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Online Business Tutorials

• Beginner's Checklists for Starting an Internet Business
     >Introduction

   >Personal Assessment
   >Family Considerations
   >Permits, Licenses, and other Logistical Details
   >Product Development
   >Assessing the Competition
   >Are You Ready for Full-Time?
• Planning Your Internet Business: Startup Costs and Sources of Funding
     >One-Time Costs / Setup Costs
     >Recurring (Ongoing) Expenses
     >Sources of Funding

• A Frank Comparison of Money-Making Options
     >Affiliate programs

   >Purchase of reprint or resale rights
   >Create your own product
   >Offer a service
   >Dropshipping or stockless retailing
   >Joining a business opportunity
• Web Design Tips & Tricks For Beginners
     >Web Design Tips

   >12 Useful HTML and Javascript Tricks (Part 1)
   >12 Useful HTML and Javascript Tricks (Part 2)
   >12 Useful HTML and Javascript Tricks (Part 3)
   >12 Useful HTML and Javascript Tricks (Part 4)
   >12 Useful HTML and Javascript Tricks (Part 5)
   >Helpful Web Design Sites and Tools
• Marketing Your Online Business in the "Real World"
     >Opportunities Available With Offline Marketing
     >Time & Money Saving Tips
     >Quick Offline Marketing Tips (Part 1)
     >Quick Offline Marketing Tips (Part 2)
     >Tracking Your Offline Campaigns
     >Useful Resources

Online Business Tips

Starting an Online Business:

• The Truth about Building a Business on the 'Net
• The Basics of Building a Business on the 'Net
• Are You In a Position to Start an Online Business?
• Overcoming Obstacles to an Online Business
• Top 10 Tips on Starting a Successful Home Business

• The Something-For-Nothing Syndrome
• Are You a Biz-Op Junkie?
• Are 'Blinders' Preventing You from Finding Real Opportunity?
• Bringing Your New Business Back to Life
• 20-Point Checklist for New Home Businesses

• Website Hosting Tips

Internet Business Checklists:

• A Beginner's Checklist to Promoting an Online Business (Part 1) [2002]
• A Beginner's Checklist to Promoting an Online Business (Part 2) [2002]
• A Beginner's Checklist to Promoting an Online Business (Part 3) [2002]

Growing Your Online Business:

• 10 Deadly Marketing Mistakes that Can Kill Your Online Business
• 4 Tips to a More Visitor-Friendly Website
• Finding Your Niche
• Is Your Product Suitable for the 'Net?
• Compelling Reasons to Create Your Own Product
• Customers DO Exist Outside of Cyberspace!

Internet Marketing Tips:

• The Straight Goods on Traffic-Generating Programs
• Are You Wasting Your Marketing Dollars?
• 7 Quick Tips for a More Profitable Internet Business
• Building a Referral-Friendly Business
• Marketing for Success: 4 Strategies for Online Businesses

• Top 10 Tips for a Thriving Online Business
• How to Get and Use Testimonials
• Harnessing the Power of Testimonials
• A Free, Powerful, and Credible Method to Promote Your Online Business
• 8 Essential Questions For Aspiring Ezine Editors
• The Reality of Newsletter Advertising
• The Challenges of Email Marketing
• Do You Have a Backup Processor?
• Get Linked, Get Noticed!
• Using Automation to Minimize Time-Wasters

• Selling Ads: Regular Income... or Limited Income?
• All Website Traffic is NOT Created Equal
• Five Smart, Effective Ways to Boost Website Profits

Customer Service:

• What Ever Happened to Personalized Service?
• Are You Driving Your Customers to Your Competitors?
• Does "Service With A Smile" Help Profits?
• The Importance of the Follow-Up

Affiliate Programs:

• 6 Myths and Realities about Making Money with Affiliate Programs
• Working on Commission: The Pros and Cons of Affiliate Programs
• Are You Guilty of Affiliate Greed?
• Compelling Reasons to Create Your Own Product

Online Business Q&A

• How important is a good Alexa ranking and how do I improve mine?
• How do I get a domain that may expire?
• Can you suggest a service that will let me take credit card orders for a physical product?
• Where can I get nice business cards for cheap?
• Is there a cheap way to convert a Word document into a PDF book?

• What internet marketing guide do you think is the best?
• Can you suggest a good autoresponder that I can buy outright instead of paying every month?
• Is it better to use a web-based list manager to manage my newsletter or should I install a script on my domain to do this?
• Where can I find basic legal information about starting an online business?
• What are some affordable ways to advertise my online business offline?

• How do I change web hosts without having my site go offline?
• How do I increase my PageRank without spending too much money?
• Where do I get one of those email forms that people can use to contact me?
• Can you suggest a step-by-step guide to help a beginner like me create a website?
• Is there an affiliate program that will fit lots of sites in different themes?

• Where do I find free or cheap templates that I can use and modify?
• What options are there to backup the files on my computer as well as my website?
• How can I get rid of all my junk email?!
• Can you share any experience with pay-per-subscriber services?
• Do you know of any free shopping cart software?
• How much traffic is "enough" to make a steady income?
• Can you explain what "cost per action" is?
• Is there an easier way to update my site instead of doing it by hand?
• Can you recommend a good host for less than $30/month?
• I want to know about guaranteed traffic and click-through programs?

• Have you ever used postcards to promote a website?
• How do I protect a Clickbank-downloadable product?
• What does a "catch-all" email address mean and do I need one for my internet business?
• How much should I charge to sell ads in my newsletter?
• Where can I get one of those Refer-A-Friend scripts?

Website Hosting Tips

• Hosting Your Website
• How Multiple Server Hosting Impacts Your Website's Uptime
• Cheap Web Hosting, What To Look For And What To Stay Away From

Useful Internet Business Tools & Resources

Online Business Dictionary / Terminology