Free Competition Analysis for E-Commerce Startup For anyone who has completed research regarding e-commerce, there are some common catch phrases that we all come across. 'Competition Analysis' is one of those catch phrases. Competition Analysis is ...
Top 5 Dot Com Myths Debunked Most people who get into business know what's involved. They have completed hours of research before getting into it. That's great! Even so, we may still have some myths that need to be debunked. Now and forever. We all may have some lingering ideas; after all many have these myths are quite tempting. However, it's important for serious business owners to quickly get them out of the way so some really forward moves can be made. In the world of the Internet businesses, the industry is rife with myths that ultimately can be as harmless as a distraction or as worse as a serious loss in capital, which could ultimately lead to business failure.
Intranet Portals – Search and Taxonomies In this article, David Viney looks at the importance of having an effective and well-planned search capability on your Intranet Portal. How can you get the best value from such an investment and achieve a step change in knowledge management and knowledge sharing in your organisation?
Intranet Portals – Collaboration through Team Rooms In this article, David Viney looks at how collaboration between and amongst teams can become a killer application on your Intranet Portal. How can you get the best value from such an investment and achieve a step change in knowledge management and knowledge sharing in your organisation?
Selling Globally Through a B2B Exchange Participation in B2B Exchanges is increasingly becoming one of
the fastest growing marketing methods for businesses looking for
augmenting their client base beyond their local markets. Any
good B2B Exchange offers direct contact with thousands of
prospective buyers in a single location. For some new
participants of a B2B Exchange, it appears to be a goldmine as
they discover unexpected quantity of readymade clients without
much effort from their side. Of course, there are many other
great benefits companies can reap from getting involved in a
B2B Exchange.
E-Gold E-gold is a digital currency, used extensively on the Internet for making payments in exchange for goods and services. It is one of the first digital e-currency providers, having started in 1996. E-gold accounts are backed by actual physical gold, dollar for dollar.
Intranet Portals – Personalisation and Customisation In this article, David Viney looks at the opportunity to tailor the intranet portal experience to individual users and evaluates the reasons why so few companies decide to do so. What issues can you anticipate and how should you deal with them?
Leveraging Open Source Technology Open Source applications can bring unique value to business owners. Since the base application development costs of open source applications is free, small and medium business owners are able to leve...
Why Ecommerce is Not Ready for My Daughter or Me We assume ecommerce have functional websites. We assume incorrectly. We assume they built them for many types of customers, but again, we've assumed wrong. We assume that the top 20 sites in search engine results are the best of the best based on our search keywords. That, I'm afraid, is the saddest shock of all.
Outsourcing Your Ecommerce Order Fulfillment When your eCommerce business grows to the point where you can no longer package and ship the orders yourself, it's time to begin outsourcing your order fulfillment. Although all order fulfillment cen...
Expand Your Local Business Through the Internet To obtain more local customers for your business,
consider expanding your local business through the
Internet. Here are some ways of doing so.
Projecting Your Image The most important thing may not be your copy. If you don't project the right image the best copy in the world may not work for you.
Old Habits Die Hard in the Third Age Years I spent a lifetime in retailing and I'm still at it in retirement; albeit virtually. You know how it goes. You put up a web page and throw in some stock.
What is SSL (the little padlock)? The fundamental things you should know about SSL, including what it is, why you need it, and why a cheap SSL certificate is as good as an expensive one.
Say Something Worth Talking About The biggest error we make with e-commerce sites is when we get the fundamentals wrong, when we misunderstand the real opportunities the web offers. For example, if you want to tap into the viral nature of the web, you absolutely have to SAY SOMETHING WORTH TALKING ABOUT.
Accept Credit Cards Online Without a Merchant Account The majority of transactions that occur online are being charged to credit cards. When you can't accept credit cards on your e-commerce web site, you put yourself at a major disadvantage. Fortunately, it doesn't have to cost a lot of money to start accepting credit card payments. It doesn't even have to involve a credit check if you know where to look.
