Archive for August 26th, 2009
Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers
Glen Stansberry asked 50 of the top small business bloggers to share their best tips for small business owners. Their response was incredible. While some shared nuggets of wisdom, others gave us actionable tips you can use right away. I was lucky enough to be asked and shared: “An idea by itself is almost worthless. [...]
Employer-Employee Lessons Learned
photo credit: Svadilfari I recently read an article by Tim Berry that I found to be very interesting. It talks about lessons learned over the years by employer to employee relations. When employers are working with employees, it is no surprise that there will always be some bumping of the heads and even some bad [...]
Tap The $100 Billion Potential Of Hyperlocal News?
Fast Company: Outside the local train station, the Maplewood Civic Association maintains a bulletin board plastered with news of jazz festivals and yoga classes for this small, affluent New Jersey town. One day last winter, an unassuming new flyer appeared, nestled between ones hawking a fish tank and a drum set, titled, “Introducing the Local.” [...]
We’ve finally done it and added a fan page for the Business Opportunities Weblog on Facebook. If you’re a fan, we’d love to have you there with us!
Get The Most Out Of Social Media Marketing
photo credit: Travis Isaacs It is no secret that social media marketing is becoming more of a prevalent aspect to businesses today. With so many people practically living on a computer of some sort it makes sense to target these markets as much as possible to gain more traffic, clients, and profits. Below are some [...]
AppScout: You’ve had your laser printer, external hard drive or keyboard for a few months and all of a sudden, it’s behaving strangely. The issue you’re having might be addressed in the troubleshooting section of the product’s manual, and you want to to take a look before diving into whatever information a Web search may [...]
Don’t Kill Your Readers With Clutter
photo credit: jluster Many websites that I’ve visited have so much stuff on them, such as long drawn out information, ads over lapping each other, glitter, stories and so on, that I find it easier to just move on to a much cleaner and easier to read site rather than spend hours sifting through [...]
Greeting Cards Designed For Sharing Burned CDs
Springwise: Digital greetings are all very well, but it seems there’s something about the tangible paper card that just can’t be replaced. We’ve written about talking gift tags and greeting cards with online attachments, and now there’s Burney Cards, combining an artist-designed, fold-out paper card with a burnable CD tucked inside. Created by Dutch firm [...]
5 Time Management Mistakes Business Owners Make
As a work at home parent, no one knows better than us what can happen if we don’t manage our time properly. The Denver Women’s Business Examiner recently posted her list of 10 time management mistakes that happen to ring true for all mompreneurs, whether or not you’re in Denver. Below are 5 of those [...]
Mistakes Commonly Made In Measuring Social Media ROI
photo credit: Pink Sherbet Photography The reason why you first embarked on this journey is because you think it will benefit your business and bring you returns. The biggest mistake you can make in social media marketing is failure to measure these returns. We have seen how to measure social media ROI but what [...]
Inventor Hopes Product Creates Jobs
WMBFNews: “People constantly complained about the hospital gown,” said Harley Richards, who came up with what he calls the EZ-Gown, a robe he patented which doesn’t have ties, instead uses plastic snaps that close the gown for privacy. The idea was born out of frustration from patients and people who like him have worked in [...]
photo credit: doug.siefken It is always difficult to have to let go of an employee. Even when the employee has not exactly been a “good fit” for the company, it is still not a task that anyone truly looks forward to doing. So how does a manager go about making this task not only easier [...]
Can You Run Your Biz from an iPhone? Yes No Sometimes View Results Photo by swruler9284.
Girl Gotch Brings To Girls Underwear What Boys Always Had, Comfort
The parents of young girls everywhere have probably heard of the wedgie complaint. The underwear doesn’t like to stay in place, wedgies occur, and for some unlucky parents it can be a common complaint with no end in sight. Rebecca Winterhalt’s daughter had that problem. Her daughter was still in the potty training stages when [...]
