Saturday December 5 1998
We are back
Well after a short break, we moved and have now set up again so Things is back, this week there is a variety of items for you to look at, with the lead story revloving around E commerce, and the promise of a level playing field for all new entrants into the Net. Or is it.
As always if you wish to pass on this ezine you are most welcome to do so, this and past copies are available on the web at http://members.xoom.com/dsalt/ we hope that you enjoy our offering this week.
Thinking of starting a business online, the following will be a good place to start, there is more to it than simply setting up a web site. Like all new business ventures it requires planning and effort. We hope you enjoy this effort.
Beginner's
Guide to Ecommerce
Ecommerce and all its jargon can be a confusing. Here's little
help sorting it all out, including: Definition of Terms, Facts
About Accepting Credit Cards Online, and Ecommerce Solutions
Compared. All from June Campbell at Nightcats.
Be
Sure You've Got the Right Design for Doing Business on the
Web
There is more to designing a Web page than graphics. Don't
overlook strategic marketing, information systems and other
business decisions that have to be made before you design your
site.
The Center For Business
TCFB is a small business community site that offers free
Websites, as well as Website building, promotion and marketing
tools for members. Look for online forums and order-taking as
well.
Creating and
Maintaining a Business Website Does NOT Have to Be Complicated
Part of a series of articles from Dealer Support Services on
creating business Websites. Includes twelve good reasons why you
should have a site, and some good reasons why you don't need one.
CyberCash
Financial Institutions
List of U.S. and international financial institutions that
currently accept credit card transactions through the CyberCash
Secure Internet Payment Service. Use it to apply for merchant
accounts.
Designing
your E-Commerce Site for Service
WebReference article lists the important parts of a business
site: appearance, product info, payment procedures, order
management etc.
Direct
Marketing Online
Articles and an e-mail discussion about direct marketing online.
Does
Ecommerce Hurt Small Business?
ZdNet article argues that it at least helps as much as
it hurts and efforts to remedy the situation might only
makes things worse.
Eight
Credit Card Transaction Processors For Web Stores
Keep those e-commerce registers ringing! From ZDNet.
eMarketing
Statistics, news, resources and community discussions dealing
with Internet marketing. Very comprehensive.
FrankelBiz
A free listserv from Web guru Rob Frankel devoted to doing
business on the Web. Folks here don't just talk about it, they
actually do business.
How
to Build an Online Store
Step-by-step approach using Viaweb.
How
to Publish a Web Business Site
A quick and comprehensive overview.
How
Your Web Site Can Survive Thin Profit Margins
Internet Computing article tells how online merchants are
under pressure to cut prices at the same time as they increase
service, friendliness, etc.
Internet
Marketing Center Tips
If you are selling online, you'll want to read these marketing
tips.
Internet Marketing
Tools
A collection of marketing tools, services, software, search
engine advice, and income opportunities.
Maintenance
and Visitor Issues Facing a Small Business Web Site
Ideas on maintenance and ways visitors can locate your
site.
Marketing
and Promotion - A Ten Part Series
Maps out a strategy for small business online marketing effort
and campaign. From CanadaOne.
Marketing
Your Business on the Internet
The folks at Submit It provide useful overview on marketing your
Web site. This primer will help you start your Net marketing
campaign.
Minimal
Investment of Time, Money Can Get Your Business on the Web
Follow Alf Nucifora step-by-step as he builds his own business
Web site.
NetProfit
Magazine
Dedicated to retailing on the Web. A really helpful site for
doing business online, plus you can subscriber to their email
newsletter.
101
Steps to Increasing Web Traffic
An overview of how to increase traffic to your Web site
plus many new ideas.
On
Top of the World
The web can bring the world to your door, but to be a success
your site has to be foreign-friendly. From Home Office
Magazine.
Professional
Services See Web as Cheap, Easy Route to Clients
Lawyers, accountants and other professionals are making money on
the Web, and as Wendy Marx explains, one way they do it is by
offering free info.
Professor Pete's
Webmastering 301
A tutorial for designing a business Web site.
Real
Life Internet Marketing Case Studies
Directly compare two advertising campaigns side by side.
Refer-it
Refer-it is a search engine for revenue sharing or affiliate
programs. Each of its nearly 200 programs is individually
reviewed and rated.
ScamFree Zone
A mechanism for business sites to be certified as 'scamfree'
using self-accreditation. Member sites receive a free listing on
scamfreezone.com and display a scamfreezone banner on their pages
to indicate participation to potential customers.
