What is this Cloud Computing thing we have been hearing so much about? Once you found someone else to host your site, without knowing it, you stepped into the world of Cloud Computing. Pretty much from the start, home based internet businesses work in the Cloud. All of your customer data, when it is maintained and sent out through your webhost, i.e., your autoresponder tool, goes out in the Cloud. Read the rest of this entry »

Google Buzz is here—should you care?  You may well wince at the thought of adding another social network to keep up with in the name of online marketing.  Or you may be wondering if you can stick your head in the sand and skip this one, hoping that it goes the way of MySpace and Second Life.  But, after all, this is from Google, arguably the biggest gorilla in the room.  With Google’s history of innovation and market dominance, will it be long before Buzz knocks Facebook and Twitter out of the picture? Read the rest of this entry »

Once you’ve figured out how to start an online business, you can exploit the many ways there are to promote it, such as blogging.  Blogging raises your business’ search profile by proliferating your keywords.  It also builds customer relationships.  This is especially true if you’re passionate about what your business offers. Read the rest of this entry »

Being an entrepreneur can be lonely!  –Especially if you’re starting an Internet business after years of working in a large organization, surrounded by friends and co-workers with whom you could share your day.  Additionally, you may find yourself feeling like you’ve got no one to bounce your ideas off of or give you advice in your next business move, as you would if you were working for a company.  Social networking could be a solution for you—and not MySpace nor Facebook! Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re just starting out as an Internet entrepreneur, you may be looking for profitable Internet home business opportunities.  If you’re lucky, you already have an idea of a product or service to sell.  And if you’re smart, it will be something in which you are already interested and knowledgeable.  But what about all those ready-to-use instant business startups for sale on the Web?  Are they for real? Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re like most people looking at beginning to do business online, you don’t really have a lot of startup capital to work with.  You probably don’t have a lot of time, either.  You need to find tools that will increase sales without costing you a lot of time and money.  Making your website as interactive as possible can help.  Adding customer reviews, for example, can build your business in a number of ways. Read the rest of this entry »

In order to really get your new Internet business going, you’ll need to try to kill two birds with one stone—or three birds, if you can.  It’s not like a regular job where, if you don’t care about what you do, you can show up and do the bare minimum to get by.  You’re going to be responsible for your own success, and that’s going to take a lot of energy, and nothing gives you energy like indulging your passions! Read the rest of this entry »