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How A Change in Perspective Can Help You Make More Holiday Season Sales: Pt. One
Some sites are perfect for the Christmas season - their products fit easily into the idea of gift-giving. But what if the products and services you offer are for small business owners?
Or, as many of my clients ask, how do I survive the...
Part 2 of 5 On The Home Business Set-Up Guide
Dear Reader,
These articles will provide a step by step guide on how to start and run a home based business based on my experiences and other home business owners. This is part 2 in a series of 5 articles. They are written in a basic format...
Small Businesses Make a Big Impression: Use a Meeting and Conference Center to Connect with Clients
You've got a great business plan, a phenomenal product or
service, and the energy and drive to promote your business.
There's only one problem. You're running your entire company out
of a corner of your living room, or your garage; or...
Stress in the Workplace
Why are you so busy? Do you really have too much work? Is work so important to you that you'll sacrifice just about anything in your life to get the job done? Even if it's at the expense of your health and your relationships? Stress in the...
Write Press Releases That Dazzle
When a reporter is wowed, intrigued, surprised or captivated by your press release, you can be pretty sure you’ll get some media coverage. And for most businesses, positive media coverage is worth its weight in gold. The bad news: Although...
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Starting an On-Line Home Business
When looking for a business on the internet you should consider a number of things. One thing is stability- with many scams on the internet you should look for a business that has been around a few years. Another is to see how many members they have. Is it free to join, or how much to join, before you invest to much time and money? Also will they offer free support and training?
Next, you will want to invest in your own website. There are many businesses that offer domain names, websites, and hosting accounts free, or for a small fee. Once you have your site up and running, you will want to submit your website to a search engine.
Then you will want to add link pages to your site, this will help your rank with the search-engines. This will take some time, but it is free. You will want to exchange links with at least 100 sites that are similar or related to your site. This will help you move up the search-engine page ranking, giving you more traffic, which equals more sign-ups and more sells. Most websites have - a link to us - or similar page making it fairly easy to do. Also articles like this, related to your
business, will add content to your site. The search engines love content, thus sending visitors directly to your article pages. Those visitors may then visit the rest of your site that makes you money.
You may then want to sign-up with an affiliate program, like ClickBank or Commission Junction, so that you have more than one source of revenue. Be careful to balance the affiliate programs without taking away from your main initial business. Be patient. You'll work the hardest the first few months. Nothing great happens overnight! With some work, planning, and learning, you are on your way to success.
This article may be reprinted providing it is published in it's entirety, including the author's bio and link to the URL below.
The author, John Baker, is the editor/owner of best-home-business-ideas.net A website dedicated to making money and starting a home business. For more free info please visit: http://www.best-home-business-ideas.net
jbaker10@swfla.rr.com
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