Quality Online Store for Small Business Owners

I can’t tell you how many times I have seen an interesting store as I’m driving around but don’t have time to stop so I look them up on the magical interweb and lo and behold THEY DON’T HAVE A WEBPAGE!!! Every now and then I get lucky and that cool shop does have a webpage but they lack an online store or rather something I’d feel safe putting my credit card details into.

Enter Ashop Commerce. If you are a small business owner and are need of quality shopping cart software for your business then I highly recommend taking a look at Ashop Commerce. They have a few demos on their site so you can see both the User’s side and the Administrative side and how they work. To be honest I was impressed with the operation of it all. It was seamless. When I finally get around to building one of my many ideas and inventions the first place I will look is at Ashop to fulfill my online needs.

In addition to their online demo you can sign up for a 10 day free trial. They offer several tiered packages, add-ons, as well as design services if you are looking for a new site design as well. If you like Flash they do that as well. I’ve seen more than my fair share of ecommerce software, everything from open source and free to elaborate commercial stores. Each had its own pros and cons, but from what I have seen Ashop has scalability as well as affordability under control. For a small business owner seeking an online presence this is the place to start.

Back to School

Another semester in college has begun. Students and Faculty bustle about the campus, books in hand. The smell of new books, new pencils is in the air. There is also the cold, hard, unforgiving seat in each classroom. It’s great to be back. I have a full load again with more Calculus, more Physics, a Business class and Aikido. There are familiar faces in each so it is beginning to feel like home. The Aikido class is only 1 credit and I’m taking it with my brother so it should be pretty fun.

Well day one is behind me and now for a good night’s sleep.

How can I make money blogging?

How do I get paid to blog? I signed up for several services that act as a middle man between advertisers with money and you. The formula is simple. There are three people involved: The Advertiser, the Middle Man, and you the blogger. The Advertiser has a product, service or webpage they want to promote and money to do it with. You, the blogger, have a blog and hopefully some writing talent. So why is the Middle Man necessary? The Middle Man does all the hard work for you. They go and actively market to the advertisers, who in turn pay them money to pay you to blog about whatever it is they want you to advertise about. If you spent your time and money advertising to advertisers to get them to advertise through you, well then, you wouldn’t have time to blog about anything and probably wouldn’t enjoy the Internet very much.

Smorty is a service that helps you blog for money. The process is simple; all you need is a blog. Go to Smorty.com, sign up and submit your blog (if it meets the requirements) and within a few days you will get an email either accepting or denying your blog. Once you are accepted, sign back into Smorty, take on some of the campaigns and get paid for blogging. Simple.

Get your avatar/signature pic

Have you ever been looking through some forums and wonder where people get the picture in their avatar or signature. Sometimes they use them as thread bombs. Some of them are animated gifs. Some are funny some are not. In case you are wondering there is a website that exists as a repository for these internet gems. Click the grenade below (not a paid ad)

Quick Movie Review: The Simpsons The Movie

Short and sweet. The Simpson Movie is a great time filler. The script takes some quick jabs at the government but mainly is a storyline about Homer’s evolution from dead beat selfish dad to hero of the town. It is like an extended episode with several story lines going on like trouble between Marge and Homer and Lisa’s new crush. You can take the kids or a friend. Catch it in the afternoon if you have nothing better to do but don’t wait in long lines for it.

Search Engine Marketing Savvy

If you are into internet marketing or would just like to get a better grasp of how search engine marketing works then you might want to check out Apogee’s blog. With insider scoops and detailed reports of how different search engines are marketing their impressions and CPC there is a wealth of information for the novice and seasoned marketer.

There are times when a marketing team needs to reevaluate their Online Media Buying and take a fresh look at how they can better manage their campaigns. Apogee Search is available and competent enough to help out in these times. So stay on top of all the recent developments and head over to Apogee Search.

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