Archive for May 9th, 2006
Business Week: When you’re traveling for business purposes, all of your general travel costs are deductible, experts say. That includes payments for airline tickets, meals, hotels, and public transportation, such as a cab, train, or taxi. But some entrepreneurs don’t realize they can also deduct additional business-related costs while on the road, says Navin Sethi, [...]
Auction Trust Network Reconnects eBayers
Auctionbytes: Auction Trust Network announced the launch of its company with the release of Reconnect. The service enables buyers to define and apply their own criteria in building custom networks of trusted eBay sellers. The company said sellers benefit through increased sales from repeat buyers.
azcentral: Is it just me, or have you noticed that eBay has changed? It was once the world’s greatest garage sale. If you wanted a hubcap for a 1952 Buick, it was there. If you were looking for a specific piece of Depression glass, it was there. Somebody somewhere was cleaning out their stuff and [...]
The Ugly Truth about Small Business
Sarah Bosch continues her reviews this week with Ruth King’s The Ugly Truth about Small Business. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, more than 50 percent of small businesses fail in the first year and 95 percent fail within the first five years. Crucial decisions will come at every angle and making the wrong [...]
May 9th is 10 cent listing day on eBay. One day only, starting Tuesday, May 9, 2006 between 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second on Tuesday, May 9, 2006) and ending that same day, Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 23:59:59 PT(11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).
Auctionbytes: iwascoding has released GarageSale 2.2, an update to its eBay listing tool for Mac users. The update is available at no additional charge to customers. The update gives eBay sellers the ability to scan product barcodes using an Apple iSight camera (http://www.apple.com/isight), and search for the item in eBay’s product catalog.
GPS and Satellite Radio top eBay Sellers
Twice: Satellite radio and GPS, not surprisingly, were the top-selling categories on eBay for 2005, said the company, with both categories showing triple-digit gains. Gross sales in automotive GPS soared 660 percent and satellite radio increased 125 percent in 2005 over 2004, said eBay. In the fourth quarter of last year, eBay said 450 satellite [...]
B2Day: Have you ever thought about using your current job as a launchpad for your own startup? In an article I wrote for the May issue, I found five entrepreneuers who did just that. Here are the five rules I culled from their experiences: Use Your Salary as Funding Turn Common Complaints Into a Business [...]
Last Week in the Business Opportunities Weblog Network
The Business Opportunities Weblog Network is made up of eleven niche business blogs. Here’s a selection of popular posts from around the network: Email Marketing: Subject Lines That Produce Opens The World’s Best eBay Tip UPS Store, Mail Boxes Etc. Franchisees To Demonstrate Bioperformance Gets Slammed By NBC Motorola Razr H3 Bluetooth Headset Review Ethanol… [...]
Last Week in the Business Opportunities Weblog Network
The Business Opportunities Weblog Network is made up of eleven niche business blogs. Here’s a selection of popular posts from around the network: Email Marketing: Subject Lines That Produce Opens The World‚Äôs Best eBay Tip UPS Store, Mail Boxes Etc. Franchisees To Demonstrate Bioperformance Gets Slammed By NBC Motorola Razr H3 Bluetooth Headset Review Ethanol‚Ķ [...]
Last Week in the Business Opportunities Weblog Network
The Business Opportunities Weblog Network is made up of eleven niche business blogs. Here’s a selection of popular posts from around the network: Email Marketing: Subject Lines That Produce Opens The World’s Best eBay Tip UPS Store, Mail Boxes Etc. Franchisees To Demonstrate Bioperformance Gets Slammed By NBC Motorola Razr H3 Bluetooth Headset Review Ethanol… [...]
Email Marketing: Subject Lines That Produce Opens
Jeffrey Perren: Her post centers on a recent study undertaken by MailChimp, who have some equally excellent things to say on the subject. MailChimp analyzed 40 million emails and show a handful that enjoyed high open rates and another that showed dismal results. Whether the reader will be surprised by the outcome will, of course, [...]
Old Number Rings up New Business
Startup Journal: While leafing through the Yellow Pages last fall, entrepreneur Mark Bright saw an ad for a recently dissolved competitor listing an out-of-service phone number. On a hunch that readers would continue dialing the number for some time, he arranged for the line’s outstanding calls to be rerouted to his company. Since then, he [...]
