A fake wholesale distributor verses a real wholesale distributor

The ability to spot a fake wholesale distributor can save you a lot of time, money, and trouble. There are many things to look out for when sourcing products from a potential wholesale distributor. If you are trying to find a wholesale distributor for your home business or just looking to add new items to your catalog then you need to be on the watch for the certain signs of a fake wholesale distributor to avoid disaster. If you found your wholesale distributors’ website in a major search engine chances are that they are not a real factory direct source. The reason why is that most of all wholesale distributors do not have a budget to market their products over the web. They have contracts with large companies they ship products to regularly. They don’t need to spend money on marketing their products because the company that made the products will handle all the advertising. A wholesale distributors’ only job is to warehouse the products they receive from the factory and ship them out to the companies who are buying them for resell. It does not make any sense for them to spend money on marketing the products they have. This is why if you find a huge website full of products for resell, chances are it is a middleman buying the products in bulk, marking up the price a little bit, offering a drop shipping service to you, and getting you to do all the hard work for less money. Another sign of a fake wholesale distributor is if they require a membership. Some will try to charge you a monthly fee to do business with you. This does not make any sense either. If you are buying products from a wholesale distributor they are making money from the products you are purchasing. Would you make your customers pay a monthly fee just to be able to buy your products in your store? A real wholesale distributor needs your federal tax id number and resellers permit to do business with you. They need this so they do not have to charge you sales tax. When a potential wholesale distributor asks for this information you can count on them being a legit factory direct dealer. A fake wholesale distributor could tell you that all you need to do is fill out a W-2 form and give them your social security number. They tell you that for the products you sell they will send you a check each and every month for your commissions. While this isn’t a bad thing, this sounds pretty easy. The easy way is the hard way though and you have to consider how many other people are selling the same products on the web at the same low prices. You will have a very hard time selling products from these types of dealers. To run a successful ecommerce home business you need to eliminate any middleman and source products in bulk. A drop shipping supplier, even if they are a real factory direct source, will charge you more for their products and shipping services since you are not buying in quantity. To be successful you need the best price for quality products and the only way to obtain low prices are to source products from a real bulk wholesale distributor, one business to another. The easy road is the one most often traveled and you will learn that it leads no where.

The pleasures of starting a home business

Even with today’s relaxed corporate atmosphere and major businesses like Best Buy and Microsoft promoting more employee freedom, nothing can beat the simple pleasure of working for yourself, from the home. However, many people confuse working from home with laziness and the dream of not having to work at all. This is simply not the case. Many, if not most, times, the home business owner will work much longer and harder hours than the out of the house professional, at least in the beginning. However, there is no denying that the pleasures of working from home are vast. Here are a few of the reasons you might consider starting your own home based business. No more answering to the man. Obviously, starting your own home business eliminates the boss factor. You are your own boss. If you want to work overtime, you can work overtime. If you don’t, you won’t. If you’re feeling sick and can’t do your work that day, you won’t have to explain it to anyone but yourself (well, and perhaps your customers). If you feel like you deserve a raise, it will be up to you to make more money. The freedom factor is one of the major forces behind many people’s decision to start their own home business. Set your own hours. If you’ve always been something of a night owl, this could be your chance to shine. If you’ve always regretted not being able to attend little Suzie or Johnny’s school functions, you now have the freedom to work your hours around them, rather than being stuck in a cubicle from 9 to 5 every day. If you are an amateur fisherman and you’ve always resented being trapped in an office when the weather is ripe for a couple of hours out on the lake, this is your chance to take advantage of those times. Spend more time with your family. Leaving your kids in day care or with a babysitter can be one of the most stressful decisions a young parent can make. But it is often necessary if both parents have to be out the house all day slaving away for someone else. With a home business, this decision eliminates itself. Now you can divide your time between business and family, and not miss out on the important developmental stages of your young children. Running your own home business is hard work, and making as much as you would otherwise make in the corporate world requires a lot of patience and determination. It can happen, but it will take time. Still, the pleasure of working from home are numerous, and the rewards can be worth it if you stick to it and work hard. Good luck.

Hot air balloon advertising works

Traditional advertising consists of tri-media meaning the television, radio and print. These mediums are still very powerful and effective but more and more marketing people are entertaining the idea of using non traditional advertising. This is mainly because traditional media is becoming so saturated and also becoming very expensive. In order for your brand or message to get across, a marketer should make sure that the medium used is unique from the rest. Small brands on the other hand have no budget as big as established brands so there is the challenge to find not only unique mediums but mediums that will not cost so much money. This challenge has opened many new entrepreneurs to think of all sorts of non traditional advertising. One of the hit non traditional advertising options is hot air balloon advertising. Hot air balloons used to be just decorations in air much like fireworks. Ingenious people of the olden times came up with ideas on how to use it as a recreational tool by making it possible for people to ride on it. Now hot air balloon fairs are famous all over the world. Young and old people flock to these fairs to ride in these balloons or simply to marvel at the beautiful colors as they are launched into the air. Entrepreneurs then noticed that hot air balloon has a potential to be a medium of advertising. A very keen observer will see the potential of hot air balloons when placed in any event. Hot air balloons can be designed. It has enough space for a logo and tagline. The most important thing is that it is visible to the naked eye even from afar. It is especially nice to see a hot air balloon when it is the centerpiece of an event or is the centerpiece of any area for that matter. Hot air balloon advertising has to consider all these things to make sure that it will shine as a non traditional advertising medium. Hot air balloon advertising maybe expensive but the mileage you get is exceptional. The traditional tri-media might even pick up your hot air balloon ad so even if you did not spend for any of those tri-media, there is a very big chance that you will see your ad in print or television or that you will hear your ad being talked about over the radio. In which case the budget you spent on the hot air balloon advertising will have a return of investment that is triple your original investment.

