READ THIS BEFORE STARTING AN E COMMERCE WEBSITE/ONLINE SHOPPING CART

Nowadays, I am working on an e-commerce website http://dealsinemirates.com/,where you will found amazing deals on travel, hotels. Then I thought why not I share my knowledge about the concept of an e-commerce website or online shopping cart with my readers, so I just grab my coffee and start writing. Hopefully, you will enjoy it and post your comments on it.

Before starting how to set up an online shopping cart let me introduce what exactly the e-commerce website is? Let us assume you have a shop and you want to sell your products online or you are manufacturers like a fashion designer, handicraft designer, jewelry designer but shy to go door to door to sell your products, in these both cases you need an e-commerce website or online shopping cart. The products can be digital products like air tickets, hotel vouchers or physical products like we see the product range in amazon.com, souq.com, ebay.com, snapdeal.com and much more.

Let us start. I will explain essential steps you need to take, but the rules and regulations about licensing or registration of business will vary from country to country so you need to check those carefully. But I can assure if you follow the following steps with full dedication you will defiantly establish your e-commerce business easily.

The first step Search a name which suits to your product and a bit catchy so people can remember easily like myntra.com, themodernshop.ca, apple.com. The main objective of your business name is must be easily remembered by people.

The Second step secures your domain name according to your business name and secures your online space which is called hosting. For more information about what is hosting please refer my previous article Hosting Services for beginners.

My strong recommendations to book your domain and hosting services use ipage.com. I am working with this company from last several years and if you found any type of problem with these company you can mail me directly at prakritiaryan1@gmail.com.

The Third step to get a license, permit or you can say need to register your company with the government. As I say before this is not a fixed thing it varies from country to country. But some things are common like you need to get your employees identification number if you are hiring from another country you need to provide them employment visas, health insurances for employees, opening accounts for employees, must have office space. According to my thinking, the main difference is the registration fees which you need to pay to government or taxes else the name are different but the process is almost same. This step also clears your business structure like you want to start our business individual or in partnership extra.

Now Fourth step, a bit technical thing develop your online store which is also called e-commerce website. Now this is totally depend upon tour requirement, if you want your website fast then you can use website builders like shopify.com, where you can pay them on monthly basis like you rent a shop in your daily life, But if you want to become boss of your website so that you can make any type of changes or modifications in your website timely, then you must hire a web design company. An upcoming web design company is http://webartrix.com/, which not only in developing websites but also do the proper research for digital marketing. You can hire freelancers also but I will recommend going for a company instead of freelancer because to develop this type of website you need a graphic designer, coder, data entry operator, payment integration developer, QC and then for promotions digital marketer means a full team. If you hire all these in the form of freelancers may be there will be coordination problem among them or the ways of their working can be different which create confusion in your website and delay your work. So go for a company where a full team already work and you can get satisfied work.

Fifth step, when your website layout is done, with the features of responsiveness, beautiful and user-friendly. Start entering your products. Make sure the product you want to sell, you must be passionate about that product. Choose right vendors or dealers so that you can get products on time and price must be right o that you can also get proper margin or cut on every sale. Try to start with local vendors.The most expensive thing in e-commerce website is shipping of products so try to get some contract basis relationship with courier services. Because all payments will be done online so you must be careful about the payment method you choose. It must be secure as well must be in with cheap rates. The payment gateways you use are connected with bank accounts and they also take commission while transactions so keep this point in mind while choosing your payment gateway. Try to use the payment gateways which are easily available in your place like cashu.com, authorize.net, paypal.com, knet.com. Along with include other payment methods in a website like cash on delivery, Net Banking or e-wallet.

The Sixth step, now you are ready with your business licenses and website what next, to sell your products. Yes, this is the most exciting part of your business where you will start make money. You must start early marketing of your website like make social profiles, word of mouth, submit your website to online directories related to your product, Get registered with online manufacturers. You can increase your sales if you allow other sellers to make their own shops on your website and allow them to upload their products as well. You can get a commission from them to sell their products on your website.

Last but not least, you may found it’s a difficult thing at this stage but if you are passionate about your product, have the right team and using right software or tools, this can be a good option to earn money.

There is a very good book available on Flipkart, Electronic Commerce: From Vision To Fulfillment 3rd Edition 3rd Edition which can help you to understand what is e-commerce exactly? You can purchase it here

Hopefully, you like it please share your comments and opinion in the below comment box.

5 WRONGS RESPONSIBLE FOR STARTUP FAILURES

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5 TIPS TO START PART TIME BUSINESS

6 EASY STEPS TO START A BLOG

When I start, this blog I was not aware that I will come this far, 60 posts are finished today and I was not expecting even 6😊. Throughout my, this small journey I met so many people who have amazing skills either related to writing, art, poetry or have a marvelous knowledge about cooking, gardening which they can teach to the other people but they do not know how? Then I make my mind to write this article to encourage them to start their own blogs because according to me this is the best and cheapest platform where you can share your thoughts all over the world.

