Archive for 2005

Here’s the context of that question. I was on a discussion group for folks interested in operating Collection Agencies. The founder of the group had actually started her own agency from home and now helps others do that. Someone posed the question… “What about collecting child support?” I happen to know the county deputy assigned [...]

I was working at a Disaster Assistance Center yesterday for persons who have left their homes due to Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita. I was reminded that home business entrepreneur’s are being displaced too. I got to speak with a single mom who’d worked a flex time job for a local chamber of commerce in the [...]

In “Ethical MLM Part 2” I warned about how the creation of “proprietary” can simply be a ruse for padding the price. Another way to determine whether the program is legitimate is this… are you told, up front, that your success depends on selling to end users. I can’t commend Kevin Anderson, founder of a [...]

Here’s an interesting discussion thread about a beginner seeking to make money with Google Adsense at Phil Wiley’s forum. His site’s 6 weeks old and he’s getting 30 visitors per day. Frankly, I’d say that’s excellent. Once you get the first click from an Adsense customer, you won’t turn back. If you can get the [...]

Google’s Adword program is the favorite of low budget marketers because it allows pay per click bids as low as 5 cents per click. With a 1% conversion ratio and 5 cent clicks, your customer acquisition cost is just $5.00 per customer. If you have a product with a $10 profit per sale and a [...]

From Small Business Computing The national chain has just announced its CompUSA Network for Business, a loyalty-based marketing program aimed squarely at the small office/home office (SOHO) market — a $70 billion demographic according to CompUSA’s Mark Anderson, director of loyalty marketing. “SOHO is a growing market with important customers for CompUSA. This program helps [...]

From the Lansing State Journal Battle Creek woman’s business goes to the dogs – on purpose BATTLE CREEK – Krista Howard loves to bake almost as much as she loves her dogs. So it seemed a risk worth taking, almost a year ago, when she quit her job and decided to combine the two interests. [...]

Don Alm is one of the most proflic “idea generators” in the home business field. Here’s an idea for a home based business that gives free planning books to folks planning their wedding. The promoter’s money comes from ad placements. Enjoy! From Sowpub… I thought I’d toss in “another” one of my “Sales Discoveries”. “Money-Making [...]

Property ownership is the foundation of a stable community. Communities of “renters” may be nice people who keep things as nice and neat as homeowners do, but in general, home ownership produces legitimate pride and a sense of investment in a community that yields other tangible and intangible benefits later. Even the government recognizes this [...]

From Robert Abalos’ ezine… I love to bash MONEY magazine in this newsletter because quite frankly the advice this general personal finance publication offers is usually behind the curve and pretty bad. Instead of alerting readers of a trend to come that has real investment value, the magazine often urges them to join a trend [...]