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Description of my business–Selling complimentary deals for qualified casino table gamblers in European casinos (free accommodations, free food and beverage, free pick up services and more…)
My main tool–the World Wide Web
Question–what are the best ways, on the Internet, to find customers? (I tried FFa pages, some boards…but almost no responses)
Thanks
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With over 800 million pages available [...]

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Your site and sample download doesn’t seem to cover a web-based business, specifically, a retail site that doesn’t carry inventory. Any help here, or am I missing something?
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Our real business plans at BPlans include the InteliChild.com business plan, which is a pure-play Internet commerce and content site (name changed on purpose). Beyond that, several [...]

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I have been wondering how some websites (such as bplans.com and onvia.com) make money.
These sites are full of free information, sell few, or no products, and have very little outside advertising, such as banner ads.
Recently, onvia.com went public and made millions for its creators. I wish to start an art-based site, but will not be [...]

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Hello, I am a photographer with a great idea for a website where other photographers can post their online portfolio. I have designed two sites using a basic WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) program, but I know nothing about programming. My site would be an interactive one, such as eBay, and would [...]

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My husband and I are trying to establish a business where we provide delivery service for products ordered online. We want to establish a data base of courier services whom we can contact in each state as orders come in.

How do we choose which courier services to use out of the thousands established?
Do we need [...]

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I’m working on a business plan for a start-up business providing technology to Web service providers (dot-coms, ASPs, and ISPs).
Is there a general rule for the percentage of projected revenues that should be spent on marketing (for example 12% of forecasts)?
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Up to last year I never wrote a business plan for an e-commerce venture. Since [...]

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I’m working on a business plan for a start-up business providing technology to Web service providers (dot-coms, ASPs, and ISPs).
Is there a general rule for the percentage of projected revenues that should be spent on marketing (for example 12% of forecasts)?
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In my experience there is no consistent percentage of marketing costs in
relation to revenues. [...]

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Could you tell me the general organizational structure of a business development department for an Internet enterprise? Thanks
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Business development consists of several key components.

Identifying joint venture partners or key alliances.
Making connections.
Presenting win-win proposals.
Signing terms sheet.
Implementation.
Monitoring.
What the organization is to look like depends upon how creative your
management and staff is. Business development will require support from [...]

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We are an Internet (e-commerce) business in the start-up phase.
Our question pertains to Venture Capitalists (VCs), we would like to know the common questions asked by VC’s when looking at a business plan.
We know Return On Investment (ROI) is important, but what specifics are important to them?
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Here are some specific questions Venture Capitalists are likely [...]

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Hello thanking you in advance. I’ve read books on HTML and web design. I’m just stuck on how to make downloading a feature in my site. Plain and simple my site is all about downloading but I do not know how to go about it. Making downloading an option.
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If I understand your question correctly you [...]