The 4 Biggest Mistakes A Small Business Makes

Some entrepreneurs and business owners think that having a great product and understanding how to run a business are the most important factors to small business success. Bear with me a moment while I differ with you. It doesnt matter how good you are or how good your product is, if you dont correct the following mistakes youll not see the success you crave.

1. Not understanding who your favorite customer is.
Your favorite customer should be the one who represents the largest life time value to your business, This is the customer who buys the most and keeps coming back because he/she is very satisfied. If you can get the majority of your customers to look like this one you are on the right road.

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Tags: Business, Small Business

Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Small Business No Comments

What is the importance of establishing business credit?

A business credit is needed by a businessman either to set up a new business or to expand a running business. Various banks are available to provide you with credits for your business but you should choose a bank which can provide you a good rate of interest. The business credit allows you to know all the details and important financial handlings required for your business. If you can show the bank that your business is successful, then you can become a treasured customer for the bank. It not only makes you feel better but also adds a good grade to your reputation.

If you are having a new business plan then you have to show your bank the prospective success which sometimes might be a little difficult.

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Thursday, April 14th, 2011 Financial News No Comments

Ready to Jump In? The Quick and Easy Guide to Getting Started on eBay

With the current state of the economy many people are looking for ways to make some extra money online for their mounting bills, expenses, tuition, and hobbies. One of the most popular money making ideas is to sell items on eBay.com, an online auction site that allows people to list items, sell them and make money. It could really be very rewarding for the person willing to do what it takes.

If you ready to jump in, getting started on eBay is really quite quick and easy. This short guide will give you the information you need to get going.

Getting Ready

Before you can even list an item you have to register as a seller. Even if you already have a buyer’s account, you must register as a seller in order to sell on eBay. If you’re new to eBay this means that you need to provide eBay with your personal information. In some cases, you will need to contact eBay in order to verify your personal information. Once you’ve registered you must activate your eBay account by clicking the link sent to you via email. After seller registration you must create and verify a PayPal account in order to receive payments.

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 Financial News No Comments

Groupon for Golfers

The full impact of the Internets power to identify and aggregate demand is only starting to be understood. Socialshopping isnt just changing ecommerce, but commerce in general.

A great example comes from one of my favorite iPhone Apps, GolfLogix. This App turns my iPhone into a golf range finder and electronic scorecard.

The range finder gives me GPS distances to hazards, the green and the pin. They have thousands of courses in their database, and Ive found it to be accurate – or at least more accurate than my game requires.

GolfLogix is $40 per year, which is a lot for an iPhone app. But golfers (even mediocre golfers like me) are pretty price insensitive and willing to try new equipmentthat might help us play better.

Which is why I think their new Groupon-like service is going to be a hit.

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Sunday, April 10th, 2011 Small Business No Comments

YouTube For Business Video Ideas – Advertising On YouTube

YouTube for business can be a great marketing channel. Advertising on YouTube is tricky so here are some video ideas for small business owners.

General Google Keyword Research

So in this post I was thinking that I would target the keywords “youtube for small business” which is good for my main site keywords. BUT I wanted to rank well on google for the correct search term so I used the Google External Keyword Tool to do a search and see if there was any traffic for those keywords. Come to find out, the search term that I was thinking of had 170 searches per month BUT the search term YouTube for Business has 368,000 searches per month. This was a pretty easy one to figure out – the post HAD to be titled “YouTube For Business Video Ideas – Advertising On YouTube”. Ke

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Saturday, April 9th, 2011 Small Business No Comments

All about merchant banking operations

In today’s unpredictable and diverse economy, both corporations and individuals are on the lookout for a sustained and stable profit plan, along with a consistent strategy of growth. That’s when merchant banking steps in and provides financial advice and services, helping clients achieve a sustained growth, which is long term as well. Merchant banks operate in various nations throughout the globe, thus presenting a distributed network to corporations and individuals, so that they can go about exploring opportunities, pertaining to alternative options of finance.

Various operations of merchant banks include portfolio management, acceptance of credit, credit syndication, and acquisitions and merger counseling. Inv

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Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 Financial News No Comments