3 Ways to Get Money for Your Business and Advice From an Expert

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Permalink Reply by Lookman on June 22, 2009 at 1:20pm

That sounds interesting for a budding author / screenwriter like me.

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Permalink Reply by Rob Easley on June 24, 2009 at 6:01am

Natalie-
I have always heard that you shouldn't put up you house as collateral and to keep your personal assets separate from business. I understand that many people risk everything they own for a small business venture. Under what circumstances is it appropriate aside from the logical research one should perform before going into any business?

My wife and I used on of my smaller life insurance policies to go into business. At first it was stressful, but I think the worries decreased as we became more familiar with the work from home environment. Our determination to succeed was the driving factor, causing us to work longer hours in the beginning. In your field, I'm sure this is just every day procedure. Does the risk of losing everything motivate or cause stress? Your comments are greatly appreciated.
God bless.
Rob

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Permalink Reply by aubrey on June 27, 2009 at 11:37pm

hey i am an artist looking for investors ,can you helpme

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Permalink Reply by stewpot60 on June 29, 2009 at 12:51pm

this seems like a profitable business the growth chart looks impressive i am myself intoducing a product which wil earn money for new internet entreprenuers who have only a small budget to from, would you be able to give me some advise

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Permalink Reply by AveHurley on June 29, 2009 at 3:05pm

Hi ~

I am a disabled single mom and an artist that since the kids are grown, I have devoted my time back to my artwork.

I used to show & sell out in NYC back in the 70's but moved to Pennsylvania after my accident. giving up my career for decades, except for private commissions and charity work.

I got online a few years ago & began selling on Ebay and in online shops selling fast initially.

Then I started some websites of my own and sell from them as well. I now have an art network of hundreds of other emerging artists worldwide and collectively show some of their work on my artsite.

Many belong to other sites as well and so in my groups section we have Directories building with cross promotions to sell all our art.

I have learned to do my own printing & got equipment where I can print up to 13x19 inch giclees of my art to sell and do. For larger works I outsource to some of the artsites I belong to that do printings.

I used to teach art lessons and would like to start again but living on a farm in the middle of no where is not a good way to get a brick and mortar business going again.

Ideally, I would like a large storefront with a studio apartment attached in some city, preferably NYC where I came from , but would consider elsewhere.

If I could find an investor/s to provide such and to handle some of the business end of my online promotions as well then I could open a gallery, sell my work, also sell my members works, hold art classes for local residents and live there at the same time, being free to create new art.

Check my art out and you will see that it has appeal and potential.

If I could be freed up to create more art, then with prints, cards, and clothing etc with my artwork the potential is there for a large return for any investor. For now I am so limited being in my current location that it is frustrating as I know the portential but dont have the resources to change my location and get started.

Search me online and see that I have presense and alot ot offer.
AveHurley, avehurleyillustrations,LadyMadonnah ~

Now I need the help of an investor to make this happen for both of us!

I virally did the twitter thing and posted to all the freeads and followed links signing up almost everywhere..zzz I am tired~
Now hopefully I did it right,lol but I don't even know nor think I can retrace my steps!

With maintaining my own site manually it has taken more time than I care to spend so I haven't been on twitter the last few days. I need to get back there.

I get too tired to think up new things to consolidate into the 140 and dont want to get repetitious with people, so I haven't tweeted much lately, but maybe I should?

I have been announcing my current contest where all a person has to do is leave a comment on any album on my artsite. I have all my own art plus that of 128 other artists there with over 70 albums so far since starting last month.
This contest ends 7/15 and prizes will be awarded on 7/20

I am giving 5 prizes in various categories but so far I see that less than 100 people have left comments so that means winning is like 1:20 and total prizes value $125
so that can be an expensive way to promote. I guess, but it is with products instead of cash so I dont have to lay out a full $125 which helps.

I plan on a new contest each month as part of my promotions and give away prints of my art to the winners.

I consolidated all my online sites to that one with easy access to all of them by links~so I have had increased traffic but sales are still low.

AveHurleyIllustrations.ning.com so learning these things you have been teaching is important to me.

I also hope more people enter my contest ~More so I hope more people begin buying my art~ and my members artworks which are a great investment as many are original pieces!

Thanks :) Ave

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Permalink Reply by Scruffy TV on June 29, 2009 at 5:57pm

Natalie, I own a business in the Caribbean which offers services online such as Radio, TV, Social Networking, Live Streaming, Media Production ect. we are looking for businesses with interest in the Caribbean market who may wish to advertise on our network. Can you point us to any websites, organizations which we can network with. Any grant programs which we may qualify for?

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Permalink Reply by Faith Sloan on July 9, 2009 at 10:27am

Dave, I agree with you here.

There are many folks who go the borrowing route for online businesses. Many online businesses take a bit of networking, some work, developing relationships etc in terms of getting off of the ground. i always ask folks "What's the Hurry?"

i am not sure whether you are familiar with Joint Venture Group, Dave, I am a member there but I am not writing this to promote this (notice no affiliate link anywhere. LOL!) I highly recommend that folks take a look at them. Awesome opportunity for those short on cash (less than $100 to join) but they allow folks to build up income in order to eventually gain income from multiple companies.

Do the foot work, ladies and gentlemen! it is a lot less expensive than opening up an offline franchise or going through the painful process of procuring venture capital funds (that was uhhhh a lot of fun), or the 'traditional' ways of starting up a small business.

Don't max out the credit cards with their usury laced interest rates. Empower yourself with information, take your time, use leverage ...

God Bless
Faith Renee Sloan
1.877.896.4383

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Permalink Reply by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on July 13, 2009 at 2:40pm

You forgot alternative finance like Factoring which is selling your accounts receivables. I can help with that, btw.

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Permalink Reply by Brad VanGuard on July 17, 2009 at 5:17pm

My boss Ron Porter co-founded a company called Castlewave. Him and his partner started with 5,000 dollars and in the first year built a 1.8 million dollar business. His partner Rich Christiansen has started 28 businesses. 8 of which were failures and a couple were mediocre, and the rest were worth over a million. They've written a book called Bootstrap Business A step-by-step survival guide for small businesses. I think you should check it out.

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