Archive for the ‘Toolbox’ Category

6 Traditional Business Practices to Apply Online

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Online entrepreneurship seems so divorced from the real world at times that we sometimes forget basic tenants of good business practice. By using the same rules that would fit any traditional business, the odds of success are greatly increased.

Here are some general rules of business that carry over into the online world:

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Protecting your online (ass)ets: Creating a secure password

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

While building traffic and notoriety for your web identity may take a lot of your time and energy, it’s important to dedicate some effort to security. Few steps are as easy to keeping your assets secure as a strong password.

A post in Eches Blog does a good job of outlining the increasing strength of password crackers and the need for a more secure passwords.

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Roadmap for Getting a Site off the Ground

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Getting your website/blog off the ground may seem daunting, and it can be. But once you’ve done it, everything else is gravy. Here is roadmap to get you off the ground if you are trying to figure out where to start.

Decide on your topic: Pretty straightforward, but you have to make sure you know enough about it and can get enough content. It’s also pretty important it’s something you are interested in, but a lot of people forget this.

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