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Actual for You - Ink and Toner Cartridges: How Do I Start an Online Business From Home on a Low Budget? Part 1
What happens when your child’s teacher contacts you to inform you that your child is either sick or has gotten injured during recess? What do you do when parent-teacher conferences are scheduled during your normal work schedule? What happens when your youngster’s school dismisses early? What do you do when you are asked to volunteer at your child’s school or to chaperone a field trip? What if your baby wakes up with a stomach ache or with symptoms of the flu? If you are fortunate, you may have a relative or close friend that may be able to assist you, should an event occur as described above. If you are not as fortunate, how do you juggle your work schedule with your family life?More and more women have entered into the workforce than in the past. Furthermore, there has been a large influx of single mothers working to make a living for their children. Several of these women have encountered a situation where they either had to leave work early or could not report to work at all, due to a family emergency. How can corporations make a single mom’s job easier?to protect the name of your business or something you’re selling.
Choosing & registering a domain name - To choose a domain name you need to go to somewhere like Netregistry to see what’s available and as I mentioned above you’ll want to do this at the same time if not before registering the name for your business. There are quite a few places you can go to for checking whether the domain name you’ve chosen is available or not. The one I used is the one mentioned above but you don’t have to use them there are plenty of others. Its worth shopping around though as the prices vary quite a bit and it makes no difference at all who you register your domain name through as they all have to access their data from the same place meaning as soon as you register your domain no one else can get it even if they go to a different site to the one you used.
Using your top keywords in your domain name - If possible you should have the main keyword/s for your business in your domain name as it helps quite a bit with promoting your website online and getting lots of people to come to it. Keywords are something we’ll be covering later in much more depth but they are the words people use when they search for information on
Want to get your business or career into high gear? Look first at the top line on a profit and loss statement - revenue is the engine that drives all businesses. What's the best way to add value and increase revenue? Needs satisfaction sales techniques.Many people think of sales as a dark art or as something that's practiced by con artists. Done properly, sales is nothing of the sort - it's merely a process. Like a carpenter building a house, a needs satisfaction salesperson uses a step by step process to satisfy customer needs. Far from a con job, it's a needed and helpful customer service.Every time we come into contact with a customer we are selling. Follow the below steps to help customers and get your business into high gear.Step 1. QualifyFind out whether or not you are dealing with a customer. A "customer" can be defined as someone who does or may need or want your product and who has the immediate ability to purchase it.When first dealing with a customer, qualify yourself. Explain to the customer why you are an expert
Now a year later I have around ten times as many customers, a respectable page ranking in Google (more about this later), first page search engine rankings (SERP’s) in MSN with respectable SERP’s in Yahoo and Google still needs some work.
Although I still have a long way to go (in truth I will always have a list of more stuff to do) I’ve made a good start and by all accounts done quite well considering my limited resources. I have found that there are a great deal of free or very cheap resources you can utilise for building and promoting a business online and this is what I shall be passing on through this series.
Although the following guide talks about starting an online business selling printing consumables in Australia you can apply much of it to other business types and I would imagine in other countries.
Why do you want to be in business & does having an online business suit you ?:- Often people go into business with intention to get filthy rich overnight and then find themselves trapped with a crumbling edifice that consumes their lives but they have no passion for. So the question is why do you want to be in business to begin with? If your answer is something like ‘to make tons of money’ at some point you will need to rethink this as it wont be enough anymore. Of course I want to make more money than I currently do but it’s the lifestyle I will have when I have more money that creates my goals for next year, five years etc.
Personally my desire was to create a place on the internet people could go and shop with peace of mind knowing that they would be getting great service, great prices etc. My focus is always on developing good relationships with my customers and I believe this psychology actually affects my attitude to how I run my business as I am constantly looking for ways to better serve my customers needs rather than trying to figure out how to make more profit. I can honestly tell you that I rarely think about building my business in terms of profits, rather I try to identify ways to improve products and services to give current customers more bang for their buck and attract new clients.
As to whether what you wish to do would be suited to having your business online this is a trick question really because I can honestly say that it doesn’t matter what you do, you should definitely have a website for it ! If you have any doubts about whether its worth spending time and money getting your business online you can go to http://www.nichebot.com/ type a word into the box that represents a likely keyword for your business and look at what’s in the count column to see how many people have used that word or words in the last 60 days. Then it’s up to you as to whether you would like these people coming to your site as an additional source of revenue or whether you’re happy to let them go to your competition.
Anyway its about time I got into the good stuff so here goes…….
Registering your business & domain name:- Your business name and domain name – You obviously need to decide on a business name and may have already done so but what may not be so obvious is taking into consideration your websites domain name BEFORE you choose a name for your business. Basically a domain name is what you call your website so for example the domain name for my website is “cartridgespecialists.com.au” and generally speaking you would have your domain name ending with either .com.au or .net.au and this makes you subject to the laws of Australian domain name registration as explained below.
