<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>Business</title><description></description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</managingEditor><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 23:14:52 +0700</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle/><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title>Give your business a big lift</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/05/give-your-business-big-lift.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 18:54:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-6634612752772430648</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;With the right product, a company can go from zero to several million in sales&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are seven ideas of how catalogs mail order can give your business a big lift:&lt;br /&gt;     1. Sale to a large market. U.S. catalog sales are now in the billions of dollars a year. About two-thirds of all customers bought something by mail during the last 12 months. With the right product, a company can go from zero to several million in sales - only through catalogues.&lt;br /&gt;     2. A competition more easily. Catalogues offer a level playing field for big business and smaller start-up. With few exceptions, the products are judged and sell on the merits, not on the reputation of the manufacturer.&lt;br /&gt;     3. All you need is one. Unlike store distribution, manufacturers do not need a "line" of products. Catalogues evaluate a product at a time. Thus, the product-a corporation is not a disadvantage because they are trying to get linear in a large chain stores.&lt;br /&gt;     4. Put on packaging. Unlike the outlet-shopping where the package helps to sell the product on store shelves, the package does not affect the sale of an article in a catalogue. So, you do not need an expensive 4-color box. In fact, the mere packaging best. A plastic bag is often sufficient.&lt;br /&gt;     5. Keep your low risk. Some catalogues now require a nominal value of "advertising" to sell your product. However, many catalogues charge still nothing to advertise your products.&lt;br /&gt;     6. Get the national exhibition. Catalogues offer start-ups and small companies exposure to millions of potential customers. When your product appears in a catalogue recognized your product and your company take advantage of the instant credibility.&lt;br /&gt;     7. Testing the market. Catalogues provide an ideal opportunity to discover how your product and sells. In addition, when you put your product in catalogues niche, you can test the various market segments. Naturally, the success of catalogues can lead to success in other avenues of marketing.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/05/e-commerce-rebound-rest-assured-e.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 18:53:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-7639242458020426420</guid><description>&lt;table style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; font-family: verdana;" id="texttable"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr valign="top"&gt;&lt;td class="almost_half_cell"&gt;&lt;div id="result_box" dir="ltr"&gt;E-commerce Rebound&lt;br /&gt;Rest assured e-commerce consumer spending are back online&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even before the September 11 attacks on the USA, online retailers have experienced declining profits. The Internet sales fell to $ 7.46 billion in the second quarter of 2001, down $ 7.59 billion during the first quarter of the year, according to the August 30th issue of the industry standard magazine online. Economy.com research firm noted that "maybe e-commerce sales reached a plateau, and growth here will proceed at a moderate rate."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently, Economy.com was incorrect. Although online sales has been put in a spiral down immediately after the terrorist attacks, Internet sales are definitely on the rebound.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Citing estimates from comScore Networks, a consumer society which can track Web browsing and buying habits, the Wall Street Journal reported in September that Web sales between Tuesday 11 and the following Sunday, dropped 35%, down $ 291 million the previous week. But comScore notes that sales began to recover within two days following the attacks, from $ 8.5 million on September 12 to $ 124 million on September 13 and $ 129 million on September 14. The Wall Street Journal said the data suggests Internet buyers returned to their previous buying habits, once the shock of the attacks bore fruit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Associated Press has submitted additional evidence of recovery when he said that the comparison shopping site BizRate.com saw an increase of 17% of online sales between September 10 and October 8.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Biz Rate.com predicts an increase in the fourth quarter, sales, according to an article last October BusinessWire. The site provided a 25% e-commerce sales gain over the same period in 2000. BusinessWire article also noted that the success of the holiday season online depends on how consumers are spending freely in these times of economic uncertainty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rest assured e-commerce are consumer spending online. It is now time to take a look at your own website. If you are not currently processing credit cards online, you have money immediately. Regardless of the economy, people will use their credit cards and you'll still need to accept non-cash transactions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td id="submitcell"&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td id="selectcell"&gt;&lt;select name="langpair"&gt;&lt;option value="ar|en"&gt;Arabic to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="zh|en" class="line-above"&gt;Chinese to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="zh-CN|zh-TW"&gt;Chinese (Simplified to Traditional)&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="zh-TW|zh-CN"&gt;Chinese (Traditional to Simplified)&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="nl|en" class="line-above"&gt;Dutch to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|ar" class="line-above"&gt;English to Arabic&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|zh-CN"&gt;English to Chinese (Simplified)&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|zh-TW"&gt;English to Chinese (Traditional)&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|nl"&gt;English to Dutch&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|fr"&gt;English