Ebay is dead, as far as I am concerned. Not only are the fees too high, the regions features of the site are weak. Shipping costs have all but obliterated the value of auctions via Ebay as well. When I started asking my friends where they have turned to buy and sell items, or to […]
Posted on June 17th, 2008 by onecleardot
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I think most people would agree that the National No Call Registry has done a phenomenal job of cutting down on the number of sales calls you get. I can think of a few notorious offenders, though. There was a travel agency in town that would call with a recorded sales message. In order to […]
Posted on April 29th, 2008 by onecleardot
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I’ve said this several times in the past: web sites are not like brick and mortar stores. If you build a store in your home town, surely it will gain some patronage simply due to the fact that people see it, drive by, get curious, and stop to check it out when they have time. […]
Posted on April 12th, 2008 by onecleardot
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Social networking is big right now, VERY big. Although the perception is that only kids have profiles on sites like MySpace and such, there are just as many adults. In fact, a recent trend has come about where professionals are using social networking sites to promote their businesses. The idea is good in concept, but […]
Posted on April 11th, 2008 by onecleardot
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When you run a small business, especially if you run that business from home, things like shipping can really eat into your time. People who sell books or bows or jewelry that needs to be shipped often spend a lot of time in line at the post office. I used to go into my local […]
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by onecleardot
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The business global world speaks many different languages. If you are doing business in another country, it is absolutely in your best interest to have more than a working knowledge of the language before you attempt to dig in and make deals. That is why businesses like Executive Language Training are becoming more and more […]
Posted on March 9th, 2008 by onecleardot
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Most people who have websites are not SEO experts. SEO stands for search engine optimization and it means making your site all it can be so that you show up in a good position in the search engines. You need that in order to drive traffic to your site. And, more traffic means more sales. […]
Posted on March 8th, 2008 by onecleardot
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You have to wonder about the lists that get sold to telemarketers. What percentages of the numbers on the lists are old, out of service, or bogus? I just now picked up the phone and answered a call for my step-father. My step-father has been dead for 5 years now and that means that his […]
Posted on March 7th, 2008 by onecleardot
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The last flight I took was on Southwest. I chose the airline, because it flew into Dulles, the prices were great, and they have the most amazing policy on making changes to your itinerary that means you rarely, if ever, end up paying a change fee. I was happy with their customer service and since […]
Posted on March 6th, 2008 by onecleardot
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Just a few days ago I wrote an article on this blog about buying leads. I have a friend who has a travel business now and she buys leads from a reliable company.
Today I found out about an additional service that goes hand-in-hand with lead buying – CDYNE Phone Verification. This is a service you […]
Posted on March 1st, 2008 by onecleardot
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