Building A Virtual Corporation

Looking Big Time on a Small Time Budget

This 130+ page eBook includes:

• The Wave of the Future: Why Go Virtual?
• Frequently Asked Questions

• Do you have what it takes to create a virtual corporation?
• QUIZ: Are You VC Material?
• You're ready for business—is your business ready for you?
• The Importance of Being Earnest—Er, Organized
• Goal setting: where will you be in five years?
• Yes, You Can: Why No Goal is Too Lofty
• Your business, your way: determining your virtual potential
• Essential Equipment for the Home Office
• Home Office Feng Shui: A Crash Course in Arrangement
• Marking Your Territory
• Cyber Space: Home Office Computer Considerations
• Insurance: Do You Need It?

• Why you must look bigger than you are
• Creating the illusion: How to give your small business a big presence
• Where do you live and work? The importance of your physical address
• There is no "I" in "team"
• Multiple identities: creating "departments" (without hiring staff)
• Paper or plastic: why you need to accept credit cards
• What's that ringing in your ears? Phone services for virtual entrepreneurs
• The Skinny on Expansion: Fitting In to Your Virtual Skin
• Company Logos: You Need One
• How to Be a Consummate Professional
• Keep 'Em Coming: Earning Repeat Business
• Elastic Options: Choosing Services That Grow with Your Company

• Going it Alone: How to Clone Yourself Online
• Virtual Assistants: The Magic of Telecommuting and Distance Employmen
• Virtual Employees: Telecommuting to a Home Office Near You
• Contractors and Freelancers: Why You Need Them, How to Find Them
• Wording Your Job Advertisement
• Virtual Temp Services: Who You Need, When You Need Them
• Paying with Virtual Money

• Typecasting: What Will Your Business Be?
• Online Sales Tax: To Charge or Not to Charge?
• Uncle Sam Wants You! Tax Tips for the One-Person Show
• Why You Need a (Virtual) Accountant
• The Golden Years: Retirement Planning for the VC Owner
• Micro-Management: Legal Handling of Your Scattered Employees

• Your Web Site: Like a Building, Only... Not
• Naming Your Domain
• Selecting a Web Host: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• Professionalism: The Total Package
• What the Heck is a Blog, And Why Should I Get One?
• Plastering Your Web Site: Internet Advertising Techniques
• Autoresponders are Your Friends
• How to Use Them
• Where to Get Them
• The Great Divide: Conquering Isolation in a Virtual Environment
• How to Streamline Your Virtual Corporation for Maximum Profits
• Save Money
• Spend Money
• Make Money
• Info Dump: Tips, Tricks and Tidbits for the Virtual Corporation
• Time Management: How to Get Things Done When You’re Not
• Living by the Clock
• Child Care for the Virtual Corporation Owner