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    How Many Sites Can 1 person Handle?

    He likely means the infamous "Google Slap". Basically Google updates their algorithm for ranking sites continually and makes major changes occasionally. A couple recent ones are known as Panda and Penguin. When these major changes hit it can cause massive changes in rankings even for well...
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    How Many Sites Can 1 person Handle?

    If you are building niche websites you could easily handle 100 or more, assuming you outsource a few small tasks here and there. The reason why is because done properly each site takes only a certain amount of time to set up, optimize, and rank. After that it can run on auto-pilot for many...
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    Best business to start in this downturn.

    Woah, this thread kind of got away from me with the chuckles v moneymaker battle, but thought it best to answer anyways. I did a combination of residential and commercial. We didn't do anything fancy really, just your typical prep and paint work. In the early days it was 100% residential...
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    Did hiring a SEO company work for you ?

    Newsflash - they all want money. ;) Some just actually exchange something of value for it. Unfortunately most don't in the wild west world of SEO companies and outsourcing.
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    busines card designer req'd

    I ended up going to fiverr.com and spent $5 USD each on three designers who were all very highly rated. Two of the three came up with fantastic designs and it was actual very hard to make the final choice. It really is crazy the type of quality you can get for $5 on that site sometimes.
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    Did hiring a SEO company work for you ?

    Personally I haven't had much luck with SEO companies. I've hired two, one of whom I gave very specific instructions to, but they both did a poor job overall. Sloppy linking, little structure to their work, etc. I would guess that they outsourced many of their tasks to cheap providers instead...
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    Opening a new company - painters

    Getting into those bigger projects can be difficult. I ran a painting company for five years and it wasn't until the second year that I was really able to start getting into some larger bids once my reputation increased. The biggest thing is to get your card out there and network as best you...
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    purchases on ebay

    Yes, I do this sort of thing all the time and use my Paypal invoices for my records. My accountant has never had a problem with it.
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    Best business to start in this downturn.

    My thoughts on what to do would mostly be influenced by what I already do well. #1 would be to have a forex trading business. With £25k you could do quite well but of course you would need to know what you are doing immediately since your capital isn't that high and there is risk involved. So...
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