Archive for August 15th, 2006
What You Must Know Before Hiring An SEO Company
A reader, Jonathan Cook, sent in a link to an ebook he wrote called, What You Must Know Before Hiring An SEO Company.. In his email, he explained: I’m an SEO/SEM here in Honolulu. I recently completed an ebook titled ‘What You Must Know Before Hiring An SEO Company’. The title tells most of the [...]
Home Business Idea: Selling Online Affiliate Programs Offline
Chuck Huckaby: In my blogroll I list Dan Sherman as “Busy but ingenious�. I love reading his ideas. Here he takes an online affiliate program and links them to an offline business concept. It may not be your cup of tea, and it would be a tough way to earn a living, but when you [...]
Robert Kiyosaki: Allow me to be politically incorrect: The No. 1 reason people aren’t rich is because they’re lazy. This is purely my opinion and no one else’s, and I have no scientific proof to back it up.
Is There a Sure-Fire Way to Know if Your New Business Will Be a Success?
Escape from Cubicle Nation: I wish there were a secret formula to ensure that the business idea you have been madly brewing in your mind is going to generate enough income to compensate for your current salary as an employee, if not much more. Unfortunately, there are many, many factors that go into determining business [...]
Teen Entrepreneurs Vie for Seed Money
Inc.: The competition was part of a National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship summer camp. With products ranging from fudge to candles, some of the nation’s budding young entrepreneurs took center stage on Friday at the graduation ceremony for the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s New York City BizCamp. Four student finalists presented business plans before [...]
Landlord Shmandlord has an important question to ask yourself before you purchase an investment property in a new town: How are you going to inform potential tenants that you have a place available for rent? This is one thing that I was extremely lucky with when purchasing my first real estate investments. There is a [...]
10 Things I Betcha Didn’t Know About PayPal
ecommerce-guide.com: With all the buzz about Google Checkout, PayPal is still the king of payment processing, especially for small online merchants who rely on its full array of tools and services to boost sales. But if you still think of PayPal as a simple service for handling cash, you’re missing out. Here’s a quick roundup [...]
The PocketMod is a new way to keep yourself organized. Lets face it, PDAs are too expensive and cumbersome, and organizers are bulky and hard to carry around. Nothing beats a folded up piece of paper. That is until now. With the PocketMod, you can carry around the days notes, keep them organized in any [...]
Business-Coaching Startup A Tough Proposition
Jerry Osteryoung While more and more businesses are turning to business coaches, they generally go with people they know or with whom they are acquainted because these are the people they know they can trust. Trying to break into this market is very tough, especially if you are not widely known and respected in the [...]
Starting a Business As a Student
Matt Inglot: Being a university student is a really weird point in time to be. People who will go on to lead very normal and responsible lives temporarily lose their minds. Experimentation is the thing to do and “being young� is the perfect fallback when things go wrong. Most amazingly it is OK to fail [...]
Marilyn Hagerty at Grand Forks Herald: Would you like to get away from it all? Do you need someone to feed your frog? Are you wondering how to move your parents into assisted living? Would music soothe your sorrow? The needs of people like you and me are being met by people behind the scenes. [...]
I have a friend in China who offered his services to allow me to import some goods to sell. I have some eBay experience, but I have no clue as what to request. Any ideas as to what I can import to resell in the US? Thanks in advance –Adam What should I import from [...]
The eBay – Google Battle Heats Up
In a move that could have repercussions for Google’s offline advertising plans, several major advertisers have banded together to revolutionize the way ads for television are bought and sold. Central to their plans is an online auction marketplace called e-Media Exchange, powered by eBay. Not mentioned anywhere in the plans is new kid on the [...]
The Homeless Guy Sells on eBay
My first items to sell on eBay are now at auction. My Origami boxes are doing well. The first set I put up for auction is already bid up to $20. I now have another set just like the first, up for auction too, and it’s just $2.50, so far. You can bid on them [...]
eBay Sellers on Strike: Me Included
I am an eBay PowerSeller with over 15,000 positive transactions and I am currently on strike. eBay will not get a dime from me in Septemeber. It’s one out, all out in cyberspace. According to reports, disgruntled eBay sellers in the UK are on strike. The strikers are unhappy with charges introduced by the online [...]
Inns Turn Into Homes As Owners Cash Out
Startup Journal: Bed and breakfasts have thrived for decades by promising to make guests feel like family. Now, a number of B&Bs are being taken over by families who have no intention of leaving. In a side effect of the real-estate boom, scores of traditional bed and breakfasts are closing down as new buyers turn [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at BarryMoltz.com.
