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March 18, 2008 at 11:51 pm · Filed under business ideas
Speaking of credit cards, do you know how you can set up your own credit card internet business?
Signing up is free, and you’ll be provided with links and information for many credit cards, which you’ll be allowed to display on your website for people to compare and choose what they think it’s best for them. Moreover, you’ll be able to offer free credit reports to your customers:
Get a FREE copy of your credit report and score with your FREE 7-day Experian Triple Advantage trial. You’ll also get credit alerts from all national bureaus, info on disputing items on your report, and more.
How would you like to offer the New Millennium Bank Secured Platinum Visa® or Mastercard® ? I suppose you could give it a try, because you’ll have nothing to lose, the initial investment being $10 for the web domain, plus some $2-$3 per month for the hosting.
Why not take advantage of something that’s free?
March 14, 2008 at 1:24 am · Filed under business ideas
Well, you’ve probably noticed that you can vote for a lot of things on the internet. You can vote for your favorite movies, you can vote for news on social networking sites, you can vote for cartoons, videos, blogs, or people.
But what else can you possibly vote for in internet? Have your lucky guess now.
If you didn’t know it, please find out that now you can also vote for your favorite fabrics. For example, if you like a discount brocade upholstery fabric, you can vote for it on Design Diva Fabrics website. This feature is called “Vote Up Count Down”, and it is original and trendy.
In order to be able to vote, you’ll have to register for a free member account with Design Diva Fabrics.
February 5, 2008 at 11:31 am · Filed under business ideas
Every restaurant owner has to take care of so many things in order to satisfy his clients! From cleanliness, which is a must if you want to see people coming back to your place and becoming loyal, to decorations and furniture, every little detail can contribute volumes to the cozy atmosphere which attracts people and makes them feel good.
And if your restaurant has also a terrace, then you’ll want to set up an wrought iron food court seating which could make everybody fall in love with your place at first sight. These, and many more, you’ll be able to find online. For example, the Contract Furniture Company offers you a huge variety of wrought iron dining armchairs, tabletops and bases, at affordable prices. Take a look at these bistro sidechairs and see how elegant they are and how fancy they look. They could give the elegance of a small coffee shop, together with the umbrella bases and the fashionable cushions, also available in the Contract Furniture Company online furniture shop.
January 26, 2008 at 7:56 am · Filed under business ideas
I always liked to make music. Although I don’t have any musical studies, composing tunes fascinated me since the old days when I played the guitar or the piano in my aunt’s house.
Now, there’s no need for instruments in order to compose your own tunes. All you need is a computer and a computer music software, which will help you through the process of composing. One of the choices in this area is Finale, the complete musical software suite from MakeMusic. Working both on Windows and MacOS systems, Finale is a good choice for music composers,teachers or students. Getting started is guided by the producer with the help of video tutorials. One of the simplest ways to start writing your music is to use a ready-made template from Finale’s archive, and add to it all necessary fields and lines, such as title, composer name, lyricist, or pickup measures or tempo markings.
If you want to practice, you can use the Studio View, a powerful music mixer which i also part of the Finale music software suit.
January 25, 2008 at 7:42 am · Filed under business ideas
Tip! And finally, the rate of inflation (classically defined as too much of an increase in the amount of money in circulation), is rising. And if that kind of inflation (monetary) is rising, then price inflation won’t be far behind.
Interested in making money while you’re asleep, or making money while you’re not even on the computer? Well here is a way that you can do that, clicks!! Once you have gone through godaddy.com and purchased your domain name for a cheap $9.20 per year, and found a hosting company such as GoDaddy.com for $3.95 per month, you are set to begin building your website and making money.
Tip! No leverage. Entertainers and professional athletes make lots and lots of money because they have leverage.
It is possible to make money by joining affiliate programs and selling companies’ products as mentioned in my previous article, How to Make Money on a Music Website through Affiliate Programs found at:
Tip! Sing for money at night clubs.
http://www.best-mp3-music-downloads.com/articles/article13.html
Now how exactly do you make money through people clicking on your website and links on your website? The first step is to get a FREE affiliate account with 7search at 7search.com. What this will allow you to do is place 7search ads and other websites dealing with your topic, in this case music, on your website.
