For Entrepreneurs: 5 Startup Ideas to Consider

It's important when you think about business ideas that you consider a few facts like whether people will pay for it, and whether it solves a problem. You'll also need to figure out the kind of supplies you need to get started as well as the capital you'll need.

Translation Services
If you're skilled in more than one language, you can start a business involved in translation services. Once you have some clients, you might decide to expand into other languages as well as hiring translators to work for you.

Two Holes In Your Marketing

You know what I haven’t done in 25 years?

If you said, “Ask a stranger to dance,” you’re close.

But, if you said, “Set foot in Seattle,” you’re exactly right.

And yet there I was, not two short weeks ago, stepping off the plane at Sea-Tac Airport with my wife Linda and my very excited daughter Emily.

Avoid Having Your Business Identified for Disaster

Do you ever stop and think about what might happen if an identity theft thief struck your company?

If you think that such a scenario is all but impossible, you may want to change that line of thinking, especially given the negative fallout your business could suffer as a result.

Getting Financing For Your Small Business Even If You Have Bad Credit

Running a business of your own is a dream for many people, but it can be tough to turn that dream into a reality if you have a poor personal credit history. Don't assume there is no way to get the financing your business needs, though! You have several viable alternatives to traditional bank financing.

Credit Partnerships

Pros and Cons of Top Website Builders

If you’re running a small business, then you need an affordable solution to building your website. Unfortunately, hiring a web developer can run you several thousand dollars, and that’s just for the initial costs. On-going maintenance means hiring a freelancer to continue updating your site. That means more money out of your pocket down the line.

That’s where online website builders come in. Many are free or require a low-cost monthly plan. Not only are they affordable options for freelancers and small business owners, but they’re made to be user-friendly for the non-designer. That means you can maintain control of your site without hiring someone else or learning how to code.

The Personal Touch: 4 Ways for Small Businesses to Engage Customers

Successful business owners know that encouraging customer interaction is one of the best ways to increase sales and develop a loyal consumer base for the brand. Consumers are individuals, so they expect to be treated as such. Unfortunately, small businesses often struggle to meet the rising expectations of customers due to limited staff and budget for customer service. However, there are a few strategies you can use to better connect and engage with potential customers without making huge sacrifices.

The Real Reasons Successful Businesses Use Self-Storage

Storage is not just for backpackers and those who are in between apartments. They are a well-kept secret of success of many businesses. Having a storage place that works for you can make your life a lot easier. It can make your business run much smoother, as well as save you time, money and space. Here are some of the real reasons why and how great businesses use storage for their success.

What Grabs Your Attention When It Comes to Resumes?

In running your business, how do you go about hiring new talent?

For some business owners, they will put advertisements online or in the local newspapers. Others, meantime, will find new employees through job fairs. Still others rely on the old word-of-mouth to bring new workers onto the payroll.

No matter how you go about finding new employees, one thing is pretty constant. Yes, the resume is what it typically all comes down to.

Money Talk: 5 Tips for Planning Your Startup's Financial Strategy

Becoming an entrepreneur is similar to becoming a full-time student. Your brain must fire on all cylinders every moment of the day. You will be learning all the time, if not from books, from your mistakes. One of the toughest problems concerning the startup community is generating enough wealth to remain financially independent. In this article, we will review six tips to create a financially sound strategy for your startup.

Risk Management

The pivotal factor in every business decision is risk mitigation. How do you accumulate the highest return for the smallest risk? This coincides directly with maintaining a proper financial strategy. The risk is inevitable in the business world and every startup undergoes different risks that pertain to their mission. As you finish the R&D portion of your business, begin to visualize what problems may arise.

10 Fundamental Principals Of Understanding ebay Sales

Selling items on eBay may be a hobby to some, while for others it may be the only source of their livelihoods, and for these, making huge sales is their basic target. For these individuals and businesses, they will try out anything to enhance their sales, to even attaining the power seller status.

Making huge sales is more than just following eBay guidelines, but this is a discipline not an exercise. There are foundational requirements that are needed to enhance more sales.

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