9
Jul
2010

How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur

Posted by Gordon in Business, Entrepreneurs, Investment, Marketing, Start-ups

People who have been used to the normal course of earning a living and holding an office job for 8 hours will always reach a point on considering to put up their own business after some years. Concepts and ideas will be varied, but the overall management of such entrepreneurial undertakings will still be the same. Highly effective managers have a larger amount of responsibility since unlike in the usual office jobs, he is actually steering an entire entity all through his personal decisions and strategies. ...

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26
Jun
2010

Tips To Achieve Success In Your Online Biz (Part 4)

Posted by Gordon in Business, Internet, Marketing, Start-ups, Tips

Here are some more tips for online business success that I would like to share with you:* Maintain an efficient backend for your business – The backend side of your business will carry a big part of the load of your operations. You should take the time to study this aspect of your operations and familiarize yourself with the process. You would not want customers to start ordering from you but then you would not be able to deliver as you have promised. Take the time ...

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20
Jun
2010

Tips To Achieve Success In Your Online Biz (Part 3)

Posted by Gordon in Business, Internet, Marketing, Tips

Here are some more tips to help you achieve business success on your online endeavor:* Keep your business in the mind of customers – One of the most important skills that you will have to learn is how to manage your customers by building a good working relationship with them. By doing this you can ensure that you can more easily build your customer base. This is where your creativity can be tested in seeking ways to involve your customers in your business even when they are far away. ...

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16
Jun
2010

Tips To Achieve Success In Your Online Biz (Part 2)

Posted by Gordon in Business, Entrepreneurs, Internet, Start-ups

Below are a few more additional tips that can help you achieve success in your online business endeavor:* Try to find an eCommerce software that is easy to use and business friendly – Since eCommerce is still in a period growth and maturity there may be a constant changes and improvements that you will see during the course of your operating a business. Because of this it will be a good idea to look for a software that is easy to manage and not such a pain ...

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12
Jun
2010

Tips To Achieve Success In Your Online Biz (Part 1)

Posted by Gordon in Business, Entrepreneurs

The virtual marketplace is one of the most vicious and most unforgiving. Since the internet is the new frontier, many businesses pop up online almost everyday that it could sometimes be quite overwhelming for a consumer. The competition is, thus, also getting fiercer and fiercer. With the statistic that an internet user would only spend about 46 seconds in a web page it becomes apparent that in that 46 seconds you must be able to catch the attention of your customer and entice them to do business with ...

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5
May
2010

Simple Referral Programs with Your Website

Posted by Gordon in Business, Internet, Investment, Marketing, Technology, Tips

Many are thinking of how to increase potential revenue once they have already signed up with such schemes as offered by Google’s adsense as a means of accumulating hits and visitors towards their websites. One add-on that a person can do would be to check out the referral programs that companies over the web are offering to also drive traffic towards their site, but mainly to increase potential customer sales using the Internet as its premium. There are a lot of referral programs available on the web. Some of the aggressive sites ...

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11
Jan
2008

Taming Your Clients To Pay On Time

Posted by Gordon in Clients, Finance

Services rendered require due compensation. You do your part, promptly, and you expect your client to do his, in the same timely fashion. Payments that either come late or not at all result in a nightmare for small business or a thorn in one’s shoe for big ones. Either way, tardiness with regards to billing isn’t something to take lightly; it can very well spell disaster for your business venture. Here are a few ways you can speed up the payment process, improve your methods, and add to your arsenal of prompt and effective billing. Respond to all the clients’ emails, ...

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9
Jan
2008

Introducing: A Business That Will Surely Fail

Posted by Gordon in Business problems

A business is a delicate machine and throwing a wrench into the works provides scenes from which horror movies are made. Feel like crashing and burning? Here are a few things that will keep the popcorn flowing and the ‘Nightmare in Your Street’ constantly in the theaters: You forget entirely about customer support. Scene one: shun your customers. The lifeblood of a business is its customers. Letting your customers stew in their own confusion will let them feel that their concerns don’t exist. An unhappy customer –proven unhappy for a long time –will leave for greener pastures. If you want the opposite ...

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7
Jan
2008

Frugality tips for your business

Posted by Gordon in Business, Capital, Finance

You may indeed have the best map to the top of the mountain, but if you have no idea which equipment to use and how, then you may even find yourself in a perilous position with no help in sight. The climb up to profit is a primary goal for any business. It isn’t just about a spiffy business plan, it’s also frugality in terms of your resources. Here are a few survival tips while traversing that mount of thrift: Save on equipment. What you can’t do efficiently and at low cost for yourself, have them done by others for you. You ...

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3
Jan
2008

The Zen of Firing Poor Performers

Posted by Gordon in Employees

Easing somebody from off the company can be a particularly delicate situation. There are legal swamps to wade through and even the emotional welfare of your employee must be taken into account. Performing badly on their part, however, is rarely an excuse. Neither is it yours; you wouldn’t want to be caught in a hairy situation and here are a few tips that should start you on your quest for hassle-free conduct. The law should always be taken into account. Let me tell you, there are two kinds of employees: “at will” which means that they can quit any time ...

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