Archive for July, 2007

A while back a friend of mine had talked about starting one of those small local newspapers like the one pictured here.  He really didn’t have the 50,000 population required to make it work, but maybe there was enough.
I didn’t have a packaged resource to send him to, but if he started talking about it [...]

India has unique advantages for companies wishing to outsource from the United States. Other nations don’t share at least one of those advantages. Formerly part of the British Empire, there are a large number of English speakers in India. There is a low cost of living. So lowering costs by shifting work there was a [...]

Here’s a great article in the Tennessean about some folks who went from jobs like factory work, truck driving, etc. to work at home in medical transcription. One work at home medical transcriptionist is now a medical transcription editor who’s making $50,000 per year.
Here’s the part I liked best…

Steven and Shara Martin of Saint Joseph, [...]

There are some blogging jobs currently available here for business writers and people who’d love to write about cruising.
Want more information? Here’s where to get more blogging job information.

I had to start a new category for this one: weird! I gotta get one of these babies!
From Endgaget
the StreetWriter project stuffs a computer-controlled industrial spray painting unit into an extended-body cargo van, where it can then roll up to unsuspecting sections of pavement and drop all sorts of textual delight. Granted, the prints can [...]

When Steve Weber started marketing his book. He did what everyone told him to do and ended up spending $20 on marketing for every book sold. Here’s what really worked:
1. Blogging
2. Myspace
3. Free Review Copies ONLY FOR AMAZON TOP REVIEWERS
From the Small Press Blog HT Steve Weber
How did you learn the techniques in “Plug Your [...]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says that Google ads are “Deceptive” according to the Silicon Valley San Jose Business News.
Why? Competitive businesses are bidding on one another’s keywords on Google.
Does the commission really believe that the unpaid search results are automatically more authoritative than the paid advertising? If so, they must not use [...]

Every business start up guide I’ve read that Skip Rosell has produced has 2 characteristics… ingenious and reasonably priced.
This one is no different. He and his friend Bob Mc Alister have produced a great report here.
It’s not an affiliate link.
I liked it enough to post it for you just because it’s “worth it”.
Hi my friend,A [...]

Web Worker Daily has a great article that - in my opinion - is a good guide on taking a “cubicle” position and turning into a telework position - at least on a part time basis by
1. Analyzing what you do at work that could be done at home.
2. What you’re doing after hours at [...]

Here’s the Grants.gov Stakeholder Webinar announcement. If you think you want to try to make money tapping into government grants, here’s a free webinar to let you see if you can decipher bureaucracyspeak. The first rule of bureaucracyspeak is to be able to send out an annoucement, have people read it, and then wonder “What [...]