Have you wanted to start a blog, but are not sure that you can handle using WordPress? Starting your own blog can be a bonus to your existing business. It can help keep your customers informed about new products, policy changes, and even tidbits of information about your particular business. Unfortunately, a lot of people are intimidated by WordPress, the preferred blogging platform.
If you want to learn more about Wordpress before you delve into your own blog, or if you have a WordPress blog already and want …

I was at an event today and I did not have one business card with me. I had the opportunity to give away a few, but I couldn’t take advantage of it. One of the keys to promoting your home business is to always have promotional material on hand. Here are ten ways that you can promote your home business:

Have business cards made up and carry them with you - EVERYWHERE! Drop them in the restaurant giveaways. Hand them to people when they ask what …

If you own an eBay store and have not been getting the sales that you want, you might want to purchase and eBay store critique. The eBay Selling Coach is offering an eBay store critique for $19.95. The critique includes an in-depth report of your eBay store with suggestions and recommendations in the following areas:

Key words
Verbiage included in your listings
Seller policies and how they are worded
Photos, backgrounds and tips for improvements
Item pricing and shipping fees
eBay violations

The critique comes with a money back guarantee - if you don’t feel …

Are you looking to make money online, but you don’t know where to start? Do you have an idea or product and want to learn how to market it? Do you already have a website or blog and your sales are just not what they should be?
Sign up for the Thirty Day Challenge! The Thirty Day Challenge is in its fifth year. Last year was the first year that I joined and I learned so much! Ed Dale and others teach you, FOR FREE, some of the …

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How to Spring Clean Your Website!
©Terri Seymour of www.SeymourProducts.com
Spring is a wonderful time of year but it might not be so wonderful for our online business. The weather is getting nicer and people are spending more time outside, away from their computers. One way to get more people to come to your website is to do some spring cleaning and I don’t mean your house! Our websites can get stale and outdated if we do not clean …

This is part two in the series - Setting Up an eShop Using Wordpress.
If you already have a website, and have purchased your own domain name, you have already completed this step. Congratulations! If you don’t have a website and are selling on eBay, etsy or another site and you want to start your own site, then you need to decide what domain name you are going to purchase.
Established Store Name
If you are already selling on eBay or etsy you may already have store name recognition. …

You may have already read my article Website or Blog? where I discuss why I choose to turn this website into a blog. I have found that the blog style is easier to use, easier to update and can potentially invite more visitors.
In a new series of articles, I will be discussing how you can setup an eShop using WordPress for your existing store. If you do not already have an eStore, but are selling on eBay or Etsy, these articles will also help you learn how to …

If you are a small or home based business owner, BizPack is a product that is a complete marketing and tracking system for your business. If you register now, you will receive your own personal replicated website with NO activation fee. Pre-registration ends March 15, 2009. BizPack comes integrated with the following features:

Contact Manager - this system is designed to help you keep up-to-date with appointments by email or text message. You can also add clients into the system and make a campaign to send them designated …

When I first started this website, it was just that, a website. But as time went on and I found that updating the site was taking way too much of my time, I looked into changing the format to a blog style.
Today, there are plenty of WordPress Themes that look less like blogs and more like websites. If you are just starting out a website, or are tired of updating your old site, try a blog instead.
First, the best advice I can give you is to get your …

Have your website listed in a web directory can improve your Google pagerank and can increase the chances that your site will be listed in Google and Yahoo searches.  Here is a list of web directories that you can use to submit your business website.
Submit your home business to our Home Business Directory for free!
The Open Directory Project (http://www.dmoz.org) is probably the best place to get your website listed.  Before submitting your site you must make sure that your website is complete and professional.  It may take up to 6 …