Do You Believe You Should Be Advertising in Real Yellow Pages?
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Some people believe that real yellow pages do not receive response like other advertising methods do and this is true to some extent but not in totality. When talking about traditional yellow pages, there sure is a decline in number of people opting for advertising in it. According to a recent report, even the most attractive advertisement in a particular section is not getting the response from callers like they used to get before. On the contrary, the prices of placing ads in directories are on a rise, which speaks a different, story altogether.
In reality different categories are witnessing different rates of decline. Like the lawyers category is seeing the maximum decline, where as emergency service provider’s section has the same call rate. And sections like mobile phones, real estate and furniture are seeing a rise due to the increasing customer demand. Altering the size of the advertisement or changing the look cannot do wonders any more. Read more
Is Your Online Business Opportunity Hurting Your Reputation? Part 2 of 7
Those individuals who are still new to world of business will definitely want to meet or at least know of the expert entrepreneurs. Oftentimes, these experts or masters serve as the guide and inspiration of beginners. There are so many names of famous entrepreneurs you will find when surfing the internet. With one click, you will be able to find a link to these famous names.
As you build your Online Business Opportunity it will be very important what subject you relate yourself to. If you think you can hide behind an internet presence and operate any business you want regardless of what others may think about the subject, you will soon find it does matter.
You will want to be just like the experts we mentioned in our opening paragraph, they have earned respect of many online gurus and readers through associating themselves with reputable business ventures. Don’t fall into the trap of trying to make a fast buck unethically and think no one will ever remember you. You may get away with it for a bit however sooner or later it will catch up with you.
It would be a great privilege especially for entrepreneur starters to get to know the masters of entrepreneurship. If you have the time, try to search the internet and check if there are boot-camps being held exclusively for entrepreneurs. Usually, famous entrepreneurs drop in on the said boot-camps to share their knowledge in the field.
As you continue on with your research and find your niche in the wonderful world of the Internet keep all of this in mind and remember, Online or Offline your reputation is worth it’s weight in gold. Build your Online Business Opportunity using the Internet Business Strategy we have developed as you will want to keep your ideas organized and maintain focus on what goals you are attempting to attain.
Regards,
Carl Tambeau
Founder of Pro Marketing Resource
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Is an Online Business Opportunity Right for You? Part 1 of 7
Filed under: Internet Business Plan, Online Coaching
There are pros and cons to starting your own online business opportunity. On the negative side, you may experience cash-flow challenges, you will no doubt have to deal with a significant amount of risk, you will no doubt have to work longer and harder hours.
Starting an online business opportunity will not work for everyone as you need to be self-motivated, resilient, confident, a risk-taker and make sacrifices required when being self-employed.
Prior to starting an online business it is important you research the industry you want to enter. Google is a great place to start to understand the competition that is online in your chosen niche. You need to complete an exact search on keywords related to your niche, record the monthly search results which will give you the competition for that particular keyword.
This is part of a strategy used in creating a business plan for your business. A business plan will help you with the following:
- formalize your business ideas
- prepare your business for financing, if applicable
- uncover weak areas in your business strategy
- Improve your chances of success
Our IBP Strategy can help you to prepare a strong business plan which will provide you with a tool to track your success. In creating your internet business plan there are critical factors you need to pay close attention to therefore as you put together your plan for your online business opportunity, study all the facts and make sure you pay attention to what the facts are telling you, good and bad.
It is not an easy decision to start an online business just as it is not as easy to abandon a great idea that the research proves to be non-profitable. Take your research serious and in doing so, will save you many wasted hours, accept what you find and work with it.
Have a great day!
Regards,
Carl Tambeau
Founder of Pro Marketing Resource
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How Do You Define An Internet Entrepreneur?
Filed under: Internet Business Plan, Internet Marketing
We have been discussing how we define an Internet Entrepreneur by reviewing their characteristics or traits.
Let’s digress for a moment and take a quick look as to what the dictionary says so here is a quick English lesson. First off lets take a look at the word Internet and then entrepreneur.
Why are we interested in pursuing another report on Internet Entrepreneurs? – you might wonder.
Should you be interested in pursuing a start on the internet or maybe wondering why things have not been working the way you think they should and you believe others are to blame for your short comings, we want to give you an abundant amount of information to help you understand the type of person you need to be in order to succeed.
