Do you even know what M-Commerce is?

Well you better learn fast. Predictions in Europe for
M-Commerce, the second largest market behind Asia, are for a
spend of €7.4 Billion in 2006 that’s over $8 Billion. That’s
twice the predicted spend of traditional web services!

So what is M-Commerce? It’s very simple, mobile / cell phone
based sales. Usually relating to content such as games,
wallpaper, ringtones etc. But there’s much more to it than that.
Keep reading.

What’s the big deal? More people own a mobile phone than a PC,
they’re better integrated in to daily life. People are very
comfortable using them. They are now in fact heavily relied
upon, as the phone feature is only a small part of what can be
perceived as a miniature multi-purpose multi-capable portable
computer.

Mobile Growth Mobile growth already outstrips all other
communication channels. Half of all Americans are mobile phone
subscribers. In the UK the ownership of a mobile phone is
equivalent to 1.5 phones per head of population. According to
research, mobile content services will be worth $121 Billion
worldwide by 2008. White label distribution of ringtones,
images, games and other promotions will drive up to 1/5th of the
revenue generated. It’s estimated 1.5 Billion people worldwide
own a mobile phone.

With more and more technology add-ons to tempt the consumer
these devices are now Cameras, MP3 players, game consoles, voice
notepads, picture albums, diary organiser, PDF readers etc etc.

In fact I’m writing this article on my PDA / Phone whilst sat in
the sunshine in the garden. With two taps on the screen I can
hook up to my home wireless network and check my emails, browse
the net, update my Blog or edit and publish article submissions
on one of my sites all via broadband.

We are not that far away from always on Net connections. Once
this arrives it will allow anyone to do this almost wherever
they are. Certainly in the major cities around the world. When
this happens there will be a third Internet boom as Joe public
try’s out the Net connection again that was always too shoddy to
use in the past.

And what will they want? Content! ringtones, wallpaper, games,
MP3’s etc

But I’m getting ahead of myself. The real money isn’t even going
to be made via a Net sale. The real money will be made via
SMS(Short Message Service), MMS(Multimedia Messaging System) and
this ones a goldmine…Micro payments.

Recent research has shown a doubling of worldwide revenue from
streaming TV and sports bulletin subscriptions. 380 million
people worldwide are expected to subscribe to similar services
in 2005. Including TV show bulletins particularly from ‘reality
TV’ shows, News bulletins or Soap updates.

Big deal you’re not a TV network how can you make some money out
of this boom? I’ll go into that in a second but first I want to
go back to those Micro payments I mentioned earlier. The real
gold dust.

Micro Payment Profits Micro payments have been around for a
while here in the UK. A smaller land mass has allowed for a
quicker rollout of mobile technologies here. Nationwide Network
coverage is easier to achieve. I believe the first example in
the US to take it mainstream was by the ‘American Idol’ show.
Viewers voted for the acts on the show via their mobile phone.
They where then charged a small premium for their vote on top of
their networks regular SMS charge. Think of the millions of
votes that the show attracted and the revenue generated.

That’s micro payments in action.

The beauty of this is that people don’t feel like they’re
spending money because they don’t need to whip out their credit
card, it’s an easier payment method, usually involving a simple
text to a small number and the payment is small. They also trust
their mobile for making payments unlike an online transaction.

Any payments made will appear on their next phone bill. People
are already used to paying in this way, they’re comfortable with
it. Whether it’s to vote for an act on a TV show, for a game
download or to grab the latest ringtone.

What have you got that you could take micro payments for? You
should be considering how you can utilise your current website
network to tap into this market. Do you offer subscriptions? Is
there a service you offer that you could convert to
subscriptions.

How Can You Make Some Money? Here’s a quick example. Your
newsletter. Would your subscribers be willing to pay a small
premium to have your newsletter delivered directly to their
mobile? Wherever they are, without the need to be sat in front
of a PC. Thus bypassing the SPAM filter problem and guaranteeing
they receive your valuable content. You could sell it as
valuable service for your customers with added content not
available on your site or via your regular newsletter.

