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Ivan Widjaya

Ivan Widjaya is the Owner/Editor of Noobpreneur.com. He is a web property investor, blogger and web property maker, and currently manages and writes for My Web Estate. He also runs a web design business, Chalcedony Design, specialising in Wordpress theme creation, and plenty other web business.

Business newsletter design

Newsletters are no longer solely purposed to provide regular updates to subscribers – newsletters are great tools to reach out to a community of people with similar interest.

Newsletters have also been a great marketing tool for small business due to the well-known fact that they convert subscribers into buyers well.

Whether the newsletters are distributed online or off line, you need to send your message… Click here to continue »

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Read business hosting reviews first

In establishing your small business online presence via a business website, your decision in choosing the right web hosting company to host yours is as important as building the business site itself. When you are considering on business web hosting providers, be sure to read Reviews on Business Hosting Company.

I’ve been there – I hosted my sites on a what seemingly good… Click here to continue »

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Free business resource

If you are interested to enter the online business and make money online arena, many suggests that you should buy eBooks that can teach you how to do them. If you are ready to go frugal, I can show you how to learn about those for free. Here’s how.

I used to buy eBooks from Clickbank and e-Junkie. I have spent hundreds, if not thousands of… Click here to continue »

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Mobile phone recycling

If you are a budding entrepreneur interested in environmental issues – or an ecopreneur – looking for a business idea to start, here’s a great idea for you: Start a mobile phone recycling business.

Entrepreneurs – you can make a great impact to the community and environment by starting up a green business. You can generate profits while contributing to the environment – not… Click here to continue »

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Born or made?

This is a guest post by Neil Jones.

Is an entrepreneur born or made?

Here is what Wikepedia says:

“An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome.”

Countless surveys all state that an entrepreneur is born, Richard Branson proves this point, but what about the people that decided… Click here to continue »

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Exceptional customer service

There are plenty of strategies and tactics on how to build a successful business. However, there is only one secret that can guarantee your success: Do ordinary things in extraordinary manners.

Business ideas are everywhere – they are simple to find (you can find for them easily on this blog, too.) Unfortunately, ideas are, well, just ideas until you can turn them into solid business.

Great… Click here to continue »

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Social media strategy for small biz

Looking for insights on small business, I stumble on this useful presentation titled Creating a Social Media Strategy: Getting Started in 5 Easy Steps created by Heather Whaling of Geben Communication. Here are some interesting points from the slides.

Check out this 15-slide presentation:

Some notes from the presentation

From the presentation, I found a couple… Click here to continue »

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Natalie Tran

I stumble on an interesting update from Yahoo! Finance regarding the independent YouTube stars making over $100,000 a year.

As a recap, here is the Top 10 list:

1. Shane Dawson – $315,000. Shane has three YouTube channels – a comedy/parody channel, a vlog and “Ask Shane” series channel, and a channel containing Shane’s videos taken from his iPhone.

2. The Annoying Orange – $288,000. The… Click here to continue »

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Business dispute

This is a guest post by James Adams.

When disputes between partners in a business arise, they can threaten the business more than any competitor can. Even partners with the best intentions are likely to end up at each other’s throats even though they had hoped to avoid such conflict. Here you will learn how to settle disputes between business partners: 8 tips that will make the… Click here to continue »

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Mobile age

This is a guest post by Neil Jones.

Businesses and markets are becoming increasingly competitive with the disappearance of physical boundaries and too many players. Survival in these tough conditions is possible by staying ahead with constant innovations and adopting the latest technologies. Communication and mobile technology are two of the latest tools that businesses can use to spearhead their progress in their respective fields. In fact… Click here to continue »

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Covered calls

While searching the Internet for stock investing tips, I stumbled on a site called Born To Sell. The site helps investors who are doing covered calls. Interesting – read on.

As an entrepreneur, I need to diverse myself. Right now, all I’m doing is building and investing in businesses – online businesses, that is. My short term plans are to start or invest in a… Click here to continue »

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