Newsletter Archive: 2008
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Building Your Business in a Recession Without Fear If you're sheltering cash to focus on development, then cut the services and expenses that will not impede your ability to cross the threshold. Date:2008-12-23 The Secrets of Follow-Up Revealed All small business owners experience one of three situations: success, survival, or failure. Find out how to bypass survival and failure and skyrocket your business into incredible success. Date:2008-12-15 Partnering With Large Powerful Companies May Not be Wise The topic of partnerships comes up relatively frequently in startup circles. The common question entrepreneurs have about partnerships with Some... Date:2008-12-10 Helpful hints for maximizing your business budget Rackspace® Hosting is the realistic way to cut back on costs without cutting back on the results. You immediately reduce your hardware expenditures and payroll expenses with one smart decision. No more owning and maintaining your hardware or hiring the experts to run it for you in-house. You spend substantially less and get considerably more from Rackspace - including thousands of employees working around the clock to help you be successful. And that, as they say, is a pretty nice return on investment. Date:2008-12-09 How To Survive During An Economic Downturn If you're involved in the operation/management of a startup, you've already heard a bunch of advice over the past couple of months. Much of this advice can be summed into about two words: Reduce Expenses. Date:2008-11-26 SaaS Considerations For Business Leaders Here are several excerpts from an excellent article by Thomas Wailgum, senior editor with CIO.com, 5 Questions to Ask Before You Say Yes to SaaS: Not surprisingly, SaaS vendors have decided there's no time like the present to make a full court sales press. Date:2008-10-29 This story will change your life This book is a powerhouse of information! Information that will grow your company quickly and profitably. The same techniques and tactics in this book have been used by hundreds of companies to easily double, and even triple their current sales. The book is free, but could be worth thousands, or even millions to your bottom line! Date:2008-10-24 IT Solutions for Tough Financial Times Rackspace is the hosting provider that did more than survive the last economic downturn. We walked away stronger. Now, we're the world's leader in hostingâ€â€financially sound and rapidly growing. And it's all because we have perfected the hosting solutions and support that help IT departments work even more economically and intelligently. Date:2008-10-14 Stay Focused On One Task At A Time If you're one of those rare entrepreneurs that has the discipline to stay reasonably focused on what you should be working on, feel free to skip the rest of this article with the comforting knowledge that you have my admiration and envy. Date:2008-10-07 Fantasy Business Player? It's that time of the year. Fantasy football is just really getting traction with those of us who like to spend too much time doing those things. Each week you change your lineup and jockey for position to pick up some of the best bargains that no one identified yet. Date:2008-09-24 Generate sales leads with online events - Free Trial Audio and web meetings should be simple to set up, easy to run, effortless to join. And they should perform reliably. That's why ReadyTalk designs online presentation and communication tools so that anyone can hold meetings, training sessions, sales demos and web seminars with confidence and ease. Date:2008-09-23 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:2008-09-16 Supersize Your Product Income In 3 Ways When consulting with start-ups, the 1 trend I notice is that most entrepreneurs tend to underprice their products and services. While it may seem like great value to offer a service at $50 a month, especially when your expenses are low, it doesn't make sense in the long run. That's because your growth will be constrained by providing products at a low price-point. Date:2008-09-10 Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge AWS Start-Up Challenge, a contest for entrepreneurs and start-ups that will award the winner $50,000 in cash, $50,000 in AWS credits, a potential investment offer from Amazon.com, and more. Submissions will be accepted until 3 Oct, 2008. Date:2008-09-03 Recruiting The Best Startup Team Is Crucial I've been thinking a bit this past week about startup teams and what makes them work (or not work). Most people that are in and around startups will readily agree that Recruiting the best team possible is critical to success. Date:2008-08-20 9 Proven Techniques to Double Your Sales Look, it's incredibly difficult to be a small business owner! There are employees to manage, customers to please, bills to be paid, and a million other things to consider. And, on top of all of that, you're still trying to grow your business. Date:2008-08-19 Check Marketing Off Your To Do List with VerticalResponse With your busy schedule in mind, VerticalResponse offers an easy-to-use, web-based marketing tool that helps you grow your business through email marketing, online surveys and postcards. Let us help you check Marketing off your to-do list! Date:2008-08-14 Experience Hosting at It's Best We pledge to deliver the best hosting experience in the industry. No exceptions. No excuses. Date:2008-08-12 Matching Small Business And Search Marketing Do small business owners take advantage of search marketing the way they should? Often, they don't. If you own a small business and you're wondering what's passing you by, and more important;y, what's stopping you, read on. Small businesses that ignore search marketing might find their competitors leaving them behind. Date:2008-08-06 Locate the Right Domain Name for Your Business With more than 150 million domain names registered on the Internet, it has become very difficult for small business owners to lay claim to a short, relevant and memorable domain name. Date:2008-07-29 The Perfect Solution 