Small Business Marketing Blog

How to Choose Online Business Opportunities

Jeff — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:58:33 +0000

If you want to start your own online business, the first thing to do is choose a small business idea or online business opportunity. When choosing a business idea, there are several things to consider, including: 1. Your interests and passions - An online business opportunity, like any small business startup, can take time to become [...]

MSN Traffic Blows Away Google Traffic (See Screenshots)

Jeff — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:20:10 +0000

No you didn’t misread the title. MSN traffic blew away Google traffic for me yesterday on two separate domains as shown by the traffic screenshots below. Although the MSN traffic was short-lived, it was nice seeing a few thousand visitors from MSN in one day. I’m sure you’re wondering how did I get so much [...]

How to Design a Website For Your Online Business

Jeff — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:15:20 +0000

Whether you choose to design a website from scratch or use a free Web template to design a website for your online business, there are many things to consider and ask yourself from the start: 1. Is an e-commerce solution / shopping cart needed on your website? 2. Does it need to allow enough room to easily [...]

YahooSmallBusiness

Jeff — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:17:44 +0000

YahooSmallBusiness has web hosting plans starting at just $8.96. Mo. 1st 2 months and YahooSmallBusiness has merchant ecommerce plans starting at just $25.97 Mo. 1st 2 months. YahooSmallBusiness uses the same reliable infrastructure as YahooSmallBusiness uses for all of Yahoo websites so you can feel safe and secure knowing their will be virtually zero [...]

Bravenet Web Services: Bravenet Web Hosting

Jeff — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:17:28 +0000

Bravenet web services are second to none. How can I make that bold statement? I’ve personally been using Bravenet Web Hosting since March 2005 after using other web hosting companies, e.g. Go Daddy, and they all fail in comparison to Bravenet Hosting. In fact, this very web site is hosted with Bravenet Web Services (See [...]

Free Online Market Research Tips

Jeff — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:52:37 +0000

When starting an online business, it’s essential to conduct your online market research prior to a website’s launch. The Web offers many opportunities for conducting inexpensive or free online market research, which you can do independently. Online market research makes competitive analysis and marketing plan development a cost-effective reality for online business owners. Market research [...]

YahooWebhosting

Jeff — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:39:20 +0000

YahooWebhosting has plans starting at only $8.96 Mo. 1st 2 months and best of all YahooWebhosting uses the same secure and reliable infrastructure as yahoo uses for their own website so you can feel safe knowing their will be virtually zero downtime with your web host using YahooWebhosting. YahooWebhosting Only $8.96 Mo. Including FREE Domain Name

How to Choose Web Hosting For Your Online Business

Jeff — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:34:38 +0000

Once you’ve chosen an online business opportunity, have done some basic business planning, and have chosen a business name and domain name, you’ll need to choose a Web hosting company to host your website online. There are a variety of Web hosting options available, from free Web hosting to shared Web hosting (where more than [...]

How to Choose a Domain Name and Business Name

Jeff — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:02:38 +0000

While choosing a business name is important for any small business startup, online businesses also need to choose a domain name to correspond with a business name. Before thinking about an actual domain name, it’s important to choose an effective business name. A high quality business name will be:

How to Accept Paypal Payments Online

Jeff — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:55:31 +0000

Whether you’re selling a product or service online or running a content-based website and want to be able to accept donations, learning how to accept payments online with Paypal, a popular online payment processing provider, is a good idea. There are several reasons to accept payments online with Paypal: