Archive for September 11th, 2006

  • When Cake Decorating Becomes Both Art & Business

    For Rosalind Chan, cake decorating is both art – sugarpaste artistry to be precise – and a business.
    She’s passing along her passion for cake decorating and hopes to find students who will want to learn her art both for the personal fulfillment and the possibility of creating another income stream.
    From The Star Online (Maylasia)
    In 1997, [...]

  • How To Travel The World While Telecommuting

    Most telecommuting articles assume you’ll telecommute from home.
    But what about telecommuting while you travel… what are the in’s and out’s of that?
    Here’s a cool article I found on just that topic and a few of the salient features by Rolf Potts…
    Justin Mounts, who does contract product management, marketing consulting and simulation development for two different [...]

  • Elaine Chao On Why You Lost Your Job To Outsourcing

    Elaine Chao the Secretary for Labor told G. Gordon Liddy’s audience today her belief about the preponderance of “outsourcing” to cheap labor markets.
    Is it simply because of cheap labor?
    No.
    In fact, she sited that the “cheap labor” was offset by additional costs of adapting to foreign languages and cultures.
    The productivity of the American workforce is unequalled [...]

  • What Happens The First Twenty Times They See Your Ad

    Many advertisers think they’ll run one ad and get rich from it.
    The reality is much more harsh.
    Here’s how one experienced advertiser explained the sales process through advertiser in 1885.
    Of course today, it should be easier right?
    The more I think about it, for planning purposes, 20 sounds like a good number. If fewere contacts are required, [...]

  • She Turns PotteryBarn Bargains Into Ebay Profits

    This month Secrets To Their Success profiles a Ebay powerseller who’s grossing $50,000 per month through her online auctions.
    How? While the profile goes into much greater depth, here’s the basic premise…She only sells the bargains she finds at local outlets like Pottery Barn
    “Secrets To The Success” is a private membership website which highlights 2 successful [...]