Apple achieved Sales record

February 7th, 2009 Sara DaiVy Posted in Business Ideas, High Profit, Internet Business, Internet Marketing, Product review No Comments » 121 views

With sales 10.17 billion USD and profit was 1.61 billion USD, Apple has to reach the sales record in the first quarter.

Apple informed the business in your first financial quarter I/2009, ending on 12/27/2008 by employers. Accordingly, Apple had record revenue of 10.17 billion USD, the profit is gained 1.61 billion USD. Turnover has exceeded the same period last year to USD 9.6 billion and profit was 1.58 billion USD.

The profits led to dramatic increase is due to the laptop version of the MacBook, MacBook Pro aluminum block new user value in the next iPod music player.

Apple says that they sold to the record 22.7 million iPod music players in the quarter, up 3% compared with last year, this proven Apple still hold a position in the village devices MP3 music players. Of selling iPod, to have 70% of consumption in the U.S. market.

However, the iPhone is the device most successful Apple. You just summarized it, the manufacturers sold 4.3 million machines, up to 88% compared with this time last year, 3G iPhone also has a product off the App Store - a tool for earning money by Apple. Up to now, “The Apple” has sold a total of 13.7 million mobile iPhone.

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How Iphone built the History

January 2nd, 2009 Sara DaiVy Posted in Business Ideas, High Profit, How to, Internet Business, Internet Marketing, Marketing Guides, Marketing Ideas, Product review No Comments » 108 views

The previous years, if anyone asked what a kinds of  hand phone you had, your acknowledgment would apparently be to name a network, like Sprint or Cingular Wireless carriers so absolutely controlled the business, abnormally in the U.S., that abounding manufacturers weren’t even accustomed to put their cast names on handsets. Now this accord is alteration in means that will abate the ability of carriers and, with luck, access consumers’ choices.

The accord started to about-face if humans began appliance phones for added than articulation calls and argument messages. As browsers and e-mail systems became important, it mattered added whether you had a Palm Treo or a BlackBerry than whether your buzz ran on the Verizon Wireless or AT&T network. Then forth came iPhone to carbon the rules completely.

The accepted acumen holds that AT&T denticulate a accomplishment if it active on as the absolute U.S. iPhone carrier, and on one akin this is true. The aggregation appear that it activated 2.4 actor of the new 3G iPhones in the third quarter, that 40% of those barter came to AT&T from battling operators, and that their boilerplate account bill was 1.6 times that of added subscribers. But the appulse on AT&T’s basal band is addition story. Mostly because of the fat subsidy it pays Apple for anniversary iPhone, AT&T’s third quarter balance of $3.2 billion were $900 actor beneath than they would contrarily accept been.

AT&T should eventually compensate the subsidy from account fees, abnormally if subscribers don’t appear in for a new subsidized buzz the minute their two year arrangement is up. But what the carrier has apparently absent always is buying of the customer, a activity economists alarm “disintermediation.”Before the iPhone, almost few owners of any phones (smart or dumb) downloaded applications. The carriers had a nice business affairs ringtones and the odd game. But with iTunes and the App Store, Apple became the absolute supplier of applications as able bodied as music and videos. The agreeable suppliers got about two thirds of the revenue, Apple kept about a third, and the carriers were arctic out.

“It’s arresting the appulse has had,” says Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion “They apparent a lot of disintermediation accident in the industry.” Balsillie says if proposed appliance food a brace of years ago, the carriers were hostile. But Apple’s success is banishment the carriers to play. “Now anybody wants” , Balsillie says, and RIM will bind next year, alms agreement that will accord carriers some of the action. Google has the Android Market, and Microsoft is because an app abundance for Windows Mobile.

A key analysis of the new accord amid handset makers and smartphone software publishers, carriers, and barter will access if turn by turn active instructions appear to the iPhone. Apple seems to accept created the buzz with aeronautics in mind, yet the App Abundance prohibits programs that action real-time active instructions. Such casework are accessible for added smartphones, about for $10 a month, with revenues breach amid the carrier and a account provider such as TeleNav or Networks in Motion. Apple is mum about its intentions, but rumors are aerial that it affairs a aeronautics alms that leaves carriers in the cold.