to French&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|de"&gt;English to German&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|el"&gt;English to Greek&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|hi"&gt;English to Hindi&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|it"&gt;English to Italian&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|ja"&gt;English to Japanese&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|ko"&gt;English to Korean&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|pt"&gt;English to Portuguese&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|ru"&gt;English to Russian&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="en|es"&gt;English to Spanish&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="fr|en" selected="selected" class="line-above"&gt;French to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="fr|de"&gt;French to German&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="de|en" class="line-above"&gt;German to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="de|fr"&gt;German to French&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="el|en" class="line-above"&gt;Greek to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="hi|en"&gt;Hindi to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="it|en"&gt;Italian to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="ja|en"&gt;Japanese to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="ko|en"&gt;Korean to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="pt|en"&gt;Portuguese to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="ru|en"&gt;Russian to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="es|en"&gt;Spanish to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input value="Translate" type="submit"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="visibility: visible;" id="zippyspan" onclick="_rolldown()"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.google.com/mb/plus_sm.gif" style="margin-right: 0.33em;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Double your company in 12 months</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/05/double-your-company-in-12-months.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 18:51:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-3871938860361269788</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Double your company in 12 months, with two issues&lt;br /&gt;Two issues most important to pay attention to marketing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone wants to see growth in sales and net income. It is important for small businesses and home business owners to set revenue targets and watch the sales results, but too much importance to these figures may prevent you from achieving your goals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using your turnover figure to focus your marketing efforts is like driving while looking in the mirror all the time. This number tells you where you were. He did not say how to get to where you want to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are a couple of key numbers and ratios to remain in front of you to help you get your "destination" ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a farmer increasingly Iowa soybeans, must be carefully seeds and grow plants to maturity to ensure a good harvest and a good profit. The quantity of seed plants you and the percentage that seed and grows well your firm determines profitability. The same is true in marketing and sales, the number of tracks that you generate and the number you convert the sale determine your income.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are the two most important issues to pay attention to marketing. Use them to evaluate your marketing and determine how many sales you generate:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     1. The number of qualified prospects in your database.&lt;br /&gt;        These are people who have said they have a concern or problem that you can help and want to hear from you.&lt;br /&gt;     2. Your perspective of the customer conversion rate.&lt;br /&gt;        The percentage of prospects to convert to paying customers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The calculation is simple: the more prospects you and your conversion rate, the more revenue you generate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your journey will be frozen at current levels if you focus on the amount of income you are and to ignore the importance of creating your list of prospects. You can double your business in the coming months by building your database of qualified prospects and improve your conversion rate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marketing Numbers&lt;br /&gt;You do not need to be a math wiz to become an expert in mathematics marketing. Pay attention to these figures on a weekly basis;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * The number of people who have seen your ads, read your articles or received messages from mailing.&lt;br /&gt;      * The percentage of those people who responded to your ad or article. "This is not the number of ads you run, but how many people listen to your ads that account."&lt;br /&gt;      * The percentage of respondents who actually gave you their contact information and added to your database. These are people who have themselves identified as prospects who are interested in learning more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are marketing through your website, it is incredibly simple to identify these figures daily and weekly to monitor the success of your marketing efforts. Here's how:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     1. Look at the number of unique visitors to your website per day or per week.&lt;br /&gt;     2. Divide this figure by the number of people who contacted you. This is your conversion rate of visitors to prospects. If your site is configured properly, at least one in ten people are expected to be with you and adding to your list of prospects. If you use Google Ads driving visitors to your site, you can send visitors to pages of destination and increase your conversion rate to 20 or even 25%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What should you expect from your website? For every hundred unique visitors to your site per week from 10 to 25 should send an e-mail asking you more information about your products and services. Each month, your list of prospects and sales should grow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before concluding this article, make a commitment to the implementation of this simple mathematical marketing to grow your business. Setting a goal for your company. Look at the number of prospects is currently marketing generation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write to this issue, then put a line diagonally across it and beside him write the number of opportunities that you want to add to your database each week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did this little exercise for two years with my website. My goals for the acquisition of greater prospects each month in my business grows. My final goal is 500 new opportunities per week. This translates into 6 to 7 percent more business each month. With a little planning, you can see your business grows so quickly.