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#1 The VCDL is celebrating its Third Birthday!
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- Michael S. DeVries
#2 6 Ways To Fund Your New Business
- Tim Knox
#3 Article Marketing, A Common Form Of Internet
Promotion
- Boyd Troublerr
#4 Telecommuting Idea: Online Tutor
- Nell Taliercio
#5 Building Your Own Computer
- D. David Dugan
#6 How To Work At Home With Young Children
- Stephanie Foster
#7 VoIP: A Wise Investment For Small Business
-Michael Brito
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#1 The VCDL is celebrating its Third Birthday!
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Date: Sun, 14 May 2006
From: "Michael S. DeVries" < DeVries
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Reply To: Virtual-Consulting@topica.com
The Virtual Consulting Discussion List is celebrating
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#2 6 Ways To Fund Your New Business
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Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 21:36:28 +0800
From: "Tim Knox" <submissions@isnare.net>
Reply To: Virtual-Consulting@topica.com
I'm often asked: what is the best way to finance
a new business
venture. This question is usually followed by
"So, do you ever
invest in new business ventures?"
The answers, respectively, are: 1. there is no
"best" way to
fund a new business; and 2. I do invest in new
business
ventures, but darn it I can't today because I
left my checkbook
in my other suit.
The truth is there are a variety of ways to finance
a new
business and which way is best for you depends
totally on your
product, your market, your financial requirements,
your burn
rate, and most importantly, your personal and
financial
situation.
So with that in mind, here are a few of the most
common ways to
finance a new business without hitting old Tim
up for a loan.
Keep in mind that all methods have pros and cons
and some (or
most) may not work for your specific situation.
No matter what
financing method you choose thoroughly investigate
the ups and
downs and don't jump in with both feet until you're
sure you'll
land on solid ground.
Savings and Investments
The first source you should consider tapping is
your own
savings and investments. I'm a huge fan of self-financing
when
it comes to business because it doesn't make you
responsible to
others should the business fail. The bad thing
is that it if
things do go under, it will be your money that
goes down with
the ship. If you're not willing to risk your own
capital you
certainly shouldn't be willing to risk anyone
else's.
Friends and Family
After tapping their own savings and investments,
many
entrepreneurs turn to friends and family for help.
This works
well for some, but here's the creed I live by:
NEVER borrow
money from anyone you have to eat Thanksgiving
dinner with.
Nothing causes tension in a family like lending
money that is
never paid back. And notice I say "lending
money" rather than
investing money. Venture capitalists invest money.
Your
relatives lend you money. They will expect it
back someday even
if they say they won't. Remember, when a loved
one invests in
your business they are emotionally investing in
you. It would
be tough to tell mom and dad that their favorite
son lost their
life savings because his business went down the
drain.
Credit Cards
I financed my first business on credit cards,
which was an
incredibly stupid thing to do given the fact that
my business
could have failed and left me with thousands of
dollars in
credit card debt that would have taken until the
year 2099 to
pay off. It worked out in the end for me, but
if you decide to
finance your business on plastic keep in mind
that you will be
paying extremely high interest rates on the money
you've
borrowed and unless you hit it big you will be
paying for that
money for many years to come.
Mortgage The Farm
Bank loans are next to impossible to get if you
don't have
collateral and a track record of business success,
which is why
many entrepreneurs use the equity in their homes
to finance
their business after being turned down for a bank
loan. While
this makes more sense than building a business
on a deck of
credit cards, the financial risks are no less
abundant. You
must pay this money back whether your business
succeeds or not,
but it is a good source of low interest money
to get you started
and the interest may be tax deductible (check
with your
accountant to make sure).
Angel Investors
An angel investor is typically a wealthy individual
who invests
in start up ventures for a share of the ownership.
Angel
investors are usually the first formal investors
in a business
and provide the seed money to get the business
up and running.
Some angel investors will write you a check and
leave you alone
to run your business while others consider their
investment a
license to "help you" manage and make
decisions. If you do
accept angel money make sure the terms are clearly
defined on
both sides. Angel money always comes with strings.
Make sure
you know whether those strings come in the form
of a bow or a
noose before you accept an angel's check.
Venture Capitalists
Venture capitalists are to angel investors as
pit bulls are to
Chihuahuas. That's not to say all VC are big,
bad dogs, but
they do have powerful jaws that can chew up your
business and
spit it out if things don't go their way. VC money
doesn't come
with strings, it comes with chains and locks and
lots of legal
documents. VC always have the upper hand in any
deal they
invest in. That's just how it works and that's
the price you
pay to get access to VC money.
