Making Your Packing Material

Just about everyone who gets mail these days, receives mail that will just end up in the garbage or it will get tossed about the house until it comes time for spring cleaning when it is once again found, and leaves a person scratching their head and asking themselves "why in the world did I keep this junk?"

Why not turn that junkie paper into something that can be useful towards your business, by creating your own packing material. Yes that's right, paper can be quite the filler and protector when enough is added. And if you want to go the route of the paper shredder, you can find these relatively inexpensive. I got mine at Wal-Mart for $17.88 + tax. You can take all that unwanted paper and junk mail and put it through your paper shredder, give it a good stir, and viola instant packing stuff. Didn't even really spend that much on it, just maybe a dime or two for the electricity the paper shredder uses.

It's cost effective, you are in a way recycling, and for the most part decluttering your home or office of this unwanted paper stuffs. So why not give it a try, even if you don't run a business it could just as well help you as well in saving at least a little bit of money.

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Feedback......Feedback!! Get It While It's Hot!

With scams galore running rampant across the world, feedback has become a really important factor to online merchants and sellers. Feedback lets your customers know how you are performing in the views of others. In many cases feedback can become the deciding factor on whether or not you make a sale. So it's best to be on your best behavior, no matter if the sale went bust or was successful.

Getting feedback can be done in a variety of ways. If you have created your own website, you can sign up for a guestbook service and provide clickable links for your customers to click on and leave their comments. A few web services that I have found such as Yahoo Geocities and Free Webs have guestbooks readily avaible for the web creator to use.

If you are feeling the need to be a work-a-holic, you can have your customers e-mail you their feedback and design your own fun and informative feedback page.

Link Referral is also a great way to get feedback of your site. If you are able to edit the html of your site you can select the feedback you have gotten there and copy/paste the code given to you, within your html document. Which will give you something like this:

Our Reviews "Nice selection of items at really great prices. Pictures are very nice and clear. Check your pictures under your garage sale link. Only 2 were showing even after refreshing the page. Page loads quickly and is easy to navigate. " Karen stores.ebay.com/IMPRESSIVE-BARGAINS_W0QQsspagenameZL2QQtZkm "Good website with an array of products to choose from. Graphics were clear and sharp. Presentation was good. Navigation was easy and website loaded quickly. Good luck." GSM mightyglendamarketing.com "Nice site and it loads up quick. The content, colors and graphics are all good . Its to navigate too! Jackie- www.youravon.com/jsemakula" Jacqueline youravon.com/jsemakula "VERY EYECATCHING,ORGANIZED,GOOD SITE!" alice hilton-e-marketing.com "Blue Rose Gifts offers a wide variety of home decor and bath and body products. You'll find decorative figurines, candles, scents and oil warmers. Take a trip to the coastline category and find lighthouses, seagulls and wall displays with coastal themes. Or if you are looking for a special gift, how about a lovely musical red rose. Prices are reasonable and the site is easy to navigate. Pages load quickly and there are many products to choose from. " Jean blujay.com/tizzyloucat "Sheila, very cool looking site. Neat products, good prices. Much success to you. Please visit mine" Larry fullersales4U.com "Good all round web site.Well planned and layed out.Can't wait until you get your craft section up and running.Will return regards Trixybell" alan midnight-fairies.co.uk "Very nice store. I also have an ecrater store. Called Tsurfer. Have you thought about putting some of your items on blujay.com it is also a free market place with a lot of traffic and nice people. This way you don't have all your eggs in one basket." Teresa blujay.com/Tsurfer "Great site, lots of interesting products. The layout is very well done, and was a breese to navigate. I booked marked it for future. Nicely done, and good luck." David davesraceshop.com "good effort." mike webprogramming.tv Get your own reviews, free traffic at

Another method is finding a web store builder which already has the feedback feature built-in. The one I use and highly recommend is Ecrater. Ecrater is 100% free and is fairly easy to use and operate. It will also send a friendly reminder to your customers, after 20 days, to leave you feedback, if they haven't already done so.

However you choose to get your feedback, remember to remain courteous to your customers, feedback is only optional and is not required for the customer to leave. So don't go about annoying the heck out of people just to get a better rating for your online store. Your feedback will build up over time, so just be patient and you will be rewarded. It may also do some good to remember that not all feedback will be good or as you expected, so don't fret to much if one or two customers decides (despite your best efforts) your services weren't up to their standards. You can't please everyone and in some cases it's a waste of time to even try. One can only do their best! Good Luck and I hope you receive good quality feedback.

Informative Article

I don't have much time today to write out a full blown article of my own, since I have a variety of different things going on all at once today. So to fill my place today I found this informative article that I would like to share with you.

Know Your Customers I hope you find it informative. Happy reading. Take care and all the best to you all.

