Take out a piece of paper and pen, fire up your favorite word processor, get a slate and some chalk, it doesn’t matter. The tools are not the important thing here, the process is what is important, that and the final outcome of course. The process we are going to do is build a business from the ground up.

It doesn’t matter if you are building a business to sell widgets (not sure why that is such a popular example), promote a rock band, or build a website it all starts the same. With an idea. Spend some time writing down all the great ideas you have for a site. All the things you would love to do if you could do anything in the world. All the plans you would make. All the networking you would do. Take a few minutes and write down everything. Then when you are done come back here.

Done? Great. Now take that long list of everything and put it away. Yep put away all those great ideas, all that wonderful planning. You can look at it later but right now we have something much more important to do than work on all those plans you have for taking the world of commerce over. What could be more important? Simple. Preplanning.

Before you can build a better anything you have some serious questions to ask yourself. The building is often the fun part, but if you don’t know why you are doing it or what you really want to accomplish then you are wasting your time. Time is money and we don’t want to waste either so we are going to preplan. Since everyone here is mainly interested in building a better website, this will be geared towards that end.

Write down the following questions on two separate sheets of paper. Once you have two copies, put one away and fill the other one in.

The questions:

1. What do you hope to accomplish? Tough one right from the start but very important. Don’t just write “Make Money” unless that is really your only goal.
2. Who will use it? If you are making a site for your own enjoyment than you can skip this one, but for the rest of us we want to have an audience. Question is who will that be?
3. Who will do the marketing? Are you going to do your own marketing or will you hire a professional firm? My suggestion is do it yourself!
4. Will you monetize your site? Monetizing is not all bad and it is not all good. If making money is your goal or one of them than you need to have a way to make money even if it is just through donations.
5. Where will the graphics come from? Are you going to do your own graphics, buy them, use free graphics some combination? Regardless of the method you need to think of it now, it might impact your overall cost and you need to give credit where credit is due.
6. Where will the copy come from? Are you going to write all your own articles or posts or will you hire someone to do it for you? Even if you use Gues
   5 Reasons Why You Should Establish an Offshore Company
   Offshore companies or International Business Companies (also known as IBCs) are ‘distinct legal entities’ – what this means is that they can be treated to all intents and purposes like an individual.This means they can do business and be taxed for example, in fact they can do pretty much everything apart from have feelings or be loved!But what’s the point of an offshore company?Well, residents of high tax countries such as America of the United Kingdom for example can sometimes use an offshore company structure and route their income or profits through it to reduce their own personal taxation for example.The reason the company is established in an ‘offshore’ jurisdiction is because such locations are low or no tax, and as long as the company in question does not enter into any business in the jurisdiction it is loc
   r if you are building a business to sell widgets (not sure why that is such a popular example), promote a rock band, or build a website it all starts the same. With an idea. Spend some time writing down all the great ideas you have for a site. All the things you would love to do if you could do anything in the world. All the plans you would make. All the networking you would do. Take a few minutes and write down everything. Then when you are done come back here.

   Done? Great. Now take that long list of everything and put it away. Yep put away all those great ideas, all that wonderful planning. You can look at it later but right now we have something much more important to do than work on all those plans you have for taking the world of commerce over. What could be more important? Simple. Preplanning.

   Before you can build a better anything you have some serious questions to ask yourself. The building is often the fun part, but if you don’t know why you are doing it or what you really want to accomplish then you are wasting your time. Time is money and we don’t want to waste either so we are going to preplan. Since everyone here is mainly interested in building a better website, this will be geared towards that end.

   Write down the following questions on two separate sheets of paper. Once you have two copies, put one away and fill the other one in.

   The questions:

   1. What do you hope to accomplish? Tough one right from the start but very important. Don’t just write “Make Money” unless that is really your only goal.
   2. Who will use it? If you are making a site for your own enjoyment than you can skip this one, but for the rest of us we want to have an audience. Question is who will that be?
   3. Who will do the marketing? Are you going to do your own marketing or will you hire a professional firm? My suggestion is do it yourself!
   4. Will you monetize your site? Monetizing is not all bad and it is not all good. If making money is your goal or one of them than you need to have a way to make money even if it is just through donations.
   5. Where will the graphics come from? Are you going to do your own graphics, buy them, use free graphics some combination? Regardless of the method you need to think of it now, it might impact your overall cost and you need to give credit where credit is due.
   6. Where will the copy come from? Are you going to write all your own articles or posts or will you hire someone to do it for you? Even if you use Gue
      How to Be a Great Client
      As a consultant, I’m always trying to find ways to provide better service to my clients along with delivering more value for what they pay me. Whether it is a little piece of advice that helps in an area on the periphery of the services I provide or connecting a client with a resource totally unrelated, the focus is always on giving the customer what they need. That got me to thinking about what the customer could do in return to ensure a win-win relationship with consultants or any service provider.Here are five unquestionable ways to becoming a great client:Pay Your Bill on Time Admittedly, this is overstating the obvious, but it’s no fun for service providers to have to chase down payment for services rendered. If you deliver a product or service on time and to spec, you expect to get paid on time, right? Why
      ht now we have something much more important to do than work on all those plans you have for taking the world of commerce over. What could be more important? Simple. Preplanning.

      Before you can build a better anything you have some serious questions to ask yourself. The building is often the fun part, but if you don’t know why you are doing it or what you really want to accomplish then you are wasting your time. Time is money and we don’t want to waste either so we are going to preplan. Since everyone here is mainly interested in building a better website, this will be geared towards that end.

