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6 Simple Steps To Starting A Small Business On The Internet
Thursday, 12 March 2009
By Ben Needles

  There are several steps to starting a small business but the hardest one is simply starting. Once you are started you will gain momentum and you are well on your way. Advantages of building a business online include you can quite easily sell someone elses product, service or business opportunity and do extremely well.


1. If you promote a product or service that you love and are passionate about you will enjoy much long term success. Make sure it is something you are passionate about.

2. Next, you will need to register a domain name. Try to choose a dot com as your customers are more familiar with them. Try to have the name of your business in your domain if possible. For example if you want to sell mason jar candles then try to find a domain name like.masonjarcandles.com or ilikemasonjarcandles.com or masonjarcandlesforyou.com. You may have to enter different domain names until you find one you like that is not taken.

3. Next you need a website.
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Black Hat SEO: Not Worth It
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
By scott gallagher

  When you're engaging in local internet marketing, it can sometimes seem like an extremely uphill battle. Often, people enter into the online world with their local business because they are having a hard time supporting themselves with just the business they can bring in locally alone. This leaves them with one alternative, which is to try and find more customers. Of course, the internet is great for that as it readily provides businesses all over the world with the opportunity to market to millions of individuals. However, starting from scratch online, when so many competitors are ranking so much higher in the search engines, can be frustrating.


Black Hat SEO refers to methods used by the more nefarious search engine optimization experts out there. This technique involves a number of different methods that are considered to be underhanded, sneaky, and generally against the rules by the web using population at large, as well as by the search engines themselves. A bit of good advice to anyone pursuing local internet marketing is to avoid any of these shady techniques at all costs.

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