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Repeat business is the name of the game</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/05/repeat-business-is-name-of-game.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 18:48:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-2145791413375501288</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;In the division of your budget available to spend on advertising for the quarter or year, you should consider research in four&lt;br /&gt;levels. Here is an approach for using your money wisely and efficiently:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A level:&lt;br /&gt;The existing customers - you're already making money from them and it is easier and more likely they will spend more or purchase&lt;br /&gt;new products. The keep abreast of all the changes and innovations. Repeat business is the name of the game Spend 40% - 50%&lt;br /&gt;your budget on them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Level Two:&lt;br /&gt;Graves prospects - these people have not purchased, but still came close. They have made several enquiries, browsed your&lt;br /&gt;store or a Web site or received a citation and a need to push for a buyer / client. Spend 25% on your budget.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Level Three:&lt;br /&gt;Casual prospects - these people have done an investigation, sent a postcard back and requested literature, but you've never heard&lt;br /&gt;again - they need more prodding. Take 15% -20% of your budget on them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Level Four:&lt;br /&gt;The rest of the world - these are people selling in your world that you've never heard and are not sure if they ever&lt;br /&gt;be a customer. Spend 10% -12% of your budget on them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The part of the budget that you are spending at each level of two to four attempts to move people for the greatest&lt;br /&gt;level until they become customers. The part of your budget you are spending on one level, your customers, is to maintain&lt;br /&gt;and try to sell more. Keep a list computer for each level and move the perspective of the scale, we hope&lt;br /&gt;the list of customers. Be sure to remove from the list lower level or you will you be duplication and waste of precious&lt;br /&gt;advertising dollars.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>8 steps in choosing your web marketing</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/05/8-steps-in-choosing-your-web-marketing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 18:47:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-869779690584267113</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;The images and graphics are specialties Web&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     1. Creating a successful marketing plan for the Web is like baking a cake from scratch, you need to pull together the ingredients in the correct amounts and then combine them adequately.&lt;br /&gt;     2. Determine the scope of your line on the agreement before starting the project. This decision will greatly affect your marketing strategy Web.&lt;br /&gt;     3. The images and Web graphics are specialties. Make sure to get the best possible value for your money and use them generously on your site.&lt;br /&gt;     4. Sound and video features are excellent that you can use in your Web design, but use them with caution. In on-line technology is improving, even as the capabilities of these characteristics.&lt;br /&gt;     5. Surfers, like the rest of us, love to get something for nothing. Be sure to include samples of free products, discounts and free information in your on-line marketing plan, and be sure to collect valuable demographic data in exchange.&lt;br /&gt;     6. A website is like a window pane. Use it to attract customers deeper into your marketing plan. Make sure your site is eye and memorable.&lt;br /&gt;     7. The targeted marketing is easy on the Web. The use of press releases and other targets marketing devices to attract customers Web.&lt;br /&gt;     8. Building a report on the Web is as easy as provide a place for surfers to converse. Go on up and talk to yourself. Use the interactivity of the Web to ensure the success of your Web strategy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How the approach of web marketing for your home business depends largely on what you want to accomplish with the project. Each approach you make your website design requires a commitment of materials, time and money. The resources you commit to the development of your site must be proportionate to the role that you expect the World Wide Web to play in your business plan for global marketing.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Tips to save money or use it wisely</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/05/tips-to-save-money-or-use-it-wisely.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 18:43:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-9134626897855276501</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;About everyone, it seems, is looking for ways to save money in their businesses today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About everyone, it seems, is looking for ways to save money in their businesses today. There are ways to reduce costs without impairing the quality of your small business or home. Here are some ideas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * Never be afraid to ask for a better deal on the price you pay. The largest companies in the country do this on a routine basis, why not get some of these offerings for your home business?&lt;br /&gt;      * If you were with a supplier for a period of time, have you checked on other sources for the price, quality and variety? This is true in an industry, even a year or two, there is not necessarily the case today. People moving the company to make changes.