How to Unshrink a Printout
Have you recently had difficulties printing some web pages? Instead of a
readable web page, are you suddenly finding that some pages are printing out at a fraction of the size they ought
to print - making them just about useless? If so, you're most likely using
Internet Explorer 7 as your browser. Here's a way to
solve the problem >>
Business Statistics To Go Are you researching businesses you could start?
Looking for research to write your business plan? Wondering how much
money you can expect to make in various kinds of businesses? Here are
various resources that can help you get
business statistics you need for little or no fee >>
Get Your Holiday Shopping Done in One Day
How would you like to get all of your personal holiday shopping done in
just one day and have more time for yourself and your family? Sound too good
to be true? With a little bit of planning, discipline and a good night's
sleep, it is indeed within your reach.
Read more
>>
Give Holiday Shoppers Your Website URL Why do customers walk out of your store without buying? During the
busy holiday season shoppers often leave a store because the line is too
long or there's no one immediately available to help them. In years
past, those sales were usually lost. But these days savvy, time-pressed
shoppers go online to purchase what they saw but didn't have time to buy
at the store. Help them buy from you by promoting your website from your
retail store. Put the url on signs and on business cards. Discover more
ways to get more sales from holiday
shoppers >>
Shorten Your Sales Cycle
Sales – and payments – happen faster for many companies who do business
on the Internet. The Internet – specifically your own company website – allows
you to give demonstrations and provide fact sheets, brochures and other
information on demand and at low relatively low cost. If you accept credit cards
online, the Internet can take the lag out of payments, too. Instead of waiting
30, 60 or maybe 90 days to get paid, you will usually see payments from credit
card sales rolling into your bank account in one to three days.
Learn more about selling online
>>
Buying Computers
To attract customers, retailers and manufacturers often sell new
computers as a bundle that includes the CPU, monitor and sometimes a printer.
Although such bundles sound like a lot for your money, they may not be the best
choice. Read more about
choosing computers >>
How
To Find Suppliers For Your Business
Good, reliable suppliers are critical to your business. But where can
you find them? How can you locate the manufacturers, wholesalers,
distributors and service providers you need? Here are
ways
to find suppliers >>
Capitalize on Demographic Trends
In many parts of the country the new “majority” is made up of minority
groups. And even where minority groups don’t collectively make up the
majority, they are growing in number. Paying attention to these and
other demographic trends and making sure your ads and products
target important demographic groups in your area will help your
business prosper.
Business
Names That Sell Do people know what you do when they hear your business name? If they
don't, you could be losing business.
Read more
>>
Spin Off a More
Lucrative Business
Are you dissatisfied with your current business? Are you making too little
profit for the time you put into it? Are you burned out, or maybe just
burned because you just can't bring in enough business to be successful?
Stop complaining and start looking at your business experience and contacts
from new angles. You may be sitting on a pot of gold that you just haven't
uncovered yet. Here are some tips to spin
off a new business from the old.
Deciphering Email Confirmation
Requests
Ever sent an email to someone and in reply gotten an official looking message
asking you to confirm your identity? Thought it may appear suspicious, it's
probably your colleague's attempt at reducing spam.
Read more >>
Does Your Virus Software Really Work?
You know you've got a virus because your computer is acting wacky, but
your antivirus software says that you don't. So now how are you going to get the virus off of
your system? Details >>
Can I Really Catch an Email Virus Just by Looking?
In the past, asking if you could catch an Email Virus just by reading your Email
would get laughs from the techie geeks in the crowd. "Of course not!" they would
giggle. But things have changed. Find out how you can
protect yourself.
Keep Your Computer Safe on the Internet
Lately it seems like not a day goes by that we don't hear about some new kind of
threat aimed at wreaking havoc across computers connected to the internet.
Here are three things you can, and should, do to stay
safe.
Has Your Email Address Been Stolen?
You're minding your own business, and one day you get email from someone you've
never heard of, and they're asking you to stop sending them email. Or worse,
they're angry. Or worse yet, they accuse you of sending them a virus! What's
going on? Find out here >>
Trade Show Dos and Don'ts Exhibiting at trade shows is a great way to attract new business, but it's
not cheap. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to better your chances
for success. Read more >>
Shareware Review: Link Boss
Is your start menu overflowing? Can't find a thing in your bookmarks? StarGate
Link Boss, a shareware program for managing links of all types, might be the
solution. Read this review to learn more.
Keeping Visitors at Your Site
You worked long and hard building your web site and attracting visitors, so
don't let them slip through your fingers! Here are three quick and easy tips to
keep visitors at your site.
Shareware Review: Registry First Aid Tired of Windows crashing? Sick of having software lock up on you or taking
forever to load? The problem could be all of those software installations and
un-installations that went awry! Here's a review of a
shareware program that can fix that problem.
Test
ads for free
Don't make expensive mistakes. Here's a way to test your banner ads on
the cheap
Web
Site Usability
Once you get people to your web site, you want them to USE it. Here's
a checklist to help evaluate your site's usability.
Are You Owed
Money?
There's millions of dollars in unclaimed funds out there. Some of it could belong to you.
Be a data
maven You don't have to be a big business to benefit from a database. Use these tips to
reel in new business.
Selling
to Seniors? If your target market is seniors in their sixties, that image of the happy
gray-haired couple may not be the right one to use on your packaging. Click here to find
out why.
Get paid sooner Speed up your cash flow with this simple trick.
You, Inc? Should you incorporate your business to limit liability?
Help
For Business Card Clutter They're in your drawer. In your wallet. On top of your dresser.
Tacked to a bulletin board. Wouldn't it be nice if there were an easy
way to organize all of those business cards so you could find contacts
when you want them? Rejoice. There is. Read
about it here.
Web
Site Planning
Like everything else, successful web sites take careful planning.
Click here for a planning check list.
Telephone
Marketing Tips Put the telephone to
better use in your business. Get through to the right people with
these ten telephone marketing tips.
Lower Phone Costs Tired of paying expensive long distance rates when you travel? Give prepaid phone
cards a try!
Printing
solution for small networks
Do you or your employees have to go get a cup of coffee while waiting
for the color printer to spit out pages? If so, here's
a good solution for offices running small networks.
Persistence pays off! What's the difference between businesses that grow and those that never get much
beyond the startup stage? In a word, persistence. Read why.
Buying a computer?
Don't get stung. The vendor who sells you the computer or other electronic equipment is
just as important as the brand name and model you buy. Read
these buying tips before you reach for your credit card.
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