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The Unofficial GuideTM to Starting a Business Online [Paperback]

Jason R. Rich (Author)

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Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd.; 1 edition (Nov 11 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0028633407
ISBN-13: 978-0028633404
Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 13.4 x 3 cm
Shipping Weight: 635 g

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,659,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"…a must read for any budding Richard Bransons…" ( Windows XP Made Easy, November 2006) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Only a few years into its popular use, the World Wide Web has already enabled thousands to set up online businesses that require a minimum of upkeep and maximum profits. The Unofficial Guide to Starting a Business Online is the cyber-entrepreneur's ultimate guide to every aspect of hanging out a shingle in the virtual world. Here's what readers get: Step-by-step advice and key information on setting up shop online, from creating a Web site to marketing and advertising big on a shoestring budget Addresses for hundreds of Web sites they can use as start-up references that would have taken hundreds of hours to track down alone A rundown of the best businesses to start online, and advice for choosing the right one Pointers on combining traditional selling techniques with Web-specific ones for the best of all possible plans!

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So, you've heard all of the hype about the Internet's World Wide Web and the profit potential of starting a business on the Information Superhighway. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars This book gave me some new ideas for my On-line business, Jan 24 2004

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This review is from: The Unofficial GuideTM to Starting a Business Online (Paperback)

I started my own business and have been selling books online for over 5 years (and doing very well thank you), and I also volunteer in my free time as an outplacement counselor for a local non-profit training facility, so I have had a little bit of experience in business; and I have to tell you after reading the dreadful reviews I picked up a copy of this book just for grins... not! This book has some really good ideas. True there is no magic bullet, but that's just it, this book gives good direction and if you have a half-way decent brain and some ambition you will do the rest. My biggest problem as an outplacment counselor (whose job it is to help people to go out there and look for a job) is motivating them. I give them the direction but they want the easy fix. This book will not give you an easy fix, but if you want some good solid ideas ... read this book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy It, Jan 9 2003

Bill (Detroit) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Unofficial GuideTM to Starting a Business Online (Paperback)

I bought the book on the strength of the excerpts on the back. It is a waste of paper. The information is shallow an very dated. It does not provide any valuable information, even the rhetoric is thin and pale. The "trends" are old guesses from the DOTCOM era. AND the "money saving techniques" are stale. And I figured this out and I'm just starting a web business. Try TechTV's Starting an Online Business. It's FAR better. Better yet try multiple books and do some deep diving on the web. You know the 3rd 4th and 5th pages when you do a web search. Good Luck.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Read this book.You might be the next successful entrepreneur, July 22 2002

Gustavo A. Acosta (Miami Beach, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

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I have read a few more books on this subject. All of them share many concepts. However each of these books add useful ideas of how to start an online business. I recommend to read not only this one but others like: "Starting an Online Business" by Frank Fiore, "Mompreneurs Online" by Patricia Cobe and "Making Money in Cyberspace" by Paul and Sarah Edwards. Do not stop only on one book, search other sources and you will have a better idea about Online Bunisness. This book have some chapters that will be very basic to some readers but the overall idea of this publication is worth to read it. You will find interviews with succesful e-commerce entrepreneurs. I loved the interviews with Chris Gwynn in Chapter 16 (founder and president of Fridgedoor.com) and Tim Brady and Paul Graham in Chapter 15 (Vice President of Production and Executive Producer of Yahoo Stores). Dont't miss this book! you might be the next successful e-entrepreneur...

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1.0 out of 5 stars Complete Waste
The only thing to be learned from this book is if you have a catchy title and access to bookshelf space, you can sell anything, even 414 pages of filler. Read more

Published on Jan 12 2003 by hypermodern

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth the Time
This "Unofficial Guide" is officially not worth the time. I read the entire book, hoping to find a jewel of applicable information, but I was very disappointed. Read more

Published on Jun 29 2002 by C. McAllister