(Chiropractic marketing) Zeer to Present at Web Innovators Event in Boston
No commentsBy BR3
Also known as WebInno, the event is a monthly gathering of people engaged in Internet and mobile innovation in the New England area.
As a “Main Dish,” Zeer founder Michael Putnam will demonstrate Zeer web and mobile products to a crowd of 500+ attendees.
Launched in May, Zeer is a grocery community that connects people to product information, interest-specific communities and consumer reviews. Zeer answers the needs of many consumers who feel overwhelmed by product choices, are seeking unbiased and objective product information, or are simply passionate about food. Zeer Mobile offers the immediate conveniences of Zeer, regardless of the user’s destination, via any mobile web browser.
Using Zeer or Zeer Mobile, users at home or on-the-go can search from more than 110,000 food and beverage products to find exactly what they want, get information customized to their needs and interests, and manage and view their shopping lists.
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to demo Zeer and Zeer Mobile at WebInno,” said Michael Putnam, CEO of Zeer.
“With all of the food choices and trends, and rising grocery prices, it’s harder than ever for consumers to figure out what foods are best for them. Zeer is committed to helping people buy better groceries.”
About the Web Innovators Group
The Boston Web Innovators Group (WebInno) is a bimonthly gathering of people engaged in Internet and mobile innovation in the New England area.
The organization aims to support entrepreneurs, visionaries, and creative thinkers in the field by holding events which foster community interaction.
For each WebInno meeting, three startup founders are selected as “Main Dishes” to demo their company’s services to the crowd of 500+ attendees and at least half-dozen additional companies are featured as “Side Dishes” during the networking portion of the event.
These regular meetings provide a forum for entrepreneurs from self-funded/early-stage startups to present new services to their peers, as well as an opportunity for members in the community to share and exchange ideas.
More information can be found at http://www.webinnovatorsgroup.com.
About Zeer:
Zeer is a grocery product community that helps people “believe in what they buy.” Members can research products while shopping or before they go to the store, join communities that match their food-related needs and interests, and share advice with like-minded people.
http://www.br3games.com
http://www.br3games.com
A Sites’ BRAIN Team
By capil002
You’ve probably heard about a “brain team”. It’s an idea that made many famous people rich. They all had a team. And a team had a brain. A brain of a whole team. What does it have to do with internet marketing?
So you have started to do some internet business. You need to make money of it. But all you have is some mediocre traffic, which doesn’t make a lot of money. As I told you in previous articles - you have to do some massive action. But first of all - you need to know - what kind of action do you need to do.
Of course you can plan it yourself, but there is a better way. Contact some of your competitors, say “Hi” and talk to them about their business. Here is a most important question you should ask them: “Is there a way I can help you?”
Why should you do that?
First of all, when you are helping tons of your competitors - you learn what you should do to get yourself a better place.
Second, you get a team of people who owe you, because you helped them. It doesn’t mean you have to cheat them and use them after that. You’ll eventually get some tips, ideas and joint ventures from them.
Also, you’ll get to know the most current news in your industry. You’ll understand the most some of the most current ways your competition achieves results.
Eventually you’ll see your competition linking to you. And sometimes you’ll see them asking you for advice or asking for some joint efforts. So, you are now in the center of a whole team of the best in your industry. And what did you do to achieve that? Just helped them (or even just asked what can you do).
That might sound unusual to help your competition. But new age requires new approaches. But I can hardly call that a new way. It’s just a new vision of an old marketing way. It’s a kind of things spies used to get into trust of another country, another company, etc.
Helping pays off really much. You don’t have to always to that, only at start and eventually later. But later you’ll get so big thanks to ideas of your competition that helping them will not affect your business in any way.
For more useful tips & hints, please browse for more information at our website:-
http://www.reprintarticlesite.com
http://www. jointventures.reprintarticlesite.com
(Chiropractor clinic marketing) JOINT VENTURE FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS OPERATIONS IN EUROPE
No commentsBy capil002
COLOGNE, Germany, 12 May, 2000 - Ford and Getrag have signed a letter of intent to form a 50:50 joint venture for the engineering and manufacture of manual transmissions in Europe.
Announced as part of Ford of Europe’s business review strategy, the joint venture company would take ownership of existing Ford manual transmission plants at Bordeaux in France, Cologne in Germany and Halewood in the UK. Manual Transmission Operations at Ford’s Engineering Centre in Merkenich, Germany would also transfer to the joint venture. All current employees at these facilities, who move to the joint venture, can remain Ford employees.
Subject to the completion of negotiations, the new joint venture company is expected to begin operation in the fourth quarter of 2000. It would continue to produce the IB5, MT75, MTX75 and VXT75 transmissions currently used in all European Ford vehicles. Further investment would be committed to develop and produce new transmission products for Ford and other vehicle manufacturers, subject to any appropriate Government grants being negotiated.
“This is an outstanding business proposition for Ford,” said David Thursfield, President of Ford of Europe. “Joining with a highly respected partner creates an opportunity to take the Ford manual transmission business forward with fresh momentum, opening up the prospect of innovative new products and future growth through sales to other vehicle manufacturers.”
Tobias Hagenmeyer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Getrag GmbH, commented: “The joint venture offers Getrag a great opportunity for substantial growth enabling us to become a significant presence in the rapidly consolidating automotive industry, while maintaining our independence as a global automotive supplier. With the joint venture we are pursuing the goal of driving forward the joint development of innovative transmission systems.”