First, who can start the blog?

• The author of a book to promote his/her work.
• For those people who feels writing is passion.
• Want to show their art to the world in the form of image blog or vlog.
• A poet, who can write Shayari, with the every sip of coffee or wine.
• A knowledgeable person, who is always ready to share their knowledge with other people.
• A businessman, who wants to promote their products.
• You follow the daily news on regular basis.
• Make money from home

So if you are any one of above then you are welcome to the blogger community.

How to start a blog?

• Find out the reason for starting your blog
• Choose the domain name and hosting service
• Choose the blogging platform
• Make your blog beautiful
• Write the posts and make the pages.
• Market your blog

Let us discuss each point one by one.

1) Find out the reason for starting your blog: This is the main and most difficult step to start a blog but if you are a skillful person then this is the easiest step for you. Find your reason to start a blog, like you want to solve other problems, share your life experiences and teach them something new, entertain them with your poetry, video or writing. So this is the main step, once you finish this rest is very easy.

2) Choose the domain name and hosting service: Once you decide what is your reason, according to that decide your domain name. Basically, the domain name is your blog name or blog link, which you share with your followers or reader. For detailing of hosting services please visit the link Hosting services for beginners, where you can get full details about it.

Hosting services you will find paid and free both, but I suggest you use paid services because these paid services take tens of your dollars but give you fully support in the form of technically or other ways. Even if you are not a technical person they will set up a blog for you and give fully training.

Here I am recommending some hosting services, which I personally used from last few years.

Ipage.com

Click on any of link and it will redirect you to the hosting service.

3) Choose the blogging platform: Like hosting services, these are also either free or paid. But again I will recommend the paid one.

It is very easy to customize.

These are very cheap.

You can choose your designs according to your wish.

You get the blog in your own name.

You have totally control on your blogs.

Wordpress is the best option among the blogging platforms. You can get beautiful WordPress themes here.  Except this, you can use Blogger, Tumblr, Weebly and so on.

4) Make your blog beautiful: The next step to make your blog beautiful and more over user-friendly.There are some elements which you need to add in your blog.

Subscription box, with which visitors, can subscribe to your blog.

Comment Box, where visitors can share their opinions.

Author Information, if you have multiple authors.

Make sure you have catchy images, beautiful colors, and a responsive design which will fit on all devices. Try to avoid complicated technologies because remember your visitors coming to your blog only for your contents. There are certain WordPress plugins which are used for blogging like WordPress Popular Post, Post Hit Counter and more. Keen to learn WordPress contact me at prakritiaryan1@gmail.com.

5) Write the posts and make the pages: Design is done, now it’s time to real action. Make a post inside your blogging platform. Generally, you will find it in your dashboard with the label of ‘New Post’. Write your contents and publish them with suitable labels or tags. Actually, if you did all the above steps properly this is the easiest part.

6) Market your blog:  The last step to show your work to the world. At this point, you will get a link with your blog name, which you can share with your friends, relatives on Facebook, twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms. You can hire some marketing professionals also who not only market your blog but also get more and more visitors for your blog. Wordpress even have some special plugins which can use to market like tripwire.

Blogging is not only to show your passion about anything but also helps to make money, connect with new people through your comment box, increase your discussion or communication skills, helps other people with information sharing, makes you a better person, improve your writing skills and above all you get self-promotion.

Still, have any doubt mail me at prakritiaryan1@gmail.com, I will surely clear your doubts as much I can and as soon as possible.

So guys, be a good reader and post your comments below in the comment box so we can increase our argumentation skills.  

FASHION DESIGNING AS CAREER

Do you love to wear latest fashion clothing? Do you want to be up to date with the latest trends? Do you want appreciation with smart, stylish and fashionable clothing? You might be thinking what type of questions I am asking because everybody wants to wear the latest trend and clothing in the talk. Don’t you? Exactly, everyone is fond of fashionable clothes. People like me are now a day ready to spend as much as they can but they want designer clothing. Few people like me consider comfort, color, and fabric also. So what is Fashion designing? Fashion designing is basically an art of applying fashion by fashion designers to clothing or accessories. Fashion designers are actually persons with any sort of degree in Fashion Designing from some institute or college. There are many fashion schools where fashion designing is even taught. In India few colleges where fashion designing is actually taught includes 

·         National Institute of fashion designing

·         Amity University

·         Pearl Academy of fashions

·         Apeejay Institute of design

·         Arch Academy of design

·         National Institute of design

·         Indian Institute of art and design

What you think, fashion designing is easy? Then answer is No, Because of Fashion designers in clothing think about many aspects of geographical location, culture, people, size, shape, fabric and more importantly their taste. They keep in their mind that who is likely to wear a garment and the occasion in which it will be worn. That’s nice. They work on a wide range and combinations of fabrics and a wide range of colors, patterns, and styles to choose from. In India, few fashion designer’s names Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Manish Arora Neeta Lulla, Manish Malhotra and much more needs no introduction as designers. Many actors, actress and high profile people wears these designer clothes.

