No matter what kind of business you start, whether online or traditional, it is important that you maintain control over your operation from the beginning. You must be able to assess your personnel needs, manage costs, and attract and hire good people. Most important of all, you need to have customers -- lots of it! To do otherwise spells doom for your business. With the … [Read more...] about Customers: The Key to Survival of Any Business
Archives for October 2012
Challenges Facing Small Businesses
Small businesses face a number of challenges. From the startup phase to maintaining the business to growing the business, entrepreneurs need to constantly face a number of challenges, some of which are unique to small businesses. Foremost of course of these challenges is ensuring that the business survives. According to the Small Business Administration About half of all new … [Read more...] about Challenges Facing Small Businesses
Starting Your Own Home-Based International Trading Business
Necessity creates the means. As many of us are painfully aware, the earnings that we derive from our regular paying jobs never seem to be enough. Thus, we continuously open our minds for possibilities to increase our income and look for ways to earn money other than working double jobs. It is human nature, however, to search for something easy; yet earns as much profits with … [Read more...] about Starting Your Own Home-Based International Trading Business
Building Your Ideas for Success
Ideas! Without ideas, well not a lot seems to happen. How often do you hear yourself saying "That gives me an idea" or "Hey, I just thought of something"? It happens more often than we care to admit. This can be the birthplace of many concepts and thoughts that if correctly watered will germinate therefore spreading and gaining momentum to potentially become mountain movers. … [Read more...] about Building Your Ideas for Success
Basic Elements of Email Marketing
Email have become an all-too-important component of marketing on the Internet. It is cheap. It is fast. And emails are everywhere. According to eMarketer, an e-commerce research company, 94 percent of all Internet users have emails. According to Forrester.com's US Interactive Marketing Forecast, 2011 To 2016, United States firms alone spent US $1.51 billion on email marketing … [Read more...] about Basic Elements of Email Marketing