Archive for November 12th, 2008
Mom's Celebrate 10 Years Of E-commerce For Educational Baby Toys At Genius Babies
PR Web: Started in 1998 as a small online retailer of children’s and baby toys, Genius Babies has grown into a national supplier of developmental and educational toys. Over the past ten years, they have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine and the New York Times for their high-quality, innovative products, unique web site, excellent [...]
CampaignSeries.co.uk: John Arundel of Quakers Yard grew up in Aberbargoed and has been a lorry driver most of his working life, which equated to 23 years of experience. He came up with an invention to check brake lights without being in the vehicle. At the British Inventors Society Awards, John’s innovation was a winner. John [...]
Small Biz Carving Up Autopsy Trade
MSNBC: Except for a small poster of the Grateful Dead rock band, there’s very little to indicate what happens behind the walled-in industrial compound in East Los Angeles owned by Vidal and Vicki Herrera. The only hint a casual observer might have is when a white Hummer pulls in or out of the driveway, the [...]
Garden Marker Biz Keeps Growing
Courier & Press: Four years after starting her own business, garden marker manufacturer Chris Ingler has found her niche. What started as a way to track her 3,000 day lilies has blossomed into a business that has 500 garden markers waiting to be engraved weekly. “When I started getting so many day lilies, I needed [...]
Washington Post: Bank loans have been harder to come by, but that doesn’t mean companies’ need for funding has dried up. To get cash, small and medium-size businesses have increasingly turned to firms that get them money they are owed more quickly. The firms, known as factoring companies (from the Latin word for “to do” [...]
Marketing Ideas For The Ho-Ho-Ho-lidays!
Small Business Trends: I’m not a big fan of Christmas and Year-end Holiday cards. They are not only expensive, but boring and predictable. Every year I look for creative marketing ideas that won’t break the bank, but will break through the clutter that my poor clients are dealing with. This year, I thought it would [...]
