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Six Areas Where You Can Cut Business Expenses
Controlling costs is critical to all small businesses, including home-based businesses and it's even more critical in this current economic climate. For many home-based business owners, this becomes even trickier. Since they already own many of the things they'll need for business (such as a PC, … [Read More...]
Things To Consider Before Buying A Business
I know we normally talk about starting a business from scratch, but just suppose you wanted to jump ahead and buy an existing business. What should you look for then? Well, that's what this article is all about. Let's look at a few things you really should check out before you part with your … [Read More...]
Tips For Building A Social Community Around Your Brand
If you follow the current business trends and read the marketing books, you probably know that you need to build a" social community around your brand." If you're like me, that last statement will make you scratch your head and say, "Huh?" Don't worry. We're going to break down the walls of … [Read More...]
Using Square To Accept Credit Cards
We all know that accepting credit and branded debit cards is important in business. The tough part is figuring out which payment processor to use. Up until now, I have been using Virtual Terminal from PayPal for my credit card processing. This allowed me to accept credit card payment over the … [Read More...]
Home Business Idea: Start A Local Magazine
While many dream of owning a global business, some home-based entrepreneurs are finding success right in their own back yard by publishing a local directory or magazine. Remember a few years ago when everyone saw the Internet and had dreams of starting businesses that could be global right from the … [Read More...]
Don’t Do It: Why Putting Drop Cards In Magazines Is A Bad Idea
Today, our family made a visit to a local bookstore to do a little shopping. While there, I decided to pick up some business opportunity magazines to use for "opportunity" research. Let me tell you, there are a lot of flaky biz ops out there, but that's a story for a different day. While … [Read More...]
What’s In A Name
When you start your business, you have lots of things to think about. One of the most important is the name of your business. After all, this is how people will know your business and it is what you will build your brand around. Obviously, choosing the proper business name is quite … [Read More...]
Is Network Marketing The Right Business For You
I often get asked if Network Marketing (aka MLM or Multi-level Marketing) is a legitimate business opportunity and, if so, which company should they choose. Wow! Those are some tough questions. Since I've been in Network Marketing for almost thirty years, you would probably expect me to shout … [Read More...]
Should You Use PLR Articles In Your Blog
Writing a blog is not always the easiest thing in the world to do. After all, no matter how much you love to write and how passionate you are about the topic, sometimes the ideas just won't flow. That's when a lot of people start considering the use of PLR (private label rights) articles on … [Read More...]
Beware of “Business In A Box” Pitches
Recently, I heard a newscaster talk about the criminal case against Don Lapre - the youthful looking infomercial king who is now facing 25 years in prison and millions of dollars in fines for selling worthless home-based business opportunities. I don't want to comment on Lapre's case specifically … [Read More...]
How To Get Started In Affiliate Marketing
People often ask me what the best home-based business is for someone with limited business experience and little or no start-up capital. Without fail, I point them toward affiliate marketing. Put simply, affiliate marketing is a business of selling other people's stuff. Well, actually, it is … [Read More...]
Blog Your Way To HomeBiz Success
Looking for a home-based business that is fairly easy and very inexpensive to start? Try blogging! It should come as no surprise that I recommend blogging as a home-based business. After all, blogging makes up a large part of my home-based business. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the … [Read More...]
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