Archive for February 22nd, 2008
Australian Businesses In Line For Online Help
Star News Group: A government on-line marketing program will be available in April for public use. Cardinia Shire Council and the Victorian Government are joining forces to host the program in Pakenham to help local home-based, small and medium-sized businesses. The program will help businesses take advantage of marketing via electronic commerce – known as [...]
This paint ad reads “your walls deserve a paint which will age well.”
Mom Made Blankets For ‘L’il Monkeys’
I’ve done quite a few interviews with moms that own a business or work from home in the US. This time it’s different. This mom makes her blankets where she lives in Canada. Andi’s L’il Monkey blankets are each unique just like the child that’ll be receiving it. They’re also personalized with a name or [...]
Baby Hairclip Business Grows Up Fast
ScrippsNews: Sisters Kristen Creamer of Edmond, Okla. and Kim Marable of Springfield, Mo., are the types that most budding entrepreneurs tend to envy. They make it look way too easy. Just over a year ago, the sisters merely were frustrated moms looking for hair accessories for their 1-year-old daughters that didn’t resemble oversize, ’80s-inspired bows. [...]
Worcester Telegram & Gazette News: Is a local golf club preparing newborns to be the next Tiger Woods? Not just yet. The mothers and babies entering Cyprian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston on weekday mornings aren’t there for the golf. The second floor of the clubhouse is home to Mothers & Company or MoCo, which [...]
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Outsource Your Life To India, B2kCorp
Is it time to start outsourcing your business and your life to India? SmartMoney.com: It began a month ago. I was midway through “The World Is Flat,” the bestseller by Tom Friedman. His book is all about how outsourcing to India and China is not just for tech support and carmakers but is poised to [...]
SmallBizTrends: Welcome to the artisan economy of the 21st century. Chances are, you’re part of it. Don’t let the word “artisan” fool you. If you’re picturing bakers in white aprons kneading loaves of whole-grain bread, or someone hand-crafting candles — that’s not necessarily what I mean. The 21st century artisan is a Web designer, or [...]
The Wall Street Journal: You created a Web site for your business. You set up an e-commerce system to sell products online. You even created a blog. So why aren’t customers biting? “You may have no GQ,” said Brent Leary at the Small Business Summit in New York. Mr. Leary is the co-founder of customer-relationship [...]
Mom Made Blankets For ‘L’il Monkeys’
I’ve done quite a few interviews with moms that own a business or work from home in the US. This time it’s different. This mom makes her blankets where she lives in Canada. Andi’s L’il Monkey blankets are each unique just like the child that’ll be receiving it. They’re also personalized with a name or [...]
Guide To What You Can (And Can’t) Patent
Fortune Small Business: Q: Can you patent or copyright an idea for a website? A: “The short answer to the question is you can’t patent an idea,” said Jennifer Rankin Byrne, spokeswoman for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. If your idea is to, for example, open an online pet store, you can’t patent or [...]
Working From Home? Avoid These Pitfalls
SheKnows: Working from home is the dream of many hard-working people. Who wouldn’t want to work from the comfort of their own home without having to battle traffic, annoying co-workers or demanding bosses? While this scenario may seem ideal, it’s important to keep a few things in mind in order to make the most of [...]
SmartMoney.com: Self-employed people essentially have two hurdles to clear to get their deductions. The first is straightforward: You must use the space regularly and exclusively for business. Regularly means often, rather than occasionally. More important, exclusively means exclusively. You can have absolutely no personal use of it during the year (or at least none that [...]
