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preity.karki | April 29, 2013
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Expanding a Small Business Web Presence

Between a giant conglomerate and a small business, it is trivial to ask which needs the benefit of the web more. Off course they both do, but the small business needs it more, because without it, getting in touch with customers and spreading the word of who they are and what they do, becomes very expensive and almost unimaginable

At the centre of a small business’ web presence is the small business web hosting service and this service needs to be a top notch service where no short cuts are taken. Here we will look at what it takes to get a small business web hosting service and what the determining factors are to differentiate the good from the bad.

Web Hosting Basics

There are many different web hosting services that cater to a variety of users. From individual host specialists to forum hosting to blogs. There are different price points as well as services as part of the package. The basics can seem daunting, but in reality, nothing can be simpler.  The first thing is to choose a web hosting service that caters specifically to small businesses.

Why Choose a Specialist

By choosing a specialist, it determines how much value they can add to the service when they are engaged. All small business owners face unique issues and circumstances different from other web masters. A forum web master has different issues compared to a blog or a static site. A portal and an e-commerce site also have varying issues. As such, one that has learnt the lessons and understands the issues that face a typical small business owner will be of best use.

Issues Facing Small Business Web Hosting

One of the major issues facing a web master is that small businesses, when managed well, tend to grow. When this happens, they always expand their user base, increase traffic and eventually have additional services to go with it. There is the need to scale the company’s email, its traffic bandwidth and its pages as well. It may also need to diversify its footprint by including blogs as well as forums in addition to its website. So the issue with small business hosting is the ability to scale up.

Most people misunderstand the ability to scale up. Not every host can do it and the ones who claim they can, can’t do it very well. When it comes to scaling up, the host must be in a position to do so with no downtime and seamless transfer. All the data that is currently there needs to be backed up and secured. Many do not do this and catastrophes ensue.

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bikram | April 27, 2012
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5 Tips for Meeting Deadlines

Does the thought of meeting deadline scare you till death? Does it bring a chill down your spine? Deadline, the word itself says it’s deadly, so you are not wrong if it makes you feel scared. In real term, deadline means the ultimate date or last date of meeting a project or assignment at hand. It’s a realistic approach towards meeting work at hand within the stipulated time frame. Don’t get bogged down by the deadline, rather respect it and know how to meet it effectively.

Here are some tips about meeting deadlines without being under its pressure.

Don’t get under stress

Don’t get under the stress of deadline, it’s fatal. Take it easy, as a date by which you have to submit your work not your life. It’s not a matter of ‘do or die’ situation, but a professional commitment by which a responsible professional finishes his work to make the whole working process easier.

Work from the beginning

Many of us have the habit of working in the last moment to meet a given deadline. Make it a practice to work right from the beginning; the moment work is assigned to you. Balanced work throughout will ease work pressure and deadline trauma. It will help you to finish work before time, re-check work for further changes or improvisation, present work on time with a pleasant mood, ensuring flawless work and appreciation.

Plan and divide work into phases

Plan your work in advance; divide it into parts like work to be completed in a day, a week, a month. Make your own deadline of work, scheduled for each day. It will set your goal to be accomplished each day. Make sure you accomplish each day’s work. Advance planning and division of work will keep you focused and help you easily accomplish the final goal.

Create a deadline for yourself

Create a deadline for yourself, a personal deadline to ascertain you finish the given work before assigned deadline. Keep a false deadline for yourself a day or two in advance of the actual deadline. Make sure you adhere to it. It will ease your tension and you will easily catch up with work.

Treat yourself when you do it

When you meet a deadline on time, treat yourself with something your favorite. Do it every time. Whatever you wish to buy or experience or eat – just indulge yourself. It will keep you motivated.

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Gossimer | December 17, 2011
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Reseller Hosting Plans – Web Hosting Packages with cPanel and WHM

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Reseller Hosting Plans – Web Hosting Packages with cPanel and WHM

Reseller Web Hosting Features

  • Unlimited Domains, Subdomains, Email Accounts, MySQL Databases, FTP Accounts
  • 99.9% Uptime Guarantee
  • 30 Day Money Back Guarantee: No Questions Asked!
  • Free WHMCS Client Management and Billing software *
  • Private Name Servers based on your Domain
  • Easy & Intuitive Control Panel

Admin Control Panel Features

  • Latest WHM Control Panel with Multi-language Availability
  • Monitor Server Status
  • Limit packages, specify disk space, bandwidth, email, databases, and other features
  • Password Modification, DNS, Account Creation / Termination

Client Control Panel Features

  • cPanel Control Panel: The World’s Favorite Control Panel
  • Softaculous: The World’s Leading Script Installer with 200+ ready-to-install scripts
  • In-depth Statistics: AWStats, Webalizer, Raw Log Manager, Referrer and Error Logs
  • Password Protected Directories
  • Custom Error Pages
  • Web Based File Manager, Hotlink Protection, IP Deny Manager, Redirect URL

