Archive for January, 2010

who and how would I hire someone to make software program for a business idea I have?

I have a certain Business Idea but need a certain software to gather certain data from businesses that transfers it to my website. Who would I contact to develop such a software for say 5% of the gross profit of my business for the first 2 years?

go to search engine put in Software Developers or Custom Software Designers but make sure the copywrite is in your name and if this is a sensitive program then make them sign a non disclosure contract.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Business Idea 1 Comment

I want to sell my small tax prep business located in WNY about 45 min s. of Buffalo. Where should I list it?

650 clients, 450 regularly active. Most middle income wage earners, some small businesses, farms, professionals. Potential for payroll and bookkeeping. Excellent opportunity for existing business to expand.

don’t forget that YOU are basically that business – It’s a personal relationship with you that keeps them coming back – the customers might not like who you sell to so, it may be very hard to value the business properly. you might want to bring in a partner for one year to ease the transition, so the customers get to know the new owner

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Small Business Opportunities 4 Comments

What are some good ideas for a home based business?

I have a two month old. I would love to work but I don’t want anyone else watching her. I want to be the one with her all the time. Are there any good ideas for a Home Based Business that don’t require school or a lot of training? Any moms or dads that work from home.

You could take a cottage industry, such as soap-making, candle making, or even gourmet cooking ( sauces, cookies, jam…) and turn it into a successful business by putting your own spin on whatever you create.

For example, if you started a cookie-baking business, you could come up with a funky name, e.g. "Ultimate Indulgence Cookie Co."; and you could come up with a cookie concept that nobody else sells yet – e.g. a mega-sized cookie; a triple chocolate cookie, or cookies shaped like seasonal icons. Properly packaged and presented, these could be sold through cafes, markets, supermarkets, etc…

You could apply this kind of thinking to almost any cottage industry to build it into a successful Home Business. Best of luck. :) Remember to think twice, act once: planning is everything for a successful start-up business. :)

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Home Based Business 20 Comments

Where can you find information for Research and Development Seed Money for a startup business?

Here is the thing. I have been doing theoretical research in engine designs and have one that seems quite good. The basic idea and concepts have been patented. It can have many applications and modified for many different uses. A small scale model outlining the basic concept works quite well and is ready for further testing as a full scale model. I want to know how to obtain financing to continue with research and development that would cover full scale model costs, testing equipment and salary and overhead costs to build a team to carry out the testing and business issues. I have heard of angel investors but don’t know a whole lot. Its preferable to obtain the seed money without signing basically all your rights for the idea and earning potential away. If anyone can help it would be appreciated.

try the SBA or SCORE.. if not maybe they can help you find someone who can .. http://www.sba.gov

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Business Startup 1 Comment

What is the easiest form of home business that I can do?

I want to start a Home Business as a part time job. I have about $5000 to invest. Any suggestions?

Find yourself something that you are interested in.
Find some products and/or services in that area
Check that some one wants to buy them
Set your prices
Get a web site and domain name, hostgator and godaddy
NOT Registerfly
Market them
Enjoy

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Home Business 9 Comments

How can I make money fast?

Im really needing to get Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 by tonight, and i guess a good thing to mention is that i’m fifteen. Game-stop and Playntrade wont buy any of my games for 1/4 for what their worth, and Plato’s closet requires me to sell around 20 things just to get the game. Any ideas on how to get money from what an average 15year old has? Oh and its raining today so i cant do lawn work today…

ask your mom

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 How To Get Money Fast No Comments

How can i open a Converse store in my country? Is there a franchise acquiring process?

Hello people. I belong to Pakistan and I have been looking at different Business Ideas lately. I was wondering how I could get the Converse franchise for my country as converse has a huge fan following here yet no official retailer carries converse.

Converse does not franchise their stores. Their outlets are company-owned.

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Franchise Ideas 2 Comments

I need some marketing ideas for small business on internet, is there any way inexpensive and effective?

I want to promote my small business on FACEBOOK, anyone have any ideas or suggestions in how to promote this business, besides the news papers /magazines.

"If you are going to promote your business here are some suggestion that are common and everyone using since last 4/5 decades these are :-
(1) Press Releases (2)Trade Shows (3)E-mail (4)Advertising (5)Direct Mail (6)Yellow Pages
ETC.but above of these one is most important and effective method i gonna tell you that’s ""INTERNET MARKETING THROUGH FACEBOOK"" facebook is tremendous and vast social network where million of net user give attendance every moment that is the single place where you may promote your small business on large scale you may share your product or business with hundreds of people according to your search. it need only a right decision to work..facebook require a only profile to join groups, friends, then you have to Establish a home page for your business is relatively inexpensive and can reach many people. Use newsgroups that focus on areas similar to your line of business to draw attention to the site. Always include a phone number or email address so that interested visitors can contact you. If you are a retailer, consider putting photographs of your products online, even if you’re not ready to let people to order your wares over the Internet. you may use different way to promote and market the business that’s very easy and powerful..you may hire any reliable company who works for internet marketing some time back during net surfing my eyes caught a name that magicsolv.com i read about ‘em carefully everything was regarding to business promotion. in my opinion you must try out hope u will get some fruitful i hope so..best of luck."

