Archive for December 22nd, 2009
Tis The Season For Ugly Christmas Sweaters!
From sweater parties to bar crawls and contests, ugly sweaters have made a big (green!) comeback. The folks over at The Daily Green have put together an interesting closet of sweaters. Thanks Grandma! Nothing says Happy Holidays like a sweater vest. I realllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyy like it! Only the guy on the right could pull off the [...]
In June, Missouri doctor Stuart Hoover needed to create a Web video to market his new wellness center in Springfield. He had farmed out similar video projects in the past, at a cost of thousands of dollars and weeks of waiting. This time he took a chance on a $300 product called Instant Video Presenter, [...]
Biz Christmas Cards Are Good Biz
Have you sent out your business Christmas cards yet? Is it worthwhile to send out a season’s greetings to your business contacts? Yes! With building a relationship with your clients and prospects, a business Christmas card acknowledges that you took the time and effort to think of them, reports About.com Small Business-Canada. Don’t go overboard [...]
The Christmas Decorating Business
Tammie does people’s Christmas decorating for them, because they no longer want to do it themselves. She charges by the hour. It’s not that she needs the money. It’s that Christmas needs her.
Mundane tasks can be a waste of time not only for entrepreneurs, but for their team members. Get those dead-simple but time-consuming, someone’s-gotta-do-it tasks outsourced on the cheap using Labor-as-a-service startup CrowdFlower. You’ll need to create an account and add some credit to get your entrepreneur started. Photo by CrowdFlower.
Comscore has reported that holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 48 days of the November/December 2009 holiday season to date has reach $24.8 billion – a four percent increase versus the same time last year, according to a story in Website magazine. The most recent week began on a slightly disappointing note, with [...]
TweetCall is a Twitter-based application that lets you update twitter via phone voice calls, reports Makeuseof.com. Dubbed by its makers as ” Twitter by Voice “, you only need to dial a toll-free number (1-877-TWEET-CALL) and leave a voice message. Your message will then be transcribed by the app and posted to your Twitter stream [...]
ContraCostaTimes.com: Her first business venture in the United States ended badly with a surprise visit from the health department. Maricela Gutierrez was selling raspados — flavored ice — from a small table she propped up in a Bay Point grocery. The inspectors snapped photos and threatened fines. “They told me I’m not in Mexico,” she [...]
Mom’s Website Helps Inform New Parents About Different Car Seats
When you’re a new parent, one of the hardest decisions you’ll have to make will be on what car seat you’d like to use. With all the options that are currently available on the market it does not make the decision any easier. As a mom, Kacie Curtis knew what it was like to try [...]