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:2008-07-25 Is Social Media Causing Espionage? Nearly 1500 people have a window inside my daily actions and thoughts by subscribing to my feed and following me on Twitter. Over a thousand can see updates on what I do through Facebook. There are Flickr photos from the events that I head to and I publish the cities that I will be travelling to on Dopplr. Date:2008-07-23 Check Marketing Off Your To Do List with VerticalResponse With your busy schedule in mind, VerticalResponse offers an easy-to-use, web-based marketing tool that helps you grow your business through email marketing, online surveys and postcards. Let us help you check Marketing off your to-do list! Date:2008-07-22 Access to Your PC from Anywhere GoToMyPC is the award-winning service that lets you use your office PC from any other computer with an Internet connection - as if you were sitting at your desk! Date:2008-07-15 Having Adequate Risk Management Policies One of the takeaways from my friend, Tyler Project managing partner Leonard Lin's experience of having his Facebook account suspended this past week, has been to manage your risk, especially in the area of technology risk management. Date:2008-07-09 Go Green Without Sacrificing Server Performance Our hosted servers are designed to be as business friendly as they are earth friendly. We use eco-friendly components in your server, so they run even greenerâ€â€and you won't pay more or sacrifice your server's performance to make it happen. Date:2008-07-08 9 Proven Techniques to Double Your Sales Look, it's incredibly difficult to be a small business owner! There are employees to manage, customers to please, bills to be paid, and a million other things to consider. And, on top of all of that, you're still trying to grow your business. Date:2008-06-27 Beware All Start-Ups: Don't Show Google Your Wares If LimitNone LLC wins the lawsuit it just filed against Google, it could send a warning signal to other start-ups: don't show Google your wares, because it will steal your technology out from under you. That's effectively what LimitNone is saying, with its lawsuit alleging Google stole its system for migrating Microsoft Outlook customers to Gmail. Date:2008-06-25 Why invest more than one Premium Domain Name? Tough economic times call for small businesses to get creative. Here is why you should consider implementing a multi-domain strategy for your business. Date:2008-06-24 Rackspace: Fanatical Hosting Solutions Built to Your Needs Managed hosting is the smart and cost-effective solution for those needing 100% network uptime, responsiveness, technical expertise and a secure, high-end infrastructure. Date:2008-06-10 Effective Lessons From A Product Launch A few days ago, my startup HubSpot, launched a new app called Press Release Grader. It's not our core product, but a free tool for marketers and PR folks to analyze a press release and provide suggestions. Date:2008-06-05 Advertising With Short-term Benefits And Long-term Consequences Banking heavyweight Chase has been blanketing the airwaves with a commercial that must be effective for them, because it's something they've used over and over for months. A shopper uses his phone right there in the store to get his credit balance, so he can decide how much to spend for a new TV. Date:2008-05-28 5 Business Reasons to Invest in a Domain Name Tough economic times call for small businesses to get creative and acquiring a domain name is an important first step in building a successful online business. If your business isn't already online, here are 5 reasons why purchasing a domain name just might be the solution you need. BuyDomains has the largest inventory of premium names  let us help you find one that matches your business needs. Date:2008-05-27 9 Proven Techniques to Double Your Sales Look, it's incredibly difficult to be a small business owner! There are employees to manage, customers to please, bills to be paid, and a million other things to consider. And, on top of all of that, you're still trying to grow your business. Date:2008-05-23 Rackspace: Hosting Solutions Built to Fit Your Needs Managed hosting is the smart and cost-effective solution for those needing 100% network uptime, responsiveness, technical expertise and a secure, high-end infrastructure. Date:2008-05-20 How An Entrepreneur Can Raise Millions In Venture Funding If you've been following OnStartups.com for any period of time, you likely know that I'm not a big advocate of startup founders going out and trying to raise venture funding in the early stages. My argument boils down to two things: 1) Most folks don't need venture funding in the early stages. 2) the odds of first-time entrepreneurs actually raising VC is pretty low. Date:2008-05-16 Getting Listed on Google in Two Days For $99.95 Per Month QuickList is the most Effective, Affordable Search Engine Advertising Service available Date:2008-05-15 Simple and Quick Way to Boost Your Small Business With IBM Lotus Sametime Unyte Web conferencing service, you combine Web and audio conferencing to deliver the best show and tell presentation in town. Date:2008-05-08 Mailtrust: Experience Email Relief It's Our Commitment to Your Email Satisfaction... Our Promise speaks to the core values of our company and our commitment to deliver a reliable and feature-rich email experience. We know how much your business depends on our service so we take this promise very seriously. Date:2008-04-29 Stop Hoping For Magic And Start Working I've been in the startup business for a while and it still amazes me how many founders (including me at various points in my life) have completely irrational views on how life at a startup is going to be. As it turns out, lots of success requires a sprinkling of luck to work, but counting on this luck to come up at the magical times is foolish. Date:2008-04-23 No Cost Trial: Grow Your Small Business with Ease Web conferencing doesn't need to be complicated. With the Lotus Sametime Unyte service your small business can work smarter. The seamless Web and audio integration, easy-to-use interface and top-notch support of the Sametime