Online Auctions: Play it smart
Online auctions are a terrific way to save money, or make an extra buck. According to a 2002 Newsweek article, more than 50 million people buy and sell on eBay, not counting the millions that buy and sell via other auction venues. This is beneficial for both buyers and sellers, but any online venture is bound to have pitfalls. Online auctions are basically an honors system type of business.
Productivity and Your Business
Productivity. Has a nice sound to it, don’t you think? Positive. Upbeat. Forward-looking. Something we probably all should be seeking to improve. Unfortunately, the word does not have the same meaning for all.
3 Reasons Not To Use Uppercase
Sometimes it’s ok to use uppercase. Capital letters can add a touch of class to the apperance of your page. However, they should be used very sparingly. There are three reasons why you should avoid them in most cases:
QuickBooks Q&A: Mulitiple Customers, One Invoice
Hi Scott, I run a sales & service business (I sell & service Fire Fighting Equipment) and I have clients that have multiple outlets.
These clients require me to call on their outlets but want only one Invoice to their head office.
How do I set up my Customers so that I have a main customer name and address and then all their other outlets?
More On Apostrophes
Following on from last week’s article about “your and “you’re”, I now want to look some more at the apostrophe, and in particular at whether an apostrophe should come before or after the “s” (or whether it shouldn’t be there at all).
Traffic Analysis – Turning Traffic Into Sales
Question: About 5 months ago I started on a quest to make the best site possible, with the best content for the users that I wanted there. My URL is http://www.skateservice.com. Now that I’m actually getting traffic, I can’t turn it into sales. I am an affiliate of the #2 online skateboard shop, but I’m not seeing any turn around from it. I place banner ads, and feature ads on my site, but no one seems to be buying anything. The whole purpose of the site is to make it an E-Zine type, with the option to buy products that I know the customer is in the market for. Any ideas or thoughts would really help me out here.
Create a Powerful PR Fact Sheet in Just Four Steps
The right time to create a fact sheet is any time you need to spoon-feed a reporter on a complex subject.
Stretching Out: How To Get A Comfortable Airline Seat
Window, aisle, or bulkhead, it matters where you sit, especially if you don’t want to spend the flight inspecting the top of the head of the passenger in front of you. Here are some tips for getting a comfortable airline seat:
Making Sense of your Sentences
One of the aspects of good writing is getting the various parts of a sentence to agree with one another, and a common mistake is starting off with an introductory clause that doesn’t agree.
On ‘Weaving Well’
I thought this week I’d take a step back from the nitty-gritty of commas and so on, and explain why I’m calling this column on writing for the web – ‘Weave Well’.