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From: Steve <shilliar@gmail.com>
Date: 8 January 2012 8:01:57 NZDT
To:post@seakerguru.posterous.com” <post@seakerguru.posterous.com>
Subject: CES – Launchpad for products doomed to fail?

Check out this story from the NZ Herald iPad App
http://nzh.tw/10777081


Does this not reflect where business is now heading? Is it not all to do with the Internet? Product research and viability can be easily done now online rather than spending thousands on floor space at a trade show only to find there is no demand for your product.

Online businesses have been discovering just how powerful the Internet is for research. It is very easy now to establish demand. Just find out what people are searching for and what problems they want solved. The develop the product or service that can do it.

Download the New Zealand Herald iPad app here:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ipad/appstore


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Online business opportunities

by admin on January 4, 2012

Online Businesses Opportunities

As you gain more experience in the realm of internet marketing, you will find out that the methods and techniques used by the experts aren’t that complicated at all. With articles like these, containing good information and tips on how to succeed, you can formulate a plan and experience true success via internet marketing.

There are simple ways to encourage your customers to opt in to email correspondence. Your customers will likely love contests and promotions, so why not couple an e-zine subscription with the entry into the promotion or contest? This gives your customer an incentive to be emailed in the future and continuously reminds them of your business.

Stop making your banner advertisements look like you’re just directing attention to something. By designing appealing banners, you can increase the click thru rate and get more visitors to your website. Banners that contain a trivia question related to your website’s niche can be effective, as viewers will click them to find out the answer on your website.

Offer bonus items and freebies to customers who sign up for your mailing list. Providing access to an exclusive video or a free download of an eBook will get your prospects signing up in greater numbers. Make sure the freebie relates in some way to your niche market to increase your conversion rate.

To track how visitors get to your site, use the free Google Analytics program. This program lets you see what keywords are bringing people to your site, and what search engines they’re coming from. This data will allow you to choose your keywords effectively in your future, and to see what search engines you need to better optimize your site for.

Change up your terms to see what works. If you have a product that is guaranteed to give results in two days, measure your traffic for a week. The next week, change the two days to 48 hours, and measure your traffic then. Finding out what terms pull your customers will quickly increase your revenue.

Make sure your buying process is simple. Checking out should be a quick and easy event for the consumer. If there are too many steps, or pages take too long to load due to heavy content, a prospective buyer may rethink their decision and back away. Keep everything flashy to a minimum to increase sales.

Generate site traffic by designing and using an interactive banner ad. The ad can include trivia questions, interesting facts, simple hand-eye coordination games, or intriguing questions. Few online users are entirely immune to the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skill, especially if doing so could possibly win them a prize.

When you are using any popular video-posting site to post your videos, you should try to make sure to add closed captions to them. The fact that you would be catering to users that are hearing impaired shows people that you care about your customers, and that you will go out of your way to make sure they are satisfied.

Marketing isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea, obviously, but the good news is that you can market just like the experts once you learn the ropes. Use these tips to guide you along your path and you may just find that a successful business is much more obtainable than you once thought.

Online Businesses Opportunities

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Internet Home Business

by admin on January 3, 2012

Are you doing the most that you can do for your home business? Chances are, you can find ways to improve if you really care about your success. This article will provide expert advice on how to make the most out of your home business and insure its success.

How are your competitors getting the word out about their businesses through social media? Your home business can compete with the big boys when it comes to social media, so figure out what’s already working for them. Do they run contests on social networks, and what tools do they use to do it? Don’t plagiarize, but do gather strategies.

Learn to accept other peoples’ opinions. Everyone has opinions, and some share them very generously. This is a fact of life, so learn to accept them gracefully. Accepting does not mean agreeing, however. Allow others to have their opinions, and you have yours. Stay focused on only the opinions and thoughts that support you and keep you going towards your home business development.

Get used to saving receipts for everything. Every little expense related to your home business is deductible on your federal taxes, but you need to be able to prove it. In the event of an audit, you are going to need every scrap of paper related to any deductions that you claim.

Before making your home business decision, consider all of the different types of businesses that you could have. Do not just pick the first business type that comes to mind. There are many books that will provide you with home business ideas. You can also search online to find many types of home businesses.

Residual income is key no matter what way you look at running a home based business. If you have customers who pay bills on a residual basis then you want to do everything in your power to retain those customers. If you need customers to return to your business, then you need to focus on customer satisfaction. Residual income and repeat customers are a main focus.

Get a second phone line, or write off your first. If you have a business phone line, you can completely write that off of your taxes. If you feel this is unnecessary, you can still partially write off your home phone by keeping the bills, and circling the dates and times of business calls.

