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Link distribution tips for small business; 3 points

Link distribution, link spreading, linking your website or product page is common strategy to let people know about your product and services. Automatic Website Builders and CMSes like WordPress has made the website creation job easy. Specially small websites many people can create with little patience. What makes the difference in business is how much you are able to accelerate CTAs through your website, product page or may be a landing page. When a website is there its obvious that we go online and share links among family and friends and then come next task, i.e. sharing with public. This is where link distribution begins. So before you truly start link distribution look for: Where your customers are? In the age of Internet your customers are worldwide, Identify to who you can serve truly? Sitting in Ahmedabad you can not deliver water bottle to a thirsty prospect in Amsterdam. Find where your competitors are?   A business based out of Oregon can not serve ready to eat pasta in Odis

Hiring decision for business beginners

Decision with Precision can make or break your startup. However, no decision will lead you nowhere. When doing business be ready to fail. Decide to hire talent, true talent, not cheap. True talent is when a person think on own instead of waiting orders. Look for long term goals. See your first as life long business partner. Of course an employee is always free to walk out but employee retention is something that an entrepreneur must know. Invite enough number of applicants. Shortlist many at least 20% of those numbers. Talk to them. Find reasons why this person is willing to work. If I hire this fellow will he stay with company for long. Asking price? Do not look for very cheap resources. Instead hire the one who is asking more.  If you are in financial crunch instead offer some percentage in business or performance based remuneration together with salary. Or hire for less hours. Pay more for less hours is better than paying cheap.  Select few even if you need one. Invite for a paid de

Before you start Solopreneurship

 Solopreneurship is when you pay yourself. SOLO here I mean completely solo starting from dusting your office table to making schedule for next day. No human support. Starting a company is always a nice idea, failing is not bad but when to start. Often mentors say, start now. And we jump to conclusion too fast. But before you begin, buy that office chair, get a business email consider your resources. Plan your budget. This is not for people  who have backup support. But for those who have no support and for whom support comes for a price. Technology and Human Resources you always can get for a price. So you before you start consider these points. Resources I need to do this business? From where I can acquire best quality resources for my business? How much will be resource cost? How long I will take to build this business? What are my liabilities? What challenges I would face in building this business? When I will get my first customer? How I will scale up further? How much money I hav