The three Ford Manual Transmission Operations plants in Europe employ 3,700 people and produced 1.72 million transmissions in 1999.
Getrag is one of the world’s leading companies in the development and production of manual transmissions and supplies most of the major vehicle producers. Founded in 1935, it employs 5,000 people at 11 sites in Germany, India, Italy and the US. It has its headquarters in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
For more useful tips & hints, please browse for more information at our website:-
http://www.reprintarticlesite.com
http://www. jointventures.reprintarticlesite.com
Partnership Program Offers A Variety Of Programs For Students - Columbus Schools
By capil002
The Columbus Schools partnership programs will continue into the 2006-2007 school year. These programs are conducted jointly with Columbus Schools and local and state universities, colleges, academic organizations, community organizations and area volunteers. The programs are wide ranging and cover lots of different subjects and grade levels.
Columbus Schools Art Ventures Partnership Program
The Art Ventures Partnership Program is a program that jointly works with Columbus Schools elementary schools and The Wexner Center for the Arts. This program was created primarily for the fourth grade students and fourth grade teachers and all elementary school arts teachers. As a part of the program, fourth grade students will visit the Wexner Center for the Arts three times per school year. Each visit will focus on a different art program including visual arts and performing arts. There will also be lessons created by the Wexner Center for the Arts that include studio activities and interactive tours. The employees of the Wexner Center for the Arts will visit the Columbus Schools classrooms to prepare students and teachers prepare for visits and lessons. The Wexner Center for the Arts started the program in 1993 and now works with 45 elementary schools. The Wexner Center for the Arts aims to give the schools with connections to their regular curriculum. The Arts Venture Program provides students with an understanding the purpose and need for arts in society and can point out examples of art embedded in our environment.
Columbus Schools Global School Bus
The Global School Bus Partnership Program is a joint cooperation between Columbus Schools Mifflin Alternative and Ohio State Universitys Office of International Affairs. This program brings an international connection to the prekinder- 12 classrooms. The Global School Bus Partnership Program uses presentations and hand-on activities about cultures from around the world. The countries that have been included in the program in past years are: France, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, South Africa, India, Taiwan, British West Indies, England, Italy, Bolivia, Greece, Mongolia, Ecuador, Chile, Japan, Quebec, Nepal, Ireland, Spain, Pakistan, Turkey, Cameroon, Germany, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, China, Hong Kong, Mexico, Argentina, Australia, East Africa, Tanzania, and Indonesia. The project has citizens and experts from these and other countries share information on a variety of topics, including music, food, dance, customs and lifestyles, biodiversity, calligraphy, climate, international affairs, schools, and education with students in their classrooms.
Columbus Schools Buckeye Mentoring Hub
This partnership program is a large program that involves Columbus Schools members Como Elementary, Cranbrook Elementary, Crestview Middle School, Hubbard Elementary, Indianola Middle School, Whetstone High School; The Mentoring Center; the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Ohio; and Ohio State University students. The project gives Ohio State students with a real opportunity to apply some of the educational strategies they study. Students will work with urban students who need to work on their leadership skills and negotiation skills. Mentoring is a great way for students to deal with youth violence. Started in 2004, the Buckeye Mentoring Hub has recruited, trained, and placed over 300 Ohio State student mentors with students in the Columbus Schools.
For more useful tips & hints, please browse for more information at our website:-
http://www.reprintarticlesite.com
http://www. jointventures.reprintarticlesite.com
To Joint Ventures - A (chiropractic wealth) Beginner’s Guide
No commentsBy capil002
Internet marketing is a long-time commitment between you and your online customer base. But, what is Internet marketing? At it’s most basic level, it’s the process of putting a product in front of a consumer, selling the product, and asking the consumer to return. But this is only the first part of a strong internet marketing strategy.
Internet marketing is also about making a website work its best for you, the business owner. That is why the successful formulas, secrets, and ‘My strategy for wealth’ schemes do not work. There are no ‘Ten Steps to Success’ for Internet marketing. What works for one business, will not work for another.
In the internet world, instead of two companies coming together in a merger, they form a joint venture.
The Commonwealth Alliance Program anticipates that strategic alliances (Joint Ventures) accounted for 25% of all revenues in 2005, a total of 40 trillion dollars. “This figure has been steadily growing over the past years as more solopreneurs and Work At Home Parents (WAHPs) decide to unite to augment their revenue in the highly competitive global environment.”
It all comes down to understanding all of the strategies and picking the right one for your business. In simple terms, internet marketing strategy is the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of online sales.
Joint Venture
The term Joint Venture is a simplistic process in the Internet marketing realm. A Joint Venture means different things to different online businesses. You can use a Joint venture to build your opt-in list, earn income, increase hits, and increase exposure. A joint venture in the internet world operates differently than it would in the brick and mortar world.
An example of a joint venture in the brick and mortar world would be a gym coming together with a company that produces body building supplements. The gym needs equipment to operate, and they may sell some products on the side.
An example in the internet world would be a content rich, 1,000+ page niche web site that affiliates for a company selling products to that niche. The content rich site is well optimized and ranks well with all of the major search engines, and has its own large, loyal list of unique users. They need a product to sell.
A Joint Venture represents the easiest way to start an online business, and increase revenue. In fact, for many new entrepreneurs, it is the only 100% risk-free methods of marketing.
