Archive for March 2006
Chuck Huckaby of the Work at Home Business Opportunities Weblog is headed to prison to talk to two pre-release groups next week, and he needs your help: So what would you tell a guy who’s probably never had a father, a positive example, etc. about how to restart their life? Most have places to live [...]
The Bizop Widget is coming soon for Apple Macs and for (eventually) PC users of Yahoo Widgets.
USA Today: The other day I saw an advertisement for a new retail store owned by a granite quarry. They were selling countertops and paving stones made of their own granite directly to consumers. I was flabbergasted — a stone quarry becoming a retailer! This ad made me realize, once again, just how tough it [...]
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Celebrity Items Up For Charity eBay Auction
town0nline: Thousands of homes across the Gulf Coast of the United States were destroyed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Now, to help in the rebuilding efforts, the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Concord urges local residents to bid on one-of-a-kind celebrity items up for auction on the “Housewarming for Habitat for Humanity” online celebrity [...]
Do You Need a License to Earn a Living?
NY Times: IT is well known that doctors, dentists, and lawyers must be licensed to practice their professions. But what about occupational therapists, manicurists and barbers? How about fortune tellers, massage therapists, shampoo assistants, librarians, beekeepers, electrologists and movie projector operators? These are just a sampling of the hundreds of occupations that require a license [...]
eBay’s Skype Gets Subpoena From AMD
Marketwatch: eBay Inc.’s Internet-phone unit has been ensnared in Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s antitrust suit against Intel Corp., its rival in the computer-chip market. AMD, the world’s No. 2 chipmaker, is seeking documents from Skype Inc. about its dealings with Intel, according to a subpoena dated Feb. 28. AMD alleges that Skype has set up [...]
Thanks for the birthday greetings! My wife didn’t put you up to this, did she?
Russell Beattie: The worst thing about all the Web 2.0 hype is the complete loss of business perspective. There’s a few companies out there that seem to get it but just about every other new website I’ve seen lately is nothing but features parading as businesses. via Business Opportunities Tools.
Dane Carlson is the mastermind behind this blog and a host of other great blogs in the Business Opportunities Network. George Bush and I would like to wish Dane a very Happy Birthday. P.S. No charge for this post. = )
eBay Consignment iPod Trade In
AuctionBytes: NextWorth is a new eBay consignment service. David Chen, Andrew Walsh and Scott Richardson launched NextWorth in November 2005 (http://www.nextworth.com). The company offers a “PreBay” service where items are listed locally before being listed on eBay. They also offer pick-up service, and use Independent Asset Consultants to bring in items. The company also launched [...]
Woman buys bargains on eBay and sells them in a retail outlet: Miller honed her skills and turned a hobby into a weekend business. Jill’s Closet, with the glittery curtain above folding closet doors, opened about a month ago at Capitol Flea Market. She and husband, Ralph, did the decorating. “My customers are all ages,” [...]
Cheap Hosting: Enhanced set-up, expanded design capabilities and further eBay integration are among the updates released today in ProStores 6.1, a turnkey ecommerce solution from eBay. According to Chris Tsakalakis, Senior Director of Advanced Solutions for eBay Inc., ”We are committed to providing online business owners with the tools they need to succeed. ProStores 6.1 [...]
The Carnival of Entrepreneurship
This week’s Carnival of Entrepreneurship is up at ePublishingDaily.com.
Winning the War on eBay Deadbeats
UPI.com: Imagine buying vintage Spiderman comics for $16,000 and receiving instead, a box of printer paper or losing a whopping $27,000 in purchasing a big rig that didn’t exist in the first place. These are just many of the online auction fraud horror stories that brothers Edward and Steve Klink compiled from their eBay watchdog [...]
Microsoft Live Expo Joins Google Base in Going after eBay
AuctionBytes: The ecommerce space continues to heat up with eBay competitors releasing services that are a cross between classified ads and eBay fixed-price listings. Microsoft launched its free online marketplace on Tuesday. Windows Live Expo, which had been code-named Fremont in alpha testing, is still in beta testing mode and is available only to U.S. [...]
Can Risk Taking and Originality Be Learned?
