Originally posted on November 30, 2006 @ 3:51 pm
Working From Home, Earning the Extra Dollar
The craze right now is on how to be able to get a home-based job, either fulltime or part-time. Ideally, such a need would only draw the attention of home-based people, particularly women and housewives. But today, home-based earnings have reached as far as men who want to maximize their time by making blogs or content writing jobs that can add to their knowledge and daily compensation to build up their budget and handle the rising expenses most people have to face today.
If sought in the proper way, blogging is perhaps one of the front runners with regards to potential money-making jobs the web has to offer. Outside the usual adsense revenue generating scheme offered by Google, there are actually writing companies that offer competitive compensation for juicy content. The usual pay is per word while for some who act as third party to produce the bulk writing orders from actual companies, the pay is by page. There are numerous possible opportunities, it all depends on how a person is able to look for them and how serious they are in entering such a task to keep themselves busy.
Originally posted on December 22, 2006 @ 11:49 pm
Putting up an online business
The best business ideas that you can think of will only be really profitable and gain enough revenue if you can get to devise a good ecommerce store that will give consumers a good shopping experience that also assures them about the security whenever they make any online transactions.The kind of ecommerce software that you use will largely be a factor in determining how viable you will be with selling your products or services online. But of course there are some other factors that you will have to look at when you start your online business.
Spend some time studying the following before you make any major decisions. Making the right one will increase your chances of developing a good ecommerce store:
The hosting provider – Try to look for a hosting service provider that is secure and reliable. Study the Uptime guarantee that will be offered to you. You should also take the time to analyze the physical infrastructure where your store is going to be hosted. Probably the most crucial components that you should look at are the Back Up and Data Security systems employed by the provider. You should also take the time to calculate the minimum time that is required to reinstall your ecommerce store in the event that there is a total infrastructure failure that happens on the part of the hosting provider. Calculating this will give you an idea on what you decide will be the least possible business loss in case there is an emergency.
Originally posted on December 14, 2006 @ 10:47 am
Business planning tips
Operating and maintaining a business is a great goal but before you even own a business. There are certain steps that you need to take first. One of the first steps you will take is to make a business plan – an important step because without one it will be hard for you to get the funding you need for your business.Below are some tips on how to make business planning more effective:
* Define your business idea in the clearest way possible. You should be able to explain and articulate your plan as easily and as plainly as possible. A confusing explanation will throw off potential investors.
* You should determine what your motives are. Do you think that you have the passion for actually owning and operating a business. Will you be prepared to handle the challenges and problems that a business will throw your way?
* Running a business is no walk in the park, it entails a high level of commitment, discipline, spending long hours and constant learning in order to make a business work. If you are not prepared to handle all of these then rethink your plan.
* You should make a competitive analysis of the market that you want to enter, be as thorough as possible when making your analysis to ensure that you will have as accurate a data as possible. You should also try to determine any kind of outside factors that may have an effect on your business.
* As previously mentioned, running a business is a continuous learning process, you should consult with other businessmen, professionals, vendors, trade associations and other influential people and organizations so that you can get valuable information that can help you in making your business work.
Originally posted on December 12, 2006 @ 2:18 am
How Universal Credit Could Change the U.K. Economy
Welfare in the United Kingdom is undergoing a major change. The Universal Credit is set to change the economy in the UK by benefiting the gainfully employed while making it more difficult to be jobless.
Designed to replace approximately six current tax credits and benefits, the plan will likely have the most impact on those who are self-employed or working for less than minimum wage. [Read more…] about How Universal Credit Could Change the U.K. Economy
Originally posted on July 25, 2013 @ 2:43 am
How to Sell Your Internet Company Successfully
Years of hard work can make the decision to sell your business a tough one. You get one chance to cash in on the hard work — the blood, tears, and sweat — you put into creating your Internet company and turning it into the success it is.
The process of selling your business is not a simple one. There’s a long list of things you need to do long before you list your company for sale. [Read more…] about How to Sell Your Internet Company Successfully
Originally posted on August 14, 2013 @ 8:27 am