Archive for October 2008
Customizable Certificates Help Coaches Become “Well-Prepared”
In sports, recognizing each of the players is important. It not only boosts their self-esteem, but gives everyone a chance to see their efforts have not gone unnoticed. As a coach, and the father of four girls who were usually on the team he coached, he noticed how much they enjoyed the certificates he had [...]
Business Cards Are For Moms, Too
StatesmanJournal.com: I have found myself exchanging information with other parents, including telephone numbers and addresses, for setting up times our kids can get together. I tend to use a scratch piece of paper or give a parent one of my business cards to exchange information. In the past couple of weeks, thought, I have received [...]
Entrepreneur Takes Baby Steps Into Marketing College Logo Items For Nurseries
commercialappeal.com: While there’s plenty of school-spirited baby gear for little ones to wear on game day, one University of Memphis graduate found there was little in the way of team-inspired bedding and accessories for her Tiger tot’s nursery. “I found generic sports bedding,” says Cordova resident LeeAnn Christopherson, mom to 7-year-old Rachel and 2-year-old Ben. [...]
A Side Effect of The Economic Downturn…
One of the least discussed side effects of the economic downturn is the spare time available to laid off workers. They must fill their day some way and this is the result. Have a Safe and Spooky Halloween!
Woman Carves Biz Niche For Female Bikers
news-journalonline.com: Buying a comfortable motorcycle isn’t easy if you’re a 5-foot tall woman. Most motorcycles are manufactured for men. But a petite pastor, Kathleen Steele Tolleson of Daytona Beach, has created Roar Motorcycles for Women — catering strictly to female riders. From diamond-tufted seats and matching saddlebags to custom colors and artwork on lowered and [...]
San Antonio Express-News: Paige Bishop, inventor of a training device for pitchers, has managed to get his creation in the door of Major League Baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals adopted it into their program this past season. Brent Strom, pitching coordinator with the Cardinals’ minor league program, brought the pads into spring training at the [...]
Northside Chronicle: Tapping into the inner child is important for every adult, just ask Florence Forrest. For about four years Ms Forrest has been manufacturing soft designer toys through her home business Flying Star Toys. “I make my products for the inner child in everyone, they are not necessarily for children who want to play [...]
Fortune Small Business: Q: I need a balance in my business. Some months I am swamped. Other months I have nothing. How can I market my services so that work comes in steadily, but slowly enough for me to handle each client with utmost care? Should I advertise a lot and put clients on a [...]
AmeriPlan USA Helps Reduce The Cost Of Health Care Without The Pricey Health Plan
AmeriPlan USA, a business which specializes in discount healthcare, has been helping members all over the US save on healthcare since 1992. What makes them really unique is how they sell their memberships. Rather than handling them on their own, their discount memberships are sold through representatives. Although she has only been with AmeriPlan for [...]
Headhunter Mom Corps Helps Moms Find Jobs
The MetroWest Daily News: Jessica Mencunas was three months pregnant last fall when she was laid off. She had not yet disclosed her pregnancy, and she found herself unemployed at a time when it’s traditionally difficult for women to change jobs. “I actively looked for work during my pregnancy,” said the 36-year-old Smithfield, R.I., resident, [...]
Hobbies Being Turned Into Income
Although this article isn’t directly related to being a work at home mom, it still offers great advice on how to find a way to work from home. After all, many people have started a business simply by selling the products created out of a part-time hobby. ABC7: What used to be thought of as [...]
Woman Parlays Skills Into Halloween Biz
The Boston Globe: Jeannine Conway pulls up the garage door at her shingled home near Weymouth Landing, and a visitor comes face-to-face with the Joker of “The Dark Knight” movie fame. Conway has been meticulous in replicating the character on her lifesize mannequin – right down to the harlequin pattern on his shirt – that [...]
Fortune Small Business: Despite his wheelchair, and often because of it, Dr. Glen House has always enjoyed doing what he isn’t supposed to. Take the time he persuaded his neighbor in Colorado Springs, J.W. Roth, to join him on vacation in the ice fields of Taku, Alaska. The trip entailed flying to a remote lodge [...]
Iowa Boys’ Creativity Paying Dividends
Quad-City Times: Sam Hipple and Matt Moran are getting a head start in the classroom — and in the business world. Both are seventh graders at Sudlow Intermediate School in Davenport. Both are in the Talented and Gifted, or TAG, program. Both also are taking eighth-grade math and science in addition to being active in [...]
Franchisers Passing On More Costs
The Wall Street Journal: Some franchisees say they are being forced to pay for a variety of expenses for the first time — making difficult economic times even tougher. For instance, operators of McDonald’s Corp. restaurants, under pressure from the fast-food giant to install equipment and counter space for an array of new beverages, complain [...]
Having been in business for over 40 years now, Dollar Rent A Car prides themselves on offering some of the lowest rates for car rentals. If you have not heard of them before, that is even more reason why you should bring this rental company into your community. Dollar Rent A Car holds locations within [...]
