One of the biggest reasons home-based business entrepreneurs often fail to attract customers is that they also fail to create a professional image. A professional image is an element of your credibility and without credibility winning customers is an uphill battle.
Hiring a Professional Designer
The reasons for hiring a professional designer are the same reasons as hiring any other professional.
Making Professional Graphics for your Flash Movies
What is the difference between your regular ole Flash site and a professional one? Well, it largely comes down to opinion, but there are also some key elements to look at. I’ve learned after viewing Flash sites for years that the ones that catch readers’ attention more than anything are the ones with great graphics. Yes, graphics and design, NOT programming.
Cruise on in to Profits: Market Your Professional Practice This Unique, Luxurious Way
Whether you’re a professional public speaker, therapist, financial analyst, business consultant, coach or entrepreneur, being a Lecturer on a cruise ship is a great way to market your practice–wouldn’t you agree? You can do something you love to do, promote your practice to a whole new audience, and have a first-class vacation at the same time.
Give Your Graphics A Professional Look without the Price
Graphic design is an intimidating subject for many Internet entrepreneurs. However, most of us must learn some basic design techniques to avoid the high costs of hiring a professional graphics designer.
An Interview with Personal/Professional Coach, Steve Pilkington
As a newsletter publisher and member of many advertising cooperatives, I see all kinds of offers and advertisements.
TCP/IP Protocol Within Windows XP Professional
The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is a network communication protocol. It can be used as a communications protocol on private networks and it is the default protocol in use on the Internet. When you set up any system to have direct access to the Internet, whether it is via dial-up or one of the high speed technologies in use today, your system will need to utilize the TCP/IP protocol whether it is a Windows based system or not.
How to Pay Less and get More: Discount Broker vs Professional Management Fees
How do you invest? What do you really pay? At the end of the day, what are your real results? These are questions smart investors should be asking themselves (but usually don’t). In this era of more fees, misc. charges, holding periods and back end redemptions, even at discount brokers, how are you really making out?
Blogging for Dollars: Giving Rise to the Professional Blogger
Towards the end of June, I was invited to a conference at the Banff New Media Institute, located in the midst of the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. The title of the conference was “Producing New Media: Money and Law,” and we explored and discussed funding models and legal issues for various new media projects, including Weblogs. During that weekend, I came to a realization that I’ve been mulling over ever since: a lack of money is hindering the growth and potential of blogging. Free–or personal–blogging can only take us so far.
How to Be a Professional Writer
In my first ten years as a part-time writer I sold 400 manuscripts; including two books and a monthly column. This was accomplished with no English or writing degree or experience. I have been asked “How did I publish so many manuscripts so quickly? ” Here’s what I did.