Archive for June, 2007

Every week, the Business Opportunities network gives a fortunate reader of it’s email newsletter a great book to help their business.
Sign up for the Business Opportunities network ezine, and you can enter as much as you want. Hey, it’s free!
You’ll see and offer like this each week:
BOOK GIVEAWAY: This week’s lucky Business Opportunities Weblog Newsletter […]

CNN ran the following interview with work at home entrepreneur Jane Pollak. Here’s one salient quote I thought you’d like.
Q: As an expert on home businesses, what would you say are the qualities of a successful home business?
A: I think you have to have personal drive. Nobody is there saying “time to get up, time […]

The study’s headline caught my eye. But the details made me yawn. Here’s why:
Working from home may be slightly more lucrative than commuting to the office.
Aside from the obvious cost savings — burning less gasoline, spending less on eating out and having smaller clothing budgets, for example — a survey of Bureau of Labor Statistics […]

Recurring billing promises recurring income. So far most of the products I’ve seen offering this as an incentive to affiliates usually work best when a person with a big email list blasts out an offer, they collect money for one month or two in big bucks and then a trickle from people who forget they […]

People ask me if there is legitimate work taking photos.
Here, Terry Platt talks about his busy day doing home inspections. He grossed $403 before expenses of course. (If the inspection business interests you, click through. Terry links to a couple of companies sending him business.)
Though he had a mid day appointment that slowed him […]

Are you a MySpace addict who knows how to make MySpace work? There may be a job for you if you can prove it to the Ad Agencies.
They are in a tizzy right now seeking people who understand social media and how to make money from the creature while promoting sales for their clients.
If you’re […]

Here’s a great post from Becky McCray’s blog.
From Small Biz Survival
Any small business could use simple online videos for promotion. Video builds relationships and can be very persuasive. You can make simple videos with just your digital camera and some free software. Need some inspiration for how to use it?
You don’t have to start a […]

I like PlugIM.com for internet marketing. I’ve used it to find a variety of interesting articles on - well - internet marketing. Normally the articles are interesting and helpful so give it a look.
A friend of mine Luke Parker recently interviewed the creator of PlumIM.com.
The creator describes his brainchild this way:
Ryan Knowles:
In short, PlugIM is […]

Some Indians think the price of becoming a call center nation may be too great.
It may be ruining traditional Indian culture. After all, now they’re working for companies who’ll ditch them in a heartbeat once some place cheaper builds a call center. Who cares if the people there can speak English?

Great Barrington, MA is using a local currency in hopes of helping small businesses by rewarding consumers who shop locally. The currency called “BerkShares” is worth .90 US Dollars. Customers buying a $1 cup of coffee with 1 “BerkShare” get an automatic 10% discount.
As the article states, because big national chains won’t take the currency, […]