&lt;br /&gt;      * A long-distance carrier sounds like any other. One option might be to use low-cost minute phone cards that have no connection costs. It can also be e-mail or fax to the opportunity to save costs which are much higher. Some business owners at home, they do not feel really need that additional land line especially at a rate of business so they have a cell phone with them all the time.&lt;br /&gt;      * As a home business operator Have you thought about combining errands or some costs with other companies, even competitors? Some newspapers competitors are now using the same route of delivery. Why two drivers should go the same way when you will? Here is another thought, then a group of companies go together to share certain costs or send one person at a trade show and give a report on his return? At the time arrow donations, can you give gift certificates to some of your customers? This makes it an excellent way to network and share business. Your customers will love you to think about them and bring them some new faces.&lt;br /&gt;      * In most cities in the nation today, no company should pay a service fee only bank to manage a checkbook. Many cities have small, community banks and credit unions that offer control completely free for businesses. If you can not find one, some banks also offer Internet control and interest on your checking account.&lt;br /&gt;      * If your home business even an employee or independent, doing things for them that are not included, but not cost you a lot. Provide microwave and a small refrigerator and a little lunch or region can be a great thing. You can buy a small microwave and small fridge for less than $ 200 in total. Employees can save money in the gas sector and purchases by eating "in" if they so wish. It is a way to help your employees can help.&lt;br /&gt;      * Are you more to maintain a company car? Consider pay employees of the contractor or mileage instead keep a company-owned cars. Often, you can come in advance on insurance alone. Be sure and get their opinions before making what needs vary. Some companies arrow to put a box "coupons that you can use." Associates to coupons and share them - a "swap-box". It costs you nothing.&lt;br /&gt;      * Sometimes you may want to make use of cookies, chips, candy or bread and leave them for your employees and customers. This small gesture May seem an expense, but really it is not. Make sure you purchase your gifts and candy in bulk or fundraising programs so you benefit the charity and can be used as a possible write-offs.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Think like a millionaire</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/05/think-like-millionaire.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 18:42:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-2726250789072544348</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Most rich people have not become rich by winning high salaries or wages. They created their wealth wisely by investing their discretionary income.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to be rich, stop wasting money. Never be afraid or feel guilty to invest your "extra" money well spent in your company - even if it means having to miss the purchase of new water-skiing boat you've had your eye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most rich people have not become rich by winning high salaries or wages. They created their wealth wisely by investing their discretionary income. And they managed their lives so they had discretionary income to invest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many Americans today tend to broaden their way of life to the very limits of their financial capabilities, and even beyond - thank you to quickly and easily small square of plastic called credit cards. This means they have little or no discretionary income. They are financially stretched or attached - two very descriptive and precise words. Worse still, any discretionary income they might even have the hope is eaten by interest charges fed to a portfolio full of credit cards. Thinking like a millionaire, it is good to know that millionaires rarely a balance of their credit cards because they do not like borrowing to pay for things that the decline in value over weather.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So how do people who are rich today really managed to put aside enough money to invest? Before making a purchase, many rich people wonder if they can buy the item in less - the sale by negotiation or online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If people are accustomed to spend everything they do and then some, it really does not matter what their income. They'll never be really rich. They will probably acquire a lot of toys and gadgets, and they probably have a big house and drive nice cars. But they will always be extended, committed and, in general, concerned about making enough money to support all this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not wealth. The wealth brings freedom - and non-financial bondage. Wealth is when money flows in you, and you hang on a part of it and make it your slave. Poverty is when money flows from you as soon as it happens, you make his slave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The seeds of true, lasting wealth are sown the moment you make the long-term commitment to think like a millionaire to invest rather than spending cuts discretionary income coming your way. Instead of spending your windfall, or use it to bury you deeper into debt, why not invest this money and make it work for you? Get the momentum moving in the opposite direction. This is how a millionaire could think of.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>The success is in the Plan</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/05/success-is-in-plan.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 18:39:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-5589979627341795108</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;A business plan is the most important document, a business owner may have home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, maybe a good time to examine your business plan. How is your lesson plan? In the current environment, a business plan is the most important document, a business owner home can have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No company, large or small, home-based business or not, can expect to articulate its objectives without a well-designed and well presented business plan. Without a convincing business plan, will seriously consider your business idea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even if you did not write a business plan to take to a bank for a loan, experts agree that you should write a business plan and maintain to help you as you progress. Your business plan should act as a road map indicating where your home business is now and where it goes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are several books in your library or bookstore that can help you write your business plan. The association offers a brochure entitled "How to write a business plan that is available to members for only $ 3.95.