Going Online

Are you a long-time business owner who want to explore selling online? Or are you starting a new business and plan building an online store? Whichever side you're on, an eCommerce platforms and software are the answer to your needs. What is an e-commerce software or platform? It is a software that allows you accept and process orders online. This includes integrating shopping carts, online payment processing, inventory management, amongst other features. There are many eCommerce platforms to choose from when building an online store? This wide variety of eCommerce platforms may have got you all confused about your choices. Well, don’t...

Looking for a .com or .org domain name for your website? .com, .org, and .net domain names are amongst the most popular in the world, visit any of the top domain name registrars to buy your own domain name. Here you will find some of the best domain name registrars. Register a Domain Name Here are some of the best domain name registration services that will enable you register .com domain names. I personally use Namecheap and GoDaddy to register .com domain names, so I can say their services are excellent. Namecheap.com GoDaddy.com At these websites, you can start by searching for...

Getting a domain name free is quite easy. Most web hosting companies offer a free domain name when you buy a web hosting package. So, you need not pay for a domain name when you are buying web hosting as the web hosting service will offer you one. While getting a domain name free might seem like a good deal, there is a downside, which makes me recommend that you buy your domain name separately. The Downside The downside of taking a free domain name with your web hosting is that the domain name remains free as long as you maintain the...

The Internet offers many avenues and possibilities to the average person. If a person wishes to shop or research a subject, websites exist to cater to the specific desire. Some people go online because they wish to make friends. Making friends does not have to be formidable. In this article, we share a few ideas about how to make friends from around the world on the internet. Find Relevant Communities If a person wishes to find a suitable friend, it is an excellent idea to find relevant communities. A person has many choices when it comes to the act of socializing....

One compelling bonus you get when you register a domain name with GoDaddy is that you are given one free email account. This means you can start sending out emails from your personalised email account without extra cost. This is a great plus for small businesses. This offer is no longer available Personalised email account A personalised email account gives you more credibility online. Instead of having a @gmail.com and @yahoo.com email account, you can get a personalised @domainname.com. A personalised email address with your business name (or domain name) on it looks more professional and will be taken more seriously than...

Every website, small or big, wants to make it to the top of the search engine results list. To feature in the first page of search results it is important to understand how SEO works. One of the tools that websites use is blogging. Blogging is most definitely an art and science mixed in absolutely the right proportions. Writing a blog post is quite different from other forms of creative writing. But what is blogging anyway and do you need to know how to blog? Blog posts are original and unique articles written with an intention to inform, entertain, or...

Many Outlook users at times ask the question whether it is possible to recover emails that are deleted from their Outlook mailbox or not? Well, the answer is yes. You can recover all your deleted emails, whether you have lost them due to emptying the ‘Deleted Items’ folder of your Outlook, or hard deleted them from any Outlook mailbox folder! In this article, we discuss how to recover deleted email in Outlook. For Exchange Outlook users, who want to recover deleted emails of the ‘Deleted Items’ folder of their Outlook mailbox is ‘Outlook Dumpster’. Outlook dumpster is a place where...

Facebook is the largest social networking site with over a billion monthly users. So, if you run a business at this time, you cannot completely ignore the phenomenon called Facebook. That is why as part of our going online series, we have added a miniseries on Facebook Marketing and Advertising. This is because marketing on Facebook is important to any modern day business. Every day over 500 million users login to Facebook, millions of which live in the same city, region or the same country as your business. Being there and marketing your brand will give you access to these...

Facebook Ads is a must for most businesses. With over 2.8 billion monthly active users, Facebook represents a veritable goldmine for advertisers, but finding your footing might seem daunting. Facebook supports both cost per click (CPC) and cost per thousand impression (CPM) ads. You can advertise on Facebook using normal display Facebook advertising or using a type of Facebook ads displayed on Newsfeeds called Sponsored Stories. In this article, we will be looking at Facebook ads. Facebook Display Ads Facebook display ads appear in the right side bar. These were the first types of ads available on Facebook. With this type of...

Online Business Directories and Local Business Listings enable you increase your visibility on the internet. They enable you list your business information all over the place online, putting it in front of more online consumers. As part of our going online series, we had a miniseries on online business directories and local listings, this page contains articles in the miniseries. As a business person, you should not ignore listing your business information on online business directories. Listing on online business directories will give your business more exposure on the internet. Online Business Directory Series   Google Places for Business Listing Local Business...

