Archive for October 5th, 2006
Facebook Web Site Looks To Register Young Voters
The Associated Press: Between photo galleries of college friends and fan clubs such as “Kid Rock for President,” visitors to a popular Web site can now register to vote. Facebook, the social networking Web site with 9.5 million users, now features a Rock the Vote page to target potential voters. The Facebook site ranks No. [...]
Scripps Howard News Service: Q: As the owner of a small retail business, there’s just no way I can match the lower prices my customers can get at the giant retail outlets. I’m feeling the squeeze, and don’t like the thought of losing a business that’s been in my family for two generations. Can you [...]
How To Keep Your Day Job And Profit From Your Dreams
BeaconNewsOnline.com: Three years ago inventor Steve Grant was thinking about designing a new kind of desk-top fish tank. He didn’t see any on the market that he liked, and he wanted to tinker with his idea. But he was worried. “So many times the people that I’ve read or heard about commit their life savings [...]
Web Sites Let You Pick Your Traveling Companions
Cox News Service: It can be a nightmare — stuck on a train or plane for hours next to a frazzled mother with an infant addicted to peekaboo. But French train passengers needn’t face that scenario. The Internet booking site for certain high-speed trains linking Paris with 11 other major cities, idtgvandco.com, lets customers check [...]
Role Of Search Engines In Buying Decisions
Personal Fame Blog: Search engines now play a growing role in helping your customers find, evaluate and decide whether to do buy from you. A recent study by Internet research firms Marketing Sherpa and Enquiro strongly demonstrated that search engines are now the dominant force driving most business buying decisions. A key finding indicated that [...]
