Archive for March 8th, 2006
Todd Malicoat: I recently had a former client who had set up an affiliate program with Shareasale write and ask how he could more actively promote his affiliate program. Again, it made me realize that a program will only be as successful as it’s affiliates, and the pareto principle definitely comes into play (meaning 90% [...]
Using eBay Auctions to Help Challenged Kids
Open PR: Personal Ponies Ltd., an International non-Profit organization, dedicated to raising and providing UK Shetland Ponies to children with disabilities, is using a new twist on eBay Auctions to generate funding. What does this organization have to auction? The right to name a new baby pony, of course! “The high-bidder will have the right [...]
Ask.com: “I don’t have time to market.” It’s a common complaint from self-employed professionals. When you are the only one who can serve the clients, manage the business, and perform all the sales and marketing functions, time becomes the most precious commodity you have. How can you find time for marketing with so many other [...]
Mary Sullivan: How do you prepare to be cool, confident, and persuasive under fire? Jerry Weissman has an excellent article, "Icing the Hot Seat" on SandHill.com. I highly recommend that you read his tips on dealing with difficult Q&A sessions before your next speech or presentation. Photo by cweed.
Dick Cheney Bird Shot on eBay?
KansasCity.com: Three weeks after Vice President Dick Cheney shot him, Austin, Texas, lawyer Harry Whittington is working all day at his office, friends say. Whittington, 79, wonât comment, but restaurateur Bob Woody said Whittingtonâs wounds were âalmost unnoticeable.â? Meanwhile, Time magazine reports an odd sign of Whittingtonâs fame: A collector asked Whittington whether he would [...]
Net2Auction Wants To Buy Your eBay Drop Off
Business Wire: Net2Auction, Inc. today provided an update on acquisition initiatives to fuel growth of its eBay drop-off location business. The Company invited potential acquisition candidates to submit RFP’s (request for proposals) to have their eBay drop-off company or chain of eBay drop-off locations acquired by Net2Auction. Delmar Janovec, Net2Auction President, noted, “Management has begun [...]
BusinessWeek: Ditch the business plan and buy a lottery ticket. That’s the advice I give new entrepreneurs who seek venture funding. The odds are better, and you’ll get results sooner with the lottery. If you have a great idea that can change the world, then bootstrap your way until you can prove it. Funding will [...]
Podcasts: Entrepreneurs Talking
Entrepreneurs’ Viewpoint Blog: The Stanford Technology Ventures Program’s Educators Corner, a Web site packed with content about entrepreneurship, is posting lectures by leading entrepreneurs via podcast and video. Google‘s Larry Page, Garage Technology Venture‘s Guy Kawasaki, and Monitor Ventures‘ Fern Mandelbaum are the current featured presentations.
AuctionBytes: Equinux recently released the new version of iSale 3.0.4 for eBay sellers. The Apple award-winning application now runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. The new version has also been localized into German and French, includes more design templates and extends various features like the Amazon and eBay import plug-in, enhanced picture-handling and [...]
Thanks to the lovely and talented Cris Zimermann of sister blog, Business Opportunities Brasil, I found out today is International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is the story of ordinary women as makers of history; it is rooted in the centuries-old struggle of women to participate in society on an equal footing with men. In [...]
What is Posima? Posima is the easiest way to create a website. Many individuals and organizations that need a website don’t have one because it is simply too difficult and expensive to setup and manage. Posima makes website development painless. Everything is web-based so your site is updatable from anywhere in the world, all you [...]
How to Find the Best Location A guide to scouting out a location for your food or retail business, sizing up demographics and getting the help you need (tags: business bizopblog retail planning store) In Your Face! 10 Crazy Marketing Stunts (tags: bizopblog business marketing) After the Storm Gulf Coast entrepreneurs put the pieces back [...]
Entrepreneur: The unfortunate part of advertising there is that when a customer looks up a topic, rather than your specific business name, they’re treated to a display of the listings and ads of all your competitors, some of whom will provide a larger range of products or services or who are in a more convenient [...]
David Lorenzo has posted an excerpt from Chapter One of Career Intensity: Business Strategy for Workplace Warriors and Entrepreneurs: There are two types of heroes in this world: Those who die nobly for a cause and those who live humbly for a cause. My father is the second kind of hero. He worked for IBM [...]
