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    How would you promote an ecommerce store with $10,000?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Biophase - your body bag review made me laugh out loud. I am glad that you found our body bag suitable for your most exacting specifications. Next time I'll send you a package of toe tags - on us! Let all your friends know how satisfied you were with out body bags and everyone will receive a...
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    How would you promote an ecommerce store with $10,000?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thanks so much guys for the constructive criticism - when it comes to web design I obviously didn't know what I didn't know! The product descriptions and pictures are areas that I am very embarrassed about - I would consider it one of my earlier "failure" lessons, as I noticed they were...
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    How would you promote an ecommerce store with $10,000?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Well my concern right now is that I have a very limited amount of money and no skills with creating attractive, photoshopped images. Is this something that you would consider an absolute requirement before starting to advertise? Could I get away with paying someone to create a nice, large...
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    How would you promote an ecommerce store with $10,000?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thanks for the insights lighthouse - in looking at my 5 major competators, there is a mix between homepage styles revolving around "hawking products", and having a homepage largely dominated by educational text regarding disaster preparedness. The best demonstration of this difference is...
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    How would you promote an ecommerce store with $10,000?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Biophase - I don't want to reveal the meathod that I used to determine this, but one could consider those numbers facts. Also, the reason that I posed the question is that while yes, I could in theory spend $5000 and make that income "automatically", I need to know where to spend it so that I...
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    How would you promote an ecommerce store with $10,000?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Yeah - I was thinking about the next step after my site was 95% the way that I want it. I already did some trial google adwords campaigns, which were way too expensive, and running a banner ad, which has been ok in terms of getting traffic but I havn't gotten conversions. So, I was thinking...
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    How would you promote an ecommerce store with $10,000?

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    As many of you know I recently launched my ecommerce store. I am currently working on improving the site based on the many great suggestions from the members here and from customers that I have met. As I am improving the site, my mind jumps to "what's next", and invariably the topic of...
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    Two businesses under one license?

    I have to respectfully disagree here - blatant violation of the law, whether zoning, tax, or otherwise, is wrong for a variety of reasons. It's one thing to work within loopholes or find creative but legal ways to operate - it's another to have a blatant disregard for the law. For one...
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    Template vs Custom Build for ecommerce

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Thanks so much biophase for all the excellent advice. I sent you a PM.
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    Two businesses under one license?

    I don't think so, I'm no lawyer (I do own a business), here is my opinion: -One, if you are trading under a different name (meaning you don't put "Showtime's Pool Repair" on your food stand) then you are not operating under the license listing your current "trading as" name -Two, there are...
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    Template vs Custom Build for ecommerce

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Biophase and everyone else- thanks a lot for your input. The things your have picked up on are items that are a direct result of "putting out fires", or trying to solve one problem and creating another. For instance, with the fire ladder banner on the right, it took me about 3 hours to figure...
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    Expedia-style site

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    Does anyone know of the program required to make an expedia-style site? There is a great opportunity in my area to have a centralized website for booking busses from DC to NYC, as there is no central place to buy tickets and the bus market has exploded here in the last 2 years. Would this be...
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    Template vs Custom Build for ecommerce

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    I think the site turned out great, certainly better than expected. We spend a very small amount of money on the size, so we have had more left over for adwords and banner ads, which both have brought in traffic. Our biggest problem is getting a good ROI - while we have had sales, our ROI is...
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    Crazy Idea

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    The price factor would be mitigated somewhat by the size of the operation - the larger the operation/franchise network, the more leverage you have (e.g. Walmart, although I don't envy their business practices when it comes to beating up suppliers). It would also be mitigated by being in more...
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    Crazy Idea

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    I have always wondered why there isn't a Target-style Made in the USA store. I think that if people were given the choice to either buy goods from China vs. goods from the US - and the costs were fairly similar, I would imagine that people would buy US, especially considering the growing anger...
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    Lessons Learned from The Fastlane

    GOLD! MINDSET 
    Fear can disguise itself as action. Constant research, failure to commit to an idea, overplanning, etc. are all examples of actions that, on the surface, appear to be moving you toward your goals, but are in fact just manifestations of your fear. Analysis is good, as long as you recognize when...
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    What have you done this month toward your goals?

    MINDSET 
    Turned concept into reality by launching my first business and generating sales within my first month online after 6 months of website development and business building. Secured product agreements with industry leaders in my niche. Learned how to create banners after having no design or...
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    Is starting a wholesale business fast lane or good idea? thanks.

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    Re: Is starting a wholesale business fast lane or good idea? than Well we changed our slogan based on the recommendations on this site - thanks so much everyone! Check out our site for our new slogan!
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    What would you do with $30,000.00?

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    Passion. That is all you need. You don't need $30,000 (although it can help), you need a passion toward serving a need. Here is your decision matrix: 1. What areas of expertise or interest to I have? 2. What need exists among the people that share an interest or expertise that I share? 3. Is...
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    Is starting a wholesale business fast lane or good idea? thanks.

    IDEA 
    Re: Is starting a wholesale business fast lane or good idea? than Due diligence!!! This is the most crucial step in any business, as this is the step that will give you the information you need in order to proceed with or to drop the idea. A lot of people will avoid this step because they...

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