How To Sell Your Products Online? E-commerce is gaining pace! Research firm eMarketer predicts that
2003 will see online sales reaching US $58.2 billion excluding
travel. According to Forrester Research, another reputable research
company, business to consumer e-commerce will hit US $230 billion
by the year 2008. While offline retail sales are staggering and
will continue to do so in near term, online retail sales will
show a hefty 19 percent consecutive year over year growth! And
by the same year, two third of all US households will buy some
kind of products and services online. In 2003 alone 97 million
consumers will make some kind of purchases through the Internet.
Doing Business Online — Private B2B Exchanges Business processes are the building blocks of an enterprise.
If one of these processes fails to live up to its expectation,
business starts to flounder. How to minimize the risks, get a
better monitoring of the processes and, at the same time, reduce
costs involved? The answer is - business process automation.
6 Steps to Attracting Black Customers Online You've built your Web site, now what? Still stumped on how to get more Web sales for your Afrocentric merchandise, African-American themed gifts, or services for the Black community? Check out these six steps to boost your Web traffic and get MORE SALES!
Eliminate Performance Anxiety Forever Business executives, public speakers, politicians, musicians, actors, and anyone else who regularly finds themselves having to communicate to or perform in fron...
Personal Loans and Lines of Credit Personal loans differ from lines of credit. Although both are unsecured forms of lending, personal loans have a set term and higher interest rates; lines of cr...
Nutritional Myths that Just Wont Die: Protein! When it comes to the topic of sports nutrition there are many myths and fallacies that float around like some specter in the shadows. They pop up when you least...
3 Ways to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk Breast Cancer will effect 1 in 9 women, find out 3 ways to cut your chances of developing this disease, and to aid recovery in sufferers. Pass on this easy to ...
Double Diabetes -- Placing Your Kids at Even More Risk In some medical circles it's called Type 3 Diabetes. Teenagers and young adults diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, if overweight or obese, can develop type 2 diab...
3 Clever Ways To Stop Procrastinating Stopping procrastination can be challenging, especially since you can't put it off until tomorrow! Most people who procrastinate did not do so overnight. Like a...
Quick Weight Loss or Quackery Sallie Elizabeth has always had large breasts and a big bottom, and she has accepted them as part of her genetic makeup. But when cellulite appeared in the back...
The 3rd Plan Missing from your Business If you're like most people, you probably started with wonderful ideas of fulfilling your dreams, to be successful and to take charge of your own destiny. I hope...
Whatever Happened to the Basic Four Food Groups? The food guides during the 1930's were heavily influenced by The Great Depression and at that time included 12 separate groups! In the 1970's research began mak...
10 Tips: How to Get in Shape without Sweating Tip #1: The *Brazilian move*. The good thing about this move is that you don't need to go a gym to do it, you don't even need to find time in your day. Why? ...
Three Key Behaviors That Determine Our Success Whenever you see someone you define successful, you will
almost always see three key behaviors that they have learned
to accomplish: listening, choice, and inn...
Bring Out the Comforters for Back to School When the weather gets chilly, bring out the warm bedding like down comforters. Learn about different kinds of comforters that are available.
Theres No Need to Pad Your Resume It seems like a good idea, harmless in fact. Your friends assure you that everybody does it and that employers rarely check resume facts. Going on blind faith a...
FOREX Trading Philosophy Keen on starting FOREX trading? Why would you not be… Many beginning FOREX traders are captivated by the allure of easy money. FOREX websites offer 'risk-free'...
How to Trade Currency Currencies of countries rise and fall in valued over time, similar to the stock market. The reasons are usually economic and political. You may think though t...
How High-Carb Diet Plans Treat Carbohydrates A number of popular diets are focused on carbohydrates. Some demonize them. Then warn you against eating any carbohydrates. Others in fact, emphasize a high car...
