The articles in this directory oriented towards the starting and running of an online home-based business, and everything related to such businesses.
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Thinking of Starting Your Home-Based Business
Starting Your Home-Based Business
Running Your Home-Based Business
Promoting Your Home-Based Business
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Thinking of Starting Your Home-Based Business
Business
Online Economics 2001: Davids Win, Goliaths Lose - Why a homemade "mum-and-pop" website can make good income when the big boys are closing shop.
Why do Most People Fail to Make Money Online? - Failures are not necessarily bad but it does waste limited time and resources. Take the time to consider how you can fail at an Internet business, and learn from it.
Entrepreneurship
Are You Earning or Making Money? - What is your attitude when you need to put more money into your pocket? Do you try to earn more by asking for a raise, or do you look for more business opportunities?
Entrepreneurship: Do YOU Have What it Takes? - We are all workiing real hard to carve out a niche for ourselves whether it is in our careers or our businesses. But working hard, by itself, is seldom enough to get all that we want in life.
"I am Never Losing Another Job!" - The story of how Watkins, a company with a solid 135-year history and over 375 top quality products, helped a failing entrepreneur finally find success.
Physics Exam - A story about thinking out of the box.
Should You Try Out Your Internet Business Idea? - All about the advantages and disadvantages of an Internet business.
The Hard Money, the Easy Money and the Smart Money - We are all workiing real hard to carve out a niche for ourselves whether it is in our careers or our businesses. But working hard, by itself, is seldom enough to get all that we want in life.
The Very First Step to Making an Online Income - This is something very basic but, if you are not paying attention, it can sound the death knell for your business.
Why Some People will NEVER Succeed, No Matter How Hard They Try - No earth shaking revelations on how to market on the Internet, but sometimes, the simplest answers are the most powerful.
Motivational
Are You Living on an Island of Fear? - Are you stuck in a rut because you fear the consequences of striking out?
The Worth of a $20 Bill - Never let failure diminish your worth.
To All the Dreamers Who Have Given Up on Their Dreams - Dreams are what defines us.
Starting Your Home-Based Business
Product
Selecting a Product for Your Online Business - Is it possible to have a profitable online business without much hassle? If you structure your business properly, and choose your products wisely, that might just be possible.
Website
How to Avoid the 12 Common Web Design Mistakes - You don't want to make these mistakes with your site.
How to Stop the Pesky Email Harvesting Robots or Bots - It is possible to fool the robots that visit your web site not for its content but for your email address.
Selecting a Domain Name for Your Online Presence - Tips on selecting a great domain name.
Running Your Home-Based Business
Time Management
How to Manage Your Time Effectively When you for Running Your Home Business - More valuable than cold hard cash, this article gives you a heads-up when it comes to maximizing your most valuable asset.
"Sir, How to Make Money on the Internet?" - Don't waste your time chasing delusional get-rich-quick schemes, apply yourself and you will be able to make money on the Internet.
Take Control of Your Time and Take Control of Your Life - Whether it's your life, your career or your website, good time management could mean the difference between success and failure.
Website
Building Web Pages That Move People to Buy - If you want to move your web site visitors to become buyers you need to structure your site around the decisions you want people to make. Use these 7 guidelines to increase sales from your web site.
Does Your Website Beat the Clock? - You have 10 seconds to engage your visitor or it's "click" and farewell forever.
How to Get Repeat Visitors to Your Website - One half of the battle is to get a visitor to visit your website and stay for a bit, the other half is to get that visitor to visit again.
Keeping Your Web Visitor Engaged - You have done a good job getting a visitor to your site. Now you need to continue doing a good job by keeping your visitor engaged and entertained.
Seven Ways to Make Your Subscriber Database Explode - Read this if you are thinking of starting or running an ezine.
Promoting Your Home-Based Business
Content
How to Dramatically Improve the Impact of Your Articles - Don't write just to create content, write to create an impact.
How to Find Ideas for Articles and Speeches - Running short of ideas for articles? Perhaps this article can help.
How to Write Articles Fast - An online marketer's work is never done, so it'll really help if you can finish that article just that little bit faster.
Should You Use PLR Content? - Although PLR content is not original or unique, you might be able to use it to your advantage without affecting your reputation.
Simple HTML Tags for the Article Directories - Some article directories require that you include HTML tags for bold, italics, underlining and other simple formatting functions. This article goes into some detail on how to do it.
Write a Personal Essay - Writing in the style of a personal essay can make your content that much more engaging.
Writing Articles for the Online Audience - Your online audience has a short attention span and they would appreciate an informative article that goes straight to the point.
Marketing
Confused About Internet Marketing? - Are you confused over the numerous techniques available to market your business over the Internet? There is one person who knows about your business and knows the best techniques for marketing it.
How to Get Your Article Accepted by the Ezine Publishers - Learn how to increase the chances of your article being accepted by the ezine publishers.
Learn to Write More Effective Ads - While the talent of writing great ads might not be something that you can learn, we can all learn to write better and more effective ads.
Offline Marketing Strategies - Internet marketing doesn't always have to use online techniques, there are many offline marketing strategies that will also work effectively.
To Be the Best Salesman That You Can be, You Have to Stop Selling - Stop thinking about selling, and start thinking about your customer.
Internet Security
How Someone Can Crack Your Uncrackable Password - Your uncrackable password, made up of a random sequence of numbers, characters and symbols, may not be as uncrackable as you think it is.
How to Create a Great Password - Your online life, or your financial security, is at risk if you do not protect your passwords. Learn what kind of passwords are vunerable to hackers.
Scams
FAQ: How do I Make a Lot of Money on the Internet? - A humorous article about get-rich-quick schemes.