I ambition Apple were beneath authoritative and beneath blurred about what may be awash at the App Store, but on the whole, I anticipate the development of a able-bodied bazaar for third-party smartphone applications is a abundant affair for consumers. It’s a huge advance from the canicule if stodgy, innovation averse carriers ran the show.

This about face in ability is a bad affair for wireless carriers, whose nightmares of getting angry into article sellers of bandwidth are advancing true. But it’s a win for anybody else.

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The power of the niche market - Part II

December 30th, 2008 Sara DaiVy Posted in Business Ideas, High Profit, How to, Internet Business, Internet Marketing, Marketing Guides, Marketing Ideas, Tips No Comments » 63 views

Apple - Think differently

Let compare the strategy of the Radio Shack to go the way of Apple. Consumer Electronics Apple has long suffered competitive pressures are great. The market share who are implemented in different forms and different use multiple league. The operating system, the software, equipment and many other strategies have been used to start the technology and electronic formats.

Although the turn in market personal computers, competitors can not remove the Apple. Despite the competitive pressure, Apple not only survive but also enjoy those wonderful time of growing revenues and profits.

How that Apple can not be enabled root in the market for electronic equipment? Some factors to realize that it is the most loyal to the Apple. The artist, track doctors, designers and many other IT people still available for all emotional brand hearts bat hu. Some people for loyalty to their stability of the operating system, while others to the utility equipment.

With the launch of the iMac computer color trends, a niche market was open to a large number of users love the ability to choose colors for their products.

Expanding on the foundation of success, Apple introduced the iPod player. Again, while the big flood it and loyalty that Apple has. Apple quickly dominate the market service mobile individuals. Even when directed to new customers, Apple never lose focus on the customer loyalty has helped manufacturers survive and prosperity.

Even at the time of strong partnership with the media Intel, Apple has expanded the technology without the sacrifice of the operating system or any of the niche market have been developed successfully.

Not satisfied with success and to promote more market Alley equipment Entertainment Music Personal, Apple has used great experience in the past to attack a strong field of other technologies.

Even when mobile phones contributed to the era of Gold’s second Radio Shack, the iPhone is a new weapon by Apple to market handheld devices individuals. Fortunately for Apple, the iPod niche still quite strong and the niche users loyal Apple Computer does not decline in power these days. The iPhone may be a flash in the pan large, or a successful long-term strategy, but whether in any case, Apple continues to expand support for niche and a foundation for success does not stop .

Give the question for your niche market and let think differently !

Make sure you also have a niche market. Product, brand or service you have the people to be your favorite. Niche market can be determined based on customer loyalty - the emotion before some specific features that you provide. It can be a niche market-based geographic area, age customers or some other factor.

Niche market may be the result of a link with a brand, such as the Nike, Polo or Mercedes. Niche market may be the result of the unique service to the organization special.

In any case, please identify and foster niche market from your loyal customers, by customers that is the foundation for your success.

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The power of the niche market - Part I

December 30th, 2008 Sara DaiVy Posted in High Profit, How to, Internet Business, Internet Marketing, Marketing Guides, Marketing Ideas, Tips No Comments » 28 views

Many companies have successfully “survive” and become prosperous even in the economic environment and business competitiveness in the most dire of constantly feeding an niche market in the customer loyalty in a niche community. Entirely possible to expand and develop business through a niche market.
It unfortunate, many other businesses have lost their properties in an effort to copy, re-build brand itself, or accidentally disposal loyalty of customers by changing the focus. Please compare and review the contrast of a few examples.

Radio Shack - the unit removed from the niche market

There have been a time of passion audio car manufacturers pour buckets to Radio Shack to buy speakers, wires, radio, antenna and many electronic devices to install, replace or upgrade equipment on a sound their cars. The products will help significantly improve the sound system on the car.

But gradually as the product of the new car is the assembly line industry has changed significantly in the system sound: newer, more modern and more synchronized. Demand for upgraded sound car Lose decrease rapidly, and stores equipment lead car stopped supplying equipment to crush the hand car audio self.

