Many business owners overlook the need for health insurance. They sometimes look at the cost of health insurance premiums and decide they would rather spend that money elsewhere in the business. What these business owners don’t always consider is what would happen if they are not physically able to work and run the business.
How a Startup is Using Social Media to Market Its Business
How should you use social media for your business? Learn from IdeaPaint.com on how to effectively use of social media for marketing a business. We analyze how they use various social media platforms such as blog, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Flickr to generate buzz, engage with customers and improve their bottomline.
How to Turn Your Hobby Into a Successful Business
Turning a hobby into a business is a dream for many people. However, turning something you are passionate about into a money making business is not without challenges. Here are important factors to consider when thinking of turning your hobby into a business:
Motivations for Starting a Business
Why do people start a business? Why do they want to become an entrepreneur? We looked at the common reasons that motivated entrepreneurs to become their own boss and start their own businesses.
How to Start a Home Staging Business
Home staging has become an important process to get a house sold, especially when times are tough. Learn how to start a home staging business.
How to Start an Herb Farming Business from Home
Herbs nowadays are very much in demand, particularly with the popularity of specialty foods and cooking, and homeopathic medicines. Learn how to start a herb farming business from your home.
Growing Your Retail Store Business
The recession has been hard for many retail stores, most especially mom-and-pop stores, but there are also some that are prospering in tough times. One resource that could help your retail business prosper in both good times and bad is Bob Philbin’s new book The Retail Doctor’s Guide to Growing Your Business: A Step-by-Step Approach to Quickly Diagnose, Treat, and Cure.
O.biz: Great Deals for Small Business Owners
In this tight economy, keeping costs down is important for your business to survive. From sourcing the products you sell to ensuring that shipping and fulfillment costs are kept to a minimum — all without sacrificing quality – you constantly need to find ways where and how you can reduce your costs and save. Learn about a new site where small business owners can get plenty of deals and savings.
Best Time to Send Emails
Social media may be hot right now, but email marketing remains an effective medium for reaching out to customers, building relationships and generating sales. When doing email marketing, one of the most frequent question small business owners ask me is : “When is the best time to send emails?”
10 Risks of Affiliate Programs
An affiliate program is one of the most common ways you can use to earn money from your websites. It is a way of matching online retailers with other websites who can bring them the customers they need, in exchange for a commission. However, affiliate programs are not without risks. Here are 10 things that you need to consider and watch out for when using affiliate programs to monetize your website.