Archive for May 21st, 2007
How Mothers Can Pop Into A Small Business
Studio Matrix: What is a mother to do when money is short and there are things her children need? Many mothers may find themselves at yard sales pinching a few needed items for a more affordable price than buying new. As a mom, this is exactly what I did when my kids were young. It [...]
Single Moms Can Have It All But It's Not Easy
PR Web: Two years ago, CJM Associates was a struggling start-up. Today, it employs 23 people and produces revenues in the millions. And this week, they announced a partnership with a global investigative firm, Sutton Associates. Few businesses experience such rapid growth. But those who do often have a dynamic leader behind their success. CJM [...]
'Mompreneurs' Set For June 2 Working While Raising Family
The Peace Arch News: The upcoming “Mompreneur” Event in Vancouver, created by White Rock’s Kelley Scarsbrook, will aim to teach mothers how to be business savvy while bringing up children. The June 2 event will feature speakers including Marilyn Bild, EBay Canada’s Entrepreneur of the Year, Kalpna Solanki, president of BOBOBABY Frozen Organic Baby Meals, [...]
eBay Throws Lumberton A Thank You Party
I thought this is as better time than any to start blogging about South Jersey…and why not start with my South Jersey town.This week was a banner week for the South Jersey town that I live in called Lumberton, NJ. Ebay determined that Lumberton, New Jersey has more buying and selling activity on a per-capita [...]
eBay Being Asked to Stop Ivory Sales to US
Online auction giant eBay is allowing consumers to bid for elephant ivory products that can’t be imported legally into the United States, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. It is against the law to bring ivory items into this country unless the product is certified as produced before 1947 and accompanied by a [...]
Skype Perfect for Overseas Travelers
Even if your cell plan allows free domestic roaming, you’re probably paying through the nose when you’re phoning home from foreign destinations. And let’s face it: E-mail isn’t quite the same — especially if you’re keeping pace with a student spending a semester abroad. A free alternative: install Skype on your portable computer. Here’s what [...]
EBay Inc., the world’s largest online auctioneer, added Spanish, French and Chinese websites for its PayPal payment services unit to help boost its overseas sales and extend its lead over Google Inc.’s rival Checkout service. PayPal added service to 87 countries, including Cambodia, Greenland and Kazakhstan, San Jose-based EBay said in a statement. PayPal now [...]
New Partner Program Gives PayPal Incentives
PayPal is introducing a new partner program that gives incentives to ecommerce and financial service providers for integrating and offering PayPal’s Express Checkout to their merchant customers. Under the new program, partners will receive integration technical support, integration best practice information and access to co-branded marketing materials. In addition, partners that integrate Express Checkout will [...]
Cool Biz Gear: Keep your computers and electrical devices secure in style! The PowerSquid by Flexity is a flexible stylish solution to your power problems. The curvilinear design adds a modern sleek face to a normally overlooked part of the office landscape. Features a 360-degree rotating head that allows it to plug into the most [...]
Netgear’s Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype (SPH200D)
Entrepreneur: Netgear’s Dual-Mode Cordless Phone with Skype (SPH200D) is another small step for mankind: one cordless handset that can take both VoIP and POTS calls while you roam around your home or office. The SPH200D base station plugs into both your Wi-Fi network router and a telephone wall jack. Calls travel wirelessly to the handset [...]
SciFi.com: We’ve gotten so accustomed to that ripping sound that Velcro makes, it might take us a while to get used to Leonard Duffy’s invention, an improved fastener that not only eliminates that annoying noise when unfastened, it can hold eight times the weight. It took him eight years and $40,000 to develop this new [...]
Entrepreneur: The ability to generate quick cash is a skill every entrepreneur would love to possess. In Instant Income, The New York Times bestselling author Janet Switzer describes dozens of tools for quick cash-flow increases. Switzer’s tips emphasize practical and low-cost methods, including ways to upsell existing customers, prospect for quick sales, bundle products and [...]
Entrepreneur: They were all the rage in the ’50s and ’60s, and now they’re becoming trendy once again. Drive-in movie theaters are making a comeback in various parts of the country, with one opening tonight in Southern California. The Star-Vu Drive-In in Costa Mesa boasts an inflatable screen that’s 72 feet wide and 46 feet [...]
Entrepreneur: Have you ever dreamed of owning a band? Then go to eBay to check out an actual band for sale for $1.5 million. The band is called Rednex, and they’ve been around since the mid ’90s. According to their website, they’ve sold more than 10 million records and plan on releasing their latest album [...]
USA Today: As the school year draws to a close, newly minted graduates are emerging into one of the best job markets in years. Companies are scrambling to get the best and brightest. Employers are dangling perks such as signing bonuses and flat-screen TVs to woo this year’s college graduates. Employers plan to hire nearly [...]
Small Business Computing: In a sign of the increasing popularity of VoIP phone service, Skype announced a distribution deal with the giant Wal-Mart chain of stores this week. Under the agreement, the voice communications area of 1,800 Wal-Mart stores in the U.S. will carry Skype-certified hardware, including headsets, webcams, and handsets designed to work with [...]
