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How to Start an eBusiness

Whether you want to sell products online or just provide information about your bricks-and-mortar business, don't let another day slip by without developing an Internet home base for your business. These simple how-tos will provide everything you need to get started.

First Steps

Site Design and content

Customer Service

Marketing Your Site

  • 21 Ways to Promote Your Site Online and Off
    These 21 tips will help you get the word out about your e-business.
  • Improving Your Search Engine Standings
    Optimize your Web pages to increase your search engine submission results.
  • Pumping Up Your Site's Marketing Copy
    To increase page views, you've got to give people a reason to click. Try following these four hard-and-fast rules for crafting compelling copy.
  • Determining if Your Site Is a Good Sales Tool
    If your Web site isn't doing its job--selling--why are you keeping it on your sales team?

Email Marketing

  • Writing Your First E-Mail Promotion
    Your current newsletter subscribers are a captive audience for your e-mail promotions--so plan them well and follow these writing tips.
  • Creating, Managing and Increasing Your Opt-In List
    Keep your list squeaky clean and avoid dangerous list-management blunders with these easy-to-implement strategies.
  • Boost Your Opt-In Rate
    Try these sure-fire methods for converting occasional visitors into subscribers.
  • Make Sure You're Not Spamming Your Customers
    Learn the difference between spamming and opt-in e-mail lists, and then find out how to protect your business against false accusations.