Archive for 2007

Need to maximize the value of every website visitor? Afraid the big online retailers are stealing your customers on price alone? Here’s what some small retailers are doing to fight back. They’re chatting online with web visitors so that what might have been an impersonal visit to a cold distant website becomes a shopping experience [...]

This is “economic development” as it ought to be practiced world wide.  Their definition of helping people financially isn’t a hand out. Instead they seek to give people a method that produces meaningful income. They’ve helped about 10,000 families this year.
From Kickstart International:
Maurice & Josephine Simatei live in Eldoret, Western Kenya. They lost their [...]

eMarketer has an interesting study on media usage by various generations. You can see the chart here =>
It’s helpful in deciding what media mix you need for advertising success. If your target is “Millennials” aged 13-24, you definitely don’t spend all your money on direct mail!
What’s interesting is that research done on internet search engines [...]

I used to have a largely solar powered home and would love to have one again some time. So I couldn’t help but notice this entrepreneur who wants to see whole neighborhoods switch to solar power!
When 40 or 50 homes switch in a short period of time, that brings down the cost of installation for [...]

The South Florida Business Journal had an excellent report today about how real estate agents are using blogs to generate leads in tough markets and in tough times!
Two of the blogs mentioned were:
Kevin Tomlinson’s South Beach Real Estate Blog
Ardell DellaLoggia’s Seattle Real Estate Blog
Both agents have found their blogging useful for selling themselves to potential [...]

I don’t mean to be the grinch that stole Christmas, but the National Federation of Independent Business has a rather bleak message for this time of year:
“Things were looking good on Main Street until the Fed warned that the economy was at risk of sinking,” said William Dunkelberg, chief economist for the National Federation of [...]

The article states that they tracked data from 1968 to 2003.  My question is - out of curiosity not criticism - is if this trend has increased significantly since the military went to an “all volunteer” status?
From Self Employment Rates Highest Among Vets
Individuals with military experience are more likely to be self-employed than other individuals, [...]

AT&T is cutting back their employee telework program. They say it’s because the new managers from SBC Global are essentially clueless.
Sounds like more job security for Dilbert!
Here are some employee comments:
Meanwhile, employees are fired up at the thought they may be called back to office sites.
“I’ll continue to telework until I am fired. At that [...]

Have you checked out Pay Per Play Ads yet? They let you get paid PER VISITOR, not per click.
Here’s a summary for you.

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 Earn off of your own website(s)
 Earn by referring others
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Postaroo.com was once listed as a top free classified ad place having an Alexa Rank of 43,471
They’ve now gone offline and their url redirects to some “hot daily offers” site.
Spend your time looking to use Craigslist if they accomodate your sales strategy!