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Elizabeth's Page: Business Start-up: Reaching the Customers

Setting up a successful small business is a major step ? and is not one we should take lightly. It?s also a huge topic, so I?m going to cover it over the next few weeks. Note my use of the word ?successful?. I?m going to start with the assumption that our small business will be successful. Anyone starting a small business hopes it will be successful, but only a small percentage of the businesses set up each year actually succeed.? So let's start from the belief that our business of writing will survive.

For our business to survive, there are ONLY three things that need to happen: we need to get customers; we need to satisfy the demands of those customers; and we need to get paid.? Everything else is window-dressing.? So, let?s start by thinking about those customers and how we are going to find them.

If we start by brainstorming all the different types of customer a writer might have, we come up with quite a long list (and I?m sure your list would be even longer than mine). For books, whether fiction of non-fiction, the traditional customer is an agent or a publisher; however, with the growth of e-publishing and self-publishing, the reader is much more accessible as a direct customer. Additionally, there are newspapers, journals, magazines, both hard-copy and electronic. Thinking slightly outside the box, every company in the country is publishing something ? whether it?s the annual report of a major multinational, or a simple website for the garage down the road ? and not all those companies will have the writers they need on the payroll. There are also professional associations, sports organisations; the list goes on and on. Think about your own interests, experiences and expertise: where would you go to find out about any of them? Once we?ve identified our potential customers, here are some tips for how to reach them (and it you?ve got any other suggestions, leave a comment, so we can all share them):

• Network 1: For people to become your customers, they need to know you exist.? So get your name (and contact details) out there.? Spend as much time networking as you can.? Tell everyone you know (and everyone you don?t know, but just happen to be talking to) that you are a writer.

• Network 2: Don't underestimate the size of your indirect network. Every one of your family and friends has their own circle of contacts. Ask them to pass the word around. Next time someone says to them ?I wish I could find some one who could...? they will think of you and pass the word on.?

• Network 3: Print some simple flyers or business cards and leave them with local shops, restaurants and bars.? With today's technology, you can do this yourself, without incurring huge printing costs and still put over a professional image.

• Network 4: As a writer, your customers don?t have to be just around the corner. Having dealt with the local opportunities, it?s time to turn to the rest of the big wide world ? and that?s where the internet comes in. The power of electronic networking was brought home to me when I joined LinkedIn a few years back ? at the time, it was the best option for my professional networking. Initially, I only had 11 contacts in my network. Yet the third degree network that opened to me (contacts of my contacts' contacts) was more than 182,000 people. Today, I have more than 500 contacts and my third degree network runs into the millions.

• Network 5: Today, the options for electronic networking are much wider ? and frankly confusing: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, Youtube plus others. I?m not going to attempt to unravel that particular tangled ball of wool here ? although we may return to it in a later post. I recently had the chance to hear the inspirational Rebecca Woodhead speak (see Authorpreneurship and Fishnets:Swanwick Day 4). My suggestion would be to go to?Rebecca's website and start learning about how to really network.

• Making Contact 1: Make sure you are contactable at all times.? The best ways to do this are by email and mobile phone.? When you are starting out, you can't afford to be choosy over when you work or when you talk to people.? You are there when they need you - or you are not there at all.

• Making Contact 2: Establish a presence on the Internet.? That doesn't mean spend huge amounts of time or money developing an all-singing, all-dancing website.? That can come later.? For now, all you need is the equivalent of an electronic business card.? Invest a small amount of money in a suitable domain name.? It makes the business look bigger than it is and allows you to have a suitable email address.? An address like mybusiness@hotmail.com is a dead give away that you are a small outfit.? An address like myname@mybusiness.com?looks more professional.? Use the templates and site-builder software that come with many of the web-hosting services.? You can develop a simple, professional-looking site in less than an hour.

Source: http://elizabethducie.blogspot.com/2012/09/business-start-up-reaching-customers.html

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Jay-Z belts out '99 Problems' with Pearl Jam

By Dan Hyman and Joe Pinsker, Rolling Stone

On the second and final day of Jay-Z's Budweiser Made in America Festival in Philadelphia, conversation remained centered on its host. After bringing out Kanye West and most of his G.O.O.D. Music crew on the first night during his headlining set, the Brooklyn emcee returned on Sunday, joining Pearl Jam for an airtight, riffing take on his "Black Album" cut "99 Problems," a version of the song only comparable to a 2004 collaboration with Phish.

Jay's surprise appearance highlighted what was a momentous set by Eddie Vedder's crew. Over two hours, the rock vets satiated all levels of fans, mixing set staples ("Better Man," "Alive," "Even Flow") with unexpected gifts, including a full ride through the "Vs." cut?"WMA" and a brief interlude into the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" during the outro of "Daughter."

A day earlier, Jay-Z screened a PSA from President Barack Obama for audience members, urging them to vote in the upcoming election. Almost exactly 24 hours later Vedder also dabbled in political gesture: "I want to talk about one of the political parties," he told the crowd before charging through the Clash's protest anthem "Know Your Rights." "I won't mention any names, but one of the parties wants to make it harder for you to vote. " This sermon followed a Vedder discourse on the dwindling job market before the appropriately titled "Unemployable."