If we go to the history, then Fashion design is generally considered to have started in the 19th century with Charles Frederick Worth who was the first fashion designer to have his label sewn into the garments that he created.

What are the basic elements of a design? A design can be defined as an arrangement of lines, shape, colors and texture that create a visual image. The principles of design are the rates that govern how elements are combined. The elements are therefore the raw materials that must be combined successfully. 

The following are the different elements of Design:

1. Shape

2. Texture

3. Color

4. Line

These elements are considered as “Plastics” in art language because they can be manipulated by the designer to create desired results. Now let’s discuss each element briefly: 

The Shape in a garment reveals overall attractive feature and hides the less attractive ones. The overall shape of a garment is its outline. The shape is created by the construction of a garment considering overall height and dimensions of the person’s body. The shape can be tabular, bell, back fullness. 

Texture reveals how the surface of a fabric feels and looks. Texture can be smooth, shiny, rough, sheer, dull, clinging soft, stiff and visual. 

The color is the main thing that a customer notices. Color may be stimulating or relaxing. Different colors invoke different thoughts in people wearing them. 

Lines in a cloth are important as vertical lines increase height effect, Horizontal lines short the height effects. Curved lines are of feminine nature and diagonal lines indicate active and sportive nature. 

Now let’s talk about designer’s Work. Fashion designers may work full-time for one fashion house, as 'in-house designers', which owns the designs. Fashion designers may work alone or as part of a team. Freelance designers work for themselves, selling their designs to fashion houses, directly to shops, or to clothing manufacturers.

Nowadays the fashion industry depends more on mass market sales. The mass market takes to care for a wide range of customers and their pocket.

Fashion designer produces duplicates designs by using cheaper fabrics and simpler production techniques. The end product can, therefore, be sold at much cheaper rate. The one example I have in my mind is “Maria B”. Maria-B is the famous fashion designer in Pakistan known all over the globe for their dresses, but duplicate Maria b is easily available at much cheaper rate and that is of course for the mass market. They are sold as replicas.

Do you know China and Bangladesh are the biggest manufacturers of clothing, and other notable clothing manufacturing countries are Indonesia, Germany, Malaysia, India, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, and Brazil? I remember when I was in the USA. Once I visited Kohl’s. Kohl’s sells clothing and you won’t believe most of the clothes were “made in china”.

Do you know that the "big four" centers of the fashion industry are Milan, New York City, Paris and London? Seven countries which have established an international reputation in fashion includes France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, and Belgium.

Today in fashion design has reached new heights by computer aided methods of design. These computers aided programs have enabled designers to change the textures and colors of designs easily and create three-dimensional images of their designs. These technologies have made the tasks easier, faster, cheaper (in some areas), better and reliable. CAD/CAM has substituted manual methods in almost every field. CAD is nowadays part of the qualification for designers. There is some useful CAD software’s available online as follows, OptiTex CAD Software, eTelestia CAD Software. 

Fashion designers often make flat garment sketches in Adobe Illustrator. This is a technical sketch showing all seams and details so that the pattern cutter knows exactly what proportions the garment should have. 

Nowadays, designing clothes has become easier with the use of clothing design software. With the use of such software, creating clothes has become easy. Using this software one can be creative with their design ideas with the help of powerful tools.

I will name some softwares

·         Virtual fashion

·         Dress Assistant

·         Poser

·         Realistic Apparel Templates Pack

·         PhiMatrix Professional

·         NedGraphics Fashion Design

·         Digital Fashion Pro

·         Cameo v5

·         My Label 3D Fashion by Bernina

·         Kaledo by Lectra 

PROVEN WAYS TO EARN ONLINE-1

There are certain online ways where you can earn for sure if you work hard and with full dedication.

Writing Services

E-books is one of the important ways to earn money online, If you have an interest in writing then it’s the cheapest source to make money online because you do not need to invest so much money only your time and if you are passionate about writing then you can do this easily. Just concentrate on your beautiful ideas and start writing on it. You can write an impressive book with your good thoughts & beautiful ideas within a month or two. After completing the book you can sell your eBooks through Amazon's Kindle program or Apple's iTunes Connect, which gives you access to a large majority of the digital-book reading market. This is an interesting and cheapest way to make money online.

