Lately it seems as though the U.S. government is jumping in to help all kinds of big businesses with bailouts and other initiatives. However, some small business owners are left wondering if the government will be there to assist them as well. There may be some hope for these small businesses which includes businesses [...]
Paypal’s Micropayment system has been around for years, but not many digital sellers knew about this - I certainly didn’t! I wish I did because it would have saved me a bundle on Paypal transaction fees!
When you sign up for a standard Paypal account, you are automatically put on the 2.9% + $0.30 transaction fee [...]
This is probably the 4th time someone has asked how I incorporated my own business - Guru Consulting Services, Inc.
I wrote an email to one of my clients outlining the steps on how anyone with a business can incorporate in California (doesn’t matter for formation, LLC, C-Corp, Partnership, etc.) , the Do-It-Yourself way, so [...]
If you are doing any type of email promotion for your website I’m sure you have come across putting your website URL in the email - in an email to friends, to your mailing list in multiple emails.
Now, you can simply use a naked link (For example, http://www.gurucs.com is a naked link) when posting your [...]
Wouldn’t it great to own a business like Godaddy or Network Solutions?
Yes, BUT… you must come prepared with tons of capital.
According to ICANN, the governing body for all domains, here are some financial considerations before you jump into this business:
Registrar Accreditation: Financial Considerations
There are additional financial considerations for registrars to do business with [...]
IDN, or Internalized Domain Name is a relative new addition by ICANN.
It allows foreign language domains - such as Chinese, Janpanese, Spanish, Hebrew, etc.
For example, McDonalds.com translated to Chinese would be 麥當勞.com
So in foreign countries such as China computer users would simply type in 麥當勞.com in their browsers. It is the browser’s job to [...]
So, which autoresponder is better? Aweber or GetResponse?
Both services provide you with web-based autoresponder and email marketing service. Both are very close in price (just under $20/month and cheaper per month if you purchase a 1-year contract). Both offer very high deliverability.
Let’s talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of each service.
The Good
Aweber [...]
There is a reason why Wordpress is so darn popular as a blog script and CMS - they are developer friendly from theme design to plugin development.
Thousands of free Wordpress themes by third party developers have been made available to Wordpress operators (see http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/), and many premium Wordpress themes (aka not so free) have been [...]
Over the years of developing websites for myself and my clients I have come across projects big and small. However, one of the ultimate goals of having a website developed is to make more money for the owner.
Either it be a blog so the owner or company can make announcements to its customers, a static [...]
In this article we will talk about how to set up a web site, even if you are not a web designer or programmer, for in as little as 15 minutes!
Now, let’s about the basics.
See, there are several things to take care of before you can set up your website:
Domain
This is your web address for [...]
