The 121 online businesses discussed in this book can all be started from home by Internet beginners, and many on a shoestring budget. In addition, the book also includes a complete beginner's guide to starting a business online. The CD-ROM offers Internet access software and useful utilities such as Winzip, Paintshop Pro, Thunderbyte Antivirus, BBEdit HTML editor, CyberCash Wallet evaluation software, and more. This text goes directly to the point of how to write a business plan and shows you how to incorporate the Internet into operations and marketing strategies for greater efficiency, cost containment, and growth. The book provides conceptual information before giving some details on the technologies used to implement it in various situations.
Readers get a rundown on how to operate the servers in a variety of situations.
One particularly useful example walks readers through the creation of a Web storefront with a minimal amount of coding, while another sets up a sophisticated system for displaying banner ads on Web pages. The authors include enough explanatory and illustrative material on each language that even novice programmers will feel comfortable. But if you're looking for a comprehensive introduction to the technologies Microsoft has for processing and publishing information, this book's for you.