Archive for October 3rd, 2006
Startup Nation’s new comic strip Kitchen Table Commerce is up: Read the rest of the strip, or discuss it here.
Ever wonder how an IPF works to scam inventors from their hard earned money and their dreams? Here’s an inside view from American Inventor Spot on how it’s done: Most inventors do not know that once the USPTO grants and issues the inventor his/her patent, the information about his/her patent becomes public. It is vital [...]
Robert Kiyosaki: Years ago, when I was just starting my real estate investing career, I considered a condominium in Waikiki as an investment. The problem was that the investment would have cost me about $300 a month. Back then, a $300-a-month loss would’ve been the same for me as $300,000-a-month loss would be today. When [...]
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: Choosing the Right Business Name Internet Marketing Quiz – Test Your Knowledge FREE: 30 Minutes of Small Business Consulting Niche Biz: Selling Office Noise How to Spot a Fraudulent eBay Seller Top [...]
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: Choosing the Right Business Name Internet Marketing Quiz – Test Your Knowledge FREE: 30 Minutes of Small Business Consulting Niche Biz: Selling Office Noise How to Spot a Fraudulent eBay Seller Top [...]
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: Choosing the Right Business Name Internet Marketing Quiz – Test Your Knowledge FREE: 30 Minutes of Small Business Consulting Niche Biz: Selling Office Noise How to Spot a Fraudulent eBay Seller Top [...]
The Ins & Outs of Dropshipping
What does it mean to dropship? Dropshipping is a method that distribution companies use to promote their products. Over the past few years there has been a large increase in people choosing to work at home and make extra income or choose to use this as a full time job. Companies have noticed this and [...]
So, you have a great collection of music albulms from the 60′s era you want to give away. Maybe you have some antique music boxes you no longer can use, or maybe you even have some vintage jewelry. Whatever the case, you want to sell these items on eBay. If this description fits you, then [...]
How To Keep Competition in Check
Competition on Ebay is stiff, stiff for both the buyers and the sellers. Competition on eBay must have affected you regardless of whether you are a full time trader or a hobby part time seller. Obviously enough, the competition on eBay is sure going to shoot up without any letup what with its increasing popularity [...]
Mylo New Web Brower & Skype Wireless Phone
Sony Corp.’s latest effort to capture the hearts, minds and money of teens and twentysomethings is a Web browser, messaging program, wireless phone and digital music player all rolled into a handheld gadget that goes by the name Mylo. Array of functions: Sony’s Mylo ($350) is a Web browser, messaging program, wireless phone and digital [...]
PayPal Will Spell Out Limits Clearer
EBay’s PayPal unit announced Thursday that it agreed to provide clearer information about the extent of fraud protection offered by the online payment service and pay $5.2 million in separate settlements with consumers and with 28 state attorneys general, including California’s. The agreement comes after years of complaints lodged against PayPal for issues ranging from [...]
eBay Makes It Easier For Charities
Ebay has made it more attractive for sellers to give a percentage of their profits to charity. The auction site has cut the minimum fee for its Ebay for Charity programme which lets auction sellers donate between 10 – 100 per cent of the proceeds of a sale. When the donation programme was first set [...]
eBay Expands Online Shopping Arena with eBay Express
According to a report in the Sunday Times, eBay is set to move away from auctions and into the online shopping arena with a new, more regulated selling service that will go under the name of eBay Express. All sales at eBay Express will be for a fixed price, similar to eBay’s “buy it now” [...]
How Businesses Can Put Web Video To Use
InformationWeek: If you still forward joke E-mails around, you’re out of the loop. The in crowd swaps YouTube clips. Vendors are pitching new ways to get your company into the mix. Cisco Systems last week launched a business unit called Digital Media Systems that’s selling encoders to turn video into digital formats; a media server [...]
Star Tribune: Robert Metcalf was planning to visit his brother in Pennsylvania three years ago and, being a methodical man, he began to search the Internet for the best round-trip airfare from the Twin Cities. He had a flexible timetable, a choice of airports near his brother’s home and a stubborn determination to find the [...]
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Lynn Thilman worked in sales and marketing for a travel agency for about 20 years. She was happy and doing well, but when the Internet began competing with travel agents, her job was cut. So, four years ago, her alias — “The Food Fare-e” — was born. Thilman is now a certified [...]
4 Ways To Keep Up On Industry Trends
The Small Business Buzz: In order to keep your business in top form it is imperative to be aware of emerging trends within your competitive marketplace. Here are 4 tips to help you keep up on industry trends: 1. Set specific investigative times. Set a time for yourself in order to research your sector for [...]
The Charlotte Observer: Leslie Vander Baan turned selling her 1997 Jeep Cherokee into a million-dollar business and she isn’t even 30 yet. Four years ago, Vander Baan, who’d been around cars her entire life, found selling her vehicle a headache. She had to find time to meet with potential buyers after working long days at [...]