A joint venture is like a marriage. A good JV can create fortunes. It can bring together products and services, free media attention, and resources to cut down the amount of time needed to spend promoting and marketing. There are four players in the JV world, each works together to create a win-win situation for all.
The Product
It can take a long time to find a list owner who will take a new product. Most list owners want products with a proven value for their subscribers. There are thousands of list owners. Product owners uses these lists to leverage their sales and split profits with the list owner.
The trick for product owners is to find lists with an incredibly narrow niche. This can be hard. Many list owners try to be everything to everyone. A list with a target audience will produce more sales than a larger list that has a broader audience.
Remember that the brokers and customer list owners have something that you need - trust. You cannot buy trust, so when it comes to negotiating with them, do not try and nickel and dime them, especially if your product does not have a proven track record.
Mailing List Owner
Product owners aren’t the only ones who can profit nicely from joint ventures. Often a product owner will offer a much higher affiliate commission to the owner of a large, targeted list, for promoting the product. This is a win-win situation for both parties - the product owner’s sales will often explode right after the product is announced to a large, responsive list. And the list owner makes a nice commission on the product, all for taking an extra 5 minutes to mention the product in his or her newsletter.
Some of the best places to build opt-in lists are free and fall under the radar of most internet marketers. For example, did you know that Myspace now drives more hits to websites than MSN? Or, did you know that you can buy the top space on Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Altvista for less than $50 a month? Yes, that’s right.
This is a great time to get building a list. The internet is still not awake to the idea that Web 2.0 doesn’t work the same way as the old websites. You no longer need to spend so much time optimizing your websites. In fact, MSN is the only major search engine that really cares about meta tags anymore. The rest of the search engines use keyword density to ban websites that pump more than 5% of a keyword.
It is easy to find brokers who will help you build a list. This is because few people work at building lists. The Brokers need these lists to survive.
Broker
The Broker’s job is to match the right product to the right list of customers. A good broker will charge a percent from both sides for as long as the joint venture remains, which could be years.
This is a great job for someone who is internet savvy, a real people person, and who can sell new concepts to people. The first step for a new broker is to join the forums, ezines, and communities that will put them in contact with products, and then do the same with content rich websites that under-utilize their marketing ability.
An easier way to do this is to contact hundreds of ezines, and get them to pay a fee for advertising on each other’s ezines. The ezine owners may pay you $100. In return, they get $1000 of advertising, build their opt-in list, and hike up the prices they charge their advertisers.
Providence Man
This is the most neglected Joint Venture method. It requires a lot of research, and there is failure. But, eventually, the providence man will earn 50% of all direct sales.
The providence man searches for great products that have poor exposure. They identify a product or service, review their web site, sales letter, order forms, web design and many other things, then recommend improvements. In this way, a providence man is sort of like the systems analyst of the brick and mortar world.
Then, the providence man will arrange a Joint Venturing agreement with the product owner. This is great for the person who is more at home on the internet than in the brick and mortar world. If you have already formed yahoo groups, have an ezine, host chats, sell ebooks, then you are a natural.
For example, you may know a lot of people who have created their own business software. You in turn build a contact list with dozens of ezines, websites, and forums where small businesses are looking for something easy, cheap, and reliable. Now, ask the programmers if they would be willing to pay you 10, 20, and even 50% of all sales through those ezines. In return, you pay the ezine owner 2 - 10% in sales.
Scams
The introduction to the Joint Venture world can be treacherous. Many of the new list-building communities are nothing more than old ’safe list’ programs cloaked as Joint Venture communities. They charge a fee to join, and offer nothing. Their products are rarely more than the ’secret to my success’ or ‘how to make a million overnight’ programs that used to be sold from websites and forums.
A certain amount of wading through scams is to be expected. However, once you find the real brokers and providence men venues, there is a fortune to be made.
For more useful tips & hints, please browse for more information at our website:-
http://www.reprintarticlesite.com
http://www. jointventures.reprintarticlesite.com
Zeer to Present at Web Innovators Event in Boston
By BR3
Also known as WebInno, the event is a monthly gathering of people engaged in Internet and mobile innovation in the New England area.
As a “Main Dish,” Zeer founder Michael Putnam will demonstrate Zeer web and mobile products to a crowd of 500+ attendees.
Launched in May, Zeer is a grocery community that connects people to product information, interest-specific communities and consumer reviews. Zeer answers the needs of many consumers who feel overwhelmed by product choices, are seeking unbiased and objective product information, or are simply passionate about food. Zeer Mobile offers the immediate conveniences of Zeer, regardless of the user’s destination, via any mobile web browser.
Using Zeer or Zeer Mobile, users at home or on-the-go can search from more than 110,000 food and beverage products to find exactly what they want, get information customized to their needs and interests, and manage and view their shopping lists.
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to demo Zeer and Zeer Mobile at WebInno,” said Michael Putnam, CEO of Zeer.
“With all of the food choices and trends, and rising grocery prices, it’s harder than ever for consumers to figure out what foods are best for them. Zeer is committed to helping people buy better groceries.”
About the Web Innovators Group
The Boston Web Innovators Group (WebInno) is a bimonthly gathering of people engaged in Internet and mobile innovation in the New England area.
The organization aims to support entrepreneurs, visionaries, and creative thinkers in the field by holding events which foster community interaction.
For each WebInno meeting, three startup founders are selected as “Main Dishes” to demo their company’s services to the crowd of 500+ attendees and at least half-dozen additional companies are featured as “Side Dishes” during the networking portion of the event.
