Archive for April 7th, 2009
TumbleBus is a gym on wheels filled with fun equipment — bringing the best possible physical education class to children at daycares, elementary schools, private schools, etc. Cheerfully decorated, the TumbleBus provides a unique and fun way for children to receive the physical fitness that is so important to their developement. Instructors “with a special [...]
No More Buzz Bites Vending Machines from Mad Dog
I’ve been asked to notify our readers that Vroom Foods is no longer associated with Mad Dog Energy Products. There’s more on the Vroom Foods website: As of September 12, 2008, Vroom Foods, Inc. terminated its relationship with Mad Dog Energy Products, Inc. If you are unable to obtain Buzz Bite® chocolate or mint chocolate [...]
If you’ve ever thought about spending money on direct mail marketing, you’ve probably wondered why some direct mail gets tossed immediately into the garbage. Pitney Bowes has an informative and entertaining video that shows why some mail gets opened, while others don’t.
Q&A With Franchise King Joel Libava
When it comes to franchises, Joel Libava is one of the brightest guys I know. He’s the president of the Cleveland, Ohio-based franchise consulting firm Franchise Selection Specialists. He blogs daily at The Franchise King and is an active Twitter’er. Here’s a snippet of an interview SmallBizResource just published with him: SBR: How much does [...]
Reader’s Mailbag: Protecting Assets
Susan writes: How to protect sole proprietor business assets from personal assets? Garrett Sutton at Resource Nation tackles this question. If you operate your business in the form of a sole proprietorship or as a general partnership, these businesses are not registered entities, which means that your personal assets are not insulated from those of [...]
photo credit: Ordinary Guy When you fail to keep your domain current, or you let it lapse, someone comes swooping and purchases your old name and then attaches it to a site that is loaded with advertisements and collects all of the hit’s to the new site. To avoid letting your domain lapse, I’ve included [...]
Franchise Expo and SoupMan Create Stimulus Package
More news from the Franchise and Business Opportunities expo: North America’s largest Franchise and Business Opportunities Expo and New York’s own The Original SoupMan, makers of the legendary soups of Al Yeganeh, who inspired the “Soup Episode” on Seinfeld, joined forces today to announce a stimulus package contest to help one lucky winner realize their [...]
photo credit: mudpig Today it is no surprise that business’ are facing uncertainty about their business all around. It is almost impossible not to face it at some point in a recession. However, maybe business’ are being held accountable for these uncertainties that are out of their control. Take for example the economy down turn, [...]
Bizop Show in Portland, Oregon
I just received word that the Franchise & Business Opportunities Expo will be in Portland, Oregon on May 2 and 3rd at the Portland Expo Center. Admission is $5 at the door.
photo credit: Joe ShlabotnikWhen anyone is first thinking about starting their own business, they want some cold hard facts regarding this industry. They want some facts on how many make it, how many fold, how many hit their profit goals and how many of them over shoot their profit goals, etc. So I have put [...]
Blogs As Your Search Marketing Investment
photo credit: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com A lot of business people tend to over look blogs as a great marketing investment. Think about all the times your personally go to search for something, you type in your keyword and up pops 100′s of related topics so you scroll through until you find something that catches your [...]
photo credit: Tracy O What a difference a few days can make to the trajectory of a transition. At the end of last week, I was prepared to give our new President an “A” for outstanding efforts to create positive momentum. Now I’m thinking he deserves a B-minus at best. Why the shift? In a [...]
Lobster Trap Rope Finds New Use At Your Doorstep
USA TODAY: Rope once used to connect lobster traps on the ocean floor soon will be showing up at people’s front doors. At a warehouse in this commercial fishing port, a steady stream of lobstermen arrived last week with pickups and trailers loaded with millions of feet of colorful rope — blue, orange, white, green, [...]
Springwise: There’s no doubt the internet has transformed the way people communicate; what’s less clear is that people are willing to let the old methods disappear. We’ve already seen companies that transform emails into paper letters; now, an Australian contender has resurrected none other than the classic telegram. Focusing on the role telegrams have long [...]
Want To Save Money? Shop Without Touching
Time: Turns out “Don’t squeeze the Charmin” might have been the worst marketing message of all time. According to a new study to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers who touch products in the aisles will pay more money for them than those who keep their hands off [...]
Hidden parking spaces which pop up from your drive have become a must-have home improvement in London.
Expanding Eateries Target Shuttered Sites
The Wall Street Journal: As restaurant chains go out of business or prune their store counts in the tough economy, competitors are jumping on the opportunity to move into the vacated locations as a way to expand quickly and cheaply. Restaurants can convert their competitors’ closed sites to their own brands at a lower cost [...]
Kiplinger: By now we’ve all heard one of the newest American complaints — all this stimulus and bailout money, but where’s mine? Like many individuals, most businesses won’t get much government help. But many savvy companies will find ways to make sure they benefit from the massive increase anyway. Here are three examples of some [...]
