Newsletter Archive: 2007

How Do I Create Financials For My Startup Company?
I have been opening and closing Business Plan Pro 2007, I know what I need to get done, I have ideas in my head but a huge writers block. I know the financials needed but I do not know how to work them. What would you recommend for someone like me?

Date:2007-12-26


Exciting News For Small Businesses - Jumpstart Your Business Today FREE!
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Date:2007-12-20


Quick, Convenient Business Postage
Precise postage through the mailstation 2™ digital mailing system can save you up to 20% a year in postage costs. With the built-in scale, you always get exact postage for letters, parcels, and flats.

Date:2007-12-18


Steps to Improve Your Business and Cut Costs
Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX business phone solution delivers superior voice service, powerful PBX calling features and unlimited scalability for a fraction of the cost of traditional telecom systems.

Date:2007-12-13


Overcoming Decision Paralysis
It's a terrifying feeling. It can strike any business person at any time. That moment of panic, when it seems almost impossible to make a crucial decision, can render helpless even the most confident manager.

Date:2007-12-12


Access Your PC from Anywhere
Here’s how it works: You simply log on to GoToMyPC and your office desktop instantly appears on that computer. It’s so easy! You have full access to all your files, programs, email and network.

Date:2007-12-10


Taming Telephony
Today, hosted private branch exchange (PBX), voice over Internet protocol (VOIP), and other IP telephony (IPT) solutions have eclipsed the legacy of voice exchange, and these technologies are gaining in acceptance and popularity in today's business marketplace.

Date:2007-12-07


Six Secrets to Follow-Up Success
Our free report reveals six secrets to mastering follow-up with ALL your customers and prospects. By applying these strategies you can easily become a marketing expert and maximize your sales and marketing investment..

Date:2007-11-29


Entrepreneurs And Co-founder Issues
The selection, care and feeding of a co-founder (or co-founders) is one of the key determinants of long-term success in a startup. The selection, care and feeding of a co-founder (or co-founders) is one of the key determinants of long-term success in a startup.

Date:2007-11-28


Access Your PC Remotely With WebEx
PCNow is easy: you'll see your remote computer's desktop as if you were sitting in front of it. Run programs even if they're not installed on your local computer. Print, save, and share documents. Transfer files. Copy and paste between computers. Search your remote PC with Google, Yahoo, or Windows desktop search.

Date:2007-11-27


How Negative Reviews Can Help Your Online Reputation
It might seem counter-intuitive, but if you want to build a stellar reputation for your business, you should embrace negative reviews. Sure, the more positive reviews you have for your business, the better it looks, but there are some benefits to having some negative ones too.

Date:2007-11-21


Powerfully Simple Web Conferencing
Tired of wasting time helping prospects get a download instead of pitching your product? Do you want to focus on your presentation instead of your web conferencing application? Surprised at how much you're spending each month on web conferencing?

Date:2007-11-19


Eliminating a Large Cost for Small Business
Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX business phone solution delivers superior voice service, powerful PBX calling features and unlimited scalability for a fraction of the cost of traditional telecom systems.

Date:2007-11-15


Understanding the Social Media Landscape
Social media Web sites are places where people, businesses and organizations can connect with each other. Chris described some of the tenets of social media: not limited by space or the physical world (people can connect from all over the world and unlimited photos...

Date:2007-11-14


Online Meetings Made Easy
GoToMeeting is an easy, secure, cost-effective Web-based service that lets you hold instant online meetings from your office, your conference room, your home office — with participants in any location. So you can do more and travel less. Which means you can save more money and make more money.

Date:2007-11-12


4 Simple Ways To Grow Your Brand
"No matter where you go, there you are."- unknown. You are your brand. Your brand is you. Wherever your go, there is your brand. Every action you take, every word you speak, every impression you leave, affects how others view your brand.

Date:2007-11-07


Rackspace: Two reasons you should host with us before 2008
We take on the day-to-day burdens that bog down your IT department, so it can get back to focusing on the important things. That means that you'll never have to implement, update, troubleshoot, patch, monitor, administer, backup data or worry again. That's what managed hosting means at Rackspace.

Date:2007-11-06


Increase your google rankings - Free
If you have the right product... If you have the perfect solution to your prospects needs... Then the one thing you need is traffic! Lots and lots of targeted traffic to your website.

Date:2007-10-29


Cost Benefits for Small Businesses
Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX business phone solution delivers superior voice service, powerful PBX calling features and unlimited scalability for a fraction of the cost of traditional telecom systems.

