The eight-fold path to building and maintaining an online business is simple and short.

By Kevin S. Taylor, MBA

1.  Demand and Supply
A common mistake most agents make in the marketing business is trying to sell a product for which the demand barely exists.  The idea behind marketing is to first find the market for a product before starting its supply.  People only search online for products they actually want, and selling something online that the average customer is not searching for is as good as not making a sale at all.  Thus, to begin with, one needs to find a group of individuals with a dilemma they need to make sense of and resolve it for them.

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So, You Want to Make a Million Dollars Online?

Chapter I. Review: Business Owners Can Prosper

By Kevin S. Taylor, MBA

With opportunities literally growing on the Internet, be a savvy entrepreneur, weave a net using the multitude of free or low cost resources and collect the dough. E-commerce promises rich rewards! The tools for making money are abundant on the net. Whether you choose to make your cash using e-mail or simply being smart about the space on your website, you can sell your products or your customers’ product on the net without leaving the comfort of your home. Stay in your comfort zone and make that residual income month after month.

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So, You Want to Make a Million Dollars Online?

Chapter 1: Business Owners Can Prosper
Part II: Resell Products From Other Companies

By Kevin S. Taylor, MBA

Developers and entrepreneurs are on a move from traditional marketing like telemarketing, printing, and direct mail, to more effective reselling of products and products’ rights. The latest trend is to sell arguably tangible items using the World Wide Web.

Electronic resale items with simple duplication methods along with instructions and rights to reprint, reproduce, or resell have become another facet of e-commerce and has sparked continually improving digital rights management. Some of these items may include computer software, Kindle or electronic reader-ready books, manuals, articles, and a plethora of other items that can be retrieved by downloading without having to physically ship an item.

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By Ivan R. Misner, Ph.D. and Kevin S. Taylor, MBA

Your business thrives on your making contacts and getting new business.  What happens after you’ve made the sale and you have successfully converted a prospect to a client?   How often should you be in touch with that person?  What are some rules of thumb for keeping in touch and nurturing your relationship?  Staying in touch is an important part of the networking process.  In addition to offering new products or services, it gives you an opportunity to become a part of your clients’ referral networks.

Here are several tips for keeping in touch and strengthening your business relationships:

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By Ivan R. Misner, Ph.D. and Kevin S. Taylor, MBA

Many of my esteemed colleagues have recently indicated that their businesses are at risk of failure. Indeed, this is an endemic issue in times of recession. In turbulent economic times, the economy has an adverse effect on everyone. This recession is particularly difficult as the world is much more intricately weaved than in recessions of the past. We are in a global economy; thus, our economy has a global impact.

When the economy is slow, new business is harder to get. A bad economy; however, should not be an excuse for failure. Thomas Edison once said, “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that will not work.” In recessionary times, even the best laid plans need to be revisited. Indeed, a poor economic climate can successfully be used as motivation to grow your business even more! What can you do to build your business in a recessionary economy?
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Red Firefish

Today we added a Red Firefish Goby to the small reef tank. He spent some time competing with the Ocellaris Clownfish. However, they seem to have worked out their differences.

In addition, the Pearly Jawfish continues to come out more often. Click the read more link below to see a better view of the Jawfish and current stocking of this reef:

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As a web development firm, everyone on our team tends to take certain terms for granted. However, there are occasions when we have to explain the term hosting and exactly what it means to host a website. In a nutshell, I like to say that the hosting is what makes a web site available for people to see on the Internet. Obviously, there is a bit more to it than this.
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