Starting an Online Business For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Greg Holden
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 24415
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0470107391
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.054678
EAN: 9780470107393
ASIN: 0470107391
Publication Date: April 16, 2007
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Product Description
You’ve heard stories about people making their fortune creating Web sites and selling merchandise on the Internet. You’ve been eager to jump right in and take a shot at striking it rich, but you’re not quite sure how to get started—or if you’re business-minded and tech-savvy enough to succeed. Starting an Online Business for Dummies will show you how easy it is to get your ideas off the ground and on the Web. You’ll be able to take advantage of everything an online business has to offer, without an MBA or years of experience! This updated, hands-on guide gives you the tools you need to: - Establish and promote your business
- Advertise your site
- Build a business with online auctions
- Keep your business legal and lawsuit free
- Impress customers in the virtual world
- Publicize your business with Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft
- Conduct electronic payments
- Utilize VoIP, site feeds, blogging, and affiliate marketng
You’ll soon begin to realize that online business is not confined to large corporations or even businesses with storefronts. With this handy, straightforward guide, you will have your business online and ready to go in no time. There’s also a chapter on hot new ways to make money online, such as selling on Amazon or promoting on Flickr. The 5th edition of Starting an Online Business for Dummies helps you help your business can reach its full potential!
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Everything for the basics,at least February 29, 2008
I am pretty new to the internet business concept, so I knew that this DUMMIES book would be a good start. The book is filled brim to brim with loads of information, more than I expected. It will take a while to finish, because it really covers so much ground. And as usual, it matches the witty and fun style used in the DUMMIES books, which is good for people who are easily bored in reading educational books. I recommend it to anyone looking for a thorough but fun book written by an expert.
Good for the price February 14, 2008
This book is a good read for the price. It's really informative but the bad thing is that it says it comes with a cd but it doesn't.
 STARTING AN ONLINE BUSINESS FOR DUMMIES January 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have boughten several of the for dummies series and found them to be quite helpful. One of the series is the one listed above. I found it to be very informative. I have not completed the book, but intend to finish it. So I can get my online company up and running. The book has given me a lot of new ideas in starting a strictly online business.
Buy the latest version September 16, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is useful when you are just starting an online business. Just make sure you buy the latest version so that some information is not outdated by the time you are ready to set up your online business.
Worth it's weight in gold if you're going online! August 18, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I just got this book last week and I'm not even done with it and have gotten so many 'nuggets' that it has more than paid for itself already! It's well written, easy to understand, organized extremely well for easy reference and full of helpful resources.
The section on 'Keeping it legal' saved me great error already (I was going to buy a domain name that could've infringed on a copyright) and I have found several free web builders online that are 10x's better than what I had been using. There's so much practical information in this book that I no longer feel guilty for buying it new.
This book is zero fluff, tons of examples and free or very reasonable resources, and lots of food for thought. The table of contents is so detailed that it makes for a quick reference (does anyone read a book like this cover to cover?) Greg Holden's writing style is personable and to the point and very easy to understand.
I truly don't understand all the reviews that say this book is no good, not sure what they have been reading, but I have no less than a dozen books of this nature, and this is one of the few that isn't 75% fluff. I'm somewhat of a website newbie, starting about a year ago trying to do my own website. It's alot harder (for me)than I originally thought and have tried no less than 6 different hosting accounts, 4 different online web builders, and 6 different web editing software trials (Expressions, dreamweaver, publisher, coffee cup, page spinner and frontpage). One of the best discoveries in this book was that Firefox offered a FREE...quality...web editor!
This is the 2007 edition, maybe people were referring to the earlier version of the same title. I have gotten way more out of this book than I thought I would. I guess I must be a true "Dummie". It's definitely worth your time checking it out if you are new to the online business world, you can always resell it on Amazon and recover your moola.
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