Or offer them up to the minute breaking news in their industry,
which they receive as it breaks and not when they check their
email five hours later when it’s to late to take action.

Digital artists sell your wallpaper designs direct to the
consumer via the mobile phone. New bands forget the record
company contract sell your music via MP3’s direct to the
consumer. Investment advisors get subscribers to your ‘Hot Tips’
bulletins. Store owners offer a sale bulletin service etc etc

The Future The omnipresent Google are moving forward with major
mobile initiatives. Spending vast amounts of money to stake a
claim in this fledgling market. There’s the mobile version of
Froogle for one and they’ve also developed mobile business
listings specifically for the potentially huge ‘local search’
market. They also offer a free SMS based information service
http://www.google.com/sms/ and http://www.google.co.uk/sms/

Another major company Real Networks, creators of Real media
Player, recently bought Finnish mobile phone game developers Mr
Goodliving for $15M. Essentially buying a back catalogue of high
profile mobile games.

NTL a cable TV company here in the UK recently streamed the
Grand National, the biggest race horse meet here in the UK, live
to Nokia owning subscribers.

This is early days and that’s a small glimpse of the future.

The M-Commerce Market is very different from the online market
in terms of what content consumers are currently paying for. The
biggest revenue generators online, 70%, are porn and dating
sites. A similar percentage via mobile is for games, music and
video. Films, that’s another one, Nokia are now distributing
Hollywood movies via memory card!

The technology specifically 3G, an always on network with
transfer rates of 384kbs a second, is here and trickling into
mainstream culture. These devices are in fact capable of
1920kbs. Compare that to GPRS at 56kbs. You don’t need these
speeds to take advantage of this market but you should keep them
in mind to realise the full potential of where mobile
communication is going.

Here’s a brief, eye opening, wish list from consumers for future
mobile phone payment abilities:-

10 Use your mobile as a key 9 Marketing communications 8 Retail
checkout payments 7 Vending machine payments 6 Flight check in 5
Credit / debit cards 4 Season tickets 3 Loyalty cards 2 Parking
Meter payments 1 Mobile Coupon redemption

Getting Started How do you Accept Payments? Reverse SMS is very
popular at the moment. It provides the ability for you to direct
consumers to secret download links on your site whilst taking
payment through a premium SMS message. Another method known as
‘WAP Push’ sends a link via SMS that automatically launches when
the message is opened. You will need to set up your own WAP /
SMS Gateway on your server which will require server
administrator access to use both these solutions.

But there are other easier solutions a number of websites are
springing up that allow you to upload your content available for
download, games, video, wallpaper, MP3’s etc . A small fee is
taken from each paid download by the SMS Gateway company.

I’ve compiled a list of useful links to a number of the above
solutions and I’ve also thrown in a couple of links to
‘mobaphile’ websites were you will find some interesting
predictions for the future development of mobile phones along
with some real off the wall ideas for making money with mobiles.
http://www.how-to-make-money-online.info/m-commerce-resources.php

To paraphrase a strap line ‘The future’s bright the future’s
mobile’

Darren Yates
http://www.articlesbase.com/ecommerce-articles/mcommerce-twice-the-cash-value-of-ecommerce-1093.html

This article is about something that could help you set-up your own small-scale business. General overview is given on the many aspects of entrepreneurship. Partly, a brief history is shared so as to inform the reader of the business’ origin. Body: Throughout the years, candy and chocolate lovers around the globe have become patrons of candy stands. Back in the 1800s, Henri Nestle searched for an alternative to breast milk and discovered that chocolates make for a good substitute. This brought about the emergence of candy and chocolate stands that we now see and enjoy.

