Archive for 2007
Port Moody Blanket Business Has Babies Covered
The Province: What do you do? I make personalized fleece baby blankets. I use high-quality waffle fleece that doesn’t pill, and I make two sizes — one regular baby-blanket size and a mini-size teething blanket. Both sizes have ribbons sewn along the edges for the babies to chew on. I make them to order so [...]
The Woman Who Brought Us The Cure For The Common Baby Carrier
When a mom is shopping for a baby carrier, we tend to want something that is comfortable, sturdy, and easy to use. It was the same for Robyn, the mom behind BabyHawk. After having her child she quickly learned that with only 2 hands it was nearly impossible to take care of her child and [...]
Belly Bands Help Keep Expecting Mommies Stylish
Their’s a good chance that if you’re pregnant or you’ve been pregnant recently, you might know what Belly Bands are. Baby Be Mine Maternity, which sells Belly Bands and delivery gowns, has been featured in Pregnancy & Newborn as well as Pregnancy magazines. It is two European moms, now living in the USA, that created [...]
Startup Bets Everything On New Year’s Eve
Fortune Small Business: Jann Yogman is counting down to New Year’s Eve – but his numbers are going up. Last year, the entrepreneur’s New York City startup, New Year’s Nation, hosted 5,000 guests at a national New Year’s Eve bash in five U.S. cities, all connected by streaming video on giant plasma screens. This year, [...]
Most Innovative Business People of 2007
Fast Company: Brenda Dietrich. Dietrich and her team of math geeks are changing the way IBM works. In the hands of talented mathematicians, data creates an invaluable advantage. Elaborate algorithms reveal a company’s inefficiencies and opportunities–unseen bottlenecks in the supply chain or customers’ hidden buying patterns. “It’s a great time,” Dietrich says, “to be a [...]
Must-Read Tech Stories of 2007
Mashable: 2007 was a heck of a year here at Mashable. Throughout the year there were some standout stories based on any number of criteria. This list is a sampling of the stories that shaped the year behind us. * Barack Obama’s MySpace Ambitions – February 2007 and Obama is looking to social networking to [...]
New Year’s Resolutions For Small Businesses
Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service: I love the beginning of a new year. Not for the champagne-filled revelry of New Year’s Eve, but for the chance for a fresh start for my business and my life. I’m optimistic for 2008, even though it’s likely to be an unsettled time for the American economy, but [...]
Six Ideas That Will Change the World
Esquire: 1. Breaking Down the Firewall. Internet censorship is the book burning of the modern age, denying as much as a third of the world’s population access to news and information. But a new brand of activists — or “hacktivists” — are using their computer expertise to help people stranded in Web-censored countries abroad (and [...]
Stylish Medical Bracelets By A Mom Who Uses One Herself
Most people know what a medical bracelet is, yet many don’t wear one although they probably should. Medical bracelets are generally ugly and that just adds to the reason why many people won’t wear one. Tina Sprigg is a mom who suffers from Crohns Disease. Although her disease wasn’t what inspired her to start making [...]
Making Beauty From Beads Gave Mom Reason To Live
The News & Observer: Melanie Haun strung together friends as easily as the beads she turned into necklaces and bracelets. Those who shopped at her Raleigh store, Bead Delite, came for more than just the selection of supplies. They also came for the company. “If you were a customer, you were a friend. That was [...]
Start New Year With Clean Desk
Rhonda Abrams At Gannett News Service: Every year, at the end of December, I have a tradition: I clean the stuff off my desk and clean out my files. Yes, I know – if I were a better (or at least more organized) person, I’d clear off my desk more than just once a year. [...]
Avoid A Cold This Winter Season
thats fit: Winter is known as cold season – and it’s not just because the temperatures are dropping. Your chances of catching a cold this season are high — but according to Everyday Health, you can reduce your chances of picking up one if you follow these steps: Avoid touching your face with your hands. [...]
Six Ways To Start Off Secure In 2008
Webworker Daily: Nobody wants to court disaster. And yet, even power computer users often fall into the apathy trap, failing to take simple steps to secure their devices and networks. In this post, I gather up six tips that can get you off to a good, secure start in 2008. 1. Get a USB Thumb [...]
Forget Bingo! 80 Is The New 30
MSNBC: At 85, Bob Galvin was recently sidelined by eye surgery. Although he’ll now require custom-made glasses, the former chief of Motorola still expects — as he does every year — to hit the ski slopes this winter in Vail, Colo. It also won’t keep him from “calling the shots” at the pair of research [...]
Community Churches Get Digital
TrendHunter: Want to attend a mass without the discomfort of leaving your home (or computer)? St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto broadcasts a feed on TV and YouTube. What makes this interesting isn’t the idea of religion on television, but rather, that a local parish is broadcasting to its own community. The project was coordinated by [...]
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Baby Friendly Beads: By A Mom To Help Moms
If you have or currently are breastfeeding a child, then you might understand what exactly it was Jen must have gone through. One day she started to think about what type of item could make her own son stop pinching her or pulling her hair, and would with stand him tugging and playing with it. [...]
This ad for Wolf Hot Sauce is placed over a hand dryer so it looks, and feels, like the man is blowing hot air on your hands!
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Another Uncomfortable Office Moment
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Another funny Berlitz ad stressing the importance of learning another language. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cu-hW75wF4E[/youtube]
This ad for Berlitz language tools shows us the importance of understanding lyrics in any language. [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=pATXI7v0xD4[/youtube]
This ad for Mondo Pasta in Hamburg features faces which look like they’re slurping spaghetti (boat rope). With the harbor being one of the most popular places, these ads are sure to be noticed!