One is another way to write articles online and for other sites in the form of a guest blogger or sponsored blog. You could also do a number of other things related to writing such as copywriting for descriptions, emails, writing short reviews for advertisers and posting it on your resource, for a travel website and an advertiser asks you to review a tour and share it for users to read or other sales-related content. You can start your own blog in the form of article poetry, contents, news, and current affairs. Etc. although Blogs can easily generate hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars per month if done properly.

Become online tutors or host Webinars. If you have full command on your subject you can join online platforms like Verbal Planet to teach a language, or can get students directly through social media and process the payments through PayPal or bank accounts. Teaching new languages is one of the best subject options nowadays among people.

Audiobooks, another form of books and another way to sell your e-books. You can turn your ebook audiobook through a resource like Audible's ACX platform or you can hire a producer.

Create an app, Earn money from your Smartphone

There are various apps that can make you small money by doing & complete some simple tasks on your smartphone. There are various apps that can earn you some extra income the range of $100-$150 a month. Besides this, you can develop an app Unless you have the right app development skills.

Use Mechanical Turk

Amazon's Mechanical Turk is a very reliable source for micro-jobs, where one can earn small amounts for sure. You even do not need sometimes so much technical experience for t some tasks like listing off some URLs with certain kinds of images for one cent or recording a few phrases with a microphone for 6 cents. Even sometimes you need to play games or do some interesting surveys and you get paid for all this. These tasks called HITS.

Sell your skills

Fiverr, Up work, 99Designs are most common platforms where you can sell your Technical, Administrative, Designing, Accounting, Social Media Marketing skills. Also, there are some other ways where you can sell your cooking skills like by making videos and create your own channels in youtube. The only key to generate money from these platforms, the reviews which you got from your clients, customers or visitors. You must have the significant track record to go long in such type of platforms.

Sell New or Old items online

Ebay, Amazon, OLX, Souq just name it you will get a big e-commerce website in every country where you can sell or buy your Old and New physical things. These things can be from a needle to car. You just need to be careful about shipping those things, but some of the websites also offered the shipping services also. They take up to 10% as commission to get list your things on their websites.

http://ebuyzaar.com/ is an upcoming website, where you can sell every type of jewelry.

Earn with affiliate marketing

If you want to make money online without investment then this is one of the easiest ways to earn money online. There are many online merchants like Flipkart, Amazon, eBay, Clickbank, CJ etc. where you can sign up and promote your products. This is the proven way to earn money.
Rent Your Home

Roomorama, Airbnb, Homestay, Rentals are some of the good examples where you can rent your entire home or just a room. This is a simple and effective way to make money online, especially in the short term. You need to list your place in the form of a private room as well or even a bed in a shared room. However, this also depends upon reviews, and you cannot make a lot of money but can be a good passive income source.

Well, these are some ways that how can you make money online. There are some other ways which I listed below and will come soon with full information.

·         Banner Advertising

·         Google Adsense

·         Google Adwords

·         Data Entry

·         Data Checker

·         Data Interpretation

·         Sell Photos

·         Sell websites

·         Sell scripts

·         Youtube ads

·         Virtual assistant 

HOME OFFICE DESIGNS

Having a well-planned office structure in the home and equipped with all the required facilities may result in better work performance and relaxing mindset even when you are not in the office. It is very important to have a home office that sooth the mind to make it always fresh and relaxed to have a focused approach in work. It is very common practice in today’s word having an office at home or so call home office.

When planning of establishing an office at home, everything needs to be in a manner including modular furniture, desk, home office equipment, storage, phone service.  We will talk about this one by one so as to build a perfect home office.

Home Office furniture

The most important aspect of your home office is the furniture. That include a lot of things like regular home office furniture, Designer home office furniture or modular home office furniture. All type of furniture is basically for various type of business requirement.

For a normal IT home office, a regular office furniture like a regular home office desk with only 1 or slabs will work.

On the other hand, home office of a lawyer may have modular Home office furniture that may include not only a good bench or Sofa set with chairs but also will involve a large number of bookshelves to carry a lot of books.

But on a different note, the furniture in the home office for clothing collections or wearables may be found in form of designer home office furniture with some high design sofa set with a designer table and chairs. It may have some beautiful and soothing mirrors to check trials.

Home Office Décor

Home office décor depends on both the nature of work as well as the nature of the person who will be using the home office. Nature of work provides the area and suitable position in the home for a home office whereas nature of person decides the style of décor like the color theme, design, location.

For small size work (or like an IT Home office), a very space would be required and could be adjusted even in the corner of any room or a small separate room but for the specific business requirement, the home office space needs to be good and dedicated one and separated from other living areas. Décor also involves the supporting theme of home offices like curtains, lights fan, AC etc and taste varies person to person. Some prefer single color whereas other prefer contrast.

