If you do it right, a website can enhance your company’s image, build customer loyalty, and get information to customers and potential customers quickly and cheaply. If you have a website, it makes your small business look big...Natalie Sequera, Spokeswoman for Claris Corp. To maximize its potential, every business must have an online presence. E-commerce … Continue reading Internet Marketing: What Are You Waiting for?
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Firing, Hiring & Training Good People
Gen Xers come into a retail environment well-informed. They do research on the Internet, especially on bigger-ticket items. They’ll come in with price-comparison charts that they have printed out. But they still need guidance from a trusted retailer. Customer service can make or break a retailer.Jennifer Ganshirt, American Demographics (05/04) You might think that finding … Continue reading Firing, Hiring & Training Good People
Should I Drop-ship?
Before you ask yourself this question, you need to fully understand what drop-shipping is all about. The short explanation is drop-shipping is a service manufacturers and wholesale distributor suppliers offer that let entrepreneurs sell products by the piece without having to stock the goods in their own warehouses. You, as a drop-shipping retail site, really … Continue reading Should I Drop-ship?
Brother, Can You Spare a Milk-Bone®?
The effort in the recent Colorado floods shows our rescue missions for animals have come a long way since the pet loss disaster caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, where people would not evacuate for fear of leaving their pets. CBS reported that some helicopters rescuing people in the Colorado flooding carried more dogs, … Continue reading Brother, Can You Spare a Milk-Bone®?
It’s Too Expensive to Go to College Anymore
According to the [United States] Census Bureau, there are 59 million people 25 years or older who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. Business [remains] the most popular major, with 12 million [graduates], while [e]ducation [is] the second most popular, with 8 million [graduates]. The median income for high school [graduates]—[those] who [have] never [gone] … Continue reading It’s Too Expensive to Go to College Anymore
Teachers Have It Rough, but Kids Are the Ones Who Suffer
With the start of the school year, we have yet another terrifying shooting incident—[this latest], at the McNair Discovery Learning Academy [...] in Decatur, Ga., [occurred] less than a year [...] from the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. Between Newtown and Decatur, the United States has [witnessed] 12 other shootings at schools. I just can’t [imagine] … Continue reading Teachers Have It Rough, but Kids Are the Ones Who Suffer
Lucrazon, DollarDays Announce Drop-ship Wholesale Partnership
Lucrazon, one of the country's leading e-commerce Web builders and merchant service providers, announced today that the nation's largest wholesale e-commerce site, DollarDays, will use Lucrazon's integrated e-commerce system for their drop-ship wholesale product-distribution network. Lucrazon, an e-commerce Web-builder innovator and merchant-services provider, has brought 20 years of experience specializing in successfully servicing drop-shippers, suppliers, … Continue reading Lucrazon, DollarDays Announce Drop-ship Wholesale Partnership
Should You Open Your Own Online Store?
The economic recovery for most is much slower than the news would lead you to believe. Many people ask themselves, "How can I supplement my income so I can provide more for my family?" The perceived hot trend to accomplish this goal is doing business on the Internet, but it is not as easy as … Continue reading Should You Open Your Own Online Store?
Back to School: It’s Make-It-or-Break-It Time for the Economy
Spending this fall for students K-12 is expected to drop 12%, according to a National Retail Federation survey reported in The Wall Street Journal. The average that will be spent on each kid is $634.78, down from $688.62 in 2012. Even those going to college are expecting decreases from $836.80 this year [compared to] $907.22 … Continue reading Back to School: It’s Make-It-or-Break-It Time for the Economy
To Give or Not to Give
Every day, we read about famous Americans supporting nonprofit organizations, [whether it's] Warren Buffett, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, [the] Lilly Endowment, the Walton Family Foundation or the Ford Foundation. [Many wealthy] and middle-class Americans [alike] give because it is the right thing to do, and they do not need recognition because philanthropy is … Continue reading To Give or Not to Give