If you are a fanatic, then putting up a candy stand will be just right for you. There is nothing more rewarding than to have a business that you enjoy. If you need help on this, you can surf the net for companies, which offer services pertaining to entrepreneurship. Be keen on details and don’t be misled. Make sure that your source is reliable and try to get feedback also from the people who are already engaged in the business.

Locations, displays, marketing initiatives are some factors to be considered when venturing in this industry. Check for competitors in and around your target area so as to strategize your course of action. There are many and inexpensive ways to maximize the profitability of the business you intend to set up.

Aside from candies and chocolates, popcorn and cotton candy stalls likewise pose great earning potentials. Finding a popcorn machine or one that produces cotton candy is also a big help in turning your investments to profits. Each machine is designed specifically so it can serve its ultimate purpose and you being an amateur in this should take everything into account. Whether you’d be setting up in a carnival, a quiet neighborhood, or at a local store, having the right tools surely will make a difference. Service warranties and machine guarantees may also protect you and your business from going caput even before it shoots off to unexpected heights of success. Coming up with promotions and offers are plus factors too, just ensuring that what you suggest to the followers are irresistible enough that they can’t turn their backs on. Remember, your goal is to make profit, create repeat customers and for your business name to be a conversation must-have.

Now if you opt to become the next big thing in the cotton candy retail business, this is as easy as putting up a popcorn stand. Again, what you have to look into are the same details mentioned above.

There are a multitude of selections up for grabs so be precise and decide on what you really want, because in any business venture, the key ingredient is having knowledge of what you’re getting yourself into. Consider the wide range of other moneymakers like vending machines. You can either get one for yourself or sell strategically to stores that are currently in their expansion stage.

The Internet provides us with a selection of establishments known for quality equipments like these and such data is readily available to you anytime.

It is not enough that you have the capital to begin with but rather equipping yourself with the basic information will definitely prepare you for your intended business. Return of investments shall be faster, easier ensuring that your enterprise will survive the test of times.

David H. Urmann
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/satisfy-your-cravings-setup-your-own-oneofakind-candy-stand-451414.html

Cholesterol is very important basic fatty substance that is essential for our survival. Over 85% of cholesterol is produced in our liver and we only need to get 15% from outside sources. The problem is that we are consuming way more cholesterol than what our bodies need from sources outside our bodies and that’s the beginning of the problem. Cholesterol’s only outside food source is the animal kingdom like bacon, sausages, hotdogs, butter and other dairy products, heavy creams, sour cream, cheeses, fatty cuts of meet or pork and lard. Coconut and palm oils are the 2 sources for cholesterol sources from a non-animal kingdom.

Bringing these 2 silent killers cholesterol and blood pressure are covered in an e-book titled “Lifestyle Makeover: Defeat High Cholesterol and Blood Pressure”

Moreover, we have become more than ever a largely physically inactive society. We are sitting throughout an entire 8 to 12 hour work day then go home and sit in front of the TV some 5 or 6 hours more while consuming large meals, snacks and beverages that are rich in fats (especially saturated fats), salt, and loads of sugar all of which contributing to more belly fat build up. Belly fat buildup causes the start of inflammation in our arteries contributing to plaque build up and insulin resistance and leading to heart attacks and diabetes. All of the daily unfavorable choices we are making every day are literally killing us.

People are also leading highly stressful lives and vent off by eating more sugar or smoking worsening the situation and mortality outcomes.

When people don’t read nutrition labels they tend to consume very dense food, snacks and sugary beverages that are nutrient deficient. These foods are available all over at fast food restaurants or vending machines and contain loads of sugar, fats and unwanted calories. For refreshments and hydration instead of water people’s main form of hydration are large SUGARY soft drinks, “lemonades”, “sweetened tea”, “smoothies”, “lattes and frappucinos” which contain loads more of sugar which turns in the body to belly fat (increasing waist lines and triglycerides levels that float in the blood to block more arteries.

That’s how people build their own time bombs by blocking their own arteries with their own unfavorable choices.

