Archive for March 18th, 2010
Using E-Mail During A Blizzard To Drive Sales
Just in case you missed it, the Washington, DC area has been hit by numerous snow storms this year. Some smart businesses used e-mail to communicate with customers and prospects, build goodwill and, in some cases, drive sales, reports clickz.com. Did you do anything special for the blizzard of 2010? If not, here’s some food [...]
Patent Reform Bill Close To Passing?
Beltway blog The Hill reports that senators involved in the patent reform bill have reached agreement on language in the legislation that has lingered in Congress for much of the last decade. There’s a certain good news-bad news aspect to this. I’m for language in the bill that allows the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office [...]
Recession Sparks Boom In Personal-Assistant Biz
Imagine if you could hire someone to do all those pesky chores that you always hate to do — pick up the dry cleaning, make the kids’ lunches, finally set up your online bill payments, asks WalletPop. The good news for those of us who aren’t Brad or Angelina is that the recession — the [...]
Recipe Kits Bring World To Dinner Table
Global warming and the recession may have delivered a one-two punch to many consumers’ travel plans, but that doesn’t mean people can’t still enjoy an exotic escape of a different kind. Enter Destination Dinners, a San Francisco company that offers a wide variety of dinner kits replicating dining experiences from around the world, reports trendspotter [...]
Like many aspiring rock stars, Jared Gutstadt, 32, used to split his life in half. He held down a day job editing television shows for clients like Disney, MTV and VH1. He kept his nights free for what he really wanted to do: make music, reports CNNMoney. That changed two years ago, while Gutstadt was [...]
Stress Relieving Vending Machine
The “Passive Aggressive Anger Release Machine” is a machine that allows you break a dish or two until you feel better. All you have to do is insert a dollar, and a piece of china will slowly move towards you until it falls to the bottom and breaks into a million pieces. Want to do [...]
Attention All Chicago Area Inventors
Can you build amazing gadgets out of just about anything? Are you a self-proclaimed Mad Scientist? Or are you a soccer mom who loves tinkering with crafts? An Emmy nominated Production Company is now casting for a new series with a top cable network. If you live to create wacky inventions or are an amateur [...]
We’re very happy to have Wix.com as a sponsor of this website. Here’s some more information about them. Wix.com is a unique free Flash website creation platform that has grown very popular over the last 4 years since its inception. On Feb. 28th it celebrated its 4th anniversary providing the ultimate solution for cutting edge [...]
New Bizop Classified Ads This Week
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Homes Built of Tires and Trash Lure Environmentalists But Turn Off Bankers
This is the funniest headline I’ve EVER read in the Wall Street Journal: Two of the Three Little Pigs Would Have Trouble Getting a Loan Like many Americans, Jon and Laura Hagar are searching for a lender to refinance their home loan. But banks are leery of the Hagars. Their rural Colorado house is made [...]
Have you ever wondered what makes some mompreneurs so successful? ABC15.com and Tisha Marie Pelletier, owner of Details Event Management, have a few tips that will help you find the solution. Educational and business resources From networking and educational seminars, plus one-on-one mentoring, it helps to get your business headed in the right direction and [...]
A Princess That All Little Girls Can Admire
What little girl doesn’t enjoy pretending she’s a princess? While there might be no real kingdom in their bedroom it is the ability to pretend it’s real that kids really enjoy. In Zaria’s World every little girl is a princess. Created by author and entrepreneur Cheryl Lynn Pope, Zaria is based around the little princess [...]