Date:2007-10-22


Linkbait - Chumming for Traffic...
Attracting visitors on social media sites involves using the right bait — linkbait. Compelling content is best. Added benefit: it appeals to bloggers too. Do it right and they'll link to you, enhancing the prominence of your brand and driving traffic to your site.

Date:2007-10-17


Risks Of Blogging
When I speak to audiences, one of the most popular questions is how a company can deal with the "risk" of allowing employees to blog. I like to tell people that there is no risk at all with blogging-none. Rather, it's an absolute certainty that someone will eventually do something stupid.

Date:2007-10-10


Watch Your Business Grow
Create Emails In Minutes - No technical expertise needed! Choose from over 300 designs, type your copy, select recipients and send... It's that easy! Or if you prefer, use your own HTML.

Date:2007-10-09


Internet Marketing ADD & A Solution?
Attention fellow Internet Marketer, do you: Take on more projects than you can reasonably handle? Have no problem starting a new project every day, but counting completed projects, you don’t go beyond the five fingers on one hand?

Date:2007-10-03


Drive E-commerce: Find the Best Online Real Estate
"I bought Hotel-Rates.com…I was surprised that such a keyword-rich and brandable domain name was available at such an affordable price…"

Date:2007-09-27


88% Are Millionaires & More Surprises From Entrepreneurial Survey
I've been a subscriber to Inc. Magazine for a long time and follow the Inc. 500 list (a ranking of the fastest growing 500 privately held companies in the U.S.).

Date:2007-09-26


No more trips to the post office
Print postage on letters and packages right from your office. Save time and money while you're at it. Enjoy the convenience of a digital postage meter and avoid the hassle of going to the post office.

Date:2007-09-24


Rackspace: Supporting more than just your configuration
Starting with Fanatical Support™, Rackspace is about one thing and one thing only—supporting you. It goes way beyond just your box or configuration. What's outside the box? Our people, Zero-Downtime Network™, data centers and technical expertise backed by our guarantees which all exist to make your IT life easier. It's what makes us the hosting experts and everyone else just hosting providers.

Date:2007-09-20


The Perfect Phone Solution for Small Businesses
Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX business phone solution delivers superior voice service, powerful PBX calling features and unlimited scalability for a fraction of the cost of traditional telecom systems.

Date:2007-09-17


eCommerce 101: How to Build an Online Store - Free Webinar
Running a business is complicated. Building your online store just got easier. Learn how to build a secure online store from the experts at Network Solutions® and QuickBooks®.

Date:2007-09-14


Qualities That Make An Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur is one of those funny words that can be difficult to define. When I was younger, I imagined an entrepreneur to be some kind of swashbuckler of the business world.

Date:2007-09-12


The Making Of An Internet Entrepreneur
Intelligent, well-educated people typically have the biggest disadvantages when it comes to starting up online. Among the most common reasons: I don't know enough about (niche). I may not succeed. I have no idea how to begin.

Date:2007-09-05


5 Corrosive Co-Founder Conflicts: The Dark Side Of Startups
Most of the startup writing out there (including articles on this blog) addresses issues of strategy, finance, innovation, product development and other "fun" topics.

Date: 2007-08-29


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Date: 2007-08-23


The Almighty Conversion
If you run an e-commerce site, you want visitors to become buyers. Panelists at SES San Jose suggested making those visitors feel secure while you make your call to action.

Date: 2007-08-22


Bloggers Plus Dots Equal Business
Bloggers are connectors. Everyone who creates a blog, and shares part of the world of citizen publishing and citizen broadcasting. There is much more to the relationships than simple connections.

Date: 2007-08-15


Start Working Together in Less Than 60 Seconds - Anytime, Anywhere
Creating an effective company intranet just got easy with WebOffice. Share information and collaborate with co-workers, partners and clients - anywhere in the world.

Date: 2007-08-14


Targeted Website Names Drive Revenue
"The smartest investment we have made is purchasing www.Hugz.com from BuyDomains. And we hear it all the time from our customers from around the world."

Date: 2007-08-06


Startup Marketing: Be The Lesser Of Two Evils
Before I offend any of you or scare you off, when I say "necessary evil", I'm speaking in a broader sense about things we simply don't like. I am not suggesting that you actually be evil.

Date: 2007-08-01


Increase your google rankings - Free
If you have the right product... If you have the perfect solution to your prospects needs... Then the one thing you need is traffic! Lots and lots of targeted traffic to your website.

Date: 2007-07-30


A Hosting Environment for the Environment
There's a problem with our planet's environment. We realize that we contribute to the problem with our datacenter emissions. While Rackspace doesn't claim to have the answer, we are committed to doing our small part toward the larger picture. It's going to take industry leaders like Rackspace to step up and admit there are much more environmentally friendly ways of doing things.

