Archive for February 23rd, 2009
Twisted Limb Has A Firm Grasp On The Eco Trend
Before it was cool to be green, there was Twisted Limb Paperworks. Since 1998, Sheryl Woodhouse-Keese has been crafting and selling 100% recycled, eco-friendly paper bowls, stationery, holiday cards, announcements, invitations and fundraising products for schools. However, Sheryl does not do this alone. She also employs a team of 6 in her production studio that [...]
East West Essentials A Female Entrepreneurship Success Story
dBusinessNews: East West Essentials, a leader in optimal fertility supplements and health nutrition, is delivering results to their fertility patients with their expertise and successful product line, available online at www.eastwestessentials.com. That success is rooted in a family-run company with a deep compassion and understanding of infertility issues. East West Essentials was founded more than [...]
Larry writes: “What things should I be considering before going ahead with a towing service?” Before you open a towing business in your town, it’s a good idea to determine how many competitors you have. I’ve provided a link below to help you get a list of local competitors nearby. Complete the form by entering [...]
Nine Tips for Setting and Achieving Your Goals
The following guest post is by Scott Quitter of A Couple of Quitters. Do you set goals or at least a resolution every year, or do you avoid it because you never accomplish anything? Perhaps you’re setting the wrong goals; or maybe you’re taking the wrong approach. While there isn’t one perfect way to set [...]
Unique Logos for the Small Biz Entrepreneur
The following is a guest post from the guys at Logo Inn. At the end, I’m going to announce how one lucky reader can get a free logo designed by their professional logo design team. Contrary to conventional belief, in times of recession, when marketing budgets are slashed, it makes even more sense to spend [...]
How to Make Money with Site-O-Rific
Here’s an interesting new opportunity from a new advertiser: Do you know anything about the building trades? Do you enjoy the internet? If so, you might want to consider affiliating with Site-O-Rific if you: Blog about, or have a website about tools, or you’re a supplier of tools and parts. Offer Site-O-Rific websites to the [...]
Etsy is an online marketplace for buying and selling handmade things. As such, it’s the perfect place for crafty entrepreneurs to start their own little businesses. The blog Design Sponge has an in-depth look at how three small business entrepreneurs started their Etsy businesses: Starting An Etsy Business: White Elephant Vintage Starting An Etsy Business: [...]
T-Shirts With Great Word Of Mouth
Inc.: Caroline Rooney produced her first T-shirt design, with a “Peace and Love” theme, in her high school textile class. She wore the shirt throughout high school and then at the University of Michigan. Her friends wanted to know where she got the shirt, and when she told them, they asked her to make copies [...]
photo credit: Vlad the Impala Do you ever find yourself humming an old advertising jingle you remember from childhood? It’s a common occurrence for all of us. Some things just stick in our minds, seemingly forever. But what makes one marketing message stick while hundreds or even thousands of others are barely noticed or immediately [...]
New Biz Aims To ‘Mother’ New Moms
KARE11.com: At a hospital maternity unit all the babying goes to the babies. Rachel Swardson-Wenham thinks it’s time to start mothering the mothers. “It definitely was something that should exist, and I couldn’t believe nobody did it.” In June Rachel launched her new company offering in-hospital massages and spa services to new moms. Go Home [...]
Inc.: Zac Workman became a connoisseur of energy drinks at an early age. At the end of each day, after five hours’ practice for his high school swim team, he would choke one down. His drink of choice “tasted awful, but it gave me energy, so I just kept drinking it,” he says. Today, the [...]
Stimulus Law Aids Small Biz, But Benefits Not Easy To Find
The New York Times: The $787 billion recovery package that President Obama signed into law on has a little something for most small-business owners, though some complained that the law’s benefits were not easy to figure out. “Who has time to read it?” Ethan Siegel, chief executive of Orb Audio, a maker of home theater [...]
82 Million Content Creators and Counting
Mashable: More than 82 million people in the US created content online during 2008, a number expected to grow to nearly 115 million by 2013 according to numbers released by eMarketer. Looking inside of those numbers, it’s not surprising that the bulk of content creators are simply social networking users that do things like post [...]
