Redbox Biz Blog

It seems like everyone is jumping on the entrepreneurship bandwagon.

I think it’s the lure of making big money through business as well as the fanatical worship of Kiyosaki and gang that makes everyone want to quit their day job and become an entrepreneur (and the fact that being gainfully employed is no longer something people are proud of).

Last Saturday, we were invited by a friend to his friends’ new shop. Accordingly, this foursome had pooled together their resources to start a creative art centre for kids. It’s a licensee programme under a local art college. Continue reading »

Here are more tips for those who are selling goods online and want to make their product photos stand out.
1. Take a portion of the product. It could be half or three-quarter of the product. You don’t need to show the whole product. Use a thumbnail of the partial product to attract customers to click for a larger photo.

2. Angle the product. Must all photos be straight? No. Angle your camera so it shoots well… from an angle. Continue reading »

How’s your marketing tool doing?

If you asked me which, I’d ask “Which is your single most effective marketing tool?”

Don’t know?

Well. It’s your website. Yes. WEBSITE.

A website is the single most effective marketing tool you can ever have but most people do not even consider their websites a marketing tool.

Which is such a pity as a website can help you find prospects, ramp up your credibility and show you as an expert (if not THE expert) and helps you stay in touch with prospects and clients.

But here’s where the problem starts. The website you have might not be effective if you do not know the secrets of an effective website. Continue reading »

Sometimes all we need is just one big idea and we move on to do great things.

But thinking is hard work…or at least for most of us who prefer daily (safe) routines to things that push us out of the safe confines of our work. That’s why change, no matter how beneficial it is, takes some time to implement. Resistance is natural.

But if you’re the type who can only think of ideas if you’re sparked off by what you read or hear or see, then this is the website for you. Everyone can contribute ideas here.

And here’s another website which shows you what is possible if you are not limited by your ideas and creativity!

If you are setting up your website, you need to choose a good quality domain name. This article below by Shelley Lowery tells you what you should consider because after all, it is the identification of you and your business online. Continue reading »