Whether you will be offering a product or a service - one of the most important parts to a Business Plan will be the section on Market Share and Sales. If you are unsure of exactly how you will accomplish this as you prepare your business plan then you need to take an aggressive stance on your first rough draft in these sections.

You will come back to these sections after you have completed the proformas and after you have done your de diligence in demographic research, target marketing, evaluating the market segments and competition.

Below is a "rough draft" quick statement for an oral hygiene product that was invented by Charles Shooster PhD. Perhaps this sample will indeed give you some insight as you work thru your business plan for your company:

Market Share

We will compete like wild banchees for market share, as we are not interested in sharing anything, we intend to take all and ask questions later. Our company does not share well, mainly because our product is superior, customers know this and our biggest competitor has already left the market prior to our launch. There will be competing products and we expect copy cats, however we also know we can out think, out hustle and out sell our competition, just let them try to compete with us, as we are the competition and they will know it. If this bothers you, you are on the wrong team and this is a perfect time to gracefully exit and have a nice life.

Sales

We will hire Los Angeles based actors to man our telephone campaigns to call on purchasing agents in the distribution channels we seek. For instance, there are 200 companies which sell products thru catalogs using MLM; there are 150 major companies selling to the Vending Machine Industry; there are 400 organic food chain stores; etc. We will use Craig's List and Hollywood Reporter for help wanted advertisements.

We will pay these individuals a nominal sum to start of $350.00 plus commission on the sales they close. They will direct the buyer to the website and online video demonstration and attempt to secure the order. We will in some cases mail samples to the buyers to assist in closing the sale. We will offer terms in billing to large corporations, which are well established with good credit ratings.

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The important thing is to not allow this to hold you up. You must set the tone and mood of your own convictions and then continue the planning process. I certainly hope you will understand the necessity and foresight in this article. I wish you the best of luck and success in whatever business you are starting. Sincerely, Lance.

"Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington

Imagine being able to sit down at the piano and create your own unique music without years of study. Now imagine being able to do it within 1 hour! It's possible when you learn how to play the open position piano chord!

The OPC is a special way of forming chords at the piano. You use both hands right away to create a modern sounding chord that's perfect for today's contemporary styles. It's called "open position" because of the way the notes of the chord are spread out.

The left hand plays the root, fifth, and seventh notes of the chord while the right hand takes the third and seventh again. The sound is amazing but this isn't the biggest benefit of this particular chord structure. The biggest benefit is what you can do with it!

For example, in the piano lesson "Reflections in Water," you start by playing a C Major 7 OPC. Now that you have the chord what are you going to do to make music? You are going to improvise a melody with the right hand using the tones from the C Major scale. You see, all you really need to know in order to make your own music is chords and the scale the chords came from.

You need to know the notes of the scale so you can use them to improvise a melody. Now the beauty of the open position chord is that you don't have to move your hands around too much in order to create a melody with. In fact, you can pretty much stay within this chord structure and create a beautiful piece of music.

Reflections in Water uses 4 chords to create a few minutes of music with. A beginner can learn to use this chord structure within 1 hour and create music with it. It really is that easy!

Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 years and works with students in private, in groups, and now over the internet. Visit http://www.quiescencemusic.com now and get a FREE piano lesson!

How do transposition and modulation relate? Are they the same? In this article we're going to take a look at both of them and see what makes them tick.

I am sure that you have had the experience sometime in your piano-playing life when someone asks you to play a song -- but in a different key than in which it is written. It might be a singer wanting you to lower the song a step so he/she doesn't screech. It might be a song leader wanting you to play a song in a more comfortable keys for a congregation or group. It might be a trumpet player looking over your shoulder and wanting to play along with you -- but when he/she plays the same note you are playing, it sure doesn't sound the same!

So....it's your job, as pianist, to get that song moved to a different key. That's transposition -- playing or writing a song in a different key than in which it was originally written.

Modulation is similar but different -- modulation means the process of getting from the old key to the new key. In other words, if I'm playing in the key of C, and then want to play in the key of Eb, I have to learn to modulate -- move smoothly from one key to another without being too abrupt and jarring.

There are basically 3 ways to transpose:

1. by intervals

2. by scale degrees

3. by solfege -- the moveable "do" system.

But since solfege applies mostly to singers, we will ignore that possibility and just take up the first two:

1. Intervals: If the new key is an interval of a minor 3rd above the old key, then all notes in the song will also be an interval of a minor 3rd higher. In other words, if you are transposing from the key of C to the key of Eb, which is a minor 3rd higher (or major 6th lower -- whichever way you want to look at it), then all melody notes will also be a minor 3rd higher:

"G" in the key of C would become "Bb" in the key of Eb. "E" in the key of C would become ":G" in the new key of Eb. "A" would become "C", "B" would become "D", and so on. All chords would also move a minor 3rd higher. The "C chord" would become the "Eb chord", the "F chord" would become the "Ab chord", and so on.

2. Scale degrees: Each key you play in has it's own scale degrees. In the key of C the scale degrees are: C=1, D=2, E=3, F=4, G=5, A=6, B=7, C=8. In the key of Eb, however, Eb=1, F=2, G=3, Ab=4, Bb=5, C=6, D=7, Eb=8. So if I want to transpose Silent Night, for example, from the key of C to the key of Eb, I need to notice what scale degrees I am using in the key of C, and then use those same scale degrees in the key of Eb. For example, Silent Night starts on the 5th degree of the scale, goes up to the 6th, back to the 5th, then down to the 3rd. In the key of C that is: G-A-G-E. But in the key of Eb it is Bb-C-Bb-G. Why? Because the scale degrees 5-6-5-3 are constant -- we just need to apply them in each key. What about chords? Same idea. If the chord progression on Silent Night is the I chord followed by the V chord, followed by the I chord, followed by the IV chord, etc. -- then in the key of C that means C-G-C-F-etc., but in the key of Eb it means Eb-Bb-Eb-Ab-etc.

