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By: Andre Wilson

Andre Wilson — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:02:19 +0000

I am just start to get our feet wet in the online home business arena. It was a lot of work to get to the point where we actually doing business online. My company is called MyCrystalPortrait.com, I take people’s photographs and scan them into laser crystals. You might have seen some of these (pre-scanned) crystals of entertainers and celebrities like Bill Clinton and Elvis, in the stores. Well, I give people an opportunity to put their faces in a laser crystal cube, tablets or keychain. It has taken us one-year of preparation to get up and running. The first thing I had to do was purchase the machine from China, then I had to learn how to use the machine, and then develop a web site. Marketing the site has been a big challenge. One of the techniques I have been using to push some items and drive traffic to the site is to sell discounted crystals on ebay. I wasn’t sure what the market would really bear when it came to pricing the crystals, but after selling on ebay, I got a pretty good ideal. I am also using web log to learn who comes to the site and from where, this has been a big help. I took a seminar class with Mary Gillian, at EEI, entitled “marketing online”. She said we should create a blog, which was a lot of fun except we are the only ones reading it (LOL). So far it has been more work then money, but I am enjoying myself.

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By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:38:13 +0000

Thanks for pointing me to this post and this blog. I think that you hit on some of the key things that a new business owner should consider as they plan their business.