| 531 | Growing An Online Business ... Doing The Right Things At The Right Time And Doing Them Right Preview: Once you get past the initial utter confusion and "overwhelmingness" of the scramble to learn how to start and run an online business, the time eventually comes to dispense with the training wheels and just get on with it. A common trap for new online entrepreneurs is to try and perfect their website before inviting anyone to come over. It... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 532 | Creating Your Own Home-Based Business Preview: If you're looking for a way to make money from home and you've been online for any length of time you will have quickly become aware of the preponderance of business opportunity sites and ads for many and varied business opportunities. In particular, you've probably been bowled over by all the promises of the fabulous internet riches that can be y... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 533 | The 9 to 5-Home Business Tug o' War Preview: Perhaps the scarcest commodity the new home-business owner just starting out has is time. This is particularly so if you are also working a traditional, full-time job and building up your business "on the side" in your spare time. This is a situation I am all too familiar with. I still work a full-time 8:30 - 5:00 job while building my own intern... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 534 | So You Want to Be a Freelancer ... Preview: What's the difference between running your own home-based business and freelancing? (tick, tick, tick ...) Give up? Me too. If you want to work for yourself from home and have a special talent or skill that you think others would be prepared to pay for on an hourly or per-project basis, why not stop thinking in terms of the traditional "home busin... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 535 | How Do I Start a Home Business? Preview: From time to time (at least once a day actually) I'll get an impossible-to-respond-to email that says something like, "How can I work from home?", or "I want to start my own home business. Please send info." or even, "Please send free info.". Naturally such vague, generalized requests are not, for reasons of time (among others), going to elic... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 536 | Am I Normal? Preview: It's 3:00AM and instead of sleeping, I'm trying to figure out how to get listed near the top of the search engines. Am I normal? Am I normal? I pondered that question this morning while I quickly checked email one last time before shuffling the kids in the car and off to school. Am I normal? It crossed my mind again while racing back toward my h... (more) Published By: Jackie Ulmer Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 537 | A Pyramid By Any Other Name Will Still Come Tumbling Down Preview: "Three Days, Three People, Retire in 30 days! Make no mistake, People will start BEGGING you to sponsor them in! Take a look at this Income Projection Chart: Level | # of Days | # Benefactored | Income Projection 1 3 3 $70 2 6 9 $130 3 9 27 $290 4 12 81 $660 5 15 243 $1520 6 18 729 $3520 7 21 2,187 $8160 8 24 6,561 $18,880 9 27 19,683 $4... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 538 | Hits, Hits, & More Hits! But, What's Wrong? Preview: You can get all the hits you want, but if it doesn't translate into customers and sales, then you have hits and that's it! The average surfer spends about 26 seconds on your web page. So, how do you turn those hits into customers and sales? 1,2,3,4,Score! 1) First, take a look at your web site. Get a professional opinions. Put function, professi... (more) Published By: Steve Parke Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 539 | But What Do I Sell? Preview: So, you want to start your own online business. You know you have to create your own website, start your own ezine and generate traffic to your site before you can make sales. So far so good. But ... sales of what, exactly? What do you sell? Fortunately, the options are many and varied. Basically, though, everything falls into one of two ca... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 540 | Eggs, Baskets and Multiple Streams of Income Preview: One of the legacies of 9/11 is that that large sections of the U.S. and world economy have taken a body blow. Every day we hear of more and more companies who plan to lay off large numbers of workers (or have already) as they strive to reposition themselves to ride out what the doomsayers predict will shortly become a full-blown recession. ... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 541 | Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors ... One of the Most Expensive Mistakes of Them All! Part 1 Preview: The time comes for every successful home-based business owner when one person can no longer do it all. In the early days of your fledgling business you accepted that not only were you CEO, CFO, COO, secretary, treasurer and marketing director, you also had to be laborer, receptionist, janitor, chief cook and bottlewasher. That is simply what you h... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 542 | So, What's in a Name? Preview: A lot of folks think, they need to spend a lot of money in order to place well in the search engines. While there are some good companies out there that will do a good job for you, you can do it yourself with some time, effort, the right resources, tools, and some knowledge. While it is true, the more links you have, the higher you go in a lot o... (more) Published By: Steve Parke Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 543 | Creating a Professional Image For Your Home-Based Business Preview: Like it or not, there is still a segment of the population who will erroneously conclude that you and your business are less than professional and competent just because you run your business out of your home. Dumb? Obviously. Narrow-minded? Yes. Wrong? Absolutely. Unfair? No question. Want their business? Well ... yes. OK, then you're goin... (more) Published By: Elena Fawkner Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 544 | So, Why Should You Start An Online Business? Preview: Why should anyone start an online business? After it's all boiled down, the major factors are money, independence, and time. Money, of course, is the main driving factor for many. We all want to make more money. I've heard the following from many successful businessmen and entrepreneurs, and I'll throw my own agreement in with it as well. You'l... (more) Published By: Joe Bingham Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 545 | Ben Franklin's Secrets For Success Preview: Are you overwhelmed by all the advice on the internet about how to become a successful small business owner? The sheer volume of information is overwhelming and worst of all, many of the "experts" disagree. Every so often my business will experience a slow down and this week was one of those weeks. I could easily blame the holiday or the normal ... (more) Published By: John Colanzi Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 546 | 5 Keys to Starting Your Own Internet Enterprise Preview: Six months ago, I was asked by the moderator of a discussion group with a large membership to share some words of wisdom on how I got started online. She wanted me to share them with the group's eZine with 20,000 subscribers. It gave me a chance to reflect on my experience in developing and starting my own Internet Business and Web Site. It took ... (more) Published By: Joel Christopher Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 547 | You Can't Please Everyone Preview: Are you trying to be all things to all people? You can't do it. If you're going to make a living on the Information Super Highway, or in any venture, you have to decide who you are. If your potential customers don't know who you are, how do you expect them to buy from you? You can't make a sale to everyone. You can only sell to those who: W... (more) Published By: John Colanzi Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 548 | Direct Talk On What It Takes to Succeed Preview: A lot of the time, especially in my humor writing, I am extremely sarcastic about Internet marketing. I make fun of the hype, the advertising, and some of the marketing strategies used. At times, my readers may wonder if I believe there is even a point to the whole thing. In all seriousness, however, there IS money to be made over the Internet, a... (more) Published By: Joe Bingham Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 549 | How I Made $68,000 Teaching E-Classes (Or, What I Learned From Wanting A Z3) Preview: One day I pulled up beside a truck delivering new cars. One of the cars on his flatbed made my heart leap and my blood dance. I had never had a piece of machinery turn me on before. This one did. I fell in love. It was a BMW Z3. A Roadster. A hot-rod. One of the sexiest cars ever known to man and made by gods. Okay, maybe I'm overplaying it. But... (more) Published By: Joe Vitale Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 550 | Don't Let Clunky Web Site Content Sabotage Your Home Business!! Preview: The road to a successful home business is full of blind curves, potholes and hazards. Of these many pitfalls, creating your own web site is one of the most dangerous. Setting up a good web site is a complicated and intricate process, and if you don't pay attention to detail you can end up with a mess. The web site is the first impression a custom... (more) Published By: Alvin Apple Submitted: 03 December,2001 |