So you want to start a joint venture project. Here is a quick checklist to make sure you’re on the right track to success:

Business owners are often intrigued by online conferencing, but they may assume that it is too expensive for them. In reality, it is not nearly as expensive as you might think. There are numerous online conferencing software options available, and many of them are affordable for small businesses.

Finding a good intern can be a wonderful thing for your business. When you get a truly great one, you may not want to let her or him go. You might decide to offer your intern a full-time paying position once the internship is complete. But sometimes interns have other things in mind.

Searching for an intern is more difficult than one might imagine. Finding the right one for your business is just as important as carefully selecting your employees. And if you're hiring your intern for a short-term project, it's especially important to find someone who can jump in and get the job done.

Following are some qualities to look for in your interns:

You have your joint venture product ready to launch. How are you going to tell the world about it? How are you going to launch your joint venture in style?

Here are just a few ideas to get your thoughts percolating.

Most virtual assistants perform all sorts of tasks. They can handle correspondence, do web design, write blog posts, take care of scheduling, and much more. Each VA brings her own unique set of skills to the table, but she is almost always multitalented.

Aspiring administrative professionals can benefit tremendously by being an intern for a virtual assistant. VAs can often use an extra hand to get everything done, and their interns can learn many things by working with them. Here are five things interns can learn through a virtual assistant internship:

Affiliate marketers have a variety of ways that they promote the companies they are affiliated with. Some use email marketing. Some prefer to build websites and drive traffic to them. Each HTML newsletter or website has a different flavor, so to speak. There are different layouts, colors and voices.

With trips to the copy machine and typical "grunt work", let's face it: the majority of internships are far from glamorous. The work you do is useful but sometimes internships are not what you expected them to be. However, there is a glimmer of hope to keep in mind: your internship may have a great prize at the end of the experience. Many interns are in an ideal position to get a full-time position with the company they are interning with. If you play your cards right, you could be looking at a great start to your successful career.

Running a business requires us to perform a variety of tasks. Some of these we enjoy and excel at. Others we do just because they are necessary to the operation of our business. When you don't have employees, it comes with the territory.

Outsourcing can help us get the things that we're not good at, don't have time for, or simply don't enjoy doing. But when we're getting started in business, it's sometimes hard to come up with the money to hire help, even if it's not a full-time employee. So how can we outsource with little or no money?

Anyone who has researched ways to make money online has probably come across a scam or two. Marketing scams have been around for a very long time, but the Internet has made it much easier for them to proliferate. If you want to make money online, it's critical to know as much as possible about marketing scams. Following are some of the more common types of marketing scams.

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