Archive for October 31st, 2007
Mom Creates Dolls As An Example For Her Daughter
The Californian: Bratz are everywhere. Yet Kristi Necochea has no plans to buy her 5-year-old daughter one of the dolls popular among girls for their funky clothes, but decried by some parents for their short skirts and heavily made-up faces. Now, the Temecula mother of three has an alternative: her own dolls. This month Necochea, [...]
Moms-for-Profit Taps Two Executive Publishing Hounds And Prepares for Growth
PR Web: Moms-for-Profit, the continually growing mom empire that leverages their mom consultant base against their mompreneur clients, today announced an expansion of its executive team filling two important positions. The two positions are: Chief Marketing Officer, Joni Silverstein and Publisher of Hybrid Mom magazine, Meryl Otis Kessler. Both are well established professionals who will [...]
Salinas Californian: Two Salinas-area moms have found a fresh way to cover unsightly flesh exposed by low-rise jeans. Combining the powers of innovative thinking and the Internet, best friends Christine Meeks and Kelley DeSerpa have launched the hip-T, an article of clothing designed to counteract rear-end exposure. Akin to a tube top in design, the [...]
USA Today: Jerry Alonzy figured he’d be working into his 70s at least. As an independent handyman at the mercy of weather patterns near Hartford, Conn., he’d always made a decent income that rarely grew. Then he found Google and his life changed. Alonzy, 57, now makes $120,000 a year from the ads Google places [...]
Retirement Accounts For The Self Employed
WorkHappy: In addition to the faithful ROTH and Traditional IRAs, here’s a nice overview of various other retirement options: Simplified Employee Pension IRA (SEP-IRA) You qualify if you do a Schedule C or F or guaranteed payments from a partnership. The Solo 401K You qualify only if you have no employees. The Simple IRA This [...]
Halloween Sales Get Bigger Each Year
Savannah Morning News: Although many think of Christmas when the term “holiday shopping” comes to mind, the National Retail Federation projects that total Halloween spending will reach $5.07 billion this year. The average American consumer is expected to spend $23.33 on Halloween costumes, including outfits for adults, children and pets. But the tale of the [...]
22 Year Old “Flips” Costume Website
While other 22 year old college students are swimming in debt and working minimum wage jobs, Matthew Peschong is running his own web design company and flipping websites on the side. This Minnesota State University Marketing major has recently taken a $350 costume website and turned it into a $2,000 a day venture. While others [...]
Fastest Way to Find New Customers
Entrepreneur: If you’re a startup, the fastest way to get the cash registers ringing is a little-used method that involves forming “host-beneficiary” relationships with established businesses that cater to a target audience similar to yours. Then you promote yourself to their database with a special offer presented as a gift from the older business. The [...]
Blogging Stocks: Back in the 1990s, Google Inc.’s cofounders — Larry Page and Sergey Brin — played to their own drummer. Instead of taking gobs of venture capital, the dynamic duo did it on the cheap by themselves. For example, they built a sophisticated server platform using old PCs and free Linux software. And, when [...]