The rich jerk review

" Get rich while you sleep." " Become a millionaire fast!".... sound familiar? Many companies and ebooks claim you can get rich quick and you can do this by doing very little work. Don't be fooled! Many are scams. I have bought and researched many ebooks making these outrageous claims and I have yet to become one of these so-called millionaires. Don't get me wrong, there ARE legitimate money making programs out there that can and will make you money, but there IS, and always will be, work involved. Through my years of research my top choice for a money making opportunity would have to be The Rich Jerk. This is one of the best eBooks I've read. It's jam packed full of helpful information. In his book, the Rich Jerk reveals the very same unique strategies that he uses himself. The Rich Jerk does not beat around the bush. He's very straight forward and to the point. He's the Howard Stern of Internet Marketing. He's in your face, rude, obnoxious and he just doesn't care if he hurts your feellings. He's not here to make friends; he's here to make money, and he does it very well. This guy is the real deal and his online success has just been phenomenal. The Rich Jerk has been on Howard Stern, has his own infomercial and has a big following. Many people try to copy the Rich Jerk's unique style, but he's the original rude jerk. If you don't believe me, visit his site. Let me warn you; his site is not for people who get their feelings hurt easily. Another friendly warning: his site contains some adult language. If you really want to make money online I highly recommend The Rich Jerk. This is perfect for you if you are into affiliate marketing or you are an AdWords or other pay-per-click user. After your purchase, The Rich Jerk provides you with excellent customer support and access to The Rich Jerk forum which is updated daily. The Rich Jerk also has his own blog which is always fun and interesting to read. There is also a 60 day money back guarantee. You can't go wrong. If you're not sure if this is for you, he will even give you a free website. What can be better than that? To Your Success, Anna Allen

H f l team business plans the art of the website part ii

Welcome back. In this part I will go into some of the more technical aspects of building your website. The ultimate part of the development of the online business website is the site plan. This depicts the visual representation of the site, from beginning to end, showing style, color, and down to precise detail as necessary. Since this part illustrates the businesses logo and image, the website must be well thought out and established before it is launched so it can be viewed by the public and other professionals. The tree plan is probably the most common schematic implemented for the development of the website. This shows every page of the site and how each one will look down to the colors, styles, icons, menus, etc. A line to the other pages of the site to which it is linked connects each page. This layout helps the online business owner (and the web designer, if one is hired) review what is expected. Sometimes it changes, other times it doesn't. When it does, the tree plan is redesigned for another review, and this process continues until the visual depiction resembles the final result. This is necessary so when the construction of the site commences, the tree plan is used as the guide. When being build, each page is done separately, starting with the homepage, which should link to every other page associated with the site. This page displays every feature involved, as well as denotes the purpose of various other pages. If any of those secondary pages were to be done first, holes might sometimes form. This is why the plan must be set out in exact detail beforehand. Yes, the existence of this tree plan would allow the designer to do the pages of the site in any order, but it's always easier, appropriate and logical to do construct the home page first. After all, those who are to use the benefits of the site by starting at the home page, so why shouldn't the designer? As each page is completed, its links to the homepage and other connected pages are activated through administrative processes, usually using a hypertext language, such as HTML or PHP-two of the most commonly used in web design-to virtually "spell" out everything involved on the page. HTML, the basis of all hypertext languages, features every item and/or motion on the page in coded version and marked up one at a time. "opened" and "closed" symbols must both be inserted for each action, and each of those actions will work only when "opened" and "closed." If one symbol of sign is left out, the action will not work. For example, " and " refer to bolds, whereas "" and " indicate italics. The first is planted just before the first word to be affected by the action, and the latter directly after the last word. This is a simple but time-consuming process that requires a knowledge and skill for everything to work properly. Once all the hypertext is in place and all the links active (included email and registration and subscription interactives), and each page is loaded up into an online host, the website will be ready to be used by others. This is the basic process of site construction, although more is involved. If everything is correctly and carefully conducted, the online business will definitely be on its way. As you can see it does get a bit complicated in areas. I have always relied on a good website builder product to help build my sites. In the end it was well worth the money to have a good looking and running site. Whatever you choose good luck and stay committed to your Hundred-Fold-Life.

