Archive for September 15th, 2009
Halloween Attractions Are Huge This Year
The following article is a guest post from the Haunted House Association. An economy that was once shattered by the collapse of one housing market may in fact be resurrected by another – the haunted housing market. According to the Haunted House Association, (www.hauntedhouseassociation.org and/or www.americahaunts.com), a collective of the most successful and renowned haunted [...]
Tampa Bay 10: You’ve heard about owning a star or a piece of swamp; now a St. Augustine company is offering a ghostly purchase. The company claims to sell ghosts in a bottle. The owner says he partnered with actual ghostbusters who catch the spirits around the country in haunted homes and graveyards. The ghost [...]
Tiny Startup Uses Twitter To Find Success
BusinessWeek: With some 58,000 iPhone applications in the iTunes Store, developers face an uphill battle when it comes to building a user base for their applications. But thanks to a simple marketing campaign on Twitter, tap tap tap, a startup with less than 20 employees, has seen its app, Convert, become one of the top [...]
What Does It Take To Be A Hit Inventor?
Inventors Digest: For the 5th year in a row, Kentucky’s largest Inventors Conference will host inventors and entrepreneurs from throughout the state and region on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, at the Central Public Library in downtown Lexington KY. For more information about attending this conference, visit the Web site. The conference will feature the secrets [...]
photo credit: jorbasa Have you been thinking about starting your own first small business? Then I’m sure you have realized that there are many aspects, rules, thoughts, and avenues to go down where owning a small business is concerned. There is a lot of information that gets thrown at you from all different directions and [...]
Talk To A Small Business Failure Before You Quit Your Job
photo credit: tinou bao Many people who are contemplating quitting their job to become self employed make the mistake of only talking to those who have succeeded in self employment. Yes these are good people to talk to and get advice from, but you should also talk to people who have failed at self employment [...]
In Tough Times, Referee Work A Good Call
The Star-Ledger: Mike Velez always starts his day with a bedside prayer, followed by a descent to the kitchen to reheat the coffee his wife has left for him. With the “Today” show on in the background, Velez, 51, begins the numbing process that has defined the past eight months of unemployment: He logs onto [...]
Honest, Scam-Free Inventor Help
Do you have a protected invention (provisional filed, patent pending or granted, or major trade secrets)? If so, Inventors Digest is presenting you a free market evaluation of your product and other business opportunities through Planet Eureka! and the U.S. Department of Commerce. It’s all about helping you get your invention to market & includes: [...]
photo credit: Eddi 07 With marketing becoming such a huge part of business more and more everyday, and the number of different ways to market your business today via traditional marketing, online marketing and more it is no wonder that there are some ideas floating around that have people confused over marketing concepts and strategies. [...]
Google Awarded Patent For Homepage
InventLaw: Google was awarded United States Patent No. D599,372 for its graphical user interface (GUI). This is a design patent and therefore only protects the ornamental features of the Google search page (i.e. the patent does not protect the function of the interface or how Google does its searching). Design patents last for 14 years [...]
A Look At 2 Mom-Owned Businesses In Portland
examiner.com: What better way to welcome your little one into the world than a handmade blanket, made right here in Portland? Here are two local mom-owned companies that are helping us moms do just that, with lots of style, too: Cat in an Apron was founded in 2005 by Marne Maykowskyj Nordean, mom to three [...]
Mompreneurs Get Cooking With Time Saving Business & Book
Rapid Growth: Armed with a new name and a new book, Sarah Kallio and Stacey Krastins think they have hit on a successful recipe for business with their unique meal creation system. Kallio and Krastins, two Grand Haven moms with engineering degrees and a love of home entertaining, are scheduled to release their second book [...]
