Bring Spirit Into Your Online BusinessWritten by Mal Keenan
Copyright 2005 Mal KeenanFor people who have decided to strike out on their own entrepreneurial careers, currency of choice for lasting and meaningful compensation…and primary reason they left "rat race" is…spiritual fulfillment. Like fulfillment, word 'spirituality' has a different meaning for different people, too. I believe that spirituality is something we carry within ourselves. It is expressed, or "outwardly manifested," by our sense of self and our sense of respect for others. To me it is not about "hairy fairy" nonsense or an outward display of how "spiritual" one is. Objectively, spirituality embraces theories, practices and social structures that answer existential questions that arise out of nature of being human "Who am I?" "What are I?" and "What is my purpose?" Spirituality is not about converting you to a specific way of thinking. It is about your personal insights and experience, associated with your personal quest to discover your essence or "true identify." The most effective way to keep yourself productive, motivated, and hell-bent on your success, is to make sure that you're feeding your spirit along with your bank account. Fundamental Human Values: According to India’s spiritual leader, Sathya Sai Baba, concern for well-being, responsibility, love, truth, and inner peace provide foundation to every major spiritual tradition, from organized mainstream religion to splinter sects. William C. Miller, Co-Founder, of Global Dharma Center, agrees, but also finds that "spirituality" is just as ubiquitous in workplace. Miller says fundamental human values that are found in all ancient spiritual traditions are perfectly mirrored in fundamental business values of our contemporary world. A healthy dose of spirituality and meaning at workplace is good for business because it improves morale and productivity.
| | Building a Web Store on Shoestring Budget in less than Four HoursWritten by Nowshade Kabir
Starting a business online is no longer as difficult as it used to be! Now, there are plenty of interesting business ideas that anybody can pick up from various Internet resources. Startup related cost, which used to deter many in taking action, has become negligible. Many people already started to notice this! According to a recent report GoDaddy has gained 294,368 new sites in just first 5 months of 2005 while top four domain registrars combined, including GoDaddy, have gained more than half a million. Mind it! This is not quantity of domains registered, this is quantity of websites hosting with them! This recent explosive growth means one thing. Online business is on rise!So, if you have one or several products to sell to a large geographical area and you would like to start an online business fairly quick but you don’t have much money to spend on it, there are still ways to do so. Using integrated features of many portals you can start your dream e-commerce site on a shoe-string budget within several hours. I am going to show you how to do this on Rusbiz.com. Sign up Preparation needed: Write an informative, precise but easy-to-read profile of your company in less than 600 words. If your company’s name is less than 12-letter long you are fine. If not, choose a nice name, preferably, by shortening company name. This you will require for login name. Create a logo for your company. You can do it later if you don’t have a logo as yet. Steps: Register your company by filling up membership form. Choose a membership other than basic. You need an option with ability to build a web store. Copy and paste your prepared profile. Once you submit form you will be taken to a page called My Business. Time required: Maximum one hour including preparation. Add products to e-catalog This step will help you create electronic catalog of your products that you will use on your website as well. Preparation: Take digital pictures of your products. Each picture should not be more than 100 KB. Make thumbnail versions of your pictures. Thumbnails should be less than 10 KB. Both pictures and thumbnails should be of JPG or GIF formats. If your product requires special instructions, schemas, etc., make an electronic copy of them as well. This should be of doc, txt, or PDF format and less than 50 KB in size. Steps: Now from your My Business page click on “Add Product” button. You will be prompted to "Add Product" page. Next step is to select correct subcategory, where your product should be listed. First, choose main category and than keep on selecting right subcategory until you end up on final subcategory. This E-catalog is based on USPSC, electronic classification standard, which offers a ten-digit, five-level logical hierarchy for organizing products and services. Once you successfully selected fifth level subcategory you will be prompted to a detail form. Add all necessary information about your product. Insert pictures in designated places. Once you finished, submit form. Continue doing same for all products. You have just created your first electronic catalog!
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