Archive for May, 2006

Yesterday I told you about Instant Buzz and their special membership drive. I usually don’t pay too much attention to it… I let it run my ad, people come, and they buy or they don’t. It’s free. I’ll tweak it from time to time, but that’s about it. I was checking some stats since yesterday. [...]

From my mailbox… Seeking a WAH Job. I’m a 39 yr old disabled female seeking a business desperately. Have clerical experience as well. Can you please help? It’s taken me a few days to mull this one over. Basically, people want tips about how to get a “call center work at home job”. Fortunately she [...]

From Bootstrapper Notes… $100/Day Challenge – April 2006 Totals For April 2006: Sales: $4,591.70 (includes my products and other products where I am the affiliate) Adsense: $168.39 (earnings from my list – no search traffic) Affiliate Sales: $30.04 (outside of Clickbank) Refunds: $382.96 Adwords: $2,115.63 Overture: $9.63 Total Profit: $2,281.91 ROI: 107.37% Total Profit/Day: $76.06 [...]

If you get the feeling you’re “road kill on the information superhighway” there might be a way to fight back if you look hard enough… From the Entpreneurial Mind quoting Red Herring In times of rapid change it is often small businesses that find ways to adapt. My partner used to say we were little [...]

Here’s an interesting, mostly home based position as a pharmaceutical rep that I saw recently and they welcomed reposting. Here’s what struck me about the position. 1. Most pharmaceutical rep positions are for non-generic drugs. The reps go to doctor’s offices, smooze the doctors, bring lunch for the office staff, and pray the doctor prescribes [...]

Ever heard of Instant Buzz? It’s one of those free traffic tools … except it actually works! By installing an ad bar on your browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox) an ad appears whenever you brose a page. Change the page and the ad changes. See an ad you like? Click it. If not, keep surfing. [...]

It doesn’t matter whether it’s Careerbuilder.com, Craigslist.org, HotJobs.com, Monster.com or Jobsearch.org, business opportunities are being promoted as “jobs” and often as “telecommuting jobs”. Recently, I’ve noticed more such deceptive ads for a network marketing company selling online advertising through an ad supported voip system. Their reps are advertising hot and heavy in Craigslist.org and HotJobs.com [...]

About.com is seeking a guide knowledgeable about Alternative Fuels… Nobody knows how much about guides make, but it’s no volunteer position. Here’s what they say… QUALIFICATIONS: The ideal candidate for the Alternative Fuel GuideSite is someone with hands-on experience working with alternative fuel sources for automobiles. This person could be: * A home hobbyist who [...]

If you’re sick of the high gas prices and interested in converting your vehicle to ethanol because you have a ready supply of carbohydrates to turn into fuel, be sure to get your ATF license (application form at this link) so they know you’re not creating booze for resale. BTW fuel alcohol is too dehydrating [...]

From AdRants… It’s important to blog judiciously. One blogger revealed how the Maine Office of Tourism’s ad lead to an “unsavory” phone answering service. For that the blogger is being sued even though it obviously was the ad agencies fault! A blogger, Lance Dutson, has been sued by Warren Kremmer Paino Advertising for defamation, libel [...]