Archive for August 2nd, 2011
Wrap Media Group has partnered with Budget Rent a Car of Atlanta to wrap rental vehicles with the eye-catching Sheets™ Brand Energy Strips. For the first time ever, renters will be able to get a significant discount when driving a Sponsored (wrapped) Rental Vehicle. “Like many other entrepreneurial ventures, this was conceived on a cocktail [...]
Fox News: In an effort to close widening budget deficits, states throughout the country are slashing funding to education, leaving school districts looking for ways to beef up revenue, and some have gone as far as to sell ad space on school busses. Cash-strapped school districts say it’s the only way to cover expenses during [...]
The Value of Social Media to Entrepreneurs
The following is a guest post by Matt Polsky. Last year, Ford revealed their 2011 Explorer exclusively on Facebook and experienced monumental success. Not only did the company’s Facebook release have an unheard of return on investment, but it also showed a large-scale change in the way companies market themselves and their new products. Now [...]
Delivering People to the Pizza
Scott Wiener loves pizza. Some people deliver pizza. But, Wiener delivers the people to the pizza with his tourism company, Scott’s Pizza Tours. Even native New Yorkers rarely venture to the city’s secluded pizza havens. With the NYC Pizza Bus, you’ll taste some of the city’s best kept secrets as you learn everything there is [...]
Reliably Profiting from the Lottery
Is it possible to reliably profit from a lottery? Yes it is. (Or was before this article was written.) In Massachusetts, on about six days per year, because of a quirk in the rules, the smaller prizes swell dramatically which practically assures a profit to anyone who buys at least $100,000 worth of tickets. Here’s [...]
Many entrepreneurs find one business can eat up most of their time. So, is there even any time left when that number becomes three? Billy and Kitty Caples have been married nearly 50 years, and they work three times as hard to keep all three of their businesses running, reports The Item. Lucky number three [...]
Bilingual Fun Helps Kids Learn Spanish
Besides the advantage of speaking to people of more than one language, knowing multiple languages can help an adult move ahead in the workforce. Being bilingual means you have a better future ahead of you, and Bilingual Fun hopes to help your children find that success. Jennifer Manriquez is a former Spanish teacher, and her [...]
Five Facebook Musts For Entrepreneurs
Social media can seem daunting, but it is also an important way to connect with customers for many entrepreneurs. If you’re just getting started, Fox Small Business has some ideas that will help you start off right. No. 1: Create a professional company page. Instead of having a personal page for your small business, Anteau [...]
Small Biz-Friendly Computers: HP vs Apple
Computer companies are beginning to understand that big business is not the only type of business they should try to reach. Small business may not need as many computers, but they are an important niche too. Besides the age-old Microsoft vs. Mac argument, HP and Apple offer small business-friendly services to help drive your dollars [...]
Naples Daily News: A retired entrepreneur isn’t letting the summer weather rain on his parade — or rather, his lanai. Johansen is the creator of DryLanai, a product that works in conjunction with electric storm shutters to protect outdoor living spaces from rain. Sensors are placed strategically on any patio with electric storm shutters. When [...]
