Archive for September 14th, 2009
How To Increase Your Profits Today
photo credit: Wallula Junction In business we are all striving to make as much of a profit as we can, this is a no brainer idea that we all have, more money is always great! Over time many business owners tend to lose sight of the best ways to increase their profits, they get stuck [...]
Resources For Managing Your Businesses Finances
photo credit: Casey Serin One area many business owners struggle with is keeping track of their finances, but it is one of the most important areas given that cash flow is the lifeblood of the business. Small mistakes and a lack of knowledge or resources can be costly and problematic, posted by Small Biz Trends. [...]
photo credit: re-ality Many business owners who have a website for their business surprisingly do not have a list of goals that they would like or expect their website to achieve. This is the biggest and most common mistake of small business website owners. Why have the website out there if you are not even [...]
Springwise: The U.S. government’s Cash for Clunkers program may have come to an end, but for bicyclists in Portland, Ore., the opportunities have just begun. Local bike vendor Joe Bike has launched its own Cash for Clunkers program whereby consumers can donate an old car or bike in exchange for discounts on a new utility [...]
Huffington Post: MovieWedge was developed after a plane ride where I wanted to watch some movies I had saved on my iPhone to pass the time. After holding my phone for about 30 minutes I began to get tired. I tried stacking it up on magazines, soda cans, crumpled up paper, you name it! I [...]
Think You Have A Great News Idea?
NewsChallenge.org: Do you have a big idea for informing and inspiring a geographic community? Does it include innovative use of new digital tools or processes such as social media, mash-ups or wikis? How about new ways to exchange information via hand-held devices like cell phones? Knight Foundation wants to know. “You invent it. We fund [...]
Google Plans Tools to Help News Media Charge for Content
The New York Times: Google is planning to roll out a system of micropayments within the next year and hopes that newspapers will use it as they look for new ways to charge users for their content. The revelation was made in a document that Google sent to the Newspaper Association of America in response [...]
Biz Poll: Accidental Entrepreneurs
The recession has upended millions of lives. But, as The New York Times pointed out recently, it’s also created a new class of “accidental entrepreneurs.” Either by necessity, sheer ingenuity or just plain luck, thousands of the newly unemployed have formed their own small companies in the last year. Are You An Accidental Entrepreneur? Yes [...]
LoobaLee.com Offers New Venue for Buying & Selling Designer Label Kids Clothes
PR-USA.net: “Buy right, care right, & sell right”, advises Suzanne Rielle, Mompreneur and co-founder of LoobaLee.com along with her husband, Peter Rielle. LoobaLee.com focuses on children’s designer label clothing that maintains value on the resale market. Quality equals longevity, which is good for the pocketbook, the environment, and, ultimately, donation to children in need. The [...]
Fight Against Allergies Inspires Mom
mycentraljersey.com: For Valerie Mason-Robinson, motherly instincts sparked a business idea. Mason-Robinson, a stay-at-home mom, started detoxifying her house after her 4-year-old daughter was troubled with skin allergies. “I started detoxifying personal care products, shampoos, and replacing them with organic, natural products, and her symptoms improved,” she said. A chemical engineer by trade, who has done [...]
