Why Backend Selling is Profitable With Your Online Business

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Backend selling is considered as profitable as email marketing and joint ventures. In fact, the top earning internet marketers believe backend selling is very important to success, because it’s the fastest way for a profit infusion to your marketing business. The goal with backend selling is to have a low priced attractive offer on the table and then when the … Continue reading


How to Add Value to Any Product

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There are millions of products on the market and hundreds of thousands of businesses selling those products. How can you make your products stand out from the same or similar products that someone else is selling? Glad you asked. It’s time you learn how to add value to any product. When done right you can sell anything, and we do … Continue reading


Things to Consider When Choosing a Supplier

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Your suppliers are critical to the success of your business. The object is to find good suppliers for online business and stick with them and there are things you can do to make sure that’s what happens, reducing your risk to finding yourself with a poor supplier. What is supplier capacity? First you must know what it is you need … Continue reading


Supplier Selection Criteria | RunApptivo

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Every business requires at least one supplier. Most require many. The quality of that supplier and the goods or services they provide will have a direct impact on your profitability. Today it’s much easier to find suppliers thanks to the internet. However, not all suppliers are legitimate so proceed with caution. These 5 things can help you choose legitimate suppliers. … Continue reading


Working With the Competition Can be Rewarding

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The old school of thought that facing off against your competition was the only way for business to operate simply has gone by the wayside. Today, networking is considered important to the modern business and a good relationship with the competition is actually sought after. It’s not as difficult as you might think to get in among your competitors. Networking … Continue reading


4 Steps to Entering a New Geographic Area Successfully

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Expanding your business into a new geographic area is one of the riskiest undertakings your business can participate in. Did you know that nearly 35% of all geographic expansions do not exist only two years after the expansion occurs? That’s just a little over one third. The good news is that the same percentage are profitable, however to enjoy that … Continue reading


Use an Acquisition Agreement When One Business Purchases Another

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When one business purchases another business the use of an acquisition agreement is critical. While these transactions can vary greatly based on the size and type of business, there are two types of acquisition agreements used – an entity purchase and an asset purchase agreement. The type of acquisition agreement that is appropriate for your purchase will depend on a … Continue reading


Checklist for Buying a Business

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Purchasing an existing business begins by determining what the right business is for you. You can work with a business broker or you can do it on your own. Before agreeing to any purchase use this checklist to evaluate whether this is a good buying decision or not. 1. Inventory – This is all the products for resale. You need … Continue reading


How Joint Ventures Can Grow Your Business

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There are many different types of entrepreneurs, but those who open their business and are highly motivated to grow their business will often look to joint venture partners to help them achieve their goals. Joint venture partners can help a business owner get the investment they need multiplied in a short period of time. Entrepreneurs seek out joint venture partners … Continue reading


Software Solutions to Improve Business Efficiency

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If anyone should know what it takes to be highly effective and efficient in today’s economy it should be Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive. An email sent out by Ballmer just prior to doing a talk about Microsoft’s lineup for the season read, indicated that businesses needed to save more, spend less, and learn to use technology for the maximum … Continue reading