My Start-up Process – Part I

19Jun08

I composed a list of greenandchic.com related tasks I have accomplished over the past few months (not necessarily in order). These are items I felt that I had to get out of the way before moving on to the next steps. Whether or not I took the best approach to some of these tasks is [...]

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Tags: business license, DBA, e-commere, ecommerce, EIN, hostway, joomla, llc, resale license

Resources for starting an eCommerce business

13Jun08

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Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce, forums, internet, internet retailer, linkedin, magazines, online store, podcast, publications, web store

The little things…

11Jun08

Sometimes its the little things that drives me nuts!
I have been trying to install a mailing list or mass mailing manager to my Joomla site, and I just cant “get it”.  I’ve tried iContact (supposedto be one of the best) and I get stuck after the registration process.  I’m going to try one more time [...]

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Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce, email, icontact, J!contact, joomla, mailing list, mass mailing, web designer

Learning time management

10Jun08

Time management – what is that??
Working a full-time job, trying to start a business, family life, taking care of a home and yourself can be a challenge.  I do have the advantage of (almost) never having to work overtime, living six miles from work, no children (yet!), and being in good health.  Though I have [...]

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Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce, getting things done, home-based business, job, the time trap, time management

Mommy, Where do Customers Come From?

09Jun08

How to Market to a New Word of Connected Customers
While conducting a search for books about internet marketing, I came across this book by Larry Bailin.  I was drawn in by this catchy title and the fact that it seems like an easy read (just 151 pages with large font).
This book, in my opinion is [...]

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Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce, internet marketing, Larry Bailin, marketing, mommy where do customers come from, web2.0, website

How long should blog posts be?

06Jun08

One of the ways I am promoting my business is by blogging.  I currently have a blog that I recently started for greenandchic.com which will keep customers and potential customers in the loop about the business itself, products I am offering and general information about ingredients. 
I am very new to blogging so I am no expert [...]

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Tags: About Blogging, blog, blogger, business, e-commerce, ecommerce, marketing, promoting, writer, writing

Getting it done

05Jun08

I had been searching for a new web designer so that I can add my website and WordPress blog to a  Content Management System (CMS) that would allow me to make my own changes and updates, contact form, email list manager, an extra page and maybe one or two other features. I initially used Elance and [...]

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Tags: About Blogging, blog, blogger, CMS, content management system, e-commerce, ecommerce, elance, guru, joomla, oDesk, opensource, web designer, website, wordpress

Update

02Jun08

I am in the process of updating my website using the content management system (CMS) Joomla. When I initially had website built, I didn’t have a CMS installed so I had no way of making my own changes and updates. I found a web developer on oDesk to download Joomla and add the contents of [...]

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Tags: CMS, content management system, e-commerce, ecommerce, internet, joomla, oDesk, opensource, website