Home based business building is your key to success. But not a lot of people know what kind of tips or strategies to use to build their business. This article will discuss 3 key strategies or tips that will help you build your business to the next level. Home based business building is nothing more than what is required in any business endeavor. With the way the economy is heading right now, more and more people are looking to start their own home based business. In fact, there couldn’t be a greater opportunity to start your own home based business than in today’s market. So read on, as I give you my 3 best tips to making your home based business building a success.Tip number one
Folks who are starting a new home based business really need to embrace the new technology that the Internet and other web-based applications now provide. In fact, there is more opportunity being provided by Internet online based business than there has been historically with an off-line bricks and mortar business. Craigslist is my first tip. Craigslist is a terrific venue for you to look for and to help people get started in business with you. You certainly ought to familiarize yourself and look into Craigslist and try and find people looking for business opportunities there.Tip number two
Become the new Steven Spielberg. My second tip is to suggest that you should look at online videos. Creating online videos has never been easier. And in fact, it is one of the best ways of sharing and learning expertise in different niche areas. You can get a lot more information out there in a five-minute video then you can with five pages of text. And the great thing about this, is that there is free software available to help you get started creating online videos.Tip number three
Blogging is becoming a great business strategy to use as well. Google simply loves the blog, because blogs are getting updated each week. Google loves fresh and new content. So you owe it to yourself to think about blogging to your audience. Blogs are easy to set up for practically anyone. In fact there isn’t any cost involved with setting up a blog if you use WordPress. And WordPress is quite an intuitive and easy to use program. Like anything, it will take some time to get used to. But it is well worth your while if you want to reach your target audience.I hope you’ve enjoyed the tips and strategies in this article to improve your business success. I’ve got tons of additional high impact, easy to incorporate strategies at my website.
Home Based Business Building – 3 Key Tips to Building Your Business
How to Find Great Live Auctions for Resale Items
Hi, my name is Walt. I’m an auctioneer with 25 years of experience in the auction business and licensed in the state of MA. I own Quick Auction Service, a company that specializes in building and running custom auctions, I’m also the webmaster of my own site and have been on eBay for 8 years. Besides eBay, the types of auctions I run most frequently are antiques and on-site estate auctions, although I’ve run everything from business overstock auctions to charity & special event auctions.
I enjoy sharing my knowledge and stories of the auction business. My goal for article is to help folks get the absolute most out of their auction experience.
Whether your fresh out of the package or a seasoned dealer I think I can offer something in this article to help you with your auciton adventures.
There may be as many reasons to attend auctions as there are types of auctions to attend. Maybe you want to attend an auction to buy items for re-sale on eBay, or some other market. Maybe you want to furnish your home with wonderful antiques, or you want to furnish your home as inexpensively without sacrificing quality.Some folks are just looking for a fun night out. With a little perseverance all these things are possible.
There are antiques and estate auctions, auto auctions, overstock auctions, absolute and no reserve auctions, real estate auctions, specialty auctions where only one genre of items are sold, tailgate auctions, live auctions, online auctions, sealed bid auctions, silent auctions, charity and fund raising auctions and many more.
Can you really buy for pennies on the dollar at an auction? You bet! Many times I’ve seen folks buy and re-sell at the same auction on the same night for a good profit, although be advised, this should only be done after the auction is over.
There are a lot of ways to find an auction, but here are some tips on how to find and attend the best ones.
Visit the genre of shops in the area that apply to the type of auction you want to attend. IE: If your looking for a good antique auction to attend, stop in the local antiques shops and ask for what there are for good auctions in the area. Sounds obvious right? But listen to what they don’t say as well as what they do say. Oftentimes when a dealer speaks poorly about an auction he or she attends, it may be likely that they are trying to keep a good thing secret. Think for a moment, why would a dealer keep attending a lousy auction?
Newspaper ads: I personally like to find ads in the classified ad section rather than flashy display ads. Flashy ads are usually indicative of an auction that will be high priced, may have reserves, (a set price on an item), and usually an enormous crowd. While any auction can be profitable to attend, it is usually best to steer clear of the glitzy ones, at least for the beginner.
