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Starting a Small Business: Balancing Risk and Reward 
 
  In a perfect world, starting a small business would be risk free, but just as with everything else; the degree of risk determines the value of the reward. 
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What Sells On The Internet? 
 
  For anyone contemplating starting an online business the question of the day is what to sell online.  You not only need to know what to sell on the internet but you need to know what sells well.  
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Work at Home Business Ideas 
 
  Here are some excellent businesses that you can start, operate and grow from your home.  All these work at home businesses have the following desirable features: 
   
 	 Low Startup Costs 
 	 Ease of Entry 
 	 High Income Potential 
 	 Home... 
 
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			10 Great Online Joint Venture Ideas
  
				 A joint venture is when two or more businesses join together  
to work on a project for a set period of time. Doing online  
joint ventures can increase your chances of beating your  
competition, increasing your sales and profits, saving time  
and money, getting valuable referrals, and increasing your  
market share. The following are ten online joint venture ideas:  
        
 
     
1. A simple joint venture would be exchanging text links or 
banners with other related web sites.  
 
2. Share a web site with another business with the same target  
market.  You both will be marketing and advertising the same 
web site which means double the traffic.  
     
3. Exchange testimonials or endorsements for each others  
products or services.  
 
4. Combine your products or services together with another  
businesses into one big package. You could split the profits.  
 
5. Do you have and product or service that doesn't sell good?  
Offer it as a free bonus for another businesses product or  
				
				
 
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service. In exchange ask for a small portion of the profits.  
 
6. Offer to insert a promotional ad for another business into  
your product package. Just ask them in return to do the  
same for your business.  
     
7. Trade e-zine or auto-responder ads with similar businesses.  
     
8. Team up with related businesses to create an promotional  
e-book to give away. Publish your web site ads in the e-book  
then just give it away for free.  
     
9. Host a virtual trade show or seminar with another business.  
Include each other's promotional material on the web site.  
     
10. Create a freeware program with another business. Include a  
promotional ad for each of your businesses in the program. Submit  
it to freeware and freebie sites.  
 E. D. Zuck is the owner and operator of 10 Dollar Specials - Your Source For Quality Software & Ebooks At Discounted Prices, as well as captez.com - A Unique Source For Web Related Content, Software, and Ebooks. 
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