These regular meetings provide a forum for entrepreneurs from self-funded/early-stage startups to present new services to their peers, as well as an opportunity for members in the community to share and exchange ideas.
More information can be found at http://www.webinnovatorsgroup.com.
About Zeer:
Zeer is a grocery product community that helps people “believe in what they buy.” Members can research products while shopping or before they go to the store, join communities that match their food-related needs and interests, and share advice with like-minded people.
http://www.br3games.com
http://www.br3games.com
A Sites’ BRAIN Team
By capil002
You’ve probably heard about a “brain team”. It’s an idea that made many famous people rich. They all had a team. And a team had a brain. A brain of a whole team. What does it have to do with internet marketing?
So you have started to do some internet business. You need to make money of it. But all you have is some mediocre traffic, which doesn’t make a lot of money. As I told you in previous articles - you have to do some massive action. But first of all - you need to know - what kind of action do you need to do.
Of course you can plan it yourself, but there is a better way. Contact some of your competitors, say “Hi” and talk to them about their business. Here is a most important question you should ask them: “Is there a way I can help you?”
Why should you do that?
First of all, when you are helping tons of your competitors - you learn what you should do to get yourself a better place.
Second, you get a team of people who owe you, because you helped them. It doesn’t mean you have to cheat them and use them after that. You’ll eventually get some tips, ideas and joint ventures from them.
Also, you’ll get to know the most current news in your industry. You’ll understand the most some of the most current ways your competition achieves results.
Eventually you’ll see your competition linking to you. And sometimes you’ll see them asking you for advice or asking for some joint efforts. So, you are now in the center of a whole team of the best in your industry. And what did you do to achieve that? Just helped them (or even just asked what can you do).
That might sound unusual to help your competition. But new age requires new approaches. But I can hardly call that a new way. It’s just a new vision of an old marketing way. It’s a kind of things spies used to get into trust of another country, another company, etc.
Helping pays off really much. You don’t have to always to that, only at start and eventually later. But later you’ll get so big thanks to ideas of your competition that helping them will not affect your business in any way.
For more useful tips & hints, please browse for more information at our website:-
http://www.reprintarticlesite.com
http://www. jointventures.reprintarticlesite.com
A (chiropractic marketing) Sites’ BRAIN Team
No commentsBy capil002
You’ve probably heard about a “brain team”. It’s an idea that made many famous people rich. They all had a team. And a team had a brain. A brain of a whole team. What does it have to do with internet marketing?
So you have started to do some internet business. You need to make money of it. But all you have is some mediocre traffic, which doesn’t make a lot of money. As I told you in previous articles - you have to do some massive action. But first of all - you need to know - what kind of action do you need to do.
Of course you can plan it yourself, but there is a better way. Contact some of your competitors, say “Hi” and talk to them about their business. Here is a most important question you should ask them: “Is there a way I can help you?”
Why should you do that?
First of all, when you are helping tons of your competitors - you learn what you should do to get yourself a better place.
Second, you get a team of people who owe you, because you helped them. It doesn’t mean you have to cheat them and use them after that. You’ll eventually get some tips, ideas and joint ventures from them.
Also, you’ll get to know the most current news in your industry. You’ll understand the most some of the most current ways your competition achieves results.
Eventually you’ll see your competition linking to you. And sometimes you’ll see them asking you for advice or asking for some joint efforts. So, you are now in the center of a whole team of the best in your industry. And what did you do to achieve that? Just helped them (or even just asked what can you do).
That might sound unusual to help your competition. But new age requires new approaches. But I can hardly call that a new way. It’s just a new vision of an old marketing way. It’s a kind of things spies used to get into trust of another country, another company, etc.
Helping pays off really much. You don’t have to always to that, only at start and eventually later. But later you’ll get so big thanks to ideas of your competition that helping them will not affect your business in any way.
For more useful tips & hints, please browse for more information at our website:-
http://www.reprintarticlesite.com
http://www. jointventures.reprintarticlesite.com
ParMake Huge Profits Even If You Have No Money, No Products, and No List
By capil002
Would you like to jumpstart your online or offline business without spending a ton of money?
Without a doubt, joint venture marketing is the most powerful secret to making money online or offline.
In its simplest form, you partner with someone else: You either sell their product to your customer base or they sell your product to theirs.
The true power of this lies in the fact that it’s much easier to sell a product to an existing customer, rather than going out and trying to get another customer.
Here’s the twist:
What if you could use joint venture marketing without having a product, very little money, and little or no customer list?
Let’s see what one of the foremost authorities on joint ventures has to say about this unique use of the joint venture idea …
Marc Goldman is a world-class authority on joint venture marketing, building a website that ranks in the top 6,000 most-visited websites. That’s quite an accomplishment considering the millions of websites in existence.
What’s more important though is that he’s been using joint venture marketing since his first day in business in 1994.
In a recent interview, he offered this simple formula to quickly profit from joint ventures.
(Note: To access Marc Goldman’s complete audio interview for free, see end of article)
You simply perform the role of a Joint Venture broker–you bring together partners who can add value to what the other party offers.
For a great online example of this technique, suppose you find a great product on the Internet that you love …
You could hook up the owner with other Internet marketers who have an existing customer base, and get a commission from the sales.
If the product has a two-tier affiliate program, you simply sign up as an affiliate. You automatically get commissions from the sales of the marketers you convinced to promote the product (who sign up under you).