You really can start a home business under 100

It's really true; you can start a home based business under $100, or even as little as no money at all. The Internet is the resource that makes it all possible, and starting an affiliate business - where you sell the goods and services of existing merchants - means you can have legitimate, profitable products to sell and make money on. The affiliate business is the perfect way to get started online with a home based business under $100. Affiliate sales are huge, making billions of dollars for its merchant members and their affiliates. It's a very simple system: You sign up to be an affiliate, or partner, to an existing merchant. The merchant gives you tools - links, graphics, and page locations - for you to use to market their products. You handle the marketing of the products and drive sales and leads to their site, receiving a percentage of each transaction you are responsible for. Huge companies use affiliate programs to increase sales - companies such as eBay, Quicken, Eddie Bauer, J. Crew, Citibank, Lending Tree - the list goes on an on. Every time you visit a web site and see a flashing advertisement, it's very possible that is an affiliate link, and the website owner will be paid if you click and buy from the merchant's ad! You can start a home based business under $100 as an affiliate simply by signing up with affiliate management companies such as Commission Junction or LinkShare Network, which represent hundreds of major retailers and service providers. You can sign up and get started with just an email. Although some companies want you to have a web site, it is not by any means required to begin to represent many quality products and services. Some companies will even help you by making an entire site for you - you only have to register a domain name and point it to their site! A domain name costs about $10 as of this writing - and some domain registration companies offer free web hosting and email too. To begin finding programs to join, a good place to start is Commission Junction. You first set up an account as a "publisher", and receive your affiliate ID code. Once your account is set up, you will have access to the list of all of the retailers and service companies offering products for your to sell. Go through the list and look at programs that match items you would like to market. For example, say you want to promote chocolates. You can choose from any number of vendors who have chocolate products you can sell for them. After you select the merchants you want to promote, you click to join the program, and the companies can either approve you immediately, or review your application. Each company has different standards by which they determine who can join their programs. Some bigger copmanies might want yo u to havea nestablished web site, or other requirements, but don't be discouraged. There are still plenty of merchants that want you to represent them! How do you market your new products once you choose a program to promote? When you join and are accepted to a program, the merchant provides graphics, links and other code that you can add to emails, web pages or online advertising. Each code snippet includes your unique ID so that sales are tracked to youmission Junction, as with many affiliate companies, provides manuals and information about how to market and sell your programs. There are free ways or low cost ways to market on the Web, as well as paying for advertising or other traffic generating methods. Research the materials on the site you join for action plans and more. (For more marketing ideas, see the author's link at the bottom of this article.) Once you start making sales by marketing the products and services, your partner company will send payment by check or sometimes direct deposit. You may have to generate a certain amount of sales to trigger a check, but if you are serious about and spend time building a home based business under $100, you'll find the checks start coming as your efforts start to pay off. As you begin to see some sales, you will likely want to build a bigger affiliate presence by putting put a web site, or marketing more heavily. There is room to expand in affiliate sales to whatever level you choose. Many affiliates do this full time, making four and five figures a month and more! By using affiliate programs, you can get started building a real online home based business with far less than $100.

Make your financing pitch sizzle

How you pitch your company determines whether you get the right partners, favorable financing terms, super executives, and best shot at success If you're a South Park fan, you'll remember the episode called the "Underpants Gnomes," in which gnomes have built a business based on stealing underpants from the residents of South Park. When the kids finally catch them and ask why they are doing this, the gnomes say it's all part of their business plan. "What's your plan, exactly?" the kids ask. One of the gnomes fires up a PowerPoint presentation to outline their three-phase approach. Slide No. 1 says "Steal Underpants." Slide No. 2 is blank. Slide No. 3 says "Profit!" I cannot stress how many business pitches I've seen like this, where Phase One is "create widget," Phase Three is "profit!" and the crucial Phase Two is a complete unknown. See the info on my pitch critique worksheet at the end of this column to make sure your pitch is complete. Let's say you have a capital acquisition strategy and an advisory board to boost your credibility. You need two more things: a sizzling pitch and a variety of funding sources. In this column we'll nail your financing pitch, and I'll address financing sources down the road. Roping Them In I'm assuming you've already created a killer business plan, which will yield your executive summary and financing pitch. Your business plan will be about 20 pages, covering all aspects of your business. Put in the hours to make it perfect, because you'll be repurposing the business plan's content in sales presentations, marketing collateral and white papers, recruiting pitches, and your Web site. Your executive summary is a two-to-five-page bottom-line version of your business plan, a riveting bulletin from the front line that primes investors to read on. Few people will want to pore over the whole plan—this is why you've got to rope them in with those first pages and establish that you're a savvy, trustworthy person with a substantial idea before you lay out all the details. The financing pitch is 10 to 15 PowerPoint slides extracted from the executive summary. This is the distillation of your business, which you'll design to deliver in about 20 minutes for attention-span-challenged people. You'll likely need the pitch in document form, too. As a former venture capitalist, I've read tottering towers of financing pitches and project proposals. Often the pitches were for products or services that no one truly needed, or projects that weren't cost-justified, or worse yet, fabulous ideas presented poorly. To stand out, your pitch needs to be concise, compelling, and complete. 1. Be Concise A concise pitch provides a simple explanation for why your business or project is a great idea, and how you'll execute the steps to pull it off. The pitch must explain your company in such a crisp way that the money contingent won't be able to put it down. You must convince them that you have a sound execution strategy and pragmatic tactics for making your vision a reality. The key questions financiers want you to answer are: * Have you hired the right people? * Can you build/deliver your product or service? Will it fly? * Are you chasing big enough markets and can you reach them? * How much will it cost us to build this business? You won't be able to eliminate the financial risk completely, so focus on showing how solid your people are, how exceptional your product or service is (and why), and how huge the markets are that you're going after (plus how you'll capture them). You must define your current and potential competitors, too, in honest, realistic terms. Remember: Your pitch needs to reduce the financier's fear of risk and increase their greed for gain. That's what it's all about. 2. Be Compelling A compelling opportunity is the one that has the right deal, with the right price, at the right time, with the right product/service, and the right teampelling deals always get financed with favorable terms. To uncover your "compelling quotient," answer the following questions: * What, exactly, is compelling about your business (your products/services, team, unique approach, intellectual property, etc.)? * Does your product or service clearly define and address a painful problem (or, in some cases, a key social trend)? * Has your team had prior startup success so investors know they're betting on a proven pony? * Do you have high-profile advisory board members? * Have you already attracted customers, either paying ones or those who've signed on for a free trial? * Are your financial projections aggressive but realistic? * Are your target markets tangible and accessible? * Could your product or service lead to an expanded line of additional offerings? * Have you built solid strategic partnerships? * Do you have diverse and low-cost sales channels? * Does your product or service have the kind of sex appeal that will make everyone in your target market want it? 3. Be Complete You must have a trusted third-party review your pitch to ensure it addresses the high-level issues a financier might have. "Friendly fire" feedback is essential before you pitch to the potentially less friendly financiers. Ask anyone who can help—your startup-savvy attorney, advisory board, mentors, friends who have expertise in the specific market you are addressing or in business overall—to punch holes in your pitch. Give them a list of questions to answer, such as: What business do you think we're in? Is it interesting to you—why or why not? Were you to consider investing in it, what additional information would you need? This is a time to lay bare any wobbly aspects of your pitch, when you've got time to fix them. If you charge ahead with an incomplete pitch, such as one that lacks financials, or a marketing or sales strategy, you'll look either unprofessional, fly-by-night, or both. Be complete—it will help you gain the trust of all you pitch to.

