Archive for May 11th, 2009
Measuring the shelf-life of student interest in their subjects, using Google Trends http://is.gd/yOoT # How I learned to haggle http://tr.im/l20b # The Price of Children http://bit.ly/SaGFf from @marcwarnke # If you’d like realtime updates, follow danec on Twitter.
photo credit: John Kratz I came across a very fun article on The Franchise King Blog about the top franchise to buy for the month of May. I couldn’t believe it when I read the top franchise is a mobile photography business called Grins2Go! It’s the only traveling photography company to the best of their knowledge. [...]
photo credit: kozumel One way or another, bad debt is going to get you in some way. Wether a customer buy’s something on credit and then doesn’t make good on the payments, or a vendor lends a business inventory on credit and the company folds anyway in the long run, it happens. However, that bad [...]
Penny Pinching Tips For Your Business
photo credit: swimparallel Most entrepreneurs will tell you that skimping on pennies will add up after a while, and today in this economy…it really pay’s to be a penny pincher to the extreme. The more you save, the more you can bank for when you need it the most during slow times to offset your [...]
Weird Invention: Pet Urn that Looks Like Your Pet
Charles J. Johansen, Jr. has patented a pet crematory urn for storing the cremated remains of a deceased pet. A decorative figure in the nearly exact likeness of the deceased pet provides a sealable repository chamber for receiving cremated remains of a deceased pet. I have heard of people having their pets freeze dried and [...]
Secret To Great Email Newsletters
photo credit: Mzelle Biscotte If your in business for yourself and your starting to contemplate sending out email newsletters, i’m sure your wondering how you can make newsletter stand out from the rest. I recently read a great article on Word Of Mouth Marketing that was simple but packed full of suggestions. One great suggestion [...]
The Right Way To Close Your Doors
photo credit: .Martin. Have you ever had the not so pleasureable experience of finding out that your company is closing it’s doors by watching it on the news at home? That is exactly how some of the GM and Chrysler employees at the Kenosha plant found out that they would soon be out of jobs. [...]
Entrepreneur.com: A staggering $2.1 billion in affiliate marketing fees were paid to blog and website owners in 2008. This finding in a recent study by Jupiter Research confirms what many savvy Internet marketers have known for a while: Affiliate marketing has become one of the top business opportunities online because the startup costs are so [...]
Bizs Cater To Non-Gluten Niche
Loveland Reporter-Herald: Clyde Canino, owner of Canino’s Italian Restaurant in Fort Collins, keeps some gluten-free pasta in his kitchen, ready to serve up to any customers who cannot eat gluten, a protein in wheat, rye and barley. Canino’s is part of a growing trend of restaurants, bakeries and stores offering gluten-free options for those with [...]
Painter Is Gambling On Rolla-Wipa Invention
Otago Daily News: Brett Stanley is gambling on his Rolla-Wipa invention hitting the jackpot at a massive United States hardware trade expo in Las Vegas this week. Stanley said he came up with the idea for his invention about 10 years ago. He described the Rolla-Wipa as a “simple” plastic sleeve, which is used by [...]
Recession Makes It Tougher On Inventors
Associated Press: Got a bright business idea? Take a number. Americans haven’t stopped dreaming up newfangled gizmos or sketching engineering marvels on the back of cocktail napkins, but tight credit and business cutbacks have slowed the pace of getting the latest U.S. innovations to market. Venture capital investments have plummeted. Lenders aren’t lining up to [...]
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Four Redding Women Share Their Success Stories
Redding Record Searchlight: Today’s women wear many hats, constantly juggling home, work and relationship. There’s a growing trend adding to this complicated mix – well-educated moms with young children starting their own companies. What makes this challenging journey work? A few women in Shasta and Siskiyou counties shared their stories and insights. “A lot of [...]
Business Owner Attributes Success To "Lipstick Theory"
SalisburyPost.com: Local women involved in direct-sales business agree with Jennifer Carracio, who says that these niche businesses are untouched by the economy. Jennifer is a director with Thirty-One, a business which sells purses and other accessories through home shows. Lori Tatarka of China Grove thinks she knows why direct-sales businesses are doing so well right [...]