If your business gets to the level that VC money
becomes a
viable option, don't jump at the first bone a
VC dangles before
your eyes. If one VC likes your idea, others will,
too. Present
to multiple VC and carefully consider each offer
before you
accept the check.
Just remember, no matter how you finance your
business, use the
money wisely. Don't buy $1,500 plasma monitors
and $1,000
Hermann Miller chairs.
Have a very clear plan of how the money will be
used and how it
will be paid back.
And remember this, the more you can shoestring
the business,
but more of the business you will own in the end.
About The Author: Tim Knox is a nationally-known
small business
expert who writes and speaks frequently on the
topic. For more
information or to contact Tim please visit one
of his sites
below. http://www.dropshipwholesale.net
http://www.smallbusinessqa.com
http://www.timknox.com
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#3 Article Marketing, A Common Form Of Internet
Promotion
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Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 11:14:51 +0800
From: "Boyd Troublerr" <submissions@isnare.net>
Reply To: Virtual-Consulting@topica.com
Article marketing is perhaps the most common
way that an internet marketer promotes his or
her web page to a search engine or engines in
order to achieve the highest ranking possible
for given keyword searches. In fact that is what
is being done right now as I sit here and write
this article. This will then be turned into a
home page that will go onto the internet and be
structured in such a way and contain the right
kind of information to sell some sort of product
that is based in some way on internet marketing.
If I am sounding general, it is because I am being
very general for several reasons. Not the least
of which is that if I told you I would very likely
have just told my competition how to beat me or
at least how to make it harder for me to make
the money that I do on the internet. Another big
reason for the generalities is that in part I
have no idea what I am talking about in terms
of how article marketing works to make the rankings
for a particular page go up.
You see, internet promotion (often in the form
of article marketing), is in many ways very mysterious.
That is because it is very valuable to the search
engines which are literally the powerhouse of
internet traffic that we don't know how to get
high rankings on their pages for specific keywords
without paying for that distinction. You see for
a fee which is a limiting factor for many of us
internet marketers you can place ads that will
show on the very first page of the search page
after you have typed in a search term or phrase
and the engine has crawled the web and come up
with results. It is not rocket science to understand
that the links on the first page are going to
get a significantly higher click through rates
than those that are say on the tenths page of
results.
I don't have to tell you either that the more
people that see and are made to think about your
product and how it can solve their problems in
particular, the more sales you are going to make
and the more money you are going to make. It really
is the name of the game this thing called internet
promotion. And once again internet promotion is
in this case carried out by a process called article
marketing.
About The Author: The experience gained by 14
fast and wildly successful years in internet marketing
has given Boyd Troublerr the right to be heard.
To learn more about article marketing go to http://www.articlemarketinghelp.info
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#4 Telecommuting Idea: Online Tutor
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 22:57:11 +0800
From: "Nell Taliercio" <submissions@isnare.net>
Reply To: Virtual-Consulting@topica.com
There are a lot of kids from 1st grade to college
that could
use some help with their schoolwork. Parents are
often not able
to give them the help and attention they need
to get them back
on track on a particular subject. A tutor is the
perfect
solution.
While there are many people who will tutor locally,
in the
student's home, or their own house, the idea of
an online tutor
is still fairly new. If you have been tutoring
kids in your
neighborhood, taking your tutoring job online
to attract more
clients may be a great idea.
If you haven't worked as a tutor, but this sounds
like an
interesting idea, take a look at your skills.
Are there
particular subjects in school that you excelled
at?
You will need a website to promote your service,
as well as a
way to communicate with your young clients and
their parents.
Let's take a look at a couple of different ways
you could tutor
your students online.
Email
Your students can simply email you questions they
have. You
answer the email and send them exercises and practice
tests
this way. Even if you are not using email as your
main means of
communication, keep it in mind when you want to
get something to
your students while they are not online, or to
send them
exercises and other files.
Chat Program
Using a chat program will give you more one-on-one
interaction
with your student. You are able to respond to
their questions
immediately and will also get feedback from your
students. You
can check right away if your student understands
the problem
you are explaining. The students can also ask
follow up
questions immediately.
Instant Messenger
Instant Messenger works very similar to a regular
chat program.
There are quite a few instant messengers available
for free
download. You get the benefit of the chat software
without
having to install it. Most kids will already be
familiar with
using Instant Messenger, making it easy to get
started.
Message Board
The message board is another great tool to stay
in contact with
your students. Just like email students will be
able to ask you
questions any time of the day and you can respond
during your
regular working hours. If you have a group of
students on a
similar subject, they may benefit from being able
to read and
discuss their questions among themselves in addition
to getting
help from you.
