One of the very first things you need to do when starting a business is figure out how you're going to take money. Whether you're selling a product or a service you must make it as easy as possible for your customers to pay. The easiest way for most people to pay you will be…
When starting a business one of the first things you'll need is a phone number. Maybe you think you'll start small and use your cell phone. I have to tell you that gets old quickly. Using your primary cell phone number as a business line will not let you easily separate your private life and…
When it comes to spending in business less is more. It forces you to become more efficient than your competitors. And business efficiencies are really where the money is made. Think of some of the great examples of people who took an idea a lot of other people had at the time but made it…
One of the most difficult thing about getting a business started is knowing where to start. Some people think you have to get incorporated, do the research on all the appropriate business licenses, get an office, and setup all kinds of insurance policies. Don't be mislead. The first thing you need to do to start…
A common scenario that stops people from starting their own business and being successful in business is a case of what I call the "What If's?". This is when someone gets and idea for a business but every time they set out to pursue getting it started they ask themselves "What if?". Consequently they find…
Something I've learned over the years is that there are two primary types of businesses. There are product businesses and service businesses. Product businesses are those businesses that produce something which can be made available to millions of people over and over. Great examples of product businesses are the TVs, cars, and coca cola. All…
Have you heard of social bookmarking? Social bookmarking is a way real people just like you can save web addresses and share them with anyone else on the web. For example_ If you found WebStarts then you already found a great place to build a free website . So rather than simply bookmarking WebStarts…
Did you know your site can get listed on Google instantly? There is a new feature in the last year on Google called real time search. Realtime search displays relevant twitter and facebook posts as they occur on the web. You can take advantage of this system and get your site listed on Google instantly.…
In my opinion there is no better way to drive traffic to your website right now than video. It's predicted nearly 50% of internet traffic will be videos in the coming years. The beauty about video is the fact there are much fewer people that know how to make a video and put it online…
One of the hottest trends on the web in the last several years have been "How to" websites. These are sites where anybody can go, sign up for an account and write an article explaining how to do something. How to websites can be a great place for you to drive traffic to your website…
Similar to the site I covered in yesterday's blog - Mixx is a social news engine and a great place to submit a link to your website or blog in order to get more traffic. Once you submit your link to Mixx it's likely to get crawled by Google in a matter of hours. When…
Have you heard of Digg? Digg is a super popular social news website where people can submit any link they find newsworthy and then Digg's users choose whether to "Digg" the content or bury it. This basically works like a human filtered bookmarking service. People are constantly submitting new content to Digg and the audience…
Search engines love blog posts. They're a source of rich, relevant text which their computers are programmed to crawl and organize quickly and efficiently. They alos contain many social aspects which give the search engine a clue to their popularity. Here are a few ways you can utilize blogs to drive more traffic to your…
Search engines love new content. When a search engine shows newer content amongst it's search results it's tells the searcher the results are more relevant. I'm sure we've all had times when we performed a search and found an outdated article. The major search engines like Google know this and strive to quickly find and…
One of the most successful strategies I've used to drive traffic to websites has been through Youtube. There are a few reasons why using Youtube to get traffic is so beneficial. Here's a list of reasons why...
1. If Youtube was a search engine it would account for over 12% of all internet searches by itself.…
