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Launching your business on the Internet
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Posted on May 01 2006
On Saturday, May 6, the Small Business Development Center of the Northern Marianas College will be sponsoring a special “Launching Your Business on the Internet” seminar led by business coach Walt Goodridge, author of Turn Your Passion into Profit and writer of the Saipanpreneur Project column in the Saipan Tribune.
If you have an existing business or an idea for a new one and wish to get started launching and selling your product/service on the Internet, then this workshop is for you. In this three-hour workshop course participants will be taken through a step-by-step process of developing a viable concept and launching a web presence.
Specifics covered will include how websites work, reserving an effective domain name, choosing/developing the right product/service, selling online, setting up hosting for your website, setting up a merchant account to accept credit card orders, designing a functional, profitable website, maintaining your site, setting up a pay-per-click advertising campaign on Google, order fulfillment, creative marketing ideas and seven streams of income for your product or service.
Before attending this workshop, do the following: 1) take the personality test on the passionprofit.com website and make a note of your score; 2) brainstorm for an appropriate name for your website; 3) have a credit card day of event with at least $10 available credit; and 4) write all your questions in advance and make sure they are answered at the event.
The fee for the workshop is $20. It will be held on the NMC Saipan Campus in Building V, Room 110. Contact the SBDC at 235-1551 to reserve your seat. (PR)