However, demand is still as long as there are other cars running on the street, and return often as new equipment is introduced. The promoters that the equipment is still available at Radio Shack can be viewed as a way to maintain the Alley in this market for audio equipment and car than a sales certain if Radio Shack maintain a consistent commitment to this.

But the device sounds a car is only a fraction of the changes appear quite large at Radio Shack. In efforts to re-build brand business and become the same Best Buy or Circuit City than, Radio Shack has been removed from many brands and products.

Each famous products, wires, fuse, transformer, semiconductors and all other components for the sector’s use electronic cooking family, the Radio Shack stores have replaced many products on the price of them with electronic devices than the new common as mobile phones, television or DVD player.

The customer had loyal to Radio Shack recognized that the brand names less than the actual production by the same factory producing the famous brand, and not very concerned about the low pay less money for a different brand. Over all, the loyal fan of Radio Shack is the passion sounds, images and other electronic devices - the self-isolation from his crowds when ownership of the brand unique. Before the change of Radio Shack, many customers feel as being opposed by.

And then, Radio Shack was there to enjoy a time revenue growth as a distributor of mobile products and electronic dissemination. Results so, in a period, employers found that strategic re-brand building and retail policies were effective. Radio Shack is significant profits as demand for mobile devices skyrocketing.

But not long after, the result is frustration began to appear when the manufacturer of mobile phone shops to distribute their own. Suddenly, Radio Shack to compete with company mobile phones and compete with other distribution outlets other capital can provide a product within a few minutes. Golden era of mobile products terminate, with the revenue also disappear by.

Not as fortunate as the equipment mobile lapse, the business strategy of the new Radio Shack not offset losses. The introduction of brands and products similar to Best Buy and Circuit City, the difference disappears completely at Radio Shack.

Why should shopping at Radio Shack for the same product and less than choice? That is the question consumers for Radio Shack that employers can not have any answers yet. Many loyal customers before or on electronic family self, … was forced to search for new supplies. The Alley lost and the result of not have anything to support that many shops by Radio Shack to close.

Good news for Radio Shack is not too late to return to the golden era of the past - that the manufacturers focus on selling Alley. Circulatory economic cycles and we’re in a period where a lot of consumers hao huc attention to the brand and low cost less than popular. No few people today really desire Alley products are designed separately for each group of consumers.

Will be much easier for local shops offer products Alley, if this store is promoting a solution for supply chain efficiency in order to minimize inventory and maximize accessibility products products.

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Online Work At Home is A Real Business - Really?

November 26th, 2008 Sara DaiVy Posted in Business Ideas, High Profit, How to, Internet Business, Internet Marketing, Make Money Online 1 Comment » 100 views

She is really a business man ?

I suspect that far too many people fall into the trap of thinking that an online business is easier to start and run than an offline business. It is possible that an online business could require less money up front to start but I’m not convinced less work is an option - unless you have that so-called “magic selling” product. Most people starting out with an online business probably do not fully understand what they are getting involved with.

Most people starting out with an online business probably do not fully understand what they are getting involved with. They understand the internet, and that they can pretty much access the world from their PC. So then maybe it is true that if one starts an online business by setting up a website then the whole world will see it and buy from it - Right?

Unfortunately this kind of thinking leads many people into a trap, and they fall victim to many online opportunities which are promoted as “Easy Money”. Trust me, if it was easy money they would be making it without you.

Maybe it is easier to understand by comparing an online business startup with an offline business startup.

You don’t want to spend much money with startup costs, so you begin a business from your basement or garage. This would be similar to getting your own domain name or website in the online environment. Initially all you have is an online name with very little content.

Next, your offline business needs a product or service to sell. People are not real likely to just stop by and drop off money without getting something in return. An online business needs a product or service to sell also. “Opportunity” itself is not a product. Direct marketing (an offline business) used this same business model - they sold products as well as offering an opportunity for one to make an income generating business.

