Archive for February 20th, 2007
Treat Customers as Next-door Neighbors
Pamela Hazelton at Practical eCommerce: People often ask me where I learned so much about ecommerce and business in general. I didn’t attend business school, nor do my college degrees reflect what I do today. Besides being book smart and having been raised “old school,” I accumulated the majority of my knowledge from experience, logical [...]
Reading, Writing and Entrepreneurship?
Entrepreneur: Wish you could’ve taken entrepreneurship instead of arithmetic in elementary school? You’ll be jealous of the kids at Jean Parker Elementary School in San Francisco. It’s not that they’re foregoing a traditional education, but the fifth graders are getting supplemental classes in business from Salesforce.com and the BizWorld Foundation, which includes hands-on experience running [...]
Britney Spears Hair Worth What on eBay!
Britney Spears hair may be worth more than she is with reports of her lushes locks being auctioned on ebay this morning. There are at least 25 auctions all claiming to be authentic and ranging in price from $1.00 to $99,999,99.00, but one has to wonder which are real (if any) and which are a [...]
US eBay Turns More International
eBay is changing the way British listings appear on the US eBay.com website. Previously, items listed on eBay.co.uk also appeared in the default search results on eBay.com, but are no longer guaranteed to appear there. eBay UK said it is testing different options because, “As eBay.co.uk has grown over time, the volume of items listed [...]
Perhaps the budget deficit is getting too large. The IRS is trying to get eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) to turn over records on its customers, especially the larger ones, so that the IRS can go after those who have not paid taxes on their auction transactions. What fun. Getting a company to rat out its own. [...]
You’ve Got To Sell Yourself On Making Money
Rhonda Abrams at Gannett News Service: For most business problems, there’s an obvious solution: Make more sales. Need a new Web site? Need more staff? Need new products or services? The answer: Get out there and make sales. Let’s face it, most business problems can be helped – if not solved – by having more [...]
College Entrepreneurs Start Web Service
DePauw University News: With a $500 investment in computer equipment, college students Ryan Tinker and Zach Koch created the Web site BookSnag.com to help students at Depauw University save money buying and selling used textbooks. Students can list and sell their books on Booksnag for free. If a book is unavailable, buyers are redirected to [...]
8 Secrets of the Super Successful
WomenHomeBusiness: Everyone wants success, however it is defined. For some, it can mean financial riches. For others, success can mean reaching the top of their field. Some simply define success as living a fulfilled and contented life. Alan S. Becker in his book There’s Always Room at the Top: 8 Secrets of the Super Successful [...]