It is very important to have a relaxing décor for the home office.

Home Office Storage

Another major aspect of a home office is storage. Home office storage is extremely important. There should be enough storage available in the home office. While planning the home office, one should consider storage requirements upfront since it is very difficult or a painful task to add storage later due to risk that additional storage may or may not match the existing theme or color scheme. So it is always recommended to choose the storage style and capacity at the time of planning of home office. Home office storage comes in various designs and styles. The best planning of home office considers having the storage capable furniture so as to have the optimal use of space. Storage can be set up along with the attached Almira’s along with walls or as separate storage units. There are a lot of hanging storage spaces available in the market that have a very good storage capacity but take the least space. So it is all about the requirement of the business and home office that decided the storage. But again to remind, always plan the storage much before actual setup to avoid a regret or setup change later.

Home office equipment:

Now when the basic home office is set up the next step is setting up the required equipment. The general rule for Home office is to have as less equipment as possible so as to make the office easily manageable and use as fewer resources as possible and less maintenance cost. Basic home office equipment includes the below:

1) Computer: The basic requirement for almost all type of home office is a computer. It can be a desktop based system or laptop based on need. Any Home office is almost impossible to run without a computer.

2) High-Speed Internet: To run any business smoothly it is required that the Home office is connected with the main office and that creates the need for High-speed internet. It can be a Dongle based or broadband but is almost mandatory for any Home office.

3) Home office Phone: Telephone is another essential requirement for any home office. Home Office phone service can be a single line or multi-line service based on the need of the Home office.

4) Home office Desk: Now this is the main platform where the person spends most of the time while working in a home office. So the Home office desk should be designed or built as per the requirement with sufficient storage, and working capacity. The desk should have a measured dimensions “height, length and width” to make the work as comfortable as possible. A study has revealed that an improper desk leads to many backs or joint related problems in long run.

5) Surge Protector: This is very important to have all the electric equipment’s in Home office to be placed only on surge protected extension cables too as to save it from electricity fluctuation.

6) Printer/Fax: Some home office required a fax machine or printer during their work so it is always advisable to buy the same after good planning. In the case of fewer prints, an ink jet printer is good but in the case of a lot or prints all day, it should be a laser printer.

7) Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS): For the Home office where continuous work is required, the equipment’s should be supplemented with UPS so as to save the ongoing work in case of power Outage.

So overall, a Home office design should be well planned in advance in term of all the things mentioned in the article and this will surely result in saving a lot of costs and repeated work thereafter. 

TOP MEMBERSHIP WEBSITE IDEAS

There are a lot of online membership website ideas you can earn online revenue from, irrespective of your area of expertise or specialty. Membership sites are where members or users access content on-demand. These membership sites are both content-oriented and user-driven; therefore, users need ideas about questions asked as well as a learning tool to solve their problems.

Those who make use of online membership websites are seeking other people. Some are looking for employers while others are looking for dates. In a nutshell, membership sites are all about connecting people. For instance, you will be looking for many dates to get the right person for you to marry, if you are a single man or woman.
More importantly, as the big social media players such as LinkedIn and Facebook become so massive and widespread that they turned users off, membership ideas are very profitable. Unlike LinkedIn and Facebook, membership sites are not free to join. Interested members have to pay membership fees to join. These fees not only as a filter to keep sites more focused and offer improved value for the aggravated Facebook user, but also generate online revenues for the publisher.

So here are top membership website ideas to serve as mentor and inspiration sites for publishers who want to benefit from this ample opportunity. These ideas will not only inspire any publisher to move ahead but also make a lot of online revenue doing it.

Content Mill

This membership site can be the most profitable but it is work demanding type of membership site. Beginning a content mill will necessitate you to set up a system for providing appropriate content all the time. Podcast to a full-scale periodical is a good example of this type of membership site. Sports or daily stock picks are other examples and they could be time-sensitive content.

Backstage

Backstage is the type of membership website idea where its members are seeking acting jobs. It could be dog training, horticulture, academia, or just about anything. Advertising possibilities are endless for any of these niches, and the audience would gather to you.

Backstage is also a website for actors who are looking for networking, training, and real work. It makes use of a lot of features of a Mequoda System like a freebie as a substitute for email addresses and could represent a website template. It has more than 526,000 unique monthly visitors, and it provides job listings and a search tool that allows actors to search by compensation, union status, ethnicity, age and more.

Dow Jones Private Equity and Venture Capital

This is another awesome membership site with about 83,000 monthly visitors who are looking for business opportunities. Dow Jones is an example of a big media organization leveraging its content beyond newspapers and magazines, using it to offer information to members who subscribe for a fee to locate their business deal, business partner or next investor.

