Archive for December 4th, 2006
Offer Your Employees This No-Cost Job Perk
Associated Content: If you own or operate a small business, you probably have looked for perks that you can offer your employees to help boost morale, increase productivity and generate some loyalty. However, you don’t have the budget of a big company, so extras like company cars, gym memberships and in-house babysitting are probably too [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at The Real Estate Tomato.
Time: American troops in Iraq have become masters of improvisation, like bolting jury-rigged armor to humvees to shield themselves from sniper fire and shrapnel. Lately, an even more novel item has joined their battle kits… Silly String. Marines working in Iraq have shown Army combat engineers how it can be used to detect trip wires. [...]
Creative Ways To Help Charities
Personal Finance Advice: The holidays are a time for giving. There seems to be an assumption that the only way you can help a charitable cause is by donating money, but there are ways you can help without spending any money. 1. Donate Your Time. While this may seem obvious to a lot of people, [...]
Biz Idea: Create Your Own Gift Card
Gift cards are more popular than ever. According to the National Retail Federation, Americans will spend $24.8 billion on gift cards this holiday season, a $6 billion increase over last year and an all-time high. If you offer a product or service, you can create your own gift cards. Offer a low cost promotional item [...]
Entrepreneur Helps Others With Alzheimer’s Store
Pressroom.UPS.com: Mark Warner graduated with a degree in architecture and a certificate in gerontology. His interest developed into a passion and he wrote The Complete Guide to Alzheimer’s-Proofing Your Home, identifying strategies and products to make homes more dementia-friendly. Once the book was published, readers began calling and asking for the products featured in it. [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Show Me the Money.