Drake, wearing a white-on-white jean-and-tank combo, delivered on the unenviable task of warming up the stage for Pearl Jam. The Young Money rapper, who revealed he's "working on a new one right now," linked up with G.O.O.D Music's 2 Chainz for a fierce take on the Atlanta rhyme-slinger's? "No Lie" and MMG's day-one absentee French Montana for "Pop That." The rapper, who got somber during the singsong plea of "Marvin's Room," balanced it out with humor ("You got a tank top on and your nipples are out," he told an audience member).

Performing for the first time since the 2002 murder of co-founder Jam Master Jay, seminal hip-hop crew Run-D.M.C. reunited for a triumphant Sunday afternoon set. Surviving members Joseph "Run" Simmons and Daryl "D.M.C." McDaniels paid tribute early and often to their late partner ("Jam Master Jay was everything to us, so we put a silence on the group," Run explained of the group's decade-long hiatus), even having the late DJ's two sons, Jason "Jam Master J'Son" Mizell Jr. and TJ "Dasmatic" Mizell, behind the decks. Run, decked out in full Adidas regalia, made no secret of his elation over returning to the stage: "Damn, this feels good," he said at the start of a 40-minute set that peaked with "It's Tricky" and "Mary, Mary."

Immediately after Run-D.M.C. left the stage, rap's newest generation of talent was put on display with a set from Odd Future, which featured an abundance of "Wolf Gang" chants and six of the collective's rappers, including Tyler, the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, and Hodgy Beats. Late in the set, Tyler debuted a blistering, as-yet-unfinished song, sarcastically prefacing it with a false disclaimer: "It's really calm," he said. It wasn't, and Odd Future catalyzed the formation of the only mosh pit Rolling Stone saw all weekend.

Punk rockers X attracted a thin crowd late Sunday night at the Liberty side stage; today's punks were nowhere to be found, as the band brought in a markedly older demographic. The foursome appeared a little stiff onstage, but aurally speaking, any Eighties cobwebs were thoroughly dusted off as the band nailed classics like "Los Angeles" and "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene."

Earlier in the day, with rain falling intermittently on the crowd, Rita Ora ? Roc Nation's up-and-coming artist (and a finalist for Rolling Stone's Women Who Rock contest)?-- looked like a street Beyonc? (think beanie and bangs) as she wilded out to her forthcoming debut's Biggie-inspired, reggae-tinged single "How We Do (Party)" and "Hot Right Now."

The Hives, wearing their usual top hats and tuxedos, followed Ora's performance with an occasionally comical but always full-throttle showing. "You got hands, clap them. You got asses, shake them," frontman Pelle Almqvist instructed the crowd before launching into their new cut "Take Back the Toys."

One of Sunday's biggest draws was Afrojack, whose set spawned a veritable diaspora toward the Freedom Tent after Drake's main stage performance, siphoning off a considerable number of festivalgoers from X's set on the nearby Liberty Stage. The DJ and producer spun crowd-pleasers like his remix of Martin Solveig's "Hello" as his smoke machines were on in full force.

"We're going to make it feel like sunshine," Philly native Santigold promised after inviting a handful of eager fans onstage for "Creator." Fellow Philly singer Jill Scott did her part to keep the mood lively, calling on the city's own Eve for a surprise performance of "Let Me Blow Ya Mind," a song which had the hometown crowd singing along with every word.

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Source: http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/04/13659642-jay-z-joins-pearl-jam-for-99-problems-at-philadelphia-festival?lite

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Report: Apple?s Share Of U.S. Smartphone Market Now Over 33%, RIM Drops To Under 10%

The latest data from online analytics company comScore shows that Apple's share of the U.S. smartphone market has grown to just over 33%. That's up 2% since April 2012. The study, which surveyed over 30,000 U.S. mobile phone subscribers, unsurprisingly found that Google's Android continues to lead among smartphone platforms with over 52% market share, an increase of 1.4% since April.

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Google Plus Hangouts For Business Marketing and Branding

Google+ has been out for more than a year. Many are saying it?s dead on arrival. But, anyone who follows me on social media knows I don?t agree.

One major reason why Google+ is here to stay is the Hangouts feature.

In a nutshell, Hangouts are a 10 person online video chat/conference. With the added feature of Hangouts On Air (HOA), this conference/chat room can become a studio for a brand to produce a regular show about topics of interest that relate.

The beauty of Hangouts On Air is that, in addition to recording the session to the brands YouTube account, it also broadcasts the Hangout live to Google+ and to YouTube. This is very beneficial to any brand that wants to show that they are forward thinking and engaging in the social media space.

At Goldstein Media we?ve noticed an increased interest from many brands who want to do a live ?Hangout? or show. Often, these brands are contacting us because they don?t know where to start.

