Archive for May 8th, 2007
Single Mom's Whimsical Heirlooms Grace Floors
PR-inside.com: Claire Murray’s hand-hooked rugs tell colorful stories of life by the sea. Murray began making her rugs 20 years ago. Today she owns 17 retail stores and her heirloom rugs are known worldwide. She’s been credited for rejuvenating the art of hooking rugs ever since she ran classes at her Nantucket Island Inn and [...]
Mom's Top 10 Steps To A Good Online Reputation
WebProNews: 1. Put Your Best Foot Forward: You have to be everywhere, treating branding in the online world the way you would in the real world. 2. Make Eye Contact: The wallflower is most likely an incredible resource – it’s just that nobody knows her because she doesn’t put herself out there. Be a participant [...]
The News Tribune: When Doreen Jensen got pregnant, she knew what she was in for: morning sickness, a growing belly and ugly clothes. “It’s either cheap and doesn’t fit well or really expensive,” she said. Or, perhaps worse, some maternity clothes look like children’s clothes. Unlike glossy ads that show women in low-cut, belly hugging [...]
Senior VP For eBay Exercises Stock Options
The senior vice president of legal affairs and general counsel for online auctioneer eBay Inc. exercised options for 70,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC Friday, Michael R. Jacobson reported he exercised the options Wednesday for [...]
New ebay Tool by Seller Sourcebook
Seller Sourcebook, an auction template and photo-hosting service, has released Auction Launcher for eBay.com. The tool is a 1-page listing tool that is fully integrated with eBay and is an eBay certified application. Seller Sourcebook founder Kristen Rice said, “We want to make the listing process easier and faster for the busy seller.” Sellers create [...]
Brazilian Man Tries to Sell Wife on eBay
The Brazilian government has appealed to Conar (Self-Regulation Advertising Council) so that that bureau punishes Brazil’s eBay, the Mercado Livre site, for allowing an ad in which the author describes himself as a man trying to sell his own wife. The individual, who signs as Breno Bonin, asks a mere 100 reais (US$ 50) for [...]
State Prison Keys Sold on eBay
The key to getting out of Anamosa State Penitentiary actually may be a key — one or two that prison officials fear may have been sold on eBay. Prison officials just paid $6,000 to have the outer locks changed in the Iowa maximum security men’s prison that houses 1,289 inmates. Fred Scaletta, a spokesman for [...]
Basic Tips For Selling on eBay
* The first thing you should do is sign up an account with Paypal.com. Once your account is set up, follow Paypal’s instructions to verify your address and account. This will help build buyers’ trust in you as a seller. Paypal will help you easily accept payment from buyers as well as pay wholesale suppliers [...]
SHAPE Services announced the release of a new version of its IM+ for Skype Software for BlackBerry smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM). IM+ for Skype Software by SHAPE Services is a mobile client for Skype Software. It enables voice and text communication with other Skype users as well as cost-effective calling to landline or [...]
Salesforce Now Available for Skype
Skype and salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM), today announced the availability of a new version of Skype for Salesforce via salesforce.com’s AppExchange. Skype for Salesforce provides seamless Skype integration into Salesforce on-demand CRM applications and aims to improve workforce productivity and to streamline customer and partner [...]
Many Self-Employed Are Simply on Their Own
The New York Times: The small businesses that struggle the most with health insurance may be the smallest of all: those with only one employee. In 11 states, self-employed people have some of the same legal rights as small companies when it comes to dealing with insurers: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New [...]
Forbes: Don’t anger the Google gods. That’s the lesson Paul Sanar learned–too late–last year. Up until last fall, the 21-year-old New Yorker depended solely on the search engine to keep traffic flowing to Skyfacet.com, his online diamond business; Sanar says he sold $3 million dollars worth of jewelry a year. Then, he says, Google turned [...]
Biz Tumbling All The Way To The Bank
BusinessWeek: The lowly tumbleweed is a nuisance to most inhabitants of Western Kansas. The Russian thistle bushes are everywhere. They clog drainage ditches, pile up against fencerows, and have even been known to cause traffic accidents. But the weed is blowing only good fortune to Linda Katz of Garden City, Kan., who is proving that [...]
Inventor Solves Your Everyday Problems
The Press-Enterprise: From baby products to portable billboards, Murrieta inventor Mike Donine makes his living thinking up solutions to everyday problems. You may have seen his latest creation, The Xcuse Box, at Target. The $10 key chain accessory plays high-quality background noises, including sirens and a carpenter’s saw, that make it believable when you tell [...]
Many Work At Home, Miss Traffic Jams
Associated Press: The first business day after a major highway collapsed could have been a snarl of traffic jams, detours and road blocks for Victor Cousins, a Sun Microsystems Inc. employee who usually car pools into San Francisco from his Oakland apartment. Instead, Cousins bypassed the crumpled stretch of road and participated in conference calls [...]
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