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Friday, July 25, 2008

Business ideas and opportunities evaluation

The best way to acquire something is remaining attached to it closely. If you want to spark up with any idea, you need to have proper knowledge of the market and commerce. You may read books or magazines, or watch TV on business world and the trend running all over. But you need to have practical knowledge in the field you are adapting to. Then slowly you will be able to update yourself in correct predictions.

The proverb goes, opportunities do not come awhile. In the business world, you can’t miss out on any. Opportunity, in business term, is a state of future possibility and storage, which the decision makers judge as “desirable” or “feasible”. The level of opportunity arises when a bundle of resources is sold at a higher price than the cost of the package and the resultant delivery of it. Idea is different from it. The entrepreneurs are ready with different ideas clustered from several resources. Now, this is idea, acknowledged from different sectors, that enlightens any possibility of gain from the opportunity. Idea creates a space which can be termed as Opportunity Evaluation.

Capitalizing on business ideas properly, you understand the need of this opportunity. While conceptualizing on any idea, you should keep the demand of the product, ready market, and a solid return of investment, in mind. Otherwise the idea would lead to a perfect damnation of possibility.

While starting to crop up any idea of business, you should know to very basic things of Economics-demand and supply. For example, the IT industry is booming worldwide. So any business related to online marketing would fetch you to a gaining side. Customer and market are the two key issues for opportunity-focused entrepreneurs. They consequentially move on to analyze market size and growth, market structure and industry issues, market capacity, attainable market share, cost structure, the core economics, exit strategy issues, time to breakeven, opportunity costs, and barriers to entry, not to leave, definitely, the rate.

You can follow their paths by adopting these strategies the entrepreneurs use in structuring a business:

1. How much value your product creates.

2. Who is your target market?

3. How would you collect them?

4. How would you shoe that your company is unique?

5. What is the quality of your competition?

6. What percentage of market-share you would like to capture?

7. What type of company you are to set up; Corporation or High Potential; depends on demand.

8. What will it cost initially?

9. Do you need investment or not? If yes then, how much?

10. How do you pay the investors back?

There is more information on internet. If you are inspired by business, and want to make a good, competent display of business, acquire as many stories of success as you can. The idea must be backed by zeal. The live experience provides courage. Along with articles on net, there are legal tips and counseling available throughout the country. Lastly, have proper knowledge, be positive, do things sincerely, and the Opportunity Evaluation goes symmetrically with your sparkling business idea.

Friday, July 18, 2008

Steps to prosperity and success

Prosperity and abundance become a natural call to our desire. But the question arises, what would you do if you are given the opportunity? Would you fulfill your career /vocational wish, or buy a house to live in peace, fulfill some incomplete relationship, or go for money?

This depends on the personality that suits you the most. Things may be something else as well. But the key factor remains in achieving that abundance. Otherwise the same story repeats again and again- dream and constant secret wish converted into frustration after a point of time. Don’t be disappointed. The proverb goes “if there is a will, there is a way”. The ways are as below; find out whether you have the will within you to follow those ways:

i. What is this Law of Attraction?

Hey lo! Don’t skip. This is not a scientific theory, followed by an annoyingly lengthy formula. This law has been set on account of constant observation and experience. Display yourself and you will be displayed to the world. Don’t you feel that? Abraham Hicks expresses it properly, “You attract whatever you give your attention and energy to, whether wanted or unwanted.”

So whenever you are out there with any dynamism and curiosity, you are paid back. For example, you talk to any person about anything, and if he/she reacts, your dialogue is automatically recorded in the web of rumor. Whatever we do, we are displayed to the world, and the reactionary attraction is there. (Remember Newton’s Third Law). And the knowledge of this will help you manifesting yourself insistently, and attracting things, you want or not, that would you in abundance.

Try to know that, and the next thing is, you are automatically updated.

ii. The things paid attention are rewarded to you:

This is the subsequence of the Law of Attraction. Whenever you have certain things in mind that you want to materialize at any cost, your focus is rewarded. There is no mystery or luck in it. You perform anything honestly working hard; you are bound to be paid back positively. Can’t you relate to that, remembering any episode of your life where success came to you doorstep owing to your sincerity?

Equally strong is the concept of moving away and being unrewarded. If you seriously feel that you are not able to do certain things, you lose the confidence every time, and follow the step of negligence and secret frustration. For example, if a footballer believes that he cannot score in a penalty, due to the previous failing attempts, the chances of materializing that becomes lesser. And another failed attempt leads him to more diffidence.

If you tend to move away from something, it is because of this frustration. Any work related to that will only bring in your mind the images of failure.

Thus, don’t lose your level of energy and confidence by trying something you don’t have complete faith in. Or do try them with true attention. You’ve got it, man!

iii. Confused?

No, not on my words! They are pretty clear. Are you

Confused of what you want? This is the most important part of life. We waste a considerable part of our life running after things that do not suit us. Shake off these confusions, and clear your head. Go to a quiet place, give yourself time, and find out what you need the most at present. You can set your long-time dreams. But you need to be judicious while acting upon that. Make step-by-step decisions and accord them with proper durations. Perhaps a meditation would do.