Look for free web hosting

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Passport to wealth

What is your passport to wealth ? Everyone is blessed with gifts. Some people are great artists, great ball players, and others great musicians. The key to creating wealth is finding your talents both hidden and others not hidden. Which is why making money is so simple when you look at it in those terms. For instance let's look at a baseball player like Alex Rodriguez. His gift in life is the ability to play baseball. Would it make sense for Alex Rodriguez to start golfing? No way! Just like it would make no sense for Tiger Woods or Dale Earnhardt Jr. to start playing baseball. Or take for example Michael Jordan, one of the greatest basketball players of all time. When he tried his luck at baseball he failed miserably, why? His talent was not to be a baseball player but to be a basketball player. The next step to your passport to wealth, after you find your talent, is to practice. This is the reason most people are just average and do not create a life of abundance for themselves, they do not practice. Every professional I know of, it doesn't matter whether we are talking about sports or business, practices all the time. What you do in with your spare time counts. Instead of watching Dancing With The Stars you should be building your wealth. Make the most of your time. Most people just see the end result and do not see all the work, effort and heartbreaking struggles the pros go through. The key is repetition. Also do not be afraid of making mistakes, just learn from your mistakes. Another key to your passport to wealth is finding successful people to learn from. This may sound harsh but ditch your loser friends and hang around successful proven winners. You become who you hang around with. Let's say you begin to hang around a friend who whines all the time about how unfair the world is to him, I guarantee within a few weeks you will be doing the same thing. But the same goes if you begin to hang around a successful business person. So find great people to learn from. So overall your main passport to wealth is yourself. What habits do you have? How do you feel about yourself? Do you feel you deserve to be wealthy? Are you the type who gets things done or makes excuse after excuse? So instead of looking everywhere on the Internet for your passport to wealth, just look in the mirror. You are your own passport to wealth and no one can tell you other wise. Remember there is no free ride in this world. You must earn everything in this world and you must have the right tools in order to succeed in your business. If you do not have the right tools and mindset then you will fail no matter what any company promises you. So you are your own passport to wealth and don't let any company tell you any other.

7 Search enigne optimisation tips

If you are trying to get your online business the attention it needs, you already know that search engine optimization is a lot more difficult than it looks! Using a search engine to get business to your site has been around as long as search engines have, but the methods for getting your site the relevant traffic it needs are getting more complex. Take a look at some search engine optimization advice and tips that might be able to help you get your web traffic where you need. 1. Be mindful of your keywords. Keywords are what your prospective customers use to find your site. Think about someone who is looking for your services without being aware that your company exists. How are they searching, and what terms are they using? 2. Keep it relevant. Search engines look for more than just keywords. They will also look for words that are related to the keywords in question, and they will look at the context that the keywords are used in. Resist the current trend of "stuffing" your website with keywords; search engines are sophisticated enough to discover instances of inflated content and your site rankings will suffer for it! 3. Be useful! One of the best ways to get people to your site is to offer something useful and free. Industry-specific glossaries and things like mortgage or plan calculators fall under this topic. The more useful gadgets and resources that you put on your site the better. 4. Work with link building. When a site links to you without you providing a reciprocal link, you can be said to be link building. Link building, aside from bringing you traffic in its own right, is one of the factors that search engines use to rank your site in its natural searches. 5. Establish yourself as an expert. Chances are, you are already an expert in your specific field. Let everyone know this by spreading your know-how and putting your information up around the web in article and forums. These will give you excellent links back to your site. It is important to make a name for yourself in more ways than one, and establishing yourself as an expert in your field will go a long way towards getting you attention via more viral methods as well as through links. 6. Code well Did you know that clumsy or awkward coding could cost you in terms of getting good search engine hits. make sure that your website validates through the W3C. This way you will be sure that the search engines wont have any problems crawling it. 7. Get a professional. Search engine optimization is something that brings together a lot of factors that need to be balanced, and sometimes, it is difficult to make sure that they blend well. There are many professionals that can help you improve your ranking on search engine sites like Google, and if your business is reliant on the customers that it attracts online, this is definitely a resource that you want to take advantage of!

