Archive for December 8th, 2009
Tips for Promoting a Small Business on a Budget
The following is a guest post from GreatStartups.com. photo credit: spiderpop With consumers tightening their purse strings, businesses are working overtime to attract customers and build a brand. Often times with a lean workforce, small business owners must be masters of self promotion to build a successful business. Here are five free or low cost [...]
The online marketplaces eBay and Amazon once seemed like surefire places to make extra money or to build an online retail business. It’s not quite so simple anymore, reports The New York Times. Identify product areas that interest you, and seek a niche. Rather than sell, say, digital cameras, you might sell a specialty tripod [...]
With the many items that can be customized today—from muesli to fabrics—the trend is still going strong. Case in point: Lip Balm Labz, a Canadian startup that lets consumers design their own lip balms, reports trendspotter Springwise. Customers can pick and choose from more than 20 tantalizing flavors to be mixed in their lip balm, [...]
What To Avoid In Your Mobile World
photo credit: jm3 Small businesses face enough challenges in the pursuit of success, and those that operate a mobile office have it even tougher. Why make avoidable missteps? Here are some mistakes to avoid in the virtual and mobile worlds: Not backing up your data. This is one of the most catastrophic mistakes a business [...]
photo credit: Omar Omar In today’s economy businesses, especially small businesses, need lending and it’s no surprise that banks are still leery of lending out huge sums of money to businesses on the off chance that they go under. I recently came across a great article located on Open Forum that offers some great alternatives to [...]
Microchip Wristband Becomes Theme Park Essential
Precision Dynamics Corp., a company that began making plastic hospital wristbands out of a Burbank garage more than 50 years ago, has become the nation’s top producer of a new microchip-enhanced wristband for amusement parks, concerts, resorts and gyms, reports The Los Angeles Times. The wristbands use the same technology as electronic tollbooths, security key [...]
Palm trees are ubiquitous in California and other states with a warm climate. Although they are beautiful trees, some homeowners find them to be a nuisance because they require routine maintenance when they get too large. The good news for these homeowners is that it is possible that their trees could be sold for hundreds [...]
According to a story on NJ.com, after nearly an hour of farewell kisses, Estelle Dansky planted one last smooch on Kobe. You be a good boy, okay?” the English teacher from Wanaque said as she placed her dog into waiting arms. “I’ll pick you up on Monday.” The two women are hardly friends. They connected [...]
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Sign Language Biz Helps Babies & Parents Communicate
readingeagle.com: When Jodie A. McCaffrey, 32, takes her 15-month-old daughter, Abigail, to a restaurant, there is no question about what Abigail would like to drink or eat. That’s because McCaffrey has taught Abigail to communicate with her by using baby sign language. The process isn’t all that unusual. A program known as My Smart Hands, [...]
Steal A Little Time To Workout With Rubberbanditz
As nice as it would be to visit the gym daily, that is one routine that doesn’t always fit into the average day. For some it is simply a lack of time, for others it is a lack of money. Either way, it is still important to make time for some exercise. Ari Zandman-Zeman had [...]
