Archive for August 6th, 2009
The Denver Post: Maureen Russell has three gigs. Hillary Skye works four. And George Peele? He juggles at least five. All of these Front Rangers are fully engaged with an economy that has become stingy with full-time jobs. To make ends meet, they balance part-time gigs. Economists and others who wrestle with employment issues have [...]
Chicago Tribune: Not content with conquering the world of human fashion, the folks who brought us the Snuggie (“The Blanket with Sleeves!”) are now taking aim at man’s best friend. The Snuggie for Dogs — available in two colors and four sizes — has just hit the market. And it promises to do for Little [...]
photo credit: Marcus Vegas When first starting your own business many people tend to go a little bit mind crazy in terms of worrying about competing strongly with their competitors, offering everything under the sun to their clients, having off the charts profits 3 months into their start-up. The problem with this is more times [...]
The Wall Street Journal: Kate Washburn didn’t know what to make of the email a friend sent to her office with the abbreviation “NSFW” written at the bottom. Then she clicked through the attached sideshow, titled “Awkward Family Photos.” It included shots of a family in furry “nude” suits and of another family alongside a [...]
Summer Sanity Tips For Work From Home Moms
photo credit: jaeWALK During summer vacation all of us stay at home moms can appreciate the higher level of stress that most of us tend to experience. Your juggling your kids, play time, work, house cleaning, errands, play dates and more. Here are some tips to help keep your sanity during the kids summer [...]
Houston Chronicle: If a thief steals a car, authorities usually return it to the rightful owner if they find it. But if a prime piece of online real estate — a domain name — is stolen, it may not be as simple to get back. Just ask Marc Ostrofsky. The Houston dot-com figure, known for [...]
Social Media Sites For Small Businesses
photo credit: Damien Basile Today you can never have too many social network connections. What you may not find on one site, you may find on another site that will boost your traffic and connections. In business it is always a good idea to have numerous options in terms of social connections. Below is a [...]
Part-Time Blogging Leads To Income For Mom
Chicago Sun-Times: Lisa Martin, a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan and Wisconsinite whose fate is to live in Oak Lawn, is gaining a following and part-time income as a mom blogger by offering hints on saving money, finding useful household products and dealing with tough family situations. “I started blogging as a way to keep [...]
Campbell River Mirror: Leslie Hanes thanks her kids for her nomination as Mom Entrepreneur of the Year. After all, if it wasn’t for her two daughters asking “we need this” or “we need that” for their equestrian events, Hanes may have never started her fast-growing business, Discovery Trekking Outfitters. “They kept asking me to make [...]
Management-Issues.com: USC Marshall School of Business professor Christine Porath and co-author Christine Pearson, a professor of management at Thunderbird School of Global Management, discovered just how much bad manners can impact the bottom line while researching a new book, The Cost of Bad Behavior: How Incivility is Damaging Your Business and What to Do About [...]
Just Between Friends Offers The Ultimate Consignment Shopping Experience
It is not always easy for a company to do better as the economy gets worse, but Just Between Friends is definitely doing well. It might be the opportunity for mom’s to clear out their closets or the fact people are looking to buy quality used items, but either way business is good for JBF [...]
