Archive for November, 2006

The Tennessean reported today (11/6/2006)  about Google getting into newspaper advertising. This is something reported here on February 9th of this year and now it’s going “big time”.
Hey, at least someone’s interested in buying newspaper ads!

The newspaper program, to be launched this week, will enable advertisers to pick specific newspapers and specific sections for [...]

Like many people wanting to make a statement and make a name for himself, Curtis Allgier did.
You can even say he became notorious - he’d marketed himself so well in certain circles he officially reached “Number 1″ status.
In fact, you might even say he’d branded himself.
Not well perhaps, but, you have to admit - uniquely.
Even [...]

I’m all for advertising on Craigslist. Evidently a subsidiary of Monster.com is too.
The folks at Monster sponsor MakingItCount. You can see how they advertise on Monster.com to find presenters.
Here’s their spiel on Monster:
Making It Count, a division of Monster Worldwide, is the industry leader in “edutainment� delivering more than 11,000 free educational trainings to high [...]

According to Business Week, here’s Jeff Bezos’ plan:

Bezos wants Amazon to run your business, at least the messy technical and logistical parts of it, using those same technologies and operations that power his $10 billion online store. In the process, Bezos aims to transform Amazon into a kind of 21st century digital utility. It’s as [...]

Want to learn how to make $1,400 per month from Google Adsense? Here’s a website that’s doing that - American Desinotes - and what the webmaster learned about ad placement, ad type, and background.
What are your experiences with Google Adsense?

I recently ran across a unique assessment tool that’s free when you buy one of the books that teaches you how to interpret and apply it.
The assessment is the Clifton Strengths Finder at http://www.strengthsfinder.com but - again - you can’t take the assessment without getting the free access code from one of the books that [...]

Forbes Small Business released rankings from the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council about the survival rates of small businesses in various states.
The report which is 40 pages listed the best and worst states for small business based on tax rates and government policies (meddling). Actually it was based on 29 criteria, including tax rates on [...]

The BBC reports that the demand for people to pose as priests to conduct Christian-style wedding in Japan is booming.
The fake priests say it pays better than teaching English as a foreign language.
“Being a fake priest is big business in Japan - I’ve done a TV commercial for one company,” he added. “In Sapporo, [...]

How do you develop a niche for your virtual assistant business?
Kathie who writes Virtual Assistant, the Blog confirmed my suspicion… it’s by accident or providence if you will. Call it Seredipity…you get a “break” that you like, is profitable, and nobody else seems to fill so you start getting more business until, suddenly, that’s your [...]

Here’s a training opportunity I learned about and wanted to pass along to you.
Are you too busy building your business to learn about business marketing in a traditional classrooom? Now you can learn Marketing 101 from Trump University.
The Trump University Marketing Mastery Program is taught by folks who’ve “been there and done that”… not just [...]