KEEPING,TRACK,THE,LIGHTING-FAS DIY KEEPING TRACK OF THE LIGHTING-FAST INTERNET
When starting a new work at home business it is very easy to become consumed by it. We spend so much time trying to get the business up and running that we may end up becoming burned out and lose our motivation. There is so much to learn and Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in
Those who operate internet businesses likely have their handsfull.That makes it hard to keep track of new developments. To seewho is doing what and how successfully. To generate ideas foryour own business. So what you need is a strategy to help youkeep abreast of what is happening on the internet andspecifically, in your area of interest - in as little time aspossible.Here are some tips and resources to help you to keep track inonly minutes a day.First you'll need a couple of sites you can count on to giveyou accurate and timely information on the internet. Here's agood one: Nua Internet Surveys. http://www.nua.ie/surveys/This site houses a wealth of information on the internet, itssize, scope and influence. Here's an example of a recentarticle:Report Examines Profitability of Business-to-Business WebSites"42 percent of three-year-old business-to-business Web sitesin the US are now profitable, with another 14 percentexpecting to turn a profit within the next year, according tothe latest report from ActivMedia...."Each story contains a link to related articles, so you can goa little further if you choose. It also has a search engine tohelp you hone in on exactly what you're looking for.Another excellent resource, particularly for on-linemarketers, is eMarketer.com.http://www.emarketer.com/And here's a second method of keeping informed. Subscribe toE-zines. An E-zine is an internet version of a magazine. Theylack glossy photos and fancy typefaces, but they can provideyou with valuable information on the subject of your choice.There are e-zines published on just about any topic you canthink of. Here are a couple of e-zine databases. Take a lookand subscribe to several e-zines you think might be of valueto you. Then you'll have timely information arrive weekly,bi-weekly or monthly, right in your e-mailbox. Subscribing iseasy, the e-zines are free and you can unsubscribe at anytime.http://www.newsletteraccess.com/http://www.ezineseek.com/A third way is to utilize a portal (start page) with a newsfeature you can customize. For instance, I use excite, whichoffers a NewsTracker Clipper Service that allows you to enterkey words. The tracker will find articles for you so you don'thave to search all over the web to find them. You can trackentire industries (or your individual competitors). A realtime-saver. Here's excite's URL:http://www.excite.com/
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