People are awesome at taking care of their home and family, awesome at business planning and forecasts, excellent marketers, excellent 1,3 and 5 year projection planners but their health (which is THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR) is in utter shambles and they may not survive these forecasts or may survive with major blows and debilitations to their vital organs due to all these risks factors that will tumble on their heads and make them magnets to all kinds of PREDATOR MANMADE DISEASES.

People spend a ton of money on outside looks and makeovers for their businesses, closets, their office, home but they neglect the most crucial makeover to their lifestyles which is the one that will protect their vital organs and spare their lives.

For someone who has cholesterol, lifestyle changes along with medication treatment and periodically monitoring cholesterol to track progress are essential for an effective Lifestyle Makeover and avoiding harms way.

If you are diagnosed with high cholesterol and if your doctor prescribes medications then take them as instructed every day. High cholesterol presents no symptoms just a sudden heart attack that can be deadly. I see it every day in my pharmacy practice that people believe that by taking medications they are safe and they can indulge and remain inactive. Along with medications you need to make balanced lifestyle choices, increase the walking you do every day, cut back on eating fried foods and sugars. Switch to water and limit all other beverages to a couple non-sugar containing beverages. Increase your intake of fiber from oats, whole grain bread, beans, brown rice and whole wheat pasta.

For more details on how you can bring your cholesterol and blood pressure under control log on to www.LifestyleMakeoverEbook.com and check out the e-book titled “Lifestyle Makeover: Defeat High Cholesterol and Blood Pressure” and other e-books to help you manage your stress, sexual health, consume alcohol in balance and quit smoking (if you’re a smoker).

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George Tohme
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/is-cholesterol-the-bad-guy-have-our-choices-been-killing-us-677960.html

If they are interested on the food and army that you are donation for vending, definitely you can require hundreds to thousands of dollars in revenues from your online business. On the other hand, if they are just too indolent to heed what you want to say and what you are donation, better fasten down your delicate mainframe thing and find some other conduct of earning money.

As an Internet dealer, you do not want the support scenario to transpire to your Internet advertiseing career. To be the exclusion to the reign, you must magnetize more web visitors to your locate and convert them into long-call clients and erect a loyal clientele center. Once you have fulfilled such requirements, require that there is something in reconvertpositive reconverts, to be certain.

How will you say to Internet users that you want them to keep your online business vibrant? In reality, you want not to tell them frank to the detail that you shoddily want them. All you want is a skillful object and some online advertising to get them lacking making them achieve that you shoddily want them.

During the second part, we must switch to a more serious side to fully communicate the subject matter in a way for all to understand.

There are many online advertising procedures on the Internet and each procedure has their invention that facility better on certain industries. There are enormous facts of individuals and companies working online who desires to puff what they have to proffer, and there are also enormous facts of individuals and companies on the Internet who are agreeable to afford some advertising seats. However, judgeing that the online advertising advertise is fully large, it will be inefficient for the puffrs as well as the affordrs of these online advertising seats to individually greet and seminar about the calls of conditions of advertising.

The individual or troupe who want to puff will sure friend an online-centerd advertising troupe that are agreeable to afford the liberty that the puffr desires as well as distribute their puffments to different venues on the Internet at the same time.

The more payback are now towards the online advertising safe. And you are judgeing an online advertising business.

But before you go, there are numerous equipment you want to judge first.

birth to group a collection of weblocates or online companies that are agreeable to place puffments on their locates. cliquey locates that are getting high web transfer every month. Once you have grouped advertising locate venues, you may now launch soliciting advertising clients. These puffrs will pay a certain quantity of money that will commensurate with the exposure of their food or army on your advertising locate venues. For command, if you have contracted with 20 weblocates that are getting an common of 200,000 web visitors every month, you can market as greatly as 2,000,000 advertising exposures every month on each puffr. In reason that you have negotiated around 20 advertising venues on each weblocate, you can market an equivalent of 20 advertising clients with 2,000,000 advertising exposures every month. If an puffr only pays for 1,000,000 advertising exposures, you can still market the residual 1,000,000 advertising exposures for a totality of 11 advertising clients.

