Mar 3, 2009 Posted by Judith

5 Principles to Live By Online

Do you live by your principles? If someone were to ask you what principles you run your business by, would you have a concise and committed answer for them? prin⋅ci⋅ples a guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of right conduct: a person of principle. Over the years, I have found that many who want to start an online business for additional income or to replace their current income, have... read more

Nov 25, 2008 Posted by Judith

Top 10 eStore Mistakes

10. Not having a plan or doing the due diligence necessary to determine if the new eStore can be competitive against the established sites already doing the same. Without niche — you’re nothing special. Selling the same stuff 100,000 sites are already selling, without offering anything unique or of greater value (service, freebies, member points, niche focus) is futile. 9. The store’s... read more

Oct 27, 2008 Posted by Judith

Attn: Human — Are You Evolving?

With business online there is never a dull moment. Each day brings new opportunities, applications, scripts and ideas that you can integrate into your program. Sometimes it can be overwhelming when you look at all you can do, the potential, the opportunity! Unfortunately, all too often onliners become complacent. They just want things to work and in one fell swoop! They don’t want to have to... read more

Jul 7, 2008 Posted by Judith

Can New Sites Generate Income?

The short answer: Yes, they sure can! The long answer…. Now, most who want to put up a new site do not have the luxury sites in the 90s once had.  In the beginning, a basic site was easy to do and that site was relatively easy to get found.  And, being the “market” was not as tech savvy, the site owner didn’t have a high bar to reach to gain their attention. Now, instead of a... read more

Jun 16, 2008 Posted by Judith

Are You an Interactive Technophobe?

in·ter·ac·tive [in-ter-ak-tiv] –adjective acting one upon or with the other. of or pertaining to a two-way system of electronic communications, as by means of television or computer. (of a computer program or system) interacting with a human user, often in a conversational way, to obtain data or commands and to give immediate results or updated information. Every day I have to remind clients that... read more

Nov 20, 2007 Posted by Judith

Online Success Requires Change

Are you a survivor? I’ve had the above quote on my site for some time. I think it brings home a point that a good portion of those who are currently online have failed to realize. Online, change is constant and consistent; many times even overwhelming to have to deal with. “It is not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent, but those most adaptive to... read more

Nov 20, 2007 Posted by Judith

How to Do Business Online

You could search and probably find someone willing to do what you need for the price you are willing to pay. You could also probably find a “solution” that requires only the amount of effort you are willing to provide to your project. That doesn’t mean either is going to contribute to the health of your business, the future growth of your enterprise or help you to understand how to do... read more

Nov 20, 2007 Posted by Judith

First Impressions Happen!

Probably several times each week through one of my Blogs or postings out there online, someone gives me a hard time about how I am too sensitive when it comes to e-mail etiquette and that I make a “big deal” out of nothing. They go on to say how all this “e-mail etiquette stuff” really doesn’t matter. Who do I think I am? (I’ll save the answer to that for another time!)... read more