Archive for May 16th, 2006

Elvis Home Nets $900K on eBay

express india: The King’s first home is now another man’s castle. A ranch-style Memphis home that Elvis Presley bought in 1956 as his career was taking off has sold for US $ 905,100 on the online auction service eBay. Peter Gleason, a New York attorney and retired fire-fighter, posted the high bid in the final [...]

 

Carnival of the Capitalists

Better late than never, this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at The Virtual Handshake Blog.

 

Free Calls for Skype Users in 2006 Free Calls for Skype Users in 2006

eitb: Users who make outgoing calls to and within countries outside the US and Canada will continue to incur per-minute charges. Skype, eBay Inc.’s Internet telephone subsidiary, has stopped charging users for dialling up people on traditional landline and mobile phones in the US and Canada. The Internet telephone service, which has always offered free [...]

 

U.S. Supreme Court ruling favors eBay

If I understand this correctly, eBay may still lose this court battle regarding ’Buy It Now’ technology. Macworld: A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday favoring eBay Inc. in a patent dispute won praise from some technology vendors, but some intellectual property lawyers questioned the long-term effects of the decision. The Supreme Court set aside a lower [...]

 

Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Spend Ad Money Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Spend Ad Money

The following is a guest post by author and entrepreneur, Matthew Lesko. To contact Lesko call 1-800-UNCLE-SAM. Most entrepreneurs believe that if they could afford some big time advertising their business would be a huge success. But if this were true, why do all those high flying dot com companies who paid millions in Super [...]

 

Work At Home Mom’s eBay Chat

Even though I am not a Mom, I will be a featured “chatter” this week as part of a series of marketing chats for Work At Home Moms. I will be doing a chat titled ‘Q & A with eBay Entrepreneur’ at 11AM Pacific/2PM Eastern on Thursday, May 18th. The chat will be hosted at: www.wahpromotion.com You [...]

 

Last Week in the Business Opportunities Weblog Network 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: Keyword Analysis and Research Shanty Town, Samba and Entrepreneurship 3rd High Profile Powerseller Gone Franchisees See Red After Brown Takes Over Is Bioperformace Dyed Green Mothballs? Free Calls With Skype This List [...]

 

Last Week in the Business Opportunities Weblog Network` 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: Keyword Analysis and Research Shanty Town, Samba and Entrepreneurship 3rd High Profile Powerseller Gone Franchisees See Red After Brown Takes Over Is Bioperformace Dyed Green Mothballs? Free Calls With Skype This List [...]

 

Last Week in the Business Opportunities Weblog Network 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: Keyword Analysis and Research Shanty Town, Samba and Entrepreneurship 3rd High Profile Powerseller Gone Franchisees See Red After Brown Takes Over Is Bioperformace Dyed Green Mothballs? Free Calls With Skype This List [...]

 

Use RSS to Buy a Business Use RSS to Buy a Business

Yaro Starak: I was just alerted to a neat feature from BusinessForSale.com where you can subscribe to an RSS feed of business for sale in your local area or by industry in your country. If you are considering buying a business take a look at the full selection of RSS feeds available.

 

Franchises for Mom

SmallBizMentor: In honor of Mother’s Day (Sunday, 14 May here in the U.S. and in Canada), I’ve decided to give you links to fourteen franchises that may be of interest to the mompreneurs in the group. These companies offer services or products that appeal to parents due to a focus on children (their safety, fun [...]

 

Create Your Own Summer Job: 6 Ways to Make Money This Summer

About: Summer’s almost here, and opportunities for quick money abound. If you’re a recent graduate, a teacher or student off for the summer, or anyone else looking for some quick cash, summer’s a great time to start a business. With a little money, some hard work, and a lot of entrepreneurial spirit, you can start [...]

 

links for 2006-05-16

Business Opportunities Weblog Brasil | Gang Riots in Brazil: It Will Happen Again (tags: brazil violence news) 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed (tags: bizopblog bootstrapping business career content education entrepreneurship freelance howto ideas inspiration interesting internet lifehacks llc marketing money productivity reading sales selfemployed smallbusiness startup strategy tips web2.0 webdesign webdev writing [...]

 

eBay goes back to the future with catalogs

 DMNews: Catalogs will play a big role in eBay’s direct marketing this year as the Internet merchant takes a more formalized approach to this still-young portion of its business for the first time. EBay has tested more than 20 standalone DM programs with varying results in the past few years including coupons, freestanding inserts, invitations [...]

 

Gotcha Mobile Media Gotcha Mobile Media

Entrepreneur: Consumers these days are out and about, so the best time to reach them is when they’re on the go. Gotcha Mobile Media is attempting to do just that with a customized, eye-catching, billboard truck that displays advertisements on all four sides. The truck not only attracts consumers’ attention, but also captures it with [...]