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Created A New Blog----Would Like Some Feedback

I've been up since 1 am working on a blog specifically for my business Bluerose's Gifts & More. A place where I can advertise and talk about any and all specials I may have going on at the time. This will be a way for me to keep better track of which advertisement was the most successful for me. My first entry into my new blog consist of a fundraiser I am starting early in hopes I will be able to accomplish the goal I have set for it. Please click here and let me know what you think of it. Be descriptive please, don't just say that it sucks, let me know why so I can work on making it better. You can either leave a comment here or there, it don't matter which. I'll get your feedback either way. Thanks in advance. :) I hope all is well with everyone!

Making Money On Someone Else's Time (Rant)

Sorry folks I know this is going a bit off topic, but there is just something I need to get off my chest, so I can think more clearly. I've only been making money online for close to a year now, and I've noticed a few things that just tick me off to no ends. There are a few people I know that recruit people to program after program just so they themselves don't have to do any work on the program. If I wanted to continue to work for people I would have never started my own business and still be working as a cashier in Wal-Mart. Needless to say I have stopped signing up under these people, is it being childish on my part for doing such things? Well maybe a little, but like I said I didn't go into business for myself just so I could waste away my time online to be working for someone else, who doesn't even put that much effort into it themselves, besides luring in more unsuspecting individuals.

I have my fair share of referrals to such programs as Mylot, Hits 4 Pay, and a few others that I have waited to receive my first payout from and know as legit money making sites. But I still continue to be just as active with each program, and I don't become apart of so many that it takes up all my time to just get through them everyday. If I become inactive within any program, I delete my account, so I don't feel guilty for making money off of someone else's time. Am I being stupid? Well some might think I am, but to me I'm not, I was inactive in such and such site and didn't really work to deserve the money in the first place. But hey that's just me talking here, for some that may be the way to go, but I just think it's wrong.

I don't mind so much the team aspect of what referrals are suppose to mean, but when the creator or "leader" of the team doesn't make any effort him/her self than what you got is not a team, but another form of a boss looking over your shoulder every time you sign on to "work" ready to pounce on you and rip into you if you decide to stop "working" for even a millisecond. Maybe I'm just missing something here, what that something is I don't know, but would surely appreciate it if someone could tell me what it is.

Tips For A Smooth Running Business

In this article I will be going over a few things in which I have already discussed in previous entries. Mainly I will be outlining the important things and gather them all together in one article so as you can have a list to follow, that doesn't go into an in depth description.

Tip #1: Do some thinking before you start.
Ask yourself if you are really ready to take on a business type atmosphere. Go over your financial situation and ask yourself if you are stable enough to be able to sustain yourself, your family, and a business. And most importantly what product and/or service can you provide that your customers will be interested in.

After you have thought about it and are 100% certain that you are ready to start your own business. Read on to Tip #2.

Tip #2: Make your business legal.
These days most businesses are required to have a business license and tax id. If you are unsure as to whether or not your business will require these, talk with your county clerk. Your county clerk can help clear things up better than I could, since each area is different on this subject.

Tip #3: Advertise, ADVERTISE!!!
I can't express how important this is in mere words. Without advertising your business no one will know that it even exists. There are many ways to advertise and get the word out about your business. Some of which I talk about in these articles: Blogvertising, Internet Wonderland: Business, Traffic Exchanges, Social Networking, and . You can also advertise in your local newspaper, send out fliers and business cards to people you know, and/or place fliers and business cards where people will instantly notice them.

Tip #4: Customer Satisfaction.
Behind every good business is their customers. Without customers a person's business would not go anywhere. So keeping your customers as happy and as satisfied as possible will help your business prosper and grow into the business you have dreamed about.

Tip #5 Money Management.
Having good money management skills will not only keep you in the black, but will also stop a great big headache from arriving in the future. Keeping financially sound in your business will not only keep your business running like clock work, but will also keep providing you a way to taking care of your family and yourself for years to come.

Tip #6 Hiring Employees.
Before hiring your first employee, make sure that you are able to afford paying for them and for health insurance. It is required in most states for all businesses which have one or more employees to have some type of insurance available. Checking with your area business bureau will help in this area.

When deciding who to hire, be sure that the person can be trustworthy, has some sort of experience within the area you will be placing them in. Training should take no longer than a week, but if you prefer to train the employee for a longer time period that is up to you. Never hire more people than you can afford, and make sure your employees mind their manners and aren't scaring off the customers you have worked so hard in getting.

Tip# 7 Don't get in over your head.
Remembering not to take on more than you can handle, will really help in keeping things running smooth for you. There will be less stress associated with your business and you will be less likely to drop your business altogether. Keep your head about things and it should work out eventually to the way you have it planned.

Not one business that I can think of hit it off overnight, so don't get it in your head that your business has to be an overnight success. But with work and determination, your business will start to take flight for you.

Looking For Content To Write About

I still have a few articles left in me to write about the business side of things, but I would like to hear from my readers. What part of the business world would you like to hear about? It can be everything and anything that deals with owning a business or just business in general. Would love to hear from you all. Leave a comment here or you can contact me at bluerose2000@comcast.net

Thanks in advance. I look forward to hearing some of your ideas. Look for my next article on Monday, August 20,2007. Due to some family things I won't be online tomorrow.

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