Archive for July 8th, 2009
Myths On Teens And Media – They Still Watch TV!
TechCrunch: Nielsen, the audience measurement company is releasing a brand new report on teens and media with a lofty promise of serious myth busting and hard fact presenting that will downright knock your socks off. Ready for some eye-openers? Here we go: With an ever-expanding media universe, social networks play an increasingly important roles in [...]
Catherine Patton: Business Ideas Come from Everyday Needs
WomenHomeBusiness.com: Catherine Patton, founder of Patton Medical Devices, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2001. As a result, she is now faced with the daily struggle of effectively managing her disease. Using injection therapy, Patton quickly grew tired of giving herself an injection each time she needed insulin. The multiple daily injections often left [...]
photo credit: Lauren Close First and foremost, we all know that the start of getting your foot in the door is a well put together cover letter accompanied by your well put together resume. The Next important thing is how you react to the interviewer themselves, always make sure you act appropriately to their behavior [...]
Fear No.3: Being Your Own Boss
Entrepreneur: Colleen Long, a psychologist who specializes in entrepreneurship calls it the “lemonade-stand fear.” “It’s the feeling the entrepreneur first gets when he starts any kind of business: the feeling that he’s operating a lemonade stand, this low-budget operation that doesn’t feel real,” she says. As a small business, especially during the startup stages, there’s [...]
photo credit: hansol A simplistic focus on sales may not be typical for most entrepreneurs, but even savvy business owners may falter when faced with complex vendor compliance programs. Here are steps to avoiding charge-backs. Be sure to be clear in all contracts what exactly has been promised to the customer. This way there is [...]
Achieve Your Goals By Putting Them Online
Web Worker Daily: Nothing will motivate you to achieve your goals like making other people aware of the specifics of what you’re aiming to accomplish. Making others aware of your plans also has the added benefit of potentially providing you with great feedback about how you might best go about carrying through with them, too. [...]
New Networking Site For Charlottesville Mompreneurs Has Been Launched
NBC29: A Charlottesville entrepreneur is bringing moms together. Angie Brement, of Angie Brement Photography, launched C’ville Entremom Tuesday. The networking website features local mom-owned business and marketing professionals. Brement says because so many moms are juggling their business and children, there isn’t a lot of time to meet other entrepreneurs. “Most days, I you know [...]
Emily Rose Launches Home Business Opportunity For Mom & Daughter Entrepreneurs
PR Web: Emily Rose @ Home introduces a new home party business for Mom and Daughter entrepreneurs’. Emily Rose has always offered significant savings on clothing and furniture for 18 inch dolls over the name brands (like American Girl) – and now they are introducing a way for Moms to make money while helping other [...]
Protect Yourself During Layoffs
photo credit: furryscaly I recently came upon an article located on Entrepreneur.com regarding ways that employers can protect themselves during layoffs and keep their company out of a law suit. I have to disagree with many thing’s that are stated in this article as it almost sounds like they are attacking employees and portraying employers to [...]
SmallBizResource Blog: Are you thinking about launching a new business? Do you have some new product or service you want to sell? Are you pretty sure the product or service will be a big hit if you can get enough money to get started, or get the time and resources together to add it to [...]
LotsOfJobs.net Brings Hope To The Unemployed
At a time when unemployment is rising and job opportunities are starting to thin, LotsOfJobs.net might be able to help. Not only do they give employers a chance to list their job openings but they also give job seekers a chance to search through and inquire about an opportunity for free. Initially inspired by an [...]