Email Features

  • Unlimited POP3 Accounts with SMTP
  • Ajax powered Webmail Client – RoundCube
  • Full IMAP Support to receive mails on your phone
  • Fight spam with SpamAssassin
  • Unlimited Autoresponders, Mail, Forwards, Email Aliases, Mailing Lists

Programming & Database Features

  • Unlimited MySQL Databases with phpMyAdmin Access
  • Unlimited MySQL Databases with phpMyAdmin AccessProgramming Languages: CGI, Fast CGI, PHP 5, Perl, Python, SSI
  • Programming Modules: Curl, CPAN, GD Library, Image Magick
  • System Management: Cron Job Scheduling

* WHMCS not provided with bronze plan.

 

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bikram | September 14, 2011
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How Internet Can be Helpful to the Small Entrepreneurs?

Internet can actually evolve as a trump card for small entrepreneurs, who wish to make it big with limited resources and capital. Internet can be a blessing for them.

No land or infrastructure required

Internet is a blessing for small entrepreneurs with limited financial health as it is a virtual medium altogether and people can build huge online enterprise without investing much in their business like investing in physical form of businesses or land, infrastructure, for electricity consumption, services, space rent and the like. So you save a lot of money for your enterprise, which you can utilize somewhere else in your business, with much wisdom.

No helpers required

If you are into online business you don’t need much of people to help you in your job. You may need a programmer or back-end helper, but only if you are unable to do it yourself. And you can also hire people on part time basis for such job. Online entrepreneurs also prefer to hire people on web for a specific job in hand. Online entrepreneurs need not hire front desk executives, guards, human resource person, housekeeping department and many other people required in a physical set up of office for daily jobs. By keeping away such unwanted people, small online enterprises can save lot of money and hire people only required for their specialized skills.

Easy mode of payment

Online entrepreneurs not only prefer virtual face of the business, but also virtual money transaction. Rather than sending cheques, drafts, and through other modes of payment they simply keep things easier by sending money through online fund transfer into bank accounts or through sites like PayPal.

Local online directories

Small enterprises can further benefit by simply getting listed in local online business and service directories, under the relevant categories. This way people are able to easily locate the particular business and contact them directly or via the website. At the cost of some money one can reap huge benefits like increased demand and sales.

If you have a small business or planning to start up in a small way, just buy web space and get a nice website designed and with right marketing the world is all yours. Internet can bestow your business with huge profit and market demand.

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bikram | September 9, 2011
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3 Common Loopholes Often Seen in Formal Presentations

Undoubtedly, a formal presentation before the board members, fellow team members, clients, and trainees is a daily affair of any corporate house. Yet many are unaware of big loopholes they create in formal presentations and fail to comprehend how the audience can carefully notice the same and build an opinion on basis of the same. So, learn the common mistakes people do in a formal presentation and make sure you do not repeat them.

Overstuffed slides

It is the most common mistake ever seen in a presentation. People often have the tendency to communicate a lot through PowerPoint slides. It is an absolute no. You need to put as less information as you can on each slide and explain the rest verbally. No one wants to read paragraphs and bombarding information. Neat slides with lot of blank space are not only pleasing to eyes, but also more arresting. If you over-stuff your slides with words, you also have chances of losing your audience’s attention as they will be busier in reading slides than listening to what you are saying.

Too much of animations

At times the presenter is too obsessed with animations and its effects. In sheer obsession with animation one ends up incorporating too much animation effects in slides, where words and images zoom in, zoom out, tilt, rotate, sparkle, make whooping sounds and many more distracting actions. Such animations may not only take away attention of the audience towards irrelevant things, but also cause serious damage to your reputation and credibility as the audience may find such inputs immature, unprofessional and stupid. You can incorporate animation effects, but as less as possible.

Too many colors

Often presenter thinks striking colors and abundant usage of colors can make slides appear attractive and appealing. But profuse use of colors can cause serious damage instead. Thus, use colors sensibly and aesthetically. Do not use more than two colors in a slide and keep all slides coherent in terms of design, color of typefaces, background color, layout and the like. Any disparity can cause major damage to your presentation and make it appear extremely juvenile.  Use formal colors, you may use corporate colors effectively in your presentation and do not fall for flashy informal colors.

These are the common mistakes people often commit unknowingly and fail to comprehend what went wrong with their presentation despite bringing good content, great knowledge and rock solid preparation on the table. Well, since you know it now, don’t make the mistake again.

