Archive for 2006

KWBrowse.com lets you type in a keyword and it not only suggests alternatives, it also shows you visually related key words, based on the number of searches made for them. The usefulness of the tool is that it helps you and I as marketers break out of our tunnel vision. Suppose you’re creating a website based on [...]

This is from Craigslist. When I got information back and informed the staff that indeed it was a scam, they removed it. But you will see it again! If you see this ad, please realize it’s about sending them $10 by PayPal and they tell you how to post these ads to get $10 from [...]

The PowerHomeBiz.com Blog has an excellent article on the facts about the merchant account business. Sometimes you see Craigslist and other ads seeking folks to sell this service. Isabel Isidro does a good job of outlining the difficulties of doing well in this business unless you have some sort of advantage… either an extensive experience [...]

Members of the Screen Actors Guild are insured by Cigna… the company has actually proposed charging them $44,000 per year for health insurance USA Today reports. Under the new rates, the most expensive plan in California will cost a family $3,685 a month, $44,220 a year. Less-expensive HMO plans will cost families $24,624. In New [...]

Skip Rosell has unveiled his new course “Smoke Alert – Save A Life, Make A Profit” Let me tell you why I eagerly await any new information emanating from the pen (or keyboard) of Skip Rosell. Skip is NOT one of those “one shot wonders” promoting the latest greatest whiz bang deal… I remember some [...]

I took my wife to the mountains for a few days for her Christmas present. All I can say is that suckers must be in short supply this week. We were coming out of Wal Mart and there was a “discount tickets” booth set up. That name itself was a lie. They are really a [...]

Just got a weird email from a friend of mine I’ll keep nameless to avoid more troubles for him. Basically he’s been out of business online thanks to PayPal capriciously closing his account. He got one of those emails “Your Pay Pal account has been limited”. 99.99% of those emails are bogus phishing emails, but [...]

If you’re marketing locally, perhaps knowing the history of your community can give you a fresh approach to set your business apart. Perhaps that would mean finding a distinctive name for your business that promotes curiosity, let’s you tell some of the community’s past and opens the door you to tell more about you and [...]

GameNightNew.com is in need of Sports Website Writers. GameNightNew.com is a sports website that promotes high school athletics. Game Night is the sports fan’s source for comprehensive coverage of high school athletics. Founded in 2001, Game Night provides its readers unparalleled news, cover stories, profiles, team notes, head-to-head match-ups and statistics in a concise and [...]

From the West Fargo Pioneer Do I have the right personality for it? You must be able to treat your home as an office, work well alone, not feel tempted by the TV or Internet, and be willing to have your career spill a bit into your home life. “Working at home blurs boundaries, but [...]