Be clear what you are trying to attract to. Always question yourself, “how would I get close to prosperity?” You might be at stake in anything (shortage of money, problems in relationships, profession, etc.); you need to concentrate on the basics. The ways you followed, and the mistakes you committed.

You are on the verge of having reparation or a lesson.

iv. Be positive:

Throughout the negative news, showered on TV, newspapers, or everyday rumors, the crux of which lies on spreading disturbing news, the very attitude of remaining positive is lost.

On any incident, the fear of risk and negativity comes promptly. Its result is that you lost the capability of appreciating things that you are gifted with.

If you open up your potential to the world, forget the past failure, and have faith in yourself, the near future is yours. Bring out what you appreciate in life; you will visualize so many opportunities moving around you. And you can select the path you want. Act positively in trying times. The attitude tells the story.

v. Pronounce affirmations repeatedly:

Del Karnegi, a famous human-mind reader, used to say that you need to pronounce repeatedly what you want. And say that you can get this. Telling things of your desire to others will give you the will to fulfill that, may be out of shame. But once you do that successfully, you are a lot more confident.

If you record your positive attitude, avoid reluctant appeal such as “will see it afterwards”, and believe you are only a step behind your goal, none can resist you from achievement.

First decide, and then take the initiative. Your rusty brain would soon act like a fertile one, steeped in positive information. Stated affirmation of your demand works as a catalyst to the gathering of abundance and prosperity.

These steps do not lead you to any technical proficiency of gaining. They are no theoretical postulations to sharpen your mind. They are only a way to know you and your desires properly. Rediscover yourself. If you learn to know you, can abundance and prosperity, mere human attributions, be far behind?

Monday, July 14, 2008

How to Improve Your Credibility in the Online Business

The most important thing is that, it will affect your business is your credibility. People buy only from a company that they think is trusty and credible. This is the reason why people prefer to go for branded goods because these goods mean that they are coming from a reputable brand.

Now the question is how can you build credibility for your business on the internet? The answer is consistency. Consumers like consistent behavior. In case there is a news letter that you publish for your consumers every month, then it is important that you are consistent with it. It is important that the quality of the news letter remains the same. You should also ensure that the frequency of the issues is also the same; an irregular issue will cause distrust and confusion in the minds of the consumers.

Consistency means that you are consistent in all the aspects. If you are providing a guarantee period for your goods, then it is advisable that you do not change the guarantee period too often, also try and provide goods that have a standard quality and price.

To gain trust there are a lot of things that you can do. Some software companies give a free trial of the product to the consumer, before they can buy it. Others also give a “share ware” version of the product to try. This enables the consumer to see if the product will do the job that it promises to do.

Another way of gaining credibility can be by sharing your knowledge. It can be easily done by monitoring discussion boards and lists that your customers visit frequently. You should answer the questions that are posted this way you will be able to gain the trust of the customers.

It is important that you do not make over the top claims about your products on the web. Write things only that are true and the things which the customers will find believable. Telling the truth is always the best way. It pays to think not as seller and to think as a customer. Try and think of all the features that you would be looking in a product before buying it, and try and include it in the advertisement.

Testimonials are also a great way to increase your credibility. Testimonials are statements from happy customers rating how the product has helped him and how much he liked it. Before publishing a testimonial you have to take permission from the author to publish it. Also it is wise not to make up testimonials as more often than not you will be caught and will create a bad impression in the minds of prospective customers.

Remember that to gain credibility you have to provide value for money. You have to be accessible and solve all the consumer problems to be in their good books.

Friday, July 04, 2008

Import and Export Now Made Easy

Import and export has made the world a very small place. Nowadays any one can get anything they want, either in shops or over the internet. It is obviously cheaper if you travel and purchase, but you can take benefit of the price difference, only if you decide to purchase in bulk, otherwise it is of no use. At the same time traveling abroad is tiresome and there are language barriers that you have to overcome. People would instead prefer to pay a little more to shop comfortably, and this here the role of exporters and importers come in to play.

Import and export is a business that any one can do. You can even start up an import and export business from your home and enjoy the convenience of flexible work hours. You may have heard that it is difficult to import small quantities, and also about the custom problems. But the fact is that all these information are absolutely wrong!! Yes there are no such difficulties at all. In fact the companies in Hong Kong, China and South Korea will ship you any quantity that you want. Even in the case where a particular company mentions a minimum order, you can order a smaller quantity in the name of sample order! You can order as small a quantity in the name of sample order, and you can also keep re ordering samples. The company will accede to your request as they will be hoping to get a bigger order from you in the future.

Some companies are such that they will ship you small quantities without you having to so through the sample order routine. If you are in this business, then it is a must that you get yourself a computer, almost all the work in this business is done through emails. Also when ever you are corresponding to with them in writing, always use a letter head instead of an ordinary paper; these small things make a lot of difference in creating a good impression.

Email means that you can get all the information that you want in jet speed. Via email you can ask for a quotation and they generally send you a Performa invoice that is an invoice in advance. You have to wire the money electronically which can be easily done through your bank.

Internet has made exporting goods to the small retailers very easy. Even a decade ago, exporting goods to small retailers was an up hill task. The suppliers would be faced with innumerable problems such as difficulty in accepting small payments, expensive communication and lack of information.

With the advent of internet, and free flow information, traders can easily trade across the world and order and sell where ever they please.