Whether you are a consumer or a business owner, most of us will use a merchant account service. When you make an Internet purchase with a debit, credit, or gift card most stores require a merchant account to process your electronic payment. The merchant account allows buyers and sellers to use and accept non-cash payments for goods and services.

An Internet business can not take cash payments, but they can take checks. However, they will be losing a lot of potential customers by accepting only check payments. It is also safer for the consumer to use a credit card when purchasing on the Internet.

Do you want to succeed in business? Life? Parenthood? Marriage? Friendships?

Obviously, all of us would quickly say YES! Such a dumb question for someone to ask us! I didn’t ask the question to make any of us look dumb, but to get our thoughts on the right track.

Certainly, we want success in all areas of life. My suggestion is that you select outstanding advisors to help you when faced with tough decisions in every area you face, particularly where you are about to make big decisions without knowledge or experience.

 

• Your order form should be easily found
• Make it hassle-free to complete.
• Minimize the chances of them getting lost.
• Put a prominent link to your order page from every page on your site.

Yesterday, we discussed how to Create an E-Mail Distribution List in Outlook. Today we explain “Bcc” or Blind Carbon Copy.

“Bcc” allows you to send an e-mail without showing everyone the e-mail address of the recipients. It also is the polite thing to do. This way you’re not inadvertently sharing a person’s e-mail with a group of people they may not know, by including them in a mass email. You can also use the “Bcc” field to quietly notify a third party that a message has been sent.

Use of “Bcc” for long lists of addresses is important for two reasons:

Create an E-Mail Distribution List in Outlook

Do you send email to the same people over and over again? Instead of typing out the recipient’s names, create a distribution list.

1. Go to File
2. Click New
3. Click Distribution List
   The Distribution List window will open up.
4. Give a name to the list, then press “Select Members”.
   The Select Members window will open up.
5. Double Click on the names you wish to add.
6. After the contacts have been added to the members field click OK.
   This will close the Select Members window.

When it comes to your website, extra attention should be paid to every minute detail to make sure it performs optimally to serve its purpose. Here are four important rules of thumb to observe to make sure your website performs well.

1) Do Not Use Splash Pages

Splash pages are the first pages you see when you arrive at a website. They normally have a very beautiful image with words like “welcome” or “click here to enter”. In fact, they are just that — pretty pictures with no real purpose. Do not let your visitors have a reason to click on the “back” button! Give them the value of your site up front without the splash page.

You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to know the obvious. Unfortunately, there is sadness to how easily folks are suckered. Led astray. Betrayed. So easy, yet often it’s only hindsight that wakes us up. Certainly, it’s NOT going to happen to you.

Is it a franchise? Starting a business from scratch? Buying a business that is already successful? It doesn’t really matter. There is NO GUARANTEE for you to start or continue a business successfully. Sometimes there are underlying assets; or connections; or special knowledge; or lots of money (that you don’t know about!)

Here are Five Ways to get Web Traffic at Low Cost

When it comes to making money from your Website there is one rule that must be obeyed. That rule is that you must be able to generate a steady stream of Visitors. It stands to reason that you will not be able to make any money if no-one arrives at your site to see what you have to offer.

ShopRMall.com Launches Custom Experience
for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch

ShopRMall.com launches what could potentially be a new trend in mobile commerce, a new site that allows shoppers to browse and purchase products directly from their iPhone.

Charlotte, NC, July 17, 2008 — ShopRMall.com, a shopping portal that offers direct links, coupons, and special offers for online stores, has launched iphone.shoprmall.com, an iPhone/iPod Touch version of the ShopRMall.com web site. The new site includes daily coupons and special offers along with easy access to over 1,000 name brand and specialty stores, all from a familiar iPhone interface.

You are about to begin a journey into the future. It matters not where you have been in the past. All of us are on the same track toward home. However, watch out for the turns in the road. How you arrive at your destination is the key.

What am I talking about?? It could be marriage! A new job or position within your company. Maybe you’re taking a trip or vacation. Maybe you have just decided it’s about time that you owned your OWN BUSINESS. Everyone seems to think owning your own business is the key. Make lots of money and arrive on the golden road to happiness.