5 Tips For Running A Successful Online Business

Written by Ron Swerdfiger


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4. Find your niche. Takerepparttar hosting business for example. The hosting business as a whole is a huge industry which is very competitive. Your best chance at success is to simply find a market and develop your business to cater to that specific niche. An excellent example of this is http://elite-hosts.org/ who offer hosting and development to those who operate online forums. It's easier to be a big fish in a little pond than to risk having your message drowned out by too much competition.

5. You MUST understand how search engines work. Over 90% of your business will likely come directly from search engine results. Therefore, it is absolutely essential to optimize your site for search engines. You could haverepparttar 142914 greatest deals inrepparttar 142915 entire world, but if no one knows about them then your efforts are wasted. Do a search on google for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). You will find tons of great information on how to create a website that is both user friendly and search engine friendly. There are also countless numbers of companies and freelancers out there who offer SEO services. Just be cautious of their offers and do your research first. Remember, NO ONE can guarantee top placement in major search engines, no matter what they say.

Maybe inrepparttar 142916 early 90’srepparttar 142917 idea of “if you build it they will come” might have been true. But inrepparttar 142918 year 2005repparttar 142919 internet is a far more competitive and complex place To be successful today, you have to develop a business plan which works from all angels. If you can develop an online business that you enjoy operating, which has a professional design, some extra content, search engine friendly and which targets a specific niche, you will have a far greater chance at success. Of course there are many other factors to consider as well, but if you can master these five fundamentals, everything else should fall into place.

Ron is the CTO for Dice Ventures Inc an internet holdings and development company. Some current projects include a hosting forum and a Linux forum


ERP Software Financing: the future? – overview for company owner

Written by Andrew Karasev


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•Consulting Paradox. This is something I would prefer to keep silence about and tell when I face to face withrepparttar prospect. You can finance not onlyrepparttar 142909 software, but alsorepparttar 142910 implementation. Imaginerepparttar 142911 situation, when Microsoft Business Solution Partner gives yourepparttar 142912 proposals where Software list price is k$25 and estimated services to implementrepparttar 142913 systems are another k$25. You can finance k$50. And if you catch 0% promotion – you finance services at 0% andrepparttar 142914 most amazing fact is – MBS Partner will getrepparttar 142915 money upfront from Microsoft Finance Corporation for both pieces (k$50) •How to trade your system in? if you or MBS partner failed to implement – is it any known way to trade inrepparttar 142916 system. Well – this isrepparttar 142917 place where we would like to stress – consider first to be conservative and do not use financing… Good luck with financing, implementation, customization and integration and if you have issues or concerns – we are here to help! If you want us to dorepparttar 142918 job - give us a call 866-528-0577 or 630-961-5918! help@albaspectrum.com

Andrew is Great Plains specialist in Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http://www.albaspectrum.com ) – Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Microsoft CRM Partner, serving clients in California, Minnesota, Illinois, Washington, Florida, Arizona, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Canada, UK, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Russia


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