3 Steps for an effective website promotion campaign

Driving traffic to your website and promoting it is not easy. There are millions of websites in the internet and chances are about a hundred or a hundred thousand of those could be your competitors. Therefore, it is important that you heed these 3 steps for an effective website promotion. It is imperative that your website should be found in almost every search engine results, social networking websites, and broadcasting websites. You have to understand that the internet’s attraction springs from the fact that it has everything. A person would only have to key in words or phrases and he would have access to any information that he wants to have. With the internet, one doesn’t have to wait for the news on the tube to get the latest weather report. One need not open a cookbook to get a recipe. Because of this inherent usefulness of the internet, the number of internet users has rapidly grown and expanded. With this growth in the number of internet users, however, came an equally rapid increase in the number of businesses jockeying for the internet market’s attention and patronage. --- The Importance of Web Traffic --- You need to bring your customers attention to your website if you want your business to thrive. There are no ifs and buts about it. Your e-business can survive only if your website is generating traffic. Traffic means potential customers. Your website’s traffic is the lifeblood of your business. Your website should be accessible to your intended consumers. This is a way for you to obtain a high percentage of the market size. It is very important, therefore, to promote your site so that more potential customers will be drawn to it. There are many ways to promote your website and a mixture of methods would be more advisable. Here are the steps for an effective web promotion. Step 1: You should have a promotion budget When you are trying to launch a web promotion campaign, you should have a budget, no matter how stringent. With online advertising though, you can use a lot of methods without spending thousands of dollars in advertising expenses. Utilize free forms of online advertisements. Do not spend money on anything that could be done for free. Instead, channel your funds to your website improvement, for web-based applications and other natural internet marketing expenses. Pay for advertisements on parts of your websites that are not accessible to non-members. Do not advertise for the part of your website that people can get free access to. Step 2: Employ website promotion strategies You should use all possible promotional strategies available to you. You should promote your website to an existing market. Be consistent in promoting your website. Let your market know that your website exists. Make sure that you are promoting your website to your target market. What is the point of advertising for different shades of lip gloss if your website is getting more hits from men? Concentrate on generating targeted traffic. Every thing you do must be aimed at generating more traffic for your website, so it is best if you would utilize the services offered by popular web promotion brands. Step 3: Use different methods of promotion You should use different methods of promoting your website. Write articles that you could post in your website or you could submit in other websites. Informative articles that are useful to people would arouse people’s curiosity and interest. Make sure that you optimize your site for the search engines. Create blog posts using words or phrases that people would usually key in search engines when looking for something. Build your network through social networking sites. There are a lot of methods that you can use. The idea is to use multiple methods and to use them well.

How to impress potential business investors

Offering Coffee and donuts as the headline of your Presentation will bribe the attention of most investors but in order to win over any potential investors for funding your business you have to impress them with your business. Acumen and not try to dazzle them with exaggerated information. In most instances for every goal you present their response is going to be asking how you are going to achieve that step. This will continue through every step of the process until they are satisfied that your business proposal is sound and that you can meet the goals established. Most investors are savvy in the ways of business and can quickly see right through hyperbole and hopes. They may agree with you potential on the surface but they are gong to need reassurances that if they put their money into your business plan their investment won’t be dashed along with your hopes. They will be looking for contingencies if the road map you present in the form of a business plan runs into a dead end street. Establishing bullet points and datelines for each goal to be met will be a good starting point on your business plan, but will nothing to impress investors. They not only want to see what the goals are that have been established, they want to see how you plan to meet each goal. Any steps along the way will also have to be explained as well as contingency plans in the event that one of the steps is not made. In addition to your business plan there are two other things investors want to see including your attitude and the product or service. Even with the best business plan if the product has a very limited customer potential base, and lacks the possibility for repeat business most investors will not look upon your plan favorably. A few investors may be in it for a short term profit spree others will be in a project for a long run hoping to realize as much profit as possible. It will be up to you and your products potential to impress them with the long-range goals and profit potential to even get their attention. Your attitude will also be a key to unlocking investment funds. If you walk into a meeting with potential investors with a negative attitude, chances are their response will match your attitude. Showing enthusiasm for the product or service will indicate to the investors that you believe in your product and are willing to stake your future on the future of the company you are trying to create or advance. Be prepared to discuss your personal experience and expertise with the type of businesses you want to start as well as your personal stake in the process. You will have to document everything you tell them and by being prepared to answer any question they may ask about you, the product and company without having to promise to get back to them with an answer, will go a long way towards impressing your investors.

Coaching how are your using your business magnet

I don’t remember what grade it was, but there was a time when one my long list of teachers demonstrated the wonderful world of magnets. This was the first time I’d heard the term, “Opposites attract.” The north end of the magnet always seemed to fall for the south end of another magnet. If, however I tried to place two south ends together I was in for a wrestling match. The two would repel each other in dynamic ways. This little experiment has applications for business owners. If you own and operate an online business, and you have employees, you have the ability to use your ‘business’ magnet to motivate your employees. Make no mistake; you will motivate your employees one way or another. For instance, if your motivational tactic is through the use of intimidation and threats you can expect your employee to be motivated, just not in the way you might hope. Sometimes when we have difficult employees we tend to work at micromanaging an their time seeking to assure ourselves that we are getting what we are paying for. The two greatest problems with this approach is that, 1) we don’t get our own work done because we are overly concerned about the employee’s work habits and, 2) the employee feels as though they are back in kindergarten and often this feeling results in resentment. So how does this motivate an employee? In the same way two south magnets motivate each other. By using a more caustic approach to management you work to drive your employee away. The motivation you are unintentionally providing is a motivation that will find them looking for a new job, and you a new employee. When you adopt motivational techniques that invite employees to the table to share ideas and insight into the running of the company you can discover two additional things, 1) the employee is attracted to this motivational techniques and, 2) they will typically have some wonderful ideas that can be incorporated into the long-term success of the company. When you can begin to learn to view your employees as valuable members of your business team and less as hired laborers you will likely discover they are more willing to contribute to your overall success and will experience a greater degree of employee satisfaction. You do have a choice in motivation. One method practically insures a revolving door of employees while the other invites long-term loyalty and mutual success. How are you using your business magnet?

