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•IT Networks How to Argue for a Bigger Budget
IT network managers have to fight the if it ain't broke don't fix it mindset to win resources. With computer networks, that mindset is dangerously complacent. IT networks will keep pumping data until they die or let in hackers. Here are some winning arguments against if it ain't broke… IT Network Maintenance: Better Analogies Don’t let your IT network's budget get lumped with IT in general--or worse, operations in general. If it ain't broke, don't fix it sometimes makes sense in IT or...

•Small Business Web Shopping Cart Software 7 Reasons Hosted Is Better
Why should you pay for a remotely hosted shopping cart for your small business website, rather than just install a free OpenSource shopping cart on your site? There are a lot of reasons: 1) Focus. Your business is selling stuff, not installing and managing a complicated script. You'll have enough issues running a business that you won't be able to outsource to someone else the way you can with a shopping cart script. 2) Price. Paid hosted shopping cart software's price is inconsequential:...

•Grow Your B2B Small Business without More Marketing
Want to grow your business-to-business small business without chasing after new clients? Expand with new value-added services that complement your existing offering. Find out how. If you have a business-to-business small business, some of your clients inevitably will go out of business, get bought out, undergo management shake-ups, or just get seduced by a new vendor. You have to grow your business just to stay in business. But how? • Undertake costly and time-consuming marketing and...

•Merchant Credit Card Processing Services Easy Cheap and Necessary
Your online business needs to accept credit cards. That’s true whether your business is the next ebay or you’re just selling your old collectibles on ebay. You’re simply holding your business back if you don’t accept the payment method of choice of the internet. Sadly, many people think they won’t qualify for a new merchant account to accept credit cards, or that it will be too expensive or complicated. That might have been true a few years ago, but not anymore. Why Anyone Can Accept Credit...

•Web Business What s in a Domain Name For Casino Sites a Lot
You've seen them before and wondered what the heck they were thinking: small businesses with domain names like reallylonganduniquebusinessname.biz. Half-out-loud you say: what, was reallylonganduniquebusinessname.com taken? A new advertising technique of illegal casino websites helps prove that your snickering is absolutely justified. Cheapskates and Johnny-dot-Com-Lately's If you've consulted for small business websites as long as I have, you have probably encountered more than a few whose...

•Credit Counseling Services Checklist
There are credit counseling agencies that rescue people from the deepest financial holes. There are also credit counseling agencies that just shovel in more dirt. How do you tell them apart? by Joel Walsh Signs of a Reliable Credit Counseling Agency __Better Business Bureau Membership The service's website should have a BBB logo and a link to their record on the Better Business Bureau website. Click through the link to check that there are no unresolved complaints against them. Many people...

•Small Business Ecommerce Web Design
If your small business is venturing into ecommerce, you may be daunted by the technical wizardry you think is involved. But fear not: complete web store software packages will keep all the technical wizardry safely behind the screen, so you don't have to worry about it. All you have to do is choose a design, stock your store, and promote it. Here's how to do that. Designing Your Online Store: Choosing a Template When starting a brand-new online store for a small business, you're better off...

•Home Skin Care Tips Emily s Smart Move
Thinking about home skin care but worried about looking like Tammy Faye? Read this real-world scenario of how one person found home care tips for skin online to become beautiful. Ever wonder how some people manage to do all their skin care at home, without the expensive skin care products you've tried, and still look better than you do? No, they're not secretly using the most expensive product at the cosmetics counter. It’s not easy, but successful home skin care is certainly possible. Meet...

•Wedding Planning on the Web
Planning a wedding? Whether you're a wedding planning pro or a do-it-yourself bride, I know one thing you don't: you aren't using the web enough. The web has become the dominant way to shop for electronics, travel, cars, housing, even education. But you can just as easily use the web to find caterers, event halls, dressmakers, DJs, photographers, videographers--even a wedding planner if you decide to take a break from doing it all yourself. Here's how the web helps you plan a wedding: *...

•Writing A Business Website Sales Marketing FAQ
Everyone on the web thinks they can write a FAQ. But then why are so many FAQs so lacking? How often have you read a FAQ and thought, that didn't tell me anything I needed to know!? Two Worst FAQ Writing Faux Pas * Many websites don't separate their FAQs for existing customers who need support from their FAQs for prospective customers who just want the information they need in order to decide whether and how to buy. * Many websites that do provide a special pre-sales FAQ turn it into...