“WOMEN…Wake Up, Smell and Drink Some Coffee…Fourteen ways to succeed through networking”

Written by Francine York


Feel like you need more contacts to expand or start your business and don’t know how to make those important connections? There’s an easy answer to your dilemma…drink coffee!!! No, not in your kitchen; but atrepparttar myriad networking opportunities for women in business as well as those wanting to start a business. Men: this is for you too.

So, what is allrepparttar 142926 hullabaloo about Networking? The most important thing you should know aboutrepparttar 142927 concept is…it works! All those business cards floating around can sometimes find their way to a person/business that needs you! Some examples from my limited sphere: 1- I networked with a person who sells insurance; after talking with her, I decided to ask her to give me quotes on my homeowners and auto insurance. She saved me $500.00 per year! And she got a new client.

That’srepparttar 142928 great thing about networking…there’s a give and take, a Yin and Yang…you get a new client; and sometimes, you become a new client. Another person I networked with had products I was interested in buying and I had advertising opportunities she needed…voila…a perfect match! And on and on.

Morals ofrepparttar 142929 story: 1.Always have plenty of business cards with you 2.Make sure your biz cards reflect who you are and what you can offer others; if not, make up new ones! 3.Make surerepparttar 142930 cards are up to date and have your current email address, web site and phone #. 4.If you can afford it, there are many inexpensive promotional items you can have imprinted to give out at these events. (Such as: magnets, pens, pencils, key chains etc. 5.Attend as many networking events as you can; many are free or low cost and take place either duringrepparttar 142931 day or inrepparttar 142932 evening. 6.Try to utilizerepparttar 142933 services / products of those representatives you have met; remember, they might dorepparttar 142934 same for you.

5 Tips For Running A Successful Online Business

Written by Ron Swerdfiger


5 Tips For Running A Successful Online Business

By Ron Swerdfiger

http://www.hostingforum.ca

There are a couple of key things to look at when starting an online business. I’m not here to give you “hidden secrets,” just a few fundamental tips to get you started. Basically there are five major factors to look at provided you haverepparttar products and/or resources.

1. Enjoy what you are doing! It will make allrepparttar 142914 difference inrepparttar 142915 world if you actually enjoy what you are offering your customers. A large number of online businesses are started purely for profit and nothing else. This is usually shown in their business practice. The quality of your work will be much greater provided you enjoyrepparttar 142916 subject. Online or on a street, your business should be run with an underlying interest inrepparttar 142917 product or service.

2. Site design isrepparttar 142918 first thing a prospective customer sees!! I have seen some horrible designs. If you think putting some text up, a couple links and a logo on a page is enough, you will likely fail before you even realize. You will also notice a lot of companies have a generic template that can be found online at templetemonster or any other template site. Avoid these. It is very hard to develop a company image when you look like 134,000 other companies. I suggest you put a bit of effort and creativity into a well designed "professional" looking home page for your company. The bottom line is a new customer will not even consider buying anything from you, if they feel you are an armature no matter how great your services are or how cheap your products might be.

3. Develop your website as a total package to your customers. Don't just present your products and leave it at that. Offer tutorials, articles, support forums etc. These additional services not only provide additional content for you customers, but if developed correctly, will bring additional traffic to your site which will potentially lead to more sales.

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