Archive for February, 2006

James Jone’s new video highlights what he calls his SuperBowl Screwup
Though he turned a good profit still (800%), he failed to check to see if what he was selling was highly desirable and had the right keywords in the auction title.
Blame it on the big game!
Find auctions with misspelled keywords for maximum savings/profits with […]

Though many people believe that folks who SELL on ebay are crooks, honest merchants can get ripped off too.
Here’s how to avoid ebay users who may be deadbeats.
HILLSDALE, N.J., Feb. 17 — eBay has 100 million registered users and while many auctions take place without a hitch, most people have no idea how easy […]

Craigslist is facing a federal lawsuit for alleged “advertising” for housing that does not meet federal fair housing standards.
Craigslist is a free online bulletin board that doesn’t vet ads for the most part.
Some ads are vetted by staff when payment is involved.
The solution isn’t in suing Craigslist.
The content is provided by the person […]

From PaperSourceOnline.com’s eznie
by Michele Robbins, CPA
President, Note Funding Resources, LLC
There are so many unsuspecting people that sign up to become a note broker by watching a late night infomercial or by paying grossly expensive seminar fees — and then sit back and wonder why their business hasn’t taken off.
They paid the fee. They read the […]

Sometimes you can start a business reselling niche printing products with only the price of a (refundable) start up kit.
Companies like Color Visual Concepts provide free items to hotels and restaurants that allow you to sell local advertising and have a nominally priced (refundable) reseller kit.

Here’s how to become a reseller/dealer:
Purchase our Reseller Package for […]

Sometimes the way to make money online is to obtain a products resale rights, individualize it, and sell it. You individualize it by making it unique to you and, in some senses, “proprietary”.
Here’s a source for resale rights products from Jimmy D. Brown…
Profits Vault Monthly Products
Most of these products includes resell rights where you can […]

From ClickZ
Local Search to Hit $13B by 2010
The global online local search market, which includes Internet Yellow Pages, local search and wireless, is set to grow from the $3.4 billion it brought in last year to nearly $13 billion by 2010. That’s according to a new forecast by the Kelsey Group.
The company’s report projects a […]

I was running a follow up message through SpamAssassin and learned something important I wanted to pass along.
When getting ready to send a follow up message to my Work At Home HotSheet List.
It was a short message with none of the usual spam triggers but it was registering a 2.3.
That would go through most spam […]

Sam Walton said that the way to compete with his business was to offer superior service and product knowledge as anyone who has wandered down the aisles of a Wal Mart only to ask for help to no avail knows.
If this is true of small businesses, how will home businesses do?
Perhaps they’re doing better than […]

How do you know what a business is worth? If you’re really about to put some money on the line, see what actual businesses have sold for so you can compare “apples to apples”.
It’s not cheap ($39) but it covers 50 industries and if you’re purchasing a franchise or otherwise wagering your long term […]