Archive for July 13th, 2009
A Guiding Hand From Big Biz To Small
The New York Times: For a small business, especially in the current weak economy, a contract to supply goods or services to a large corporation can be a welcome lifeline. Some big companies, meanwhile, are seeking to expand their network of small suppliers. To serve both their interests, some major corporations, including I.B.M., Wal-Mart, Procter [...]
Maid Brigade Giving Away Franchises To Vets
The Franchise King Blog: The Maid Brigade Veterans Franchise Giveaway, is a program that will award more than $1.5 million in business ownership opportunities to 100+ veterans, creating more than 1,000 jobs nationwide. If you are a Veteran, you military experience could come in handy as a franchise owner. To enter, just tell the judges [...]
MakeUseOf.com: Mon.itor.us is a comprehensive online site monitoring and tracking service which not only warns you when your website is down but also provides statistics of your website’s uptime, downtime, visitor traffic and more. It provides a lot of information about your site and web server that helps you maintain a high uptime. Mon.itor.us monitors [...]
Web Tool ‘Calculates’ Biz Success
Entrepreneur: Starting a business is not for the risk averse. But in an effort to help entrepreneurs assess just how much risk is associated with launching or running their business, StartupNation.com, a website that provides business advice and networking for entrepreneurs, recently introduced an Odds of Success Calculator. The business valuation device calculates a business [...]
Halloween Stores: How Do They Work?
My wife mentioned earlier today that she received an email advertising Halloween costumes. Is it that time of the year already? Since we live in the middle of nowhere, we have to plan ahead for everything. When we lived closer to civilization, I was always amazed at all of the Halloween stores that would popup [...]
With the exception of advertising, Google offers most of it’s software and services for free. Does Being Free Cheapen Google’s Brand? Yes No View Results Photo by Google.
Hiring People Who Are Already Employed
photo credit: Piez Harvard Business recently wrote an article regarding the fact that employers are still hiring people who already have jobs rather than all of the hundreds who are out of work fighting to get by and pleading for a job! Most employers are doing this in the mind set that those who do not [...]
The Differences Between Marketing to Friends and Strangers
photo credit: kalandrakas The following guest post is by Aditya Mahesh, founder of AMBeat.com, a complete resource for entrepreneurs complete with advice articles, start-up profiles, interviews, news analysis, and more. Take a minute to think about the ways you recommend products to friends and family. You are brutally honest and want to make sure that [...]
photo credit: extranoise We have all heard all of the rumors and statements going around about all of the billion’s of dollars that is being offered to businesses around the country as part of the stimulus package. Most of us however don’t either know where to locate them or even what part of the funds [...]
Woman Hopes to Make a Killing With New Business
Kitsap Sun: You might say she’s stabbed, shot and strangled her way into a business she says is perfect for stay-at-home moms. Rae Walaska, 29, of Port Orchard started Murder & Mayhem: Murder Mystery Parties a few months ago and already has gone from whodunits in her home to some big-time public fundraisers. Not bad [...]
photo credit: Steve Keys One of the things that use to be prevalent everywhere in business years ago was the concept of the suggestion box. Today it is very rare to see these out in any type of business, rather we ask that our customers and employees send their suggestions in emails. The New York Times suggests [...]
photo credit: lecates There’s a short and interesting post on Digital Photography School about how to survive bad economic times as a photographer, but it could apply to almost any small business. There are three main points: Have The Right Attitude Don’t Wait For Business Think Outside The Box
Making Customer Service Personal
photo credit: powerbooktrance One of the things your customers hate more than not having personal recognitions is their personal identity being ignored. When you treat every customer as though they are exactly the same, it creates a sense of you don’t understand their needs, their wants, you are only interested in making a quick sale. [...]
Meeting Employees Personal Needs
photo credit: Torley For most small businesses, the owner is the key person in the leadership role. Some owners and managers of businesses are convinced that it is only the money that creates passionate performance, productivity, and connectedness in employees. I’ve heard it many times in one form or another: “They are well paid; I [...]
Etsy: Arts and Crafts are Big Business
Crains NY: As a high–school dropout who had gone on to attend half a dozen colleges before finally emerging from New York University with a major in the classics, Rob Kalin seemed to have few—if any—of the ingredients for entrepreneurial success. Instead, at the age of 25 he was just another aspiring furniture designer, working [...]
Must Have Qualities Of Franchise Marketing
photo credit: powerbooktrance Anyone contemplating taking on a franchise business should know all there is to know about that company, their customer base, revenue, expenses and most importantly their franchise marketing system. Below are some helpful hints on how you can spot a great franchise marketing system before buying your franchise, located on Entrepreneur.com. [...]
Moms Create Business Plan That's In The Bag
San Francisco Examiner: Peninsula residents Jan Mercer and Caryl Parker went with a simple business model: see a need and fill it. One year later, their small company, which designs and sells environmentally sustainable shopping bags, is thriving. Mixed Bag Designs — founded by the two stay-at-home moms in February 2008 — began simply as [...]
Running A Home Business & Earning Extra Income As A Single Mom
Elites TV: Single mom’s often are in a difficult predicament, as they have to earn an income but at the same time they have children who need to be cared for. The are many ways to run an online home based business and it’s not very difficult to do The biggest problem with most people [...]