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a brief overview of a business plan. You can use it as a guide to produce your own plan for success.&lt;br /&gt;The Business&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     1. Description includes the type of business, the status of the company, the form of business organization. Anything that relates to your business.&lt;br /&gt;     2. Define the market and its size, you expect market share, growth and market potential. Be sure to include your marketing strategy and your pricing structure.&lt;br /&gt;     3. When you look at your competitors are your five nearest competitors, your advantage over competitors, the strengths and weaknesses of competitors.&lt;br /&gt;     4. Put your business address, physical characteristics, renovations planned and their costs.&lt;br /&gt;     5. Describe the staffing needs of your business skills, wages or salaries.&lt;br /&gt;     6. Describe the capital needs of the business including loans and required the use of funds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Financial data&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     1. Description of capital needs during business plan is ready for funding.&lt;br /&gt;     2. List of capital goods required for business and cost.&lt;br /&gt;     3. Results should include your most recent description of the firm's assets, accountability and fairness of the owner or net worth.&lt;br /&gt;     4. Indicate sales or revenues over the next 12 months. List expenditures and profits before taxes on the basis of these sales.&lt;br /&gt;     5. Your cash flow should describe in detail a monthly breakdown for a year of your expected cash receipts, disbursements project, and resulting cash flows of your business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Supporting Documents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     1. This section should include any resumption of personnel, financial statements, cost of living of the owner of budgets, letters of intent, copies of contracts and legal documents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It May seem a difficult task, but a solid business plan is a must for your home business. You preserve your time invested in the plan periodically make changes that reflect actual results, and it helps you keep your eyes on what the market is doing. It is easier to modify an existing document to create a new one from scratch. The success of an enterprise is a plan that not only ensures you achieve your objectives in the short term, but an aide that ensures long-term viability of your company at home.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>The rules for earning a marketing and sales</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/05/rules-for-earning-marketing-and-sales.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Mon, 5 May 2008 18:37:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-2905286197958514585</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Some of the most basic rules to follow to successfully marketing your business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     1. Written goals are motivating and can help you succeed. Set your goals for revenue generation and conversion rates for the year and then break for each quarter. The commit to writing. Then, the list weekly and daily tasks you and / or your employees need to accomplish in order to achieve your goals.&lt;br /&gt;     2. The more prospects you attract, the more customers you have. A clearly defined strategy generation will bring new perspectives you need to be profitable.&lt;br /&gt;     3. It is easier to convert prospects to customers when they try to solve a problem. It is much harder to convert people who do not have a current need or concern, even if members of your target market. Instead of seeking prospects, prospects invited to look for you.&lt;br /&gt;     4. You'll have a better response marketing messages that emphasize customer issues and concerns, not on your titles or descriptions of products and processes. If you do not get the answer you want your mailings, advertisements or Web site, take a second look at your marketing message. A few changes in your marketing can increase response by a factor of ten or more.&lt;br /&gt;     5. Integrate your tactics and the message through your marketing materials, advertisements and Web site to encourage people to look at you and with you. Trying to generate leads without an integrated strategy is like playing football without a set of games for the quarter for use with the team. He eventually throw the ball only to find the receiver was the other way or go for a field goal on first.&lt;br /&gt;     6. The purpose of having a website is to generate prospects. Once you have a lead you can use it to generate sales. Once you have prospects to your website or reading your marketing materials, make sure you encourage them to contact you.&lt;br /&gt;     7. Most sales are the result of a relationship based on your credibility and value of your products or services. The development of these relations may take weeks or months to build. Your marketing strategy should facilitate this process of building relationships over time, with multiple opportunities for contact with prospects.&lt;br /&gt;     8. The easiest to sell to customers rose. Prompt first time customers to buy from you again and again.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>The organization of a company</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/04/organization-of-company.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Sat, 5 Apr 2008 06:42:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-1306918212650196747</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" id="result_box" dir="ltr"&gt;The main factors that affect how a company is organized are generally:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * The size and scope of the company and provides management and ownership. Generally, a small business is more flexible, while larger companies or those with wider ownership or more formal structures, tend to be organized as partnerships or (more commonly) companies. In addition, a company wishing to raise money on a stock market or to be owned by a large number of people will often be necessary to adopt a particular legal form to do so.