If you’re hooking the product owner up with marketers who have a huge customer base, try to negotiate a higher commission than the normal second level commission.
If the product owner currently does not have an affiliate program, simply approach the owner–make a proposal to get a specific commission on any sales from the partners you bring to him.
Having purchased Marc’s Joint Venture Brokering Mastery Seminar, I can testify to the effectiveness of his techniques.
The broker idea works equally well offline …
Just one case in point:
I joined up an owner of three dilapidated rental houses who just wanted to get rid of them with someone who wanted to buy some land to build a gun shop. Each party got what they wanted and, at closing, I received a check for $8,835.92 … definitely a nice commission for only several hours’ work and no money down.
With that in mind, go out today, have your best day ever, and keep your eyes out for people who you can help by bringing them together with someone else who can help them.
Of course, make sure you remember to get your sl
For more useful tips & hints, please browse for more information at our website:-
http://www.reprintarticlesite.com
http://www. jointventures.reprintarticlesite.com
Credit card processing in any business
By Sarah Corlette
A versatile and reliable credit card processing service can help any business to increase sales by enabling the accepting all forms of payment from anywhere at anytime.
There are many card processing services out there, one must be very careful when choosing the right one for his business.
The credit crisis is affecting banks and other consumer finance businesses. Clearly the credit card companies are showing accelerating loan losses. In order to cut these down, many companies need a professional card processing service.
There are over 81% of American Express card members and 78% of Visa & MasterCard card holders that agree that regardless of the nature of the business, merchants should offer customers as wide an array of payment vehicles as possible. 33.96 Billion Transactions were processed using Visa & MasterCard in the United States and 91% of all Internet Sales are made on credit cards. There are 878.6 Million Visa and MasterCard Credit Cards in circulation.
One thing you should know is that Visa and MasterCard not credit card companies; they don’t issue cards, make loans or maintain consumer relationships. They are payment networks, meaning that their only significant mission is to provide the electronic pipeline for a payment to travel between the issuing bank and the merchant point of sale. The more times a consumer uses a credit card for a payment, the more money these companies earn.Both Visa and MasterCard have achieved significant global diversification.
Concerning card processing any retailer should be accepting these types of cards, because:
- he will earn more money and more customers
- he could be payed anywhere
- he would have higher security protection utilizing modern encryption technology
A good company that is specialized in credit card processing for any new or existing business is Bankcardusa.com. They offer a complete one step process for accepting credit card payments for all types of businesses, including retail store front, mail-order, phone-order, trade shows, professionals, service industry, home-based and Internet.
EMERGENCE OF CORPORATE RETAIL IN INDIA -FUTURE IMPLICATIONS (advertising for chiropractors)
No commentsBy Ben Needles
INTRODUCTION:
Retail comes from the French word retailer which refers to cutting off, clip and divide in terms of tailoring (1365). It first was recorded as a noun with the meaning of a sale in small quantities in 1433 (French). Its literal meaning for retail was to cut off, shred, paring
Retailing consists of the sale of goods or merchandise, from a fixed location such as a department store or kiosk, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be individuals or businesses. In commerce, a retailer buys goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers or importers, either directly or through a wholesaler, and then sells smaller quantities to the end-user. Retail establishments are often called shops or stores. Retailers are at the end of the supply chain.
BEGINNINGS OF RETAIL TRADE:
Early Trade: When man started to cultivate and harvest the land, he would occasionally find himself with a surplus of goods. Once the needs of his family and local community were met, he would attempt to trade his goods for different goods produced elsewhere.
Thus markets were formed. These early efforts to swap goods developed into more formal gatherings. When a producer who had a surplus could not find another producer with suitable products to swap, he may have allowed others to owe him goods. Thus early credit terms would have been developed. This would have led to symbolic representations of such debts in the form of valuable items (such as gemstones or beads), and eventually money.
The First Shops: Eventually, markets would become permanent fixtures i.e. shops. These shops along with the logistics required to get the goods to them were, the start of the Retail Trade.
HOW RETAIL DEVELOPED???
Peddlers and Producers: The Retail Trade is rooted in two groups, the peddlers and producers. Peddlers tended to be opportunistic in their choice of stock and customer. They would purchase any goods that they thought they could sell for a profit. Producers were interested in selling goods that they had produced
CLIMBING THE GREASED POLE:
Moving up the evolutionary ladder wont be easy for Indias retailers. Especially given the large number of potential spoilers. Availability of quality retail space will be a key determinant for the growth of the sector. With most Indian cities undergoing rapid urbanization, spiraling rental costs has most retailers worried already.
Hitherto, most retailers have preferred to go in for long-term leases. But with real estate prices in most top tier cities hitting the roof in the past two years, lease rental increases are making business unviable for organized retail.
Within hours of making his deal with Wal-Mart public, Sunil Mittal, the chairman of Bharti Group, said his top priority would be real estate acquisition, whether through leasing or buying.
Biyani already has a successful retail model in place and Bharti will look to cut corners with some help from Wal-Mart, players like Reliance and the AV Birla group would have to go through a longer learning curve.
A vital logistical link in most retailers plans happens to be the cold chain. And many of them like Reliance Retail and Future Group are reported to be investing Rs 6,000 crore and Rs 400-500 crore (Rs 4-5 billion), respectively, on setting up logistics.
The other big issue for retailers is people. Analysts agree that the manpower shortage will get acute as retail spreads beyond the metros. Says Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, RPG Group: The biggest challenge for us and, for that matter, any retailer will be getting trained personnel.
