Archive for May 28th, 2007
Work-At-Home Basement Creations
The Seattle Times: Who knew there was a market for “iPoo”? Kimberly Smith of Kent was looking for a creative outlet and maybe a little extra cash when she quit her job as a clothing designer at Nordstrom to stay home with her two young boys. She took her computer, a heat press and “a [...]
Mother-Daughter Teams Run Montana Businesses
Billings Gazette: According to a Business Week report last fall, women in America are starting firms at twice the rate of men – and daughters are now just as likely as sons to follow in the family business. But working with family members isn’t for everyone. “You definitely have to know your relationship,” said Kym [...]
Nailing Success With 3-in-1 Business
The Courier News: The modest house-turned-business center not only contains a sought-after school that draws students from miles around, it also offers bargain nail services, and even children’s parties. With a cool business head that she says she got from her mother, Cindy Heidemann knows an untapped market when she sees one. But the Lake [...]
What’s easier than starting a business that has everything provided for you? A business that is also set-up for you. Plug-In Profit Site is very much an “Internet Business-In-A-Box”. It is 100% internet driven and completely automated. Their are no calls being made, or selling to family. You just let your website do the work [...]
PayPal Adds New Features for Business Partner Program
PayPal, the online payment service of Internet auctioneer eBay Inc., has taken two more steps in its effort to diversify its transaction base beyond the eBay fold. This week it announced it would use IP Commerce Inc. technology to enable small businesses to easily send invoices and receive payment through PayPal. That new service followed [...]
eBay Holding Town Meeting With Memebers
eBay is holding its monthly Town Hall Meeting next week on May 30, and eBay Canada is holding its second-ever audio forum event on May 29. The forums allow users to ask eBay management questions they have about the marketplaces.eBay changed the date of its May Town Hall Meeting, originally scheduled for May 23, 2007 [...]
eBay Business Going To Brick & Mortor
Ambience Home is unique to Eastern Oklahoma County. The new shop just east of Indian Meridian Street on N.E. 23rd Street resulted from the growth of an eBay business owned by a woman who lives just south of the city. .Jamie Willis started selling home decor items on eBay seven years ago. Eventually, the business [...]
Skypes Small Business Pack Inproves Productivity
Skype announced today that they have made it even easier for small businesses to jump on the Skype bandwagon, by introducing their Small Business Pack. “The Pack includes a Skype for Business download, 10 five month subscriptions to Skype Pro™ (Skype’s new internet communications package) worth €100 and €50 of Skype credit for making calls [...]
eBay Seller in Trouble With American Airlines
“blz0rt,” you may need a lawyer. American Airlines has filed suit against an unknown person who uses that screen name and hawked a pilot training CD on eBay this month. According to the suit, filed in State District Court in Fort Worth, the CD is included with training materials American provides to pilots. Pilots are [...]
Is eBay Really Damaging The US Economy
Ebay is a juggernaut. Ever forward. However, it has become very apparent that ebay is seriously damaging the economy of the United States of America. Here’s how: ebay started out as a venue in which people were primarily buying and selling pre-owned items until shortly later, businesses were selling new items. Thousands of new businesses [...]
India eBay Offers Bid For a Buck Weeks
Those who are addicted to shopping, particularly online shoppers now have a reason to smile, courtesy, eBay India that has announced a two week ‘Bid for a Buck’ auction. INDIANS CAN NOW bid for thousands of products starting at Re 1, with free shipping across the country thrown in on eBay India. Adding an innovative [...]
Author of eBay Millionaire of Bust Shares Secrets
Look out Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, here comes Corey Kossack! Okay, so the 23-year-old Tempe entrepreneur may have a long way to go before he catches up and passes the two investors who are among world’s wealthiest, but he’s off to a good start, most people agree. Kossack, a recent Arizona State University graduate, [...]
The New Retirement: Bill and Maggie Rumford
Startup Journal: Bill Rumford was driving down Highway 101 in the San Francisco Bay area one afternoon at a clip of 65 miles per hour when a car behind him started honking and flashing its lights for him to speed up. “That was the very moment I knew I needed to get out of the [...]
What do you look for when you look to make a living from home? Is it to wake up to an alarm clock every morning? Do you look forward to making daily cold calls to prospects that aren’t really interested in your product or business? Do you want to feel like you need to push [...]
Should You Care About the Bees?
Entrepreneur: Honey bees are big business. They’re worth about $15 billion in the United States and are responsible for pollinating more than 90 varieties of fruits and vegetables worldwide, especially almonds, apples and blueberries, according to Congressional testimony. But an ailment is threatening their existence, and researchers haven’t determined the exact cause. There are plenty [...]
Unusual Business Ideas That Work: Aprons are generally considered more of a fashion faux pas than fashion-forward. They’re hidden in the backs of drawers and thrown aside in the presence of company. Helena Steele knew it wasn’t always this way. She could remember when her grandmother, Jessie, would bake treats while clad in finely constructed [...]
Consumer Spending Could Be Out of Gas
BusinessWeek: Wal-Mart worker Jean Sartore sees the effect of rising gas prices on the sales floor at work and when she gets in her 1996 Buick Park Avenue. With local gas prices at $3.27 on May 16, filling her car costs about $75—a day’s pay at Sartore’s Wal-Mart Supercenter in Henderson, Ky. At work, Sartore [...]
Google Offers Daily Updates On Trends
Reuters: The art of trend-spotting is set to take a more scientific turn as Google Inc., the world’s top Web search company unveils a service to track the fastest-rising search queries. Google Hot Trends combines elements of Zeitgeist and Trends — two existing Google products that give a glimpse into Web search habits, but only [...]
