Archive for August 16th, 2007

  • Landing Page Best Practices Report - Free

    Poorly crafted landing pages can be an Adwords Killer for you! They can decrease your click through rates and get your ads canceled because they appear “irrelevant” to the ad. this link helps understand adwords.
    But besides keeping Google happy about your landing page, they must be crafted to keep the customer happy and respond to […]

  • Australian Economic Development Unit Promotes Home Business

    The Yarra Ranges Shire (Australia) is offering a free home business start up guide based on research they conducted on 1500 home based businesses.
    From the press release at the Star News
    A NEW booklet is available for operators of home-based businesses and anyone thinking of starting a business from home.
    The book, Home-Based Business: Opportunities for […]

  • SunRocket Demise Produces VoIP Hassles

    Here’s what happened to one small business owner when he switched to VoIP and there was an outage.
    Read the article and you’ll find it’s no wonder SunRocket went broke… they had razor thin margins!
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    From PC World
    The problem stems from contractual relationships […]

  • It’s Summer So People Are Talking Telecommuting

    I’ve found a number of references to telework and telecommuting in the most unlikely places… the weather reports!
    As the summer temperatures spike and people with breathing problems are urged to stay indoors, the weather reporters are urging folk to “telecommute” to work if possible!
    I never thought I’d hear that. Or have to wade through so […]

  • Home Wireless Networks Proliferate In Home Business

    Working at home is getting simpler and safer - fewer wires to trip over - thanks to home wireless networks.
    Not just in the US either. This is a South African report.
    From ITWeb.com
    Eighty percent of respondents who already had wireless networks at home agreed that they were more productive. Respondents who did not have a […]

  • Creating The Right Business Card For Small Business Professionals

    Business Cards can’t make sales by themselves, but they can put interested people into your “marketing funnel”.
    Sometimes the best business card is not the “ordinary” size. It’s a 3×5 printed card.
    Sometimes the best format ISN’T what “everyone else” is doing.  If you have a headline that gets people to signal their interest, perhaps that should […]

  • Financial Industry Mom Works From Home

    This mom works for a financial advisory firm. I’m not sure in what capacity, but it’s nice to see work at home moms branching out from the old standby occupations.

    Elizabeth Dibiasi is a mom, a wife, and works for a financial advisory firm – and she can get her work done from her couch.
    DeBiasi says […]

  • DirecTV to offer Broadband, VOIP

    To date, satellite Broadband hasn’t been able to accommodate the needs of home medical transcriptionists, home based call center employees, and other home based workers.
    Current group, however, is not satellite based. As their name hints, they are on the forefront of “broadband over powerline” (BPL) technology and working with utility systems to enable […]