GETTING IT RIGHT:
Retailers ranging from Pantaloon to RPG to Piramals or the Tatas are working towards exploiting this model, perceived by consumers as more value-enhancing. But in the long run, what is most likely to succeed is a more balanced multi-format strategy.
Finally, while in the first flush of the retail boom, the elimination of traditional intermediaries may bring windfall gains (as well as bring welcome and much-needed relief to the producers), this source will increasingly dry out as competition intensifies and margins come under pressure a few years down the line.
WHAT DROVE THE RETAILING IN INDIA?
India is currently in the second phase of the retail evolution, with domestic customers becoming more demanding with their rising standard of living and changing lifestyles. Change in customers focus from just buying to broad shopping (buying, entertainment and experience) has led to a pick-up in momentum in organized formats of retailing. Unavailability of quality retail space has been one of the main constraints for development of organized formats in India. In the past, negative yield on leased property and lack of bank funding due to unorganized property market resulted in a dearth of quality retail space in the country.
Another factor that accelerated the growth of organized retailing is media proliferation. Increased advertisements and brand promotions have led to a growing consumer spending across a wide range of product categories.
WHAT WILL FUEL THE BOOM?
Implementation of Value Added Tax will streamline the complexities in the tax structure and narrow the cost disadvantage between organized and unorganized retailers.
FDI restrictions have also stalled entry of international majors to retailing in the country, which could have otherwise helped the industry develop with funding and bring better practices and systems. However, positive changes are expected on the FDI front.
RETAIL SPACE:
Retailers in India are the most aggressive in Asia in expanding their businesses, thus creating a huge demand for real estate. Their preferred means of expansion is to increase the number of outlets in a city, and also expand to other regions, revealed the Jones Lang LaSalle third annual Retailer Sentiment Survey-Asia.
Driven by changing lifestyles, strong income growth and favourable demographic patterns, Indian retail is expanding at a rapid pace. The country may have 600 new shopping centres by 2010. Mall space, from a meagre one million square feet in 2002, is expected to touch 40 million square feet by end-2007 and an estimated 60 million square feet by end-2008.
India has topped the AT Kearneys annual Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) for the third consecutive year, maintaining its position as the most attractive market for retail investment.
The Indian retail market — one of Indias fastest growing industries — is expected to grow from US$ 350 billion to US$ 427 billion by 2010. According to Euromonitor International, the Indian Retail market will grow in value terms by a total of 39.6 per cent between 2006 and 2011, averaging growth of almost 7 per cent a year.
FOOD RETAIL:
Food dominates the shopping basket in India. The US$ 6.1 billion Indian foods industry, which forms 44 per cent of the entire FMCG sales, is growing at 9 per cent and has set the growth agenda for modern trade formats. The prospect for growth of the branded segment is huge, as nearly 60 per cent of the average Indian grocery basket still comprises non-branded items.
Of the 12 million retail outlets (which is the largest in the world), over 5 million sell food and related products. Some of the large players in this market are Kishore Biyanis Food Bazaar, Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Fresh, Godrej Agrovet, the Aditya Birla Group, and the Tata Group (which acquired 70 per cent stake in Innovative Foods from the Amalgam Group) among others.
THE MOBILE REVOLUTION:
The retail market for mobile phones - handset, accessories and airtime - is already an over US$ 17.33-billion market growing at the rate of 15-20 per cent. With the number of mobile users expected to cross 220 million by the year end (and 550 million by 2010), many players have been chalking out aggressive plans.
Spice Group plans to invest US$ 123.8 million in the next two years in its telecom retail venture, HotSpot Retail.
Essar Group plans to invest US$ 278.56 - 334.24 million over the next three years in its telecom retail venture.
LUXURY BRANDS:
With consumers for luxury goods more in numbers than adult population of several countries, many luxury brands have been attracted to set up shops in India to tap the growing market. Many companies such as Bang
About the Author (text)
Retail is India\’s largest industry, accounting for over 10 per cent of the country\’s GDP and around eight per cent of the employment. Retail industry in India is at in India.
Passive Residual Income With Legitimate Work From Home Business Online
By Ben Needles
Why should you be earning passive residual income? Better yet, why should you be earning it online? Well passive income is income generated without repeated selling. Yes, you get paid over and over for selling a product or service once. You would want to do it online because you can automate a whole lot of repetitive chores. In this article you will discover why earning passive residual income with legitimate work from home business online is the way to go.
Understanding the concept of making residual income online, will lead you to your path of financial freedom. Of course, there are two main ways to generate passive residual income online and achieve your ultimate financial freedom. One is by creating and selling your own merchandise and the other is to be an affiliate and earn commission by selling affiliate products or services online. The main purpose of this article is to ponder upon the latter option. Earning passive residual income with legitimate businesses online.
The reason is simple, it is the cheapest, easiest and fastest way to start one. The working hours is flexible and its lucrative. Now this brings us to the next question. What is the best way to go about starting an online business promoting affiliate goods? When I first started my online business venture as an affiliate, I used to send out emails to my friends promoting the products. Later I went into google adwords, paid advertisements, solo ads you name it, Ive done it. I have made sales of course and earned quite a reasonable amount too.
Later I realized, I was only paid for as much as I have sold, then it struck me. I must leverage my time and effort. I must also start collecting email addresses and have my own mailing list if I were to secure my future in this business. I then started my quest in search for the best legitimate passive residual income resources online and created squeeze pages and my own websites to promote affiliate merchandises. With online businesses I can also automate follow ups and backend sales to my list by using autoresponders.