Ebook marketing

Ebooks are an incredible extension to the Internet function of shared data. Around the world millions of computers are connected to the Internet making it possible to interact with others on a global basis. The Internet has made it commonplace to visit a forum and post a response to an individual half a world away. It is also possible to view that individual as a friend even if you will likely never meet. Ebooks take the common connectivity of the Internet and fuse it with the on demand expectations of online consumers. The end result is a product that has the potential to impact a greater number of individuals than most print publishing routes. Individuals view ebooks as a means of publishing a work in a new platform and in a manner that is more cost effective than most other forms of media distribution. Businesses view ebooks as a means of information development or online marketing. Not all ebooks require consumer payment. In many cases a simple, yet free, online registration is all that’s required to gain access to the ebook. The reason ebooks make a successful marketing tool is that the information can provide a step-by-step overview of the product or information you are passing along. If the consumer has the time to fully review the material they will be able to access information that would be hard to find elsewhere. The idea behind marketing ebooks is that you really do provide something that is useful and is a constructive use of the individual’s time. Just as amateurs are finding ways to develop audio podcasts and video streams, amateur writers are developing material with the help of freelance writers or friends and family that can assist them in the marketing of a related product. Another reason to look at the possibility of marketing ebooks is that by tying the ebook delivery to a free registration you are able to capture an interested email address and other information for email marketing campaigns and other research data requirements. With so many websites available you can be honored when consumers make their way to your site. You should feel doubly honored when they sign up for membership in the hopes your marketing ebook will help fill in the blanks on knowledge they are thirsty for. Millions of computers are tapped into an online world; some of them might be dropping by your ecommerce site soon. What can your site make available to them that they can’t find anywhere else?

3 Criteria for ranking article directory sites

Article marketing is becoming more popular as webmasters realize the value in their content. Because of article marketing's popularity, there are literally thousands of article directories all over the internet, with new ones being launched every day. Today, finding the right article directory can seem to be a daunting task. So, the question becomes, how do you determine which article directories are the best? Though there are several websites where you could find hundreds of article directories ranked according to popularity, it is best that you make your own evaluation based on your niche as well as your personal preference. Here are a few factors for you to consider when ranking article directory sites. 1) How old is the site? With the launch of the Wayback Machine, it is now possible for anyone to check web pages that have been archived since 1996. Enter the names of the article directories you are considering and find out how old they are. In this case, the older the better. Google looks at site age for trustworthiness. If you can't find a site in the Wayback Machine, try doing a whois search. This will give you the date the domain was first registered. 2) Find Google and Yahoo backlinks If you have already submitted articles to various article directories, enter the title of a few of your older articles and do a Yahoo as well as a Google search. See where your article is ranked in the search. The articles that are in the top few spots would have been submitted to well-established directories or what Google considers to be the best content display. The higher up an article directory is listed on Yahoo and Google, the more effective it is. 3) Look at PageRank PageRank is the numeric value that Google assigns to every web page and is an indication of the importance of a website. The numbers range from 0- 10, with 10 being the most important. Submitting your articles to directories with higher PageRanks can increase your exposure manifold.

Clothing store a complete shopping review

Few weeks back, my sisters and I decided to make a trip to the Mall of America. During the trip one of my sisters stated that she was interested in finding a clothing store that specializes in children’s clothes. As for my other sister and I, we were interested in shopping to purchase something for ourselves as well as our husbands. As soon as we reached at the mall we found a directory. There was a listing for a clothing store for every apparel item anyone could want. First, we started at a clothing store for children’s apparel. My sister had selected several items for her grandchildren. At the side of the children’s store was a coffee bar where we had wonderful coffee and Danish. After a quick break, it was off to the next clothing store. According to the directory the store I was interested in was up one flight of stairs from the coffee bar. At this clothing store I found a very unique shirt for the summer. We were very happy with the prices and how simple it was to locate the stores that we were interested in. Our next stop we headed to a great store that specialized in golfing apparel. We each found something for our husband’s, so that they would have a memento of our shopping trip also. This sure seemed like a fitting purchase considering they were golfing together as we shopped. My oldest sister still wanted to find a clothing store that handled swimwear. She was looking forward to go on a cruise and wanted to buy a swimsuit with a matching cover up. Though we found a shop that exclusively handled swimwear but it was geared for young girls. However the manager of the swimwear shop recommended we check another clothing store on the third level of the mall. The store she directed us to specialize entirely in cruise wear. My sister was pleased with the selection in this clothing store. They had a number of swimsuits and cover ups for her to select from and also evening wear. This specialty store was more expensive than the others we had been in, but the quality of the apparel seemed worth the extra cost. Just next to the specialty store that specialized in cruise wear we found another directory to help us find a restaurant to eat lunch at. We located a fantastic restaurant that was just across an accessory store that we were all interested in looking at. At this store we each found jewelry that complimented the clothing we had purchased earlier. For sure, our trip to the Mall of America was a great deal of fun. We each not only found a clothing store that suited our taste but also our budget. At the end we did not have time or energy left to try out the hundreds of other stores that are in the mall. We agreed that our next trip we would concentrate on shopping in the specialty shops rather than our favorite clothing store.

