tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355440762011-12-15T02:39:37.674ZThe Blog will give you a brief insight in to how to start an internet business as well as telling you my story about my website www.homeowners.ie - A website for buying and selling propertyMichael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160053556105791232006-10-05T14:04:00.000+01:002006-10-05T14:05:56.113+01:005th October 2006 - <span style="color:#3333ff;">Someone reccommends to me a way of telling my story and I start my blog</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005355610579123?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160053383413575432006-10-05T14:02:00.000+01:002006-10-05T14:04:31.066+01:002nd October 2006 - <span style="color:#009900;">The first of many Private users register their property on the site today</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005338341357543?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160053282579583212006-10-05T13:59:00.000+01:002006-10-05T14:01:22.586+01:0030th August 2006 - <span style="color:#3333ff;">The first of many estate agents register and puts up all their properties on the site</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005328257958321?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160052455981427852006-10-05T13:44:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:50:26.976+01:00Monday August 6th - <span style="color:#009900;">On Monday August 6th I launch the site to my family, friends and anyone else who knows me and proceed to market the business.</span><br /><span style="color:#009900;">Marketing includes -</span><br /><span style="color:#009900;">Emails, phone calls, press releases, press adverts, google, flyers, business cards etc.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005245598142785?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160052136236469332006-10-05T13:41:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:42:16.236+01:0014th July 2006 - <span style="color:#3333ff;">The website programmer has confirmed that the website is complete but I am not happy as there are still errors and some changes needed</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005213623646933?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160051645985908652006-10-05T13:30:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:40:51.950+01:004th July 2006 - <span style="color:#009900;">I lodge the start up money in to a business bank account - now it really hits home that I am going ahead with my first business</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005164598590865?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160051265394824122006-10-05T13:26:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:30:31.470+01:001st June 2006 - <span style="color:#3333ff;">After a number of weeks waiting for the merchant number, I can proceed with a contract with an outside payment company to handle the money transactions on the website</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005126539482412?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160051077249750702006-10-05T13:17:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:25:53.323+01:0024th May 2006 - <span style="color:#009900;">After a few weeks of patience, I get my merchant number for the bank; I need this to use a payment company on the website</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005107724975070?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160050621481655602006-10-05T13:14:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:17:01.480+01:0011th April 2006 - <span style="color:#3333ff;">The Webpage design has come back and the initial feeling was - yeah this will work! We decide to proceed and the website programming begins</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005062148165560?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160050448478992812006-10-05T13:10:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:14:08.476+01:0024th March 2006 - <span style="color:#009900;">My Website writer subcontracts out the design of the site and we discuss ideas and how it should look</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005044847899281?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160050240442132442006-10-05T13:07:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:10:40.446+01:0024th March - <span style="color:#3333ff;">I transferred the domain name to a different host and set up a hosting package with them</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005024044213244?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160050019741516512006-10-05T13:05:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:06:59.740+01:003rd March 2006 - <span style="color:#009900;">I registered the domain name today </span><a href="http://www.homeowners.ie"><span style="color:#009900;">www.homeowners.ie</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116005001974151651?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160049898512002272006-10-05T13:00:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:04:58.520+01:0027th February 2006 - <span style="color:#3333ff;">Both quotations received back; I chose one because of the price, the knowledge, and the guy was more on the lines of how I was thinking</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116004989851200227?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160049533098178482006-10-05T12:55:00.000+01:002006-10-05T12:58:53.100+01:0015th February 2006 - <span style="color:#009900;">I decided to get the legal stuff out of the way early and set up a Company called Online Home Owners Ltd.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116004953309817848?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160049333339382342006-10-05T12:50:00.000+01:002006-10-05T12:55:33.346+01:001st February 2006 - <span style="color:#3333ff;">I contacted four web page writers and from that asked two of them for a qoute telling them as much as I could about the website - the hardest thing is sharing the idea with someone from the outside!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116004933333938234?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35544076.post-1160046841799256832006-10-05T12:12:00.000+01:002006-10-05T13:00:18.500+01:001st January 2006 - <span style="color:#009900;">The Business plan involves</span><br /><span style="color:#009900;">Mission Statement, business details, legal stuff, key people, market research, competitors, business objectives, marketing plan, sales plan, premises, financial info including budget, and any other info that you think may be useful</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35544076-116004684179925683?l=irishhomeowners.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Michael O'Sheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06204710914369401411noreply@blogger.com0