My children have always been an integral part of my home business, and I love the fact that I’ve been able to teach them responsibility through my work. I have them do small jobs or help me by product so they’ve learned about budgeting, customer service, and being organized. How can you get your kids involved?

To summarize, you might need to take a good look at your home business practices and make sure that you are doing what it takes to succeed. There are always lessons to be learned and new tips to pick up on. Use the advice in this article to make your home business all that it can be.

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Year 2012

by admin on January 2, 2012

This is the New Year, the year of 2012.
This is the year to get totally focused. The internet business is booming, this is the year that online businesses get real. Aim at one particular niche, work on that niche until it becomes successful.
If you are interested in an internet home business then mark these words..Focus, and take action. The best internet business is one that offers an online experience to the people who are searching for a solution. A solution to a particular problem. The purpose of my website is to assist people get out of their day job and start generating passive income for themselves.
Online businesses are popping up everywhere, there are many gurus and entrepreneurs out there who are providing sensational advice, and offering their time to help. Take Ed Dale of Thirty day Challenge, Ed is a real person living in Melbourne Australia who dedicates his time to helping people. Every year he runs the Thirty Day Challenge totally free for anyone willing to log in and spend thirty days learning how to make money on the net.
Internet business opportunities are everywhere, get into internet business promotion in the most professional way you can. Do it in 2012.

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Becoming a successful entreprenuer

by admin on December 30, 2011

Entreprenuer

It is a great time to to have been an entrepreneur in the last decade, technology has leveled the playing field and propelled an entrepreneurial revolution.

As an entrepreneur, you now have more access to information that enables you to make more intelligent choices more quickly. You have an advantage over big businesses in that you are lighter, more flexible, and faster on your feet. You can target new markets more quickly, and you can turn on a dime.

But being a successful entrepreneur requires that you look at the big picture and follow a plan through from beginning to end. Rieva Lesonsky, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine gives some practical guidelines that can help you when beginning your own enterprise:

1. Don’t Quit Your Day Job.
Consider starting your business part-time, especially if it is online, while you are working and have a steady income. It usually takes six months to a year to get a business going and you don’t want your ability to make your house payment to hinge upon your company being an overnight success. Start with what you can manage, financially and time-wise, and scale up as your business grows.

2.Find Your Niche.
The days of general stores are over. Particularly online, consumers are looking for stores that specialize. You have to find a need for something a specific group of people want, but can’t get at the big chain stores and fill it. Advises Lesonsky, ìYou can’t compete with the big guys, so you have to find where the big guys aren’t and go into your niches.

3.Have an Online Presence.
Even if you are not planning to start an online retail business, consider that the internet can still play a valuable role in your company. Having an online presence eliminates the limitations of physical location and broadens your customer base by, literally, millions. It is also a great tool for promoting yourself and letting people, even in your own area, know that you are there, and what you are doing.

4.Refuse to Quit.
Successful entrepreneurship requires creativity, energy, and a drive to keep going when you fail. Few people realize that before Bill Gates created the extremely successful Microsoft 3.0, he created a Microsoft 1.0 and 2.0, both of which flopped but he kept at it. And that determination and refusal to give up is what will separate successful entrepreneurs from unsuccessful ones. Says Lesonsky, arm yourself with optimism to get beyond the norm. There is nothing wrong in failure just don’t repeat the same mistake!

Entreprenuer

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Christmas Lights

by admin on December 29, 2011

Nelson

Here is a photo of some stunning Christmas lights in Nelson New Zealand. Despite bad weather, lots of rain and flooding the spirit of Christmas is still there. Many homes have put on fabulous shows of lights and some homes are even open for the public to wander in and look at the spectacle.Nelson

Nelson

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Another passion

by admin on December 25, 2011

Yes I have another passion other than home theater and hi-fi. It is drinking great wine.

Here is New Zealand’s number one master of wine Bob Campbell with some great advice, especially for this time of year.

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Entrepreneur Search Facility

by admin on December 25, 2011

Entrepreneur Search

 

If you have any serious desires to get into an online business you cannot go past the new search facility I have created for you.

This is a way you can find the top four offers currently available on the Internet.

These are right up to date as of today.
You only need to sign in, ( totally and absolutely free) and you will not only be able to get exclusive access to the top four but you will also be first to know about anything better.

Just click on the banner to access my search engine for on-line marketers.

entrepreneur

Get exclusive access to the top four marketing trends as of today, absolutely free.

 

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Where my passion used to be

by admin on December 22, 2011

Here is a you tube video that may be of interest to all you Home Theater enthusiasts out there

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