Archive for July, 2009

How to make money with your established classifieds site?

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Web Hosting Marketing on July 31st, 2009

So you've started your own classifieds site and now want to make money from it. Where you should start from? In this article you can find basic steps on how to make business from your site.

Choose your business model

First of all figure out what business model you’re going to use. There are a few basic models that are used by online classifieds businesses. You can choose the one from this list or mix them, and come out with your own. Here is a list of basic classifieds business models:


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3 Reasons Why You Aren’t Making Money From Multiple Streams of Income

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Web Hosting Marketing on July 31st, 2009

Imagine -- money flowing into your business from all sorts of places. That's what it's like to have multiple streams of income. Your business isn't dependent on one stream of income but instead you can make money from a variety of places.

Is that what your business actually looks like? Or are your streams limited to one or two?

Especially for you service providers out there, I know it can feel a little daunting to think about creating other streams of income. But the reality is, if you don't do it you're really going to be limiting your growth.


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How to Screw Yourself Up on Social Networking in No Time Flat

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Web Hosting Marketing on July 31st, 2009

Have you heard any of these?

* A guy who works part time for the Eagles Football team updates his status report by saying something to the effect that the Eagles suck due to a trade they made. The Eagles fire him.

* A woman gets a job offer from Cisco. She tweets "Got a job offer from Cisco. Now have to decide between a fatty paycheck versus a long commute and hating my job." One of Cisco channel partners sees it on Twitter and comments. I didn't hear how it turned out but I'm fairly certain Cisco rescinded the job offer. (And chances are she's going to have a heck of a time finding another job since this story was all over the place to such an extent it will take awhile to get it out of Google.)


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Social Networking — How Your Social Networking Habits Determines Your Business Success or Failure

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Web Hosting Marketing on July 31st, 2009

The first time I heard the saying "How you do one thing is how you do everything" I didn't get it. (Actually I think my exact response was: "Yeah, yeah, yeah.")

However, as I continued to work on myself and my business over the years, this statement has finally sunk in. And now I see how it relates to pretty much everything in my life. (After all, the state of your business is just a representative of what's going on in your head at any given moment.)

So, what does any of this have to do with social networking? Well, it occurred to me as I look around at what people are and aren't doing with their social networking that this is a microcosm of your entire business.


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Publicity — What Do You Do When PR Goes Horribly Wrong?

Posted by DesignShrineHost in Web Hosting Marketing on July 31st, 2009

Have you ever had done something you thought was a really good idea at the time and then it completely backfires on you?

Well, it happened to my good friend Nancy Marmolejo, Viva Visibility.

If you don't know Nancy yet, you really need to. She is a social media rock star. However, sometimes even rock stars have days where the guitar is out of tune and the speakers catch fire and explode on stage.


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