Pleiades WebCenter Business Update Did you know… eMarketer is predicting that online Christmas sales will reach $32 billion this year-that’s a 10% increase over last year’s total! Forrester is predicting an even more optimistic 12% increase! The online channel is set to thrive this Christmas, and small- and medium-sized businesses that take advantage of the […]
Digital Commerce
A Golden Opportunity!
Making Money With Your Website By now you’ve undoubtedly heard us touting the benefits of a Web site for small-and medium-sized businesses…but we’re not the only ones! Craig Reardon at Australia’s SmartCompany has a great article detailing the “golden opportunities” available to retailers who leverage the Web, and encouraging all enterprises to hop on board! […]
Structuring Successful Publishing Projects
Part 4: Authors produce compelling publishing projects — Entrepreneurs market, successfully distribute publishing projects — at a profit If you don’t actively promote and sell your work, you have a hobby, not a business enterprise. Author Entrepreneurs, like Joe Vitale and Jack Canfield, certainly write about those topics for which they have a passion. They […]
Building An Author-Entrepreneur Enterprise
Part 3: How to Choose A Profitable Publishing Project Start With Questions, amd Honest Answers What about your publication will make a customer pick it out from a web site, or from a bookshelf? What is that special something that makes your publishing project unique in your chosen market? If your publication is not distinctive, […]
Your Author Entrepreneur Enterprise
Part 2: Develop a Clear Description of Your Author Entrepreneur Enterprise Getting Down To Business So, are you developing a publishing business that will build you a passive, residual, income stream or passionately pursuing a hobby? Lets get down to Business — YOUR BUSINESS! 1. Have you chosen a name for your business enterprise? Does […]
Ready to be an Author Entrepreneur?
Part1: Determining the market for your book Many business owners, know they need to find ways to better monetize their existing enterprises. Those of us who don’t already own a business, are thinking seriously about starting one. Multiple streams of income is one path to a more financial secure future. T. Harv Eker, Jack Canfield […]
eTailing Survey Results
Did you know… The E-Tailing Group’s latest consumer survey reveals that the Web is definitely the preferred shopping channel for multi-channel shoppers. While only 44% said they’d be shopping in brick-and-mortar stores, 49% of respondents said they intend to shop online during the holiday season. Those online shoppers had a variety of reasons for choosing […]
$625.2 Billion of Web-influenced Store Sales
Did you know… eMarketer reports that Web-influenced store sales will reach $625.2 billion this year. That means all the consumers out there researching products and services will be prompted to make a purchase in the brick-and-mortar store. eMarketer also predicts that from 2007 to 2012, online-influenced store purchases are going to grow at about 19% […]
State of Retailing Online Profitability
Pleiades WebCenter Business Update Did you know… According to Shop.org‘s “State of Retailing Online Profitability, Economy and Multichannel” report released last month, 81% of survey respondents said that e-commerce was profitable for their business in 2007. In fact, 75% said their e-commerce solution was more profitable last year than in 2006—a trend that’s expecting to […]
The top 5 reasons to open an eBay Store
Editorial: The top 5 reasons to open an eBay Store By Derek Gehl Derek: Since we had such a phenomenal response to the brand-new “Insider Secrets To Selling on eBay” training system we launched last week, I thought it only appropriate to share a little bit more eBay wisdom to help you start making more […]