Archive for October, 2006

A while back I wrote about Juvaa, they’re the company that is in building mode to help individuals be able to secure advertising assigments that pay them to drive around town.
There are many programs that charge you a fee, then send you to several agencies who might be able to help you get one of [...]

Des Walsh tells us about a new Web 2.0 classified site, Find It.
It has a much more impressive look than the humble but profitable Craigslist, which just expanded their revenue base the other day by expanding the number of cities for which they charge job and real estate listing fees.
The question is… will it get [...]

Personally, I’m a text guy. I learn by reading. If I’m listening to something, it get’s internalized when I write or type notes.
But studies show that America’s young folks have read 5,000 hours less than I had to by the time I hit college. They’re pictures and audio, not text people.
So that means if you [...]

The Ebay Foundation Techquity progam will fund grants to help microbusinesses upgrade their technology without incurring new debt. Here’s the press release from the Association for Enterprise Opportunity:
eBay Foundation and the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) are pleased to announce their continued partnership on the eBay Foundation Techquity Program. This program will provide funds to [...]

If you want to market on MySpace, here are some things you definitely DO NOT want to do.
They’re from Michelle MacPhearson, the creator of Badder Adder a MySpace marketing tool.
1. Don’t Mass Message from accounts you want to keep! You’ll be accused of spam.
2. Limit Friend Requests to about 300 for new accounts.
3. Stop URL [...]

When you have a website or blog, you really SHOULD have an email address available for folks to contact you. Unfortunately, this leaves you wide open to spammers who abuse your availability.
This cool email image generator works for a large number of email providers and lets you create an image people can see but [...]

She originally just wanted to make money while staying at home with her children.  Today that ambition has created a business with $20 million in sales. It’s the One Minute Manicure. She got the business going with about $5,000 in cash in 1999. Her products are available online and through major retail outlets like J.C. Penney’s.
In 1998, Rosie [...]

The Pew Charitable Trusts conducted research to define who bloggers are. There’s alot more to the report of course, but, in summary this is what bloggers said they write about.
Most bloggers say they cover a lot of different topics, but when asked to choose one main topic, 37 percent of bloggers cite “my life and [...]

DHL, the package express company, is taking an active role in funding Microenterprises. These are true grants of $1000 cash plus discounted services thrown in to build customer loyalty in the small business market.
These Seattle area enterprises received these grants last April. Buisinesses in South Florida, Houston and Phoenix had received them previously.
- Buddy-Girl Greetings [...]

Steve Weber has written a great article about using a website for book marketing.
I think he’s right. If you’ve got the discipline to type out a coherent book that’s actually good enough to sell, you’ve got the skills to market your book worldwide very cost effectively and sell it yourself or through vendors like Amazon.com
If [...]