Archive for November 7th, 2006
Don The Idea Guy: This is one of those smack my forehead “duh” ideas that I completely missed. Sanitized and safe for a nibble between putts, Tasty Golf Tees come in mint and cherry flavors. After noticing the habit some golfers have of holding a fresh tee in their mouths, two inventors devised the 3-1/4″ [...]
Countdown Begins: One Month to Prepare for ‘eDay’
PRNewswire: Coremetrics, the leading provider of on-demand web analytics and precision marketing solutions, released data dispelling the marketing myth that “Cyber Monday,” the Monday after Thanksgiving, is the largest online shopping day of the holiday season. With 2006 U.S. holiday eCommerce forecast data from its LIVEmark benchmarking service, Coremetrics advises retailers to expect their highest [...]
Collect Your Fees Anywhere, Any Time
Work.com: On-site workers and those who sell through trade shows have a wide range of credit-card processing options for immediate sales and possible data capture. As wireless technology evolves, you need to consider carefully which method serves you best. The best contacts and resources to help you get it done: Get mobile point-of-sale terminals. POS [...]
Small Business Entity Formation – Protect Your Personal Assets
The following is a guest post by J. Shannon Cavers, of The Cavers Law Firm, LLC.. Many small businesses start as a part-time effort that grow over time, and eventually become a profit generating venture. One of the difficult questions for a small business owner is, “When do I need to form an entity?� A [...]
PayPal Explosion Intentional But No Motive Yet
eBay spokesperson Hani Durzy said authorities have confirmed that Tuesday evening’s explosion on the PayPal campus in San Jose, California, was not accidental. The device blew out a window, but there were no injuries, and all 45 employees were safely evacuated from the building. Durzy said many employees had left early on Tuesday to take [...]
Making Refunds Through PayPal Painless
Refunding buyers through PayPal, eBay’s online payment service, sounds like a simple process. However, there are some details that have message-boards buzzing with seller suggestions for how to manage the process while causing the least frustration to buyers and sellers. Normally, a PayPal seller goes to the “History” tab, clicks on “details” for the item [...]
Making Search Engines Work For Your eBay Business
Despite 50 percent of online purchases being researched via a search engine, most eBay sellers ignore the potential of search engines to drive traffic to their listings. By optimizing your eBay Store, your products could improve their rankings in the search results on major search engines and boost your sales. High rankings can drive huge [...]
PayPal’s Network Comes with Cash Rebates
PayPal, the payment-service company owned by online auction site eBay Inc., said Monday it will launch an incentive program, allowing customers who subscribe to the service to receive cash rebates of up to $20 on several thousand merchants’ sites in North America. In a release, PayPal said that the cash rebate programs, valued at $100 [...]
Who Has Really Won With eBay’s New Magic
On August 29, 2006 eBay North America undertook a formidable task. They sought to return their auction site to more of the ‘traditional’ auction style format. Or at least that’s what they said. Resetting the balance was what they called it, and restoring the magic is their mantra. So after a year of aggressive soliciting [...]
Mpire Teams With eBay to Capture Sales Trends
Mpire launched a new site called eBay Pop that captures buying and sales trends on eBay. Mpire worked with eBay to develop the site, including its design, sales data and analysis, interactive games, editorial content and a blog. Consumers can access data about top items sold on eBay, ranging from iPods and Xboxes, to NASCAR [...]
eBay Keeps the Postal Service Booming
Carol Johnson, of Centennial, laughs loudly when asked by telephone how she ships the products she sells on eBay. “That’s what I’m doing right now,” she says.” Fifteen of my items ended (their auctions) last night, and I’m wrapping them up.” Johnson, as it turns out, is the quintessential eBay seller: She ships mostly via [...]
Five Ways to Screw-Up a Good Idea
Don The Idea Guy: Check out the “Five Ways to Screw-Up a Good Idea” below. I’m sure we’ve all been guilty of one or more of them at some point in our life. I know I am! 1. Flies The Coop: You don’t write down the details of the idea, and it slips from your [...]
Newsweek: Entrepreneurship is transforming America—not just for a few, but for all of us and for the better. Consider: Today roughly 45 million Americans, about 30 percent of the labor force, run their own businesses. Sometime during their careers, well over half of university graduates will start a business. Most Americans today work in firms [...]
Little Fees Can Be A Big Turnoff
Rhonda Abrams at Gannett News Service: When I went into business, I sat down with a lawyer to review my legal and tax responsibilities. When we finished, he gave me some wise advice. “Rhonda,” he said, “don’t nickel-and-dime your clients. Clients willingly pay thousands of dollars in hourly fees without complaint, but if I bill [...]
How Google Can Make – Or Break – Your Company
FSB Magazine: Allan Keiter awoke one recent morning to the scary news that his Atlanta company’s website was nearly impossible to find on a Google search. MyRatePlan.com helps consumers compare cellular calling plans. Until that morning, the site had often ranked in the top-ten nonpaid results for search terms such as “free cell phones” and [...]
FC Now: Sewing machines and patterns are flying off the shelves due to a substantial rise in popularity of the age-old craft of sewing. The hype is attributed to television programs like Project Runway, which have shown a new generation that sewing and fashion design can be a ticket to the red carpet. In some [...]
Turn Your Vehicle Into Your Office
NFIB.com: If you’re in sales––or you need to visit clients or customers on a regular basis––you probably spend a lot of time in your vehicle. You may have even joked about putting your office in your car or van. With the cost of doing business along with gas prices steadily rising, equipping your vehicle with [...]
