Archive for July 2nd, 2009
Overstock Kills Affiliate Programs In 4 States
The Wall Street Journal: Overstock.com Inc. informed its marketing affiliates in four states — California, Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island — that it is ending its business with them to avoid collecting sales tax. Lawmakers in the states have passed or are preparing to pass legislation that would require companies to collect sales tax [...]
Chickens Are Hot in a Recession
photo credit: Faye Pini BendBulletin: Back in the early ’80s, when the nation was gripped by recession, Duane Schiedler and his wife, Julie, retooled their cabinet shop to churn out geodesic-dome greenhouses. Fast forward more than two decades and the Schiedlers are at it again, only this time they’ve expanded. In addition to compact greenhouses [...]
photo credit: wannes deprez / ony one Is having a business plan important, yes it is very important, but is it so important that you have to stress yourself out to the point of needing a sedative, not it’s not. Many are intimidated by having to write a business plan, this should not be the [...]
Who To Hire And Who Not To Hire
photo credit: Lee Jordan We have all seen the high increase in un-employment and the high increase in people fighting for the same job. You place an ad in the paper or even online and the next thing you know you have about 30-60 applicants for ONE position. So how do you choose? Just Tell [...]
SchoolOfMusic.com recruits music teachers and then provides music lessons in students’ homes, teachers’ home studios, and after school programs. Their bizop is a must see!
Obtain New Clients With All Your Old Work
photo credit: kevindooley Imagine getting new clients all the time using old work you’ve done in the past. How easy would that be? Wouldn’t it be nice? You can do just that – by having a great portfolio, located on Men With Pens. In business it is true that you need to show off in [...]
Babyglow: Life-Saving Invention
Suffolk Free Press: A landlord from Long Melford is cracking open the bubbly after signing a multi-million pound contract for his “lifesaving” invention. Chris Ebejer, 42, who runs the Melford Inn, said he had a eureka moment six years ago when he woke up on the couch one morning and saw a documentary about babies [...]
Do Small Business Communities Benefit With Twitter?
photo credit: eyesplash Mikul Some small business owners, especially those that live in relatively small towns as well wonder if they would even benefit at all from using Twitter. Given it is such a huge and well known program on the Internet today, they wonder if their small business would even pick up on its [...]
Mompreneur Creates A Business For All With LikeWear
News Blaze: After deciding she wanted something a little more intellectually stimulating than coordinating carpools, Lisa Gold got entrepreneurial while her husband was on a business trip. What started as a keen idea to embellish children’s clothes from her kitchen, has turned into LikeWear, a national direct sales company with apparel licensing deals for General [...]
The Power Of In-Between Technology
Fast Company: Why Redbox is the biggest movie-rental company you’ve never heard of? Its secret: the power of in-between technology. Redbox — founded in 2002 as a division of McDonald’s and purchased by Coinstar this year — runs 15,000 machines in stores across the country and plans to have about 20,000 in place by the [...]
Mom Corps Expands With Franchises Across The Country
PRWeb: As jobless rates soar across the country, Mom Corps is expanding and providing more alternatives this month to those who have lost their jobs and those re-entering the job market. Mom Corps is proud to announce the opening of franchises in Miami, Philadelphia and Atlanta in addition to their online web presence and existing [...]
Make Recycling More Accessible By Charging for It
My guest post is up on Cisco Webex’s Ideas in Motion blog. It’s about starting a nationwide for-profit recycling business. Here’s a snippet: This is not just an eco-friendly possibility but would also be a profitable business, because unlike most municipal recycling programs, the business would charge consumers to pickup and remove their recyclables. As [...]
Online Shop Brings ‘Hope’ To Eco-Friendly Soapmakers
Did you know that everything you put on your skin is absorbed into your body? That means the shampoo you use, the ink from the pen you used to jot a note on your hand, and your skincare products all find their way into your body. For some that might not be a problem, for [...]
Why Your Business Needs A Blog
photo credit: annnna. Many business owners wonder if their business truly needs a blog or if it is just a waste of their time. Below are some reasons stated recently on Startup Nation that pinpoint why you should have a blog for your business today. With a blog you can listen and learn. Remember [...]
Enlist A Global Work Force Of Freelancers
The New York Times: Small businesses increasingly are tapping a new talent pool: the world. A new generation of online service marketplaces is giving small companies more opportunities than ever to find specialized expertise and affordable labor. Main Street businesses can shop a virtual international bazaar of freelancers to recruit computer programmers in Russia, graphic [...]
Where To Find Your Content Inspiration
photo credit: svensonsan I can’t tell you how often I’ve uncovered the seed of an idea from something totally unrelated to marketing that I could twist to apply it in a totally new and relevant way. Duct Tape Marketing recently did an article on several different and some what unusual places where you can go [...]
Springwise: French tourism company Bocages has created a pop-up cabin for four that features a transparent dome in the roof, a telescope and a sky observation kit. Carré d’étoiles are portable and reversible cube-shaped structures crafted with recyclable wood. Included in each parquet-floored cabin are a double cabin bed, a sofa bed for two, a [...]
