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Why would anyone want to go and start a CD duplication service? After all, everything is moving to iPods and smartphones, right? Think again. Most music is still listened to on a good old CD. So if you thought CDs were on their way out, do not count on it just yet. But are not

CD duplication business just for folks who need thousands of discs…I ca not handle that many CDs! Not necessarily. In fact, the big companies often focus on mass production often at a fairly high cost. That leaves the door open for you. I mean sure, you may not make a million dollars a year, but you can bring home a respectable profit if you work at it.

Software vendors, music artists, and companies who need to secure their data all need a place to turn to for CD duplication needs. It is time for you to be that person. You may already have most of the equipment necessary for production. First, you will need CDs (no kidding, heh). Next, you will need a computer (either a desktop or a laptop should do the trick) that comes with CD burning capabilites. Third, you will need the software to actually burn CDs. Finally, you will need the most important thing…the customers, silly! Even if you do not have the equipment, it iss not hard to obtain. Most computer companies and general merchandise outlets (Sears, Wal Mart, etc.) offer computers and software of all sorts. And the cost is not out of this world, either.

Now, back to those customers…who should you go after. Find out what local bands are in the area. Where? Check MySpace or Facebook. If you are attending school or college (or have a friend or relative who is), ask around there. Bands are looking for someone quick and easy to get their music mass produced. They maybe can not afford a professional company, but you might be just what they are looking for. Another target is a small business. You would think someone in the company would handle it, would not you? But you would be surprised at the number of companies who do not have the time or computer knowledge to handle their own data backup. Usually when that is the case, they simply decide to do without the backup. As we both know, that is a bad idea!

My suggestion is to go online and see what the big wigs charge, then use that as a template to figuring out how much you will want to charge. If you set a sensible price, nice turnaround time, and superior disks, you will not only have customers coming back, word of mouth will really get you jump started. So if you are interested in starting your own

DVD replication services , now is the time!

Having spent the better part of the morning, and most mornings, gazing on Facebook and updating my MySpace, I can accept that social networks are addicting and can dissipate hours and hours in a day. I can also go back to when I was working a normal office job and a large part of the day was whiled away looking for who posted, looking it up like it was the stock exchange. Often I get replies from acquaintances I haven’t spoken to in years or who I hardly know anymore, in addition to the current group of friends who habitually check each other’s pages as if it was their [job|duty} to do so.

Psychiatrists go as far as saying that today individuals amplify their own identities through their Internet profiles. In other words, Facebook and MySpace have become a sense of who we really are as people. I guess this is real, as it is a place we control what people see, and have no problem allowing everyone all around the world see in order to secure updates as to who we are and what we are doing. Nevertheless there are people who devote in excess of 30-40 hours on the internet a week on such sites, and they are dependent. People have expected the internet to substitute other recreational avenues of their world. Unfortunately for many of today’s younger generation, this implies a fall in outdoors activity, and for grown-ups it can mean a drop in social conversation with their acquaintances and/or family.

  They say opportunity creates the thief,’ but in this case, ‘social networks make the stalker.’ The quantity of material one can come across on another person makes it simple to spy on their every action. Yes it is that person, who posts pictures and endorses being tagged in others, as well as posting information, but everyone also advertises on walls and those messages are [public|open} but may not be pre-approved by the user before they go live. We easily get addicted to following someone once they see someone else is writing on their wall, or that they have put up new images. Tabbed browsing, email notifications, and mobile applications, all serve the social network addict, making it [easier|more conceivable} for them to constantly be looking at their profiles and others’ as well. Experts recommend setting time rules, and basically practicing self discipline against constantly looking at or receiving email notifications, and not to install mobile apps for the social networks.