Ok, so now we’re legal and have our business started with a good product or service offered. Does the money flow begin now? Not really, since very few people will know that your business exists. You’ll need to do some advertising to make people aware of your business. An online business is very similar. You’re going to need to promote your website so that others will know you are out there.

As your offline business begins to grow, you’ll find the need to bring on other resources to assist with the additional business. You may also outgrow your space or need space with better accessibility for more people. An online business will also require more resources as it grows. More often the needs of an online business are “digital” or “electronic” versus the “physical” needs of an offline business. However, most of these “electronic” products or services have associated costs.

The point of this comparison is simply that an online business does not simply succeed overnight. Sure, there are always exceptions, but most new businesses take time and effort to succeed. If anyone tells you differently, then be careful! Don’t be too quick to pull out the credit card.

An online business can be very rewarding just as an offline business is for many people. Just be realistic as you approach it.

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Mr.Kipling – exceedingly good cakes

October 20th, 2008 Sara DaiVy Posted in Health - Food, High Profit, Internet Business, Internet Marketing, Marketing Guides No Comments » 175 views

Mr.Kipling from Manor Bakeries, a member of the group Premier Foods, and is the number one brand of cake. More than half of households in England Mr.Kipling consumed each day, the product of Mr.Kipling very diverse than to meet the maximum demand in one day and the special occasion. Trademarks are also continuing to develop with high-speed continuous development of 16%. To obtain this result, brand has focused on the campaign as a marketing, design materials to the media and developing new products.

Mr. Kipling

Mr. Kipling

MARKET
At present, markets are closed cakes He valued up to 696 million board, and developing at 3% per year. This is a big market with more than 95% of the population consumes the product cakes a regular basis.

Cakes are often used in the home, but the habit of using cakes outside are also increasing, during the meeting, the regale sweets, breakfast, lunch to dinner both, as well as festivals.

Market cakes is a great opportunity in the development of new products to develop the value of the product through the ability to innovate quality.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Mr.Kipling released into the market in 1967, since then, brand constantly developing and enhancing the value of their customers. By the year 1970, Mr.Kipling become the trademark is national, and in 1976 became the brand leader of the market cake, this position is to maintain brand throughout 3 decades. When you become a national brand name recognition rate brand to 89% and 3 during the next decade Mr.Kipling brand synonymous with the image cakes. These stages are always ads are calculated to ensure consistency and only related to cakes, this has contributed significantly to the creation of the famous brand names and strong long-term.

Currently, brand Mr.Kipling been evaluating the 155 million British Pounds Sterling under the conditions in the retail business. This is thanks each year has more than 146 million packages cakes are sold out each year.

Market share of 16% Mr.Kipling battle Market cakes, this helped it become the biggest brand in the market.

PRODUCT

Mr.Kipling’s strategy is to manufacture many kinds of cakes to taste the favorite of all customers across the country, the brand name is very proud of itself in this factor, this also helps it overcome the present competitors.

Mr.Kipling not use the color, flavor and quality of storage for all their products.

Always meet all the demands from diverse clients as well as festivals. Mr.Kipling has 5 main product lines and 30 types of cakes each other guests.

Product lines cake is sliced, Mr.Kipling to keep occupied 90% market share with these flavors are preferred, such as Lemon Slices, Angel Slices, Victoria, Slices and Almond Slices. Meanwhile, the small type of bread more diverse, including a variety of products such as French Fancies, Viennese Whirls and Victoria Mini Classics. In all kinds of big cake, Manor House and Battenberg is the label’s two main brands. Line baking bread and have people including: Cherry Bakewells, Jam Tarts and Bramley Apple Pies. In addition, Mr.Kipling also introduced a new type of cake is very beneficial for health.

In addition, there is a brand name more than 15 kinds of seasonal products. Mr.Kipling is also a leading brand with the kind of bread used in pate occasion Christmas Holidays.

Mr.Kipling always limit the tung new products to the market each year, this will provide the diversity and the new brand, reflecting the most consistent and creative.

