Archive for May 7th, 2010
Here’s a selection of the many offers available on fiverr.com It’s a new web site that allows users to buy and sell services and products. Everything is $5. What would you do for $5? Here are some offers I thought were interesting. Photo by fiverr.com.
Playing Marketing Games On Twitter
Debby Icide had never used Twitter, but all it took was one tweet to boost sales at Gaia Essentials, her small boutique in Moss Beach, California, that sells homemade organic soaps and all-natural skin care products. The enticing missive, which increased traffic to Gaia Essentials’s website 400 percent in a matter of hours? It was [...]
The Online Store For The New Decade
From jewelry designers to musicians, from shop owners to authors, everyone is looking for a way to sell products or services online. How do you begin, and what do you need to know about setting up and managing an online store for your business? According to Jennifer Shaheen at Entrepreneur, your customers are looking for [...]
Almost Homeless To Company President
MLive.com: Jennifer Kayden’s life has transformed from dire just a few years ago to more than hopeful today. In 2007, Kayden was a single mom of three about to lose her home, not knowing where she and her kids would sleep next. Today, she’s president of an electrical contracting company. Kayden, 41, heads Mundy Township-based [...]
Could You Market Chocolate Filled With Air?
Inc.com asks are you ready to try air-filled chocolate? Paul Pruett sure hopes so. He is the co-founder and CEO of Bubble Chocolate, a Salem, Massachusetts–based company that makes aerated chocolate bars. The hundreds of tiny air bubbles in each bar create an unusual texture. Pruett got hooked on aerated chocolate about a decade ago, [...]
Invention Has Baby Boomers Recording Music From The Radio
The Detroit News: Jake Sigal isn’t old enough to remember the days of holding a microphone and cassette recorder next to a radio so he could take his latest favorite songs on the go. But that hasn’t stopped the 28-year-old Ferndale entrepreneur from inventing a 21st-century way to digitally do the same thing and try [...]
Awesome Companies Built by Teens: Anand Lal Shimpi
The entrepreneurial spirit starts early for many teenagers, but for most things like high school, college and social lives overpower the urge to start a business. But not every teenager. Wisebread takes a look at some incredibly successful young entrepreneurs, who all started their empires in their teens. Anand Lal Shimpi started AnandTech in 1997, [...]
Aspiring Entrepreneur Cleans Out Carseats
Chicago Business: Jennifer Beall, 27, entered Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management determined to be an entrepreneur. That goal had stuck with her for years. Growing up in Austin, Texas, she was initially inspired by Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell. “But I ditched the high-tech part,” she says (although she did earn an undergraduate degree [...]
Monday we started a poll asking readers, according to a new study, what percentage of Americans actually use Twitter? 28 percent of you said that only 7% used Twitter. 23 percent chose 37%, 21 percent went with 12% and rounding out the group was 25% usage getting 15 percent of the votes and 53% Twitter [...]
Rough Times For Small Businesses
photo credit: kevindooley It’s no surprise that small businesses around the country were really hurting due to the weak economy situation but it’s actually quite shocking just how bad the situation really was for them. A recent article posted on NY Times revealed that more than 400,000 business with employees numbers under 100 had to close [...]
Biggest Fears For Entrepreneurs
photo credit: h.koppdelaney Today while the dream of so many people is to become their own boss, create a great product, or simply open up their very own business of some sort and run their own company, so many of those dreamers are tied down by fear today, especially because of the economic situation we’re [...]
photo credit: extremeezine Most business owners are reporting changes for the better in business over the past 6 months or so. Most of them are reporting actual increases in their profits and are seeing more customers coming to their locations. However, we are all still wondering if the recession is actually in fact over and [...]
