Archive for June 30th, 2006

Big Companies Use eBay as a Marketing Tool

 PR Web Ebay sellers now include big businesses that are seeing the auction giant as a means to marketing expensive products. The latest high ticket Ebay product is the $100,000 CEO Poker television sponsorship package that includes: television mentions, logo on the poker table, signage at the event, access to the CEO players, and more [...]

 

Alaska Sells School on eBay

 Reuters UK Local officials in the rural Alaskan town of King Cove have put an old school up for sale on eBay, saying they hope to raise $1.8 million (985,000 pounds). The Aleutians East Borough has put the school in the southwestern Alaska coastal village of 725 people up for sale on the online auction [...]

 

A Test to Find Fakes On eBay

 Post Gazette A Gucci wallet for $120. A Burberry scarf for $32. A pair of Tiffany earrings for $35. If prices like that for some of the hottest luxury brands seem unreal, it very well may be because the goods themselves aren’t real. The estimated multibillion-dollar counterfeit market has become a major headache for the [...]

 

Interview with the Founder of The Knot Interview with the Founder of The Knot

CollegeJournal.com recently interviewed Carley Roney, co-founder of The Knot: CJ: For students interested in the publishing industry or companies like the Knot, what positions are most valuable in starting out? You have to get into any kind of opening and be patient. There is no other way to gain experience. You may come in as [...]

 

links for 2006-06-30

Legal, Forms, Free , Documents, Contracts, Law, online, leases, wills, estate planning, corporations, living, trusts, living (tags: blogs business entrepreneurship finance free howto law management news online planning reference sources startup usa web bizopblog) SmallBusiness.com (tags: business copyright entrepreneurship marketing smallbusiness wikipedia bizopblog) New Media & Tradeshow Startup » Blog Archive » The Changing Tradeshow [...]

 

Don’t Present A False Front to Investors

Rob May, the Business Pundit: Finding investors is like getting married. If your goal is to con your significant other and hide your flaws, you may get hitched in the short term but eventually you will be exposed and your relationship will become unraveled. You are much better off to find a partner who accepts [...]