Archive for January 12th, 2009
You Don’t Have To Die If You Want To Visit Handbag Heaven
Handbags have been called a woman’s best friend. Large or small, every possible necessity can be found buried in one and toted around when out and about. Where there are women who enjoy a variety of bags, there is money to be made. When visiting Handbag Heaven, the first thing you’ll notice is the price. [...]
John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing recently provided a few suggestions on how business can get their hands on new customer testimonials. He suggests having a testimonial party for your existing high traffic customers that you’ve had for some time. photo credit: kevindooley The party can be as big or as small as you’d like. [...]
ShowMomTheMoney.com is the Answer for Post-Holiday Debt Solutions
PR Web: Even though retailers are reporting the worst sales for the holiday shopping season in 30 years, many consumers still will have spent more than they should have during these tough economic times. This “recipe for stress” is one of the reasons women’s small business coach and advocate, Nicole Dean created the resource ShowMomTheMoney.com [...]
The Mom Entrepreneur Selects 2008's Most Helpful Products/Services For Mompreneurs
PitchEngine.com: For many people, 2008 was a challenging year with a worldwide economic crisis, soaring unemployment rate, government corruption and ongoing war. Yet, as difficult as the past year was, we also experienced some good news, including a historic Presidential election, expanded civil rights for the disabled, the world’s richest nations agreeing to reduce emissions [...]
Launching A Biz While Unemployed
The Wall Street Journal: Being unemployed gives me a large chunk of discretionary time, but only a finite amount of which I can dedicate to a job search. The law of diminishing returns kicks in and it’s better to focus efforts elsewhere for the sake of productivity, not to mention sanity. I’ve always wanted to [...]
Turn Your Home Office Green, To $ave Green
CBS: In this economy, businesses are trying to cut costs any way they can. Turns out, one big way to save is by going green. Not only can the more than 27 million small business owners in the United States play a huge role in conserving our natural resources, but their green actions can help [...]
If A 13 Year-Old Can Launch A Startup You Have No Excuse
TechCrunch: My name’s Scott. I’m 13 and have launched a web startup.” So began an email exchange over last weekend which culminated with me chatting to Scott’s mum today to verify, that, indeed, he was actually 13 and really had launched a blogging site for people in Scotland. ScotBlog.net is essentially a social network for [...]
Amish Flock From Farms To Small Bizs
The New York Times: The Amish, the religious sect that has determinedly kept the modern world at bay, have been leaving a quiet life of farming for jobs in small businesses — all the while trying to balance their own values with the culture of the marketplace. “Their whole intent is to not be caught [...]
Music Marketers Target Female Shoppers
Billboard: With CD sales dropping fast, the music business is exploring nontraditional ways to expose consumers to recording artists. Among the new sales and marketing vehicles are Tara Leigh Music Party and musicShop. Both launched in November to target female music buyers. Tara Leigh is part of House Party, an Irvington, New York, company that [...]
