Archive for November 5th, 2009
How Build-a-Bear Invented A Bear Market
Founder Maxine Clark tells Fortune Small Business how she built Build-a-Bear Workshop into a $468 million business. Early in my career, Stanley Goodman, who was then CEO of May, said something that has stuck with me: “Retailing is entertainment, and when customers have fun, they spend more money.” I wasn’t sure what I wanted to [...]
It’s now easy to offer printable coupons on your Web site, thanks to OneMinuteCoupon reports Small Business Computing. It’s a simple service, and here’s how it works. First of all create a free account on the site, then create your coupon using the online editor — you can even include your own images in there [...]
Getting Leads By Speaking For Free!
photo credit: Domain Barnyard In sales we all know that quality leads are the key to our success, and we all are on the hunt for new ways to generate these quality leads in order to boost our sales numbers. I came across an interesting article located on Duct Tape Marketing that suggests speaking for [...]
Amazon Affiliate Links Now Post To Twitter
To members of its Amazon Associates program, Amazon.com is promoting Twitter integration for affiliate links writes Downloadsquad.com. People have been posting Amazon links to Twitter for just about as long as Twitter’s been around, but now it’s an insanely easy two-click process, using the toolbar on any product page. This is good news for Associates, [...]
To reduce the number of plastic water bottles that end up in landfills, consumers are encouraged to buy reusable bottles reports trendspotter Springwise. Since those can be bulky to carry along, a company in Thousand Oaks, California designed an alternative. Vapur is a reusable water bottle that flattens when empty. Like a regular bottle, it [...]
Small Business Computing has a great review of a free biz tool. If you currently use Google alerts as a research tool or to be notified whenever your business is mentioned online, then you’ll love FiltrBox.com. It’s kind of like Google Alerts on steroids. Now the downside to Google Alerts is that it only gives [...]
Healthcare Questions Answered Via Twitter
If Twitter can be used to track packages, publish school menus and crowdfund startups, why not help tackle the US healthcare crisis too, asks trendspotter Springwise. Cell phones are already changing the way healthcare is delivered in the developing world, after all, and now Twitter promises to transform the delivery of healthcare information for stateside [...]
Mother, Daughter Rebrand Their Toffee Business
azcentral.com: An old family recipe launched a successful home-based business for Donna Gabrilson a few years ago. Now Gabrilson and her daughter and business partner, Stacey Barnes, have embraced a new brand to grow their Scottsdale-based GoodyTwos Toffee Company. In 2004, the newly divorced Gabrilson wanted to make some extra money, so she began selling [...]
