Archive for May 15th, 2006
NY Post: A group of advertisers frustrated with the old way of buying and selling TV commercial time have enlisted online auction giant eBay to create an electronic-trading system.The group, which includes top marketing execs at Wal-Mart, Lexus and Microsoft, believe eBay’s name and expertise will boost efforts to revamp a system that has stubbornly [...]
This week’s Carnival of Business is up at Techie Day.
Why Don’t Ad Agencies Advertise?
Re:Focus: If advertising is so effective, why don’t ad agencies advertise? PR firms tout themselves in releases. Event planners throw their own parties. E-marketers use the Internet. These folks all believe in the effectiveness of their disciplines. Do ad agencies disagree? In an increasingly cynical age of advertising and mass marketing, modern ad agencies work [...]
eBay Australia Banking on Price Comarison
news.com: The online auction house, which almost doubled sales last year, will launch the new service in Australia on May 23. Already available in the US, Britain, France and Germany, Shopping.com allows consumers to compare prices for items selling online. The site also lets them buy the products of interest. eBay has 50 million users [...]
SundayMail: A WOMAN accused of running an international eBay scam has escaped prosecution. Evelyn Noble, 22, faced more than 80 counts of fraud but police have now returned luxury goods seized during the two-year probe. They include £18,000 worth of Versace and Louis Vuitton clothing, Versace dinner sets and bottles of £125 Cristal Champagne. Noble [...]
Selling Your Product to an Exclusive Club
Startup Journal: While at a restaurant in December 2004, Chandler Powell saw his parents struggle to read the menu. He imagined that a lighted magnifying glass would help, though he couldn’t find one for sale. A month later, the then 21-year-old college junior attended a musical in a dimly lit theatre and had difficulty reading [...]
This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is up at 2million.
For the Avon Lady, a World Beyond Ringing Doorbells
NY Times: Luz Stella Bongiovi has a job that many people would envy. After 12 years in the same business, she supervises more than 100 employees and logs about 50 hours a week, coming into work at 10 a.m. and often working at home. She has been sent on junkets to Hawaii, Las Vegas and [...]
School Project Becomes Thriving Business
Business Week: All Bud Brimberg was hoping for back in 1975 was a project for his entrepreneurial class and maybe a way to avoid practicing law. What he ended up with was a 31-year love affair and a booming business that has made the annual posters sold at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival [...]
Business Opportunities Weblog: Some Mothers’ Day Facts from the National Foundation of Women Business Owners: 2.1 million women business owners have children There are 3.5 million home based women-owned businesses in the U.S. (66 percent of all home based business). These businesses provide full or part-time employment for an estimated 14 million people Women are [...]
