Who want to be your own boss ? - Page 2

tarandip

hi!
new here. i think that it is easy to start a biz online
however, anyone has any ideas to share on
how to advertise cheaply? to get more customers?

cashmere

Yeah... It's true...
I think it's quite hard to pool people who are willing to purchase online.
I'm quite new to online shops & I'm trying to get people to know my webby.
So, I'm trying almost all ways to advertise.
I'll just have to wait & see the response.

FEEDYOURCLOSET

advertise cheaply ?
you could always ask blogshops to link you, provided you link them.
there are also a few online shops who would put up an ad for you on their shop for a little fee. going to other shops to tag on their board that yours is a new shop & its a must visit do helps, as people would not mind browsing through. you could always pm me and i could give your examples, further more online is getting even popular and this helps in customer base.

TradersCabin

Hey guys,

First of all, starting a business is exceptionally easy this days. A $65 registration with ARCA will set you up and running. Most of time, people tend to wait for the perfect condition to arrive before they take the step out.

However, there's never a perfect condition and you've to learn along the way.(That includes making mistakes and recovering from them)

Here's a short story(From a Book),

C.D wanted to start his own business but.....

Shortly after WW II, C.D got a job with the Customs Divisions of the you.S Post Office Department. He liked his work, but after 5 years he became dissatisfied with the confinement, regular hours, low dissatisfied with the confinement, regular hours, low pay, and the seniority system with its relatively narrow chances for advancement.

Then he got an idea. He learned a great deal about what it takes to be a successful importer. Why not set himself up in business of importing low-cost gift items and toys?C.D knew many successful importers who didn't have his knowledge of the ins and outs of this business.

It's being ten years now since C.D decided he wanted to go into business for himself. But today, he's still working for the Customs Office.

Why?Well, every time C.D was just about ready to cut loose on his own, something stopped him from taking action. Lack of money, economic recessions, new baby, need for temporary security, trader restrictions, and more excuses all served as reasons for waiting, for postponing.

The real truth is that C.D let himself develop into a passivationist. He wanted conditions to be perfect before he took action. Since conditions were never perfect, C.D never took action.

Hope this short story can short of inspire those who wants to start business/be an entrepreneur but is still procrastinating. All this talks about no capital are just excuses, think about this scenario. If I've $100k on the table now and to get this 100K, you only need to fork out $10k. Even if you do not have the money in your savings, will you find a way to make the exchange happen?

Translate this back to the business, is the business that you are setting up able to generate back the profits? If you're not even sure, then it's not a matter of capital but your strategy.

To summarize, in my opinion, entrepreneurship is a skill and a lot of it means making "decisions in uncertainty" . I'm sorry to say that if you don't even dare to make a decision, just continue working for someone else because they(the boss) will always have a step by step/instructions for you.

If you really want to start, articulate your vision, jot down your business system and starting developing your process mapping for your business. If this is too much work for you, maybe you shouldn't even start a business because building them is 10 times harder.

To end it, here's one of my favorite quote:

"You can choose to be either the player or the spectator, it's your call."

Regards,
You Teck

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MyFashionPalace

Yupz.. i totally agree with TradersCabin..

just gotta take the first step out..
but I still believe that starting is easy, maintaining is where everyone cannot keep up to..

htzmarket

try asking your own friends to view and comment, then start word of mouth referral, etc some method could be your friends' blog, classifieds, friendster, forums, etc.

when you said "almost all ways", you mean you paid or just those FOC method?

in general, I think most things can be sold online, just how to do it correctly and to market/price it properly.

cashmere

FOC methods of course....
& a paying one...
That's why I mentioned almost all...
Anyway, yeah....I've asked people around to spread the words around..
So, I'll have to see how's the response..

JustinLim007

Not really, estrellashopping.com is doing quite well....

bubbletime

Hi,

I want to set up an online ladies apparels boutique, but find it hard to find any ladies apparels suppliers or wholesaler. Anyone has any idea or contacts? Must be cheap and has a low minimum order since I don't have much capital.

Also, does anyone know where Tom & Steffanie get their ladies apparels from?

Thanks.

VICTORHAN

We are facing the same problems , i am crazy about making my online business a success , by attending seminars and reading books , i will find the
answers , Shall we explore together ?

BEST REGARDS,
VICTOR HAN