Archive for February 9th, 2010
One More Time: Free Ebook: How I Create Traffic and Revenue from Twitter
Did you miss downloading a copy of my free e-book How I Create Traffic and Revenue from Twitter? If so, here’s your chance again. Click here to download.
We ran a post about these menu tricks a few weeks ago, but for those of your who are more visual, here’s a video.
The goal of the iPhone Freelancer site is to bring entrepreneurs and businesses closer to seasoned iPhone application developers and make the collaboration between these two groups not only possible but also fruitful, reports KillerStartups.com. The fact remains that the development of apps is not for everybody, and ideas which can be potentially lucrative end [...]
Stimulus Cash At Work: Leetex Construction
From fighting forest fires to laying carpet in day care centers, CNNMoney.com takes a look at what 5 small businesses that got stimulus-funded contracts are doing with taxpayers’ dollars. Leetex Construction in Dallas won just over $2 million in stimulus contracts to renovate existing construction, primarily at Fort Hood, a nearby Army base. The projects, [...]
Inventor Wants Kids To Get Excited About Math
Sometimes mathematics gets a bad rap. Kids whine that it is too hard or boring. Parents get frustrated helping with homework. But a local man has invented a board game he said gets kids excited about the often-dreaded school subject, reports Durhamregion.com. The board game, created by Greg Soave, is called TACTICO! The game isn’t [...]
When writing out your 2010 list of business resolutions, AOL Small Business says make sure to include a mobile-friendly Web presence. Here are three ways to get your act together: 1. Hire a Designer Not every small business needs to go out and drop a fistful of Gs on a mobile site, but for some [...]
Ingenious Marketing Strategy or Insane?
If you watch TV, you’ve seen the ad. Domino’s chefs are experimenting with a matrix of combinations of cheese, dough and spices — anything to counter some of the negative criticism that’s come their way. Domino’s reads some actual customer quotes, which are designed to make any television viewer’s eyebrows lurch upward: “Domino’s pizza crust, [...]
As gift cards have risen in popularity over the years (a whopping $87 billion of them were bought last year, according to research firm TowerGroup), you could be forgiven for assuming that they’re the perfect, one-size-fits-all holiday gift. Apparently some of the people you gave those ultra-convenient cards to didn’t see it that way, reports [...]
U.S. Teens Lose Interest In Blogging
Reuters is reporting that blogging by teenagers and young adults has dropped by half over the past three years as they turn instead to texting and social networking sites such as Facebook, a new study shows. The study by the Pew Internet and American Life project also found that fewer than one in 10 teens [...]
After Paul Sadowski’s wife died and he remarried, he and his new bride realized that they both had boxes and boxes of family photos. They agonized over how to display them, but every conventional method of storing and displaying photographs they tried left them with too many memories stored away in boxes. They decided that [...]
Bestselling Books for Entrepreneurs
Each month, we’ll highlight the bestselling entrepreneurship books on Amazon.com. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t by Jim Collins The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuck
When Allison Fleming got married and decided that she was ready to have kids she knew her life would have to change, reports the Tallahassee Democrat. It was after her son was born that she decided the time was right to leave her job and start on a new path, mompreneurship. That’s when she agreed [...]
photo credit: petechons A recent report on Inc.com stated that home businesses continue to grow and will continue to sky rocket through the upcoming year or two. It seems that working from your home is the new trend. Not only to start your own business from home but many companies are finding it cheaper to allow [...]
Solutions For Sticky Situations
Innovation is truly the mother of invention for Kim Olenicoff. From stick-on disposable pockets to sticky garment guards that stop underarm sweat from staining your clothing, it is possible that Kim has a solution for nearly any situation you can think of. The problem started with underarm stains on her white shirts. There wasn’t a [...]
MakeMySummer.com: Summer Camp Jobs
MakeMySummer.com launched last year as a way for students from the UK to find jobs in American summer camps. I recently had the opportunity to ask the founded Jacqueline Cole some questions about her business. What is MakeMySummer.com? MakeMySummer.com is a website where students can gain information and inspiration about how they can spend their [...]