So getting back to our meanings of Internet and Entrepreneur: Read more
Do You Need an Education to be an Internet Entrepreneur?
Everybody is educated in one way or another – education not only comes from the school system in your country but also life lessons.
How many times have you heard the saying: ” I made a mistake but it was a lesson well-learned.”
Throughout life we will often make mistakes that are unforgettable, mistakes that cause us to work unnecessarily harder, maybe our mistakes will cause us to lose money. Successful people will learn from these lessons never to repeat but use these mistakes to help them become stronger people.
There are times when you will meet people with varying backgrounds who are successful in their businesses and have never taken any business courses. These people will tell you they owe their success to patience, hard work and dedication. Other successful internet entrepreneurs may tell you it takes education to excel as a business owner.
To say you don’t need any education to be a true internet entrepreneur is really not an accurate statement. Sure you can outsource a lot of your business tasks and as far as the technical stuff let others do that , outsource sales copy but what if something doesn’t work and you need it fixed right away then what?
You really need to learn the basics of business, some technical aspects of your business and other tasks which will allow you to keep good relations with your customers. If you know enough to get your customers through the sales process then the other technical stuff can be someone else headache.
Aside from education, you need to process the right qualities and characteristics of being an internet entrepreneur such as Read more
What Are The True Characteristics of the Internet Entrepreneur?
Filed under: Internet Business Plan, Online Coaching
Yesterday we spoke of the characteristics of the internet entrepreneur. After some careful consideration to yesterdays report we thought of some additional characteristics that are worth mentioning.
Entrepreneurs are people like yourself who have the right attitude and dedication. Some days being your own boss can be an uphill challenge and this challenge can last for days, weeks and even months.
Here is a question worth mentioning here – “Are you ever your own boss?” In our opinion you definitely have the say in how you run your business to some degree.
What about how your clients feel? Does it matter what they think?
Unless you don’t care about staying in business for long you need to be concerned how your clients feel so in saying that wouldn’t it make sense the ultimate boss is your client.
Internet entrepreneurs possess characteristics which are very important and for those who don’t have these characteristics will have less of a chance to succeed in the long run.
Some additional characteristics are as follows: Read more
What Does It Take To Be An Effective Internet Entrepreneur?
Filed under: Internet Business Plan, Internet Marketing
First, let’s take a look at how we should define an Internet Entrepreneur:
In a blunt, meaningless definition - it is to get your “behind” off the couch and away from the TV, pursuing an online presence in an effort to enhance your financial situation. Sitting around feeling bad about your situation and doing absolutely nothing about it, is definitely not part of the equation to being successful.
Internet Entrepreneurship is about exhibiting your vision, focusing on faith and action in unity, and pursuing your vision as a goal to be achieved as a service to reality. The following are characteristics of an Internet Entrepreneur:
Optimism – being optimistic is having the ability to see things in a positive way not allowing circumstances that would hinder your progress. You will no doubt encounter some difficult situations along the way, how you deal with these situations depends on your belief in what you are doing and/or your knowledge of how to overcome these difficult situations.
Creativity – “Thinking Outside Of The Box” – expanding your thinking beyond the ordinary thoughts or circumstances through fine research and collection of relative information.
Stability – As a business owner you are normally perceived as a leader to others therefore from a physical, mental, social , emotional point of view it is imperative you possess stability in your life which often means you can handle difficult situations through tough times.
Charismatic – You can communicate with different cultures. A good entrepreneur should be able to make prospective clients feel at ease and not feel intimidated by their presence. Yes, you own your own business but that in no way makes you better than others, like or unlike.
Risk-Taker – Ah, yes this is the big one, you have a dream, now you must be able to be stern and have the nerve to take a leap of faith not being afraid to take chances when opportunity strikes. Now we are no way meaning careless leaps of faith, this doesn’t excuse the need for research. Facts will only take you so far, the next turmoil to overcome is your inner turmoil – your ability to go with your gut feeling after careful research.
Energetic – your drive to get to the finish line must be at its highest level as you willneed to work long hours and you will have to make personal sacrifices along the way.
Once again we are not saying to be foolish in your actions – your family is important and as an entrepreneur there has to be a give and take. Your family will respect your position when it comes to deadlines as you need to respect their position in needing you to be present at certain intervals throughout the day.
