Archive for December, 2005

Here’s Don Alm’s entrepreneurial plan for 2006.
What have you gotten going this year, that will help you make money next year?
1) Renew my “Menu Guides” (Restaurant Menus in a book placed in lobby’s of hotels…20 to 30 Restaurants per town…now operating in 5 towns)
2) Renew my “Lobby Boards” (A 2ft by 3ft Board containing […]

Unfortunately so is losing…
- Vince Lombari
If you love pithy quotes from Vince Lombardi (and others), you can get them at BrainyQuote.com
Here are some more from Vince Lombardi…
Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of […]

From the Non-Billable Hour:
A few weeks ago, I blogged about some cool business card ideas. Getting ready for Blogher, I realized I needed some more cards. Since I’ve been using 3×5 cards a lot lately as I implement the Hipster PDA, I decided to try index cards…I came up with this design, […]

Trade Pals gets you free leads for your business.
Here’s how they put it…
A TradePal is someone you do business with, mainly on a B2B level. You are reading this because you are in sales or are a professional, such as an engineer or lawyer, and want a low cost venue to advertise yourself. Once […]

I wonder if any of my readers are marketing regularly on Craigslist?
If so, I’d like you to leave a comment and tell me what is really working for you there?
To stay within their guidelines, you have to have different ads in every city where you make a post.
Some ads seem automatically bounced for including any […]

There are so many “Christmas Gift” programs, I hate to call this one. I’m asked to participate in these things and not many strike my fancy. I guess I’m a web hermit who doesn’t allocate my time well enough to really dive into one of these big joint venture deals. But maybe that’s not […]

From Start Up Nation:
Small companies and startups of all sorts can capitalize on the growth of podcasting just like big media and content companies are.
Here’s Why You Should Podast
A new voice: Podcasting provides a new way to reach out to customers and potential customers. You can communicate your passion and personality in a […]

From Tech Republic…

1.Video Conferencing
TechRepublic has had video conferencing (VC) equipment for many years, but 2005 was the first year my team and I consistently used the systems. This is due in large part to significant advancements in VC technology. It wasn’t too long ago that calls were placed over ISDN lines and could only be […]

Summer’s quickly approaching so - Aussies - like everyone are wondering…”How do I put some more money in my pocket?”
Here’s a few of the more novel ideas…though I’m not vouching for any of them!

1 Enter a poker tournament. Australian Joe Hachem won $US7.5 million in a Las Vegas poker tournament last year. Many are open […]

Lot’s of people want to work at home in the real estate market.
There are some HIGHLY questionable seminars out there that teach people how to “get the deed” of people in some sort of distress situation.
Armed with this information and disarmed by their own greed, folks who go out to “get the deed” are finding […]