Here here are a few steps for brands to follow that will ensure they have a good show:

1. Take some time to plan. What is the show about? How long should the show be? What topics are going to be discussed? Are there any guests that need to be lined up?
2. Decide on a time that works for both you and your audience. I?ve noticed that a majority of people are on Google+ and hanging out in the evening. So keep that in mind. Also remember that Google+ is an international social network, so people are going to be tuning in from all different locations and time zones.
3. Plan some promotion. Google+ has a great event announcement system. Use it. Also don?t be afraid to use other networks like Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter to promote the Hangout.
4. Don?t worry about it being perfect and error free. As you do more shows you?ll get better and more polished.
5. Consider hiring a company like Goldstein Media to help you produce and promote your show.
6. Consider what kind of graphics you want on the screen during the show (lower thirds with names and titles, etc.).
7. DO A TEST RUN. Don?t jump into your first episode without trying things out first. Get your webcam and microphone setup (I suggest the Logitech C920 and the Blue Snowball microphone). A good set of headphones can help reduce sound playing back through your microphone.
8. Lastly, HAVE FUN! People enjoy genuine conversation. The occasional trip or stumble isn?t going to ruin anything.

If the thought of doing a regular Hangout or even a one-off Hangout for your brand seems too daunting, consider consulting with a social media marketing agency that has experience with the Google+ platform.

Seth Goldstein is the Principal Creative Director at Goldstein Media LLC. He has been in the Web design and Internet marketing business for more than 10 years. A self-proclaimed technologist, Seth is addicted to all types of technology. He loves to help businesses of all sizes figure out the best way to use the Internet to grow their business.

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Very Small Business Venture Webhosting ? What To Look For ...

You can find a large number of types of internet hosting products and services around today and everybody declares they give the top-quality internet hosting go through for each need. Within the website hosting promote in these days, we are able to retrieve committed, shared, 100 percent free (with constraints) and reseller website hosting. Listed here, we are going to examine each and every expression of the reseller internet hosting provider. This sort of internet hosting is considered the most streamlined for somebody that starts off an internet company. The technical expression ?Reselling? misses technical this means or targeted setup that could recognize it to be an internet hosting style.

Initially, a reseller website hosting is basically a services equipped by a web person who presently ordered an internet internet hosting provider. It is really then leased out to other purchasers in an increased price level. It is a reselling treatment. In an alternate terms, the larger business enterprise has ordered the internet hosting assistance in a wholesale level which is reselling it to some smallish small business in separated segments. Therefore, it really is very similar leasing out their disk area and bandwidth. Every one of the Reseller neophyte necessitates could be the ambition and competencies to promote by itself online.

Pretty much all reseller internet hosting supplier is scaled-down corporation proprietors who will be just using off their business enterprise in internet hosting marketplace. A reseller ordinarily aims a medium current market just where the demand to get a website host isn?t really that beneficial. It ordinarily provides bundles that doesn?t purpose to deal with state-of-the-art demands. Bigger internet hosting establishments do not ever help choices similar to this which is where exactly reseller internet hosting is priceless. So, the world wide web internet hosting suppliers for this sort of assistance will get some internet profits only by marketing and advertising productively. A multitude of suppliers present guiding the scenes aid solutions the place they act on your own business?s behalf towards your clientele, at addable expenses.

So, for anyone who is constructing to journey into your internet hosting field as being a reseller internet hosting, you possess to scout near to discover out the top firm packages. Then, you have got to promote it efficiently and creatively to find out your specialized niche marketplace. The provider which you provide is vital to generally be of fine high-quality. So as to acquire considerably more potential customers, you can expect to need to allocate your bandwidth and disk area efficiently also. To make certain cheerfulness in your valued clients, what ever hassle which they identify need to progress for the primary provider. This not only relieves the procedure of your reseller website hosting but additionally can provide options for each the key supplier as well as your consumers. For people who have do not ever applied reseller internet hosting regulate panels, your business will support with purchasing your primary package deal and there?s a prosperity of information and the way tos all set for you personally to receive on top of things for the basic principles. Your reseller online site internet hosting account can have a specified quota for website place and bandwidth presented to you personally in quantity, which you?ll different into very little internet hosting strategies with sets greater fitted for ecommerce and vps internet hosting combined with to supply further home business company merchandises and companies (like buying carts, ssl certificates, no cost Search engine marketing consultation etc).

Reselling website hosting solutions is definitely the best choice for anyone who?re trying to find to begin a web business company for your first of all time. It is actually excellent for anyone who will be starting up up a residence primarily based institution which includes a limited financial floor. Very few can lease a committed server which is why it?s the best way out. It will allow loads disk area and bandwidth enough in your case to produce an internet site you can use for virtually any intention.

To summarize, reseller internet hosting is certainly a sought after internet assistance because of to its wonderful attributes that gives a person to complete a large amount of stuff with restricted assets. It is extremely deserving for a number of forms of online people and particularly for your businesspersons that are doing their way to the Net internet hosting trade.

Remember to browse What Website Hosting Companies Create An Incredible Online Host? to have other details concerning the subject.

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