Archive for August 2nd, 2007

Work-At-Home Job vs Work-At-Home Business Work-At-Home Job vs Work-At-Home Business

Arabia on Line: One of the first decisions you are going to have to make is whether you would be better off with a work at home job or a work at home business. Either one of them could be the right fit for you, so let’s take a moment to explore the advantages as [...]

 

'Mompreneurs' A New Stay-At-Home Trend 'Mompreneurs' A New Stay-At-Home Trend

Thousand Oaks Acorn: Stay-at-home mom? How about stay-at-home CEO? “Mompreneurs” are part of a trend that’s becoming more and more prevalent, as millions of business-minded mothers are starting online companies and operating them from home. Providers of Internet services are taking note of this increasing number of enterprising mothers. Network Solutions, for example, recently partnered [...]

 

Tips On How To Keep Your Child Busy For The Work-At-Home Parent Tips On How To Keep Your Child Busy For The Work-At-Home Parent

eMoms At Home: Home Business Productivity Tips for All Ages 1. Get the kids their own computer – when you can get a new CPU and monitor for less than $500 total, it’s hard to say no – plus, they will need it for school eventually, anyway! 2. Have high speed internet access – so [...]

 

American Inventor Inventions Aren’t Original American Inventor Inventions Aren’t Original

Hi, this is Dane Carlson. Thank you for reading the Business Opportunities Weblog. This voice post is sponsored by the HP iPAQ.

 

DirecTV Sat-Go

CNet: If you really, really love your TV, then this is the one to get. With the DirecTV Sat-Go, you essentially get the world’s first portable satellite TV system which you can lug along everywhere for your TV fix–on your travels, at work, at the beach. And since it runs on rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, it’s [...]

 

Every Day is a Miracle for NY Businesswoman Every Day is a Miracle for NY Businesswoman

The following is a guest post by Donna Bliss of My Miracle Baby, Inc. Even in the worst of times, I believed in miracles… Why wouldn’t I? My family and business are all tied together in one neat package as the result of a tiny little miracle named Jillian. And in the period of 6 [...]

 

AT&T Prepares Small Businesses for Takeoff with Dedicated Wireless Support and Private Jet Time Giveaway

Jenny Parker of AT&T wrote: AT&T recently announced that small businesses now have access to dedicated wireless specialists and savings as part of the AT&T Exclusively Business program. The program gives qualified small businesses preferred treatment, and is designed to equip growing businesses with a dedicated team that provides recommendations and support for mobile voice [...]

 

Weather Boy Weather Station

FirstStreet: WeatherBoy has a wardrobe of 24 icons that show you exactly what it’s like outside, because sometimes it’s not enough to just know the temperature. Is it muggy or rainy? Breezy or overcast? Check out what WeatherBoy is wearing and you’ll know for sure. This weather station features a big screen and big numbers, [...]

 

Balanced Spectrum Floor Lamp

FirstStreet: The Balanced Spectrum® floor lamp brings many of the benefits of natural daylight indoors for glare-free lighting that’s perfect for a variety of indoor activities. Many studies have been made on the positive effects of full spectrum lighting, with benefits ranging from improved cognitive function, to mood elevation, to improved skin appearance. That’s fine, [...]

 

Giving Your Lawn More Attention Than It Deserves

MSNBC: One lawn care company is showing a little skin to boost business. The women of Tiger Time Lawn Care offer to mow customers’ lawns dressed in bikinis — a service that attracts more attention to the ladies than the lawns. “Oh yeah, they honk and yell. They can do everything you can imagine,� said [...]

 

The Pitch Channel

Springwise: Pitching the next great idea to prospective business partners, investors, service providers and fellow entrepreneurs just got easier with Vator.tv—a new venture that combines online video and networking. Based on the proverbial elevator pitch—the notion that you should be able to sum up a new business venture in the few minutes it takes to [...]

 

Cutting Hidden Costs of PCs

Kiplinger: You wouldn’t leave your television on all day while you are at the office, and yet, across the country, millions of work PCs are left on all night — wasting energy, costing owners millions in utility costs and contributing to global climate change. No company likes to waste money. On the surface, the financial [...]

 

Will Make Video For Food

Business Week: Voice-over work in Indiana wasn’t too lucrative, so Daniel Geduld made a classic actor’s move: He headed for L.A. And like most Hollywood dreamers, Geduld didn’t get hired for much. So Geduld combined his creative talents with his abundance of free time. He took footage from the 1980s “He-Man and the Masters of [...]

 

Selling Products On eBay

eCommerce-Guide.com: eBay Performance! Selling Success With Market Research & Product Sourcing” is a clear, readable, almost fool-proof guide to discovering what sells on eBay, obtaining viable product and selling it in an effective way. The authors are experts in their fields: Robin Cowie is president of WorldWidebrands, for years an eBay licensed provider of wholesale [...]

 

Amazon To Launch Payments Service

TechCrunch: Look for a launch announcement by Amazon this week or next of a new web service around payments, adding to their S3 (storage), EC2 (virtual server) and other services. They’ve been quietly testing the service, which will compete with PayPal and Google Checkout, for a few weeks. It is an extension of the existing [...]