Facebook offers a service that enable businesses and advertisers target its huge user base. Facebook advertising enable businesses build their reputation on the social network by advertising their Facebook business brand pages or advertising their product and services. In this article, we go through the basics of Facebook advertising. The Beauty of Facebook Advertising The beauty of Facebook advertising is that it provides you with tools that enable you target the right kind of audience for your Ads. Facebook has lots of information about its users, and as a Facebook advertiser, marketer, or a business advertising on Facebook, you can access...

It is no longer news that Facebook is the leading social media site with over 2.95 billion active users. That means Facebook should be an important item in your going online strategy. If you own a business, you should have some kind of presence on Facebook or you could be missing out on the huge marketing opportunity that Facebook offers. In this article, I will be introducing you to Facebook Marketing for Businesses. Crafting a Winning Facebook Marketing Strategy After setting up your business page, the next step is to devise a marketing strategy aimed at increasing your page's visibility and...

Google Places for Business is one local business listing that you must not ignore. It is owned by the world’s largest search engine and one of the top traffic sources for most websites. Google Places for business allows local businesses to supply more information to Google, which enables Google understand them better and hence offer more accurate and rich results when people search for queries relevant to your business. With Google Places for Business you can add lots of important information about your business to Google. You can add your phone number, so that customers can call you. You can...

A Local Business Listing is a type of business directory. In fact, for some people both are one of the same things. But I like differentiating the two. For me a local business listing is a versatile online business directory. Let’s face it the likes of Yelp, Google Places for Business, Yahoo Local, or Bing Business Portal are no ordinary online business directories. How are Local Listings Different A local business listing can be differentiated by an ordinary business directory by the type of business information you can list on it. For example as a minimum a local business listing will...

Submitting your business information on online business directories is one of the important steps in going online with your business. Business Directory Submissions will increase the visibility of your business on the internet and could have a positive impact on sales and customer interest. Here are 3 benefits of business directory submissions. Increase your Online Visibility Online business directory listings spread your business information all over the internet increasing your visibility and customer awareness. To take advantage of this benefit, you need to list your business in lots of online business directories not just one or two. The more business directories...

Submitting business information on online business directories is a fast and affordable way to increase the visibility of a business. A business directory lists information about businesses. If your business is not yet taking advantage of the online exposure offered by online business directories, you should include it as part of your online promotion. To help you get started, this article will list a few online business directories. Business directories allow you submit a wide range of information about your business. The information you can add to your listing may include your business name, address, email, phone number, website, and...

A Business Directory lists information about businesses. Business Directories use various mediums to list business information, however since this article is about going online our focus will be on online business directories. Listing your business in an online business directory is a good strategy for increasing the online visibility of your business. Increase Visibility with Directory Submission Submitting your business information to business directories will increase the visibility of your business online. Consumers are increasingly looking for information online; business directory listings will populate the internet with reliable information about your business, giving you more exposure online. Although business directory listings are...

As part of our going online series, we featured a number articles about building a website for a business. These articles dealt with why you need to build a website for your business and the benefits you derive when you do so. With our going online series continuing, this page will link to all articles about building a website in the series. So, if you are thinking about building a website for your business or have already built one, this page contains lots of resources about building websites. New articles on building websites will also be added to this page...

A domain name registration service enables you easily add your domain name into one of the domain registries. The Domain Name Registration service create an interface that makes registering your domain name easy, while offering some other value added services. There are many domain name registrars to choose from, so a lack of choice will never be a problem when it comes to registering a domain name for your business website. Here we link you to some of the best domain name registration services in the world Top Domain Name Registration Services There are very many domain name registration services with very little...

Aside Web Hosting, a website needs a domain name which is the address through which visitors find it on the internet. It is through this address that your visitors access your business website or blog on the internet. You can buy or register a domain name through a domain name registration service in Nigeria or you can buy from any international domain name registrar. One advantage of registering your domain with a Nigeria based domain registrar is that you can pay in Naira. Another is that you can register .ng domains like .com.ng and .ng. When it comes to buying a...