Archive for August 3rd, 2009
Why Marketing is Too Important to be Left to the Marketing Department
At last year’s Business of Software conference, Seth Godin gave a great talk about “Why marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department”. Don’t worry, it’s not really about software.
Scrapbooking, For The RFID Age
Fast Company: Amina Nazari is a product designer by training, so it makes sense that she was mystified by the things that people don’t need, but nonetheless hang onto because of their sentimental value. Sure, we might attach a story to an heirloom–but what about all the stories of its previous owners, which have been [...]
Triangle Business Journal: This may come as a surprise to folks in Raleigh, Durham and especially for companies in Research Triangle Park, but Chapel Hill has eclipsed its larger rivals by becoming one of the best startup cities in the nation. At least that’s what the August issue of Entrepreneur magazine reports. The magazine lists [...]
10 Best (and Real) Work-at-Home Jobs
Yahoo Finance: Consider these jobs — some rather traditional and others unexpected — for interesting at-home work and good (if competitive) prospects. 1. Virtual Assistant This is a field with much potential, in part because the title description covers many things. “You can fit your offerings to what you know how to do,” says Foster. [...]
Google Tools For Your Business
photo credit: massless When starting a web business it is important to have all the resources you can get, it is important that you use these resources to their fullest, it will make your job a lot easier. Even if you already have an existing web business you should take a look at this list [...]
New eBay Changes Catering To Big Dog Sellers
Inc.: Pity the poor Mom and Pop seller trying to make it on eBay. eBay is instituting more changes today to stack the deck against them and shore up the more established larger vendors. As first reported by the Wall Street Journal, eBay will be dinking with its algorithms in its search engine to favor [...]
The Costs Of Lowering Your Prices
photo credit: zieak Many business owners during rough economic times think it’s best to lower prices in order to keep their existing customers and stay a float in the economy. There are a few problems however with lowering your prices. It can be more costly for your company to lower it’s prices compared to the [...]
What They Don’t Teach You In Biz School About Being An Entrepreneur
Small Biz Bee: Ah, the life of an entrepreneur. Come up with a business idea, write your business plan, line up a bunch of venture funding, and retire to a private island a few short years later when you go public. 1. You’re more likely to make a living than make the Forbes 500. Most [...]
