ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html><head><title>How to start a business. How to succeed in Business</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="description" content="Join the Game - The Online Business Game."> <meta name="title" content="How to Start a Small Business" /> <meta name="original-source" content="http://www.bizhomework.com/" /> <meta property="og:title" content="How to Start a Small Business" /> <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> <meta property="og:url" content="http://www.bizhomework/index.html" /> <meta property="og:image" content="http://www.bizhomework.com/images/thumb100.png" /> <meta property="og:description" content="Get advice on identifying a market need, writing a business plan, and setting up a new venture." /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="bizhomework.com" /> <meta property="fb:page_id" content="bizhomework" /> <meta name="keywords" content="start a business, starting a business, how to start a business, starting a small business, how to start a small business" /> <meta name="description" content="Find out how to start a small business with our start-up guide, business homework. Get advice on identifying a market need, writing a business plan, and setting up a new business." /> <meta name="robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta name="googlebot" content="index,follow" /> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.17080" name="GENERATOR"><link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> </head> <body bgcolor="#6d0000" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"> <div align="center"> <h1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" color=#6d0000>Christian Entrepreneurs, Christian Business</font></h1> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" color=#6d0000>Christian Entrepreneurs save the world. Christian Businesses should succeed. </font></p> <h2 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" color=#6d0000>Business tips</font></h2> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 1pt" color=#6d0000>Christian business tips to save your business and create jobs and opportunities. </font></p> <table id="Table_01" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="776" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="6"><img title="Start a Business" height="81" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_01.gif" width=775></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="81" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><map name="FPMap1"> <area shape="RECT" coords="402, 13, 501, 45" href="http://blog.brandhomework.com"> <area shape="RECT" coords="316, 12, 378, 44" href="faq.html"> <area shape="RECT" coords="230, 15, 300, 48" href="index.html"> <area shape="RECT" coords="633, 9, 761, 28" href="entrepreneur_test.html"> <area shape="RECT" coords="636, 24, 729, 47" href="register.html"></map><img title="Start a Business" height=52 alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_02.gif" width=775 useMap=#FPMap1 border=0></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="52" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><img title="Start a Business" height="179" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aarS2_03.gif" width=775></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="179" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_04.gif" width=775></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><map name="FPMap0"> <area shape="RECT" coords="54, 11, 136, 32" href="resources.html"> <area shape="RECT" coords="181, 5, 340, 34" href="branding.html"> <area shape="RECT" coords="358, 6, 480, 34" href="business_plan.html"> <area shape="RECT" coords="509, 4, 643, 36" href="businesstips.html"></map><img title="Start a Business" height="38" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_05.gif" width=775 useMap=#FPMap0 border=0></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="38" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_06.gif" width=727></td> <td rowspan="2"><img title="Start a Business" height="13" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_07.gif" width=48></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td background="images/index-1aar_08.gif" colspan="2" rowspan="3">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="3"><img title="Start a Business" height="12" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_09.gif" width=679></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="12" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><img title="Start a Business" height="6" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_10.gif" width=678></td> <td background="images/index-1aar_11.gif" colspan="2" rowspan="3">&nbsp;</td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="6" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top" background="images/index-1aar_12.gif" colspan="2"><font face=Tahoma> <h1 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font size="5">Branding Definitions You Need to Know</font></h1> <h2 style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">&nbsp;</h2> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="t11_b"> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Branding:</b> Branding is the desire to convey to customers, the employees and the public your company s core values.</font></p> <div v:shape="_x0000_s1026" class="O"> <div style="mso-line-spacing: 100 20 0; mso-margin-left-alt: 216; mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1"> <p class="t11_b"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"> <span style="mso-special-format: bullet; position: absolute; left: -3.93%"> " </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><b>Successful Brand:</b> Your brand has developed the emotional tie between the visual imagery of your company and a person s gut feeling about your company. A successful brand give &quot;good vibrations.&quot;&nbsp; The emotional connection is positive and speaks well of your company, your product or you.</span></font></div> <div style="mso-line-spacing: 100 50 0; mso-margin-left-alt: 216; mso-char-wrap: 1; mso-kinsoku-overflow: 1"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="t11_b">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="t11_b"><b> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">Advertising: </font></b> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">The placement of a persuasive messages or announcements. For the entrepreneur, he seeks to minimize the expense but maximize the impact. </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="t11_b">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="t11_b"><b> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">Marketing: </font></b> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">The process of planning the structural components: pricing, promotion, etc. and executing a tangible plan to realize the brand and organizational goals (sales, market share, etc.). </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="t11_b">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="t11_b"> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>REFERENCES</b></font></p> <ul> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="t11_b"> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">Assael, Henry. Consumer Behavior and Marketing Action, 2nd ed. Boston, MA.: Kent Publishing Co., 1984.</font></li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" class="t11_b"> <font face="Tahoma" size="2">Bennett, Peter D., ed. Dictionary of Marketing Terms,, 2nd ed. Published in conjunction with the American Marketing Association. Chicago, IL.: NTC Business Books, 1995.</font></li> </ul> </div> </div> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p> </font> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font face="Tahoma"> <font color="#6D0000">For more information check out </font> <a href="http://galliumgroup.com"><font color="#6D0000"> http://galliumgroup.com</font></a></font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px">&nbsp;</p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><i><font face="Tahoma" size=2>As <b>iron</b> <b>sharpens</b> <b>iron</b>, so one man <b>sharpens</b> another. </font><font face="Tahoma" size=1>(Proverbs 27:17)</font><font face="Tahoma" size=2> </font></i><br></p></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="20" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td background="images/index-1aar_13.gif" colspan="2" rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td> <td background="images/index-1aar_14.gif" rowspan="2"> <table id="table1" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border=0> <tbody> <tr height="100%"> <td valign="top" width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <table id="table2" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border=0> <tbody> <tr height="100%"> <td width="100%"> <table id="table3" height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border=0> <tbody> <tr height="100%"> <td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 7px; PADDING-LEFT: 20px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 10px" vAlign=top> <em><font face="Tahoma" size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></em></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> &nbsp;</td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_15.gif" width=162></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td background="images/f4.gif" colspan="3" rowspan="2"> <a href="http://blog.busymama.net"><img title="Start a Business" height="141" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_16.gif" width=211 border=0></a></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="140" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><img title="Start a Business" height="3" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_17.gif" width=46></td> <td colspan="2"><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_18.gif" width=518></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td background="images/index-1aar_19.gif" colspan="5" rowspan="2"><font face=Tahoma size=2><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="about.html"><font color="#6d0000">About US</font></a><font color=#6d0000> | </font><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="contact.html"><font color="#6d0000">Contact Us</font></a><font color=#6d0000> | </font><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="resources.html"><font color="#6d0000">Resources</font></a><font color=#6d0000> |</font><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="faq.html"><font color="#6d0000">FAQ</font></a><font color="#6d0000"> | <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://blog.brandhomework.com"><font color="#6d0000">Business Blog</font></a>&nbsp; </font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font color="#6d0000">Copyright 2011 BizHomework.com</font></font></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="2" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="46" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/index-1aar_20.gif" width=46></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="46" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr> <tr> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=46></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=2></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=516></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=162></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td> <td><img title="Start a Business" height="1" alt="Christian business tips" src="images/spacer.gif" width=48></td> <td></td></tr></tbody></table></div><!-- End ImageReady Slices --></body></html>