Archive for September 20th, 2006
Why Your Biz Needs Its Own Plastic
Business Week: Why wouldn’t an entrepreneur want to use her personal credit accounts to start up a company? What’s the advantage to using a business credit card? The major advantage is that when you open a business credit account, make purchases with it, and then pay them on time, you’re establishing business credit in your [...]
eBay Trying to Protect Their "it” Campaign
Online auctioneer eBay Inc. has begun trying to keep other companies from using the rather pedestrian phrases at the heart of its 11-month-old “it” marketing campaign. The foundation for the new effort was first laid in March, when eBay (EBAY :ebay inc comNews , chart, profile, moreLast: 26.14+0.19+0.73%5:48pm 09/20/2006Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolioAnalystCreate alertInsiderDiscussFinancialsSponsored by:EBAY26.14, [...]
Netgear Finally Ships New WiFi Phone
They first announced this way back in the misty days of January, but Netgear is finally shipping their new SPH101 Skype WiFi Phone. We were lucky enough to get our hands on one this very morning, and so far we like what we see. Connecting to a WiFi network (even a protected one) is a [...]
San Jose State Not Allowing Skype
Students and faculty at San Jose State University may have to find a new way to communicate with people around the world if a ban on Skype, a voice-over Internet protocol, is implemented. A policy statement was released last week explaining why Skype may no longer be allowed at SJSU. Don Baker, interim associate vice [...]
How Small Business Can Start Out Simple with Paypal
Many small businesses and entrepreneurs want to take credit cards online, but are put off by the time and capital investment required by a Merchant account, a gateway processor, secure server space, and a security certificate…all tools you need to succeed with e-commerce. For many of these people I suggest “dipping their toe in the [...]
Saddam.com To Be Auctioned Off on eBay
An internet domain company based in Panama is auctioning off the domain name Saddam.com on eBay this week. Web Management had acquired Saddam.com only a few weeks ago with plans to hold the domain name as a long-term investment. But the firm said today that large numbers of unsolicited offers from around the world prompted [...]
eBays 20 Cent Promotion – For Indian Sellers?
U.S. sellers are livid over today’s eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) promotion: a 20-cents listings day but only for Indian sellers and on the U.S. site. Just go to the comments here and here or go to the eBay sellers’ forum to see how merchants feel about this. Some are even suggesting this promotion could be a [...]
Staples Invention Quest Starts Today!
Staples Invention Quest invites inventors to submit inventions for easy and innovative office products for a chance to win $25,000, plus royalties if Staples develops and sells your invention. Since the inception of Invention Quest, Staples has received more than 22,000 entries and ideas. Last year’s contest drew the largest number of submissions to date. [...]
Diversification Can Ensure Survival
Rhonda Abrams at Gannett News Service: It’s the nature of entrepreneurship to take risks. But by being strategically diversified, I mitigate some of the risks. How can you reduce your exposure to one catastrophic business occurrence? 1. Never get too dependent on one customer. 2. Never get too dependent on one supplier. 3. Never get [...]
How Many Companies Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?
FastCompany.com: Sitting humbly on shelves in stores everywhere is a product, priced at less than $3, that will change the world. It is a fairly ordinary item that nonetheless cuts to the heart of a half-dozen of the most profound, most urgent problems we face. Energy consumption. Rising gasoline costs and electric bills. Greenhouse-gas emissions. [...]
101 Ways To Brew Up a Great Idea
Scott Baradell at MarketingProfs:Daily Fix: In the world of promotions, you know you’ve come up with some good chachka if the client prospect you ship it to keeps it for the next seven years. Back in 1999, when I was VP of corporate communications for a company called PageNet, I was sent a coffee mug [...]
Jordan Williams at webpronews.com: The Department of Commerce recently stated that the total eCommerce sales for 2005 were $86.3 billion and that is an increase of 24 percent over 2004. A 24 percent increase in one year for people that are making online purchases! Wow! That is actually a very big number, a very dramatic [...]
Tips for Business Owners Who Hate Handling Finances
Jeffrey Moses at NFIB: The following suggestions could apply to any person who loves their business but hates finances. 1. Consult a financial adviser, an accountant or a CPA experienced with small companies. 2. During the meeting, work out ways you can hand over some of the financial details to a bookkeeper, who likely will [...]
A Humbling Lesson for Realtors’ President (tags: bizopblog realestate)
