With the coming up of Internet in such a big way, online presence has almost assumed a paramount amount of importance for any business. There are two key aspects of making any online business successful, creating a high quality, user-friendly and an informative website i.e. web designing and secondly, managing the site well that refers to web hosting services.The market is brimmed with a high range of web hosting services that includes both free...more
Trouble Getting Traffic To Your Website?Go Fishing!Getting traffic to your website is just like when you go fishing. Youneed to have just the right size pole, the right size net and theperfect bait. Say you are fishing for Salmon, you use a herring plug,a large net and you fish in the daylight. When you fish for Catfish,you use a ugly worm, a small net and you mostly fish at dark.So why would you think traffic would go to your website if you do...more
CRUDE OIL In the week of December 21, 2009, crude oil for January delivery rose to US$73.4 on the Nymex, amid optimism of demand increase as the global economy recovers. Prices are expected to continue north on expectations of reduced inventories on rising fuel demand in the US. Reports expected this week are forecast to show increasing sales of existing and new homes in the country. However, prices are not expected to rise dramatically, because of an oversupply problem. Prices have also been impacted as the Iranian troops occupied an oil field in a disputed border region with Iraq. An OPEC meeting in Luanda, Angola is not expected to change production quotas. NAPHTHA Naphtha prices in Asia have shown a very miniscule dip to levels below US$690/MT in the week of December 21, 2009. Despite healthy oil prices, several bearish influence are at play in the naphtha markets including flat demand at high levels, higher refinery run rates in Japan and large exports from India. ETHYLENE Ethylene prices have moved up to US$1125/MT in Asia in the week of December 21, 2009 in line with healthy crude oil sentiments and limited supplies in the region. Despite yo-yoing oil and naphtha prices in...more
India's copper futures extended gains to hit a contract high on Monday as supply concerns overseas and positive demand outlook helped prices, analysts said.The most-traded February copper contract MCCG0 on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) was trading 1.26 percent higher at 348.65 rupees per kg at 7:26 p.m., after hitting a contract high of 349.3...more
Rubber advanced to a 15-month high on investors' optimism that a global economic recovery may accelerate this year, leading to growth in demand for the commodity used in tires.Futures in Tokyo gained as much as 3.3 percent to the highest level since Sept. 26, 2008. Businesses in China, the world's largest rubber consumer, continued to expand last...more
As a business owner, you are always looking out for the bottom line. The goal is to build your business forward so as to prepare for the customers of tomorrow, today. The knowledge that is needed to accomplish this is not some big secret held only by the corporate officials of some big company. Some of the newest and brightest ideas in this matter come from people just like you and me. So what is that magic ingredient to building your business? The key to building any business is exposure. The easiest way to gain that sought after exposure in today's world is through the World Wide Web. However even that is not narrowed down enough. But with the advent of free directory sites and blogs, this option has become even more accessible to the common man through the use of article marketing. And businesses can now find a qualified SEO Article Writing Service online. But what is article marketing?Article marketing is the process by which you develop one or more articles to explain an idea, business or product to John Q. Public. It's the step by which you take your passion about your subject matter and translate it to type on electronic paper for distribution to the masses. It is a...more
Metals finished the year as the best-performing commodities, riding on hopes for a global economic recovery and fears of runaway inflation.The rally is likely to extend into the new year, as demand from emerging economies remains strong while...more
China is expected to increase steel supply by 8.6% in 2010 to 621.5 million metric tons, according to a report from the Mysteel consultancy in Shanghai. That will occur, says a report in the official Xinhua news agency, despite an expected increase...more
A New Year is upon us, and with it come opportunities for change and growth in ourselves and our businesses. The past year has been challenging in many ways, with economic upheaval as a dominant theme in the national news, and many small business...more
Imagine this scenario:Jane Investor buys a property when she is in her late forties. She wants to use it as a long-term investment, so she gets a conventional loan on the property and makes the payments as well as maintaining the property for the...more
When I coach my business clients, I have a three step method for determining how successful their business will be. The three steps are profitability, business systems, and satisfaction.It's crucial that all of these elements be in place-...more
There are numerous fitness marketing strategies being used nowadays, but one of the hottest topics in the world of fitness marketing is "outsourcing".What is outsourcing?Essentially, outsourcing involves paying other companies or individuals to take...more