Seal
of Approval for Sites
Web Week story about an association of Certified Public
Accountants who hope to improve consumer trust in online
transactions, by issuing a seal of assurance to qualifying
electronic-commerce
Securing
Your Web Site for Business
Get the facts you need to secure your Web site for successful
e-commerce and learn more about the security solution currently
used by over 90% of web sites conducting secure transactions.
From VeriSign.
Small
Business e-Merchants Study
Results of study by E-Valuations Research shows
small businesses plan to use the Internet and think it gives them
a competitive advantage.
Ten
Ways to Accept Payment in Your Web Store
Sell It discusses payment methods.
Tips for
Writing Your Cyber Marketing Plan
The Big 7 Tactics of Cyber Marketing.
Trade Leads
on the Internet
Informative article with plenty of links discusses the best
places on the Web for getting leads.
Tutorial
on Ecommerce
Gamma Burst has an online tutorial and demo sites for getting
started using their service, but the general rules apply for
anyone interested in doing business online.
Very HOT
A nice collection of Internet marketing tools and resources,
including a newsletter.
WebCMO
Provides free tools to evaluate visitor behavior at your
Website.Free software includes of an html survey form, a CGI
analytical tool and charted reports to help determine who visits
your site, why, where they go and why they return.
Web
Site Business Models: Make a Model Web Site
The three commercial models for business web sites that determine
the purpose and content of business web sites.
What
Are the Benefits of the Internet For My Business?
A nice report from Sage Marketing discusses Internet
marketing, advertising your Web page and making a new business
plan.
HOW TO MAKE MONEY ON THE NET
The E-Commerce Times in a special report provides 34 success stories on how to make money on the Net, from giant corporations like Dell to tiny operations like the Garlic Store. Interesting information for those trying to make money on the Net - http://www.ecommercetimes.com/success_stories/
30 MILLION USE HOTMAIL
Microsoft says its free email service, Hotmail, now has 30 million users, adding a staggering 20 million this year. Microsoft bought Hotmail a year ago. See http://www.hotmail.com
TECHY HEAVEN
Web technicians should check out NetCreations’s new Sprockets and Cogs specialized search engine which indexes technical sites for Web developers and programmers. See http://www.sprocketsandcogs.com/
NEW MONSTERS IN THE DEEP
There are 47 large (above 2 metres) new species still to be found in the oceans, according to a new statistical analysis by Dr Charles Paxton of the Animal Behaviour Research Group at Oxford University. Using well-known sampling techniques, and fish data from 1830-1995, he was able to estimate the upper limit of species that remain undiscovered. The Economist reports at http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/28-11-98/index_st4670.html
DIARIES FOR ALL
Samuel Pepys they may not be, but there’s some fascinating reads on the Open Diary, the world's first interactive online diary community. It already has 3,000 diary entries online, ranging in age from 15 to 79, and from 20 countries. See http://www.opendiary.com
PIZZA TO GO
PizzaNow, Australia's first national online pizza ordering service, will launch next month. (There are a few local online pizza deliveries, and Pizza Hut is thinking about it, but this will be the first national service.) Registered users can win a holiday to Bali. See http://www.pizzanow.com.au
AIR HEATS UP
A new statistical analysis of 115 years of global temperature data has strengthened the argument that greenhouse gases caused by human activity are warming the atmosphere. See http://www.ucar.edu/publications/newsreleases/1998/tempcorr.html
BELLSOUTH OFFERS BANK SERVICE
BellSouth is offering banks Internet access and software so they can provide online services to their customers. The service combines Edify software with BellSouth's Internet access, Web hosting and help centres. See http://www.bellsouth.com/bls-main.shtml
PALM GOES FOR WEB
Palm Computing unveiled its PalmPilot VII handheld which lets you obtain information from the Web via a wireless connection (though it’s restricted to 260 areas in the US). It features "web clipping", described as way of extracting only specifically needed information from a site. The sub-$800 PalmPilot won’t be available till 1999. See http://www.palmpilot.com/
FIRST CYBER CLINIC
Psychoanalyst Dr Russell Razzaque has launched a cycberclinic, claiming it will work well on the Net because it provides a relaxed environment and provides emotional space between doctor and patient. See http://www.cyberanalysis.com
WATER ON EUROPA?
New images by the Galileo probe of the Jovian moon Europa released today strengthen speculation that Europa contains liquid water under its frozen surface. The pictures show golden-brown ridges extending across smooth blue ice, suggesting the existence of cryo-volcanoes pumping water from the interior to the surface, where it promptly freezes into huge ridges. Galileo has also snapped pictures of a huge white oval storm on Jupiter, recently formed when two white ovals that have persisted since the 1930s joined into one. See http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/
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