Archive for June 2009
photo credit: DavidErickson We have all seen a number of logos whether it be on billboard signs, products, doors of a company, flyer’s and more, we have all at some point stopped and said to ourselves “why on earth would you pick that for your logo?” Logos can do wonderful things for your company if [...]
Children’s Clothing Biz Uses Twitter To Grow
Loveland Connection: Twitter and other social media sites are easy to get addicted to; just ask entrepreneur Angie Shafranek. “Ha, I’m on it like five times a day,” Shafranek admitted when asked how often she uses Twitter. However, that Twitter habit has given a boost to her online children’s clothing business, Shafranek said. She went [...]
A reader, Paul Rusnak, wrote in with the following account of his failed attempt at marketing: I am a subscriber of you weblog and I enjoy reading all the stories, many of which give me new ideas to market my business. Here is something that happened to one of my creative marketing ideas… that didn’t [...]
Interview with an iPhone Game Maker
Have you ever wondered what goes into making, marketing, and selling an iPhone app? I have. PCWorld has an interview with Joel Rosenberg, the author of an addictive puzzle game for the iPhone called Blocked. Here’s a snippet: PC World: Let’s get the big question out of the way. Will you be able to retire [...]
Is A Mental Health Day In Order For You?
photo credit: h.koppdelaney Many business owners find themselves a few times a year in desperate need of a vacation even if it’s just for one day, they get over stressed, overly tired, worn out and begin to miss the things that matter the most such as family, friends and fun time. However, many of them [...]
Forced Health Care is Bad Bad Bad
photo credit: boliston Jaclyn’s last post was about a proposal floating around Washington DC that would mandate that all employers provide health coverage for employees. I disagree strongly with her take on it. The truth is, the fact that employers often pay for their employees healthcare costs is what has made medical care in the [...]
photo credit: a.drian If you run a small business and employ people, under one of the proposals floating around for healthcare reform you’d be required to provide health insurance for employees. Small Biz Trends recently posted an article regarding one of the new laws that is in process of trying to get passed, all employers [...]
photo credit: allie pasquier It is no surprise that with every new month comes new websites, new tools, new businesses, and so on. But one must also ask how many different web tools that do pretty much the same thing do we need in business. Yes it is good to have variety, but it is [...]
Inventors and Entrepreneurs from all over the country are invited to submit their US Patented or Patent Pending products to the Inventors Club of Kansas City’s National Invention Contest for a chance to win the opportunity to have their consumer product marketed and sold in retail stores. Only 20 invention spots are available. Go here [...]
photo credit: R.B. Boyer Being in business for yourself can make several decisions regarding your business difficult for you to make. One of the biggest things that business people have a problem with is setting prices for their services and products. They never really quite know where to start or go about it. Most think [...]
What Would Sotomayor Mean For Biz?
Fortune: As he had promised to do, President Obama selected a judge with enormous breadth of life and career experience – experience that dwarfs not only that of Wood or Kagan but, indeed, that of any of the justices on the current Court. In addition to her extraordinary life story – raised poor by a [...]
Jersy Mom Continues Hair-Styling Skills In Green Brook
MyCentralJersey.com: Giving birth to four children within seven years did not dampen Michelle Mackie’s love of working with hair. “About 13 years ago, I started to work out of my home, doing the hair of family and friends so I could keep my skills up and raise my young children,” Mackie said. Even before that, [...]
Mompreneur Expert: Internet Gives Options To Out Of Work Women
eMediaWire: Men make up 82% of the recession’s job losses, which means countless women are out there looking for work to make up for the lost paycheck. The problem is it’s almost impossible to find a job right now, so for many women their only hope is to get a home-based business up and running [...]
Real Clothing Sizes For “RealKidz”
The plus sized market is a growing one, especially among children. While we, as parents, want our children to be healthy, it is impossible to ignore their needs. They need age appropriate clothing. As a former plus sized kid, I was intrigued by RealKidz. Merrill Guerra has gone after the underserved above average market in [...]
Moms Use Creativity, Talent, & Hard Work To Provide For Their Families
MPNnow: Providing everything children deserve is never easy, but it’s part of mom’s job description. When things get tough, moms get tougher. Driven by an unconditional love, moms use creativity, talent and old-fashioned hard work to provide for their families. Tuscarawas Township, Ohio, resident Kristen Ramsey dusted off her dreams to help support her family [...]
Legislation Threatens Seller Financing
photo credit: karlfrankowski Whether you’re a home based business person in the real estate market or you’re a person in the “cashflow” business, some recent legislation threatens your ability to work in this home based business without an onerous regulatory burden about to be foisted upon you by Congress. Here’s the warning Bill Mencarow of [...]
