Sunday, August 12, 2007

eBusiness Start Up Kit

If you are online you may have wondered what it took to have an eBusiness. Where do you start? what do you need to do? What do I need to learn? One thing to know is that the mistakes of others are well documented. Learning what they did wrong from the start will go a long ways into helpin you succeed. Entrepreneur.com is a fantastic reference for business, and they just so happen to have an eBusiness start up kit to give you some of the tips to get started the right way. Be a blogger, start a store selling gund products, or whatever it is that you desirre.

Competing with Big Boys

What is it like when you have to compete with the big boys as a small business owner? Be it if you sell diamond rings, or coffee, you face unique challenges when you compete with the larger corporations. A recent articles give an in depth look at what it is like to do just that. Face off against a major corporation when you are the new kid on the block. Read the story of Taking on Starbucks for an interesting take on the challenges.

The Online Social Networking Difference

Inc.com has an article about what the improtance of social networking online is today. Nobody had to tell me how important marketing was online. I've always been a marketer by trade in the offline world so I knew right away that when I got into the online world social networking was going to be a big deal . It is almost even more important online than it is outside. Simply because you need others to build your sites and help them gain popularity. Even for something like selling colon cleanse solutions, you need other webmasters to help get the word out about your products.

These social networks are popping up everywhere, and at the same time it is spawning business in every facet of the online world. Myspace, Facebook, Digg, paid posting companies, blog networks, message boards, etc. Every one of these places is as important to your online life as the website you have. That is if you want to jump start your project. Take a look at the Inc.com article for more info.