If you are going to register a website ending in either .com.au or .net.au there are some rules you need to know about. Australian rules of domain name registration state “The domain name you order should have either be an exact match, acronym or abbreviation of the supplied business registration, or it should bear a close and substantial connection to the domain name”, so before you rush out and register that really cool business name you’ve just thought of its worth your while checking first to see if the domain name has been taken or not.
You don’t have to register your domain name ending as above, you can choose to register an international domain name such as .com or even use the name or a place or person instead of an Australian domain or in addition to. In fact this can be a smart thing to do if you’re looking for as many ways as possible to protect the name of your business or something you’re selling.
Choosing & registering a domain name - To choose a domain name you need to go to somewhere like Netregistry to see what’s available and as I mentioned above you’ll want to do this at the same time if not before registering the name for your business. There are quite a few places you can go to for checking whether the domain name you’ve chosen is available or not. The one I used is the one mentioned above but you don’t have to use them there are plenty of others. Its worth shopping around though as the prices vary quite a bit and it makes no difference at all who you register your domain name through as they all have to access their data from the same place meaning as soon as you register your domain no one else can get it even if they go to a different site to the one you used.
Using your top keywords in your domain name - If possible you should have the main keyword/s for your business in your domain name as it helps quite a bit with promoting your website online and getting lots of people to come to it. Keywords are something we’ll be covering later in much more depth but they are the words people use when they search for information on t
The Screw Conveyor was invented in ancient Greece. It was originally used for lifting water. The credit for the invention is attributed to Archimedes. Even today, the basic design concept of the Conveyor Screw remains more or less the same except that power has replaced manual cranking to operate the equipment.The mechanism of this relatively compact and efficient equipment is quite simple. The Conveyor Screw is fixed in a trough that usually rests horizontally on the floor on saddles and feet. A cover is placed over it. The other parts in the assembly include feed and discharge spouts, shrouds, flange, couplings, bearings and through ends. The only moving part is the screw. It picks up the material that is fed and conveys it to the other end as it rotates. Gates can be used to control the feeding and discharge.These conveyors normally handle bulk dry materials. Since the trough is covered, dust contamination is not a real problem. The screws can be shafted or without shafts. They are available in different sizes. Normally they are used for straight line
Why do you want to be in business & does having an online business suit you ?:- Often people go into business with intention to get filthy rich overnight and then find themselves trapped with a crumbling edifice that consumes their lives but they have no passion for. So the question is why do you want to be in business to begin with? If your answer is something like ‘to make tons of money’ at some point you will need to rethink this as it wont be enough anymore. Of course I want to make more money than I currently do but it’s the lifestyle I will have when I have more money that creates my goals for next year, five years etc.
Personally my desire was to create a place on the internet people could go and shop with peace of mind knowing that they would be getting great service, great prices etc. My focus is always on developing good relationships with my customers and I believe this psychology actually affects my attitude to how I run my business as I am constantly looking for ways to better serve my customers needs rather than trying to figure out how to make more profit. I can honestly tell you that I rarely think about building my business in terms of profits, rather I try to identify ways to improve products and services to give current customers more bang for their buck and attract new clients.
As to whether what you wish to do would be suited to having your business online this is a trick question really because I can honestly say that it doesn’t matter what you do, you should definitely have a website for it ! If you have any doubts about whether its worth spending time and money getting your business online you can go to http://www.nichebot.com/ type a word into the box that represents a likely keyword for your business and look at what’s in the count column to see how many people have used that word or words in the last 60 days. Then it’s up to you as to whether you would like these people coming to your site as an additional source of revenue or whether you’re happy to let them go to your competition.
Anyway its about time I got into the good stuff so here goes…….
Registering your business & domain name:- Your business name and domain name – You obviously need to decide on a business name and may have already done so but what may not be so obvious is taking into consideration your websites domain name BEFORE you choose a name for your business. Basically a domain name is what you call your website so for example the domain name for my website is “cartridgespecialists.com.au” and generally speaking you would have your domain name ending with either .com.au or .net.au and this makes you subject to the laws of Australian domain name registration as explained below.
If you are going to register a website ending in either .com.au or .net.au there are some rules you need to know about. Australian rules of domain name registration state “The domain name you order should have either be an exact match, acronym or abbreviation of the supplied business registration, or it should bear a close and substantial connection to the domain name”, so before you rush out and register that really cool business name you’ve just thought of its worth your while checking first to see if the domain name has been taken or not.
You don’t have to register your domain name ending as above, you can choose to register an international domain name such as .com or even use the name or a place or person instead of an Australian domain or in addition to. In fact this can be a smart thing to do if you’re looking for as many ways as possible to protect the name of your business or something you’re selling.
