Selecting the right emarketplace Although, IT spending has been staying flat for the last several years, corporate spending in e-business is gaining significant ground and at present surpasses 20 percent of overall IT budget. This means, more and more businesses are undertaking ecommerce initiatives, and as a result increasing sales, streamlining business processes and dramatically boosting productivity. Most experts agree that average business, which is slow in adopting e-business applications, risks loosing its competitive edge to their more progressive rivals. Emarketplaces provide with a great opportunity for small to medium size companies to test online business for a minimal risk.... [Read more].

For the life of me I don't know why more people don't use this technique that could literally blow their sales through the roof. This tip can be as complex or as simple as you want to make it. In a nutshell, one way to differentiate your product is to offer unique bonuses that no one else has. This simple technique can make the difference between you getting the sale or someone else getting the sale. By creating your own bonuses you create more value so you could even charge more for the exact same product that others may even... [Read more].

Heavy graphics cost you traffic and money. Optimize your graphics for the web. Heavy graphics cost you money and traffic. They cost you money because heavy graphics require both significant storage space and bandwidth. Since your web host will usually give you a limited amount of storage space and a maximum data transfer allowance, heavy graphics can cause you to exceed those limits, in which case you’ll have to pay extra. Then, heavy graphics cost you traffic: put up a web page that takes more than 10 seconds to load, and your visitors will run away faster than you can... [Read more].

The Basic Stuff Every website needs a domain name. Example "WebBootCamp.com" is a domain name. Your domain is your website address, a.k.a. URL (universal resource locator). Should you use your company name for your domain? Maybe, maybe not. Is it memorable? Easy to spell? Does it contain keywords that relate to your business? For more considerations on choosing a domain, I've put together the following checklist. Pick a memorable name. How catchy is it? Would the average person be able to remember just your website name, without looking through their bookmarks (if they have even bothered to bookmark it, that... [Read more].

It seems that the newest way to reach the top of the search engines is by having many links to your site, which isn't always easy. For some reason, the search engines feel that the most popular sites are the most worthy of more advertising by being placed above all others. You may sell better widgets, but if you don't have links to your widget page, the other widget guy will be placed higher on the search engines. Don't be discouraged. Fight fire with fire.It isn't always easy to get people to link to your site. One way is to... [Read more].

Take a second and imagine your shopping on a website, find the product you've been looking for, and as you go to the order form to purchase it, you find out that the company doesn't accept payment online. Instead, you must mail a check. If you were like me, you would probably click off the site and search for another company that offers the same products and *does* accept payment online, whether it is by credit card or online check. It doesn't take a super, intelligent person to realize that it is inconvenient, time consuming, and adds on lag time... [Read more].

To the online artist, it might seem a paradox, at first glance, to hear a recommendation to hold back work. The artist on the Internet often overproduces and displays their entire body of work. In essence, by placing it for casual viewing, known as "shopping" the work, devalues its worth by defying the Law of Supply and Demand. How can the artist benefit by applying the advantages of the Internet with the successful business practices of the traditional gallery? Let's look at the traditional gallery's sales structure. At the Preview, in an inner gallery, and by invitation only, previously unviewed... [Read more].

Every year, several thousand people develop an interest in "going into business." Many of these people have an idea, a product or a service they hope to promote into an in come producing business which they can operate from their own homes. If you are one of these people, here are some practical thoughts to consider before hanging out the "Open-for-Business" sign. In areas zoned "Residential Only," your proposed business could be illegal. In many areas, zoning restrictions rule out home businesses involving the coming and going of many customers, clients or employees. Many businesses that sell or even store... [Read more].

Are you happy with the hundreds of carefully chosen keywords and keyphrases that you have included within the pages of your treasured website? Are you thinking to yourself that there can be no more possibilities left? Read on.... Look up the keywords used by your competitors in trade journals, Yellow Pages, directories, outdoor advertising posters, etc. Right click and view source on web pages to see what other people are using in their META tags. (More information on META tags at http://www.ed-u.com/metatags.htm) Set your target for hundreds or even thousands of keywords and phrases if possible; your competitors will. Ask... [Read more].

Learn the fun way to improve your site! Are the three P's -- putzing, piddling and procrastinating — giving you an anxiety attack? Well quit hyper-ventilating and use them to your advantage. You can putz, piddle and procrastinate anytime you want if you do them with passion! Putz Putz all you want on articles you will be sending to ezines or putting on your web site because the more you putz with them, the better they'll be. This is called rewriting. Piddle Piddle with your web pages by changing the look. Do this often! If you do, FTP the changes... [Read more].

Are you spending too much time with your home business and not achieving the results you desire. Focusing too much of your time and efforts on your business and achieving poor results can have detrimental effects on your business, your personal relationships, physical and mental health, and overall happiness in life. One simple way to reduce the amount of time you spend working on your business is to set clear specific goals and objectives, clear and specific plans and to organize your day so you can focus continually on the most valuable uses of your time. The clearer your are... [Read more].