 Members have access to those who are looking for investment opportunities or making deals, financial databases, and news. On the other hand, Custom research is part of Dow Jones product. Therefore, they will do your research for you if you don’t have the time to do it yourself.

Community Membership Site

Protected Communities and Forums are a better way to engage your members unlike helping them engage and connect with each other. These communities and forums can raise a number of the most loyal members of any of these membership site ideas.

Community forums and membership sites are a great avenue for your members to get their questions answered, discuss your products, intermingle with one another, and share other relevant information with one another. Nevertheless, do not set up a community membership site until you have successfully gathered a substantial fan base.

Ancestry

This membership site specializes in genealogical research and it is incredibly successful with 2, 243,000 members as at September 2015. Each month, about 7 million members visit the site looking for genealogy information. In 2007, the online revenue of Ancestry was $166 million but increased to $561.5 million in 2013 and netting $619.5 in 2014.

The Dodge Lead Center

Dogged Lead Center gives a targeted variety of timely Bidding projects right from the database of Dodge. Dodge is distinguished from any other source of construction intelligence because they understand how critical it is to know the market. When you use the power of Dodge Lead Center, you will you stay informed about companies, people, projects, and other resources available in your market and you will be able to capitalize on every opportunity that comes your way.

Customers spend less time researching and more time connecting with key contacts to close sales and win work as a result of the quality of Dodge content.

The Courses

With courses membership website idea you can make use of a WordPress Membership Plugin such as MemberPress to maintain those courses you created with a WordPress if you have a suitable material and Learning Management Plugin such as WPC Courseware or only WordPress itself with a plugin such as Custom Post Types UI.Create members-only areas within your site and protect the privacy of your students and your course materials. Share your password with people taking part in your course, upload the content and you are good to proceed! You get rid of having to send videos, workbooks, and vital updates out independently by keeping all your course materials in one place.

Potters Council

Potters Council is for you if you are one of those who care about education, passionate about pottery and who want to continue making pottery accessible to those who are interested. Potters Council membership idea was created to meet the needs of ceramic artists and studio potters by providing forums for professional enhancement and knowledge exchange.

• Potters Council strives to:
• Support ceramic awareness
• Add to the number of workshops
• Provide a wide range of topics and locations for each workshop
• Support the current art organizations
• Offer career and business opportunities
• Support ceramic awareness.

You are Capable of Making it Happen 

You too can make it happen with these top online membership ideas. All you need to do is to consider your area of expertise and see which of these ideas will generate the most of the online revenue. Adding your unique voice to any of these online membership site ideas could help you turn your expertise into a solid business for you as they have been tried, tested and trusted.

HOW TO SET UP TIFFIN SERVICES?

Tiffin is a business that deals with offering catering services. This business has good potential of growth and expansion because it is very profitable. In order to run Tiffin service successfully, you will require more than a passion for cooking. Furthermore, you will need good planning and management skills as well as flexibility to successfully handle any last-minute changes required by customers.

How successful your Tiffin service will be will depend mainly on having good reputation. For this business setup to succeed therefore, you must be able to meet the needs of your customers and have the ability to work well under pressure.

How to Start Tiffin Business

Like any other business set-up, you need to understand how to run a Tiffin business very well to make profit.

Things you require for a Successful Take-off 

• Table cloths  
• Kitchen facilities
• Tables
• Tiffin boxes
• Serving equipment
• Utensils – silverware, glassware

Research to Select an area of Speciality

You can decide to specialize in birthday parties, graduation parties, company dinners, intimate dinner parties or catering for wedding events. You can decide to operate a full-time or part-time Tiffin business in different offices in your locality.

Register your Tiffin Business

The registration of your Tiffin business can be done at your local county office. Once you register, you can obtain an Occupational Business License. Collect a DBA aka Doing Business As permit form from the office of the county clerk in your locality and register the name of Tiffin service. Furthermore, register for a sellers permit since this is a prerequisite for all catering businesses.

Obtain a Catering License

You can get this license from your local health department. This license will only be issued after the inspection of your offices and premises to make sure that there is compliance with sanitation and food requirements laws of the state.

Get your Business Insured

Obtain insurance coverage for all your facilities, equipment, and employees against any unanticipated circumstances. Visit your local insurance agent to discuss about the best cover you will likely require.

Get the Necessary Equipment

You can decide to rent or buy the equipment you require or make use of disposables. Renting the equipment you will use for this business will minimize your start-up costs, and this will help you to concentrate on establishing yourself in the market and build a good company image.

Come up with a Menu

Develop a basic menu based on the time of events, type of events and the number of people that will be in attendance. Provide a variety of options for breakfast and lunch so that participants can be able to expressly select their preferred menu. Provide mini meal and variety of food textures, colors and cooking methods.

Price your Tiffin Service

Before you price or set your Tiffin service, make sure you know the market prices. In addition, consider your expenses and the profit margin you want to achieve.