Inventor’s Digest: ID editor-at-large Jennipher Adkins recently spent some time on the set of Prototype This, a new series on the Discovery Channel. The show escorts viewers from the drafting table and on through the design process to see how inventions come to life. The show airs at 10 p.m. each Wednesday, and will run [...]
Peruvian Crocheted Jewelry Goes From Passion To Business For One Woman
The market for jewelry is huge! The styles, the prices, and the way people are purchasing their jewelry is changing all of the time. Tradition shows us that people show up at a jeweler to pick out a gorgeous piece to add to their collection, but now a growing number of people are logging on [...]
Jennifer Fiander: eBay Canada's Mompreneur
telegraphjournal.com: Hampton resident Jennifer Fiander has been crowned eBay Canada’s Mompreneur of the Year for using the power of the Internet to sell her journals for brides, grooms, mothers, daughters, fathers and sons. “It’s nice to get the recognition because I work so hard on the company,” she said in an interview. Fiander began her [...]
Bizymoms Introduces New Local Business Directory
PR-inside.com: Inspiring and empowering mothers everywhere is the main role played by Bizymoms. In a bid to achieve their goals, the site has offered a vast amount of free information, established chat rooms and discussion forums, launched exciting programs for moms, given technical support in business ventures and allowed busy moms to help each other [...]
20 Small Business Ideas for Small Towns
Becky McCray, author of the blog Small Business Survival has published an ebook called 20 Small Business Ideas for Small Towns. Take a look at the table of contents after the jump. If you can’t find a good idea in there to profit from in your community, you’re not looking hard enough.
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How to Start a Business in a Bad Economy
It seems like nearly every day there’s more bad news about the economy. Even worse, it’s hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel. Given that, it may seem like a terrible time to start a small business. So here’s something that may surprise you: it’s actually not. The truth is that [...]
With the fluctuating economy, people are spending money where they need to, not necessarily where they want to. Saving money and value for money spent are things that are increasingly more important to consumers at the present time. In order to increase productivity, and business as a result, there are some things every business owner [...]
If No One Sees It, Is It an Invention?
The New York Times: In December, Johnny Chung Lee, then a Ph.D. candidate, posted a five-minute video on YouTube that became an Internet sensation. The video showed how, in a few easy steps, the Nintendo Wii remote controller — or “Wiimote” — could transform a normal video screen into a virtual reality display, with graphics [...]
Shoppers Are Suckers For Stats
arstechnica.com: From gigahertz to bogomips, dot pitch to DPI, it’s hard to exist in the electronics age without getting bombarded by figures that are supposed to help you understand what, precisely, you’re getting for your money. But really, how many of us understand the implications of a few extra megahertz in the memory interface on [...]
Fortune Small Business: Sam Collora didn’t set out to become a pee farmer. Collora was working as a plant manager at a steel manufacturing facility and running a taxidermy business on the side. One day his wife, Judi, bought him some deer to use as live models. Owning deer is like keeping two rabbits in [...]
Las Vegas Review-Journal: I have seen so much interest and gotten so much mail about how to decorate or redecorate our homes to accommodate working from home that I’m talking about home offices today. But, I think you’ll be surprised. Home offices are not what they used to be. Today it’s all in the attitude. [...]
CNNMoney.com: Like many entrepreneurs, Jim Christy set out to boost revenues by reaching a bigger market. But the founder and CEO of Incredible Foods, a dessert delivery service in Gibsonia, Pa., soon found that bigger sales don’t necessarily equal better business. Christy, 55, launched Incredible Foods to sell a San Diego bakery’s cheesecake to local [...]
SheFinds Brings Fashion To Women With Realistic “Finds” And More
Any woman who has ever wanted to stay up-to-date about the latest fashions has not learned everything there is to know until she visits SheFinds. They are a blog which offers a wide variety of tips, topics, and information on the must haves for each season. Fashion and beauty are two areas which many women [...]
More Moms Are Getting Side Jobs
NBC13: Tough times call for Tupperware? It’s one of the many direct sales industries now seeing more interest as stay-at-home moms and working women look for side jobs to help boost the family check book. The DOWs ups and downs, failing banks, foreclosures in full swing. “I started getting afraid of what was happening. I [...]
De-Stressing For Work At Home Mom's
Working from home is a challenge all on its own, but when you add children to the mix it becomes a juggling act. Unfortunately, when you juggle too many things at once it all starts to fall apart. Rather than let stress devour you, and potentially harm your business, there are a few things you [...]
The Patriot Ledger: Many people dream of being inventors, of creating something new that hasn’t been done before. Bob Monahan of Norwell is one of the few who follow through on those dreams. Monahan created the EZ Leaf Hauler, a rectangular tarp with three sides designed to make moving large piles of leaves easier. Leaves [...]
