Archive for June 29th, 2009
Fleece and Flannel Mean Comfort and Security
Fortune Small Business: When consumers get cold feet, what’s an entrepreneur to do? Sell them footed pajamas: a grown-up version of Dr. Denton’s kiddie sleepwear. Four years ago Valerie Johnson started Big Feet Pajama Co. from the basement of her Las Vegas home. The former stockbroker, who says she can’t even sew a straight seam, [...]
Getting Blogs To Cover Your Business
photo credit: jmerelo For those seeking coverage, blogs have developed into an ecosystem where there are hundreds of thousands of specialized media outlets, creating unprecedented opportunity to get your business’ story in front of the right people. In order to obtain coverage from blogs on your business, first things first is you will have to [...]
photo credit: h.koppdelaney When we think of selling a product or service, sometimes it almost seems as though we have to damn near sell our own soul in order to make a sale. This does not have to be the case! Here are some selling tips for you that should make your sale going smoother [...]
Unleashing Your Employees Creativity
photo credit: EraPhernalia Vintage (somewhat busy) As managers and owners of companies, we all look for new way’s and inspiring ways to help our employees unleash their creativity side within boundaries of course, which can be difficult at times. Below are some tips on how to help unleash your employees creativity sides located on Inc.com. [...]
Teens Are Building Their Own Job Engine
The New York Times: Periods of high unemployment tend to be particularly hard on teenagers, who wind up competing for jobs with more experienced, laid-off adults. When Faith Borden, 16, of Metuchen, N.J., applied for a job in March to be a counselor at a summer day camp, she looked around and saw “all these [...]
photo credit: Pink Sherbet Photography Very good reminder here about the way words get diluted, and then useless. In my early days in the PC industry all software was supposedly “user friendly.” And that phrase ended up mocking, humorous, a caricature of hype. I read a recent post by Tim Berry that listed five words that [...]
Sewing Bizs Finding Niche In Midst Of Recession
Loveland Reporter-Herald: Instead of a seam ripper, Bonnie McLeod uses a razor blade to rip out the outer seam from her old red jeans. She plans to add a strip of material down the leg to jazz them up into an original. McLeod, a seamstress by trade, trims, cuts and tucks old clothes into a [...]
Bill On The Table For Home Offices
photo credit: Travis Isaacs Home based businesses are one of the most rapid growing in our nation today. Many people all over the nation are switching to working from home, and over time are adding employees to their home based office providing jobs to those who are out of work. U.S. rep Charles Gonzalez is [...]
Entrepreneur Aspires To Sell 1 Million T-Shirts
Everyday Christian: In his business and his faith walk Rob Gettemy has felt blessed by the circumstances around him. His business—producing and selling T-shirts—is hardly uncommon. How he got to the point he is now and what his shirts represent is. Gettemy is the co-founder of 1M4JC, shorthand for “One Million for Jesus Christ.” His [...]
photo credit: Andres Rueda Business owners often times think of charge cards and credit cards as being the same thing, just using a different name to refer to them. However, they are actually two totally different things and should be completely understood before you choose either one of them. With a credit card you are [...]
Michael Jackson: King Of…Patents?
MediaBistro: As the world mourns the death of Michael Jackson, we remember his patented anti-gravity footwear. That’s right, intellectual property fans, Jackson is listed as the first of three inventors on United States Patent 5,255,452, granted in 1993 for a “method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion.” Translation: special loafers fitted with heels that can [...]
photo credit: visualpanic We often think of obtaining good PR as being difficult in business, with so many different avenues to take and choices to make. Below are some simple steps towards obtaining good PR that are sure to work for everyone in business. Obviously the first step is making sure you are aware [...]
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Summertime Is Business Time, For Your Entrepreneurial Teen
Summer is the time of year when kids would normally go out looking for a part time job, somethng to fill their free time while they wait for school to start back up. Unfortunately, thanks to the recession, kids are less likely than ever before to find the job they want. Many mom’s start a [...]