Why Tiffin Service business is Gaining Popularity

Tiffin service is needed in offices, schools and some other institutions where people are longing for homemade food unlike the fast food being served at various canteens across the world. It is quite important for any Tiffin service to cater to the individual needs of the customer and be prompt with delivery schedules to succeed.

This business has been in existence for quite an age and it is notable in every country in the world. The setup always comprises of a team of chefs or a chef making homemade food like mini meal for a particular number of people. Those responsible for the timely delivery of the lunch box at the exact address are the logistic team of the Tiffin service. The transport mode chosen will depend on the distance to be covered and the fastest form of transportation.

Lunch Tiffin services are notable in offices due to the fact that nearly all those who work in these offices love taking homemade food as it is always served hot.

Other reasons why those who are working desire homemade food as against fast food prepared and served at office canteens include:

• You cannot say how hygienic is the food served in the canteen
• Stale food cooked some days back are sold to make profit. This makes people shun eating food from canteens
• Homemade food is nutritious as it is freshly prepared
• Homemade food is delicious and wholesome
• This food from Tiffin service has its own unique taste and flavor that cannot be compared with the junk food from the canteen.

Tiffin service owners are making quick and profitable business. A lot of people working depend on these lunch boxes just for the reason that they want to keep away from eating junk food at hotels or canteens due to nutrition and hygiene issues.

Scope of Improvement in Tiffin Service

1. Feedback from Customer is a must : No Tiffin setup can force any product on a customer. Customers are kings all the time and they must be respected. Getting feedback from clients once in a week or once every two weeks will be sufficient to keep their interest intact on Tiffin service owner.
2. Include Supplementary items in the Tiffin Business Menu : Health is reliant on food. Supplementary food items that are good for health could always be added in the Tiffin service menu.
3. Plastic Lunch Box could be made Gorgeous : The plastic lunch box is the first thing that clients will become aware of. Hence, these plastics must be made more striking to keep the hunger of customers alive. In addition, they must be neat to serve as mood maker for the clientèle.
4. Allow Customer to decide what to eat : Get menu from customers in advance based on the variety of items you have in your menu and what they want to eat. This will allow you plan your inventory in a better way and be able to attend to individual customer, depending on their needs. This will ensure better bonding in the association of the Tiffin business and the customers.
5. Change the Menu Often : Do not continue serving the same type of food everyday. Customers are ready to pay any amount for healthy and tantalizing food. Therefore, serving the same mini meal with the same ingredient three times in a week is killing your business. Be dynamic and plan the content for the entire week in advance to be successful in this business. This will make consumers get variety of mini meal for breakfast or lunch and you as the owner of the Tiffin business will be able to manage funds. 

In conclusion, people cannot stop eating so this is one of the best business which never failed, just do with honestly.

HOW TO SET UP HOME OFFICE?

Having a completely organized home office helps you to be more productive because you will naturally get more accomplished when you know where everything is. You waste time when you are spending time looking for something through clutter stacked on your desk, and time is money to a typical businessman. However, cool home office ideas will have everything in its place.

It is noteworthy that getting started is one of the most difficult aspects of home office layout. Nevertheless, you will overcome this problem when you really know how to setup home business.

What Type of Cleaning Supplies Will You Need in Your Home Office?

You have so many electronic gadgets in your home office, and these take special cleaning agents. Consequently, when you buy your cleaning supplies, ascertain that they are safe for use around your electronics. You will have to remove your electronics like computer and its components before you start cleaning, if they are not. In addition, buy a duster that can keep dust away from the furniture and electronics in your office, if dust is the problem.

You must also remember that having a home business has quite a number of upsides such as no commute, better work-life balance, but the ability to come up with the best home office designs you really love is also an upside. Here are some tips on how to set up the ultimate home office that will make you happy and crazy productive.

Site your home office very close to a source of natural light, if possible

 Taking pleasure in light from a door or window can make a world of difference in the way you feel after working for several hours. Make sure you also have sufficient lighting for cloudy days or when the sun sets or goes down.

But Remember the Lamps

You will still require further lighting for the dark hours of the day, despite the fact that your home office has great natural light. A good number of above your head house lighting is not enough for work. It generates space with all the warmth. As a result, you can lay your hands on a few table lamps that give pleasant spongy glow and appealing home office design possibilities.

Consider the noise level in the proposed Home business

Is a train running nearby and you can hear it in the front of the house and not at the back? Or do you hear the neighbours screaming kids? If this is the case, then let your home office layout be at a place where noise will not be a distraction for you and those you discuss with on phone or computer.

 If you enjoy classical music while working, making use of a wireless speaker will make it easy for you to have quiet and encouraging music playing while the work is going. iTunes and Spottily have playlists that work perfectly to generate a calm and productive working environment.

