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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 Franchise Note. He also runs a web design business, Chalcedony Design, specialising in Wordpress theme creation.

Missold PPI (Payment Protection Insurance Claims)

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PPI claims

By Danny Chapman

The Financial Services Authority is being urged by consumer groups to crackdown on the financial institutions responsible for misselling PPI according to the Daily Mail. Missold PPI is the current biggest problem for the FSA, who have held further consultations on the matters in hand. It is clear the banks are lobbying the FSA for concessions as they try to reduce their liability for missold PPI, with PPI claims being a growing area of disgruntled…

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Pass On the Good Deed: Lessons Learned from a Reality TV Series

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Pass on good deed

Lately, my wife and I enjoy watching a documentary or reality TV series titled “Amazing Adventure of a Nobody” on a new local TV channel.

Amazing Adventure of a Nobody is about a ‘nobody’, Leon Logothetis from London, UK (the presenter and the subject of the documentary) trying to make his way in the USA, traveling from Times Square, NY to Hollywood Sign, LA with only $5 a day (couldn’t roll over.) The US-version…

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Freelancers and Home-Based Business Owners – Avoid Price War at All Cost

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Stiff price war

I received this comment to one of my article on my Connotati.com, and I thought the question bears great importance – so, I decided to share the question and my answer with you.

The article in question: 10 Home-Based Business Ideas for Work at Home Moms

The comment (or questions):

“This is an interesting article. However, like most similar articles, it makes it look all too easy. Anyone who’s started their own business working from home…

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10 Secrets to Creating Profitable Space Advertising

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Raid ad

This is a guest article by John Schulte, the President of the National Mail Order Association

Introduction to Creating Profitable Space Advertising… 10 secrets to doing it right!

No matter what business you’re in, learning to create good advertisements is a vital skill. Arguably, it’s one of the most important sales and marketing skills you can obtain.

Even if you hire an agency, you will need some basic understanding of good advertising so you can judge if the ad…

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How I Start a Business and Make Money with No Initial Investment

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Nothing down

In business, the “we need money to make money” statement holds true to most of us. But for us bootstrapper, zero down is THE strategy for business funding.

Finding investors for your business start-up is challenging. To make matter worse, today’s economic turmoil limits our access to business funding. Some lucky start-ups could rake millions of dollar from investors. Some select few can even secure funding from angels. Unfortunately, for the rest of us, getting money to get your…

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How to Increase Web Form Conversion by 25-40%

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Mad Libs style form

While following what’s happening today from my personal Twitter account, I stumbled on (and later retweeted) a tweet that led me to an interesting article about website form design that can converts better.

The article, written by Luke Wroblewski, the Chief Design Architect at Yahoo! Inc. who also runs LukeW, an internationally recognized digital product designer, is about a “Mad Libs”-style of form that successfully increases conversion by 25-40%.…

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Small Business Owners: Putting Web Presence as Top Priority in Your Business Plan is Paramount

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Embracing the web

Small Business Owners – here are what you’ve missed by not having any web presence for your business: opportunity and competitive advantage. Learn why you MUST go online for the sake of your business.

Placing web presence on highest priority in your business plan is no longer a smart move. It’s a mandatory move.

No matter what you’ve planned for your small business: search engine marketing, social media marketing, or simply setting up your first business website –…

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Why Surrounding You with The Right People is Important to Your Success

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Business teamworking

Business is all about team work. Whether you own a one-person business or a multi-staffed business, surrounding you and your business with the right people is very important. Why?

I enjoy reading Robert Kiyosaki’s books (the Rich Dad Poor Dad series.) One of many concepts he taught in his book that I (and nobody) can’t deny the truth is all about your personal and business environment: Your success is determined by whom you surround your personal life and business…

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Where to Look for Online Business Idea for 2010

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Online business idea search

Looking for online business idea is not as difficult as you thought. Here is one, single idea that works over and over again for me: Spying on the Flippa marketplace listings.

I love being a spectator. Not because I am too afraid taking any actions on anything, but being a spectator allows me to have bird’s eyes vision on what’s going on right here, right now.

In online business, I enjoy being…

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How to Start Making Real Money Online

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Online money making

Many people are keen on make money online through various methods, from setting-up e-commerce store to affiliate marketing. Here’s how to help your make money online endeavour a successful one, guaranteed.

People are plunging themselves into online business or Internet marketing, thinking they will make big bucks out of it. Unfortunately, after a short while they have their feet and hands dirty trying to dig some cents out of the Internet, they give up. Indeed, online money making…

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Being cheap: It’s Not About Saving Money

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Frugality

This is a guest article by Patrick Jobin.

“I have a 40 page business plan. Now I need a bank loan.” These words are a sure sign that the business is going to fail. Unless you’re getting into the real-estate business, debt financing should only be sought as a last resort.

Instead, you should simplify your product or service down to its most basic elements, and look for ways to launch with little or no money.

Instead of…

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