Online Business
Online Commerce Could Be Next for Google As It Recruits EBay Executive
Google may be poised for a push into online commerce.
Google said Tuesday that Stephanie Tilenius would join the Internet giant as vice president of commerce, a new position.
The EBay veteran said in September she would leave the Silicon Valley auction site. Google has tried to create a rival to PayPal, EBay’s online payment service.
In addition [...]
PayPal, Facebook Team Up on Virtual Goods Payment
PayPal and Facebook will team up to offer an online payments system for virtual goods on the popular social networking site, hoping to get in on a burgeoning market.
In the nonexclusive deal, advertisers will also be able to use PayPal, a unit of eBay Inc (EBAY.O), to purchase ads on Facebook, which derives the bulk [...]
Social Media Paying Off for Business Owners
Facebook and Twitter have become a popular way for people to keep in touch, but savvy companies are finding they are good for business, too. Just how much it pays off may surprise you.
Lots of businesses are on Facebook and Twitter, but now the researchers at Rice University have figured just how effective the sites [...]
The Art of Debt Collection … By Neil Smith
12/1/08
If you have been in business for any amount of time at all, be it freelancing or running a larger operation, sooner or later you are bound to experience a deadbeat client and find the need to initiate the debt collection process.
Debt collection can be a tricky situation. If we send Louie with a baseball [...]
Should You Buy a Prepackaged Website?
Design and LayoutThe small-business website seems to be one of the simplest things to launch today. Everywhere you turn, companies are giving you what appears to be the perfect website for a startup. It’s like walking into Ikea and buying a bookshelf: All you need to do is put it together. Seems simple enough, but [...]
Adwords Optimization SEO Tips
Google Adwords is one of the most effective mediums of promoting your business on search engines. If you are focussing your efforts on search engine optimization, then it can easily consume around 6-8 Months ( even higher than that) to get your website optimized on top pages of Google, Yahoo and several other search engines.
Yahoo [...]
The Google Adsense Profits Mixed In With Affiliate Marketing!
Why Affiliate Marketing? Well, simply because affiliate marketing is the easiest and probably the best way to earn profits online, unless otherwise you are a businessman and would rather sell your own products online than advertise other businessman products on your site. But even online retailers can benefit from affiliate marketing programs, because affiliate [...]
Sales & Marketing: E-Mails That Sell
The average employee sends about 38 e-mails a day. Could those be wasted marketing opportunities? That’s the thought that occurred to Sean Guerin, co-founder of U.S. Imaging Solutions, a Davie, Florida–based company that sells and services copiers and printers. Guerin decided to try WrapMail, a service that slips advertisements for his company’s products into the [...]
10 Part-Time Business Ideas
In any economy, a part-time business can bring in extra income, give you a fallback plan if you lose your job, or plant the seed for a larger venture. In a downturn, it’s hard to argue with preparing a backup plan. Of course, starting a business is always risky, and you will almost surely spend [...]
10 Totally Stupid Online Business Ideas That Made Someone Rich
How to get rich the smart way? Read what some creative people did:
1. Million Dollar Homepage
1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.
2. SantaMail
Ok, [...]
