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Decide what you will sell--and from where. You can rent a storefront and sell computers, parts and accessories from several manufacturers, or just specialize in products from one or two companies. Contact manufacturers for their policies regarding reselling and find out what distributors they use. Some companies, such as Panasonic, offer programs for resale partners.
Secure a 'DBA' (doing business as) certificate in your state. Check on additional business tax and licensing procedures for your area. Some locales also require sales tax licenses for retail businesses.
Advertise online and in the phone book. Create a website for the business, even if you intend to sell primarily from a retail location. If you intend to sell computers and parts over the Internet as well as in a retail store, use clear photos of sale items on the website with short, clear descriptions of each product.
Establish an online only computer resale business. You can do this by by joining with an e-commerce supplier that provides hardware and software from major manufacturers to their partners. Computers and parts will be drop-shipped directly to your customers from a warehouse. You store no inventory. This type of operation works for people who don't have the money to open a store or room to stash computers and parts for on-location shipping. There's a start-up fee needed with this type of venture, but companies like Inetstart offer support for resellers, including tech and website-building information.
Set your prices. Make sure they are competitive, but don't set them so low that you will lose money. Compare your pricing strategy with that of other local stores, and stay in the same range. Also, consider who your buyers will be. If you're in a college town, your clients will probably buy more but have less money to spend on each purchase. Develop your sales plan according to market situations and your customers' needs.
Offer warranties, repairs and IT (information technology) services to keep customers coming back. Prepare service agreements for customers so they will come back to you to solve any problems or add to their existing systems, instead of going directly to the manufacturer or to another supplier. Provide personalized attention to maintain customer loyalty.
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How to Organize a Battle of Bands CompetitionIn Feburary 2016 24,
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Talk to fellow musicians, put flyers up on music store community boards, and list an ad in the paper. Attend other battles of the bands to size up your potential audience, get feedback ,and ascertain possible number of attendees.
Determine what kind of battle of the bands you want to have, including genre and any age limitations. Come up with a theme or a purpose.
Decide if profits from ticket sales are given to charity, or if they are used to offset operating expenses. You may need seed money in advance to front contracts or reservations. Track and recoup your costs before identifying profits.
Book the location of the venue and apply for any permits you may need. Enlist the services of a sound man/light man based upon the size of the venue.
If food is offered, hire a caterer or food services group. Include clean-up as part of its contract.
Two Months in Advance
If it is a charity event, ask others to support the cause by making donations. Obtain prizes and include them in your advertising. Provide receipts to any participant that gives you a donation so that he can use it as a tax deduction. Record everything received, and send thank-you notes for the donations.
Collect the names of those bands that intend to participate as quickly as possible as this helps you outline a schedule. Get both mailing addresses and email addresses. Give each band tickets to pre-sell, and keep track of tickets given and money collected.
Have band members help you create a fan contact list to increase advertising through flyers and emails. Create a web page and allow them to link to it from their websites. Add contact info to the fan list of local radio and newspaper entertainment reporters.
Check out the venue for power, lighting and pre-stage room. Advise the sound man and light crew of any potential problems or any special needs.
One Month in Advance
Determine how you the acts are judged and who will judge the contest. Create a judges' sheet that highlights things such as stage performance, crowd interaction, song substance, sound and singing.
Once you have a solid list of names that are participating, include these names in your advertising. Use friends, family and band members to promote the event through the use of T-shirts and premium items.
Put the name of the event, the date, time, prizes and location on the tickets. Use friends, family and participating band members to pre-sell tickets.
Use friends, family and participating members to plaster the area with flyers. One week before the event, go back through hot spots and make sure advertising is still up and visible. If not, refresh and hit new locations such as restaurants, grocery stores, libraries and local businesses that will allow you to put up flyers.
Create press releases announcing the event, genre and prizes, and email them to local newspapers and radio stations. Confirm with vendors that they are ready for the event.
One Week in Advance
Collect money from ticket sales and continue to pre-sell tickets. Contact local media and send out a public relations message reminding everyone of your upcoming event. Sell T-shirts and other premiums to friends, family and band members to help them advertise the battle of the bands.
Fine-tune the schedule. Create a list of bands in order of appearance and post the amount of time they have to play. Create a contract that band members sign the day of the event that states what rights, if any, you have to any recordings of the event.
Touch base with vendors and the sound man to make sure everyone still is scheduled. Enlist the help of friends to register the bands when they arrive and provide them with instructions on where to place their instruments.
You may want to hire security to help you keep control of the crowd. Call the police station to find out who might be freelancing. Although this can cost a bit, bad publicity about someone getting hurt will ruin the event and affect your reputation if you should decide to hold a battle of the bands again.
Day of the Event
Set up a judging area and cordon off the backstage.
Post the line-up and prizes.
