Month: January 2008

Categories
business

Small Business Loan

As taught by my professor at Small Business Management class – Small Business Loan is the hardest thing to get, especially when you don’t have a proven track of successful and established businesses behind you.However, SBA – Small Business Administration helps you to obtain loans with little or no collateral and with as little of (or bad) credit history as it gets. After all – dire straits is a good incentive to start a new business.Any help in securing a necessary finances is much appreciated – by upcoming entrepreneurs and existing small businesses. Especially the way the some companies do it, by requiring no collateral and (with good FICO score) almost no documentation (“the stronger your Credit History, the less documentation you will need to provide“). If you have a business to run, one more hassle you just don’t need is keeping up with paperwork. Trust me, I am business owner myself.

You can apply for a loan right on their web site via secure web form. There are two fees – application and consulting – due upon submitting application and application approval respectively. Other then this – the process seem to be very transparent. Oh, and there is no fee for cancellation, which must be a good thing.

Categories
blog

The Year Of A Blog

Looks like we’re a little late to the party, but it doesn’t mean we can’t have our chunk of fun. In addition to the blog we set up earlier for Don’t Date That Guy – not just one, but two more blogs emerging on our servers.

One will be in Russian (sorry, folks), and will deal with weight problems that Russian immigrants (especially of older age) are dealing with. Unfortunately, their life in former Soviet Union wasn’t as bright as our lives here and now. Science of dieting was not popular and not many people could afford to eat as healthy as we are now. So, we hope that by creating this web site we will provide valuable and necessary information for our own parents and relatives. Stay tuned, the launch is scheduled for February.

Second upcoming blog (hopefully) will launch approximately at the same time. It is targeted to a more younger crowd, people who are bored with existing places they go out to, but not sure where to go instead. Now, don’t confuse it with Zagat survey, it will look more like Events section from Village Voice then CitySearch listings. Plans are (so I heard) to include a lot of free or very inexpensive places. As it turns out not – not every 20-year old kid drives a Ferrari and makes a fortune on eBay.

Not sure if disclosing our future plans is a good idea, but it would be a nice experiment to see how things turn out. Zealus Web Design always tries to support our customers’ ideas and provide them with insights and knowledge of things they would otherwise have a hard time figuring out.

Categories
outsourcing

Mysteries at stores

Shopping could be a good experience. It also could be a disaster (just think of your budget after Christmas and New Years for a moment!). Some people make it a mystery. I am talking about companies that provides mystery shopping service.

Now, this marketing research technique is nothing new, but if you really want to get to know what is going on in the field – you have to go to the field. Some of us, business owners, simply cannot afford such a luxury. That’s where mystery shopping service comes into play.

Sounds like fun if you know how to deal with all the data.

P.S. For those who are interested in how this stuff works – there is always a chance to apply online to become a secret shopper. Not sure about the benefits package, but definitely something to think about once the retirement would feel closer.