Want to have a successful business? Want it to be relatively quick and easy to build? Here’s what you do.
First, look around and identify the largest group of people you can reach easily. If you are a member of the chandler’s union and you know how to reach several thousand candle makers free, they’d be a good group to start with.
Second, study those people and figure out what one thing they want most. For example, your candle makers may need...
Every great artist who has ever lived has redefined the media in which they work. Ralph Waldo Emerson said “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Picasso said, “Anything new, anything worth doing, can’t be recognized.”
For artists who need to find a way to eat as well as do their best work, and for those who want to support artists by helping them sell what they create, this...
Did you know that 88% of all e-commerce transactions start with a search? Some studies indicate that 60% of all financial transactions involve search engine searching. People look for products and compare pricing online, then buy online or decide to go to a business in person to place their order. Did you know that 43% of us use search engines to find sites we’ve visited before? That means we are searching for specific businesses even though we should already know...
Get a Book into Amazon's Bookstore by Publishing Through CreateSpace
Writing, publishing and selling a book with today’s technology can take as little as a month. In this article we review specific steps you can take to design, write, publish, distribute and promote your book profitably.
Identify your target market and determine what they need to know and how they need to learn it. Note: Putting this step first insures that your book will make money, and if you find it...Marketing is never the job of a few in a business these days. It has to be everyone's job.
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Fast Growth Marketing: Doug Richard explains how to grow fast using low cost marketing. Click View Event for more details.
Oct 20, 2009 – Doug Richard, Dragons' Den investor, serial entrepreneur and founder of School for Startups (S4S), will lecture small businesses and startups on 13 November 2009 at a free one day "Six Rules for Startups" event in Colchester. The course, a £95 value, will be delivered free through the University of Essex with funding from the Government’s Economic Challenge Investment Fund (ECIF). Entrepreneurs can reserve a seat at www.schoolforstartups.co.uk.