Unyte service can have you up and running in minutes. There's no software to install and no downloads for participants so you can use it anywhere, any time. It's that simple. Date:2008-04-22 9 Proven Techniques to Double Your Sales I’m sure you’ve wanted to throw your hands in the air and give up. But…you haven’t. Perhaps you hang on because you can see the potential of your business. In other words, you know you’re sitting on the edge of unbelievable success. Date:2008-04-11 What Does Success Mean? Success means a lot of things to a lot of people, but the bottom line, for most of us, is that success doesn't come easy. Most people who see someone else's "overnight success" cannot fathom the months or years of hard work, lost sleep and sacrifices made to achieve that success. Date:2008-04-10 Accidental Branding - How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Brands I was sent an advance copy of the book Accidental Branding - How Ordinary People Build Extraordinary Brands by David Vinjamuri recently. When I saw the title my heart sank because it looked like more entrepreneur-porn. However, this was a literal lesson in not judging books by covers because I really enjoyed it. Date:2008-04-02 Rackspace: Fanatical Support Promise - Our Commitment to You Putting customers firstâ€â€that's what Rackspace does. And The Fanatical Support Promiseâ„¢ guarantees that we do. No excuses. No exceptions. It's a support commitment that no other hosting company could ever live up to. We'll deliver the support you need and expect every moment of every day. And it's not up to us to decide if we do or don't. It's up to you. Yes, the unthinkable is a reality. Date:2008-03-25 Essential 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:2008-03-21 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:2008-03-18 Powerful new tool to double your sales Look, it’s incredibly difficult to be a small business owner! There are employees to manage, customers to please, bills to be paid, and a million other things to consider. And, on top of all of that, you’re still trying to grow your business. Date:2008-03-14 On-Line Reputation Managment Tips Rehashed Some of you know Andy Beal. He is a reputation management expert and has written plenty on how to handle your online reputation management. Hey I even gave out 10 tips to help your reputation management in the past. Date:2008-03-13 Easier Way To Grow Your Business It only takes a few minutes to start your first Lotus Sametime Unyte online meeting. Whether you need to present to one client, a sales force or hundreds of people - no worries, we've got what you need. So even the smallest companies can run online meetings – with no downloads, no training and no need to call IT for help. Date:2008-03-11 Can Linkbait Be Authoritative? Link building is crucial, but linkbait tactics that worked this year may not be as effective next year. This session focuses on the underlying quality as well as ingenuity needed to get other websites to link to you early and often. It will also explain how you should approach journalists, bloggers and other authoritative sources to enhance your company's online reputation, whether or not you get links. Date:2008-02-21 Convenient Tool for Growing a Small Business It only takes a few minutes to start your first Lotus Sametime Unyte online meeting. Whether you need to present to one client, a sales force or hundreds of people - no worries, we've got what you need. So even the smallest companies can run online meetings  with no downloads, no training and no need to call IT for help. Date:2008-02-19 10 Secrets to Email Marketing Whether you're a heavy email marketer or just thinking about using email to market to prospects and customers, there are plenty of issues to consider. Date:2008-02-14 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:2008-02-12 Networking On And Offline John Jantsch posed a question a few days ago, "Is networking online really that different?" Precisely. It's not. Networking is the best way to grow your contacts, your business, build sales and relationships. I've found that the more pervasive social networking tools are online; they still reflect the primary essence of personal networking. Date:2008-02-06 7 Secrets to Follow-Up Success Are you one of the 99% of small businesses who do not consistently follow-up...and leave untold sums on the table? By applying the secrets in our Free Report, you can become a marketing expert and maximize your sales. Date:2008-02-05 Top Business Solution in 2008 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:2008-01-29 Rackspace: Taking the next Green step in IT Hosting Take the environmentally friendly components we already useâ€â€low voltage processors, plus energy efficient drives and RAM. Put them all together so our configurations will run even greener. And then make it simple for people to choose the green configuration or customize one that works for them. It's not revolutionary, but it's smarter and better for the world and our customers. Date:2008-01-22 Do Business Blogs Or Email Newsletters Work Better For Marketing? Whenever I put together a business proposal I include recommendations for appropriate Web marketing campaigns. Two items that are often included are email newsletters and business blogs, because both have been successful for flyte and our clients who use them. Date:2008-01-16 The Essential Business Tool for 2008 It only takes a few minutes to start your first Lotus Sametime Unyte online meeting. Whether you need to present to one client, a sales force or hundreds of people - no worries, we've got what you need. So even the smallest companies can run online meetings – with no downloads, no training and no need to call IT for help. Date:2008-01-10 How Do I Create Financials For My Startup Company? There is an interesting article from Ask the VC - Do Venture Capitalists Fund A Company With An Intent To Steal It? This is indeed a question most new entrepreneurs would ask, and many would not have the right person to ask these kind of Questions! Date:2008-01-09
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