distributed by other businesses, selling their products through markets and fairs, or by using available e-commerce venues. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4