&lt;br /&gt;      * The industry and country. Private for-profit companies are different from government-owned agencies. In some countries, some companies are legally obliged to be organized certain ways.&lt;br /&gt;      * Limitation of Liability. The companies, limited liability companies, and other types of organizations to protect their own corporate failures in carrying on business as a separate legal entity of certain legal protections. In contrast, unincorporated businesses or individuals working on their own are generally not protected.&lt;br /&gt;      * The tax advantages. Different structures are treated differently in tax law, May and have advantages for this reason.&lt;br /&gt;      * Disclosure and compliance requirements. Different structures May be necessary to do more or less public information (or reported to the competent authorities), May and be required to comply with different rules and regulations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many businesses are operated through a separate entity like a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company. Most jurisdictions allow people to organize such an entity chartered by filing certain documents with the Secretary of State or equivalent and compliance with certain other obligations under way. The relationships and the rights of shareholders, partners or members are governed in part by the charter documents and partly by the law of the country where the entity is organized. Generally speaking, shareholders in a corporation, partners in a limited partnership, and members in a limited liability company are immune from personal liability for the debts and obligations of the entity, which is legally considered as a "person". This means that unless there is fault, the owner of property are heavily protected in law, if the company fails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When two or more people own a business together, but failed to organize a more specialized form of vehicle, they will be treated as a partnership. The terms of the partnership are governed in part by a partnership agreement if one is created, and partly by the law of the country where partnership is located. No documents or deposit is necessary to create a partnership, and without an agreement, relationships and legal rights of partners will be entirely governed by the law of the country where partnership is located.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A single person who owns and operates a company is commonly known as a sole proprietor, if he or she holds directly or through an entity formally organized.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some factors to consider when deciding how to operate a business include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;     1. Partners in a partnership (other than a limited liability company), plus anyone who personally owns and operates a business without creating a separate legal entity, are personally liable for the debts and obligations of the company.&lt;br /&gt;     2. Typically, companies are required to pay taxes as "real". In some tax systems, which may give rise to the so-called double taxation, first of all because the company pays tax on profits, and then when the company distributes its profits to its owners, people to include dividends of their income when they complete their personal tax returns, to which a second layer of tax on income is taxed.&lt;br /&gt;     3. In most countries there are laws dealing differently small businesses than large. May they be exempted from certain requirements for filing legal or labor laws, have simplified procedures in specialized areas, and have simplified, advantageous, slightly different tax treatment.&lt;br /&gt;     4. To "make public" (sometimes called IPO) - which means to allow a portion of the company to be owned by a wider range of investors or the public in general - you must organize a separate entity, which is generally necessary to comply with a more strict laws and procedures. Most public entities are corporations that have sold shares, but increasingly there are also public who sell LLC units (sometimes also called shares), and other entities and more exotic (for example, the REITs USA, mutual funds in the United Kingdom). However, you can not take a great partnership "public".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[change] Commercial&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most commercial transactions are governed by a very detailed and well-established rules that have evolved over a very long period of time, as the case that govern trade and commerce is a powerful force in creating the law and the courts in Western civilization.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for other laws that regulate businesses or impact in many countries, it is virtually impossible to chronicle all in a single reference source. There are laws governing the treatment of the workforce and, in general, employee relations, safety and protection issues (OSHA or health and safety), anti-discrimination laws (age, sex, disability, race and in some countries, sexual orientation), laws on minimum wages, Laws of the Union, labour laws, annual leave and hours of work or time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In some specialized businesses, May also be necessary licences, either because of special laws governing entry into certain trades, professions or trades, which May need special education, or by local governments who want it is your money. Professions that require a license to execute the full range of law and medicine to fly planes to the sale of alcoholic beverages on radio to the sale of investment securities for sale of used cars for roofing. The May local courts also need a license and taxes only to operate a business without taking into account the type of activities concerned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some companies are subject to special regulation. These industries include, for example, utilities, securities investment, banking, insurance, broadcasting, aviation and health care providers. Environmental regulations are also very complex and can affect many types of businesses unexpectedly.