Modulation means getting between keys, so let's say you are playing in the key of C, but you want to get to the key of Eb smoothly, without jarring the nerves of the listeners. There are lots of ways to do it, but the main point is that you have to get to the V7 chord of the new key. So from the key of C to the key of Eb, that means getting to Bb7. How do we do that smoothly? We look for chords with common notes. Since the V of the V of the new key would be Fm7, we have C as a common note. So we hold the C in the C chord, and move the rest of the C chord to Fm7, then Bb7, then Eb, and presto -- we are there!

Hope this has helped you understand both the process and the difference between transposing and modulating. Just remember this: Transposition means to play a song in a different key, while modulation is the process of getting from key to key.

Duane Shinn is the author of over 500 music books and music educational materials such as DVD's, CD's, chord charts, musical software, and piano lesson instructional courses for adults. A free lesson on transposition & modulation is available: "Transposition & Modulation: What's the Difference?"Duane holds advanced degrees from Southern Oregon University. You can sign up for his free 101-week online e-mail newsletter titled Amazing Secrets Of Exciting Piano Chords & Sizzling Chord Progressions" which now has over 70,000 current subscribers worldwide.

Guitar playing is an art and not everyone is a gifted guitarist. This article is devoted to all those guitar lovers who have at some point of their life or the other, experienced a deep desire to learn playing guitar. Well, guitar learning is not as difficult as people say it is. At least with the DVD series of the Learn and Master Guitar program, the challenging task of learning to play the guitar becomes much more easy and uncomplicated.

This program has such a wide range of guitar concepts, techniques and styles to teach, that any person who follows this program is sure to learn the guitar quite fluently, confidently, flawlessly and with a reasonably high degree of versatility within a few months of starting with this program. This best part about this program is that apart from the rich knowledge that it provides through the video lessons, it also provides an unlimited amount of practical tips, which add a lot of life to your guitar playing skills, in addition to making guitar playing very effortless and simple for you.

The instructor, Steve Krenz is a very experienced guitarist, an accomplished musician and a widely acclaimed guitar teacher. He seems to know what piece of advice or what tip to provide at the exact moment when it is needed. It is as if he can read you mind and can understand your requirement completely. Here are a few tips and suggestions from Steve, that are very simple and yet without them, you would be missing out on a lot of perfection and pleasure of playing the guitar.

Guitar Tips and Guitar Tricks

Very often, beginners complain that playing the guitar hurts their fingers. Steve suggests exercises for improving finger agility and strength in the initial part of this instructional program itself, so that nobody quits learning because of this problem. He clarifies that the problem can be solved through regular practice, which encourages callus building, when the finger tips press down hard on the strings. He also points out that barring a chord is very helpful for callus building and also improves finger strength and dexterity.

In addition to introducing you to the world of chords, chord families, chord progressions, chord formulas, smooth chord transitions, chord substitution, advanced chords and altered chords, Steve also equips you with several tips pertaining to chords. He tells you to teach yourself as many different ways of playing a chord as possible, because it adds greater flexibility during cord changing and is also going to be useful when you try to compose your own music. According to him, you should carry the guitar with you and practice playing chords as frequently as possible, while watching TV or talking to a friend, as this will refrain you from looking at the guitar and playing each not. As you continue with this practice, your fingers will get used to playing fluently and with greater confidence, even if you do not look constantly look at the fretboard each time you strike a note.

This program provides many such useful tips, which we can very well do without, but whose implementation can add an element of grace and perfection to your guitar playing skills. This program provides you with such a large variety of free guitar licks and songs that you can practice as often as you like. It helps polish your guitar playing skills and takes your guitar learning process to an entirely different level, wherein you know how to apply what you have learnt. Therefore, irrespective of whether you are a born guitarist or not, you can soon start playing the guitar like any of the professional guitarists.

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Why us EBay is the easiest and fastest way to get started selling on the internet?

First of all it's a limited investment:

* Without having to lease an office,

* Without hiring employees,

* Without overhead that normally comes with a brick and mortar type store.

Secondly, with eBay it's very limited:

* There's almost no need for equipment,

* There is no need to spend years in business courses,

* There's a short learning curve.

And finally what`s the reason for people who has professionally designed website with hot niche items to sell of not making any money?

Answer is simple!

They're not getting any traffic. See, that's what eBay does for you. One of the most difficult things anybody on the Internet has for a problem is how to get traffic to the Web site.

Actually, eBay does it for a quite reasonable cost (I am talking about those trouble auction fees). If anybody has tried to do a Google AdWords campaign or pay per click or regular advertising or any type of newspaper advertising, you know it's very expensive to get attention.

It's highest quality traffic where people are actually eager to buy. This is very powerful tool put in your very own hands.

Not many businesses allow you to start slow and build it gradually at your own pace. Normally when you start a business you have to hit the ground running because you have a large investment that you need to recoup very quickly. That`s another advantage of having an eBay business.

The first thing that I recommend you to do in getting started is to sign up for eBay. They have some online videos and tutorials that will show you the basics of buying and selling. Please take your time and understand the content.

Now, if you are new this I would recommend you to read this really helpful step by step guide When you ready come back to me and let`s do some advanced training.

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