Archive for August 8th, 2007
New Organic Nursing Dolls For Children
PR Web: With increased public awareness of the environmental triggers for asthma, allergies, and chemical sensitivities, more people are seeking organic cotton plush toys and dolls for their children. As an online retailer that specializes in earth-friendly, labor-friendly, vegan products, KidBean.com is proud to offer one of the largest collections of dolls and stuffed toys [...]
YourHub.com: The Kangaroo Kingdom, located in Lafayette, is not a day care or a place where royal kangaroos reside. It is, however, a haven for infants, toddlers and young children to learn and explore through educational classes. The Kingdom is also a place where parents exchange stories about everything from birth, breast-feeding, solid foods, potty-training, [...]
Baltimoresun.com: Tammy Martin, a stay-at-home mom with an education background, moved to Maryland from Massachusetts and attended a PartyLite show to get to know her neighbors. PartyLite shows are house parties where candles and accessories are sold to friends and family. Martin needed to find a job, but wanted to remain at home with her [...]
The following is an excerpt from Go For No! by Richard Fenton & Andrea Waltz. Chapter 19… Setting “NO” Goals… “Would you agree that the average salesperson slows down when he or she reaches their quota?” my mentor asked. “Yes,” I replied. “Why do you think that is?” “They’re rewarding themselves for their accomplishment, I [...]
Five Tips Small Biz Owners Can Learn From J. K. Rowling
Manta Biz Blog: J. K. Rowling is the English writer who has authored all seven beloved and widely read Harry Potter novels. At age 41, her rise to fame and fortune is inspiring. She has sold over 325 million books. The final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was the fastest-selling [...]
Managers Still Suspicious Of Home Working
Management-Issues: The remote working revolution is being hampered because many mangers are unable to break free of the mindset that they can only manage a team that is physically there in front of them. The vast majority of managers say they trust employees to work from home and recognise they will not spend the whole [...]
From Good Clean Funnies Five cannibals get appointed as engineers in a high-tech company. During the welcoming ceremony, the boss says, “You’re all part of our team now. You can earn good money here, and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat. So don’t trouble any of the other employees.” The cannibals [...]
Already Out Selling? Promote Google, Too!
Google is looking for people to go from business to business to collect information for Google Maps, and to tell them about Google Adwords. As a Google Business Referral Representative, you’ll visit local businesses to collect information (such as hours of operation, types of payment accepted, etc.) for Google Maps, and tell them about Google [...]
Entrepreneur: In 1998, when Martha’s Vineyard frequenters Shep and Ian Murray came up with the name Vineyard Vines for their then tie company, they were playing off the notion that they would eventually grow and expand into other product lines, or “vines.” And grow they did–to the tune of more than $37 million in sales [...]
FoxNews: In a move that might make some people scratch their heads, a loosely formed coalition of left-leaning bloggers are trying to band together to form a labor union they hope will help them receive health insurance, conduct collective bargaining or even set professional standards. The effort is an extension of the blogosphere’s growing power [...]
The Catalyst Code: The blogosphere is one of the biggest and most influential global industries created in the last decade. Technorati tracks almost 100 million blogs and estimates that about 20 percent of blogs are active in the sense that they were updated in the last 90 days. Hundreds of millions of people globally either [...]
Forget Babysitting And Paper Routes
Searchlight: In early 2006, when Chloe Spencer was 15, she decided to devote a blog to Neopets, a virtual pets site popular with kids the world over. After performing some keyword research through WordTracker and Google Suggest for her blog’s title and section headings, she discovered that “neopets cheats” was a hugely popular search term [...]
An Overlooked Profit Opportunity
Be Successful News: Thank you’ pages are one of the most overlooked profit hot-spots. Once again, there are several ways I’ve used this technique. First of all, anytime somebody buys a product from you online – they are taken to some kind of thank you page. Most people will simply put “Thank you for your [...]