The secret to generating passive residual income with legitimate work from home business online is, as Ive mentioned it numerous times before in my previous articles, to market passive affiliate products, services or memberships from your own website. It is vital to first promote and drive traffic to your site and then sell. I would strongly advice to also collect your visitors email addresses by offering a free newsletter subscription or a free gift or both. Follow these guidelines and you will be well on your way to online success. I now make three times more with half the work I used to do.
About the Author (text)
Steven Fu, the author researches and recommends the best passive residual income with legitimate work from home business online. Discover the easy way to start a legitimate work from home business online at; http://www.PluginPassiveIncome.com
3 Cool Tools for Todays Online Business Opportunity Success
By Donald Pope
If you start an online business of your own you have several things going for you in todays business world. One of those is using the Internet to help you be more successful. Lets talk about a few cool tools that are available to you that can help ensure your online business opportunity success.
1. One of the most popular things today is having your own blog. Although these are used for personal use, there is a tremendous amount of businesses using them as well. As a matter of fact, many online business opportunities are built strictly around having a blog.
The nice thing about blogging is you can build an online presence without learning many of the technical aspects of building a website. You do not need to learn HTML code, because your blogging platform will do it for you. Plus if you start a blog with Blogger com you can get started in three easy steps for free.
2. Social bookmarking blog articles is one of the keys to becoming successful with your blog. This is as easy as doing a couple of clicks that will post a link back to your blog article right in various social directories such as Digg, Propeller, Stumble Upon and others.
It is now possible to get several hundred visitors a day to your blog in a very short period of time and not spend any money out of your pocket to do it. Combining blogging and social bookmarking are definitely cool tools to help ensure your online business opportunity success.
3. Another important element of success is building a follow-up e-mail list. Today you can quickly do that with the use of an auto responder. An autoresponder is nothing more than an automatic way to send e-mail.
In the old days of a traditional business you would mail out to your customer base whenever you had something you wanted to offer them. This was expensive and took a lot of time to do.
Today, you capture all of your names and e-mail addresses, and used those to quickly mail to thousands of people with one click. There are online businesses that do nothing more than make a full-time living just mailing to their list.
This is three cool tools for todays online business opportunity success. Your ability to put these into place and use them properly is an important key, but the fact that you have these gives you a tremendous leg up on the old way business was done.
Donald Pope creates Online Business Partners for passionate people who want a peice of the online Trillion Dollar Industry. More information
http://www.networkingprofit.com
Successful investments and broker comparison is there (chiropractor clinic marketing) a connection?
No commentsBy Mira Williams
The Internet has become a corner of paradise for those interested in online share trading. Given the generous amount of information presented on the subject, its only natural that an increasing number of people have discovered a taste for share trading. A specialized resource that presents detailed information on brokers, online sharetrading and future trading can only be regarded as highly useful. A team of specialists works constantly to offer all this information to those interested.
Do you want to find the best possible investment broker to take care of your needs and demands? If so, then you can take full advantage of the stock broker comparison offered online. Discover names of various professional brokers, check out their ratings and available costs. The information presented includes details on share trading, future trading and in general about the stock market. If you prefer to invest in managed funds, then you can check out the local funds and available platforms. For all local funds, you can find out detailed information regarding: fund manager, geographical risk, risk rating and minimum deposit.
Many people have heard of offshore funds but they are not certain when it comes to such investments. If you are interested in this investment opportunity, then do not hesitate. You have all the information you need presented online. Just like with other types of investment opportunities, discover the following info: name of the offshore fund, manager of the fund, location and geographical risk, industries, risk rating, fund currency and performance (varying from 3 months to 10 years). All this information is presented through the comparison service and you can certainly understand why it is regarded with such high praise (given its usefulness).
As a general rule, no one should invest without carefully analyzing the stock market and current trends. Knowing what to expect is synonymous with being successful when it comes those who want to trade shares. The risks associated with futures trading and other types of investments are better known today thanks to the specialized resources introduced online. Traders of all kinds, investors and stock brokers prefer to take advantage of the information presented online, saving time and effort.
Online share trading has become popular without doubt. The opportunities presented have caused an upsurge in the number of people looking to break through. A source for comparing brokers is perceived as a valuable help. It eliminates the need for a thorough research and offers the information needed in just a few minutes. Why settle for rumors and hear-say tips regarding the stock market? You can let specialists in the field help you. Thus, you will soon discover the sweet success brought on by the smart investments you made. As a person wanting to trade shares, its essential to be aware of all potential strategies. That also includes having the right investment broker to fight all the battles in your behalf!
Brokercompare.co.za - OnlineBrokers - We are sub - Fund Manager of the Imara East Africa Fund, a fund which specializes in investing in the financial markets of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sudan and Mauritius. Although its primary focus is to hold listed securities it will also acquire attractive investments in non-listed companies when opportunities arise.
Do I really need a stock broker? Without doubt!
By Mira Williams
The same technology can be used to find a good stock broker, a professional ready to take care of all your investing needs.
The stock market is unknown territory for a lot of people. They realize the potential hidden behind these investments but they do not have sufficient experience or knowledge to invest. This is one particular reason why an investor is commonly represented by a stockbroker. With the aid of the Internet, one can find a specialized website and compare between different brokers. The web can be used to discover more information on futures trading, offshore funds and online share trading.