Shopping for used electric guitar

Music lovers get attracted to music instruments invariably, but guitar is most preferred by many music lovers. Guitars are prominent from ancient times, and now with the addition of wonderful instruments like electric guitars it has also become a fantasy learning it. A new instrument to any fresher is not advisable as they lack awareness of handling it meticulously. Used electric guitars are really beneficial to learners. Speaking of benefit, the used electric guitars come in a more affordable price than the new ones. Students or people who begin learning may discontinue due to various reasons like health, hobby, education, transfer or due to boredom of learning and mastering it as it is time consuming to master it. Procuring a used one gives the learners an opportunity to learn it without fear as they have not invested huge amount on an instrument that they may discontinue on their accord. Playing the electric guitar involves endurance, firm determination, constant rehearsals, training, and performances. There are numerous brands and styles of electric guitars available in the music market. One has to deftly choose an electric guitar. As a first instrument, learning and practicing is best done on a used electric guitar. Purchasing a new Electric guitar can be termed as luxurious and pricey. Acquiring a new electric guitar sometimes turn to be a futile investment as suddenly few realize they are not interested in it as they believed they were. During such circumstances the huge amount just lies in a dump or in a closet accumulating dust. Purchasing used electric guitars should be done keeping in mind few points like determining how much they have been used. Soundboard is another important factor to be considered in purchasing a used electric guitar. Soundboard that bears more scratches indicates frequent playing of the instrument and a better investment. If a used electric guitar involves replacement of sound board, it is a pricey bargain. Checking for indications of breaking or rupturing of the instrument is essential as it affects the balance of the instrument, and this is one of the primary reasons for new guitars to become a used electric guitar. Observing that the strings are at an equal distance to the entire length from the board is also important as it speaks on the sound produced. Ensuring the tuners on the used electric guitars are good enough to withhold the stress of the strings is necessary as a used electric guitar may weaken over a span of time resulting in getting out of tune. Used electric guitars are available on the local music stores or pawn shops. Nowadays, websites like eBay are encumbered with used instruments like the electric guitar. Buying a used electric guitar serves as multipurpose as it saves money and assists learning. Though the music markets are flooded with electric guitars it is difficult to find big difference between any used and new electric guitar but for the price. Possessing a new one is advisable only when one is proficient in playing the electric guitar.

Your home insurance and your moving company allies in motion

Your Home Insurance, Your Moving Company and You In the rush of things, we tend to forget the basics. Often than not, we are rendered helpless when the unexpected happens, like fire, an injury or an accident. Getting insurance assures us that when we do forget the basics, in the hustle and bustle of daily life, and when fortuitous events strike, somebody steps in, takes care of things, even takes care of us. So, you’re moving? Aside from finding a reliable moving services company, take out your yellowed home insurance policy contract, and let’s review the basics: A home insurance assures us that regardless of life’s many surprises, which can sometimes spring at us like a vicious animal aimed for the throat, our home remains a secured haven where we can seek refuge, gather strength and pounce back at life again. But what happens if we move? Does our home insurance “move” with us? What has your home insurance company been telling you? Your Home Insurance: Its Basics Home insurance provides you with peace of mind for contingencies that can occur involving your most precious possession – your home. Fire is one contingency that can wipe out everything you have worked for, in a matter of hours. It can be a devastating experience watching everything you hold dear go up in flames; more heart-breaking when there is no home insurance that can back you up, when you start to rebuild whatever is left, after the embers of tragedy die down. Vandalism activities can deface your home and would entail a considerable amount of money to spruce it up again; theft comes…that’s it, without warning, taking valuables that you have painstakingly scrimped for. Still remember the pangs of hunger you tried to manage with a doughnut? Your home insurance also answers for monetary damages that an injury can cause on someone, while at your property, which can take a toll on you. It comes handy when you take out a mortgage on your home, too; lenders often require you to take out a home insurance policy. In the event any of these contingencies happens, your home insurance shields you from the aftermath, which often than not, can cause not just a dent, but a wreck on your finances. Your Home Insurance: When you move This is one aspect of home insurance left unexplored, since moving does not normally happen to everyone. Yet, when moving does not become a choice but a singular decision to make, taking out a home insurance policy before the move, comes with add-on privileges that a homeowner will surely find useful: You remain covered. Generally, a home insurance policy covers you from contingencies that can happen during your move. It provides protection to your belongings between transits - from the old home to the new one - as if you have not moved at all. While in transit, and in occasions when the moving van that carries your belongings figures in an accident, your home insurance policy answers for any loss or damage to your possessions, as a direct result of the accident. It also protects you from the perils of theft, which can happen when the moving van is parked or in the course of its journey. Depending on your coverage and the amount of your insurance, most home insurance policies would also provide protection to your belongings when they are hold for safekeeping, which can run from 2 weeks to one month. Find Local Moving Companies Contractors in your area and comparison shop for insurance coverage that provide the most protection. Be informed. It remains your responsibility to inquire if the moving company you transact business with is fully licensed and secured against the perils associated with moving. Your home insurance policy can be a source of protection, but you deserve to be covered by your mover’s insurance, as well. Scour the internet for a legitimate mover: one that offers free moving and storage quote, free boxes and blankets during your move, with large trucks to transport your belongings, fully licensed and insured, and with more men on the job who can make moving a lot faster and easier, but above all one who believes the impeccable need of providing insurance protection among its clients. That in the event of loss or damage during the move, there will be no passing of the buck, no finger-pointing – just the knowing wisdom of a great professional.

