In August 2012 I had an idea; I would quit my finance job to build a website and sell discounted fashion items to online customers in Hong Kong. Fashion brands would give me their stock on consignment, I would sell these products digitally, and get paid before having to pay for the stock; a perfect […]
Online Business in Asia: How To Sell Online To The World’s Largest Market by Damien Bos It’s never been easier to start your own online business, and this ebook shows you how. Written by entrepreneur, author, and speaker Damien Bos, you’ll get the secrets to quickly getting started online in Asia. Get this ebook today here! […]
A picture tells a thousand words, and getting your website’s images right is key to attracting and keeping your customers’ attention. We’ve put together this list of 8 fantastic websites for royalty-free images and stock photography, so you’ll never have to use dull images again. But first, a friendly note about licenses: Most of these […]
It may sound simple, but it will definitely increase your chances of success if you know what the customer truly wants and will pay for. How to do this? Ask them! Or better yet, run a small test and observe what your customers actually want to pay you for. How to Run a Focus Group […]
Understanding Your Online Market and Competitors – It’s easier than you might expect! In an online business, it’s possible to estimate the potential size of your customer base through a few handy tools provided by the major search engines. Large amounts of search traffic, or overall search volumes increasing over time may indicate that your […]
You might have heard about online advertising, and the oft-mentioned Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising. What is Pay-Per-Click advertising? Simply put, Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising is a way of displaying your text ads in front of people searching the web, whereby you only pay the ad server when a potential customer clicks on your ad. What happens after […]
Using Plugins on Your WordPress Site If you’ve built a site with WordPress you can add extra functionality via plugins; these are essentially pieces of code specifically built for use with the WordPress CMS, allowing your site to do more things. And there’s even better news: most of the 37,000+ plugins are free (with some […]
You’ve built your online shop and stocked your virtual shelves, and now you’re wondering how to take payment on your website. This is where a reliable, cost efficient, and secure payment gateway is needed to convert your browsing visitors into paying customers. Payment is usually the last step in the online sales process, and it is […]
After coming up with a shortlist of business ideas, you now need to see if there’s a market for any of these business ventures. The market does not have to be huge; one of the real benefits of the Internet for small businesses is that it opens up a global audience. This means you can […]
What are meta tags? How should you use links on your site most effectively? These are some of the questions answered today in our post: Getting Your Meta Tags and Links Right. Read on! So, What are Meta Tags? If you go to View -> Developer -> View Source on any webpage in Google Chrome […]
