The geek's guide to Internet business success - Bob Schmidt

The EEK?S, Guide To Internet Business Success Bob Schmidt Geek Power! You?ve mastered every script under the sun. The most complicated code is no sweat. Nobody in cyberspace has cooler Web pages than you. Heck, even your dog?s got a URL! Now you want to start or grow your own business and suddenly you find yourself? clueless! Well, stop worrying. In your hands is the business roadmap for creative and technical people who know their way around the Net, but need some direction in the business world ? The Geek?s Guide to Internet Business Success. Web developers, marketers, consultants, service providers, and serious Internet entrepreneurs of every type will learn what it takes to turn an Internet dream into a profitable reality, including:

• How to set professional rates for your services
• How to get and keep customers
• How to budget for success
• How to manage Web site development
• How to bill customers and get paid on time
• How to truly "grow" your internet business
• How to manage your sales and marketing
• Hundreds of business tips!

No matter how slick you are behind a keyboard, in order to succeed on the Net, you need a whole slew of business skills. And The Geek?s Guide helps you master?em all ? writing your business plan, securing strategic partners, making presentations, hiring and paying employees and freelancers, and more! With The Guide, you get a step–by–step program covering all the essentials of the tricky business of staying alive online. The Net has created a whole new range of business opportunities. Tens of thousands of people are opening up their own Internet enterprises. But with so many people trying to make a buck online, its going to be tough to get ahead. But now you?ve got an edge. With the help of The Geek?s Guide you?ll have the savvy you need to make money in the Metaverse?and leave the wannabes and the dreamers in the dust!

About the Author Bob Schmidt is the president and founder of Provider Marketing Group, Inc. (www.provider.com). He has 15 years of ad agency ownership and management experience, seven years of selling online, and three years of Web development experience, including a leadership role in a 30–person Web development start–up agency.