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Small Business Marketing 4 Comments

What are some business ideas for stay at home moms?

What are your experiences? How do you get started? What were some Business Ideas? What is your business if you have one? How hard was it to go back to work after having a baby and how long did it take you? Do you have another job on the side of your business?

Hey,

If your like me your tired of wanting to start an online business and never finding anything good. Even when you buy a product there is always a vital key to your success missing.

If you are thinking about promoting a product or creating your own there are some vital steps to take before doing anything.

Pick A Topic
What Topic should you build your product around? We want a topic with Hungry Buyers. This is an Extremely Important Point. If you find a crowd of People who haven’t eaten for 2 Days, do you think you could sell hamburgers to them? All you would need to do is get your Hamburger Stand in front of them and you’d have a Guaranteed Winner.What if your hamburgers really aren’t very good? Guess what, the Crowd is Starving, they would buy anyway. But, you wouldn’t get their next sale. So we of course always Over deliver and make Great Stuff so that people Remember Us and Come Back For More. Then the Second Sale is much easier to get than the first. Let’s look at quick ways to find the Topics that people are already asking for 4.

MARKET RESEARCH.

You simply need to find a market that is hungry for information and one that is spending or has the potential to spend money. If not, you will end up building squeeze pages and finding products to promote/create your own product when there is no market for that product!

Before researching in-depth a market, you first must take note of that markets itself.

And it is here that the first mistake is usually made which brings me onto the first main point of this course. When doing research for a market to begin building a mailing list in,

the first thing I always look for is…

Longevity

Longevity means the length of time a particular situation will be around. In terms of building mailing lists, I like to break it down into 3 main areas of longevity;

1) Short Term/Short Term

By short-term/short-term I simply mean that the market is made up of people with a short-term problem and the market is short-term in itself. A good example of a short
term/short-term market would be when a new product is released to the market. Take the videos games for example. When they are released there is a massive number of people
looking to buy a particular game. Once they bought the game their problem was resolved. Also, the demand for that specific video game will decrease with time. Likewise with any cross sells such as accessories, attachments and so on.

So, the market is mad up of people with a short-term problem in that they want a video game. It is also a very short-term market since the demand for a specific video game and any accessories will DECLINE with time.

2) Short Term/Long Term

By short-term/long-term I mean that the market is made up of people with a short-term problem, once solved they leave the market, but there will always be people interested
in this market.

A good example of a short-term/long-term market would be the health industry. For example, lets take the famous acne industry. A person with acne
will look for a solution to their problem, find the solution and they would not be interested in any other products or services designed for getting rid of acne if the product worked.
There wouldn’t be much else you could cross sell to them either.

BUT, there will always be a market with people looking for acne solutions and that is why I like to call it a long-term market. In summary, a short-term/long-term
market is one where the people who make the market up have a short-term problem who will not be a part of that market in the long-term. The market, on the other hand,
will be around for the long-term.

3) Long Term/Long Term

By long-term/long-term I mean the market is made up of people with a long-term problem and the market itself is also very long-term. A great example of a long
term/long-term market is hobbies and self-improvement.

Take the coin collecting market for example. People within this market are keen coin collectors and usually have been for a very long time and will be for a very long time. So, they have a long-term “problem” and the market is made up of people who will be around for a very long time.

Same with people who are interested in stamp collecting. Their long-term problem is the desire to fill their stamp collecting needs and the market is long-term because
these stamp collectors are likely to be interested in stamp collecting for a very long time.

And the point in doing this is what exactly?

If you stop and ask yourself for a moment the following question – “What market would I prefer to build a list in?” In fact – “What market would you prefer to build a business
in?”

For me, I do not touch anything that is not a long-term/long term market. Why not? Because it is much easier to make money in the long run in a market where there is
long term stability.

Does it make money

You obviously do not want to enter a market where no

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Business Ideas 5 Comments

What are the best business ideas for small investment?

I stay in Pune want to setup my own business, which can be start with small investment. Can one help me with the ideas?

A cleaning business can be started with very little overhead

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Small Business Ideas 1 Comment