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT RECENTLY

Recently, Mr.Kliping has achieved remarkable success. Some important initiatives have contributed to the growth of 16% per year. First, is an improvement in packaging design have contributed directly and significantly to the increase in sales. Next is the promotions recently implemented, help customers remember what each Mr.Kipling are implemented. This campaign is very successful, to help increase brand 52% ability to penetrate the market.

The beginning of 2006, released Mr.Kipling market a line of new products, less fat and more calo. Session tung this product has brought success is quite sound, so that kind of bread as Apple Slices, Lemon Sponge and Chocolate Slices and Chocolate Slices are also launching products with Blueberry, a product contains less fat, particularly is less than 3% compared with the standard product ago. Special products have function Cherry Bakewell amount of fat reduction to 30%.

Session to introduce the product has less fat succeed brilliantly brought to the company board in 5.8 million total sales of the whole market for its own products to be 38 million this table, along with that market part of the brand in the market cakes less fat also increased by 15%

PROMOTION

The objective expressed by the Mr.Kipling still be maintained since its inception to market to today. The success that Mr.Kipling achieved not only based on the product, brand name, packaging, and pricing mentioned above, but also lies in marketing campaigns, display, and active buying and selling.

TV has always been Mr.Kipling choice as a means of communication most basic, is partly due to the influence and close its people and partly because it has the ability to convey the warm nature pressure, friendly Mr.Kipling. In a 30-year TV continues to be used as a means of demand and the “exceedingly Good cakes” of the company is sologan identify the best thanks to the ad. Although, Mr.Kipling just kind of imagination but Manor Bakeries has developed and created an image Mr.Kipling very warm and friendly in the eyes of consumers.

The media campaign on television Mr.Kipling of development by years of reactionary always reflect the changes, and the ability to refresh.

In recent years, companies focused on many other activities, such as investing in large poster outside the chain of supermarkets, the PR program is important, the campaign ads on magazines to secondary female and living room of their own. Advertising activity has always been very good support from the promotion activity in stores.

VALUE BRAND

The nature of the brand Mr.Kipling is friendly and warm, it exists to bring to consumers the high quality products, is interested in every small detail, here is the difference of Mr . Kipling.

Trademarks are designed to create a feeling of happiness at the wheel, this brings feelings of warmth and friendly, not alone is only one type of food.
With Mr.Kipling you can enjoy anytime, anywhere with convenient packaging and fully engage.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT BRAND MR.KIPLING

* 1.7 million Mr.Kipling the cake is consumed each day.

* Type cake is the most popular Angle Slices, more than 10 million packages cakes are sold each year.

* Mr.Kipling use 770 tons of flour marzipan each year to use in making and using Battenberg to 5,250 tons of ice-cream cake.

* Mr. Kipling used 60 million for the British Bramley apples to make apple cake each year.

* It surprisingly, Mr.Kipling use of 1,900 tons of bread each year. This volume is equivalent to volume of 317 heads of an elephant.

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7 famous slogans of 20th century

October 20th, 2008 Sara DaiVy Posted in Business Ideas, High Profit, How to, Internet Marketing, Make Money Online, Marketing Guides No Comments » 473 views

All the companies reputation in the world, each time launching new products have made the ads campaign. However the truth is customers often can not remember all the ads. Therefore, slogan is a method.

Is the slogan of one or more sentences that company to describe a promise, a value or development for the product or service “nail” their own. Therefore slogan is ad message important business.

A successful slogan will also always be considered a “work” in them. It not only contribute to the name rang the big brand names, it’s also brought in their values language typical.

Here are 7 most famous slogans that the value of it has been proven through real-time and changes in the market. In addition, every slogan is an interesting story.

1. Good to the last first drop - 1907

1907, U.S. President Roosevelt’s reputation as a preferred drink coffee. Knowing this, the trafficking Owley Joel Cheek was intentionally display processing of his region in the fair Mashville, Tennessee, where the President will visit.
When Roosevelt passing of Joel’s time, he was invited to a cup of coffee-scented smoke lung loading and unloading. Anecdotes said that, Roosevelt was back to the same group of people to go and declare: “Ngon to the last drop!” The speech has brought spring to brand Maxwell House coffee. Exactly 100 years ago, this slogan will continue to offer delicious taste and commitment of the quality of doing it to the heart of their customers.

