Archive for 2005

Last time I said that the first rule in picking an Ethical MLM opportunity was to follow the Golden Rule.
Would I use this myself?
Here’s another guideline.
How do the products stack up in the marketplace?
In other words, what is it about the product pricing and features that makes you believe people will buy from YOU [...]

In case you hadn’t heard yet, the IRS has raised the mileage deduction limit for business travel to 48.5 cents per mile, but not without debate…
From BizJournals
Rising gasoline prices led the Internal Revenue Service to increase the business mileage reimbursement rate to 48.5 cents a mile for the final four months of the year.
IRS [...]

From the American Statesman
His work at home position is “pro bono”, but in my book, he’s still a work at home hero.
In the days after Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, Jason Bollenbacher contributed to the rescue effort without leaving the safety of his home office.
But it was plenty important to search teams in the field.
Bollenbacher, [...]

In Fashion Monitor Toronto…

According to the new review, nearly 75 percent of home business owners do not have a designated home office equipped with the right office furniture. With new space efficient computer desks, every room in the condo or a house can be transformed into a convenient home office.
Office furniture you need first [...]

The answer is “Yes” and “No”.
Outsource Management Group’s Medical Billing Blog accurately tells you all reasons why individuals seeking to do medical billing from home WON’T succeed.
I suspect it’s a bit biased though… local individuals are, after all, competition!
One medical billing and coding firm my wife worked for worked on the basis of being paid [...]

Hurricane Katrina ushers in a bonanza for this man.
From RealEstateJournal.com
The phone rings and it’s a man representing the Veterans Administration inquiring about the empty Kmart in this boomtown community about 30 miles west of New Orleans. The caller’s got 200 workers who need office space.
Too late. That building, outfitted with 46 miles of [...]

Shannon Belew started her first home business at age 7 selling home made napkin rings.
According to Mark Cosmetics, a subsidiary of Avon, that makes her the ideal candidate for them.
They market their products on MTV and the WB network and are recruiting sales reps as young as 16.
From the Huntsville Times…

Representatives [...]

For folks wanting to work at home, the lure of online marketing is almost irresistable.
It promises huge dividends for amazingly low monthly overhead.
But promises, they say, are made to be broken.
One tool of online marketers is “search engine optimization”.
Theories about just HOW to optimize a site abound.
Passing fads ascend to prominence only to be [...]

Fancy yourself a writer louging at the beach while plying your trade?
Do you have knowledge about a specific overseas tax haven?
How to get a second passport?
How to make money while living as an expatriate?
Insights into international real estate?
Or can “wow” them with an excellent travelogue?
You might be able to turn your knowledge into monthly [...]

Motley Fool (UK) reminds home business owners, that their activities may be more valuable than they think.
While - like most small businesses - home businesses may be especially dependent on the owner for their continued viability, you may be able to get more than you’d think if your home business has expensive assets associated with [...]