Archive for May 3rd, 2007
4 Time Management Tricks For Work-At-Home Moms
WSTM: When you’re juggling business and family under the same roof, you never know what the day will bring. We can’t free you of snow days, sick days or other frustrating setbacks, but we can help you be better prepared for them. These tricks will help you easily regroup when surprises happen and keep you [...]
Open PR: Business owner Michelle Waters announces the recent launch of her new internet radio show, Product Seller’s Talk Radio. Waters was inspired to launch Product Seller’s Talk Radio in response to many work at home moms who started their businesses using her shopping cart and web hosting services, and seemed to give up on [...]
Stay-At-Home Moms: You Can Blog For Money Too
American Chronicle: Back when I started my blog, I only started it because I needed a free and easy way to post my articles up somewhere online so that I could email editors the link to samples of my writing. Now, nearly two years after starting my main blog, it’s chugging along nicely with me [...]
eBay Software MarketBlast Offers What Sellers Want
Acclivity LLC announced the release of eBay auction-management software MarketBlast 2.0. The upgrade includes dozens of new features and enhancements, including integration with PayPal and Endicia and free image hosting. The new version is free for a limited time for all registered users of MarketBlast, which works with both Macs and Windows computers. “We are [...]
eBay’s New Feedback Policy Off & Rolling
AuctionBytes interviewed eBay’s Director of Global Feedback Policy, Brian Burke, to learn more about the company’s new feedback rating system. Feedback 2.0 was rolled out in 8 pilot markets in early March and was slated to begin rolling out worldwide Tuesday afternoon. One key difference in the new system is the added ability for buyers [...]
Skype Reduces Cost of SMS Messages
Skype continues to reduce the costs of communication, announcing today that it plans to slash 50% off the cost of sending SMS messages using Skype™. Sending SMS messages from Skype on a PC or Mac is extremely simple, handy, practical – and now even cheaper. Skype simplifies the way people keep in touch with one [...]
Entrepreneur: In the battle of the generations, entrepreneur style, who would win–Boomers or Gen-Yers? According to a recent study by OPEN from American Express , it’d be a close tie. Believe it or not, both generations actually agreed on several key issues. For example, both agree the economy is strong and opening their business was [...]
Simple Business Philosophy — Get Wet, Have Fun
Yahoo Finance: Isabelle “Izzy” Tihanyi and Caroline “Coco” Tihanyi have a simple enough business philosophy — get wet, have fun. The fraternal twin sisters and lifelong beachcombers started out offering surfing lessons to other women, and built a pretty rad business along the way. Today, Surf Diva includes children’s camps, international excursions, and even a [...]
Great Biz Read: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Entrepreneur: Of the thousands of business books published in the last 30 years, only a handful have withstood the assaults of changing times and changing objectives to remain as relevant today as when they first came out. This week we present five books worthy of space on any entrepreneur’s shelf–now and in the future. Today’s [...]
Routine Vital For Work-At-Home Set
Gannett News Service: If you think everybody who works from home wears PJ’s and sneaks in housework, Jeff Korona and Cynthia Kidder are here to prove you wrong. These home-based workers make it a point to look and act professional — even though there’s no one around to judge. It takes some discipline, but Korona [...]
Internet Radio Royalty Hike Delayed
arstechnica: Internet radio will remain safe and sound, at least through July of this year, on account of a new decision by the US Copyright Royalty Board. Under the CRB’s original ruling, Internet radio stations would have had to begin paying retroactive royalties on May 15, thereby knocking many of them offline due to the [...]
Supreme Court Loosens Patent ‘Obviousness’ Test
Reuters: A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday backed away from a decades-old legal test that high-tech firms argue has sparked an abundance of obvious patents. In a hotly anticipated decision that could make it easier to challenge patents of questionable quality, the justices called for loosening the current approach set by the nation’s dedicated [...]
