Archive for February, 2006

All businesses change plans when they feel a recession is about to hit.
If you’re selling something that’s a novelty that only sells well if people have lots of extra money and are “euphoric”, a recession could kill your business.
If you’re a real estate investor, it might mean that you’ll consider every purchase in light of [...]

This drummer turned his calling into an online product.
Now he’s drumming up the profits.
Link submitted by Terrance, and eBay guru in his own right.

From StartUpJournal…
“The No. 1 mistake I see is people buying machines and software, installing it out of the box and not reconfiguring it for security,” says Tom Arnold, founder of Payment Software Corp., a San Jose, Calif., firm that provides payment consulting services.
Another basic step is to try to use the most current operating system. [...]

Here’s another potentially home based business that’s for sale… an online audio book store. It’s a bit higher than the dating site… $39,500.
I hate the fact that I am selling this business. I think this has HUGE potential. But I am swamped in another successful business that I own and cannot sqeeze any more time [...]

After my post yesterday about declining revenues at dating sites, I found this home based dating site for sale for $1,500!
Dating is one of the internest biggest industries with over 10 million searches per month for the keyword “dating”. This site is a smaller dating site but has seen good growth. The site currently has [...]

From NamNews
Nearly 70,000 people in the UK are making a living from the eBay website, the company claimed yesterday. There has been a huge increase in those making at least 25% of their income from buying and selling anything from cars to handbags at the click of a mouse. While 25% is the minimum needed [...]

Freelance Work Exchange has an interesting variety of freelance jobs available for writers, editors, programmers, etc.
The offer a variety of free reports just for visiting and joining their email list.
A trial membership is $2.95.

Terrance keeps a steady flow of business rolling in year round for his Personalized Candy Bar business using photo business cards like these.
He explains…
Valentine’s Day is next week. ( This is the week all your last minute customers throw money at you to create something for Valentine’s Day)
Today I wanted to showcase an [...]

From Start Up Journal
But one of the big questions is ‘how?’ You can’t leave your job until you’ve got your own business off the ground, yet you can’t kick-start your business because you have a full-time job. Fear not. More and more people are defying the vicious circle by starting businesses while still in full-time [...]

From ClickZ
Google, the search giant and would-be multi-media advertising enabler, has opened up the bidding on its much-talked-about print venture. AdWords advertisers can now bid for 1 page, 1/2 page and 1/4 page ads in nearly 30 different lifestyle and technology magazines.
The test’s purpose, the company says on its site, is to assess AdWords [...]