Evaluating a franchise opportunity

There are now franchise opportunities that operate in almost every type of business category that you can imagine. They are available in most price brackets and can suit most people lifestyles. Franchising is now a very reputable way to start a business and has revolutionized the way people do business throughout the world. Are you considering buying a franchise? If so then you need to decide on the type of business that would suit your lifestyle and budget. The best way to decide if a business is right for you is to start by attending franchise exhibitions, searching for franchises on the internet and buying some franchise magazines. Franchise exhibitions are a great place to start. You can talk to many franchisors in one day and also evaluate the alternatives. Most franchisors have their marketing material and brochures available for you to pick up at their stands. Some will offer you refreshments and sandwiches whilst they try and persuade you to buy into their franchise. Often you can also meet the lenders who specialise in helping you raise funds to buy your franchise at the exhibition. They can not only help you with your funding requirement but also discuss the pros and cons of the various franchise options available. There is a wealth of information available on the internet that can easily be accessed in the comfort of your own home with a click of the mouse. The best thing about the internet is that almost all the information you require is available free of cost. Franchise magazines provide a wealth of information and are also probably the first place you will find out about the launch of a new franchise. It takes a while for a new business to start exhibiting and to appear on the radar of the search engines. Narrow your choices down to three potential franchise opportunities and request brochures from the franchisors. It is imperative that you then get in touch with existing franchisees. This will help you in deciding which franchise business is right for you. Discuss with them the potential of the business and the difficulties they have encountered. Analyse their territory and compare it with yours. It might be worth paying them a visit so that you can meet them face to face and see for yourself how easy or difficult it is to manage the franchise. Ensure that you take legal and accounting advice before you sign the franchise agreement and pay any sums of money over. Ask your accountant to help you draw up a business plan and make sure that there are some contingency funds incase the business takes longer then anticipated to become profitable. You should never rush into buying a franchise opportunity as the business that you end up choosing will probably keep you busy for at least the next three to five years. Once you have signed the franchise agreement get ready for some hard work. Buying a franchise does not necessarily guarantee your success. Hard work, effort and determination are also required to make your business successful.

Choosing a web hosting provider

There are literally thousands of web hosting providers on the Internet and it can be extremely difficult to decide on the right one. It is important to choose the right web host for your business. After all, your business is a reflection on you, so you definitely want a web host that is reliable – this means that cost should not be the only factor you consider when choosing your web hosting provider. To help you search for a good web hosting provider, you can start reading some web hosting reviews and visit some web hosting demo site. You can begin at this web hosting review site at ixwebhostingreview. org , over 60 web hosting being reviewed and with sample demo sites. It can be very confusing to know where to start when you are looking for someone to host your website, because there are so many different companies to choose from. It is like being on vacation and trying to choose just the right local restaurant – unless you know a little about the culture of the city, you are lost. However, with web hosting, if you know a little of the basics, then you should not have a problem choosing a reputable web hosting provider. One of the first issues you will need to assess about your prospective web hosting providers and the amount of server uptime they guarantee. Most reputable hosting companies strive for at least 99% uptime. If the servers of hosting company you choose are consistently down, then you will lose visitors and traffic and of course income. Most good hosting companies have scores of satisfied customers, so be sure to check customer reviews and feedback. You should find these both on the website and by searching the internet. Another consideration is how much hosting space the plan you are interested in provides. If you are planning on hosting a lot of images and videos, then you will need to plan accordingly. If you are unsure of the amount of space you might need, make sure your web hosting provider allows for easy upgrades to other hosting plans. Bandwidth is another concern when you are trying to decide which web hosting plan will suit your needs. This is simply how much data transfer you are allowed each month for your visitors and customers to use and view your website. Again, if you have lots of images and multimedia files, you will need to make allowances. On the other hand, if your site is mostly informational and/or your multimedia hosting is done elsewhere, you will probably be able to get away with less bandwidth. Ease of hosting plan upgrade is also definitely a consideration here. When considering both storage space and bandwidth, the general rule is to get as much for your money as you possibly can without sacrificing quality. Beware of hosting companies that offer unlimited bandwidth at ‘too good to be true' prices. Be sure to read the ‘fine print' in the ‘Terms of Service' agreement. Normally, the hosting company's definition of ‘unlimited' will be defined. Be sure that the web hosting provider you are considering offers all the features you will need to manage your website properly. A feature that you thought was included might not be available or may only be available as an ‘add on'; and if you are running an ecommerce site, there will be certain necessary security software and features you will need , such as secure Socket Layer (SSL). If you have any questions before purchasing, make sure that you ask them. This is also a good way to gauge the customer service of your prospective web hosting company. Doing your research ahead of time will save you much wasted time and money when selecting a reputable hosting company. Hosting providers are literally ‘a dime a dozen', so take your time and be selective. Your business depends on it. Finally, before your enroll to their hosting services, you should find the best web hosting coupon and web hosting deal. A huge collection of over 30 web hosting coupon available at ixwebhostingreview. org/web-hosting-coupons/ coupon sitepare and select the best web hosting deal.