2. Diamond is forever! - 1948

This is the slogan advertising industry was chosen as one of the top 10 of the slogan ki 20. NWAyer was created in 1948 for the diamond company De Beers Consolidated. This slogan has transmitted the message that diamonds synonymous with the perpetual, and so jewelry is a symbol of eternal love. Nowadays, people use this speech daily, and it is obvious derived from an ad campaign.

3. We’re No 2. We try harder - 1962

Written by Doyle Dane Bernbach in 1962, here is considered to be one of the most magnificent slogan ki 20. Only with 2 simple question, it has “started” the spirit and ambitions of Avis, a corporation specializing in renting a car.
Avis would like to emphasize commitment that the company will try to further demonstrate to customers with positive too. This clearly is a wise slogan. It enable the support of customers by the modest progress and demand. And in fact, this campaign has succeeded brilliantly.

4. Let Your Fingers Do The Walking - 1962

Geers Gross wrote it in 1962 for the Yellow Pages, and to this slogan is still have not “retired”. According to research by ORC in 2004, approximately 55% of people use the Yellow Pages - both on or offline - to find information about local business, while people find through the internet only reaches 12%.

A classic slogan, but very interesting. Imagine that view, it’s comfortable when you sit comfortably in the breeze yellow pages to look up information rather than to go around on the street. This is the slogan that perhaps the search sites on the Internet also aspire to own.

5. It’s the Real Thing - 1969

This slogan is a very “hot”, not only in the ad. Because the protection of human rights have used these words to the propaganda against these policies is to be raw violence of the Coca Cola company for the last decade from 80.

Start up in 1886, Coca Cola has been using the slogan more than 45. However, “It’s the Real Thing” is still considered a priority over all. Not only is considered to be a slogan model, it is profound in place already alluded to the other cola products are just products … clones, according to food.

6. When It Absolutely, Positively Has To Be There Overnight - 1982

Developed by Ally & Gargano in 1982, this slogan today is no longer corporations use FedEx again. However, it still is mentioned as a classic slogan, easy to understand, completely satisfy anyone want to use the services of transportation of goods. FedEx has created a gold standard in the transport industry, led to their opponents must run long to catch up.

7. Got Milk? - 1993

Creation by Goodby Silverstein & Partners to invest in California milk for the purpose of promoting sales of

Got milk

Got milk

milk.

Got milk has contributed to bringing milk labels become one of the most powerful brand in the history of advertising industry the United States. Not only to help a campaign to increase milk output is sold on the market, this slogan also cause an ad to a normal ad typical American.

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Advertising on the web still low, reason why?

October 12th, 2008 Sara DaiVy Posted in Business Ideas, High Profit, Internet Marketing, Make Money Online, Marketing Guides No Comments » 133 views

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Advertising on the website, will reduce a lot more costs than the form of ads and this ad is global, but this model has not yet strong in Vietnam because of people surfing the web only interested in the other content and not (almost absolute) used to read the banner ads on Web
The number of internet users is 20.34 million, accounting for 23.82% of the population over the country …”. According to a forecast of the company’s market research in 2008, estimate sales of up ads web of only about 60 billion, lower than in 2007 about 30 billion because of advertising costs of enterprises reduced by economic difficulties.

Until now, most sites from site to search for content also may not have banner ads. Yahoo also is not easy to search for more ads. Although there have been four partners as the agents but I still do not see any banner ads which appear here.

The one of directors of representative offices in Viet Nam Yahoo declined to provide any matter relating to financial service providers for this commitment with our partners.
To encourage customers to participate, in addition to promotion directly to the business, agents brokers ad is entitled from 30 - 40%. Therefore, after offset the additional costs, the rest of the exploitation site, about 40%.

