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BUSINESS
Top 10 Reasons Your Business
Needs A Website
With the rapid changing climate of
the small business world you have to be more forward thinking than
ever just to keep up with your competition.
Status Quo isn't good enough anymore.
One of the best ways to move your business forward is by getting
you own small business website.
It's not as expensive as you think and when done properly can give
you more return on your investment than almost any other form of
advertising and promotion.
Lets take a look at The Top 10 Reasons Your Business Needs A
Website! I think you will see that some if not all of these can
apply to your company!
1. Having a website can help you generate a professional image-
A professionally designed website is one of the best ways to
instill confidence in new customers who are not familiar with your
company. It gives the impression they are dealing with a firm they
can trust and will generate a sense of respectability.
2. Business Information available - You are able to
communicate address, phone numbers, fax numbers, hours of
operation and clients awareness of special offerings (i.e. sales,
and discontinued items).
3. Your website is the ideal promotional tool which can be
updated at any time - Unlike the yellow pages you can update
your customer offerings at anytime. Plus it??™s cheaper and quicker
to update your website than printed materials such as brochures
and flyers!
4. Sell More Products - Millions of people log on to the
internet each and everyday, creating billions of dollars sold by E
Commerce businesses.
5. Provide Research information - Consumers spend hours of
time researching potential businesses, products and services prior
to making an educated purchase.
6. Reach desirable Demographic Markets - The World Wide Web
is arguably the highest mass-market demographic available. Mostly
consisting of college educated or being college educated consumers
making high salaries or soon to make high salaries.
7. Open International Markets - With a Web page, you can
open up dialogue with international markets as easily as with the
company across the street. Another added benefit is that they can
access your offices information for the price of a local phone
call.
8. Create a 24 Hour Service - Business is worldwide but
your office hours aren't. Web pages serve the client, customer and
partner 24 hours a day, seven days a week. No overtime either.
9. Feed Back from the Customer - Having the proper
information, brochures, catalogs, sales presentations and still no
sales or leads. What went wrong? With Web presence you are able to
ask for feedback in a non-confrontational way and receive
information instantly with out extra cost.
10. Help people make quick decisions - By providing product
or service information plus prices and specifications almost
instantly your website is able to attract new business for you.
Whether you decide to design and build your own website or hire a
professional as the saying goes..."Just Do It." Don't let your
competition leave you behind. Start increasing your sales and
service by getting your own business website today!
by Jeff Schuman
Sites-Plus.Com is a small business resource website offering
the best in everything you need to run your small and home
business.
http://www.sites-plus.com
Email Jeff Schuman!
RECIPES
Apple and Almond
Jalousie
450g frozen puff pastry defrosted
900g dessert apples
1 heaped tablespoon cornflour
2 tablespoons apricot jam
100g marzipan or almond paste grated plain flour
topping:
1 egg beaten
25g flaked almonds
extra apricot jam heated to glaze
Put the pastry in half.
Roll one piece to a 280 to 300mm circle and place on a baking
sheet.
Peel core and thinly slice the apples into a bowl add the
cornflour apricot jam and grated marzipan and mix well.
Spoon this mixture on to the pastry circle spreading to 10mm from
the edge.
Roll the second piece of pastry slightly larger than the first
cutting a circle of about 330 to 350mm.
lightly dust with flour fold in half and with a sharp knife cut
across the fold at 5mm intervals but not right to the outer edges
leaving a border of about 25 to 40mm.
Brush the outer edge of the first circle with beaten egg.
Open out the folded pastry and press down on the egg then seal the
edges together.
Glaze the jalousie with the remaining beaten egg and sprinkle with
the flaked almonds.
Bake on the floor of the roasting oven for about 15 minutes until
pale golden brown.
Slide the cold plain shelf on to the second set of runners and
continue to bake for a further 10 minutes or until the apple is
tender.
Bake on the floor of the roasting oven for about 15 minutes or
until pale golden brown then transfer to the grid shelf on the
floor of the baking oven for 15 minutes until the apple is tender.
Brush with melted apricot jam as a glaze. Serve hot with cream or
cr??me fraiche.
Serves 6
CRAFTS
Soap crayons
1 3/4 C Ivory Snow Flakes
1/4 C Water
50 Drops Food coloring
Mix all ingredients. Shape and let
harden. Can be put in ice cube tray to harden. Can be used
in the tub.
HEALTH & FITNESS
Eating Out
By Tamatha J. Brown
If you're like most people, you're eating out more than ever. With
a little effort, however, you can have almost as much control over
what you eat when you dine out as you do at home. The following
tips give you the tools you need to win at the restaurant game.
1. Get a Little Something on the Side. Salad dressing is
not the only topping that can be served on the side. You can make
the same request with sour cream, sauces and most seasonings.
Unless the dish is pre-made, such as frozen lasagna, having the
kitchen omit a sauce or serve a topping separately is perfectly
acceptable.
2. Ask Until You're Satisfied. Perhaps the most effective
method of getting what you want in a restaurant is to ask
questions. Whether your question is about ingredients, preparation
methods, price, portion size or substitutions, don't settle for a
half-baked answer. If your server seems unsure of the answer to
your question, have him or her ask a manager.
3. Know When to Go. If you have special instructions for
the kitchen, you may want to eat out during non peak hours.
Between 7:00 and 8:30 pm, most good restaurants get very busy, and
your special order may take a little longer or--if you end up
having to send it back--a lot longer. Try going before the dinner
rush.
4. Fib a Little. What's the best way to be sure the oil is
left out of your pasta primavera? Tell your waiter you are
allergic to an ingredient in the oil, or you have a dangerous
reaction to oil because of a medication you're taking.
5. Use Threats. Politely ask your server to tell the
kitchen you will send your food back if it's not prepared to your
specifications. This ensures the kitchen will make it right the
first time. Remember, it's usually the fault of the cook, not the
server, if your food is not prepared properly.
6. Try to Be a Kid Again. Many restaurants have a special
children's section on the menu that you may be able to order from.
If not, ask the waiter--or the manager, if necessary--if you may
have a half order of something. Managers are usually eager to
please.
7. Don't Be a Softie. When the dessert cart comes around,
don't feel bad about saying, "No, thanks," even if a waiter
pressures you. The same goes for unwanted appetizers, drinks or
"extra" side dishes. You will not hurt the waiter's feelings by
saying no.
8. Stop Eating When You Are Full. Ask someone--your waiter,
a busboy, a manager or another waiter--to take your plate when you
have had enough. If you can see as soon as you get your plate that
the portion is too large (as it will be in some restaurants),
immediately divide the food in half. Put one part in a to-go box
or just place it to the side.
9. Be a Regular. If you go to the same place often and get
to know the staff by name, your requests and questions are more
likely to be taken seriously. Who knows, maybe you'll even have a
dish named after you!
10.Tip Generously. Like it or not, the restaurant business
is a service industry where you are the boss. If you take care of
your waiter or waitress, he or she will take care of you.
This article was provide by Chad Tackett, President of Global
Health and Fitness. Please visit his site at
www.global-fitness.com
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