Fortune Small Business: Diana Reed has caught an entrepreneurial fever that is sweeping the nation’s campuses, as students jam into classes to learn how to launch, finance, and run their own companies. And we’re not just talking about B-school students. Fledgling engineers, teachers, artists, pharmacists, lawyers, nurses, and even dancers have heard the siren call [...]
Podcasting strategy for small business What I think is a much more viable business model is to start your business with a traditional revenue strategy and to use blogs and podcasts as marketing tools to put yourself in the public eye as a subject matter expert. For instance, a dry cleaner shou (tags: bizopblog business [...]
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Outer Space
Business 2.0: Let’s not wax sentimental about our space exploits thus far. The Apollo era was heroic, but beating the Soviets to the Moon never provided a compelling economic reason to return. (We didn’t even get Teflon or Tang as spinoffs–both were invented before 1960.) The shuttle and the international space station continued this record [...]
Online Business Start-up: Sequential Auto Responders
Bill Naugle: As may be evident from the name, an auto responder can automatically reply to emails. A âsequentialâ? auto-responder can be set up to send multiple, sequential emails at designated time intervals. For instance, if you invite your web site visitors to sign-up for a free E-Zine (i.e., electronic magazine), your web page would [...]
The Business Impact Of Writing A Book
RainToday: A newly released research study from RainToday.com titled The Business Impact of Writing A Book: Data, Analysis, And Advice From Professional Service Providers Who Have Done It, provides the first ever available hard data on the effects publishing a business book has on the authors’ revenue, brand, ability to generate publicity and marketplace buzz, [...]
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Business Week: David Mills knows that opportunity comes from taking risks. And he’s definitely a risk-taker. Mills is the force behind the new 1,275-square-foot upscale caviar boutique and tasting bar, Emperor’s Roe Gourmet Emporium coming to New York’s Harlem in March, 2006. Stocking his store with the finest caviar and delicacies such as foie gras, [...]
Registration Open For eBay Live
Auctionbytes: Registration for the fifth annual eBay Live conference opened on Friday. The 3-day event takes place this year in Las Vegas with classes, an exhibit hall where eBay and vendors show off their tools and services for buyers and sellers, and plenty of networking and entertainment. About 10,000 people attended last year’s event in [...]
I know it’s March 1st, and I’m a little late in mentioning it, but the February 2006 issue of growFolio is out. Publisher Jonas Elmerraji describes two articles that would interest the readers of this blog: The first article talks about David Seah’s Printable CEO system, which allows people to focus and achieve their business [...]
NationalJeweler: Following the example of high-end jewelry and clothing designers, online auction house eBay will host a fashion suite for celebrities and stylists to visit ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards. Running Feb. 24 through March 2 at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., the suite will feature one-of-a-kind diamond jewelry and designer clothing, all [...]
Forbes: Everything associated with self-employment–independence, autonomy–is also associated with being happy. via David Lorenzo.
The Daily Record (UK): ALMOST three-quarters of groceries bought on eBay were unfit for sale in supermarkets, a survey found. Durham County Council trading standards officers tested 89 food items bought on the online auction site. Fifty-one failed to meet labelling laws, 12 fell down on ingredients listing and two were not as advertised. Tinned [...]
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Jeff Cornwall: Making a sale, getting the books closed out, making coffee, finishing work for that new client, emptying the trash and a myriad of other things tend to make up an entrepreneur’s typical day. All of the rush of just keeping the business moving ahead often leads to running a little bit behind. But [...]
39 Google Adsense Alternatives
Adsense got you down? Via the Affiliate Business Opportunities Weblog here are 39 Google Adsense Alternatives.
Casio Teams with eBay for Camera – eBay Best Shot
popphoto.com: Casio has teamed with eBay to create the first cameras with a shooting mode made specifically to create images for use on eBay. The eBay mode captures smaller-sized pictures–about 2MP according to Casio–and includes an Auto Macro feature that automatically adjusting the focus when the camera thinks you’re shooting a macro shot. The eBay [...]
Google in eBay’s Rearview Mirror
Some are suggesting that Google Base will suffer because it does not currently have a way to monitor seller reputation. Well, neither does eBay. eBay allows buyers to leave poor feedback whether or not they complete the purchase of an item. I suspect that eBay sellers will welcome Google with open arms. eweek: Seemingly overnight, [...]