On the 7search affiliate page you will be able to manage your account viewing how many clicks a day you are getting and how much money you are making. How you make money is by placing pay-per-text links on your website. Through 7search you will want to go to:
http://www.best-mp3-music-downloads.com/7searchkeyword.html
This will allow you to look at the price you will make for different keywords that you use. The difference between music and free music for example, results in a change of cost that websites are paying to get their website higher on the search engine.
When creating your pay-per-text once you have come up with a keyword that you want to use, come up with a short sentence or phrase to let people know what they are clicking on. For example, use Top 10 music websites or Best free music websites, to reel them in to see what the top 10 music websites are. You will also be able to choose how many sites you want to come up on your list, from 1 to all that are available. You will want to keep it at 10 or under as the lower down the list the site is, the less you get paid each time a surfer clicks on the link.
Tip! ‘I need to be in this salary range, make this much money, because I need to be seen as ’somebody’ as opposed to ‘nobody’ in my circle of friends, acquaintances, family, etc. who view ‘money’ as a merit badge of some kind.
As you create this pay-per-text, 7search will give you a code that you place in your web panel creating a link. The great thing about 7search is that there is NO limit to how many pay-per-text links you place on your website, so you can have one on each page of your website or more. It is recommended however, that you don’t place more then a couple per page as it will begin to appear cluttered with pay-per-texts. Once you place the pay-per-text links on your website, you are set to begin making money 24/7.
Now that you have a way to make money by people clicking on links on your website, how do you get people to come to your website? You want to get your website out on the internet and get it known. You can run ads through other peoples’ websites or on various companies’ websites, but this will cost you money varying from website to website. If you want to make money without spending too much money, the way is by exchanging links with other people.
Tip! Everyone has money problems. The poor, the middle class, the rich, the government, the church, the old, the young, all the companies, everyone has money problems.
Exchanging links with other people allows you to get your website out on other peoples’ website so that when surfers go on to their website, they may see your website and be intrigued. By exchanging links, you are giving your website to someone else to have them place it on their website and in return, you place their website on your website.
Tip! Many young children think that ‘money grows on trees’.
The two link exchange companies that I use are infowizards.com and linkmarket.net. Infowizards is free to join and allows you to trade multiple links with people in all categories with no limit. You will want to keep your link exchanges as close to your topic as possible. For example, don’t trade links with someone that has a website based on relationships if you have a music website.
The other link exchange company that I use, linkmarket.net, is free to a limit. You may only request 5 links per day for free, or you may request unlimited links per day at the cost of $18.85 a year, which is highly recommended. The linkmarket.net website offers far more links than the infowizards website, and is much easier to maintain and keep track.
Tip! One way to get money is to have a yard sale and sell items that you are getting ready to toss away because you don’t want them any longer.
Another good way to get traffic to your website is by writing articles on various topics relating to your topic in some way. You then submit your article to as many places as possible such as goarticles.com, article-emporium.com, or ideamarketers.com. If you can submit your articles to 30-50 places, you will create traffic to your website in a hurry. Now you know what to do and the places to join to get money flowing if off of your music website while you aren’t even working on it.
Tip! The link between money and happiness. Money alone does not dictate happiness or unhappiness.
© Jeff Schuman II
Jeff Schuman is the creator of Best-MP3-Music-Downloads.com where you can buy CD’s and find all of the best free music downloads: http://www.best-mp3-music-downloads.com.
January 25, 2008 at 7:37 am · Filed under business ideas
If you run a business in the commerce field, then you must know how shipping can make or break a deal. Your clients run their own businesses, and they rely on you to deliver their goods in time, and without damages. This could mean a lot of trouble for you, especially if you hire additional personnel to handle these issues. More personnel not only translates in bigger costs, but also in bigger day-to-day trouble.
Then, why not outsourcing the shipping logistics? You get rid of most of your related worries, you just supervise and watch things getting done. For example, if you operate in the area of USA, Mexico and Canada, you can cover all over the road and heavy haul transportation via one single company, LGI (Logistics Group International). They will take orders of any size and budget, and they will handle everything with the same care, regardless the profits they’d make by helping you ship your commercial stuff.
