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Website Business Models

The term “business model” became popular in the late 1990s, during the Internet boom, in part because many website businesses seemed to plan for generating traffic without a clear view of how or when traffic would generate revenue and profits.
The term itself is a bit too trendy, in our opinion. Talk of the business model [...]

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If You Publish It, Will They Come?

If you’ve decided to jump into online publishing — putting out an online newsletter, magazine or other content that will interest your business’s customers — you may think that designing your website is your biggest challenge. But that’s the easy part. Much trickier is gathering an audience that will sustain the publication. Here are some [...]

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Realistic Plans for Your Website

As you develop company strategy, you should also develop a realistic Web plan for your website’s look, feel and functionality. This is often called the Web “front end,” or scale and technical reach of your site. There is an enormous range of possibilities for Web development, from the $10/month hobbyist site developed in simple HTML [...]

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How to Accept Credit Cards Online

To accept credit cards online, you must establish a merchant account with an online credit card service provider. Your “merchant account provider” (MAP) will verify the credit card, process the transaction, and deposit the funds into your bank account, usually within a few days. Of course, your MAP will charge you fees for this service. [...]

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