6 Ways To Attract Customers And Keep Them Coming Back
No matter what area of business you are in, if you don’t have customers than your business will eventually fail. That’s why it is so important to present yourself and your product in a way which will not only attract the demographic you seek, but inspire them to come back again. Here are 6 examples [...]
Characteristics Of A Successful Entrepreneur
The Modesto Bee: Characteristics of a successful entrepreneur GUTS– You must have the guts and dedication to be completely devoted to your goal. BRAINS — You should have a working knowledge about the business you plan to start before you start it. CAPITAL — Starting any business requires money of your own plus sufficient funds [...]
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: It all started with a family camping trip. Arnie Wolfe was loading up the SUV when his oldest daughter decided to go with the family. After she added what she was bringing for the trip, there wasn’t enough room for the family of four. They had to take a second vehicle. [...]
Creating Your Own Web Working Space
Web Worker Daily: A web worker’s office is her most important tool. Arranging it should be given more care and importance than setting up one’s LinkedIn profile. Here are some tips: • Spend time looking for a great chair. One thing we have in common with office-bound workers is the need for a good chair. [...]
The Wall Street Journal: Layaway, a payment practice that was made popular during the Great Depression but nearly became extinct due to the instant gratification of credit cards, is back in fashion thanks to the credit crunch. Only a handful of national retailers still let consumers put purchases aside until they have paid for them [...]
Mailing Lists Are Not Just For The MLM Community
When you enter into business, whether it is some form of network marketing or more traditional, you need to find your audience. When those needs arise, many people purchase leads. GreatMailingLists.com sells mailing and email lists for individuals in all areas of business. However, rather than just purchase and go, Doug Sauerhaft takes the time [...]
Busy Mom Gets Organized With Switch It
bnd.com: Nan Holloway discovered the inspiration for her business during a moment of exasperation. While on vacation in Hawaii with her husband, Chris, Holloway found herself digging constantly through her handbag, trying to locate her cell phone, travel documents or mints. “I’d hear the cell phone ring, and I couldn’t find it,” she says. Frustrated, [...]
Making Pictures Pay – Mom’s Launch Online Business
Pryor Daily Times: Two local moms are supplementing their incomes while offering area moms snap shots of their children’s lives. Kristy Troyer and Melissa McClendon, correspondents for The Daily Times and first-time mothers, created Snap Shot Moms in September. Snap Shot Moms is an online photography service of community events and sports in Mayes County. [...]
Springwise: Demonstrating that it’s possible to profit from any human desire, Sarah’s Smash Shack was conceived to relieve people who are stressed-out. Customers in San Diego can choose fragile tableware from the Smash Shack Menu—for example a set of three glass flowers for USD 10, or the House Special, which consists of 15 plates at [...]
Wal-Mart Sees Shifts In Shoppers’ Habits
USA TODAY: Financial insecurity is forcing Wal-Mart shoppers to change buying habits, cut credit card use and live more paycheck-to-paycheck, the CEO of the U.S. division of the world’s largest retailer said. Economic pain is leading to what Eduardo Castro-Wright termed “disturbing behaviors” among shoppers over the past few months. For instance, more families are [...]
Bedsheet Invention Gets Attention
The News Tribune: David Haggerty couldn’t sleep. “This bed is too warm,” he said to himself, flinging aside the flannel sheets from his sweating body. Next to him, his wife slept like a swaddled log. Perpetually chilled at night, she insisted the flannel sheets stay on the bed year-round. The couple had argued about it [...]
Niche Companies Make Most Of Crisis
The Boston Globe: As stocks began their historic nosedive early this month, Tim McNamara and Tracey Manzi smelled opportunity. The husband-and-wife team of certified divorce financial analysts rolled out a new service to take advantage of the sputtering economy and its inevitable stress on marriages: a flat-rate option for divorce-related financial consulting and mediation. Since [...]
Working From Home, Keeping Your Sanity
The Lawrence Journal-World: Stay-at-home workers have a simple way to stay sane while working at home: Don’t do all the work at home. “I have to get out at some point during the day,” says Robin Ward, who’s been handling freelance design projects out of her western Lawrence residence since coming to town in 2000. [...]
suite101: Offering free WIFI costs a cafe very little, and can attract some good business. It’s a good deal for everyone, if users are conscientious about setting up shop in the coffee house. If you really want to be a welcome worker in the cafe scene, here are some common sense tips to try: • [...]
Madhu from India writes: I have ideas about products. I am looking for companies who are willing to listen to my ideas and make the products and pay me in return. I cannot afford to pay for Patenting. Is there any way I can find companies and make them listen to my ideas. I need [...]
Red Karaoke Takes Social Networking To A Musical Level
Karaoke has been enjoyed by nearly everyone at one point of time, or another. While some go in the bar and sing badly for a group of strangers, others enjoy singing along to their favorite song in the privacy of their own home. For that reason, no one should have been surprised when karaoke took [...]
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