Newbie Business Building and Information Overload - What Can You do About It?Written by Francisco Aloy
Information overload is something that will happen to all of us at one time or other. Net Newbies, in particular, are prime targets for that terrible affliction. The incredible variety of ads and come-ons assaulting Newbie is frightening just by sheer number!All marketers want you to sign-up for a seminar or a promotion. Your email inboxes are straining to hold all correspondence telling you that unless you buy this or that system or utility, you'll be left hopelessly behind; heck, you've lost race before it even started! All above, of course, while you are just fumbling around doing your best to understand basics and snag onto a set of guiding principles. It's enough to make perfectly sane Newbies fling their arms, pull their hair and throw their computer out window! However, is there an antidote, a way to minimize or stop it? Read on and I will show you how to spell relief from your information congestion. The strongest defense against information overload is a special kind of knowledge. What I'm talking about is type of knowledge that comes from a deep investigation of sound business principles. As you spend weeks and months contemplating setting up your Net business, ask yourself what are basics of business. It doesn't matter if it's a brick and mortar or Net business. Grab a pen and paper and make a point by point outline of what you consider to be essential business principles. Double check above list against established sources; there might be an item you left out. The list has now become YOUR list; not a list somebody else handed you. Take a look at this article and see if it helps: http://www.newbie-business-guide.com/tested_business_principles.htm Continue to meditate upon above subject and welcome it onto yourself; have knowledge become a part of you, feel it in your gut! Only a very complete study of basic business principles will set you free from information overload. In your quiet moments, dwell upon it and become one with it.
| | 6 Steps To Your Own WebsiteWritten by Klaas Koopman
A lot of people these days are interested in getting their own place on world wide web. Whether it´s a personal site like a blog, or a business site, they all need to have a decent plan before they get started.A few years ago I started designing and creating websites myself. I started just to show off to others, but I noticed it wasn’t as easy I thought it was. I mean, it is easy to get a site online; you just buy a template, pay a coder, and pay some one to insert content and advertise for you then you’re done. But if you want to do things yourself, that’s where it gets tricky. After a few sites, I managed to find a certain pattern in process of creating and managing my websites. 1. I always start with an idea for subject and content. Believe me - never create a website about something you hate and know nothing about. Instead create a website about something you know a lot about and like to tell other people about. What also works is writing about a subject you would like to know more on, after doing your own research. Newbies can explain information to other newbies easier then pro´s explaining information to newbies. 2. Then I think of a design to go with it, to reflect its idea. Like if your subject is Boats, then don’t go with a flaming red design. Sure it could do it, but I would prefer for a blue, water-like design to reflect its subject. 3. If design is done, you need to get it coded. Some create their designs while they code, but I prefer to use a graphical program to first create whole design, just way I want it to be. Then I slice it all (contact me if you want to read an article about that) and save it for web. I usually have a small group of coders I trust to code my designs and they send it back to me when it’s coded. 4. Well then everything is almost done you would think. You got a design coded and everything. But answer is NO. You are just starting. Sure you have a site and all, but you do not have hosting or a domain name. In order to get your site up and running, you will need something called hosting. It’s like when you buy a house it needs to be on ground. Well hosting is ground here, and your website is house. Without hosting, your site is almost useless. These days you can choose between free hosts, which in my opinion aren’t great, but if you want to start and try out, I’d suggest you work with a free host first. And then there is paid hosting, you pay for a certain amount of server space and bandwidth and sometimes extra features.
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