Archive for 2006

From MediaChannel.org
KRON San Francisco hopes that by cutting out editors and giving everybody a digital video recorder, their news broadcasts will resemble “reality TV” and help them regain their Neilsen ratings.
Though one benefit to the reporters under this arrangement is that they’re allowed to work from home, that benefit doesn’t seem to mollify folks who […]

From the Boston Herald
Did you know women with infants are one of the fastest-growing segments in the U.S. workforce? According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 31 percent of mothers with children under a year old worked in 1976; this number grew to 55 percent in 2002.
Responding to the need […]

Marcia Yudkin’s celebrating her 25 years of successful self-employment by boiling down some things she’s learned…“Insights From 25 Years in Business”.
Here are the first 2 installments…
Lesson #1: Your first big success contains clues to a dynamic that comes easily to you.
Figure out how to harness that strength, give it a good run on a regular […]

Rent-A-Wreck is actively soliciting franchisees.
It’s not a home business per se, but many small family car lots that make money buying and selling used vehicles might find improved profits using the information in a manual like this.
FYI

Sent to recipients of his free ebook… 12 Kick Butt Business Ideas!
I have a product I sell on eBay called “How To Make Cigar Box Purses for Fun and Profit.” (I’ll tell you how I came up with that product in a future issue — it’s a pretty interesting story
You can take […]

Did you know you could get paid for selling emails on Ebay?
It’s hard to believe but selling an email is just about all that’s involved in this auction.
Her product is a beautiful one however, and likely much in demand by many women.
Here’s the link…
What’s she selling?
“Fancy Boutique Beaded Sock Instructions”

From The Arizona Republic
“It can get touchy, especially if they each have different organizing styles,” said Dallas author Lisa Kanarek, a professional organizer and author of Home Office Solutions (Quarry Books, 2004, $15.99) and 101 Home Office Success Secrets (Career Press, 2000, $12.99).
Shared home office space will become a bigger issue, since prognosticators predict the […]

Love the new iPod… I got it working during some few free moments and wouldn’t exchange it for a thing.
It’s certainly a great media to exploit if your business involves something you can package as audio… music, audiobooks, seminars, etc. you’re probably already looking at this system.
If you need to provide support for products and […]

You may want to know how Amazon.com differentiates these two should you wish to use their sales platform…
I suspect most of what sells as “Ebooks” on line are just really “Edocuments”… most are NOT book length.
What’s the difference between an e-document and an e-book?
There are two main differences between e-documents and e-books. First, most e-books […]

From the Orlando Business Journal
The rise in identity fraud has many business owners concerned, and it’s prompting at least one insurance company to do something about it.
Starting Jan. 1, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG) will include a new identity recovery coverage program to all its new or renewed small business policies. […]