Category | E-Business Tips

If you are watching the news, you are seeing daily stories about how another government institution is in financial trouble. And while I despise the phrase "too big to fail", it is true that governments are actually, "too important to fail". At home and in business, we don't have the luxury to be "too big" or "too important" to fail, so we must be more responsible and either reduce spending or increase revenue. Unfortunately, most politicians feel like they are exempt from having to reduce spending, so they are inclined to always seek methods to increase revenue, which makes our jobs harder...

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Any promise of recession-proof venture is simply not honest. If someone promises you a recession-proof business investment then you can file it away under "too good to be true" category. Perhaps they say that to get your attention as with this article. OK, now that we have this out of the way, one thing you can be certain of is that e-business is about as recession-proof as you can get. First of all, take a look at the facts. During the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, or 2008 to 2010, and the current threat of a double-dip recession, companies such as Apple, Amazon.com,...

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Quick tip for today: When registering a hyphenated domain (domain-name.com) make sure you also get the non-hyphenated version (domainname.com) whenever possible. This is so important, because if you do not, then you will lose traffic to the non-hyphenated version. I see so many cases all the time where a business or an organization register and develop a website on a hyphenated domain name, and the non-hyphenated version is available! Most likely they feel that the hyphen makes the domain look more readable, however, Internet users type domain names without hyphens by nature. The same goes...

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Projecting a professional image means building trust and confidence in your prospects in order to encourage them to do business with you. The Internet puts everyone on a level playing field, whether you are a large business or a home business. There is no excuse for any e-business entrepreneur to not being able to project a professional image. Here are top 10 tips to help you do this: 1. Register a dot com domain name for your main business. Get the best name you can afford. 2. Get a logo made for your business. Logos can be inexpensive, create a visual image for your business, and show that...

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When your team is not in the NHL playoffs, you watch all the games with an objective point-of-view. You don't care who wins, you just want to watch a good game. My team is the Toronto Maple Leafs, in case you're wondering, so I am not obsessed about who wins since they didn't make it to the playoffs. I wanted to write this article all season this year, but it has never been more true than in the playoffs: pro hockey can teach us a lot about e-business, and any business venture for that matter. It is just the first round of the playoffs and you have never seen how often the table can turn. It is a fact...

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Before starting an e-business project, you need to decide what it is that you will be selling. How will you monetize your online business? How will your site be monetized? Advertising (Get-Paid-Per-Click)

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Once you have a domain name registered, you will need to get hosting set up. If you used DNS Wave to register your domain then your domain is already pointing to the Idea-e hosting server so you can start setting up your website right away. Otherwise, you will need to follow the directions at the hosting company's website on how to set up the domain to point to their hosting server.

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A Beginner's Guide An e-business can be an entrepreneurial dream. There is no overhead for maintaining a physical office or store-front. Operating costs are cheap in comparison with traditional businesses. And perhaps the best point is, you can operate it literally from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection and your marketplace is the globe.

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This article will explain how to select the right domain for your e-business. There are three types of domain names: 1. Descriptive As the title says, these domains describe precisely what is being offered on the website.

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Registering a new domain name is easy. However, choosing the right domain name is hard. The reason is that most good domains are already registered. So the difficult part is deciding on which domain name you will register and build your business around.

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