Video Conferencing
Video Conferencing is as close as you can get
to being in the
same room with your students. You will be able
to see your
students, observe how they are doing and are also
able to read
their body language, which can help you determine
if your
student understands what you are talking about
or not. Video
Conferencing services have become very affordable
over the past
year, making this a viable option for you as an
online tutor.
You could even offer a subscription-based service
that would
give students and their parents access to a database
of
tutorials, articles, FAQ's and other resources
compiled by you
to help the kids with their school work. If becoming
an online
tutor sounds like something you are interested
in doing, give
it a try. Get the word out and start accepting
a few students.
About The Author: Nell Taliercio is the owner
and founder of
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#5 Building Your Own Computer
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 21:41:35 +0800
From: "D. David Dugan" <submissions@isnare.net>
Reply To: Virtual-Consulting@topica.com
The world of computers is constantly changing.
It is one of the
only industries that is different from month to
month. If you're
in the market for a new PC, there are continually
new options
available. To get the best bang for your buck
in computer
technology, you may want to consider building
your own PC.
Those with a little know how in the computer industry
can save
themselves tons of money by building their own
computers.
Companies such as Tiger Direct and mwave.com offer
components
that can create a top of the line system for a
fraction of the
cost. These stores offer all of the necessary
components that
reside in the "case" or main unit of
the computer.
These include the motherboard, processor, cooling
fans, hard
drive, memory, keyboard, mouse, video and sound
cards. There
are motherboards available with integrated video
and sound but
not all do.
When you are buying a motherboard, make sure to
check whether
you will need to buy a separate video and sound
card. Also make
sure that the motherboard you are buying has extra
slots so you
can expand your system.
Another key to remember when building your own
computer is to
make sure all of your components will work together.
Manufacturers make specific models to work together,
so you may
want to buy your parts from just one brand.
If you are going to use your computer to surf
the Internet and
play computer games you are going to need extra
pieces. At
minimum you will need an Ethernet card, CD/DVD
drives and a
graphics card. You can also benefit from gaming
ports for
joysticks or other game controllers.
The hardest part about building your own PC is
installing the
motherboard and the Operating System. This is
the first step
toward creating the unit. You must physically
put the
components into the case using screws. Begin with
the
motherboard and then connect your processor. Add
the memory
into the memory slots and install any necessary
drives.
Once you've installed the drives, you can put
in the install
CDs for your operating system. Most PCs will guide
you through
the set up process to install the operating system.
After
making sure the operating system is up and running,
put in your
other devices one at a time.
Although it may be quicker to install all of your
additional
hardware at once, you want to test each piece
as you go to make
sure that piece is in good working order.
Even though building your own PC can give you
a better computer
for less money, the process is not for everyone.
As a
compromise, computer companies like Dell and Gateway
allow
their customers to custom build PCs on their website.
A customer can choose from different options regarding
speed,
memory and special portals. The additional benefit
of buying
from a company is that the PC is normally under
a guarantee.
You can also take advantage of technical support.
This may be
the best option for someone who has extra money
to spend to get
the custom components that they want.
About The Author: D. David Dugan personally helps
to maintain a
computer shopping site at http://www.greatpcdeals.com
as well as
a Spyware Information site at http://spyware.dugancom.com.
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#6 How To Work At Home With Young Children
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 20:25:05 +0800
From: "Stephanie Foster" <submissions@isnare.net>
Reply To: Virtual-Consulting@topica.com
I've written a few simple rules to help you deal
with the
reality of working at home with young children.
Your day may
not go exactly like this, but at times it will
probably come
pretty close.
1. Start your day by telling the kids you are
going to be
working. Make sure you have enough time for last-minute
demands, such as the urgent need to play "just
one" game of
Chutes and Ladders.
2. Remind kids of when they can disturb you while
you work.
"No, wanting a cookie is not an emergency."
"Yes, you can tell
me if the cat is on fire."
3. Remind husband of when he can disturb you while
you work.
"No, that's not an emergency either. Give
me a back rub after
I'm done working and we'll talk."
4. Chase cat out of home office.
5. Clean up dishes from around computer. Take
to kitchen and
remind everyone they are supposed to eat in the
kitchen, not
the office.
6. Get cat out of office chair and put outside.
7. Get toddler out of office chair and send to
Daddy. Close
office door.
8. Hear toddler pounding on office door. Find
teddy bear tucked
behind computer and give to toddler.
9. Start working.
10. Hear kids arguing in hall just outside your
office door.