If you ever had a problem with heavy haul transportation, try LGI and see what they can do for you.
January 25, 2008 at 7:26 am · Filed under business ideas
Tip! Spirit and money are inseparable. To give a financial value to others is a spiritual act.
Thanks to the ingenuity of Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson, several innovations have been introduced to keep your money safe. Jefferson expanded the idea of cold, hard cash, and took it one step further by freezing it, thereby causing his own cash to become even colder and harder.
My company will be selling plastic bags, specially formulated to freeze cash safely and prevent freezer-burn. These bags, however, will be opaque. You’ll be able to label them as “turkey,” “beef,” or any other food you can imagine. A casual glance inside your freezer will only reveal dark colored bags, and not the fortune you’ve acquired from bribery.
After you’ve labelled your “bags,” be sure to write down a legend. For example: turkey = $1000 in twenties, beef = $10,000 in hundreds, and so forth. Tape the legend in a secure place, another major appliance perhaps. The top of your microwave oven is one option. Another secret location to hide your treasure map could be inside your dishwasher. Perhaps you could even buy a second freezer and hide it inside, along with your actual frozen meats and vegetables.
Tip! Find Good Products and Test Them. When you are ready to take the step into making money online, affiliate marketing is one of the simplest ways beginners can make money.
Once you have your money and treasure map stored safely, go to your bank and tell them you’d like to make a deposit. Then throw up five pounds of ground beef and two frozen bags of corn onto the teller’s window. Ask the teller how long it will take for your beef and corn to double in volume or value. If they look at you queerly, explain that you’re there because of advice you received while visiting Mental Dimensions. If that doesn’t take away the teller’s look of puzzlement, throw a frozen bag of peas at his or her face and run away very quickly.
Tip! The time trap. You are trading your time for money.
During your running, you may need a place to hide. If you pass by an appliance store, duck inside and quickly search for a freezer to hide in. Make sure the freezer is plugged into an outlet and turned on before you hop inside. If you’re carrying any loose change on you, quickly throw it inside a nearby refrigerator. Remember the rule of thumb we’ve obtained from William Jefferson: “Cash needs to be frozen, but spare change needs only light refrigeration.”
Tip! Contact creditors and others you owe money to.
Rumor has it that Jefferson’s next investment strategy will be to drown his remaining money into the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean. Any interest earned will then be stored in containers filled with frozen nitrogen. His bail is expected to be set anywhere from 50,000 ice cubes - 150,000 sirloin steaks.
Tip! Offer to dig or spade gardens for local neighbors for money.
Andy Alt
Mental Dimensions
http://mentaldimensions.blogspot.com/
January 19, 2008 at 2:25 am · Filed under business ideas
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January 19, 2008 at 2:06 am · Filed under business ideas
Tip! Never shop hungry. That’s all there is to this tip, and you can figure out why this will save you money.
I read a “tip” on music sales today that made me angry. The author asked, “Are you selling your CD for $15?” Then goes on to say that we are Indie musicians and we shouldn’t. Sell it for less because it is the industry standard for Indie musicians to sell for less. How do I say this nicely…that’s Bull Sh*t!!!!
That attitude pisses me off. I mean it is hard enough for us to make a decent leaving selling CDs, but to sell them for $10? Unless you have less than 10 songs, don’t listen to em. It is that attitude that makes some people think you only have to pay $10 for a CD.
Will more people buy the CD? Well, probably…a few. But you know what? If people like your music, they WILL pay $15 for a CD! Surprise, surprise, surprise. They may falter a bit, but they will eventually buy it, and when they do, it will mean so much more to them. Don’t be fooled. You are a professional. Now act like one.
Tip! People who say, “I’m not in this for the money†will work their whole life focusing upon making money. People who save money find the freedom from it.
Now, let me give you an incentive why you should sell for $15 instead of $10. There are some age-old terms used in marketing, perhaps you’ve heard of them…discounts and sales?
