Archive for October, 2006

C. J. Hayden is an excellent marketing resource for any business. In this article from her valuable ezine, she lets we introverts know how to get better at marketing. There’s a 25 to 50% chance that means YOU, so I hope you’ll put her advice to good use. If you like this sample, you’ll love [...]

From Entrepreneur.com: Via Dane No marketing budget? No problem, with these 10 creative techniques for bringing in business. 1. Instead of putting a 39-cent stamp on an envelope, put 39 1-cent stamps on the front of an envelope. One of the principles of direct mail is to stand out to get the attention of the receiver [...]

If you’re into Small Business Podcasts, you’ll love browsing the archives of the Great Big Small Business Show to hear the lastest information from the “trenches” of small business survival. Here’s there website… The Great Big Small Business Show

Do the products you market have a Cowboy angle? Could they have a “Cowboy” angle if you thought about it a little? Are you located in the Western United States? If so, here’s a free classified opportunity on a site that bills itself as “America’s most widely used western portal.”  Reach the largest group of western enthusiasts [...]

B5Media is seeking technology related bloggers for their tech channel. They have lots of product reviews, but the need people to write about how to get things done, i.e. web development, style sheets, etc. If this is your bag, check them out…you might have a new income source! Thank to Blogger Jobs

JumpUp.com by Intuit (the people behind Turbo Tax, etc.) is a social networking community that offers free business start up information AND the opportunity to network with business peers. You can visit the home page to see business profiles, you can check out interesting small business news. Visit the community page. There you can post [...]

You can customize your own Google Search Engline here.Here’s the deal, using this tool you can build and customize your own search engine. Google will let you Specify the sites you want to include in searches. Place a search box and search results on your website. Customize the look and feel to match your website. [...]

Some of the people posting things on MySpace will quietly be denied jobs, advancement, or lose friends suddenly and wonder “why”? It might be because of the stupid things they post on their MySpace page. Any human resource officer with an internet connection can and should check MySpace to see what people post there. Any [...]

Isabel M. Isidro’s blog pointed me to a great new (to me) resource on the web. It’s the work of Jeffrrey A. Robinson, Ph.D. on wealth building and entrepreneurship. I very much enjoyed checking out his website. There is a trend in economic development called “Community Wealth Building”. Frankly in many of the publications I [...]

The “common statistic” thrown around even by university professors, Wall Street Journal editors, etc. is that “80 to 90% of new businesses fail within a few years”. Jeff Cornwall and Rhonda Abrams say there’s just one problem with that statistic: it’s dead wrong. Credible studies show success rates five years out (the normal time line [...]