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Winning at marketing companies with your game plan</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/03/winning-at-marketing-companies-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:33:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-8720044559220275234</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;To succeed, you need to know the rules of the game, have a clear strategy and track your progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stuart of Colorado spoke to a number of marketing companies and obtained estimates for designing and marketing its printing materials for the construction of a website for his company producing promotional CDs. A company cited $ 100000 to build its website only. He felt something was missing or wrong, but could not put his finger on him, he called me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stuart I asked how the various pieces of marketing activities and would work together to help generate leads. I asked him what his strategy was placing on the market. He drew a blank. The marketing firms, he spoke provided detailed information on what they were going to produce for him, but none has discussed a coordinated plan to generate leads and sales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From placing on the market without an integrated strategy is like playing poker, tennis or football without knowing the rules, keeping score or have a game plan. You can save a lot of time, energy and capital, and still end up losing the game. Has this happened to you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winning the job is the same as any other game, if your goal is to beat the competition or simply for being the best in your industry. To succeed, you need to know the rules of the game, have a clear strategy and track your progress.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Business Classifications</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/03/business-classifications.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Wed, 5 Mar 2008 06:38:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-2049245864698696859</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Wall Street, Manhattan is the place of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the business world. [Change]&lt;br /&gt;Wall Street, Manhattan is the place of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the business world. [Change]&lt;br /&gt;Commercial Street, Bangalore. India&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many types of companies and, therefore, enterprises are classified in many ways. One of the most common focuses on the main activities to generate profits of a company:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * Manufacturers of products from raw materials or spare parts, which they then sell at a profit. Companies that make physical goods such as cars or pipes, are considered manufacturers.&lt;br /&gt;      * The service businesses offer intangible goods or services in general and generate a profit by charging for labour or other services provided to government, other businesses or consumers. Organizations ranging from house to decorate consulting firms to restaurants and even leaders are types of service businesses.&lt;br /&gt;      * Retailers and distributors serve as a means of men get the goods produced by manufacturers to consumers, generating a profit as a result of the sale or supply of utilities. Most consumers based stores and catalog companies are distributors or retailers. See also: The franchise&lt;br /&gt;      * The agriculture and mining companies are involved in the production of raw materials, such as plants or minerals.&lt;br /&gt;      * Financial companies are banks and other companies that generate profits through investment and capital management.&lt;br /&gt;      * Information on businesses generate profits mainly from the resale of intellectual property and film studios, publishers and software.&lt;br /&gt;      * Utilities produce public services, such as heat, electricity or sewage treatment, and are generally chartered government.&lt;br /&gt;      * Real estate companies generate profits from the sale, rental and development of properties, houses, buildings.&lt;br /&gt;      * Companies transport goods and people from one place to another, generating a profit on transport costs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many other divisions and subdivisions of businesses. The official list of types of activities for North America (although it is widely used throughout the world [change]) is generally regarded as the North American Industry Classification System, or NAICS. The equivalent of the European Union list is NACE.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Basic forms of ownership</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/02/basic-forms-of-ownership.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:37:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-6120835184612394529</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Although the forms of business ownership vary by jurisdiction, there are several forms:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * Sole proprietor: A sole proprietorship is a company belonging to a person. The owner May run on his own job or May. The business owner is total and unlimited personal liability for debts incurred by the company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * Partnership: A partnership is a form of activity in which two or more people operate for the common goal to make profits. Each partner has total and unlimited personal liability for the debts incurred by the partnership. There are three types of classifications of partnerships: collective, limited partnerships and limited liability companies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * Company: A company is a for-profit corporation, limited liability entity that has a legal personality separate from its members. A company is owned by several shareholders and is supervised by the Board of Directors, which commits the company management staff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * Cooperative: Often referred to as a "co-op business" or "co-op, a cooperative is a for-profit, limited liability entity that differs from one society to the extent that it has members, as opposed to shareholders, who share decision-making power. Cooperatives are generally classified as either consumer cooperatives or worker cooperatives. Cooperatives are essential to the ideology of economic democracy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a country-by-country list of legally recognized forms, see the types of entities.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Business</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2008/01/business.