Remind them to be quiet for you. Try to get them
to stop
telling you their side of the story. Send kids
to husband for
mediation.
11. Take a deep breath. Get back to work.
12. Husband knocks on door to ask when dinner
will be ready.
With great restraint, remind him that it's his
night to cook.
13. Try to remember what you were doing. Start
new project when
you can't figure it out.
14. Toddler comes in covered in paints. Older
child follows,
saying he didn't either leave them out. Yell to
husband to give
toddler a bath.
15. Find paint all over your paperwork. Do your
best to clean
it.
16. Main phone line rings. Answer because husband
is too busy
giving toddler a bath. Tell friend no you can't
watch her kids
for her tomorrow. Remind her that you do WORK
at home.
17. Answer call that beeps through on call waiting.
Tell
mother-in-law no, you aren't interested in the
outside the home
job she just heard about. Yes, you are earning
enough working at
home. No, it isn't just a hobby. Explain you are
working and
can't talk for long. Hear all the reasons she
thinks you need
to find a different job.
18. Retreat back to office before kids realize
you aren't in
there.
19. Get some work done fast while the getting
is good.
20. Soaking wet toddler comes charging in and
demands you help
dress her. Try to send to Daddy. Calm toddler's
tantrum as she
insists she wants MOMMY to do it. Decide dressing
her is faster
than trying to calm her down other ways. Send
clothed toddler
back to Daddy.
21. Try to get settled back into working.
22. Hear smoke alarm go off. Dinner must be ready.
Take a break
and get something to eat with the family.
23. Head back to work. Find out you missed the
call you had
been expecting. Call them back.
24. Computer crashes. Wait for it to reboot.
25. Realize you hadn't saved the file you were
working on.
Autosave didn't quite get it all. Try to remember
what you had
been doing.
26. Realize your internet connection isn't working.
Try to get
automated tech support to give you a real person.
27. Kids come thundering into the room for bedtime
hugs and to
ask for a story. Take a break and enjoy.
28. Chase cat back out of office.
29. Find out cat walked all over your keyboard,
deleting half
your file and inserting random text.
30. Toddler has to go potty and won't let Daddy
help. Once
that's done, help toddler back to bed.
31. Peace and quiet at last. Get some work done
before you fall
asleep.
About The Author: Stephanie Foster is a work at
home mom with a
sense of humor about her lifestyle. For more work
at home
information, you can visit
http://www.homewiththekids.com/wah.htm
to learn about home
business, work at home jobs and more.
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#7 VoIP: A Wise Investment For Small Business
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 20:13:21 +0800
From: "Michael Brito" <submissions@isnare.net>
Reply To: Virtual-Consulting@topica.com
Small businesses are always looking for ways
to increase their
competitiveness by cutting costs, improving their
value
proposition and requiring their staff to work
more efficiently.
Today, in the telecommunications industry, a new
technology
called VoIP - Voice over Internet Protocol (Internet-based
phone service) has emerged and is making all of
the above and
more, possible for SMBs (small and medium-size
businesses).
VoIP technology compresses voice (audio) data
into packets that
can be transmitted over data networks and the
public Internet,
and converted back into voice at the receiving
end. This is the
basis for some of the significant cost savings
as voice now
becomes just another form of data, allowing for
integration
with web based applications and the development
of new features
that would be impossible using traditional networks.
SMBs Demand Higher Functionality at a Lower Cost
Traditional telephone networks were designed solely
to carry
low-fidelity audio signals with a high level of
reliability.
Although these networks are very reliable for
voice
communication, they are not well suited to service
today's
explosive growth of digital communication applications,
because
they: are expensive to build; must have the capacity
from day
one to address potential growth, increasing initial
costs and
creating an underutilized investment; transmit
data at very low
rates and resolutions, making them poorly suited
for delivering
high-fidelity audio, entertainment-quality video,
or other rich
multimedia content; use dedicated circuits for
each call, which
allot fixed bandwidth throughout the call's duration,
whether
or not voice is actually being transmitted; cannot
be leveraged
to provide new or differentiated services or functions,
such as
video communication, that the network was not
originally
designed to accommodate.
Advantages of VoIP Technology
VoIP uses packet-switched networks to carry non-real-time
data
using much less bandwidth. The advantages of such
networks are
flexibility, efficiency, and scalability.
Flexibility: networks can be built in a variety
of
configurations to suit the number of users, client/server
application requirements, and desired bandwidth
availability.
