When everyone knows who you are, it is easy to sell things. But it does cost a lott to crate the brand people recognize. What do you do if you are a small business? How do you sell things online if you are not known?

Wester foods in Japan are little different from the US. The first thing that you notice is that the portion is smaller and often cheaper. The best place to try those western foods are convenience stores like seven-eleven. I arrived in Japan yesterday. I will start looking for new and different things in Japan and report them to ...

In this trip, I will take care of all my current business but I am also looking for new business opportunities in Japan and Taiwan.

Hanashi (話) = A Story Hanbun (半分) = Half When you hear a story from someone, do not take it as a face value. You discount it at least 50%. But when yo...

Finally rain seems to have passed on and sunny and warm weather is here. But I am traveling to Japan and Taiwan starting tomorrow. It is going to be very warm. But I am really looking forward to visiting Taiwan for the first time.

Back in 1997, I designed and develop a package software that enables people to send email to multiple recipients and call it "NewsMAIL". After 20 years later, we still provide NewsMAIL as a Internet Service under NewsMAil.com Email marketing is one of the most effective marketing tools available to businesses but most peo...

Tell me when was the last time your marketing resulted in better than expected sales? It is a typical catch 22. You need to spend money marketing your brand and products to make money. But there is not guarantee that you make more money than you spend. This is the concept behind KIROBOTO which is being created.

Here is the checklist I created for you to think about when you want to utilize Internet for you business. I am sure there are more things you can do with Internet but those are things you should be doing right now.

I went to a company that is owned and operated by non-Chinese people (This is my guess) but decided to have their company name displayed in Chinese. This is a real estate related company but this trend is very strong. Soon you need to consider supporting Chinese in the US.

Every business I know wants to sell more products to more people. From the very small startup to multi billion dollar corporations, from the an entrepreneur to a multi millionaire, they are all looking for more sales. And there are millions of people telling you how to sell more. But they are also looking for more customers....