To be an effective internet entrepreneur you must be aware you need to remain positive about your endeavors, be observant of what your environment lacks and needs. You will have added weight to your shoulders with the increasing responsibility of the day to day operations.
Remember to always think big, Act and make your business dreams come true.
Regards,
Carl Tambeau
Founder of Pro Marketing Resource
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Can You handle the pressure of an Internet Entrepreneur?
Filed under: Internet Business Plan, Online Coaching
Yesterday, we gave a brief overview of business ideas for Internet entrepreneur, touching slightly on franchising for Internet Marketers.
We ended our post advertising for you to research your business ideas, especially franchising. When you are planning to launch a business idea online or offline “research” is key.
Recently, we have been working on creating a product related to this very subject. On April 18, 2009 we will be launching our product to the public – it is called “The IBP Strategy” and is geared to be help you to systematically create your very own business plan.
Not all individuals who desire to own their own business can attain the goal, to be an internet entrepreneur. One of the most common reasons for failure is because the person did not have the right business plan. The other reason is a lack of personal dedication and commitment.
Look at it this way, Read more
What Are The Elements of a Business Plan? Part 2
Filed under: 30 Day Challenge, Internet Business Plan, Online Coaching
Yesterday we reviewed the audience you should be keeping in mind when preparing your business plan.
Today we are going to give you a quick overview of what you need to cover in your internet business plan as a whole, we will refer to this as the business model. In any business reporting, too many times you may find yourself leaning to close to the side of analytics.
What is meant by this is even though we need to analyze a fair amount of data to create your internet business plan, you may over analyze the data which can actually distort the real meaning of the report. What you need to do is keep things simple, don’t create confusion or make things more difficult than they have to be.
Here is your internet business model in simple terms:
Your Core Business is the business which you have formed, for today’s example we are talking about the business which you have formed online – Your eCommerce Storefront and here is what that business does:
- Sells a product or service which is of value to your prospective clients.
- People need to see your site, therefore you need to get traffic to your site.
- As People visit your site, you need to bribe them with free products in order to get their contact information. Building a list of valuable contacts is imperative to most online businesses long term success.
- Through honest, reliable customer relations you need to sell to these contacts.
- Once you sell your audience, you need to give them a reason to keep coming back so you can sell them more, or maybe a related product and/or service.
Once reading through the above process it sure sounds easy but that is the only issue with that plan – “It sounds easy”. Most people admit they have thought “How hard can that possibly be?” Many businesses have failed and continue to fail even knowing this very business model. Read more
Does Your Target Market Know How To Write a Business Plan? Part 4 of 4
Filed under: Internet Business Plan, Online Coaching
Image via WikipediaAs with any business plan, a lot of research is necessary to create an effective, successful business profile. Future projections are in part based on history within your company and/or history within your industry.
After analyzing the history of all events and important transactions, you need to understand the economic changes which are predicted for your industry. Government policy changes can have major impacts on a business, regardless of industry. The current economic slowdown is definitely affecting 2009 projections and at this point into 2010.
For the online presence using historical data of your current business to determine how to write a business plan,will not give you and accurate picture of your internet business plan.
Yesterday we walked you through some steps and helped you to understand the importance of researching your target market. It is at this point you will need to open the spreadsheet you created on the top 30 competing websites within your industry.
Using the demographics data of all the competing sites gives you a clear picture of who your audience is and it is this data that helps you to understand your target market, before you open the doors online. In your offline business it would cost you a lot of time and expense to get this type of information, if you were even fortunate to be able to have such information at all.
Most of you learn who your target market is in a general way, some of you may not care because your business is in a high traffic location.
In a high traffic location you may be more concerned about the buying habits of your customers determined by what merchandise sells best, which is in part related to fads.
Online we get to understand, for the most part, who our target market is before business opens as online it is all about unique traffic and that traffics interests in your subject. As an example if your business is selling ballerina shoes, I believe it is safe to assume this will be more of a female audience, ages 18+. Usually moms browse online for these types of purchases more so than the dads do. (another safe assumption)
So now let us say you are focusing all of your marketing efforts on dance forums and in this industry there are varying audiences here as dance is not just ballerina.
One of the forums you are Read more
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