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Word-of-mouth popularity, properly referred to as viral marketing, is one of the more effective ways of promoting a business, thought, or product. For websites, one of the most successful methods of viral marketing is the use of Tell-A-Friend emails. These allow visitors to email a page and its contents to friends and family, or someone else who maybe interested.

Starting any small business is, for lack of a better term, a challenge. You can't just jump into it without plenty of thought and research. Running your business is a never-ending roller coaster of good days and bad; ups and downs; rewards and failures; all from which we learn.

Are there really viable work at home jobs out there? This is a question that I'm asked almost daily. The fact is, there are most definitely careers that can be done from your home and there are people who are actually successful in those jobs. One of the fastest growing industries happens to be one that can be done from home: Medical Transcription.

A software developer phoned recently to ask me to edit the writing in a PowerPoint file that will be shown to possible investors. Nothing is unusual about a self-employed writer getting a phone call from a potential client. It becomes a little unusual, however, when we learn that the developer resides in Gujarat, India and I am situated in Vancouver, Canada.

Starting any small business is, for lack of a better term, a challenge. You can't just jump into it without plenty of thought and research. Running your business is a never-ending roller coaster of good days and bad; ups and downs; rewards and failures; all from which we learn.

A software developer phoned recently to ask me to edit the writing in a PowerPoint file that will be shown to possible investors. Nothing is unusual about a self-employed writer getting a phone call from a potential client. What is a bit unusual, however, is the fact that the developer resides in Gujarat, India and I am situated in Vancouver, Canada.