Archive for July, 2006

Do you have an invention that makes life in the cubicle easier?
You might win $25,000 and 8% royalties for life if you have a great idea!
From Start Up Journal…
Neil Grimwood once missed a meeting because a Post-it note he’d stuck on his computer as a reminder fell off. That inspired him to invent a [...]

Wal Mart’s latest online move is to cash in on the Teen Scene with their own MySpace clone… The Hub
The power of social networking sites is such that even the biggest retailer in the world had to take a look.
From AdAge:
Desperate to appeal to teens with something other than pencils and backpacks during the crucial [...]

When the rest of the business world was using Windows 95 and about to move to Windows 98, I sent my secretary at the time to a business class at the local university where she learned how to use what? Windows 3.1
Oh well, what’s a few generations of software progress between businesses seeking to make [...]

The ingenious but busy Dan Sherman has recently given folks an update. One that that struck me as important for many microbusinesses is one of his projects called PurpleStreet.com for microbusinesses:
PurpleStreet.com - (The site is a template right now… we’re doing development on it so what is there now is nothing like the actual final [...]

Yvonne Shortt started a home based business with $865 so she could spend more time with her two daughters.
Now she averages over $50,000 per month gross revenue and her one luxury is a Steinway Baby Grand Piano.
She saved labor costs at first by using College Interns who got college credit and a stipend and part [...]

Here’s the latest “Mentos and Diet Coke” video that brought in $30,000 of ad revenue so far. Click to see it for yourself… I think my children and will get some mentos and diet coke and see what we can do for fun after watching these videos… and to think people are making money from [...]

New Zealand’s teleworking community is growing slowly and still relatively low tech. It is expected to increase with the proliferation of broadband connections and formal telecommuting policies.From the New Zealand Herald
[Telework Consultant Bevis] England says a well established telework programme will typically deliver a business $300,000 per 100 employees per year in cost savings [...]

David Frey of Marketing Best Practices had a recent ezine giving an example of a “Breaking News Postcard” from the “Copywriting Chiropractor”, “Doc Nielsen”
The effectiveness of this campaign hinges on 5 factors…
1. “News” format attracts attention… a post card might do the same thing depending on your business.
2. Designed to be read - postcards [...]

Local business owners don’t have time to figure out internet marketing. They just want to make money.
Yellow Page ad providers who are losing revenue to online ads had to do something… they have the time, resources, and expertise (or can buy it) to give the business owners what they want… clicks without having to learn [...]

As I was out snooping around yesterday, I found how one realtor uses the ‘net to his advantage as a powerful lead generator.
As you know homes are listed on the Multiple Listing Service and agent input new data all the time.
Most home buyers depend on an agent to track down new leads or hunt through [...]