      Write down the following questions on two separate sheets of paper. Once you have two copies, put one away and fill the other one in.

      The questions:

      1. What do you hope to accomplish? Tough one right from the start but very important. Don’t just write “Make Money” unless that is really your only goal.
      2. Who will use it? If you are making a site for your own enjoyment than you can skip this one, but for the rest of us we want to have an audience. Question is who will that be?
      3. Who will do the marketing? Are you going to do your own marketing or will you hire a professional firm? My suggestion is do it yourself!
      4. Will you monetize your site? Monetizing is not all bad and it is not all good. If making money is your goal or one of them than you need to have a way to make money even if it is just through donations.
      5. Where will the graphics come from? Are you going to do your own graphics, buy them, use free graphics some combination? Regardless of the method you need to think of it now, it might impact your overall cost and you need to give credit where credit is due.
      6. Where will the copy come from? Are you going to write all your own articles or posts or will you hire someone to do it for you? Even if you use Gue
         Why Can You Expect to Improve Your Effectiveness by 20 Times?
         Some people make things happen, some watch while things happen, and some wonder what happened.― AnonymousA 2,000 percent solution is any method of accomplishing what your organization does now with zero-to-four percent of the current time and resources, or accomplishing an increase of 20 times in results while employing the same or fewer resources. A combination of those results can also be a 2,000 percent solution.When first creating a 2,000 percent solution, many people report discovering that their solution could have been implemented at any time during the prior 50 years. But no one had. Why is that?Here's a story that helps explain such delays. An executive works in a business where 95 percent of the ingredients were once discarded at the end of the production process. That's like taking a piece or two o
         questions on two separate sheets of paper. Once you have two copies, put one away and fill the other one in.

         The questions:

         1. What do you hope to accomplish? Tough one right from the start but very important. Don’t just write “Make Money” unless that is really your only goal.
         2. Who will use it? If you are making a site for your own enjoyment than you can skip this one, but for the rest of us we want to have an audience. Question is who will that be?
         3. Who will do the marketing? Are you going to do your own marketing or will you hire a professional firm? My suggestion is do it yourself!
         4. Will you monetize your site? Monetizing is not all bad and it is not all good. If making money is your goal or one of them than you need to have a way to make money even if it is just through donations.
         5. Where will the graphics come from? Are you going to do your own graphics, buy them, use free graphics some combination? Regardless of the method you need to think of it now, it might impact your overall cost and you need to give credit where credit is due.
         6. Where will the copy come from? Are you going to write all your own articles or posts or will you hire someone to do it for you? Even if you use Gue
            Ethics in Business Communication
            Privacy issues around words such as "Personal", "Private", "For the Eyes of Department Management Only", "Privileged" and other words requesting Privacy in communications need to be very seriously considered.It is incumbent upon managers in business, education, and industry today, to be very sensitive and forthright in their communications, and in response to privacy requests regarding communications from their employees. To be less than totally forthright can result in some very unsavory results from disenfranchised employees.Let's face it. Management is about decisions, and decisions as to what you do with "Private" communications can have long ranging results. If the communications relates to discussions of harassment and/or sexual harassment, or other discrimination issues, some very difficult decisions must be made. As
         7. Will you monetize your site? Monetizing is not all bad and it is not all good. If making money is your goal or one of them than you need to have a way to make money even if it is just through donations.
         8. Where will the graphics come from? Are you going to do your own graphics, buy them, use free graphics some combination? Regardless of the method you need to think of it now, it might impact your overall cost and you need to give credit where credit is due.
         9. Where will the copy come from? Are you going to write all your own articles or posts or will you hire someone to do it for you? Even if you use Guest Bloggers you are still “paying” then something whether it is in links or exposure. Think about it. Write it down.
         10. How often will the site get updated? Once a day, once a month? You need to decide on a frequency that works for you and your readers. Once a day might be enough, a hundred times a day might be too much. Balance.
         11. Who will update the site? Things change. Who will do the updates on your blogging software? Who will update the graphics when you get tired of seeing them? Who will add new stuff to your site? If you don’t own your own host and domain you might have to pay someone to do it for you. This is a cost. Write it down.
         12. Who will design the site? Are you going to use a readymade template or make something from scratch? Designing a site takes time, you will need to plan for this and adjust your startup time. If someone else is going to do it that will cost and you have to adjust for their schedule.
         13. What form will your site take? Will it be a single page site? A blog? A total CMS?
         14. What is the cost to host your site? Even if you own your own server there are costs associated with hosting your site. The cost of the server for one and the cost of the Internet connection. If you are buying space on a hosted server that costs too. This is a business. You need to know these costs. Write them down.
         15. What other costs are associated with your site? Everything has a cost (I think I have said that before). The better you are at understanding those costs right now the better you will understand where your money is going later on. If you think there might be a charge for something write it down.
         16. How much will you need to make to break even each month? All the warm and fuzzy stuff aside a business is about making money. In order to make money you have to bring in more than you put out. What is that magic number for you? It doesn’t have to be exact now but you need to get an idea. If it is going to cost you $1000 a month you might want to think about scaling back a bit initially, unless you are independently wealthy in which case I know someone who would love to design your site for you. For a charge of course.
         17. How soon do you want to reach your goals? Another really tough one. Think about this before you write your answer. Do you want to be self sufficient in 30 days? It is possible but not probable. Can you wait six months? Better, much better. Think about it and write it down.
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