Implementing Internet Marketing
photo credit: xuriken Russ Henneberry recently had some very interesting and down to earth ways on how you can implement Internet marketing. Because lets face it, no matter how much you try to stay away from the booming Internet, the Internet marketing sector is huge and it’s here to stay for the long hall. Always learn [...]
photo credit: Extra Ketchup Many small businesses tend to have problems figuring out where their money should go, supplies, employees, insurance, marketing, etc. Few think about spending money on new technology items such as new computers, they see the older computers that they currently are working with and figure if they aren’t broke…why fix them? [...]
photo credit: Marcus Vegas In business we all know that happy employees means happy work place which equals productive work place. A Lot of businesses ponder many ideas on improving their employee morale without emptying their wallets in the process. Below are a few ideas that OpenForum had regarding improving employee morale. Eating lunch with [...]
photo credit: fimoculous When we think of social networks we think of the plain networking possibilities, the social interaction between two people or between one business and another. However, FastCompany set the record straight when going through the many possibilities of the different social networks. Take a look at Facebook for example, more than 150 million [...]
Signs That You Need To Evolve Your Marketing
photo credit: kevindooley Over the years marketing and the world of marketing has most definitely changed drastically. And keeping up with the new marketing trends and the ways that consumers view products based on their looks can be quite a challenge. To help with this matter, Duct Tape Marketing has given a few signs to [...]
Big-Name Movies And Shows, Now Starring You
Springwise: Remove the lead vocals from a hit song, and you’ve got the makings for karaoke. Erase a lead actor from a popular film, and you’ve got the idea behind Yoostar. Yoostar is a new technology that includes all the tools consumers need to digitally insert themselves in the place of original lead actors in [...]
Google To Sell eBooks By Year’s End
The New York Times: Google appears to be throwing down the gauntlet in the e-book market. In discussions with publishers at the annual BookExpo convention in New York, Google signaled its intent to introduce a program by that would enable publishers to sell digital versions of their newest books direct to consumers through Google. The [...]
photo credit: Felixe Is it possible to learn valuable business lessons from Big Bird? As funny and odd as that may sound, it sure is possible. Most of what is found on their shows has gone through an enormous amount of testing, conversation, and more before it is finally aired on TV for all to [...]
BusinessWeek: The new name for Microsoft’s search engine is meant to capture the sound effect of a lightbulb moment. But coming up with “Bing” was hardly spontaneous for the software giant. It took six months and dozens of experts to settle on the name. Brand naming is serious business in an age when goods must [...]
AutoBlog: The middle of June might seem like an odd time to release sales figures, but we’ve just gotten word that previous reports announcing America’s best-selling vehicle may have been all wrong. While the Ford F-Series pickup has topped the vehicle sales list for as long as we can remember, the car crown has shifted [...]
Adressing Cash Flow Issues With Your Vendors
photo credit: Randy Son Of Robert All to often business people assume that when they are having cash flow problems that they are just automatically stuck, there’s no options for them, no way out until the situation just turns for the better on it’s own. This is a huge misconception on their part. There are [...]
Biz Poll Results: The New Frugality
On Monday, we started a biz poll that asked if you thought consumers’ new frugality is a permanent change? 48 percent said YES and 52 percent responded NO. RedHotFranchises commented “We have just ended an era where people spent without actually having money to a point in time where people spend what they have. Its [...]
Mom Corps Helps Connect Businesses With Professional Moms Who Want To Work From Home
As the recession continues to hit many families close to home, more and more professional women who left the industry to stay home with their children are starting to go back to work. In the past that would mean finding an office job and daycare but not now. By allowing moms to seek the flexible [...]
Entrepreneurial Spirit Sparks At An Early Age
Tribune Business Weekly: In the sixth grade, Joya Helmuth started a business she called Write-A-Mania. With calligraphy pens from an aunt, the teenager spent her free time printing poems, charging customers 7 cents a word. “I had business cards and brochures, and I think the grade school even let me put up posters. Entrepreneurship runs [...]
Kristi G Company Introduces Elegant Diaper Bags With Their Patent-Pending EZ-Wipe System
PR Web: Mompreneur, Kristi Gorinas, introduces a line of boutique diaper bags integrating the patent-pending EZ-Wipe System. This inspired invention allows for easy one-handed access to baby wipes directly through a zipper on the back of each handbag. The Mom-Invented bags are designed to look like fashionable purses but function like fully featured diaper bags. [...]
Fast Company: Here comes the bride! And another! And another! And another! June is peak season for getting hitched — and for the lucrative nuptial industry, from gowns to flowers to catering. Here’s a look at the facts and figures of weddings. 2,190,363 couples were wedded in the U.S. in 2008. The world’s longest-married living [...]
No Wedding Is Complete Without A Car Decoration Kit
If you’re getting married in Israel, Haponpon (for English, go here) has all you will need to decorate your car. If you’re located elsewhere, then maybe you’ll be interested in one of their franchises instead! Yochai, the founder of Haponpon, found himself unemployed and down on his luck when he was struck with inspiration. With [...]
photo credit: Ana_Cotta Many businesses have two playbooks, meaning they have one for when their business is doing good, and one book is for strategies on when their business is going through a difficult time. This is a good idea and practice to have, however, it is not 100% sufficient. There is a lot more [...]