Observe the ergonomic rules

One of the ergonomic rules is that you must place the head of your computer screen at the level of your eyes or a bit below. Your eye lids will of course close a little and moisten, as you scan down the screen. This will eventually lessen eye exhaustion. In your home office layout, position your keyboard in such a way that your forearms will be parallel to the floor.

Then, bend your chair for your feet to rest steadfastly on the floor, or a footrest if you are a squat person. Splurge on the particular chair that makes you want to put in more hours. This sounds apparent, but the fact is that you should be keen on the chair you are sitting on or else you will never sit down at your desk.

Be creative when it comes to storage

Best home office designs require you to be creative with storage. Despite the fact that filing cabinets are not the most striking pieces of furniture you have in your home office, you necessitate a place where you can keep the papers you use most often.

 The biggest problem with home business is that you end up having paper everywhere. Try wall storage, children library-style display shelves, or magazine type tracks, if you are the type of person that needs to see a particular document in order to remember that it subsists.

Get nice book cases that are big enough if you are looking for book cases. They should be artful enough that they will look great as the backdrop in your video conferences, and even big enough that you don’t need to overstuff.

Your home office design should match your taste

It is quite imperative that your home office design should match your taste and be a place that feels good for you. Hence, decorate your home office with white furniture, fresh colors, light and attractive accessories and details.

  Irrespective of your home office layout design choice, let it be part of your work space. Why not make it an office that will help you feel relaxed, if you have to spend eight hours or more each day in your home business.

Make sure you setup home business in a comfortable climate

 Don’t join the bandwagon of those who setup home business in a location where weather and unfavourable climate will be regular problem. Similarly, when you are trying to meet a deadline, you don’t want being sweaty or hot. Choose a way to control the climate with an AC unit or a space heater if you don’t have an alternative.

The Bottom Line

As working from home is overwhelming, understanding how to set up a home office will save you a lot of time and also increase both your production and creativity. The good news is that creating cool home office ideas, organized home office ideas and best home office designs can be easier than you envisage and it may surely worth the effort and time. Your home office design should look great to make you more organized and eager to work. Follow the above tips and come up with the best home office designs. 

One of the ergonomic rules is that you must place the head of your computer screen at the level of your eyes or a bit below. Your eye lids will of course close a little and moisten, as you scan down the screen. This will eventually lessen eye exhaustion. In your home office layout, position your keyboard in such a way that your forearms will be parallel to the floor.

Then, bend your chair for your feet to rest steadfastly on the floor, or a footrest if you are a squat person. Splurge on the particular chair that makes you want to put in more hours. This sounds apparent, but the fact is that you should be keen on the chair you are sitting on or else you will never sit down at your desk. 

TOP 4 HOME BASE BUSINESS WITHOUT OR LESS INVESTMENT MORE

Hi guys,

This is the extended part of my previous article HOME BASE BUSINESS IDEAS WITHOUT INVESTMENT, in which I will mention some more businesses online or offline we can start without investment or little investment.

Marketing:  If you have excellent written and verbal communication skills, formal presentation skills trust me you are in demand a lot. Along with if you can organize and plan the tasks, analyse and solve the problems, creative then just get up and approach the companies specially startups. They are always in the search of such type of people. They can hire either as part time promoters, online/offline marketing managers or on commission basis.

Fashion Designing: As we know clothing is a business which is always in demand from small village to big city and if you are fashion designer you can earn a lot in this industry. A good eye in colors, fabrics, shapes and some softwares knowledge like CAD, Graphic editing softwares. Along with your communication skills must be effective because you need to communicate directly to your clients sometimes with your team members like your tailors, sewers to instruct them how they construct the garments.Please refer my article Fashion Designing as career for full details

Sale and buy: Another most popular option, also use by almost all major eCommerce companies around the world. You just need to contact some local sellers who are ready to register with you and sell their products on your website. It is more a, less work as marketing manager as you need to market their products and your website get commission on their products. Another way to get involved in this business just register with companies like http://uae.souq.com/ae-en/, http://www.ebay.com/ and many more, I am sure you if you Google you will get more than you expect. After registration with these websites you will able to sell your own stuff or products according to their terms and conditions.

Membership Sites: You have any hobby like yoga, guitar, dance you can start your membership website. Upload your contents in the form of text or especially in the form of videos and teach what you like. To start this website you can hire a web developer or use CMS like word press where you can manage your contents by yourself. Give some basic stuff for free and then you can ask fees for advance tutorials.There are some new ideas for membership website, which really help to earn from home, check my article TOP MEMBERSHIP IDEAS for more details.

These are some other ways that can help you to start your business from home or as part timer you can earn. 

That’s all for today. Keep commenting. 

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