We all know that share trading can be done virtually or physically. In fact, it seems that online sharetrading has become incredibly popular in the past few years. The advance in Internet technology and the interest of so many people in similar investments have contributed to this expansion as well. With the aid of a good share broker, potential investors have now the ability to buy and sell any type of shares they desire, from various companies. Share trading is definitely easy to understand if you have a professional investment broker by your side, ready to explain all the dos and donts. That person can provide essential information regarding stock fluctuations, basing all affirmations on the theory of supply and demand.
If you have understood what a stock broker does, then that means you have realized how much you need such a professional. The services provided by a broker include stock exchange transactions, following your instructions completely. There are certain situations where the broker might offer advice on selling and buying shares, waiting for you to make the final decision. Last but not least, the share broker can take all decisions in your behalf, that is if you decide you want such services. Comparing brokers is essential in order to discover the best person to work with.
Share broker comparison means you will be informed on share trading, futures trading and other types of investments. Apart from trading, a broker should be able to offer valuable advice on which shares or offshore funds to invest in. The Internet is a great source to discover available monthly fees asked by various stock brokers, along with their ratings. Just make sure you consider all of your options before taking a final decision.
Selecting the right broker is a difficult task but one that pays off completely. If you are genuinely interested in investing on the stock market, then you need such an experienced professional. He/she will execute the entire share trading for you and take care of all other investments you plan on making. You must not think of nothing else but choosing the best. Take good care of your money and find someone with the same intentions, someone who knows the stock market and how to make you rich!
Brokercompare.co.za - OnlineBrokers - We are sub - Fund Manager of the Imara East Africa Fund, a fund which specializes in investing in the financial markets of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sudan and Mauritius. Although its primary focus is to hold listed securities it will also acquire attractive investments in non-listed companies when opportunities arise.
Learn How To Improve Your Google Adsense Earnings
By Sumit. K. Sharma
Google AdSense is a powerful program, but it is important to plan carefully when implementing an online advertising strategy. This article tells you How To Increase Your Google AdSense Earnings.
To many beginning website owners, the Google AdSense program can seem like a program for free money, but in fact earning money from hosting ads take planning, patience, and lots of hard work. While it is possible to earn a very good living from hosting AdSense ads, the truth is that most people do not use the program to its maximum potential. What separates those few top earners from all the rest is knowledge, and it is important to gather plenty of information to improve your Google Adsense earnings.
If webmasters want to monetize their websites, the great way to do it is through Google Adsense. There are lots of webmasters struggling hard to earn some good money a day through their sites. But then some of the geniuses of them are enjoying hundreds of dollars a day from Google Adsense ads on their websites. What makes these webmasters different from the other kind is that they are different and they think out of the box.
The ones who have been there and done it have quite some useful tips to help those who would want to venture into this field. Some of these tips have boosted quite a lot of earnings in the past and is continuously doing so.
Here are some 5 proven ways on how best to improve your Google Adsense earnings.
1. Concentrating on one format of Google Adsense ad. The one format that worked well for the majority is the Large Rectangle (336X280). This same format has the tendency to result in higher CTR, or the click-through rates. Why choose this format out of the many you can use? Basically because the ads will look like normal web links, and people, being used to clicking on them, click these types of links. They may or may not know they are clicking on your Google Adsense ads but as long as there are clicks, then it will all be for your advantage.
2. Create a custom palette for your Google Adsense ads. Choose a color that will go well with the background of your site. If your site has a white background, try to use white as the color of your ad border and background. The idea to patterning the colors is to make the Adsense look like it is part of the web pages. Again, this will result to more clicks from people visiting your site.
3. Remove the Google Adsense from the bottom pages of your site and put them at the top. Do not try to hide your Google Adsense. Put them in the place where people can see them quickly. You will be amazed how the difference between Google Adsense locations can make when you see your earnings.
4. Maintain links to relevant websites. If you think some sites are better off than the others, put your ads there and try to maintaining and managing them. If there is already lots of Google Adsense put into that certain site, put yours on top of all of them. That way visitor will see your ads first upon browsing into that site.
5. Try to automate the insertion of your Google Adsense code into the webpages using SSI (or server side included). Ask your web administrator if your server supports SSI or not. How do you do it? Just save your Google Adsense code in a text file, save it as adsense text, and upload it to the root directory of the web server. Then using SSI, call the code on other pages. This tip is a time saver especially for those who are using automatic page generators to generate pages on their website.
These are some of the tips that have worked well for some who want to generate hundreds and even thousands on their websites. It is important to know though that ads are displayed because it fits the interest of the people viewing them. So focusing on a specific topic should be your primary purpose because the displays will be especially targeted on a topic that persons will be viewing already.
Note also that there are many other Google Adsense sharing the same topic as you. It is best to think of making a good ad that will be somewhat different and unique than the ones already done. Every click through that visitors make is a point for you so make every click count by making your Google Adsense something that people will definitely click on.
Tips given by those who have boosted their earnings are just guidelines they want to share with others. If they have somehow worked wonders to some, maybe it can work wonders for you too. Try them out into your ads and see the result it will bring.
If others have done it, there is nothing wrong trying it out for yourself.
Did you find this article useful? For more useful tips and hints, points to ponder and keep in mind, techniques, and insights pertaining to Google Adsense, do please browse for more information at our websites.
www.thegooglefund.com
www.google-atm-machine.com
www.googleatmcash.com