Archive for August 18th, 2008
Digital Entreprenuer Creates Digital Mall
KYPost: Like to shop, but can’t get to the stores until after hours? Love the mall, but can’t stand the traffic? Louisville Web entrepreneur Mark Stein says he has a solution: Let your digital persona do the walking in a 3-D virtual mall. Stein, a longtime professional mediator in Louisville, found online success in 2002 [...]
OurTown.com Is Looking For Local Editors In Your Town
If you’ve ever wished for the chance to write for a living, maybe even create your own magazine, then you might find some interest in OurTown.com and their local editor opportunity. Although they are still currently in Beta, it won’t be much longer before they get out of that stage and start advertising globally. OurTown.com [...]
New Jersey Monthly: Proud mother of one? Have twins? Maybe three children? More? Hillsborough mom (of three) Marlo Moleski wants you to proclaim it to the world, on the fashionable tops and tote bags she designs. It all started after she gave birth to her youngest daughter, Demiana, in 2006. “I’d be out alone with [...]
McKinney Couple Working Hard To Make Iced Tea Venture A Sweet Success
The Dallas Morning News: For Jemetra Fisher of McKinney, it all started with mom’s iced tea. “When I was a teenager, my friends used to come over and want my mom to make iced tea because it was so good,” said Ms. Fisher, who recently started up a beverage company with her husband, Bryan. For [...]
Mother, Wife, Blogger: Womens' Web Sites Get Spotlight
NewsFactor Network: Heather Armstrong’s wickedly funny blog about motherhood, Dooce, is more than just an outlet for the creativity and frustrations of a modern mom. The site, chock full of advertising, is a money machine, so much so that Armstrong and her husband have quit their regular jobs. J.C. Penney and Crate & Barrel, the [...]
Looking For Fun In All The Right Places
Ledger-Transcript: Fun is serious business for stay-at-home mom Mandy Grenier of Old Turnpike Road, who writes about her day-trip adventures with her 2-year-old son Meric on her One Mom’s Review blog site. “It really is a reference guide for parents in the area,” she says. Planning a day out — with a tot in tow [...]
MyTripCost.com Brings A New Edge To The Travel Biz
If you were to think about what business is one of the biggest money-makers out there, what would come to your mind? Out of all the options available, travel is bound to be one of the top things you’d think of. There are people all over interested in traveling to one place or another. There [...]
Pet Project Becomes Money-Making Biz
The Plain Dealer: Aromas of cinnamon, carob and honey fill the tiny kitchen in Corrie Hanton’s Lakewood apartment. After pulling a large apple cinnamon muffin in a bone-shaped cake pan from the oven, she explains that the healthy treat is designed for a special occasion — like a doggie birthday party. The muffins are among [...]
Rhonda Abrams: Even if you’re the most wired business marketer — flashy Web site, search marketing, huge number of contacts on LinkedIn — sooner or later, you’re still going to need something on paper. You’ll want marketing collateral — or printed pieces that support your marketing efforts. Going on a sales call? Better bring a [...]
Are Entrepreneurial Contests Worth It?
MSNBC Your Biz: At a time when banks are reining in loans to small businesses, it’s not surprising that there has been an explosion of contests promising seed money for budding entrepreneurs. There’s an endless stream of entrepreneur contests available out there run by an array of organizations, some fly by night, others established financial [...]
Productive Brainstorms Take the Right Mix of Elements
The Wall Street Journal: Most people know what brainstorming means, but few are ever taught how to do it effectively. Matt Bowen, president and chief executive of Aloft Group Inc., a 28-employee marketing firm in Newburyport, Mass., devotes much time to teaching his employees the ropes of effective brainstorming. Q: Why are creative thinking and [...]
Get Users (And Google) To Trust Your Web Site
Fortune Small Business: Q: Our current Web site, fusedsolutions.com, does an okay job of portraying the appropriate information to those that get there, but unfortunately not many get there. Can you please give us a few tips on how to get our site to the top of search lists and build substantial traffic? A: The [...]
Wall Street Journal: If no one in Beijing was happier — or busier — than Michael Phelps this past week, his agent Peter Carlisle had to be a close second. A new race is now on for Mr. Phelps: the rush to transform the swimmer’s Olympic feat into a marketing juggernaut, akin to Michael Jordan [...]