Enlist aid to make sure bands sign and turn in their contracts before performing, and collect money from them for advanced ticket sales. Place someone at the door to collect money for day-of-event tickets. Have someone cover the stage and move the acts along.
Ensure the judges are comfortable and have their judge sheets ready for each act. Give them the responsibility to report back to you who the winners are at a specific time.
Ensure caterers and sound/light crew have what they need to operate, and help them troubleshoot any last-minute problems. Touch base with security personnel and explain any problem situations or concerns you might have.
Provide your cell phone number to those working with you.
Announce the winners of the battle of the bands, present prizes and celebrate. Thank the participants, the judges and the fans for coming. Take photographs for press releases and website updates. Make sure each contractor gets paid for her services, and that the facility is left cleaned according to your contract.
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Talk to fellow musicians, put flyers up on music store community boards, and list an ad in the paper. Attend other battles of the bands to size up your potential audience, get feedback ,and ascertain possible number of attendees.
Determine what kind of battle of the bands you want to have, including genre and any age limitations. Come up with a theme or a purpose.
Decide if profits from ticket sales are given to charity, or if they are used to offset operating expenses. You may need seed money in advance to front contracts or reservations. Track and recoup your costs before identifying profits.
Book the location of the venue and apply for any permits you may need. Enlist the services of a sound man/light man based upon the size of the venue.
If food is offered, hire a caterer or food services group. Include clean-up as part of its contract.
Two Months in Advance
If it is a charity event, ask others to support the cause by making donations. Obtain prizes and include them in your advertising. Provide receipts to any participant that gives you a donation so that he can use it as a tax deduction. Record everything received, and send thank-you notes for the donations.
Collect the names of those bands that intend to participate as quickly as possible as this helps you outline a schedule. Get both mailing addresses and email addresses. Give each band tickets to pre-sell, and keep track of tickets given and money collected.
Have band members help you create a fan contact list to increase advertising through flyers and emails. Create a web page and allow them to link to it from their websites. Add contact info to the fan list of local radio and newspaper entertainment reporters.
Check out the venue for power, lighting and pre-stage room. Advise the sound man and light crew of any potential problems or any special needs.
One Month in Advance
Determine how you the acts are judged and who will judge the contest. Create a judges' sheet that highlights things such as stage performance, crowd interaction, song substance, sound and singing.
Once you have a solid list of names that are participating, include these names in your advertising. Use friends, family and band members to promote the event through the use of T-shirts and premium items.
Put the name of the event, the date, time, prizes and location on the tickets. Use friends, family and participating band members to pre-sell tickets.
Use friends, family and participating members to plaster the area with flyers. One week before the event, go back through hot spots and make sure advertising is still up and visible. If not, refresh and hit new locations such as restaurants, grocery stores, libraries and local businesses that will allow you to put up flyers.
Create press releases announcing the event, genre and prizes, and email them to local newspapers and radio stations. Confirm with vendors that they are ready for the event.
One Week in Advance
Collect money from ticket sales and continue to pre-sell tickets. Contact local media and send out a public relations message reminding everyone of your upcoming event. Sell T-shirts and other premiums to friends, family and band members to help them advertise the battle of the bands.
Fine-tune the schedule. Create a list of bands in order of appearance and post the amount of time they have to play. Create a contract that band members sign the day of the event that states what rights, if any, you have to any recordings of the event.
Touch base with vendors and the sound man to make sure everyone still is scheduled. Enlist the help of friends to register the bands when they arrive and provide them with instructions on where to place their instruments.
You may want to hire security to help you keep control of the crowd. Call the police station to find out who might be freelancing. Although this can cost a bit, bad publicity about someone getting hurt will ruin the event and affect your reputation if you should decide to hold a battle of the bands again.
Day of the Event
Set up a judging area and cordon off the backstage.
Post the line-up and prizes.
Enlist aid to make sure bands sign and turn in their contracts before performing, and collect money from them for advanced ticket sales. Place someone at the door to collect money for day-of-event tickets. Have someone cover the stage and move the acts along.
Ensure the judges are comfortable and have their judge sheets ready for each act. Give them the responsibility to report back to you who the winners are at a specific time.
Ensure caterers and sound/light crew have what they need to operate, and help them troubleshoot any last-minute problems. Touch base with security personnel and explain any problem situations or concerns you might have.
Provide your cell phone number to those working with you.
Announce the winners of the battle of the bands, present prizes and celebrate. Thank the participants, the judges and the fans for coming. Take photographs for press releases and website updates. Make sure each contractor gets paid for her services, and that the facility is left cleaned according to your contract.
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Sonntag, 14. Februar 2016
How to Use HTML Code for FreewebsIn Feburary 2016 14,
In Feburary 2016 14,
Navigate to Freewebs.com and click on the 'Sign Up' button at the top of the screen. On the next page, choose a user name and fill in all your personal information. The user name will be included in the URL of your Freewebs website, so be sure to use one that reflects the intended use of the website.