Even The Police Are Advertising
These London police cars feature slogans which say “Know Your Limits” and “Don’t Let A Good Night Turn Into A Bad One”. Even the police are branching out into advertising these days!
Mom Creates Baby Clothing Business Thanks To Etsy
Lincoln County News: Finding the nexus between 18th century New England cottage industry and 21st century modern technology, clothing designer Erin Wallace came before the Alna Planning Board to request a business designation last week Her young business is called Blue Bird Baby. Wallace, 24, slim and sandy-haired with smiling eyes and apple cheeks, has [...]
Mom Discovers Success In Starting Over
Southern Tier Business News: For many people, losing a job is a devastating blow. But Sandi Hulbert of Apalachin turned her unexpected unemployment into an exciting new opportunity for herself: a home-based business called Grandmother’s Jewelry Box. Hulbert had jobs in retail for 20 years when the store she worked for went bankrupt three years [...]
Advertising Age: 1. WORKING RETIRED. Three out of four baby boomers say they have no intention of seeking a traditional retirement. 2. SUN HATERS. Look for new interest in sun-safe clothing and permanent sunscreen. And look for more litigation and regulation as the movement gets hotter. 3. NEGLECTED DADS. In the late ’70s, the average [...]
5 Startups Worth Watching in 2008
Wired: Credit crunch? Recession risk? You’d never know it, judging by the frenzy of startup activity. In fact, it’s a pretty good time to start a company. Generous payouts from Web 1.0 IPOs and more-recent acquisitions have given rise to a new generation of angel investors and venture capitalists. Unlike 1999 — many of the [...]
NY Daily News: It’s an industry sales secret of real estate professionals on all levels. Big-time brokers at multimillion-dollar marketing companies and small-time Realtors all know that cookies, especially the smell of them baking in an oven, are the home seller’s secret weapon. It’s no coincidence that big supermarkets bake bread and cookies right in [...]
Inc.: Small- and mid-sized businesses that need a small infusion of capital can now apply for micro loans through the online marketplace and business development site ZANA Network. The loans, which range from $5,000 to $25,000, can be delivered in as little as three days, the company says. “Today’s global market is overflowing with financial [...]
Widgets Are New Ad Kid On The Block
CNet.com: Forget static banners. Online ads are evolving into mini-applications with video, games, and dynamic content that people like enough to embed in their own Web pages and share with others. These widget ads aren’t commonplace yet, but they are cropping up more and more, further blurring the line between advertising and content. For some [...]
Bizymoms Launches ‘Franchises For Moms’
PR.com: Franchising brings with it many advantages namely, a well-established and reputed organization, with a large, existing customer base and a sound infrastructure for marketing campaigns, a reputed network of suppliers who can be trusted because they have been in business for several years. Also, the fact that one is not alone in the business [...]
Best of 2007: Trends That Shaped the Web
Mashable.com: The web, even at this age, is still an ever developing landscape. New trends come and go, some of them will last, some won’t. This is a list of five we felt shaped this year, and probably will in 2008 also. Politics Meets Social Media – The United States presidential elections are in November [...]
Top 10 Automotive Biz Ideas for 2008
Springwise: 10. Person to person parking space rental. 9. Stress-free car shopping. 8. Integrated auto insurance for teens. 7. Mobile car rental, wherever it’s needed. 6. Car dealership catches female fever. 5. Ridesharing with a social twist. 4. Insurance discounts for GPS-guided drivers. 3. Crowd clout & Japanese auto parts. 2. Zipcar uses mobile GPS [...]
Google: We’re bidding adieu to 2007 with a look back at the breaking news, the big events and the must-have gadgets that captivated us this year (give or take a few weeks; we compile this list by early December). To get a glimpse of what’s been on our collective consciousness, we mined billions of search [...]
Wall Street Journal: Renee O’Brien of Pottstown, Pa., was excited to work from home when she became an independent distributor for a women’s slumber-party hosting company in 2005. But the transition wasn’t as easy as she expected: Friends would call while she was working, assuming she had ample time to chat. And she’d find herself [...]
Inventors Have A Place To Mingle
AppScout: If you have an idea for a product or device that you think is revolutionary, you have a couple of choices. You can either buy into one of those “inventor’s toolkit” scams where they take your money, promise to help you develop and patent your idea, and then do nothing; or you can dig [...]
An Uncomfortable Office Moment
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This Polaroid ad is placed in shopping malls and business centers in Sao Paulo, and actually replaces mirrors. Now there’s a way to get your product noticed!
This ad by The Economist features a billboard that lights up when a person walks under it.
Proof That Reading The Humor Blog Is Worthwhile
From LiveScience.com Study’s Punch Line: Humor at the Office is Serious Business By Charles Q. Choi, Special to LiveScience Kidding around at work is commonly thought of as perilous, as the hit sitcom “The Office” often explores to wincing extremes. Now intense research finds light humor at work is a good thing. In their study, [...]
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This clever Iam’s ad features a rear windshield wiper tail cover.
Van Crashes Into Live News Cast
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From MSNBC.com FRANKFORT, Ind. – Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but his savings in quarters and dollar coins really paid off. Brant, 70, used more than $25,000 in change to help buy a new Dodge Ram half-ton pickup truck Friday — 13 years after buying another truck with spare change. “(The old truck) [...]
The Wall Street Journal: Renee O’Brien of Pottstown, Pa., was excited to work from home when she became an independent distributor for a women’s slumber-party hosting company in 2005. But the transition wasn’t as easy as she expected: Friends would call while she was working, assuming she had ample time to chat. And she’d find [...]
