Archive for November 13th, 2006
Springwise: A singer, a dancer, a painter – take your pick, these are just some of the creatives that New York parents can hire as their child’s babysitter for the night. Eugenia Bachaleda, a musician, and Kristina Wilson, a performer, combined their talents to devise Sitters in the City for a modern twist on baby [...]
Catching Customers Is Like Catching Fish
Chris at SuccessCREEations: 1. Fish are mainly focused on food and shelter. Their needs are simple and focused. 2. Fish don’t like light (it hurts their eyes because they don’t have eyelids) so they hang out in dark places. We will have more success if we go to those places where our ideal customers are [...]
Former CNN Anchor Sets Site On Web
NYDailyNews.com: Daryn Kagan spent a dozen years at CNN, where viewers watched her anchor breaking news and report from around the world. Starting today, she’s taking those skills to her own Web site where she’ll be focusing solely on stories of inspiration. The Web site will offer a variety of profiles. Some are of people [...]
ECommerce-Guide.com: With the holidays coming, artists at Your Memory Lane are gearing up for a busy season of making individualized works of art for gift giving. The company, run by two brothers, makes one-of-a-kind art prints depicting a street scene interwoven with symbols of a person’s milestones, memories and life history. The business got its [...]
GigaOm: ChipIn provides easy web tools for setting up a fundraiser (free for anything under $10,000), helping other people promote it, and transferring funds. To make money, the company wants to expand its platform to measure other forms of social engagement online, but it’s not getting into specifics yet. ChipIn started out with an “Evite [...]
Still Unclear if Skype Has Helped eBay
A year ago, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) shelled out a minimum of $2.6 billion for a super-fast growing VOIP company, Skype. eBay claimed that it was a synergistic fit, but Wall Street was skeptical. How does VOIP really improve auctions? Doesn’t the power of eBay lie in automation? nternational Herald had an excellent piece on the [...]
eBay Group PESA Expanding Organization
When coin-dealer and eBay PowerSeller Joe Cortese spoke in May 2004 at the first summit of eBay sellers now known as PESA, he humorously told attendees that he had a hidden agenda in founding the trade association. That agenda was “to ensure that I sell my merchandise on eBay for a profit. My goal is [...]
iSale Releases New Feature for eBay Express
Equinux has released iSale 3.3, a new version of its Mac OS X software for eBay sellers. A free update for registered iSale 3.x users, iSale 3.3 costs $39.95. iSale includes features that make it easier to sell goods on eBay. It lets you format your eBay sales pages using templates, relist unsold items, view [...]
Tazbar Looking to Compete With eBay in the Future
Many auction sites have attempted to challenge eBay’s dominance of the world of online middlemen, and none so far has succeeded. But that doesn’t stop new businesses from trying. I’ve been in communication with Lee Markham, the founder and development director of Tazbar, one site that would seek to challenge eBay, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY). Lee is [...]
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Pen Maker’s Trial by Wal-Mart Continues
Ever wonder what it’s like to get a product into Wal-Mart? The Wall Street Journal has been following the story of Pacific Writing Instruments Inc., of San Mateo, California in their quest to reach the Holy Grail of retailing: Wal-Mart’s shelves. For the past month, the creators of PenAgain, a wishbone-shaped writing instrument, have lived [...]
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