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bikram | August 12, 2011
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Tips for Starting an Online Magazine Venture

Gone are those days when the living room magazine shelf used to display latest magazines – political, fashion, business, lifestyle, women’s', health magazine – reflecting personal choice of the house owner. With evaporating time and busy schedule people do not have much time to browse through magazines by flipping pages and spend hours in leisure reading. But since most of us are somehow accessing Internet, working on Internet, many of us have chosen e-magazine for leisure reading and also for professional help. Since online magazines are easily found, can be subscribed for free and also downloaded they have huge scope. If you are new to the business and wondering where to start from here are some tips for your help.

Find a niche

It is very important to narrow down category of the magazine. These days no one wants a magazine which claims to be all inclusive, as they are not taken much seriously unless comes from very big brand. Thus find a niche, suppose, Travel and Food or Beauty and Health or Investment Banking or Shopping. Find your core competence and sources of information, skill and expertise of your team, objective of your venture, knowledge and interest; and choose final niche area. The narrower your category you have more chances of reaching a guaranteed section of target group.

Monthly or fortnightly

Ahead of starting off with your venture, decide upon the frequency of magazine publishing. It can be monthly or fortnightly depending upon your convenience, time required for research and content development, manpower and the rest. But do not keep extended gap more than a month, as people may forget about your magazine and consider you unprofessional. Keep a consistent frequency and maintain throughout.

A new theme every time

If there is no newness or a punch of attraction in every issue, no one will be interested in your e-magazine. Choose interesting theme every time. For the month of September, if you are a relationship related e-magazine you may choose Friendship Day as the theme and have its major content based on the same.

Less loading time

Since the medium is Internet and people may download your e-magazine or read it online, the loading time for its pages should be as short as possible. It is a technical issue and a sound technical guy can bless your website with less loading time. Extended loading time may bore your reader and they may prefer to leave the magazine and find something else available on Internet.

Share and like

Since everyone is on social networks these days, make the most of it. Below the button of download put links allowing ‘like’ and ‘share’ in various social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter. You may also allow the same below every article, so that if the reader genuinely likes an article shares the same with friends. This way it will spread like fire.

Short articles

Since on Internet people have very less span of attention, and less patience; keep your articles short and not much complex to understand. People should enjoy reading it rather than feeling burdened.

These are the few tips to be kept in mind and go for it.

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bikram | August 8, 2011
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Some Online Business Ideas To Give You a Head start on the Internet

Internet has at last found its due dignity as people have realized its omnipresence and incredible power. It can be a source of every possible thing under the sun. It’s a huge pool of information, research source, purchase corner, source of networking, and last but not the least an earning source. It provides several business and job opportunities offering varied earning potential. If you are new to the Internet, you may worry about where to start from and what to do online? Well, choose the field in which you think you best fit into, as your skills and knowledge are compatible with the same. Here are some online business ideas for your help.

Affiliate marketing

Affiliate marketing is another great way of earning on internet. You may affiliate to a big client like amazon.com or eBay and help them secure higher sales figure by promoting their products on the web. In return, you will be rewarded with a good amount of commission for every product or service sold through you. If you are a good salesman and good at persuading people to act, you can make lot of money by doing this.

E commerce

You can also start your online venture, by selling your products on internet. With increasing use of internet and ease of purchase people prefer online shopping more than physical form of shopping. You can sell to a large number of people, and most importantly all across the world; not confined to a city at that too without any extra expense. You can not only sell anything and everything on internet, but also ensure safe and secure instant payment.

Freelance writing and designing job

If you are a skilled writer or designer you can make freelancing your full time career on internet. You can pick up great volume of assignments and make huge money from the same. You may write blogs and articles, web content, online magazine content, newsletters and press releases, news etc. good writing skill can fetch you steady good income from all across the world. If you are a skilled designer, you can also pick up several graphic designing or animation assignments and make lot of money.

Online data entry

Like traditional data entry job where people simply type out some data, you can do similar job on internet with simple knowledge of the internet media and Microsoft word and excel. You can pick up various online data entry jobs like – form fill up, converting pdf files into documents, transform scanned pages into word format, send emails and many other easy jobs, requiring no specialized skills. All you need to devote is time and good typing speed and the following earning has no limit.

Now, what are you waiting for? Get started, today by taking the first step which is to have an online profile and a blog. Setting up a blog and one-page website is very easy. You just need to register a domain name and get a hosting account. You can check our hosting plans. Our reliable and cheap hosting plan begins from as low as $2. 95/month.

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bikram | August 6, 2011
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What Makes an E-commerce Site Successful?

There are millions of e-commerce websites, screaming loud to sell something or other. Some are doing well, and some are doing miserable and winding up in a year’s time. But, have you ever wondered what goes wrong with such websites especially when they fail despite offering great products? Well, even great brand can fail miserably when the e-commerce site isn’t done properly. Here are some traits of a successful and e commerce site.

