Archive for August 24th, 2009
Challenges That Social Media Bring To Business
photo credit: country_boy_shane The use of social media is definitely on the rise. Social media has an impact on almost every aspect of business, and sadly many employees have been fired due to the miss use of it. The problem is that social media is so easy, effective, and located everywhere throughout your company. [...]
Create Sales From Customer Calls
photo credit: StephenMitchell Some business owners, as well as their employees, see customer calls as a hassle, a potential for disaster. However, Small Biz Technology had an interesting point of view on customer calls. It was stated that there is a way for you to turn these calls into more sales for your company. FonGenie provides [...]
Products That Turn Everyday Chores Into Green Moments
Fast Company: A new breed of eco-designers are reimagining the everyday detritus of our lives and crafting clever solutions that will divert tons of waste from landfills. Most people bury the greeting cards they receive in drawers, but you can bury Garden Greetings in the backyard and watch them sprout into flowers or herbs. Embedded [...]
photo credit: jonfeinstein Fact is, you can get all of the fundamentals right and still end up with a lousy headline. Sometimes, the only way to improve isn’t being told what to do… it’s being told what not to do. Below are quite a few “don’ts” when writing your headlines that I recently came across [...]
Top Trends That Could Be Turned Into A Business
photo credit: JerrytheSaint There are so many new trends taking off and sticking that it is a wonder why so many more businesses are not going up as a result of it. One of the best things to do with a popular trend is to turn it into a great business venture. Below are [...]
Free Water For Commuters With On-Bottle Ads
Springwise: Summertime is filled with opportunities for brands to show they care, whether by helping consumers find a place to change at the beach or by giving them a little cooling refreshment during a heat wave. Targeting the latter option is Soak Media, a UK firm that gives out free bottled water to London commuters [...]
Best Sites For Figuring Out Small Biz Social Media
photo credit: Robert S. Donovan There are probably a million websites on the web that tout solutions for marketing and promoting your business online. When you are getting started it can be very difficult to know who the true professionals are and it can take months to figure out where the high quality information is [...]
After ‘Sharks,’ Inventor Swims Harder
The Cary News: WiSpots CEO Kevin Flannery was mauled by sharks on TV, but he has since licked his wounds, ready to jump back in the water. Flannery recently got a chance to pitch his Cary company, which sells wireless devices for physicians’ waiting areas, to billionaire investors on ABC’s new show “Shark Tank.” The [...]
Twitter’s Growth Can’t Be Stopped
photo credit: hellfroze It’s no secret to anyone that Twitter continues to grow more and more with every day that goes by. Many wonder why Twitter is so huge, and why the growth of Twitter has not even so much as slowed down in the least. There are many good and valid reasons as [...]
Picking The Brain Of Bixi’s Inventor
The Gazette: Reclining in his Peel St. office in an ergonomic chair of his own design, wearing a sleek black golf shirt with matching rims and watchband – Michel Dallaire is Bixi personified. Smart, bold, elegant. And yet, says the Montreal industrial designer who dreamed up the Bixi system, he’s been wearing the same type [...]
photo credit: Cosmic Kitty Many marketers are not in favor of discounting, in fact many of them hate it and do not recommend it. If you still insist on discounting, they do have some ground rules for discounting properly that I have to agree with. Look below to see some basic rules for discounting recently [...]
Humor: How to Be a Computer Expert
Sweet 16 Party Favors Reflects Variety In Teen Interests
The Open Press: Young people nowadays are growing with more awareness and concern for the environment and global concerns. These interests are influencing the product offerings of online retailers like Favors-n-Gifts.com. “Teenage girls nowadays have a variety of interests, and their parents have a variety of budgets. Our line of Sweet 16 favors reflects that [...]
Designer Takes Vintage To A Whole New Level
examiner.com: Always inspired by clothing of the past, local designer Lynn Van Brocklin–born and raised in East County–has been altering and reconstructing vintage garments for herself for the past decade. After becoming a mom a few years ago, she turned her hobbies into a successful online business, and is now one of those lucky people [...]
Do The Homework On New Products
NewsDay: Small businesses are always looking for ways to innovate and bring new products to market that can help expand their reach and boost sales. But expansion of any kind in a down economy is risky, so if you’re looking to add new products, you need to make sure you’re not overextending or undercutting your [...]
