Business (Online)

1. A Business Directory Just Isn't Enough Anymore! — 20.09.05 — Online Business Tips
   Do you own a business directory? Are you having a tough time beating your competition? This article will help you towards leaving your competition far behind.
   
    
2. The Virtual Team: The Changing Face of Business — 05.02.04 — Online Business Tips
   Virtual teams are the way of the 21st century, according to David Crisp. Crisp is a professional speaker and a former Senior Vice President (SVP) with Canadas leading department store chain. Crisp knows what hes talking about. With two degrees in organizational psychology, and 25 years ... »
   
    
3. Study Reveals Where Dot.Coms Fail — 15.12.03 — Starting an Online Business
   While a majority of studies point to most consumers being satisfied with their online shopping experiences, there are a few that key on the dissatisfied segment of Net shoppers. A six-person team, sponsored by Resource Marketing, Inc. spent 10 weeks surfing sites, placing orders, ... »
   
    
4. Mr. Geez Is Back In Business! Wanna Know How? — 15.12.03 — Affiliate Programs
   Are you just marketing? I mean marketing just for the sake of generating sales? Sure everybody does it for sales. However, with the increasing online competition, generating enough sales has become even more difficult if not impossible. When did you last make a sale? What is your ... »
   
    
5. Something more important than the search engines — 10.12.03 — Search Engines
   Everyone is aware of how the search engines can drive massive amounts of traffic to your Web site. Are you equally aware that there is another even more important factor, that can determine your long-term success and the amount of traffic that comes to your website. It is something so ... »
   
    
6. Supercharged — 10.12.03 — Affiliate Programs
   I just filled another gaping hole at my website. In the process I found a great new marketing tool, and a slick way to learn "exactly" what my website visitors are looking for... Through the last few years Ive tried 3 or 4 different solutions to a nagging problem... how to let users ... »
   
    
7. A Checklist for online business owners — 05.12.03 — Starting an Online Business
   Ive always been a big "list" guy. Whether its my daily "to do" list on my monthly calendar, or a piece of scrap paper with a list of groceries, I can put together one heckuva list. Im not sure if my memory is really that bad, or if they just put my mind at ease, but lists have always ... »
   
    
8. Search Engine Optimisation: Part 2 — 27.11.03 — Search Engines
   In the previous article in this series http://www.compar.com/infopool/articles/news1vs16.html we discussed the importance of Content, Meta Tags and backward Links to successful ranking or indexing by the search engines. This article builds from there, because besides valuing reciprocal ... »
   
    
9. Search Engine Optimisation: A Primer — 27.11.03 — Search Engines
   Love them or hate them search engines are here to stay. There is no doubt that most web sites are found for the first time as a result of keywords entered into some search engine. Currently the most popular of all search engines is Google with some recent surveys indicating that 38% of ... »
   
    
10. Is Your Web Site Secure Enough to Take Credit Card Orders — 25.11.03 — E-Commerce & Payment Processing
    With all of the WYSIWYG HTML editors (like Microsofts FrontPage) almost anyone can publish a web site. This is good, if the web site is only going to be used as a hobby/personal site or as a business advertisement site. Anything more extensive than a static web site should be left to a ... »
    
     
11. Are YOU the Victim of Business-Threatening Rumors? — 25.11.03 — Online Business Tools
    In the online business world or otherwise, people are going to say things about you or your business in an attempt to knock you for a loop, and destroy the credibility that youre working so hard to build. Why? Maybe they like to get people down. Maybe they have nothing better to do. ... »
    
     
12. Where Were You When The Lights Went Out? — 25.11.03 — Online Business Tools
    August 2003 will be remembered as the month when North Americas East Coast suffered massive power failure, rendering cities, communities and businesses without power. The repercussions of that localized event affected Internet users on a global level. Web sites went down. Email ... »
    
     
13. Focus On This One! — 18.11.03 — Affiliate Programs
    The meaning of focus as defined by Websters: A center of interest or activity; Concentrate; Well defined Why are we telling you this and why should you care? Because if you are going to make money online or be successful with your company, you need to focus! Would you want the pilot ... »
    
     
14. Downloading Mystery Solved - Techies? Who Needs em! — 17.11.03 — Affiliate Programs
    Hey I solved a major technology mystery this week. And I did it on my own after only 37 cups of coffee! Who needs the Techies! The last two Downloads I made were directed to my Desktop. And guess what? Yeah, they never appeared. I searched through everyone of the little logo shortcuts ... »
    
     
15. The Impact of Being Online to Home Businesses — 14.11.03 — Starting an Online Business
    The advent of the Internet has allowed small entrepreneurs to reach a huge audience at a very affordable cost. The world is your market; and you can potentially reach anyone, anywhere who has a computer and an access to the Internet. You can also use the Internet to give your customers ... »
    
     
16. Playing The "One-Up" Game - The Sad Truth About Pay-Per-Click Search Engines — 13.11.03 — Search Engines
    Did you ever have a relationship with someone that was competitive from the word "Go?" Perhaps it was a sibling who always had to have the latest toy or a coworker who always had to outdo you on every project. I spent about a year in 2000 and 2001 performing some in-depth research on a ... »
    
     
17. Scott Breaks Nearly All the Rules - and Succeeds — 12.11.03 — Affiliate Programs
    You've read the advice by now and figured out that it's excellent: If you want to succeed on the Internet, find a topic in which you are passionately interested and build a website around that theme. Dana Blankenhorn tells how to do this here: ... »
    
     
18. 7 Ways to Self-Promote Within Your E-zine — 12.11.03 — Promotion
    We all know that an e-zine wont attract and keep subscribers without offering insightful, practical content. If you only drone on and on about how wonderful you and your services/ products are, your readers wont stick around for long. But lets think about WHY you began your e-zine in ... »
    
     
19. Search Engine Optimization: A Primer — 11.11.03 — Search Engines
    Love them or hate them search engines are here to stay. There is no doubt that most web sites are found for the first time as a result of keywords entered into some search engine. Currently the most popular of all search engines is Google with some recent surveys indicating that 38% of ... »
    
     
20. How To Succeed With The Search Engines — 06.11.03 — Search Engines
    The Cold Hard Facts... One of the most important factors in being successful in your business is to learn how to rank high in the search engines. It has been said that the search engines can account for as much as 95% of all the traffic to your website! If you fail to take advantage of ... »