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I'm thinking of starting a new business and have 1 question.

Auscast · 2012-09-10 10:32:28

When was the last time you looked up a business online? In the last 24 hours In the last week or in the last Month. It's be good to put in my business plan something like "24 out of 40 people have searched online for a business in the last month." Cheers.

10-09-2012 11:32am

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Auscast

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When was the last time you looked up a business online?

In the last 24 hours
In the last week
or in the last Month.

It's be good to put in my business plan something like "24 out of 40 people have searched online for a business in the last month."

Cheers.

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#2 10-09-2012 11:34am

Yawlboy

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in the last 24 hours.

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#3 10-09-2012 11:35am

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I have a question: How much are you willing to pay me to answer this survey?

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#4 10-09-2012 11:36am

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Is it an escort business? It's an escort business, isn't it?

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#5 10-09-2012 11:36am

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doesnt matter if everyone in the country "looks up" a business online daily, if your business model is flawed you're doomed to failure.

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#6 10-09-2012 11:36am

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IF you only have one question about starting a business, Id hate to be your business partner! :pac:

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#7 10-09-2012 11:37am

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Possibly in the last week but definitely in the last month.

Best of luck with the new venture. Always great to see people taking the risk to start a new business!!

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#8 10-09-2012 11:37am

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Auscast wrote: »

When was the last time you looked up a business online?

In the last 24 hours
In the last week
or in the last Month.

It's be good to put in my business plan something like "24 out of 40 people have searched online for a business in the last month."

Cheers.

By business, you mean a company offering products or a service in exchange for money? In that case within the last 15 minutes.

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#9 10-09-2012 11:38am

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Any time I need a product or service beyond cigarettes or groceries, the internet is the first place I search tbh.

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#10 10-09-2012 11:41am

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yeah i generally search the internet for info about a company if it involves alot of money

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#11 10-09-2012 11:41am

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Auscast wrote: »

When was the last time you looked up a business online?

In the last 24 hours
In the last week
or in the last Month.

It's be good to put in my business plan something like "24 out of 40 people have searched online for a business in the last month."

Cheers.

5 minutes ago.

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#12 10-09-2012 11:42am

Auscast

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Is it an escort business? It's an escort business, isn't it?

If that's what you need...

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#13 10-09-2012 11:44am

Auscast

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the groutch wrote: »

doesnt matter if everyone in the country "looks up" a business online daily, if your business model is flawed you're doomed to failure.

True, but my business plan has already won an award, and I'm just cleaning it up a little.

antodeco: the rest of my questions have been answered

Brendan Flowers: Thanks.

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#14 10-09-2012 11:49am

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I used to just look up the businesses if I wanted something, and now I also check insolvency sites and company records sites, to avoid getting screwed.

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#15 10-09-2012 11:50am

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Never

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#16 10-09-2012 11:52am

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I want in. How much?

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#17 10-09-2012 11:52am

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You will get very skewed results from an internet forum

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#18 10-09-2012 11:54am

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Auscast wrote: »

True, but my business plan has already won an award, and I'm just cleaning it up a little.

maybe there's somesting in the last census or another CSO survey about internet usage?
it would be a much more reliable source than surveying on a random online forum.

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#19 10-09-2012 11:55am

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Why did the OP not add a poll ?

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#20 10-09-2012 11:57am

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More importantly, why did they think to ask in AH and not in more relevant forums like Entrepreneurial & Business Management?

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#21 10-09-2012 11:57am

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I look up various types of business, is there any one in particular you are interested in? As your survey could end up being as useful as those in L'Oreal ads.

"88% of 32 women..."

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#22 10-09-2012 12:10pm

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Auscast wrote: »

It's be good to put in my business plan something like "24 out of 40 people have searched online for a business in the last month."

Yeah but asking on Boards isn't going to allow you to provide that info, you could say "24 out of 40 people using the After Hours forum on the website boards.ie on the 10th of September have searched online for a business in the last month"

The Central Statistics Office might be of more use, they have a document "Information Society and Telecommunications in Households 2009-2011" that could be of use

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#23 10-09-2012 12:15pm

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Auscast wrote: »

When was the last time you looked up a business online?

In the last 24 hours
In the last week
or in the last Month.

It's be good to put in my business plan something like "24 out of 40 people have searched online for a business in the last month."

Cheers.

Auscast wrote: »

True, but my business plan has already won an award, and I'm just cleaning it up a little.

antodeco: the rest of my questions have been answered

Brendan Flowers: Thanks.

So in the OP you think the results of the thread may help in your business plan, and by ten posts in you have won an award for the business plan. It's all happening.

Also, I don't understand the question... Do you mean have we searched a particular business name on the internet, or searched for something like where to buy something online?

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#24 10-09-2012 12:18pm

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AH is not the place OP.

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