Scroll down to the section of the Freewebs page labeled 'Select a Template for your Site.' To the right of that, there is a link reading 'Use Advanced (HTML) Mode'--click that link. Then, input the CAPTCHA words in the graphic box, read the terms of service and click the 'I Agree' button. Then, click 'Create My Site' to continue.
Select the Freewebs website hosting package you want on the next screen and click the 'Select' button beneath it. If you intend to pay for the ad-free or advanced hosting, make payment as directed. When done, you will be taken to your personal website account page. To begin creating your website with HTML code, click on the blue 'Edit My Site' button.
Create the home page of your Freewebs website by clicking on the 'Edit' button next to the file 'index.htm.' The edit button looks like a paper and pencil. Freewebs provides some basic HTML code to get you started. It is a good idea to open your website in another window or tab to look at while you are working.
Change the HTML title tag to the text you want displayed in the browser bar when your website is loaded. This should include the title and description of your website and keywords that people will search for. Within the
tags on the Freewebs edit page, you may input meta tags such as keywords, description and author information. If you are using a cascading style sheet (CSS) to design your website, include the HTML code for it (
is the correct HTML code to include a CSS file). The 'style.css' should be the name of the CSS file itself. If you are using a CSS file for your Freewebs website, you must upload the file to your account.
Copy and paste the HTML from a template found on another web design website if you found or bought one you like. If you are not using a template, you must change the HTML code on Freewebs by editing the page files. The web page editor gives you a basic WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) editor at the top of the screen. You can change font size, style, color, make text bold or italics and insert hyperlinks and images with ease.
Input your own HTML code using the standard tags and attributes if you do not want to use the WYSIWYG editor. Use and tags for large headings and sub-headings of diminishing size. All basic text paragraphs should be bound by HTML tags. Images can be inserted with the HTML code. All image files must be uploaded to the Freewebs account before including them. Click on the green 'Images' button on the account page and upload the graphic files there.
Complete the HTML code for your Freewebs website index file, or home page, and click the 'Save' button at the top left side of the screen. It looks like a small, blue computer disk. The Freewebs account page will load again. If you want more than one page to your website, click the blue 'add a page' link and repeat the steps to create your own website with HTML code.
In Feburary 2016 14,
Navigate to Freewebs.com and click on the 'Sign Up' button at the top of the screen. On the next page, choose a user name and fill in all your personal information. The user name will be included in the URL of your Freewebs website, so be sure to use one that reflects the intended use of the website.
Scroll down to the section of the Freewebs page labeled 'Select a Template for your Site.' To the right of that, there is a link reading 'Use Advanced (HTML) Mode'--click that link. Then, input the CAPTCHA words in the graphic box, read the terms of service and click the 'I Agree' button. Then, click 'Create My Site' to continue.
Select the Freewebs website hosting package you want on the next screen and click the 'Select' button beneath it. If you intend to pay for the ad-free or advanced hosting, make payment as directed. When done, you will be taken to your personal website account page. To begin creating your website with HTML code, click on the blue 'Edit My Site' button.
Create the home page of your Freewebs website by clicking on the 'Edit' button next to the file 'index.htm.' The edit button looks like a paper and pencil. Freewebs provides some basic HTML code to get you started. It is a good idea to open your website in another window or tab to look at while you are working.
Change the HTML title tag to the text you want displayed in the browser bar when your website is loaded. This should include the title and description of your website and keywords that people will search for. Within the
tags on the Freewebs edit page, you may input meta tags such as keywords, description and author information. If you are using a cascading style sheet (CSS) to design your website, include the HTML code for it (
is the correct HTML code to include a CSS file). The 'style.css' should be the name of the CSS file itself. If you are using a CSS file for your Freewebs website, you must upload the file to your account.
Copy and paste the HTML from a template found on another web design website if you found or bought one you like. If you are not using a template, you must change the HTML code on Freewebs by editing the page files. The web page editor gives you a basic WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) editor at the top of the screen. You can change font size, style, color, make text bold or italics and insert hyperlinks and images with ease.
Input your own HTML code using the standard tags and attributes if you do not want to use the WYSIWYG editor. Use and tags for large headings and sub-headings of diminishing size. All basic text paragraphs should be bound by HTML tags. Images can be inserted with the HTML code. All image files must be uploaded to the Freewebs account before including them. Click on the green 'Images' button on the account page and upload the graphic files there.
Complete the HTML code for your Freewebs website index file, or home page, and click the 'Save' button at the top left side of the screen. It looks like a small, blue computer disk. The Freewebs account page will load again. If you want more than one page to your website, click the blue 'add a page' link and repeat the steps to create your own website with HTML code.
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