Date: 2007-07-20


Increasing Comments On Your Blog
Does your blog feel empty due to a lack of comments? Are you wondering how to get people to interact with you? Blogging is a conversation. It's a dialog between you and your readers, but in the beginning when you first launch it can be hard to get people to comment leaving your blog feeling somewhat empty.

Date: 2007-07-18


Virtual Office Cuts Phone Bills by 50%
More and more small and mid-sized companies (SMBs) are turning to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone service to save money and obtain calling features traditionally associated with costly, premise based PBX systems. Packet8 Virtual Office hosted PBX VoIP phone service eliminates the expense and headache of owning and maintaining on-premise telephone equipment.

Date: 2007-07-13


Startups: Trusted Adviser Or Responsive Assistant?
We've all heard the cliche "The Customer Is Always Right". Those of us that have actually been in any type of business and had real interactions with customers for more than 2 days have learned that this statement is factually incorrect.

Date: 2007-07-11


Prioritization: Maximizing The Wow-To-Work Ratio
At most startups, one of the hardest things to do is prioritize tasks. If your startup is anything like mine, you've got hundreds of things you could work on.

Date: 2007-06-27


Ultimate Guide To Effectively Blogging For Money
In this version of the "Ultimate Guide" I am going to share various resources on how to make money effectively through blogging. If you want to make money through blogging I suggest you follow what Guy Kawasaki has to say: "Make Meaning."

Date: 2007-06-20


The True Cost of an In-House SEO Campaign
When a company is considering embarking upon a search engine optimization campaign, the first discussion that normally is had is whether to take care of the campaign in house or to hire an outside SEO firm.

Date: 2007-06-13


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Date: 2007-06-11


Reasons Why You Do NOT Need Web Analytics
If you believe Web Analytics is overrated and your business could succeed without Web Analytics, then you're absolutely correct. Below are 21 reasons why you don't Web Analytics integrated into your online campaign.

Date: 2007-05-30


Increase your google rankings - Free
If you have the right product... If you have the perfect solution to your prospects needs... Then the one thing you need is traffic! Lots and lots of targeted traffic to your website.

Date: 2007-05-24


Google AdWords Tool For Your Marketing Toolbelt
As tools have progressed through the years, simple reporting tools are no longer fulfilling the needs of marketers professionals to know who, what, where, when and how people are using their websites.

Date: 2007-05-23


Meet Online With WebEx
WebEx is the #1 provider of web meetings worldwide. With over 12,000 businesses using WebEx for online meetings and collaboration, you know you count on us to deliver.

Date: 2007-05-21


Monitoring Your Server's Availability and Your Visitors' Website Experience
We've bundled together Rackspace Platinum Monitoring and Urchin Web Analytics Software so you can now have two easy and thorough ways to watch over the performance of your Rackspace web environment. And they're from two completely different perspectives — monitoring your server's availability and reporting on your visitors' website experience.

Date: 2007-05-17


Local Business Keyword Research Tips
Many new SEOs will learn at the beginning that keyword research is the corner stone of every SEO project. I of course would not argue with this fact.

Date: 2007-05-16


Start Working Together in Less Than 60 Seconds - Anytime, Anywhere
Start working together with WebOffice in less than a minute. See for yourself how over 325,000 people worldwide use WebEx WebOffice every day to run their business on the web.

Date: 2007-05-15


Peeking Inside The Blackbox Of Venture Capital
For those of you that are regular readers, you know that as a policy, I don't often do site reviews of other startup-related websites -- let alone pour gushing praise on a single one.

Date: 2007-05-09


PayPal/QuickBooks Account Balancing Made Simple
KwikPal is a subscription e-service designed specifically for online use. There is no software to download, update or maintain. There are no contractual obligations or minimal use time requirements for the subscription service.

Date: 2007-05-08


Software Startups: Signs The Industry Is Doing Well
I've been reading through the Q1 2007 Software Industry Equity Report. Though the public markets are very different from the world of software startups, I think it is helpful for startup entrepreneurs to get a sense of how the larger market is doing..

Date: 2007-05-02


LinkedIn For Startup Entrepreneurs
I've been a LinkedIn member for a pretty long time. People use LinkedIn in different ways. Some are trying to amass the largest possible network (i.e. the most "connections"). Others are simply using it as a search tool to find opportunities.

Date: 2007-04-25


Virtual Office Cuts Phone Bills by 50%
More and more small and mid-sized companies (SMBs) are turning to VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone service to save money and obtain calling features traditionally associated with costly, premise based PBX systems.

