Archive for March 28th, 2007
Orange County Momtrepreneur Launches Networking Site For Entrepreneur Moms
WebWire: BusinessMom.net is the newest and most innovative result of the Web 2.0 craze. While WAHMs and mom business owners formerly interacted in linear forums and message boards, they now have the opportunity to create their own âspaceâ? in an online community created just for them. Bunmi Zalob, the Orange County mom behind BusinessMom.net launched [...]
SYS-CON Media: OpMom.com is the most advanced web-based system ever created for moms. From your Command Center you can organize your family’s medical information & create wellness reminders, find & rate local service providers, plan & book the perfect vacation, get a handle on your photos, create & plan events and parties, stay in touch [...]
Jamaica Gleaner: Erica Aquart did herself proud by winning the prestigious Miss Jamaica World Beauty Contest. She went one better and did the whole Jamaica proud when she captured the Caribbean Queen of Beauty title on an impressive performance characterised by charm, poise, grace and lots of confidence (1990). Dreams transformed Erica Aquart Perkins’ life. [...]
A Place For Kids And Their Parents
The Patriot Ledger: Eleven years of personal experience was all it took for Loretta Boutin to know she wanted to open an indoor playground for kids. The 33-year-old mother of four opened Kiddin’ Around Play Gym in Rockland last month as a way to transform her stay-at-home-mom routine into a social environment for children and [...]
Phil Dunn on eBay Seller Central thinks that entrepreneurs with eBay Stores have a doomed business model: eBay Stores offered many sellers an easy to list fixed price goods and move unsold auction items to a static listing with cheap fees and long durations (e.g. 30 days or good til canceled). But the model could [...]
Taking Your Invention to a Trade Show
MSNBC: Trade shows offer inventors and entrepreneurs the opportunity to reach a large number of potential buyers and retailers. They also provide a marketing-sales double whammy: You’ll meet buyers seeking products like yours, and even if you don’t make a sale on the spot, your presence creates awareness about your product. You should also use [...]
PRNewswire: The U.S. Small Business Administration will honor America’s top entrepreneurs — and name the National Small Business Person of the Year — at national ceremonies in Washington, D.C., during Small Business Week, April 23-24. The two-day celebration will honor the small business accomplishments of individuals and business owners at four major award events. The [...]
Pet Owners A Drain On Workplace Productivity
Inc.: Employees fretting over their pets can be a drain on workplace productivity, according Canine Kingdom, an Albany, N.Y -based pet-advocacy group. As many as half of the nation’s workers own pets and most feel guilty about leaving them at home alone when they’re at work, the group said. “Employers can play a vital role [...]
WKBT.com: Two Minnesota men have found their niche in the travel market by taking groups to scary places. Dave Schrader of Circle Pines and Tim Dennis of Burnsville are leading groups on trips to haunted hotels and spooky cruise ships. The two started an online radio show called “Darkness Radio” in January 2006. Within a [...]
Will Google’s Pay-Per-Action Ease Click Fraud?
Internet News: Google is beta testing a different business formula for its AdSense product that eases up on its lucrative pay-per-click model in favor of a pay-per-action model. The new program could help address the click fraud problem that dogs the per-per-click sector of the online ad industry. The idea with the beta test is [...]
