Archive for March 8th, 2007
Using eBay Markdown Manager to Help Sales
eBay’s new Markdown Manager for Store sellers can be a useful feature when used strategically, as I reviewed in Part 1 of “How to Increase Sales with Markdown Manager.” Once you have decided on your Markdown strategy, you need to let buyers know that you are having a sale. Currently, items that are on sale [...]
Best Small-Business Idea Finalists
Inc.: This is an update on the Microsoft Ultimate Challenge, a nationwide search for the most creative small-business idea in the country, that we first covered back in November. The contest attracted 5,000 entrepreneurs from across the country with a wide array of innovative ideas, the company said. The four finalists include: a team of [...]
America Trusts Small Businesses
Inc.: Americans have more trust in small business than they do in the Supreme Court, the White House, or any other public institution, according to a Harris Interactive survey released this week. Out of more than 1,000 adults surveyed nationwide in February, 54 percent expressed a great deal of confidence in small business, compared to [...]
Dealing with Kid-Related Emergencies
Lisa Druxman at Entrepreneur: You have a huge day of work planned, but your son is sick and can’t go to school. You are about to leave for your big proposal and realize your daughter created a beautiful crayon work of art on your presentation. You can’t make it to a meeting without your baby [...]
MSNBC: A new study assembled by the technology research firm IDC, sought to account for all the ones and zeros that make up photos, videos, e-mails, Web pages, instant messages, phone calls and other digital content zipping around. The researchers also assumed that on average, each digital file gets replicated three times. Add it all [...]
PowerHomeBiz: Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon in their new book “Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-How for Business and Career Success” made a list of the top expressions people use when they are talking about networking that can make you cringe: 1. Schmoozing: this word makes networking seem so slimy and insincere. Networking is about [...]
