Choosing A Business Idea – 10 Tips to Get You Started

Posted in Blog, Business, Business Online When it comes to setting up a business there’s a few obstacles you have to overcome, but the biggest stumbling block most people face is the lack of a viable business idea. Surprisingly, it isn’t that they can’t fund the business startup costs, or that they don’t have the necessary skills and aptitude to run their own business. It all comes down to not knowing what sort of...
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Branding for Credibility

Posted in Business Online Do the visitors to your website consider it to be a credible source of information? If not, then you need to rethink your whole approach to doing business on the Internet. Image counts. More so on the Internet than anywhere else. And especially when it comes to consumers trusting you enough to part with their cash or even just their personal details if you’re offering some kind of...
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Online Business Owners Community

Posted in Blog, Business Online I have some great news for those of you who already have an online business or are looking to start one. We are going to  be opening a membership site aimed solely at the online business community. It’s no secret that everyone now is more likely to find a product or service online than in the high street. So it seemed a good idea to create a site where all businesses could learn how to get...
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Keeping Your Online Business Local

Posted in Business Online Just because you’ve decided to market your business online doesn’t necessarily mean you intend for it to turn into a global business empire. For many small businesses it simply wouldn’t be possible anyway. Somehow I can’t imagine my gardener travelling over to the States to cut some fellow’s lawn. Yet I’m seeing more and more ‘offline consultants’...
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Online Business Ideas

Posted in Business Online You might think that coming up with ideas for an online business would be pretty simple. And in many respects it is. But unfortunately, it’s not enough to just come up with the ideas. You have to come up with business ideas that are: Workable - an idea is no good if you can’t actually put it into practise. Affordable - no matter how brilliant your business idea is, if you can’t...
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How to Build A Sales Pulling Magnet

Posted in Business Online When it comes to running an online business, one of the most useful tools you can have in your arsenal is a capture page. A simple addition to any website, a capture page allows you to sign up potential customers that may not be ready to order from you right now, but may well want to order from you in the future. Setting up an effective capture page requires a little work upfront, but once...
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