Archive for April 6th, 2009
Make Money Promoting Infidelity?
There are dating websites that cater to every kind of desire, including it seems, those looking for an affair. Sad but true. NPR has more: AshleyMadison.com, which caters to men and women who are already in relationships and are looking for something more, is the largest dating service of its kind. The Toronto-based company has [...]
photo credit: krytofr We have all been there before at work, it’s that time of the month to sit down and review our data for our company. We sigh at the very thought of reading and sorting through all of that boring data, numbers upon numbers and statistics. However, today is a new day with [...]
photo credit: striatic Today with so many down spirals in the economy and work force, it’s no wonder that many employers feel it is too costly to offer employee benefits packages. However, it can actually cost your company more in the long run to not offer a benefits package to good employees. Heading the list [...]
photo credit: srqpix There’s a great post up on the Small Business Marketing site, of which I’m a contributor, about personalizing your brand: Vanilla is the most popular type of ice cream in the world. But consumers of vanilla ice cream don’t really care about which brand of vanilla ice cream they are eating. More [...]
photo credit: akaalias It’s natural to dream about working from home with your own business, cutting out the boss, expensive wardrobe and all that high gas money and day-care bills, but…do you have what it takes to do a home based business, are you truly ready for it. Ask yourself these few questions to help [...]
Search Result as a Business Card
photo credit: jeffmcneill Although Google might not like it, this is an interesting business card idea.
Habits You Don’t Want As A Boss
photo credit: laverrue David Silverman recently did an article on 11 different habits of the worst boss he’s ever had. We spend so much time concentrating on the habit’s and attitudes that we think a good boss should have, but what about their bad traits? Those should not go un-noticed, we should also work on [...]
photo credit: Milica Sekulic Today phone business is booming more then ever in terms of so many different options of systems, features, phones themselves and more. Technology has found a way to make even the phone a high tech device that creates a more simple form of communicating at home or in your office. So [...]
Make Your Marketing Market You
photo credit: Brian Lane Winfield Moore My newest post is up on the Small Business Marketing Guide. This one is about about creating marketing materials: Upon introduction, it only takes a split second before your customer has created their own impression of your business and what you do. Before you allow that decision to be [...]
Competing Against The Freemium
Website Magazine: Web entrepreneurs have a difficult choice to make with the release of every new service – should it be offered complimentary to bring in streams of users and make them aware (growing the service virally) or should we charge for it with an aim of shortening the road to profitability? While the former [...]
Biz Poll: Music & Productivity
Do you listen to music to make yourself more productive? Always Sometimes Never View Results If you have some favorite motivational music choices, share them with us in the comments section. Photo by jorgempf.
How “Gladiator” and Other Film Soundtracks Help Work Productivity
Modern Business Life: In the year 2000, Ridley Scott released an award winning film starring Russell Crowe entitled, “Gladiator”. Accompanying this film was a stellar and award winning soundtrack by one of the most popular film composers in recent times, Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack contains heroic anthems, soaring French horns, and sweeping strings that heighten [...]
Entrepreneurs Jump the ‘Shark Tank’
Entrepreneur: Mark Burnett, producer of CBS television’s Survivor, has teamed up with the rival ABC network to produce a reality show in which entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to multimillionaire moguls. The seven-episode series, Shark Tank, is based on a successful reality show in the U.K. of the same formula – Dragon’s Den, according to the [...]
PC World: Whether your boss finally gave you the green light to telecommute or you’re setting out to do business on your own, congratulations–and welcome to the wonderful world of working at home. Just one wrinkle: the kids. As in so many other areas of life, having a rugrat or two underfoot can make doing [...]