Yeah, I admit it. I’m hesitant to pay $15 for a CD. It is a lot of money for a CD. I’m constantly looking for great CD deals online. I can’t stand paying $15 for a CD. It’s too much for my poor musician blood. But some, like me, require an extra incentive. So why not put your CD on sale? Offer 10% or 20% off. One-time only, or for a limited time. And you know, at 10-20% off, you’re still making more than $10. But to your fans, 10-20% off sounds like a great deal! Add a touch of urgency, and even those who hadn’t gotten around to buying your CD will.
Ever since I started running special prices on my new CD, Gullible’s Travels, I’ve gotten a helluva resposne. Right now, you can buy it for 10% off. Or buy both our albums and get 20% off each one.
Tip! Start Slow! When you first start out trying to make money online, the internet is going to seem like a huge place with tons of information everywhere. You’ll probably feel overwhelmed with an information overload! Don’t let that happen.
So if you have an album with more than ten songs, and you are currently selling your album for $10, this is what I want you to do. Contact your mailing list now. Tell them this:
“It was decided that in order to take our band to the next step, we will have to start running our business more professionally. To start, we will raise the price of our CDs in four weeks from their current price of $10 to their new price of $15. This should give all our loyal fans the opportunity to purchase a copy of our music at a one killer price. But it won’t last long. So order your CDs now!”
Now, watch the orders come flooding in!
Bard Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards has helped 1000’s of musicians make money with their musical groups through the Bards Crier Music Marketing and Promotion Ezine and the Texas Musicians’ Texas Music Biz Tips. Now you can get personal advice by visiting http://www.bardscrier.com for FREE “how-to” music marketing assistance.
Tip! If they can manage and understand the budgeting process I’m all for it. When grandma gives them money for their birthday, after they have put aside 10% each for savings and for donation to a charity, allow them to budget for the remainder.
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January 19, 2008 at 1:49 am · Filed under business ideas
Tip! Investing in other companies. Many people put their money in a mutual fund or index fun and are happy with 5-10% appreciation each year.
A majority of indie filmmakers, myself included, do not have the money to hire a music supervisor or professional composer to score their movie. Let alone can we afford to license or pay royalties to top musicians to use their songs or tracks on the soundtrack. I had produced a urban action movie, Consignment, that had a very limited amount of money to spend on music. Turns out after some additional post-production expenses I had zero to spend.
Movies need music. There really is no way to argue against it. Good music adds impact, emotion, and mood to a film. Tartantino has made amazing use of music in his films. Many viewers have commented that the music is like a character itself.
Tip! Everyone has money problems. The poor, the middle class, the rich, the government, the church, the old, the young, all the companies, everyone has money problems.
I was faced with the choices of putting the completion of Consignment on hold indefinitely until more money could be raised for the soundtrack or trying to find quality music that I could get for free or as close to free as possible. Not wanting to put the movie on hold I set out to shake some trees for music that moved me. It was a gamble I hoped would work.
I checked out some companies on the internet selling royalty free music in all types of genres from rock & roll to world beat for very affordable prices. Type ‘royalty free music’ into a search engine to listen and shop around. I listened to tons of sample tracks. Most didn’t fit the feel of Consignment. A few tracks I did like were out my budget.
Tip! People who say, “I’m not in this for the money†will work their whole life focusing upon making money. People who save money find the freedom from it.
A cool thing I did discover is there are some filmmaker friendly sites that will allow you to download free original music to use in your movie. All they ask is that you properly credit the creators behind the music. Sonny Boo offers this on his website. I did not end up using the free downloads, but I think it’s good karma they put it out there.
The anxiety and stress of not finding the right music was becoming a mental drain. Nothing worse than the thought of your movie not getting done. I decided to try a different approach to getting the soundtrack squared away. I was going to contact independent bands, artists, and musicians directly with the chance to get exposure on a independent films soundtrack. Indie artists from the music and movie arena collaborating sounded like a win-win.
There’s many places to find independent artists and record labels looking to get their music heard. What better way than to be featured on a movie soundtrack? I religiously set aside hours everyday to listen to music from up and coming artists. After I had a narrowed down list of the tracks I wanted to use on Consignment I tracked down these artists and record labels contact information.