By the end of May 8.2008, according to the center Internet Viet Nam (VNNIC), the number of internet users is 20.34 million, accounting for 23.82% of the population nationwide. Up to now no adequate research on behavior show ads on the website as it used to do on other media such as television, LCD point, the paper reports …

Look through the interface of many large websites of Viet Nam have not seen exploiting the strengths of all space and time to promote, but the cause is the business not believe in the effectiveness of this environment.

Following the Vietpromotion.org, the enterprises still have not found inspiration when advertising on the website is because the exploitation is a lack of tools to support enterprises to control your interests to read ad content how.

Also by that of director of the company TrailBlazer services, advertising on the website does not make the application because the style of advertising messages, and images are one-dimensional advertising, has not shown is the interactive environment of the internet.

There have been many learn about the number of clients to participate in banner ads, but may not have customers to view content ads.

Advertising on the website, will reduce a lot more costs than the form of ads and this ad is global, but this model has not yet strong in Vietnam because of people surfing the web only interested in the other content and not (almost absolute) used to read the banner advertising on the web.

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10 Totally Stupid Online Business Ideas That Made Someone Rich

August 29th, 2008 Sara DaiVy Posted in Business Ideas, High Profit, How to, Internet Marketing No Comments » 31 views

How to get rich the smart way? Read what some creative people did:
1. Million Dollar Homepage
1000000 pixels, charge a dollar per pixel – that’s perhaps the dumbest idea for online business anyone could have possible come up with. Still, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old who came up with the idea, is now a millionaire.
2. SantaMail
Ok, how’s that for a brilliant idea. Get a postal address at North Pole, Alaska, pretend you are Santa Claus and charge parents 10 bucks for every letter you send to their kids? Well, Byron Reese sent over 200000 letters since the start of the business in 2001, which makes him a couple million dollars richer. Full Story
3. Doggles
Create goggles for dogs and sell them online? Boy, this IS the dumbest idea for a business. How in the world did they manage to become millionaires and have shops all over the world with that one? Beyond me.
4. LaserMonks
LaserMonks.com is a for-profit subsidiary of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank, an eight-monk monastery in the hills of Monroe County, 90 miles northwest of Madison. Yeah, real monks refilling your cartridges. Hallelujah! Their 2005 sales were $2.5 million! Praise the Lord. Full Story
5. AntennaBalls
You can’t sell antenna ball online. There is no way. And surely it wouldn’t make you rich. But this is exactly what Jason Wall did, and now he is now a millionaire. Full Story
6. FitDeck
Create a deck of cards featuring exercise routines, and sell it online for $18.95. Sounds like a disaster idea to me. But former Navy SEAL and fitness instructor Phil Black reported last year sales of $4.7 million. Surely beats what military pays.
7. PositivesDating.Com
How would you like to go on a date with an HIV positive person? Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin thought that someone would, so they created a dating site for HIV positive folks last year. Projected 2006 sales are $110,000, and the two hope to have 50,000 members by their two-year mark.
8. Designer Diaper Bags
Christie Rein was tired of carrying diapers around in a freezer bag. The 34-year-old mother of three found herself constantly stuffing diapers for her infant son into freezer bags to keep them from getting scrunched up in her purse. Rein wanted something that was compact, sleek and stylish, so in November 2004, she sat down with her husband, Marcus, who helped her design a custom diaper bag that’s big enough to hold a travel pack of wipes and two to four diapers. With more than $180,000 in sales for 2005, Christie’s company, Diapees & Wipees, has bags in 22 different styles, available online and in 120 boutiques across the globe for $14.99.
9. PickyDomains
Hire another person to think of a cool domain name for you? No way people would pay for this. Actually, naming domain names for others turned out a thriving business, especially, when you make the entire process risk free. PickyDomains currently has a waiting list of people who want to PAY the service to come up with a snappy memorable domain name. PickyDomains is expected to hit six figures this year. Full Story
10. Lucky Wishbone Co.
Fake wishbones. Now, this stupid idea is just destined to flop. Who in the world needs FAKE PLASTIC wishbones? A lot of people, it turns out. Now producing 30,000 wishbones daily (they retail for 3 bucks a pop) Ken Ahroni, the company founder, expects 2006 sales to reach $1 million.
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