Here’s the minimum you want to find out before you go. If there is a phone number in the ad, call and ask for the terms of the sale. What forms of payment do they accept? Is it an absolute auction? An absolute auction is one that has no minimum or reserve bids on items. These are the best auctions to attend! Is there a buyers premium? A buyers premium is like a tax that everyone who makes purchases at that auction must pay above the winning bid price. Most auctions these days do charge a buyers premium, 10% is not unreasonable but I feel much more than that is greedy, and the auctioneer that charges over 10% is counting on most bidders not doing the extra math as the bids quicken in pace.
A fair auction will have ample time to inspect the merchandise, usually at least 2 or 3 hours. Find out when inspection starts and make sure to attend! Never attend an auction if you can’t make the inspection, not unless your prepared to gamble. Most auctioneers sell at a rate of about 100 items per hour, which is why they sell “as is”. They simply don’t have the time to give a detailed description of all the items. Since almost all items at auction are sold AS IS, there are sure to be some damaged, refinished, fake and incomplete items at any given auction. Beware of any auctions that offer very little or no inspection time.
Good auctions will usually have 150 to 400 lots. A lot may be one item or a group of items. The exception to this are specialty auctions, auto auctions, real estate auctions etc.
When you attend your first sale, take note of the 1/2 dozen or so dealers that buy the most often. See if you can find out about other area auctions they attend.
When you do find an excellent auction, attend it as often as possible. By frequenting good sales, you help increase the bottom line of that business. It’s difficult for many auctioneers to keep the quality of merchandise consistent, so good attendance certainly helps. And when an auctioneer gets to know you as a buyer, he/she will go out of the way to accommodate you, to keep you coming back.
Finding the Perfect Home Based Business Opportunity
If you are serious about beginning a home based business, I know you are researching different opportunities that exist. You are likely typing in virtually every combination of relevant home based business keywords into your search engine search box hoping that the right opportunity will turn up. In doing my own research of online home based businesses, I quickly realized that virtually every home business opportunity has several things in common.
The first similarity that they all possess is the assertion that you will earn a phenomenal income just by working an hour or less a week just by implementing their ‘proven’ system. Please! I know you are more intelligent than to fall for that kind of nonsense! Remember what your parents told you – “do you think money grows on trees or something?” Legitimate home based businesses will operate just like any traditional business model which requires work. The biggest difference between the two business models is the flexibility and convenience home based businesses offer you. I frequently conduct my business when I am vacationing or during the hours that do not interfere with my scheduled family time.
The second annoying similarity that I am sure you have noticed is that virtually nobody will tell you about the actual product or idea you will be promoting in your home business if you give them your money. In researching my competition in the home business market, I review website after website that asks you the consumer to buy into their business opportunity but they never reveal exactly what it is you are purchasing. Each site has countless video and audio testimonials coupled with sales copy that is SEO friendly with keywords but a clear presentation of the product itself is rarely set forth. If you are confused about the business opportunity, your future prospects will also be confused and likely not buy your product. Who is going to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars not knowing what they are buying? I wouldn’t and I know you wouldn’t either.
The third and final troubling similarity with many home based businesses is that they rarely sell a tangible product. In my home based business, I offer my clients a tangible product that they can use to add fulfillment to their lives by taking vacations at significantly discounted prices. Most home based businesses try to survive on selling a concept or idea. An example of an intangible product based on a concept or idea is life insurance. While very few people sell life insurance as an independent home based business opportunity, the product itself serves as an example of an intangible product that does not directly benefit the purchaser.
If you are seriously considering a home based business, be sure to find the business opportunities that allow you to sell a product that is legitimate, has a high demand in the marketplace, and is clearly presented to you so you are fully aware of what you are purchasing. Operating a home based business can be very rewarding personally and financially if you do your homework and spend the required time to make it successful.