The music industry has long been putting fans to work for help with promotions and sales, and now it looks like Domino’s Pizza is getting in on the action as well, reports trendspotter Springwise. A new widget launched last month lets consumers serve as affiliate marketers for the brand through their social networking pages and […]
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As proprietor of three home-run businesses — TLC Kennels, Ceres Greenhouses and Sophisticated Baby Gifts — Barbara Gile needs the space, reports The Ithaca Journal. “I opened the kennels 15 years ago,” she says. “It was just a temporary home for people’s pets if they were going on vacation, or couldn’t take care of them.”
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According to Hometownlife.com, Melissa Zoch is well on her way to mastering motherhood and the business world. The mother of three boys, including one set of twins, recently entered the home-based workforce, beginning her own business with aspirations of earning additional income for her family. “I knew I had to do something,” she said. “And
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According to a story at Springwise, Traindom focuses on helping information entrepreneurs market their expertise. No programming or design skills are required to create an education-focused business with Traindom; rather, the site gives users everything they need, including an easy-to-use product creation interface, client management tools, payment systems and more. Content can be conveyed through
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The latest example of the blending of offline and online worlds is Kwedit, a new payment service in the United States that enables consumers over the age of 13 to make cash payments for their online purchases at participating offline retail stores, reports trendspotter Springwise. Launched in February, Kwedit offers two payment models: Kwedit Direct
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Alyssa Ettinger at DIY Life discovered teacher and artist Liz Dickey, whose shop features curious clocks crafted from parts of old bicycle gears and reclaimed textiles. They’re so innovative we just had to learn more. She made her first clock quite by accident: her boyfriend had lots of bike gears hanging around and she was
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PayPal Inc., the payment processor, plans to introduce a cheaper way for businesses to handle online transactions that are less than $10, a company executive said. BusinessWeek reports that PayPal will let companies accumulate so-called micropayments until a certain volume is reached, at which point PayPal will charge merchants a single processing fee, Francesco Rovetta,
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could get help with random tasks like creating a new business card, proofing and reviewing your resume or editing a photo? That’s the idea behind a new service, Fiverr, which connects you with users who will do almost anything you want for $5, reports WalletPop. You can connect with
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Nothing is more troublesome than trying to find high quality, high end fashions… especially if you’re a plus sized woman. The reality is that there is a growing niche in the clothing market, a niche that many stores are not that quick to fill. A plus sized woman herself, Michelle just wasn’t able to find
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When Jennifer Dowler was looking for the perfect birth announcement to tell the world about the birth of her son, what she found was less than inspiring. As he got older and she went in search for the right birthday card, she soon found that her choices were just as thin as they were when
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