Archive for October, 2006

Note: Please read the safety warning below regarding the information I’m linking to from this page regarding home made biofuel.
Some of my posts about biofuel, biodiesel, home grown fuel, etc. have elicited emails requesting more information.
I’m no expert, though I do have a keen interest in the field.
One inquiry came from a farmer whose [...]

One of the most pressing questions for people in the U.S. who are transitioning to self employment from a job “with benefits� is the health care question…if not for the business person, then for their spouse or children.It’s one thing to go on the other spouse’s insurance if they have it.
But if you have to [...]

Too many people want to open a little storefront business.
Not only do they not know if the business will work, they don’t know if it will start working before their life savings are gone.
The solution? Start at home after checking to see if the business concept is workable and legitimate.  
From Talequah Daily Press
As a business development [...]

I got an email today from Michelle Dunn a lady who got her start in home based debt collections. Now she’s writing about the business.
She’s using a Cable Access TV show to promote her book and evidently a different author per week is using the show as well. Got a book you want to promote? [...]

Update 01/15/2008: Invesp oringially launched as a virtual assistant and writing company. Since then there have been major changes. They’ve completely switched gears by offering online marketing consulting and conversion optimization services, rather than virtual assistance.  Please consult them if you’re in need of ONLINE MARKETING CONSULTING AND CONVERSION SERVICES ONLY. They are no longer [...]

Let’s assume you just found one of the toys on the Hot Holiday Toy List. Of course you want to list it right away, but that may not be your best strategy.Wait until after Thanksgiving weekend to list the hottest items You take a bit of a risk here… but, if the stores really do [...]

Ever tried to sell a house and, then, just when you thought you’d made a profit you realized a 6% sales commission plus other expenses would be due? A local purveyor of Austin real estate, Alcan Properties, is trying to break the image of “realtors as greedy pigs”.
Though they can’t eliminate all the commissions - they [...]

I noticed this a few days ago on Dane’s blog and really liked it…

Some eBay entreprenuers are making $20 to $30 selling a coupon they (and probably you) got in the mail for FREE.
ValPak sends out a blue envelope every month full of coupons for house siding, haircuts, oil changes, etc.
In the current mailing in [...]

Japan’s “Demon Wife Diaries” turns a hen pecked Japanse husband into a financial success at least. Truth IS stranger than fiction…
From The Independent
Like any hen-pecked husband, Japanese office worker Kazuma considered the time-honoured solutions to domestic hell - more work, the golf course or the comfort of the local bar. Unlike most, he opted to [...]

Ken Evoy, Canadian physician turned web guru has unveiled a free Local Business Master’s Course to help small offline businesses generate income and business through the use of the Internet.  It’s 56 pages of solid information available in pdf format.  
Small local business owners never have enough time. They are in a constant whirl, watching their bottom line, racing to [...]