Small Bizs Taking Steps Toward Online Networking
The New York Times: By choice or necessity, successful small-business owners are earnest networkers, gladly shaking hands, handing out cards and attending local meetings to find and keep customers, solve problems, seek feedback or support and bolster their bottom lines. Now, the Internet is starting to upend those long-established methods; online networking on Facebook, Twitter, [...]
Incorporate Audio Products in Your Biz
bizzia: One of the easiest things you can do is incorporate audio products into your business. You can give them away or sell them on your website. One may ask, how do you create audio products? * Hold a teleconference with guests and listeners while recording the entire call. * Interview someone by phone and [...]
Accurate Leads For Your Company
photo credit: doug88888 I am not one who believes in buying peoples information in order to sell them on a service, I have always thought of that as an invasion of one’s privacy. However, I do realize that many businesses use this approach in order to up their sales. The only problem is that how [...]
Triangular Buttons Key To Success
Register Hardware: A British inventor has submitted a patent application for a wacky touchscreen keyboard design which, he claims, could spell the end for accidental key presses. David Baker’s Crocodile Keyboard is so named because its keys are shaped like the reptile’s sharp teeth. Baker told Register Hardware today that each triangular key has significantly [...]
What Your Customers Really Want From You
photo credit: osde8info In business it is very important to stay on top of everything in your field, your customers, vendors, new items and services etc. But there comes a point in every business person’s life when they must stop and ask themselves what do my customers really want from me? The New York Times [...]
Kiva Now Allows Investment In US Small Bizs
ReadWriteWeb: Microlender Kiva announced it will begin a pilot program of loans to U.S. small enterprise. Kiva began in Africa, and after four years has since expanded to 44 countries, mostly in the developing world. The test will start with 45 U.S. businesses, ranging from baked goods deliveries to child care and taxi drivers. For [...]
Tampa Moms Produce Eco-Friendly Children's Clothing Line
Examiner.com: Danielle O’Connor and Shari Feldman met at the University of South Florida while pursuing their doctorates in Anthropology. In 2003, the friends traveled to Guatemala where they became fascinated with the textiles worn by the local indigenous people. Soon, they both became mothers and although their focus shifted to their families, their appreciation of [...]
Mompreneur Boosts Loan Business With Espresso
The Wenatchee World Online: Would you like a skinny latte with that fixed-rate, 30-year home loan? Local mortgage broker Angie Coleman Sherman has turned to espresso as a cure for the housing crash. She opened espresso/bakery A Shot of Gratitude in January in the lobby of her home-loan business, Trusted Home Mortgage. She also sells [...]
The Intersect Fund Helps Startups Get Off Their Feet
Without the money and knowledge it takes to get started, a good idea will take you nowhere. It’s not hard to have an idea, it’s going the next step with it that takes the time and risk required to succeed. For those in need, The Intersect Fund is there to help. They make it possible [...]
KT Steppers Moves To New Jersey
Courier-Post: Kt Steppers,LLC (Mickleton,NJ) is a unique mom-owned, children’s inspired online gift boutique featuring custom designed, hand-painted, personalized “steppers” for babies, toddlers and moms! Katie O’Neill, President and Owner, started her dream business that became a reality in 2008 when Kt Steppers, LLC was formed in Sussex County, NJ. Now it is more of a [...]
Lawyer & Business Examiner Shares Her Own 3 Tips For Mompreneurs
Like it has for many entrepreneurs, a major event caused Delida Costin to reconsider her course in life. So she started her own private law practice. She has not only done that and then some, she is now sharing her knowledge with others as the Starting Your Own Business Examiner for examiner.com. To get her [...]
YouTube Says You Can Make Money On YouTube
AppScout: A few years ago Michael Buckley was just a guy with a job. In his spare time he hosted a show on the local cable TV public access channel. Like most public access shows the audience was less than massive and the pay–well, there was no pay. And then, in one of those lucky [...]
photo credit: Ken Wilcox. In business and even life in general we are always looking for new ways to cut down on costs and save some more moeny. This is especially true today in our troubled economy, we could all use money saving ideas right now. Below are a few tips on saving money that [...]
Move Over Craig, Here Comes Jimbob’s List
WCIV.com: A new website is shaking up the online community. Jim Bob’s List may give popular online advertising website Craigslist a run for its money. “Jim Bob is kind of the epitome of a good old boy, a country boy kind of name,“ Mark Tims, Founder of JimBobsList said. Timms says he created the site [...]
photo credit: jamuraa A recent short article was posted on Office Hero Headquarters regarding questions that one should ask themselves when trying to obtain better results. This can pertain to both personal and business life goals, whatever the goal is big or small, always ask yourself the following questions and your sure to acheive better [...]
Hot In Recession: Chocolate, Running Shoes, Spam
Associated Press: It’s not all doom and gloom in the U.S. economy. Some products are bucking the recession and flying off store shelves. Sales of chocolate and running shoes are up. Wine drinkers haven’t stopped sipping; they just seem to be choosing cheaper vintages. Gold coins are selling like hot cakes. So are gardening seeds. [...]
