Tough Times & Getting Tougher?
I live in Eugene Oregon. We have the highest unemployment rate in the nation. It’s also the highest unemployment rate in Oregon’s history, varying from 8% to over 15%.
Making Money with Affiliate Programs – Part II
In this holiday season online shopping is hotter than ever! According to US Commerce Department online sales continue to grow with a robust 25-27 percent this year over 1992. Online holiday shopping at a rate of 10 percent is also considerably outpacing the 5.7 percent growth of overall retail sales. Goldman Sachs predicts 23 percent of all gift-buying this holiday season will take place online!
Fork and Exec with Perl
Recently I had a project that required a number of different programs that will mostly run all the time, but need to be restarted now and then with different parameters. Normally, the first thing I think of for a program that runs constantly is inittab or svc (daemontools). The svc facility is the more flexible of the two, and will be what I’ll use in the final design, but in the “thinking” stages I played with using a Perl program launcher and controller.
Start & Surf Exchanges Overview
Start page and surf exchanges have been around for a little while but seem to be gaining increased popularity lately. I’ve been playing around with them recently to see if there is any reason for this popularity and to find out if they provide you with any real benefits.
All Doors Lead Home
Most web designers build their websites with little consideration for developing free search engine traffic. Designers naturally assume that everyone comes to the front door or main page; actually it’s much easier to attract traffic to pages with a narrower focus.
Closing the Sale With Tie-Downs
No matter how much time you spend with a client it will all be wasted if you don’t close the sale. Many people start off with a great presentation, but somewhere they lose the client. They will call you, they will let you know, they have to think about it, but it all adds up to a potential loss.
Finding The Hosting Company For You
One of the most important decisions that you need to make when you first set up your online business is who you will get to host it. You will also encounter this decision again as your business grows. It may seem a simple decision but there are literally thousands of hosting companies to choose from. Hopefully you will find this article will help make your decision a little easier.
Promotion on a Soup Kitchen Budget
You’ve got a killer product and a state of the art website. “Now, how do you get your site noticed and generate the kind of traffic that converts to sales?”
Affiliate Programs
Affiliate programs are attractive alternative you may use to profit from the sales of complementary products other than your own.
Looking For An Angel — Investor That Is: Know What Youre Looking For
Entrepreneurs always need additional capital for their company. Friends and family have already contributed, the company doesn’t qualify for traditional bank loans, and venture capitalists aren’t interested. So what can an entrepreneur do? Look for an angel investor.