Archive for 2004
Best Business Opportunities For Starting A Small Business
About.com: “Is starting your own business on your to-do list this year? If you’re looking for business ideas, I’ve put together a list of the top ten business opportunities for 2004 – the best business opportunities for people starting small businesses… The keys to business success this year will be personalization and talent. It’s going [...]
Post Office Doesn’t Have A Clue
According to Fast Company, the post office doesn’t know how many stamps they sell every year. What the heck? via Seth Godin.
→ ritasice.com And the true reason for the success of Rita’s goes beyond the quality and tastiness of the water ice. It’s a feeling that can be found at each store, one that’s brought to life by each franchise owner. It’s the reason people look forward to a trip to Rita’s — they know that [...]
The Big List of Business Weblogs
Over on Marketing Wonk, they’re keeping a “big list of business weblogs”. If you need something to read for inspiration, try there.
Entreprenuer magazine has reviewed the ins and outs of starting a day spa: “Day spas offer the same beauty and wellness services as pricier destination spas and resorts but don’t require the same time commitment. According to the ISPA 2002 Spa Industry Study from the International SPA Association (ISPA), there were nearly 156 million spa [...]
Internet use grows to 69 percent of US adults
AFP: “More than two-thirds of American adults were users of the Internet in 2003, according to a poll published by market research company Harris Interactive. The figure of 69 percent of those polled represents around 146 million people. Internet use among adults is growing constantly, Harris Interactive said, noting that the figure had risen from [...]
QuickLearn Computer Training Services
→ quicklearncomputertraining.com Provides computer training and consulting services to all types of clients. We also specialize in various computer trainig packages to help others start their own computer and consulting business. Contact Information QuickLearn Computer Training Services 2333 Mountain Springs Road Cabot, Arkansas 72023 501-843-4806 Fax: 501-843-4806
The essence of entrepreneurship is the ability to spot an opportunity and the willingness to go after it despite the risks. Despite limited capital and zero experience, Dave Anderson concluded that it was the ideal time to go into business for himself. How’s he different from you?
→ floorcoveringsintl.com Floor Coverings International is the ‘Flooring Store at your Door.’ FCI is the first and leading mobile ‘shop at home’ flooring store. Customers can select from over 3,000 styles and colors of flooring right in their own home! All the right ingredients are there to simplify a buying decision. We offer all the [...]
Home Based Business Opportunities: The word “Press Release” seems to scare most people to death. On top of that not many people take the time to even think of writing their own Press Release. We hope this brief article will help clear up some of the mystery’s surrounding this simple form of marketing. The first [...]
How To Avoid Common Advertising Mistakes
Home Based Business Opportunities: Advertising isn’t hard to do. You prepare an advertisement or write a classified ad to sell your product or generate interest to send people more information. But the way most people make mistakes is either by their inability to write effective ad copy and by sending it to be published in [...]
Using Your Products as a Prop in a Movie or a TV Show
Home Based Business Opportunities: Casual advertising is one of the most effective way to present your product to the market, and by placing them as props in movies or TV shows, your product is exposed to a wide audience based, and with some implied level of endorsement. When Clark Kent spooned Cheerios into his mouth [...]
Basics Of Promotion Advertising
Home Based Business Opportunities: Promotion advertising differs significantly from consumer franchise-building advertising. The latter is long-term in nature and aimed at giving customers reasons to buy. Promotion advertising is short-term. It pushes for the order by providing incentives, coupons, rebates, premiums and contents. The usual medium for promotion advertising is print. Some big-budget advertisers use [...]
The Cheapest Way To Distribute 81/2 X 11″ Circulars
Home Based Business Opportunities: Co-op Mailing (short for co-operative) means that two or more businesses share in the cost and distribution of a direct mail campaign. It’s kind of like having you and another non-competing business split the cost of printing, assembling and mailing an advertising flyer to a shared (same) marketbase. Co-op dealing is [...]
Marketing Your Own Products And Ideas
Home Based Business Opportunities: One of the main problems within the “inner circle” of the mail order business is that everyone is selling everyone else’s products. Pages crammed full with commission dealerships is turning a good thing out of hand. It’s been said over and over again, but newcomers to the industry should realize that [...]