Now, what are the types of online advertising that you can proffer? Here are some of the donations that you can market to individuals or companies who want to puff their food or army on the Internet.

Banner ads- these ads are typically charming ads that are generally viewed on high-transfer locates and includes a hyperlink back to the puffrs own locate. These are priced according to the number of ads exposed. For command, banner ads can be sold in tons of 250,000 impressions each.

Sponsorship ads- these ads are generally superior than banner ads, which sometimes include judgeable quantity of textbook. These are typically sited on high-transfer areas such as ezines or online newsletters.  It is priced according to the number of readers of the newsletter or publication in which the ad is sited.

Pay per click (PPC) ads- these ads are priced according to the number of clicks generated through locate visitors, These are generally textbook ads, however there are PPC ads that are charming-centerd.

birthing your own online advertising business is another opportthingy of earning more money on the Internet advertiseing activity.

Mrlee
http://www.articlesbase.com/marketing-articles/internet-marketing-online-advertising-727196.html

 

Let us take a look at the different types of income. They are:

 

1. Earned Income – obtained from working for someone or a company.

 

2. Passive Income – income generated from business.

 

3. Portfolio Income – income generated from investments in paper assets.

 

Earned Income comes from having a job in a company or in someone else’s business. You get paid for your time and services rendered. In the previous section, we mentioned that workers work just hard enough not to get fired and employers pay just enough for workers not to quit.

This indicates that the income an employee can generate from working for an employer is limited. There is the possibility that an employee may devote extra effort thinking the employer will pay him/her more. It is a rare possibility particularly when business is difficult, but possible.

And even if it happens, it is still limited. Whatever additional profit gained by the employer as a result of the employee’s extra effort, the employer will get the bigger “slice of the pie.” You are, in effect, making someone else rich through your added effort. Don’t think I’m discouraging this. It is a good act.

I’m just stating a fact. It’s likely that you will be telling yourself mentally: “Hey, that’s not fair.” Fair or not, that’s the way life is, when you work for money.

If you are an employee, you get your money or paycheck after everything else. It is earned income, less taxes and everything else deductible, before money reaches your hand. And if ever the money reaches your hand, the next place it is bound to go is to pay your bills. If the amount is not enough, you are bound to borrow, which makes you debt-ridden if it accumulates. Now, this is one big mistake. Don’t ever get debt-ridden. It is the quicksand to poverty.

Earned Income is a safe way to generate an income. There is not much thinking to do. Except for a few high paying, high profile jobs, your work is mostly concentrated on a few things where you keep repeating the same functions. Unconsciously, this discourages creativity, so boredom starts to set in.

It is because of this boredom that getting to work every morning is such a drag and you keep on looking forward to weekends, holidays, and vacations.

Unless you really love what you do without consideration to the income it generates, or unless you are highly paid, or unless there is a lot more to learn in your job, or unless financial security is of no importance to you, there is no reason for you to stay long in the “rat race.”

The earlier it is to get out of the trap, the better chances you will attain financial success.

Passive Income is generated from businesses. You can sell products or offer services, or a combination thereof. Examples are buying/selling real estate, trading merchandise as in wholesaling and retailing, etc. In many cases, you need not be physically present in your place of business.

There are also small businesses like vending machines where you hardly require an employee to visit those machines for refill (since you can do it yourself). You can also go with franchising; either be a franchiser or a franchisee. The list is endless as long as you do what you love to do.

The beauty of going into your own business is that you work for you, not for someone else. You enrich yourself, not someone else. Your time is disciplined but more flexible because you can make your own schedule.

Another advantage of going into business, especially in your own corporation, is that you earn and spend before tax is deducted, unlike being an employee where you are taxed before you spend.

