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What’s a Virtual Assistant? Virtual assistants are independent contractors or entrepreneurs who provide administrative assistance to multiple clients. Unlike regular assistants, they work out of their homes rather than at your business’ physical location. There are numerous advantages to using a virtual assistant: • Location. If you work from home, you don’t have to find a place to put an employee. • No Overhead. They provide their own office supplies, desk, compute...

Network marketing is not always as simple for everyone. There are individuals who are very natural at talking with others and find it quite easy to be in a room full of strangers and talk about what they have to offer. Then there are those who are terrified of the very idea of network marketing and having to talk to anyone about anything. Network marketing does not have to be a unpleasant experience for you and you do not have to have a panic attack at the thought of attendin...

More and more people use computers everyday and need professional help when problems occur. Providing those services can be a profitable business, but how can you stand out from the crowd?

Article is in story form and describes four key concepts that will help you survive in your Internet business during hard times. It explains the "internal" wrecking ball of self-destruction.

Many corporations often neglect the importance of having a good business card and letterhead design. If you're unaware of the effectiveness of having a professionally designed business card and letterhead, do note that you can literally turn these two materials into an excellent, low-cost form of marketing and advertising tool.

Each of these 7 marketing tips provides a simple, low-cost way for any small business to find customers and generate sales quickly.

Whether you are a small business or a large corporation you need a good marketing strategy. There are dozens of ways to market your business the question is which ways are the most effective for your product or service? You can outline your marketing strategy with this popular saying, "Who, what, where, when, and how?" First you need to know your product, is it something that people will feel they really need, what purpose does it serve? Who is your target audience? Two ma...

Branding is a business practice every business big and small should include in their marketing efforts. Learn some simple techniques to increase your brand presence.

As a consumer, when you check out of your local convenience store, you may swipe your credit card through a point-of-sale device and your gas, coffee, and donut are paid. But what if you are the retailer and your business is online? It’s not like you have a card-swiping device at every customer’s PC! There must be a way for you to process that information. Essentially, that is the job that a payment gateway does for online retailers. Roy Banks, president of http://Authorize.n...

Would it surprise you to know that most web site users won’t really read your web site? That’s what Jakob Nielsen and John Morkes found in a 1997 study that 79% will scan your web site, and only 16% read it word for word. And there's more. How should you write your website copy to get the best chance of it being read?