Its new year again, aside from our own new years resolution, some of us are thinking of putting up a small home based business to start the new year right.
Before starting you new income generating endeavor, make sure to consider some of these things :
- Decide What Products Your Business will Offer – Since its just a start up, start with few line of items then as you grow, you can start adding related products.
- Know Your Market and Your Competition – Ask your friends, check for possible dealers where you can consign your products and make a list of possible clients. Also check your competitors outlet and distributors, you may want to send samples to them as well.
- Have proper training and Check your resources – TLRC and DTI are some of the government institutions that provides training on some cottage industries. Make sure you have enough capital and equipment before you start up. Make Sure You Can Do the Tasks Needed Before Starting a Small Business. Determine Your Start up Costs to make sure your business will operate continuously.
- Understand Legal Barriers and Government requirements before Starting Your Business – Is your product patented? Check out if you need to register your own business. Remember some clients requires official receipts and OR’s are not issued by BIR to non registered businesses.
- Assess your Cash Flow – If you are already earning and you think that you can now leave your day job. Check out first if it can really support your needs and if your market is stable. Consider Your Break Even Point, Start buying additional equipment when you think you have already recovered your start up costs.
- Ask support from your Family – Since your business is new and its expensive to hire additional manpower, you may consider asking for help from your family member.
Good Luck and Happy New Year to All!
It’s another time of the year where people are buying new mobile phones and gadgets as a personal reward for a year of hardwork.
In the Philippines, particularly in Manila – most people have their own cellphone. No wonder, The Philippines was recognized as the worlds Texting Capital, In fact the word “Texting” originated from the Philippines to replace the word “SMS” or “Short Message Service”.
If you are in Manila or visiting Manila and you want to know where to purchase a new mobile phone, the best option is to go to a ‘tiangge’ or market stalls where you can bargain almost everything from cellphones to gadgets and cellphone accessories. Here’s the list of Metro Manila shopping centers for mobile phone bargain hunters:
- St. Francis Square- This Mall is located right at the back of SM Megamall, most mobile phone vendors here also have stalls in Greenhills.
- Greenhills Shopping Center- Greenhills is well known for great bargains. You can find all brand of brand new and pre-owned cell phones in the second floor of the Mall.
- 168 Shopping Mall- This place is known for cheap merchandise like clothing’s, gadgets and accessories! You can find cheap cell-phones but be very carefull, a lot of them are just a replica of the original or what we usually call a “China Phone”.
- Goldcrest Makati- Located near Glorietta 1, This place is very popular for techy peope. You can find almost all gadgets here, from Mp3 players, laptops, PC’s to all kind of Mobile Phones.
- Robinsons Place Manila- The Cell Phone Arena is located in the Padre Faura Wing. Although everything is a bit expensive in compare to Greenhills, This Super Mall is my personal favorite since this Mall practically have everything I’m looking for.
If you know any other place in Metro Manila where we can find great bargain for Cell Phones, Please let me know so I can add it in the list:)
It’s not just Newspaper, TV and Radio, Popularity is also being measured by the number of times he or she is being searched online via search engines. So what it takes to be popular? Some became popular singing sensation via Video uploading site like Youtube while some needs to be an undisputed pound-per-pound boxer like Manny Pacquiao.
World Class talent like Charice Pempengco and Arnel Pineda were the most searched celebrities in Pinoys version of Google; www.google.com.ph . But boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is still the most searched person in Google Philippines. According to Google’s year-end list of most popular search keywords entered by Google.com.ph users, the peoples champ Manny Pacquiao is still the undisputed.
When it comes to tourism related keyword, Pangasinan is the most searched keyword for travel destination beating Boracay, Cebu, Palawan and Baguio. The iPhone 3G, launched locally around middle of the year, is the most searched for gadget in by Filipinos although several Nokia handset models are in the top 10.
Tip: You can generate Organic traffic by writing about popular keywords in the Internet. Organic traffic generation may take time but the most important is your content. Make sure to write content that is related to your keyword and search engines will display your website in the top of their listings FAST!
Since Christmas is all about giving, Manila Freelancer will be giving away several items this Christmas which includes one SUPER TALENT 200X 4GB USB Flash Drive, 1 Ridata 1 GB USB Flash Drive, 1 Memorex 1 GB USB Flash Drive, 1 PQI 1GB USB Flash Drive and FOUR 2009 RED Starbucks Planners. I’ll be adding more soon…
Super Talent’s patented PICO USB drives pack huge capacites into a tiny case.
Features :
- Handy: Extremely small and lightweight for easy portability
- Stylish: Available in three styles
- Durable: Shock resistant and water resistant
- Hot Plug & Play: Yes
- Driver downloads: Free password control through Super Talent’s website
- Guaranteed: Backed with Super Talent’s lifetime warranty
- Made in USA: Designed and Manufactured in USA
Half the size of an SD card, each PICO drive is smaller than the plug at the end of a USB cable! But tiny does not have to mean fragile or slow. [More]
Credit cards debts has been a major problem for most credit card holders. Credit Card usage can be a convenient way of making payment for your purchases since you don’t have to bring paper bills and you can earn points too each time you use it.
However, if you spend more than what you earn, chances are, you may have a hard time balancing your finances. If you’re stretched to the limit on your credit cards, you have no margin for error; no room to maneuver if you have an emergency.
Here are some simple tips to keep you from increasing your credit card debt.
- Only make purchases you can afford to repay on a monthly basis
- Find a card that offers more rewards and rebates
- Use credit card with 0% interest and no fees for future balance transfers
- Pay more than the minimum amount due
- Think before you swipe your card – Do you really need to buy it?
Instead of maximizing your credit limit, start saving your spare cash for you to have an emergency fund. If you have enough savings, you definitely don’t need a credit card and you can definitely avoid excessive credit card debt :)
2008 is nearly over and Christmas is approaching too fast! Do already have a gift for your loved ones? or maybe for yourself? After almost 12 months of working very hard, you should give in to a little treat.
Just like how Abenson treats its Plus! Card holders to a 3-day Wow Deals sale of some of the most high-tech appliances and gadgets in the metro.
Grand Christmas Sale @ Abenson
In this 3-day sale, Plus! Card holders get an exclusive access to the coolest appliances and gadgets like the latest 32” LCD TV sold at 25% off of its original price. Aside from LCD TVs, Philips mp3 players are also up for grabs for unbelievably low prices, some of it even bundled at buy one, get one free. [More]
