Archive for August 14th, 2009
Mashable: When you start a search at Google, the software tries to help by offering real-time suggestions to complete your search query as you type. One of the factors in the algorithm that determines the results is the overall popularity of searches by other users. 1. When will… 2. Why is my g… 3. Can [...]
Small-Biz Guide To Intellectual Property
The New York Times: The two most precious resources for any small-business owner are time and money. That’s why when the subject of intellectual property comes up, many owners run in the other direction. They see images of expensive lawyers and use that as an excuse to ignore the topic, reasoning that it is a [...]
4 Companies That Got A Lift From Oprah
Inc.: 1. Ecobags.com hired a PR agency to get its products on Oprah. Sales tripled after the company’s reusable grocery bags were featured on the show’s Earth Day episode in April 2007. 2. Since its croissants were featured in a segment as one of “Oprah’s Favorite Things,” Galaxy Desserts sales took off, leading the company [...]
How To Make People Want Your Advertisement
photo credit: dailyinvention When advertising to the public, it is important to grab their attention right off the bat to make them want and almost feel like they need what you are advertising. But many of us ponder how to create such an ad that will accomplish just that. Here are some helpful tips [...]
8 Tips To Stimulate Your Small Biz
Women Home Business: Is your business in the doldrums? Are sales slow? Reinvigorate your small business with these tips: 1. Learn from the past experiences, including your mistakes. 2. Look at everything with a fresh new perspective. 3. Set your goals. 4. Create your calendar of activities. 5. Do the work! 6. Pump up your [...]
photo credit: nDevilTV What is your customer experience like? Are you “wowing” key customers with personalized service? With so much business occurring online, wows aren’t easy to come by these days. To make your company top of mind, you must find ways to build vibrant personal customer relationships, even in the digital age. Stated on [...]
Reuters: U.S. output per worker rose at its fastest pace in six years during the second quarter as businesses wrung more productivity from fewer staff in a sign that a recovery from recession will be slow and unlikely to create a surge in hiring. A Labor Department report showed non-farm productivity, a gauge of hourly [...]
Canada.com: ‘Mommy, I have a wedgie” is a common refrain heard by moms potty training a daughter. Panties ride up. They get stuck. Or they sag. Too tight or too loose, they bother little girls because they just don’t fit right. Quite frankly, Rebecca Winterhalt had had enough. So it was serendipitous when, last summer, [...]
Use Your Referrals To Create More Revenue
photo credit: Anonymous Account The fact is, referrals can generate much more new business than most companies realize. Yet you can’t just sit back and wait for your current customers or clients to send new business to you. You need a plan. Here’s a simple three-step process for generating more business to increase revenue through [...]
Mom & Daughter Designer Make Biz Out Of Pillows
Mlive.com: Shelly Klein is a wisp of a woman with a little fluff of a dog but her ideas are huge. “I’m just about to make some pillows,” she says, as Sugar frolics around her Northeast Grand Rapids studio. Her commercial embroidery machine whirs as Klein explains the designs on her pillows that have caught [...]
Eliminate The Clutter From Your Website
photo credit: jluster If you don’t know the primary goal of your website or you have a variety of goals, objectives and ideals for your website than you may be suffering from what I like to call, “MPNS” or “Multi-Purpose No Success” syndrome. Pick the most important goal that you have for your website and [...]
Economic Trends That Couldn’t Go On Forever
photo credit: macroninja I recently came across an article listing U.S. economic trends that had no chance of lasting forever in this economy. The article argues that the current recession and economic downturn is causing the need for realignment between our U.S. Government and private sector’s. It is no shock that with the way the [...]