Great navigation

Good navigation is very important, especially when the visitor has gone down sub level of a particular category. It’s very important for them to know where they are and not get confused about site structure. As for example a clothing brand website may typically navigate like this – Home>For Women> Shirts> Formal> Full sleeve

Narrow search

Do not forget the fact that we purchase on web because we wish to save time and also shop easily at own convenience. So make sure your site promises all these and helps in an easy search procedure without wasting too much time. Allow sorting by narrowed search options like ‘Price brackets – low to high’, ‘Best selling’, ‘New collection’, ‘Rating’, ‘By size’, ‘By color’ etc.

All in one

Unless you have extensive product portfolio under each sub category try to show all products in a single page, rather than asking visitor to click on next page every time. At times, it is treated as highly annoying and time wastage especially when it takes lot of time to load the next page. Instead make all products visible in a single page.

Refinement option

People often hesitate to buy online, being threatened by size unavailability or color misinterpretation. But a good site doesn’t give scope to such problems. With extra close zooming ability even unearthing every stitch and button can be possible coupled with 3D viewing where you can rotate the product and see it from all sides. And do not make a generic size, thinking one size fits all mantra. It is very disheartening for the consumer when they search for an outfit, select one only to find his or her size is not available. A size chart can solve the size confusion.

Price details

Some websites do not provide much of product detail below a product, especially price which is revealed only after selection. Do not commit this mistake. Especially if you are offering discount mention the actual price and discounted price below the product, besides other useful information like – description of the product, size, color, availability details.

While making an e-commerce site keep these few things in mind.

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bikram | March 9, 2011
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Why You Need to Have a Keyword-Rich Domain Name?

Rose by any other name would not have smell so sweet, no matter what Mr. Shakespeare said. The time has changed and name holds a lot of importance in how much one is being recognized, and how many people will interact with the entity. Because of all the noises that we see around, we all have started taking shortcuts in making decisions, and judging the quality on the basis on some entity’s name is one such shortcut. This holds true for domain names as well.

But, why do we need a keyword-rich domain name?

Will not any other kind of name do the trick? The answer is resounding NO, with a possible exception of a handful of websites which worked may be because

  1. They were first in their kind of business
  2. They had too big a budget to educate people on the nature of their business, or
  3. They had innovative products that immediately caught people’s fancy.

If you do not have any of the above condition, you should think about getting a domain name that says something about your business. If you again repeat this question that why you need a keyword-rich domain name to make your business success then I would say because:

  1. A non keyword-rich domain may sound sexy, but it will tell nothing about your business to your prospective customers, and as their minds are already too crowded, none of them will bother to spend time in decoding your name.
  2. Not only human, even machines (read search engine bots) will have hard time to figure out the nature of your website. So they will not be able to rank your website properly.

I think these two reasons are good enough to take some time out to find keyword-rich domain names for your website.

In the article that will follow this one, I will talk about the ways in which you can find a killer domain names for your business. Till them try to wrap your mind around this fact, which might have made you uncomfortable. And a rose with a name bitter gourd would not have tasted that sweet.

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bikram | February 18, 2011
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Importance of having a Website For a Small Business

So long you have remained mesmerized by stunning web portals. Have you ever thought that you could also have your own website and reap in huge benefits from it? You may think you just don’t need it as you are satisfied with your earning. But you never know. Little investment in your website building may fetch you huge profit and brighter days ahead. Here are some reasons stating why you should own a website.

Your face before the world

Your website is your identity before the entire universe. It’s your virtual self. Personally you may be accessible to only a few people. But your customers are all across the world. You have explored only a portion of this world, rest is still waiting for you to explore. Imagine your customer placing order for your fresh flower bouquets from some other part of this world, who has never known you, never interacted with you. Your website convinces him to click the ‘Order now’ button and reach you within a single click. Yes, that’s the power of Internet medium and its brainchild – website.

Convenient and time efficient

Website is a medium of convenience and time saving. Many customers may hesitate to reach your store physically or simply won’t have much time in hand to shop. In this busy world nothing can beat online presence. E-commerce solution is a brilliant innovation. It will not only give you regular customers who visit you physically and purchase things from you, but also customers who will buy from you online. It can also open doors of opportunities for you. Instead of investing in physical shops and huge inventory, you can maintain an online presence with your display portfolio for people to choose from.

Credibility and trustworthiness

Just a website can earn you huge credibility from people. Just a website url address earns loads of good faith, trust and respect. We soon feel the website is authentic and well known. It also eases the process of locating the company on Internet.

List of clients

Often new clients only approach knowing your present list of customers. Bragging about clients or remembering all names isn’t an easy task. A website eases this matter. Just mention names of your clients with their logo or testimonials and the world will not miss out your glory.

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