Noobpreneur Business Blog

Why You Should Look for Residual-based Business Opportunities

Noobpreneur — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:49:18 PDT

Residual - Movie production

Residual-based business opportunities is one of you main key in achieving freedom - both in financial and personal sense. In your investing and asset-creation endeavours, make sure you aim for residual-based business opportunities whenever possible.

Why? First, let’s explore what “residual” is referring to.

The idea of residual business model

If you are in the world of affiliate marketing or involved in performance arts or movie productions, you should be already familiar with residual income model.

In essence, residual is referring…

Am I an Entrepreneur - I dont Care What You Call Me

smessinger — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:45:17 PDT

Entrepreneur name tag

Am I an entrepreneur? Are all business owners entrepreneurs? How are they defined? Does it really matter? The real distinction is how do I define my “job” - Do you answer as follows:

My job is to do my job. When I am done with my job I go home. The following day I get up, go to work and do my job again.- to me this does not sound like any entrepreneur/business owners I know. When one is…

One More Reason Not to Use Recession as An Excuse to Procrastinate

Noobpreneur — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:57:35 PDT

Cafe Yumm - Eugene, Oregon

Recession impacts every single small business owner in one way or another. That being said, not all small business owners are trying their best to beat the recession and thrive. Some small business owners do drown in the economic turmoil - Some survive, and some others going out of business.

However bad the recession is, some business owners seem to use the recession as an excuse to procrastinate. They use starting-all-over-again anxiety, this-is-not-the-right-time business analysis, and any…

Small Business Articles Directory

Noobpreneur — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:55:10 PDT

Small business articles directory

I would like to announce the relaunch of my existing site - Small Business Articles Directory.

I have it with me for a bit over one year, and to be honest with you it just sits on my web server days in and days out collecting dust.

At first, I thought the idea would be brilliant - To run an articles directory that host all-unique articles on small business. However, the implementation is a bit problem-ridden.

Firstly, you need you…

8 Steps to Selling Your Business

smessinger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:33:57 PDT

For sale

The selling of your business requires a certain sequence of events that need to occur to allow a smooth organized process. Selling of your business IS a process, and requires an organized planned out approach.

There is considerable effort that goes into the process of buying or selling a business. The process requires not only persistent efforts of both the Buyer and Seller, but also cooperation with respective attorneys, accountants, and or adviser’s.

Below is a summary of those 8…

How to Negotiate and Find a Deal on POS Systems

Betsy Brottlund — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:35:21 PDT

Busy point of sale

POS systems make transactions process more efficiently, improve management of inventory, and can even increase sales. Having a system that isn’t right for your business can actually end up costing you more money in the long run so it is important to find the right one. Whether you operate a restaurant or a boutique retail store, a POS system generates reports, processes transactions and sends information to other departments.

If you’re thinking about switching to a new system,…

Seven Ways To Lower Your Legal Fees

rtauler — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:55:49 PDT

Rooftop legal consultation

It is no secret that attorneys charge a lot for their services. Hourly rates of $350/hour are not uncommon in the legal industry. Once embroiled in litigation, clients have committed to paying their attorney, often with nothing to go on but blind trust. In today’s world, that simply is not enough. Sooner or later, clients are receiving $30,000 bills every month from their lawyers with nothing to show for it.

While businesspeople by now believe that the high cost…

How to Outsource Your Business Functions the Right Way

Noobpreneur — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:20:11 PDT

Outsourcing

With today’s uncertain economy, bootstrapping and going frugal are the most sought after business strategy. Like it or not, business owners are pushed to count every penny (and even to count their blessing.)

Outsourcing is often coming up as a solution because it offers business owners two major benefits:

Cut costs and other resources
More resource to do what’s more important

Not all outsourcing is good - Some do result as intended, but some are actually leaving the business owners with more costs related…

The Impact of Michael Jackson to Business World

Noobpreneur — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:04:04 PDT

Michael Jackson music

The surprising death of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has shocked the music enthusiasts all over the world. Not only MJ’s fans, his death is also impacting the business world in good and bad ways.

On the upside, MJ is on demand - His death jumps sales of MJ’s music and memorabilia, online and off line. Amazon.com, for instance, enjoys a surge of demand on everything related to Michael Jackson, mainly music. In RollingStones.com and Apple iTunes.com, MJ…

10 Business Ideas Requiring No Financial Investment to Start With

Noobpreneur — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:52:17 PDT

Tutoring

The recession changes people attitude toward money and employment.

More people are becoming frugal, more entrepreneurs are becoming bootstrappers, and more ex-employees are entering entrepreneurship.

All three of the above combined, you would want to start a business that requires minimal investment. Take heed, there are business opportunities that involve no financial investment to start with - Not even a dime.

10 business ideas to start requiring no financial investment

Online business / make money online
Blogging, SEO/link building, online freelancing, selling goods online are…