Choosing & registering a domain name - To choose a domain name you need to go to somewhere like Netregistry to see what’s available and as I mentioned above you’ll want to do this at the same time if not before registering the name for your business. There are quite a few places you can go to for checking whether the domain name you’ve chosen is available or not. The one I used is the one mentioned above but you don’t have to use them there are plenty of others. Its worth shopping around though as the prices vary quite a bit and it makes no difference at all who you register your domain name through as they all have to access their data from the same place meaning as soon as you register your domain no one else can get it even if they go to a different site to the one you used.
Using your top keywords in your domain name - If possible you should have the main keyword/s for your business in your domain name as it helps quite a bit with promoting your website online and getting lots of people to come to it. Keywords are something we’ll be covering later in much more depth but they are the words people use when they search for information on
With over 25,000 businesses for sale in the UK now available online, it is no surprise that the number of business buyers looking on the web for a business to buy, has increased dramatically over the last few years. As such, business buyers are finding themselves with a wide choice at their fingertips and it is the job of the individual business broker to ensure that finding those businesses online is as quick and easy as possible!Just as letter writing seems to be a thing of the past, replaced by the much more instant email and texts, so too are the days of business buyers using the telephone to find a business to buy. The process of requesting further information of a business which was been seen advertised in a paper was a laborious one for all concerned; long telephone calls, manual logging of personal details, producing and printing personalised letters and sales details and then relying on Royal Mail to deliver the package without delay!Today presents a very different story; business buyers want to search for a business for sale, view photos and hav
As to whether what you wish to do would be suited to having your business online this is a trick question really because I can honestly say that it doesn’t matter what you do, you should definitely have a website for it ! If you have any doubts about whether its worth spending time and money getting your business online you can go to http://www.nichebot.com/ type a word into the box that represents a likely keyword for your business and look at what’s in the count column to see how many people have used that word or words in the last 60 days. Then it’s up to you as to whether you would like these people coming to your site as an additional source of revenue or whether you’re happy to let them go to your competition.
Anyway its about time I got into the good stuff so here goes…….
Registering your business & domain name:- Your business name and domain name – You obviously need to decide on a business name and may have already done so but what may not be so obvious is taking into consideration your websites domain name BEFORE you choose a name for your business. Basically a domain name is what you call your website so for example the domain name for my website is “cartridgespecialists.com.au” and generally speaking you would have your domain name ending with either .com.au or .net.au and this makes you subject to the laws of Australian domain name registration as explained below.
If you are going to register a website ending in either .com.au or .net.au there are some rules you need to know about. Australian rules of domain name registration state “The domain name you order should have either be an exact match, acronym or abbreviation of the supplied business registration, or it should bear a close and substantial connection to the domain name”, so before you rush out and register that really cool business name you’ve just thought of its worth your while checking first to see if the domain name has been taken or not.
You don’t have to register your domain name ending as above, you can choose to register an international domain name such as .com or even use the name or a place or person instead of an Australian domain or in addition to. In fact this can be a smart thing to do if you’re looking for as many ways as possible to protect the name of your business or something you’re selling.
Choosing & registering a domain name - To choose a domain name you need to go to somewhere like Netregistry to see what’s available and as I mentioned above you’ll want to do this at the same time if not before registering the name for your business. There are quite a few places you can go to for checking whether the domain name you’ve chosen is available or not. The one I used is the one mentioned above but you don’t have to use them there are plenty of others. Its worth shopping around though as the prices vary quite a bit and it makes no difference at all who you register your domain name through as they all have to access their data from the same place meaning as soon as you register your domain no one else can get it even if they go to a different site to the one you used.
Using your top keywords in your domain name - If possible you should have the main keyword/s for your business in your domain name as it helps quite a bit with promoting your website online and getting lots of people to come to it. Keywords are something we’ll be covering later in much more depth but they are the words people use when they search for information on
Exporters of coffee found a new place where the merchandise earns its price hike. New York City, the location of most coffee shops in the world, is said to be the place where coffee's price will increase over 20% in the forthcoming months. The beans will most likely outstrip other important merchandises to exporters like silver and copper.Procter & Gamble Co., the company that creates Folgers coffee brand, and Kraft Foods Inc., the manufacturer of Maxwell House coffee are the two companies that have high purchase need for the said beans. Coffee exporters and vendors are resorting to arabica coffee beans that are highly marketed particularly in the said city, after a more affordable kind of beans known as robusta made a recovery in its price after a period of decline in Britain last August.Raymond Keane, a trader who works for one of US' major exporters of coffee beans that delivers the beans for PG and Kraft, said that the rise in robusta's cost will bring other grades of coffee into the market. In the meantime, Michael Coleman, the managing director to A
If you are going to register a website ending in either .com.au or .net.au there are some rules you need to know about. Australian rules of domain name registration state “The domain name you order should have either be an exact match, acronym or abbreviation of the supplied business registration, or it should bear a close and substantial connection to the domain name”, so before you rush out and register that really cool business name you’ve just thought of its worth your while checking first to see if the domain name has been taken or not.
You don’t have to register your domain name ending as above, you can choose to register an international domain name such as .com or even use the name or a place or person instead of an Australian domain or in addition to. In fact this can be a smart thing to do if you’re looking for as many ways as possible to protect the name of your business or something you’re selling.
Choosing & registering a domain name - To choose a domain name you need to go to somewhere like Netregistry to see what’s available and as I mentioned above you’ll want to do this at the same time if not before registering the name for your business. There are quite a few places you can go to for checking whether the domain name you’ve chosen is available or not. The one I used is the one mentioned above but you don’t have to use them there are plenty of others. Its worth shopping around though as the prices vary quite a bit and it makes no difference at all who you register your domain name through as they all have to access their data from the same place meaning as soon as you register your domain no one else can get it even if they go to a different site to the one you used.
Using your top keywords in your domain name - If possible you should have the main keyword/s for your business in your domain name as it helps quite a bit with promoting your website online and getting lots of people to come to it. Keywords are something we’ll be covering later in much more depth but they are the words people use when they search for information on
You need to focus on building your list to gain success. The more opt-in subscribers you have in your list, the more sales you will make - if you use your list appropriately.Do you know how to effectively focus on building your list to add to the success of your online business? Many online business owners agree that the best asset they have for their business is their list, and they keep a back up on disc in case anything should ever happen.Of course, how many sales you make from your list does depend on how you use your list, what you send your list, and so on.Here are 3 ways you can focus on building your list to achieve more success for your online business:1. Offer Something for Free: Get more and more people to subscribe to your list by offering them something for free when they subscribe. You gain their attention by offering them something for free if they should subscribe.If you offer them a PDF booklet for free be sure to include information so helpful that your subscribers will want to print it out so they always have it. Yo
Choosing & registering a domain name - To choose a domain name you need to go to somewhere like Netregistry to see what’s available and as I mentioned above you’ll want to do this at the same time if not before registering the name for your business. There are quite a few places you can go to for checking whether the domain name you’ve chosen is available or not. The one I used is the one mentioned above but you don’t have to use them there are plenty of others. Its worth shopping around though as the prices vary quite a bit and it makes no difference at all who you register your domain name through as they all have to access their data from the same place meaning as soon as you register your domain no one else can get it even if they go to a different site to the one you used.
Using your top keywords in your domain name - If possible you should have the main keyword/s for your business in your domain name as it helps quite a bit with promoting your website online and getting lots of people to come to it. Keywords are something we’ll be covering later in much more depth but they are the words people use when they search for information on the internet using the search engines (you’ve heard of Google right ?). Whatever business you’re in start thinking about the likely words people are going to use to find you on the internet. For example for my business ‘ink, toner & cartridges’ are the 3 top keywords people use in my industry when doing searches in google, yahoo etc.
Register for more than 1 year - When you register your domain name you should do so for at least 2 years as it will help you promote your website to the search engines and it’s not expensive at all really.
Sole trader, partnership or company? – This is very straightforward and is simply a matter of going to the government dept in your state that handles the registration of business names and companies. I’m not an accountant so I’m not going to go too much into which type you should use except to say that you should not choose one of these on the basis of wanting to protect your business name, logo or something the business sells that you’ve invented. Trademark and patents are designed for this and there are lawyers you should consult who specialise in setting them up.
Expired domains – I’ll go into this more later on but thought I’d give you a little taste of it now. Now that you know a little about domain name what do you imagine happens to the ones that people decide not to reregister each year or 2 years ? Well they go back into the pool and become available for the next person to grab but until someone else registers that domain again what about all the people (otherwise know as ‘traffic’) who are still trying to find that site ? That’s right expired domains can be a great way to get traffic to your new site immediately for a very low cost and you can replicate this as many times as you want even if you only register an expired domain for a year it can be a very worthwhile exercise !! More about this later....
Well that’s for the first article in the series there’s a checklist below to help you keep on track. Hope you enjoyed it and stay tuned for the rest………..
What do I have to do checklist………… For the sake of keeping it simple I’ll assume that you’ve chosen to register as a sole trader (this is where most of us start out anyway) in Victoria. Of course these figures vary from state to state for the business name and how much you pay for your domain depends on where you get it from so shop around!
1. Part 1
a) Register a business name ($100.00)
b) Register a domain name ($45.00)
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