Archive for 2005

High gas prices are frequently being cited as a factor in favor of telecommuting. Now the federal government is stepping up efforts to encourage the practice. From the Hagerstown, MD Herald-Mail For a limited time, federal employees tired of long commutes and soaring gas prices can telecommute for free at the Hagerstown Telework Center as [...]

My friend Tom Schreiter aka “Big Al” has for many years written one of the most insightful newsletters available for network marketers. It focuses exclusively on generic marketing and sponsoring ideas for folks in the MLM industry. It’s ethical, entertaining, and well worth the price. I first met Tom in person at one of his [...]

BobVila.com, StartupNation, Overstock.com and Microsoft team up to offer a S.O.S. (Small Office Support) Home Office Giveaway. If your home office is selected a “home office makeover” worth up to $5,000 may be yours! From Arrive.net… To enter the SOS Home Office Giveaway, simply sign-up for the BobVila.com newsletter at www.bobvila.com. This will automatically enter [...]

A recent Computerworld article noted that employees given laptops log an extra 7 hours of work per week more than employees assigned to desktop computers. They become “work at home” employees whether it’s company policy or not. Evidently the proximity of work and the computer blurs the boundaries of work and leisure. This is good [...]

Home based workers may not only help companies retain skilled workers while reducing the costs of “brick and mortar”, they also serve a crucial role in corporate disaster back up planning. From SearchSecurity.com: Paul Kurtz has spent years in the upper levels of government working on ways to protect America’s physical and digital infrastructure. He [...]

Michael Ross offered this challenge on the SowPub.com forum. Can you answer this question… The best business to be in when you don’t have time to be in business is… And can you give reasons for your answer. Michael Ross Read the thread for some options others gave. Busy? Here’s his answer… If you have [...]

From RealEstateJournal.com The Investor: David Pailet, 32, until recently managed a small Texas hedge fund. Following the stock market declines of 2001, he says, raising capital became difficult, and he decided to try real-estate investing. The Property: The 550-square-foot, one-bedroom condo is one of nine units in Dallas that Mr. Pailet bought in April 2005 [...]

Instead of competing with 20 year olds in the job market, these veteran ebayers got their start standing in line for concert tickets and selling them at auction for nice profits… From Startup Journal… Marcia Cooper and Harvey Levine hoped for a blissful retirement, until they both were laid off from their jobs. They hadn’t [...]

Corporations with big bucks to spend may buy your blog if you’ve got what it takes… From Startup Journal… Brian Stelter set tongues wagging in the blogging community last year when he accepted an offer to sell his television-news blog, CableNewser.com, to Mediabistro.com Inc., a New York-based media networking and education site. The student, now [...]

From the Albert Lea Tribune In the mid-1980s, Dave and Teresa Nolander started Marketing Plus, then a direct- mail company, out of their home as a way for Teresa to help out the family income while she was home with their children. Throughout the years, the company grew to include more services, including the “Make [...]