Date: 2007-04-19


B2B Marketing Budgets
I came across some awesome benchmark data about B2B marketing budgets, courtesy of SiriusDecisions. (If you are not familiar with SiriusDecisions, you should be -- they are doing some of the best research available on B2B marketing and sales.)

Date: 2007-04-18


Website Name and How It Drives Revenue
Select your domain name with confidence — learn the basics of buying a domain name and establishing your business online.

Date: 2007-04-12


SES: Search Speaks Up On Ad Quality Scores
A controversial piece of the SEM puzzle considers whether or not a marketer's advertisement suits the quality requirements of the search engines. A session at SES New York brought out the opinions from reps of Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft about ads and quality scores.

Date: 2007-04-11


Building an Online Marketing Company Requires Sales
It occurs to me that my accomplishments (and other entereprenuers lack thereof) are often due to basic sales savvy that is greatly lacking in many online marketing companies: Now that more and more business is conducted online, there is a gap between...

Date: 2007-03-28


Unnecessary Traits Of Entrepreneurs
When you are working to establish your own business you may believe certain things to be true about entrepreneurialism. While some traits may have merit there are other traits that may not be as necessary as you might have imagined.

Date: 2007-03-14


Easy Business Postage Solutions
Precise postage through the mailstation digital postage meter can save you up to 20% a year in postage costs.

Date: 2007-03-13


Keyword Search and Domain Names
Defining an effective Internet and domain name strategy is vital to any business.

Date: 2007-03-08


The X Factor Entrepreneur
When you look at entrepreneurialism purely from the standpoint of statistics it's easy to come to the conclusion that becoming an entrepreneur may not be for you.

Date: 2007-03-07


A Community Resource For Internet Entrepreneurs
Serial entrepreneur Mark Fletcher just launched Startupping, a community resource for Internet entrepreneurs. He kicks it off with a blog post on the best and worst decisions made by John Battelle, Dick Costolo, Paul Graham, Chris Pirillo and yours truly.

Date: 2007-02-21


Meet Online With WebEx
WebEx is the #1 provider of web meetings worldwide. With over 12,000 businesses using WebEx for online meetings and collaboration, you know you count on us to deliver.

Date: 2007-02-20


Advantages of forming an LLC. Get the FREE Guide today
Get the Free LLC Guide from LegalZoom.com. This FREE guide is designed to help you decide if an LLC is right for your business. You'll learn about the unique benefits of the LLC, the differences between LLCs and other common business entities, tax-saving options, and requirements for maintaining your LLC.

Date: 2007-02-16


Meet Online With WebEx
WebEx is the #1 provider of web meetings worldwide. With over 12,000 businesses using WebEx for online meetings and collaboration, you know you count on us to deliver.

Date: 2007-02-08


Entrepreneurship (What Was I Thinking?)
I know this is a little off topic, but since Michael has been discussing how to get your own SEO company off the ground and growing, and due to the week Michael and I just suffered through, I had to remind myself frequently on why I traded in...

Date: 2007-02-07


Whitepaper: How to Increase Productivity and Cut IT Costs
For small and medium-size businesses, the financial resources required to maintain effective vigilance in-house are usually out of reach, even though the risks are the same as those faced by large enterprises. Hosted security services are available at surprisingly affordable prices, providing a welcome alternative to the much more expensive prospect of hiring staff and consulting services.

Date: 2007-02-06


Do VCs Make Less Than You Think?
For some reason, I find myself reading a fair number of VC blogs. This is mostly out of curiosity. Though I've never raised venture capital for a startup before, I find the industry interesting.

Date: 2007-01-31


Ideal Networking Tips For The Creative Entrepreneur
These tips are ideas that I have used successfully and often recommend to other creative entrepreneurs. They will help you market your business, grow your network and expand your visibility and leadership skills.

Date: 2007-01-24


The Journey Into Entrepreneurship
For most of us there comes a day when we toy with the idea of starting a small business; work stress and frustrated career goals can often leave us thirsting for autonomy and starting a small business seems to fit the bill.

Date: 2007-01-17


Create your own WebOffice in just 60 seconds
Try WebOffice now and in less than a minute, you'll see for yourself how over 325,000 people worldwide use WebEx WebOffice every day to run their business on the web.

Date: 2007-01-16


Standing Out In Business Management
Business management is a topic that receives entire books and lecture circuits worth of discussion. Perhaps you have heard or read the latest fads in management, and possibly even put some of them into practice.

Date: 2007-01-10

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