Portfolio Income, just like passive income, is making money work for you. Portfolio Income is generated from paper assets like bonds, stock market, certificate of deposits, and mutual funds. They are called paper assets because literally, they are businesses that revolve on papers.

It is in portfolio income where financial knowledge is of vital importance. Your intellect interacting with creativity can either unmake or make you rich.

Antonio Cuauro
http://www.articlesbase.com/entrepreneurship-articles/3-types-of-income-707289.html

If there is one metal that is widely used in many applications, may it be at home or in industrial plants, then it is aluminum. According to statistics, over twenty nine million tons of aluminum is required each year to meet the ever growing global demand. Twenty two million of this tonnage is new aluminum. There is obvious a deficit of seven tones and this is where recycling comes in. Statistics also show that aluminum is more recyclable than any other material available worldwide.

If you take a look at your neighborhood trash areas, you will notice a lot of discarded empty beverage cans. The majority of these cans are made of metal and this metal is no other than aluminum. For any enterprising person, this is an opportunity to make money. You can collect the discarded aluminum scrap materials and take them to the recycling firms. In the shopping malls the case is the same, discarded containers from the many vending machines installed in them. Normally, these vending machines are stacked with various aluminum cans containing various drinkables. All you need to do is to start collecting these containers at regular intervals. Make a sizable amount and take them to the recycling firms. They always pay well for this. This collecting of discarded aluminum is a money-minting enterprise which is not likely to die off soon.

As long as beverages are going to be packed in aluminum cans or cases, there is always going to be disposal of the empty containers. The best disposal method is to take them back to the recycling factories. The people who get into this business are not only prosperous but they also keep our environment clean and safe. So, if you have ever had dreams about establishing a home-based business this is the best opportunity for you. You are guaranteed a continuous flow of income by choosing to start an aluminum scrap collection business.

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freddy ngiam
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-business-articles/recycling-aluminum-scrap-home-based-business-ideas-740587.html

Looking at the way Americans eat today is not really health-oriented. However, recent studies and published surveys have made the common public more conscious about their diet and eating habits. This trend towards healthier eating habits has brought down the popularity of traditional snack food and drinks from vending machines. This is mostly common in schools and employee break rooms where soft drinks, candy and fried snacks are being replaced by bottled water, juices and low fat snacks.
If you are running a Planet Antares vending business, you can provide a healthy vending program to customers along with the regular items in your menu. This will give them greater variety to choose from. The demand for healthy snacks is rising at a fast pace. Almost everyone is health conscious and wants to eat nutritious food. Americans are facing obesity as a big issue and with the high number of obese people in the country; this problem is not going away soon.
Healthier versions of traditional snacks are also being introduced in the market by many manufacturers, such as crème filled sandwich cookies and fried cheese snacks. As the demand for healthy products increases, companies are manufacturing more and healthier food items. Several locations demand only healthy foods in their vending machines. Planet Antares vending machines can easily cater to the needs of such locations.
In spite of the growing interest in healthy vending options, the availability and cost of healthy food items can be quite difficult. Usually, organic and low fat items cost twice as much as the conventional products. This is a major deterrent for most vending operators who avoid keeping healthy food items in their vending machines. They feel that they will lose business by offering healthy products alone. As a Planet Antares vending operator, you must offer healthy items to cater to their growing demand.
A healthy program can be successful in your Planet Antares vending business if the vending operators and packages goods supplier work in cooperation. Start off by placing a few of the products in your vending machines, just to see how they sell. Make sure that there is a lot of demand for such items in the chosen locations. By placing healthy products in your vending machines, you will recognize a change in the desires of people and hence, gain their loyalty towards your products.

Kerry Collin
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-articles/planet-antares-offers-healthy-vending-programs-675179.html

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and search "Business In A Box".

That should have any documents you need for your new small business.

Also, any books by the company "Nolo" are good… I actually paid a large sum to legally purchase eBooks from them for my small business.

Search "Small Business" as well… The book lists that come up are extensive and a great help.