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Sat, 5 Jan 2008 06:33:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-1194403147513892205</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;In economics, a company (also known company or a company) is a legally recognized entity to provide goods and / or services to consumers or businesses and governments, charities and other businesses. Companies are predominant in capitalist economies, most of which are privately owned and trained to earn profit to increase the wealth of owners. The owners and operators of a company as one of their main objectives, the receipt or production of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Some notable exceptions cooperatives and state enterprises. Socialist systems of government or public or worker important property of most companies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The etymology of "business" relates to the state to be occupied either by an individual or society as a whole, making it commercially viable and profitable. The term "business" has at least three purposes, according to the scope - the singular of use (above) to designate a company or society, the widespread use to refer to a particular sector of the market, such as "music industry" and composed forms as agro-industry, or the broadest sense to include all activities by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of the company, like many other things in the company's philosophy is a subject of debate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Business Studies, the study of managing people organize themselves to maintain productivity towards achieving collective creative including production goals (usually generate profits), is taught as an academic discipline in many schools.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Home Business</title><link>http://business-pages.blogspot.com/2007/01/home-business.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Indra)</author><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:28:00 +0700</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342810250160688301.post-3273142964557592783</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"&gt;Home companies work for many&lt;br /&gt;There is nothing like a home business to cut overheads and the virtual elimination of the shuttle and commute cool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Much has been written in recent years on the success of "home businesses." The concept itself is not new. Over the decades, bakeries, computer companies and other companies got their start at home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What makes businesses home even more attractive than ever are as follows:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * New technology.With high-powered computers, e-mail, answering machines, inexpensive long-distance telephone service, you have that many years ago is a small force at your disposal at little cost.&lt;br /&gt;      * Registration commute time.As our society is busy and traffic has increased in many large cities, saving time just driving the car in an office has become more important than ever.&lt;br /&gt;      * The competition is often as far away as ever.&gt; Many of the biggest companies have reduced offices, local stores closed, moved from phone service to customers of banks and by far with "voice mail," most Large companies are not embarrassed about any body to answer the phone live.&lt;br /&gt;      * For example, who can criticize a home business to leave a phone call on his answering go where most of the largest companies in the world no longer a live call taker? Millions of people have got used to having their calls dead-ended on a machine. Few large companies take your call "live" and the more you a voicemail. It is very difficult to keep the same thing against a company at home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are several important rules to make your home business you think it is a company like:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      * Have a sanctuary in your home to your business.Have a place in your home - a converted garage, a basement, an enclosed porch - where business and only do business. It is psychologically important that you see a portion of your home as unconditional business space and use it for anything else. Have a door that separates your home your work space - and use that in closing the door!&lt;br /&gt;      * Have an answering only to companies callsand one for the family. It is better to pay more and have another phone line for your business - and do not mix personal and professional. Know where your phone numbers and business, which is for family use.&lt;br /&gt;      * If you get bored or have lost your creativity, leave your business and go to a restaurant or busy shopping centre for some time. Change your environment, but leave your house or apartment for an hour or two. Go to the library or go to the store office supplies and further obtain charged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is nothing like a home business to cut overheads and the virtual elimination of the shuttle and commute cool. You should free. Instead of driving one hour each day to work or more…… your commute time with a home office is the time it takes to walk a portion of the house to another. This time should be used in your company. It should make you less tired. The work is something which is generally all rubbish - car costs and a waste of time driver. Unless you drive a bus, or delivery truck, chances are that you are not paid to drive in traffic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Millions and millions of people now run a business or secondary residences. This is especially as a free ride that most people are going to get. You can have a business without additional house payments or rent additional increase in costs of public services is minimal at best, taxes are reduced and if you get a second wind in the evening or on weekends, you don ' not have far to go to an hour or two in your company. And if the weather is bad, you can stay home and work phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another advantage of a home business is that it is much less interesting to talk, dumpers, donation-seekers and those seeking sales for companies to strike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously, there are companies that will never enter homes, but millions of people. Home businesses and home offices have become an important part of our nations' corporate image.&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>