Archive for May 13th, 2009
Today’s Twitter Updates 05-13-2009
# @klaatoo72 Variations on a theme. # Twitter’s “Small Settings Update” is dumb dumb dumb. http://bit.ly/Cnxbw # RT @NCStartUpBlog:New blog post: Mompreneurs in the news http://bit.ly/fsI6D # RT @Drudge_Report:Antitrust eyes turn toward GOOGLE… http://tinyurl.com/oogoow # RT @WSJSmallBiz Successful entrepreneurs talk to WSJ about finding opportunities in tough economic times: http://tinyurl.com/r87v6y # RT @LorneFisher:In case anyone [...]
photo credit: makelessnoise I just received an email from StartupNation. They are working closely with the folks at Mark Burnett Productions/ABC to help them in their search for entrepreneurs, inventors, businesspersons, dreamers, promoters, creators, innovators, etc. They hope to find someone – maybe you – who can be part of the soon-to-be-released show called, Shark [...]
How to Open a Financially Successful Coffee, Espresso & Tea Shop
I found this on Google Book Search. It says that it’s a limited preview, but the entire book is freely available. The manual delivers literally hundreds of innovative ways demonstrated to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance. Shut down waste, reduce costs and increase profits. In [...]
photo credit: Yandle Entrepreneur.com: “The copywriting outline provides a single tool where you record all the details about your product or service that you will need to produce compelling copy again and again. It’s also an evolving instrument that you add to as your product or business changes and grows.” Here are a few suggestions [...]
Get Your Product The Publicity It Deserves
photo credit: kalidoskopika You’ve spent years coming up with the ultimate product or service and your so sure that the public and media is going to love your new idea. What now? Below are three steps that will give your product or service the attention it deserves in the media as talked about on WomenEntrepreneur.com. [...]
photo credit: Arturo de Albornoz Today we spend a lot of time concentrating on obtaining more customers to help our business’ grow. The more customers obviously means more profit. Below are 3 marketing tactics that a business should use today to help increase their revenue to it’s fullest potential. ● Add PR programs. Public relations [...]
Mom Teaches Kids About Healthy Cooking
The Capital: Melissa Owens is a fast-talking, high-energy mom on a mission – and she’s constantly cooking up new ideas. The Annapolis resident runs Deliciously Nutritious, which offers classes and summer camps aimed at teaching children about healthy eating. Kids don’t just sit by and watch Owens work through recipes, either. They get hands-on experience, [...]
Family Business Puts A Twist On The Ice Cream Sandwich With Rice Creams
Ice cream sandwiches are a common treat, especially when it is hot. They taste good, they are affordable, and now they have a little competition. Rice Creams are an ice cream sandwich with a twist. Rather than the traditional cake-like exterior, Rice Creams uses 2 crispy rice treats instead. Born in the early 1980′s, the [...]
Personalized Health Care Still in Demand
photo credit: gierszewski NY Times: “Thanks to patients who still value their health in hard times, the recession has barely slowed the growth of concierge medical practices, which charge hefty membership fees for highly personalized care and around-the-clock access.” If Obama doesn’t destroy it first, someone is going to revolutionize the medical industry by cutting [...]
Why Obama’s Flickr Photos Aren’t In Public Domain
ReadWriteWeb: The White House is making unprecedented use of consumer web technologies but those technologies aren’t always well suited to fit the government’s needs. They aren’t always well suited to fit anyone’s needs – but maybe if Obama leans on them a little bit things will change. Recently, the White House launched an official collection [...]
Buffalo News: Annmarie Vanini was on her knees scrubbing behind the toilet for what seemed like the millionth time. Her son, Brian, was moving from that crucial potty-training stage, transitioning from sitting on the potty to standing at the toilet. Despite practicing with toilet targets and other potty training aids, Brian just couldn’t seem to [...]
Google May Be Sending Your Customers Away
Small Biz Trends: You may want to go take a look at your Google Local Business Listing to verify it still exists and is sending people to the right Web site. It seems that due to what Google is calling an “algorithm change” many Google business listings are being merged with other companies located in [...]
Small-Biz Credit Cards Not Included In Legislation
SmartBrief: Congress is considering legislation that aims to tackle questionable lending practices by credit-card companies. Many business owners use a small-business credit card for their business expenses, but the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights does not cover those types of cards. If a small-business provision is not added to the bill, biz owners may want [...]
Biz Resource: Sam’s Club Shopping Pass
Swaggrabber: Print out this coupon and get a free one day shopping pass to Sam’s Club. You must take it to customer service before you shop to get it validated but it is perfect for those of you that don’t really want to pay the membership fee but have been wanting to make one big [...]