Efficiency: bandwidth is consumed only when needed;
service
providers can converge their traditionally separate
voice and
data networks, and carry voice, video, fax, and
data traffic
over the same network; many terminals can share
the same
connection to the network and as a result, significantly
more
traffic can be transmitted over a packet-switched
network than
over a circuit-switched telephony network.
Scalability: Extensions can be easily added to
the network as
growth demands.
These advantages help create cost savings that
can be passed on
to consumers in the form of lower telephone bills.
Around the
world, more than 25 million SMBs could realize
significant
benefits by employing VoIP as their phone service.
A Hosted PBX
A Hosted IP PBX system is built using a VoIP infastructure
specifically for small business. This system offers
many
advantages to SMBs compared to traditional telcom
offerings.
Businesses that opt for non-hosted VoIP phone
systems, must
first invest in a scalable and very expensive
platform; as well
as devote resources to set up, configure, and
maintain them - a
significant overhead cost.
In a hosted PBX service, configuration and maintenance
are
handled by the service provider and included in
the monthly
service price. In any price comparison, an SMB
must look at all
these costs and consider the entire total cost
of ownership
associated with on on-premise based system versus
a hosted
solution.
In a hosted IP PBX environment, a subscriber uses
their
broadband IP network for a small business phone
system as well
as data service. Customer Premise Equipment (CPE)
for VoIP
service requires only IP phones, or analog-to-digital
converters for analog phones. This dramatically
reduces
start-up costs. Typically, all applications are
also hosted,
eliminating multiple vendors and points of contact.
Hosted PBXs Reduce Costs from 50 to 90 Percent
With traditional business phone systems, each
company must pay
for expensive equipment, phones, applications,
installation,
and maintenance, as well as bring in trunk lines.
On top of
this, a business will need to add in expensive
monthly fees for
local and long distance calling, a maintenance
contract and
annual upgrade costs.
Payback periods for a PBX phone system may never
occur,
preventing smaller companies from considering
a traditional
business phone system and forcing them to rely
on basic,
multi-line service and phones, which can be really
expensive.
Even after the upfront and quite substantial investment,
customers could hear a busy signal if traffic
exceeds the
number of available lines.
For small businesses, the only alternative has
been to use
regular, basic phone service, which requires that
all users
must be in the same physical location, have a
limited features
and pay a large up front cost.
Hosted PBX services nearly eliminate the upfront
investment and
cover the local and long distance calling costs
for a low
monthly fee, and include all the features.
For a monthly subscription fee, a business enjoys
unlimited
long distance and local calls in the U.S. and
Canada, and can
use all the advanced applications including auto-attendant,
ring groups, and extensions. These features would
cost much
more if provided with traditional solutions. Also,
since each
user can have two non-blocking lines, up to 20
calls can be
handled by a single extension, reducing busy signals
and
customer abandon rates.
Hosted PBX Features
Unlimited Calling - using the Internet backbone
for routing
calls to any number in the United States and Canada
E911 - automatically routes emergency calls, along
with
computer-based "screen pops" of caller
information, to dispatch
operators at local public service answering points
(PSAPs) for
every extension based on location
Business Class Telephone with 99 name directory
and 99 number
display for inbound outbound calls and one touch
controls for
regularly used features such as voicemail, forward,
DND, park,
conference, transfer and more. 7 speed dials,
100 name
directory, headset ports with separate connect
control
Auto-Attendant - automated system that can replace
the need for
a receptionist, 24 x 7 with multiple schedules
and greetings,
transfers calls
Full Featured Conference Bridge - audio conferencing
system to
hold meetings involving participants at multiple
sites
Business-class Voicemail - up to eight prerecorded
greeting
options, password protected, Voicemail to e-mail,
one number
access allowing follow me search and many more
productivity
features
Ring Groups -incoming calls routed to a group
of phones
simultaneously
Music/Messaging On Hold - replaces dead air with
melodic music
or important information
Administrative Controls - Web portal for all PBX,
auto-attendant, ring groups, and complete extension
control.
Includes Extension Manager and Switchboard.
Call Park / Call Pick-Up - gives receptionist
flexibility to
park a call while paging the recipient
Do Not Disturb - calls automatically forwarded
to voicemail
Caller-ID and Call Waiting Caller-ID - number
of incoming call
appears on display; controls for single Call ID
blocking
*67/*68 or block all Call ID also per Call Waiting
Disable *70,
and perminant call waiting disable
Distinctive Ringing - advises whether call is
from inside or
outside the company
About The Author: Click here to learn more about
Business VoIP:
http://www.packet8.net/about/virtual_office.asp
Michael Brito is
an Internet Marketing Consultant for a variety
of consumer goods
and services. http://www.michaelbrito.com
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