Archive for February 22nd, 2007
This week’s Carnival is being hosted by Ty Tribble of eBay Business Opportunities and we have 9 articles for your review. This is the third week for Ty to host the Carnival of eBay Sellers and he’ll be doing it for the entire month of February. So here we go with this week’s submissions: Barbra [...]
StartupNation: Your best chance of success as an entrepreneur is to offer a product or service that’s unique to a marketplace that needs what you and your business have to offer. Charlie Warner, for example, has been a lifelong comedy fan. He retired as a marketing vice-president for America Online and wanted to start his [...]
Larry Chase’s WDFM: What the Buzz? is a keyword research tool that will tell you who’s talking about a certain keyword. By talking, we mean: How often has that keyword been blogged about, and how popular is that keyword within blogs day by day? Has it been tagged in blog posts? What are the exact [...]
Niche Biz: Multiethnic Wedding Cake Figurines
Unusual Business Ideas That Work: An observer might say Ellie Genuardi and Rená Puebla act a lot like a married couple. Having known each other for years, they even finish each other’s sentences and bicker playfully. In 2004, this pair of longtime friends and business associates said “I do� to a marriage-related business: Puebla and [...]
Best Marketing Mix: Old and New
Smart Biz: While much has been discussed about the impact of the Internet on local businesses in recent years, 2007 should be the year that local businesses fully embrace useful online tools in order to market their business more effectively, efficiently and affordably. Internet advertising is already invaluable for businesses. Over the past two years, [...]
StartupNation: The sole goal of this organization is to help women-owned businesses pass the million-dollar mark. Depending on the size of your business, you can apply for a program award, which includes up to $45,000 in financing and a year of mentoring from a team of business advisors, or a micro loan of up to [...]
