Archive for March 14th, 2007
BusinessPundit pointed to a new website today called TheFunded.com. From their about page: As a serial entrepreneur, I have come to realize over the years how important fundraising is and how difficult it can be. First, fundraising is far too time consuming for the entrepreneur, wasting valuable time required to grow the business. Second, the [...]
Can You Franchise an Unsexy Concept?
Entrepreneur: Whenever I hear these questions, my first response is to point to some of the undifferentiated concepts that have achieved high levels of success in the marketplace. “What about janitorial services—why have they been so successful?� Then I go through the list. Maid services. Lawn care. Carpet cleaning. Temporary and permanent placement firms. And [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Anita Campbell’s Small Business Trends.
eBay Still The King Of Online Shopping
EBay’s still king of the online shopping ring, and then some, according to numbers released by Hitwise. Amazon, Wal-Mart, Craigslist, and Target combined can’t match the grip the incumbent online auction powerhouse holds on the online shopping public. In February, eBay.com attracted 18.5 percent of all visits in Hitwise’s Shopping and Classifieds categories, followed by [...]
Are Skype’s New Products All about Revenue?
In a move that says more about the revenue potential of its core business than any numbers reported to date, Skype announced the launch of two new products that have little to do with the core service and are already widely available elsewhere: local product reviews and a monetize-yourself expert network directory. This strategy, of [...]
Be On Top of What’s Hot on eBay
An eBay tool for both new users and master bidders, What’s Hot on eBaytracks down the hottest items on eBay and send them back to the desktop for you to see what you might have missed! Click the “Top Searches” button at the bottom of the Widget to see other popular categories. Explore the preferences [...]
eBay Australia Hands Over Info. to Tax Office
eBay has given the Australian Taxation Office information including users’ contact names, seller user names, phone numbers, duration of membership and monthly sales turnover, says The Australian. “One seller whose data had been requested by the ATO told The Australian the audit would help rid eBay of unscrupulous sellers,” says the story. “Donna Kelly … [...]
Beginner’s Basics to Selling on eBay
There are a few things that you really need to know before you start selling on EBay. What to Sell. First off, you need to know what it is you’re going to sell on eBay: Have a think what’s your specialty or what your interests are? You’ll do far better on eBay if you become [...]
One of the easiest ways to increase eBay sales and thus to make more money on eBay is by simply increasing the number of listings. While this may seem logical to some sellers, others may question why you would ever have more than one of an item listed. It almost seems like you are competing [...]
When Selling on eBay Have the Mind Set of a Business Owner
One of the challenges that home based business owners face is associated with the transition that they need to make. That transition is from being at home and handling personal tasks to being a business owner who needs to focus on their business. However to make money on eBay requires that the transition be made. [...]
Feedback Is A Buyers First Impression
Sellers who want to make money on eBay should never discount the value that positive feedback brings to their sales. In fact it is not just the positive feedback percentage that matters, but also the total number of feedbacks that have been received, and how you use that information. If you have a very high [...]
Save Money On Your eBay Images!
Why pay eBay to host your auction images for you when you can use an online image hosting service to do it for free? A lot of people don’t even know it’s possible or may think it’s not worth the hassle. This simple step by step article will show you how you can easily save [...]
Will Royalty Fees Kill Internet Radio?
Utne Reader: Internet radio has been around for almost as long as the internet. Like many web trends, it started out as a resource for in-the-know computer geeks. Now, roughly 52 million people are tuning in on a monthly basis, according to a study by Arbitron and Edison Media Research. Listeners are attracted to the [...]
Stay at Home Moms Targeted by Online Thieves
WTSP-TV: Donna Gonzalez wants to work at home for the sake of her daughter Leah. She recently posted her resume on websites like CareerBuilder.Com and quickly got a reply, “They just need people who already had bank accounts set up, so we could cash the checks for them.” According to Donna, a company called Global [...]
Entrepreneur Is Invested In Vinyl Records
Associated Press: Many record collectors, DJs and music junkies still consider vinyl to be the gold standard of recorded music — scratches, pops and all. That enduring appeal has helped Nashville’s United Record Pressing, which cranks out 20,000 to 40,000 records a day, making it one of the largest — and last — vinyl record [...]
Stay at Home Moms Targeted by Online Thieves
WTSP-TV: Donna Gonzalez wants to work at home for the sake of her daughter Leah. She recently posted her resume on websites like CareerBuilder.Com and quickly got a reply, “They just need people who already had bank accounts set up, so we could cash the checks for them.” According to Donna, a company called Global [...]
People With Disabilities Get Help With Microbusinesses
OurMidland.com: Tina Nohle, who has a developmental disability, got help contacting Coca-Cola and leased a pop machine in the building that houses the Midland County Department of Human Services. She visits the machine twice a week to clean it, stock it with soda pop and water, and collect the money. “She wanted to be somewhere [...]
Entrepreneur Delivers Much-Needed Service
Pittsburgh Live: Grocery shopping for Rene Lopez became magical after he moved Downtown. Lopez merely has to make up a shopping list, and the next day, his groceries are waiting at home for him after work, with the perishables in the fridge and freezer. “I’m working all the time, and I’m just too busy. When [...]
