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Yahoo Small Business. Why is Yahoo the Number 1 Small Business Web Hosting Company Online Today.

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If you plan on starting any type of business online, then you need to find a reliable web hosting company. That company needs to have a track record and needs to be establish in the web hosting industry for many years. Make sure they are not some fly by night operation.

They need to be able to provide you with a lot of referrals from customers that has dealt with them in the past. A hosting company needs to be a hosting company. Try to stay away from hosting with Re-sellers. Re-sellers borrow space from a top hosting companies and sell it to you at a wholesale cost. That sometimes maybe good to you because you are paying far less for hosting, but that's not how we recommend you get your business of on the internet. Just think of how many people are using this reseller hosting space. Your website maybe in jeopardy of crashing because of too many people hosting on one server from that particular reseller.. If you plan of putting your business out there you need to have the back up and support that an establish web hosting company can bring you. Do your homework.

On that note, I would recommend you host your business with Yahoo! You won't have to worry about your website not being online or being gone completely. Yahoo will always be there and they don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon.

Yahoo provides Trust and Respect in the online community that hosting company needs to have. Their skilled customer care associates make it easy to take your business online with Yahoo. Get everything you need to build, manage and market a successful online store with their merchant solutions package. If you need to start a small business fast and easy. Yahoo is the way. You can also advertise on Yahoo! Network to access potential customers and increase awareness of your business brand.



Yahoo FEATURES INCLUDED IN ALL HOSTING PACKAGES

Personalized domain name (www.your-business.com) Business email addresses (you@your-business.com) Disk space for storing content like images and media files Data transfer (bandwidth) Multi-user FTP for quick file upload Matching web site sub domains (sales.your-business.com)

Customer Support 24-hour toll-free phone support Online help center Primary email support Web Site Design Options Free Yahoo! Site builder site design software (incl. 380+ web site templates) Support for other third party tools (like Macromedia Dream weaver and Adobe GoLive) Perl support, for building advanced web applications PHP/MySQL support, for building database-driven sites Email Email storage per account SpamGuard Plus junk email protection Norton AntiVirus screening and cleaning Default mailbox for misaddressed email Email forwards Vacation responders Site Statistics - Site Security - Prebuilt Tools and Content and more Discounts on Marketing Services Yahoo! Sponsored Search: $50 credit Google AdWords: $50 credit Yahoo! Local Enhanced Listing: Got Campaigner email marketing: free trial for three months KeywordMax keyword-tracking software: Submitnet search engine submission: free trial for three months

If it's Trust you looking for. You found it. Yahoo is the way.

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This article was written by Stanley Amazan. http://topwebhostingproviders.net - Top 10 Web Hosting Providers Online. Find Cheap and Affordable Web Hosting! http://stanleyamazan.ws - Free Web Hosting! http://freehomebizresource.com - Free Home Business Resource. Helping you make money online for free.

You May Have A Successful Small Business Idea

You surely know that a small idea can lead to a great business success. The first movement is to think of an idea that would be suitable for the business market. After coming up with the idea, the next step is to put that idea into action. Of course, this is a very difficult step and having the idea is only the start of the journey. After that you will have to face many obstacles before being able to carry on with your business project. This is just the beginning of this process and there is a lot of questions you will have to answer before even start.

Some of the main aspects you have to concentrate on when you have business ideas are the abilities and gifts you can pour into the business. It is very important for you to be identified with your business project. Those ideas should be based on activities and actions you take pleasure in doing. For example, if we suppose that you dislike working in the open, landscaping business would not suit you. On the other hand, if you like working with children, setting up baby-sitting or tutoring business would be an excellent idea. In this case, without any doubt you business will be more successful because you will have put your mind, effort and also your heart on it.

Another vital step is to analyze the needs of a specific product or service in your region before setting up your business. Do people of your area need your product? Are there other business like the one you are planning to start? You should ask yourself whether or not you are the only one offering that service or product. If you are not, you will have to analyze the competence you will have to face. You have to think whether the service you are offering is one that customer would repeat, or if it is a one-time specialized service. Obviously, the former are more likely to succeed than the latter.

There are other aspects you have to take into account. These aspects are described below:

- One of them is that if the idea is unique, you will reign the market. But if there is much competition, it will be difficult to enter into the market.

- A second point would be if you can offer quality from the very beginning, otherwise, you won't succeed.

