Begin At The Beginning…

Over the years a number of well-known people (and the occasional unknown) have been quoted on the topic of where to begin. A few of those quotes are reproduced here. Take a moment to read them and think about them. There are some real gems here. They may seem to be just cute sayings at […]

A Little About Learning

For most of us, learning new things, or even reading more than a paragraph or two, is something we gave up when we graduated from high school or college. Heaven help us if we have to read a whole page of information. Most of us really aren’t stupid, though we often tend to say that […]

A Good Place To Start For Online Sellers

Are you feeling like a real latecomer to online selling? Don’t. Now is a very good time to catch up. In fact, you don’t need to catch up because most of us are having to change lots of our thinking and methods as the Internet grows and develops new patterns and habits. I would venture […]

A Business Plan

One of the first, and most important, things any new online seller — any new business person for that matter — should do is create a business plan. There are many examples of formal business plans in a variety of formats but even if it is just a simple, hand-written, outline of what you want […]

Where Do I Begin?

(We borrowed this and made slight modifications, with permission, from a commercial website. It seemed to exactly suit the mission of the OSA.) This is probably our most asked question, and not to be "smart" about it, let me quote Charles Dodgeson from his very popular book, Alice in Wonderland: "Begin at the beginning… then […]

Which Is Best?

The key here is "which is best for you" with the emphasis on YOU. I often see posts from people asking, "Which is the best FTP program?" or "Which is the best shopping cart?" or "Which is the best web design program?", etc. There are a lot of each of these (and many others) to […]

Four Important Factors To Get You Started

Getting started with your online business can get a little complex. Sometimes there seems to be just too much to do. There’s legal considerations and accounting and finding suppliers and choosing a selling site and… well, you get the idea. There’s a lot of stuff to consider. That’s what the Online Selling Association is all […]

What No One Ever Tells You about Starting Your Own Business

What No One Ever Tells You about Starting Your Own Business Real-Life Start-Up Advice from 101 Successful Entrepreneurs. Starting a business involves inevitable ups and downs, for first-time as well as experienced entrepreneurs. This updated, expanded edition by Jan Norman, one of the nation’s foremost small business authorities, guides readers through every stage of business […]