Tip! And finally, the rate of inflation (classically defined as too much of an increase in the amount of money in circulation), is rising. And if that kind of inflation (monetary) is rising, then price inflation won’t be far behind.
My independent music campaign was launched. I emailed, phoned, and faxed my pitch to the people on my list. I was excited about adding music I believed would add tremendously to the overall viewing experience of the movie. It was a tougher sell than I thought to get independent artists and record labels to contribute to an indie movie soundtrack.
Tip! The link between money and happiness. Money alone does not dictate happiness or unhappiness.
My pitch was truthful about only offering credit for their music. My advice is not to BS people. Be upfront. I let them know this was a indie movie without big names or a Hollywood budget.
Here’s the rundown of how it played out for me using this approach. I was able to land the music of two artists I felt was perfect. Another artist was interested, but was honest enough to voice their concerns about not knowing how the movie would look when it was done and decided not to contribute to the soundtrack. After Consignment was done I sent them a DVD. They liked it and agreed to compose an original track for my next movie for free.
Most of the record labels ignored my requests or said no money meant no go. I respect that. One record label representative took the time to speak with me at length and made a point that stuck with me. He basically said until you have a name or a movie you’ve done to show your work people will be skeptical about lending their music to your indie movie. There not against cross-promotion and exposure. There against being associated with terrible movie and bad exposure. That made a lot of sense.
Tip! The lack of money is the root of all evil. This statement is much more accurate than the statement that money is the root of all evil or even that the love for money is the root of all evil.
With a few tracks secured that I liked I decided to go directly to the people to find the rest of the music. Consignment being a urban action movie I wanted some hot hip hop tracks. I started hitting websites that had hip hop forums where people could list links to their demos, post beats, and battle other hip hop artists. I posted open calls for artists to submit their tracks for an urban movie.
I got a huge response, but it was chaotic dealing with the amount of tracks that came in. Plus their were obvious copyright infringements and looping done by some contributers. Last thing you want is music on your movie that causes legal problems for your movies release when you sign on with a distributor. I wasn’t making a bootleg underground movie to sell out of the trunk of my car. I was going for mainstream rental and retail outlets. I took the time to get all the releases, clearances, and paper work on the movie. I was going to do the same for the music.
Tip! Charity shops have some great quality products and at a fraction of the original prices, you’ll also be putting some money to good causes into the bargain. Especially useful to check out charity shops in fairly affluent areas.
After seeing my post I was contacted by the fellas at Jackin4Beats.Com about helping me out. They streamlined and organized the submission process. They posted calls for music on their website for free. Their efforts increased the quality of the submissions ten fold. They only forwarded me tracks that were free and clear to use on the soundtrack with no legal worries. All music clearance forms were signed on the dotted line.
The buzz was there. Next a rising independent music label specializing in West Coast hip hop wanted to be on the soundtrack. They headed into the studio with the synopsis of the movie and cut an original track with the same name as the movie. This song brought and hit hard. I used it on the opening and closing credits of the film. Then I got some tracks from some emerging East Coast rappers with a latin edge that put the soundtrack over the top. These talented artists music rounded out the soundtrack. They understood it’s about exposure.
Tip! One way to get money is to have a yard sale and sell items that you are getting ready to toss away because you don’t want them any longer.
I wanted to touch on my experience and they way I got the movie soundtrack done. There’s a lot of avenues for you to land the right music for your movie. Obviously the more money the more choices, but money doesn’t have to cut you at the knees making you put bad music on your movie.
There’s talented artists and upstart record labels in the same boat as you grinding it out to make in the entertainment business. Everyone is looking for a break. Sometimes you can get it together to make it work and sometimes you can’t. Just keep fighting to get what you want. Never settle for music you hate for the sake of completing your movie. You will regret the end product. It won’t be easy to secure music you love, but isn’t your movie worth the effort?
Tip! Carpool. With the rise in gas prices carpooling is a great way to save some extra money.
Southern California based Sid Kali has written and directed two full-length features CONSIGNMENT (2006) and IN WITH THIEVES (2006) to begin an aggressive and exciting production schedule for Slice of Americana Films.
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