- Finally, you have to think about your capital to start your own business. There are many business ideas that require little investment and bring great profit. Some demand research, such as daycare service, and others need a large amount of money to begin the business. So take this recommendation into account before investing all your money in a small business idea.

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Your Ideal Client -- A Key Concept for Solo and Small Business Marketing

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."--Bill Cosby

Have you ever had clients that were more trouble than they were worth? Maybe they were always late to pay, or didn't do what they said they'd do. Maybe you just had a personality clash, or they expected more than you were able to offer. Whatever the situation, chances are you had an inkling when you first met that client...a tiny voice that you didn't listen to, that was probably overshadowed by the bigger voice that said, "Hey, it's business; I'll take it!"

Drawing The Line
Learn to say no to those clients, before they start draining your energy! The key to being able to do this is to understand Your Ideal Client. Once you know how to recognize who is ideal and who is not, you can practice turning down business from the latter. If you have trouble saying no, you'll need to learn this critical business skill, and what to do to get rid of problem clients you already have. If you have a coach, ask them to help you complete the Ideal Client exercise, or to role-play those "saying no" conversations.

How to discover YOUR Ideal Client
There are many ways to approach the Ideal Client/Customer Profile. You can sit down and imagine the best, most wonderful client you could have--whether that is an abstract entity, a celebrity (what writer wouldn't want Oprah as a customer, for example), or a specific demographic profile. If your customers are more likely to be companies, you could look at your current client list, and pick the company that gives you the most business, the most joy, the least heartburn.

The Ideal Client Profile
Whoever you pick, start a profile matrix with two columns: "My Ideal Client Is:" on the left; "My Ideal Client is Not:", on the right. In the column on the left, list all the characteristics of that type of person or company. Use the questions below as prompts to get you thinking about all the different aspects of each client.
Then, either think of the opposite of all those aspects, or pick the "client from hell" and fill in corresponding traits in the right-hand column. Be really honest with this exercise! If you'd rather only have clients who make over $500,000, put that down! Your clients who don't fit your Ideal characteristics, whether you write them down or not, will eventually know it. May as well get that over with early!
Prompts: Consider these aspects of your Ideal Customer or Client:

What career or business are they in?
What demographics do they fit? (age, sex, race, religion, income, marital status, etc.)
What do they think is important in business? In life?
What do they like most about you and your business, products and services?
What is the nature of their relationship with you? (transactional, long-time customer, acquaintance, friend, refers others to you, etc.)
How do they do business with you? (by phone, in person, on the Web; quick transactions, takes time to negotiate; pays early, on-time, at 30 days; etc.)
What personality characteristics do they have?
What do you get from them (besides payment)?

Now What?
Compare your current client list to the two columns in The Ideal Client Profile. How many have the characteristics of your Ideal Client? If the answer is "not many," you may need to work on firing some of your clients!
Next, post your Ideal Client Profile somewhere you will see it often. Every time a new potential client comes along, start looking for those Ideal characteristics...and beware the non-ideal! If that little voice starts to tell you something might be wrong, check in with the non-ideal list--and be ready with some ways to turn away non-ideal clients. Offer them other options--refer them to someone else who is a better fit, and make two people happier!

Ideal Clients--For Life
There are many ways to leverage the work you have just done with the Ideal Client Profile. Here are some ideas:
--Audit your marketing materials. Do your business cards, brochures, ads and website appeal to your Ideal Client? Are you sending the right message, to the right potential clients? Hone your materials, and start seeing better-qualified potential clients walk in the door.
--Consider your marketing channels. Based on your Ideal Client profile, where would you expect to find these clients? Is that where your marketing efforts are focused? If not, figure out a way to get in front of them!
--Review your contracts, policies, terms and conditions. Are they set up to be friendly to your Ideal Clients? Do they give you clear avenues for dealing with non-ideal clients? If not, update them, and you might see non-ideal clients take care of themselves.

Start attracting your Ideal Clients today!
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Terri Zwierzynski is a coach to small business owners and Solo Entrepreneurs. She is also the CEI (Conductor of Extraordinary Ideas) at Solo-E.com. Terri is an MBA honors graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill. Terri has been coaching for over 10 years in a variety of settings, including 6 years as a senior-level coach and consultant for a Fortune 500 company. She opened her private coaching practice in 2001. Contact her at: http://www.FastLaneDreams.com.