Archive for June 4th, 2007

  • Driving Local Web Traffic

    From Internet Marketing Prescriptions
    Local SEO Tips - Don’t Ignore the Gems in Your own Backyard
    By Alice Seba
    If you sell a service or product online you may not want to ignore the potential customers right in your own backyard. There are a number of potential local businesses who may be interested in what you have to […]

  • Cambridge Entrepreneur Wins Fight With City Hall

    From the Institute for Justice Press Release
    Arlington, Va.—Erroll Tyler, an African-American entrepreneur from Melrose, Mass., scored a major victory for economic liberty on Friday, June 1, by showing that it is possible to fight city hall and win.
    The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) granted Erroll a jitney license to operate his amphibious-vehicle tour service. […]

  • Farmshoring - Domestic Outsourcing or Homeshoring to Rural Areas

    Here’s the results of a study on “Farmshoring” produced by Virginia Tech titled: “Farmshoring in Virginia: Domestic Outsourcing Strategies for Linking Urban and Rural Economies in the Commonwealth of Virginia.” You can link to all the aspects of the report here or the summary here.
    We focused on knowledge-based occupations and industries
    with farmshoring potential. These include […]

  • Is That Propane In Your Lawn Mower

    One trend folks who operate lawn mowing businesses from a work at home office might want to consider is that propane companies are thinking about getting into the lawn mower business.
    Though gas nationwide is $3, propane is $2 (though that doesn’t mean a gallon of propane mows as much grass as a gallon of gasoline…) […]

  • Concerned about privacy with Google? Here’s Scroogle…

    Google’s increasing access to personal data continues to raise privacy concerns world wide.
    One programmer has stepped up to provide an answer for the privacy concerned… His interface allows you to obtain Google’s search results without Google monitoring your search activity.
    It’s called the Scroogle Scraper and oddly enough has a PR 6 from Google!
    You’ll probably […]